Template talk:Wikipedia ads

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[edit] WHAT THE FUCK??

I thought wikipedia was a strictly no 'advertising site'. Step your game up Wiki.

[edit] QX&Z?

Why is it called QXZ? Is it because these three are the rarest letters in the english language? I don't know what the significance of that might be but am I right? --Valley2city₪‽ 04:37, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

It looks like it was made by User:Qxz Chridd 03:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Originally in userspace, at User:Qxz/ad.css. Rename it if it's an issue – Gurch 04:56, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questions for the ads

Hi, I was wondering if you're allowed to advertise articles that need help in addition to WikiProjects.Philippe Auguste (talk) 01:53, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turning it off

Could this be wrapped in some sort of div so that people who don't want to see it don't have to? --kingboyk 23:02, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

table.qxz-ads {display: none;}

Bawolff 02:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Excuse me for being an idiot, but where do I put that code? :) --kingboyk 10:33, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Kingboyk/monobook.css (or whatever skin you're using) – Gurch 21:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Um... I can't turn these ads off. I've added the above code to my CSS file, but they still appear on User:Misza13. I can't figure it out, but for some reason the class "qxz-ads" is being stripped off when it is being written. Any idea why? ~~ [Jam][talk] 10:19, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: which idiot came up with that idea?

I did, and I think it makes sense to allow users to pick the ads they feel are most important. If anyone is interested the coding is pretty simple, and can be seen here. Λυδαcιτγ 02:46, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

And now, you see, five months later there are nearly 100 ads, but because you insisted on copying-and-pasting it, you still have the version with only 11 ads two of which are now broken links :) – Gurch 23:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Having only 11 is exactly the point - in my opinion, only 11 are worth showing. Which ones are broken? Λυδαcιτγ 05:08, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MOTD

REquesting Motd banner/ad: available? c'mon, we've fished a good one.Kfc1864Cuba Libre!My name is Maximus Caesar Zabidus 06:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Is it?c'mon, we've fished a good one. Me Page Talk to me 00:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Will do this tomorrow. Miranda 08:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ad list

Hi, The list of ads should probably be turned to numbers so that people can find the ad they want to look at quickly. eg. The wikiproject Austraia banner has #46 so the listing would have 46 too. Does anyone want to change it? Chicken-7 12:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Changed; you might have been looking for Template:Wikipedia ads/All – Gurch 19:01, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New ad

Hi, I've created an ad for WikiProject user warnings, and have added it to the Template:Wikipedia ads/All page, but I'm a bit confused as to handle the rest of adding it. I was trying to make it easier for you guys, but oh well... sorry about that. Thanks for adding it! (note, I removed the image so it didn't take up space) --HAL2008 talk18:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I have already added the ad to the appropriate page. Miranda 02:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I saw! I was just removing the image from the page so it didn't take up space, and adding a "thank you" there. Seriously, thanks a lot! --HAL2008 talk Contributions 02:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New ad - filename collision

I just created an ad for WP:FOOTBALL and uploaded it as commons:Image:Qxz-ad63.gif however there seems to be an unused ad in wikispace at Image:Qxz-ad63.gif already. Should I rename and re-upload? Foxhill 14:45, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Tag the version you uploaded for deletion, and re-upload it as Image:Qxz-ad64.gif. Number 63 isn't in use because there's a sourcing issue that hasn't been settled yet and it may have to be deleted, but if it is, we can just fill the gap in later; the order of numbering doesn't matter – Gurch 17:04, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
I've re-uploaded it under the new name, you just need to tag the other one for deletion. Thanks – Gurch 17:08, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Done, thanks for your help! Foxhill 17:16, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wait a minute!

Isn't Wikipedia against Ads? -Yancyfry

That's for commercial (IE. External, paid, etc), as they would be annoying and possibly compromize the neutralicy of the place. These are solely internal, dealing with internal user projects, etc. 68.39.174.238 15:43, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Project deleted

WikiProject User Help has been deleted. Please update the list. —Andrew Hampe Talk 15:34, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the ad for WikiProject Antarctica Highways

I really don't see the benefit behind this - the project is only kept for its humorous value - not the value to the encyclopedia. master sonT - C 15:25, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sister project

Sister project ads are allowed? Like Wikiquote? --Aphaia 12:09, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes -- 86.142.251.120 22:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Banners/Buttons for Fundraiser 2007

