Template talk:Sockblock

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[edit] Subst'ing

OK, took me a few times to figure this out, but it's important: If you don't subst this template, your signature will not show up in the template. You'll just get the four tildes instead. | Mr. Darcy talk 22:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Protected by 24.136.230.38

Resolved.

I would like to request an administrators attention to the category this thing adds:

[[Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets|{{PAGENAME}}]]

May I suggest that the category be changed to:

[[Category:Confirmed sockpuppets of {{PAGENAME}}]]

OR, have the blocking admin specify the original user the sock belongs to and:


[[Category:Confirmed sockpuppets of {{{1}}}]]

I want this change because the template states "as a sock" rather than "as a suspected sock."
Please consider. --24.136.230.38 00:34, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Rejected: That's what this template's for, sockpuppets, not suspected sockpuppets, and changing that would break the format of about a zillion categories. Luigi30 (Taλk) 13:08, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested edit

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Can someone fix the Sockpuppet templates category by adding |Sockblock at the end ([[Category:Sockpuppet templates]] → [[Category:Sockpuppet templates|Sockblock]])? Thanks, Clyde (a.k.a Mystytopia) 13:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 23:01, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

{{editprotected}} Please remove the automatic signature from this template. It is transcluded onto numerous pages, and the signature doesn't show up there. There is a wide consensus that user talk messages shouldn't have an automatic signature, because users are used to adding a signature by themselves and because these templates aren't always subst'ed (although they are supposed to be). Melsaran (talk) 17:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 00:19, 28 September 2007 (UTC)