How do you guys feel about helping with buttons and banners that people should/could use on their blog or other places in the web (user profiles of social networking websites etc., own websites etc.)? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you! --SabineCretella 16:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

No. I'd rather create free content if it's all the same with you – Gurch 21:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arguments

Can we get an arg that sets it to grab the next ad in line instead of the current one? I only ask because it occurred to me that people probably look at the top of a talk page no more often than the bottom, and that they often see both - might as well cover both angles, but it's silly to have the same ad show up twice. That said, if it's too many clocks for the Wikimedia project, I guess the practice should just be avoided altogether. MrZaiustalk 18:02, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. Doesn't work all that well anyway, when associated with an add comment button or when not seen by an editor appending a comment to a talk page. That said, it might be interesting to see if an expanded version of this template could put one copy where explicitly placed and, if "|footer" is thrown by the editor inserting the ads, it appends the next ad to the bottom of the rendered page. Not sure how to do it, but some code used to jump around in the page exists in the GPS coordinate templates, albeit the other way around. MrZaiustalk 10:41, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of ads

Is there anywhere that shows/lists all the ads created to date? John Carter 19:19, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

They're listed on the template page at Template:Wikipedia ads#Current ads, click the [show] button in the 'Wikipedia ads: Overview' box. 84.68.125.254 20:27, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] solution to "breakage" problem

It is possible to "break" many high use templates such as this one. Why not have a temporary copy for "test" edits? Important: The temporary version would not be a sandbox, it would be a place for experienced developers to test actually planned edits to the template, it would not be just so new users can play with super complex code. Is this idea practical?-- Thinboy00 talk/contribs 01:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Uh... we already have them, they're called templates X1 through X9 and user sandboxes – Gurch 05:21, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, please do not refer to this as a "high-use template". This is not a "high-use template". This template is used on a few hundred userpages. This template is not used on two million pages including several hundred thousand articles, like, say, {{!}} is. That is a "high-use template" – Gurch 05:23, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hmm

So, I was informed that the Wikiproject Soft Drinks needs members. I am not sure what to think of this, but abject disgust comes to mind. This was a good idea when the number were limited to serious project-wide backlogs. I see this driving into the dust at breakneck speed. Squee23 19:27, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

... well, it DOES need members. Is there a problem with that? – Gurch 00:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, it was never limited to serious project-wide backlogs. The first one is about barnstars – Gurch 13:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

Does a wiki ad NEED to advertise a wikiproject? or can it also advertise articles?Philippe Auguste 23:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

No, it doesn't have to advertise a WikiProject. If you look at the existing ads, you will see that there are many which don't. Some point to portals, others to policies and guidelines, others to help pages, others to different Wikimedia projects. There aren't any that point to articles at the moment, and I'm not sure why such a thing would be desired (it would probably just attract vandalism), but there's no reason why it isn't possible – Gurch 05:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biography ad

Ad #7 about the biography assessment drive needs removing and replaceing because it's long over (5 months over). It might be replace by a new bio ad or just anothr ad but there's definitly no need for it. it just takes up space--Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 19:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Done – Gurch 09:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] specific ad scripting

Is there a way to only display certain ads on the list? I'm part of several projects right now and it would be nice for me to only display ads of the ones I'm a part of (hoping I'm not coming across as a complete douch3bag when you read this...) Is there a way to do this? Thanks a lot! Happy editing! - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 04:42, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Do you grok the way I modified the code here? Λυδαcιτγ 05:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Alternatively you can use the ad parameter, (this saves having to copy and modify the whole template). To view just one ad, use for example {{Wikipedia ads|ad=50}}. To choose randomly between more than one, use a {{#switch:}} statement; for example to choose between ads 6, 25, 67 and 92, use
{{Wikipedia ads|ad={{#switch:{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} mod 4}}|0=6|1=25|2=67|3=92}}}}
– Gurch 13:40, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alinement

Could a parameter to allow the box to be put on the left or right be added? As this would be useful for some user pages. --Nate1481( t/c) 17:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gif images

Why can I only see the first frame the GIF images??? I've tried in Firefox and IE but none of those show then correctly. Armando.Otalk • Ev 23:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Try clearing your cache. Miranda 09:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject:Canada

Why is the ad for this bigger than all the others? If a user, such as me, has the ads template in a certain sized place on their userpage, chances are, when it comes to this ad, that it won't fit properly, as just happened with my page, which resulted in the page size being expanded so it had to scroll horizontally. Should all the ads not be the same size? Jack 00:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Ads should be 468 by 60, due to the banner parameter. I have asked Nat to resize his. Miranda 10:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if I can change it cause I no longer have the program needed to make the necessary changes... Avec nat...Le Wikipédia Prends Des Forces! 12:16, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok, delete it and have someone to make you a replacement. Cheers. Miranda 12:22, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Resized – Gurch 17:04, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proscription of commercial ads

Where is the caveat? It needs to be highlighted or we'll find this template used by stealth for commercial promotions on WP. Tony (talk) 13:33, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

There are probably quite a few people watching each addition to this template. I think it would be obvious if someone tried to insert a commercial ad into the rotation. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 19:38, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
I still think there should be explicit proscriptions on the page. Tony (talk) 01:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Would you care to propose the wording? --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 01:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
First sentence on the page is "This template displays web banner-style advertisements, almost all of which are animated, for various Wikipedia maintenance collaborations, WikiProjects, policies, guidelines, processes and practises, such as barnstars, featured articles and edit summaries". Anything that fits that description is welcome; anything that doesn't isn't. Rest assured that any attempts to introduce anything inappropriate into this template will be quickly reverted – Gurch 06:56, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
I myself know that at least 3 people are actively monitoring what's going on with Wikipedia Ads (plus myself), so uh... *ahem* don't try anything stupid.  :-) Our "Be Bold" policy does not involve nudity. (Considering many of the Wikipedians around here, I'd think that's a blessing.) - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 12:36, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad it's being monitored, but I don't see why you don't cover yourselves more explicitly on the page. Tony (talk) 13:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC) Or maybe I'm misunderstanding this template: thought it was a mechanism any WPian could use in isolation on WP. Maybe not. Tony (talk) 13:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I prefer when people read. Referring to this template's main description: "This template displays web banner-style advertisements, almost all of which are animated, for various Wikipedia maintenance collaborations, WikiProjects, policies, guidelines, processes and practises, such as barnstars, featured articles and edit summaries." It's not for whatever you feel like putting up as an ad.  :-) I think that quote I just pasted is pretty explicit. In fact, most of these ads are solely for WikiProjects anyways, so I don't see what the problem is... -_- - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 01:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
You don't have to be rude. I still think it needs to explicitly say what it's not for. I won't return the rudeness to you. Tony (talk) 02:10, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I thank you for your gentle approach of response. Seriously, sarcasm aside, I don't think we need to, but if you would like to take on that responsibility of strengthening their description, please feel free to do so and propose it on this page. One of the admins will look at it and most likely (if it's good) it'll get adopted after public consensus or something. - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 02:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Huh? Since when do administrators need to be involved. Edit it yourself if you want to change something – Gurch 19:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
What...wow and this is just how people act when they make one ad. Sheesh. Miranda 01:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I hope that comment wasn't directed towards me. Was it something I said? - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 01:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

James, Tony thought you were rude because you were bolding text. Also, admins don't have to approve ads or content of the project. Wouldn't that be stupid and bureaucratic if admins have to approve ads? I think so. Miranda 06:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

While we're on the subject of rudeness, my name is Jameson (like the whiskey). Don't worry, no offense taken. Anyways, I interpreted Tony's comment as in complete freedom to post any type of ad, which unless I was either overthinking or just being paranoid, Tony was hinting that people should post non-approved material, as in adult images and so forth, on to Wikipedia Ads. My response what directed at Tony, that if a WPian were to upload non-approved images to the ads, that any one of the WPians who often work on this ad project like you and Gurch, would revert the changes immediately. I apologize if I misinterpreted his response, but my feelings were genuine. Anyways, good luck in your ad project. It looks great! (Oh, I made the ad because I have been continuously expanding the Universities WikiProject in general. I'm not interested in desperately trying to get recognition.) - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 07:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • No, I thought "I prefer when people read.", presumably aimed at me, was offensive. And as for saying that "Tony was hinting that people should post non-approved material, as in adult images and so forth, on to Wikipedia Ads", hello, where did I say that. Now do not twist my words: my concern is that ads may slip in without people noticing, and that there should be an explicit caveat against it. Tony (talk) 08:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
There is. If someone tries to add commercial content to this template, I will revert it, have the image deleted, yell at them, break their userpage, moan about them on IRC, launch non-personal attacks in their vague direction, send their personal details to Wikipedia Review, fabricate evidence that their account is a sockpuppet and send it to a secret mailing list, have them checkusered, banned and all their edits oversighted, and then feed them to Miranda. Trust me, there is no need to worry – Gurch 12:33, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
See? We're in safe hands. :-) - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 16:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Community ad?

I am against calling this thing 'Wikipedia ads', it gives a wrong impression. How about 'Community announcement', 'Community ads', 'Community rotation', 'Community announcement service'. Well, they're not very good examples, but I really believe that Wikipedia ads gives off a poor impression. +Hexagon1 (t) 04:23, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Because all of those suggestions contain the word "community" – Gurch 10:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Indeed they do, well done. (Sorry :) ) I did say they're poor examples, but "Wikipedia ads" gave me quite a start when I first encountered them. +Hexagon1 (t) 11:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
...they're ads, and they're on Wikipedia... – Gurch 09:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes, but it sounds too commercial, I for a second thought Wikipedia instigated some advertisement programme before I came to my senses and looked into these 'Wikipedia ads' further. +Hexagon1 (t) 05:51, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Suggested move: Wikipedia ads to Wiki banners. They don't go everywhere that the notion "wikipedia" goes, they are limited to the wiki. And "ad"is pretty generic; they aren't icons, images, text teasers on twitter or in someone's sig; they are banners. (similarly the sitelogo isn't an ad, it's a logo. A "you have new messages" colored stripe isn't an ad, it's an alert.) 18.85.46.174 (talk) 01:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

How about Wikipedian ads? Aren't they aimed at Wikipedians? --Goldfndr (talk) 02:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bug (or my bad)

The 'file' link for 114, which I just added, goes here, rather then where it should, here. I don't know whether this is my fault or a bug so I'm posting it up here. Also, out of curiosity, why is it when you use the |ad= attribute to display only one ad, 'Show another' disappears? I wouldn't mind it if I were using the attribute, and don't see any need for it to not appear. Perhaps another attribute that lets one choose whether it appears or not? +Hexagon1 (t) 04:36, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I will fix the template. The "ad" attribute is used when you only want to display a particular ad. That fixes the template on that ad so it can't show any other. In such cases "show another" wouldn't do much – Gurch 10:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ad #117

Ad #117 is not an actual ad that conforms with our current ads system. In fact, there is no PNG or GIF involved. Should I revert the changes? - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 06:10, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Which randomizer?

I see that this uses a type of randomizer that is different from {{Rand}}. Why is this? Soxred93 | talk bot 00:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I didn't design the script, so I really don't know. But my guess is because rand is so predictable. I mean try using the rand function in excel to predict cards.  :D - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 02:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
However, if you quickly click "show another" whenever you reload the page, you see that it seems to follow chronological order, somewhat (such as 4...25...45...56...58...59...64...65...69...72...etc.). Soxred93 | talk bot 05:50, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, the randomisation function here is hilarious, it gave me a big laugh! It is based on current number of edits, which is a very "Wikipedian" thing to base it on. And the funny thing is that it is really good! I ran some tests, and here at the English Wikipedia there are about 2 edits per second (at least right now at this time of day) so it is better than using seconds. Of course, on other language Wikipedias with less than 1 edit per second you should use seconds instead. The two magic words I am talking about is {{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} and {{#time:U}} (seconds). I would not trust using {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} since on most OSs that one doesn't vary properly in the lower numbers. On some OSs it jumps an even 100 steps at a time. Then we would just show two of the adds in this template.
I also took a look at the {{rand}} template and it is really good too. It uses several such magic words together. But the current randomiser used here is more than good enough so no reason to change to {{rand}}.
And I see no disadvantage in that the current randomiser steps through the adds in chronological order. That is, since the {{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} counter increases with about 2 per second and if you reload the page after say 10 seconds you will get an add with about 20 higher number each time you reload. Note "about 20 higher", it can be an uneven number too.
--David Göthberg (talk) 07:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal for alternative wiki-ads


Portal:Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar

is one of the 119 featured portals on Wikipedia!


Click to see a list of all featured portals

What do you think of this alternative wiki-ad? It's the same width as a userbox, and the content is scripted (so not just a single image). Using a script for rendering the advertisement might seem difficult for some, but there are some interesting possibilities, like using magic words in the text, or transclude a template that gives recent information (or even a featured image) about the project for which the ad is made, making it more dynamic (in terms of content). Freestyle 15:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Not to be the douchebag who spoils your proposal (it's not a bad proposal), but I think the system we already have at the moment is a really good system. Standardizing ads to one size, one type (well, one static format and one animated format), etc as it is right now is working fine. Perhaps you could revise your ad that fits our current standards and re-submit it? - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 02:32, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
I see what you mean. I agree with you that the current system works very nice, although I personaly don't like the width of the ads because they are sometimes difficult to merge nicely into a standard userpage lay-out (with userboxes on the right), that's why I came up with the width of 240px. I changed the ad on the right to just give an example of what I mean: this ad shows a different featured portal everytime it's loaded and shows the actual number of featured portals. (Purge to have it updated). I think this type of ad might coexist with the current one, rather than be merged into this format. But I guess I'll just keep this one on the shelf for now. Freestyle 09:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Again, it does look really nice. It does. I purged the page five times just to see some of the ads. Here are a couple of problems I see with having an ad being 240px. At the moment, Wikipedia Ads are designed to fit on top of a page like a project banner being on top of a top page. Oh, an even better example: one of those little banners on top of every Wikipedia page when Wikimedia Foundation had their fundraising events. They were designed to make a point without being too intrusive. A userbox width is fine, but the height of the image then becomes an issue because then if you have an image 240px in width and 360px (arbitrary number) in height and you use a simple <center> script, you'll have two things happen:
  1. If <center> is not used (as in saying |center or something in the [[Image]] script), text wrapping will warp, and affect page layouts, userbox placements, article presentation, and ultimately - user friendliness overall.
  2. If it's just <center>, then most likely some users will have a big blank on both sides of the articles and user pages. It just looks weird having all of that unused space.
You might want to review a couple user pages of people using Wikipedia Ads and see how they do the ad placement in relation to the rest of the pages in addition to some Wikipedia pages where WP Ads are being displayed as well. My user page would be one example that would be affected, since we also need to make sure the bottom links that identifies the file name and project information must be placed.
After that, logistics. You'll need to develop a script where users can freely add new ads without understanding completely what Wikipedia syntaxes we have and still be able to upload an ad for their WikiProject and be able to do what we do right now (|118 Qxblahblahblah-118.png WikiProject Foobar) and that's it.
If you can figure out all of these, I'm pretty sure adapting to your revised system wouldn't be a bad idea. Sorry if it looks like I'm shooting down your ideas with fifty billion problems.  :-) - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 10:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External Pages

Would there be a way to place these ads on an external page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Efreak (talk • contribs) 20:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ad #117 is no longer a Wikipedia webspace page

WikiProject Invertibrates (User:Jourdy288/Wikiproject_Aquatic_Inverts) is a Userspace page, is Ad#117 still able to be used in this case? - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 03:16, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I need help...

Could someone help me do a step by step with Gimp and Microsoft Gif Animator. I want to do an ad for my wikiproject, but when I open Gimp the whole thing looks like greek to me. Thanks. Lighthead þ 23:03, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ad number 84

Looking through the list of ads, I notice that no ad exists for number 84. Does anyone know why this is? --OZOO 11:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ad10 - article creation and improvement drive has closed

ACID has closed - see Wikipedia talk:Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive/Closure discussion and Wikipedia talk:Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive So I shall remove the ad. It doesn't reflect well on the ads template if a user is directed to a page marked 'historical' I also marked the ad image Image:Qxz-ad10.gif historical, so it can be revived if needed. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 09:46, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh dear. I can't see how to turn off Ad 10. Could an accomplished template coder have a look at this please? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 09:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Displaying more then one banner

Is there a way to display 2 banners on the same page without duplicate ads showing up yet with both cycling through the entire list of banners? PeetMoss (talk) 12:30, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

For the second one, change this code:
{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} mod 139}}
To this:
{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} mod 139 + 1 mod 139}}
Note that it appears 5 times. Λυδαcιτγ 03:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Also note that this will break the second ad 1 in 139 times. Λυδαcιτγ 03:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Just do this:
{{Wikipedia ads|ad={{#expr:({{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}}) mod 139}}}}
{{Wikipedia ads|ad={{#expr:({{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} + 1) mod 139}}}}
which gives
Wikipedia Ads file info – #106
Wikipedia Ads file info – #107
Gurchzilla (talk) 12:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Add #73 broken

Just had it come up on my user page message "<imagemap>: image is invalid or non-existent" --Nate1481(t/c) 10:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)