Wikipedia talk:Template index/General

message: It seems a common request would be to add illustrative examples.  I find a template for "Expandsection" which is related but vague; but if there is a more proper template for requesting an "example", it isn't cross referenced in a way that is quick to locate.  I recommend either creating such a template, or providing more pointers to it (specifically using the word "example", so it can be found by search). DKEdwards 16:39, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  request for Examples template? 

message: Template:Lookfrom needs to be put somewhere. I don't do tables! --For One World 19:19, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template:Lookfrom]] 

message: In a couple of cases now I've wanted a template that said "X redirects here. For Y, see Z." (currently, for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, ""The Lord of the Rings (film)" redirects here. For the animated film directed by Ralph Bakhshi, see The Lord of the Rings (1978 film).")  contains similar wording but doesn't mention redirection, and  points to a disambiguation page, which might be overkill if (as in this case) there is just one alternative. Would there be any reason not to create such a template? Hairy Dude 20:19, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Aha. Looks like  does the job. Hairy Dude 17:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect2? 

message: Is there a template for a disambig. page for several people who share the same name? I ran into this situation recently and just used the general template, but think a customized one would be better. Ckamaeleon 11:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Discussion of this is going on, or perhaps was just completed, at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#Changing disambig tag. Chris the speller 17:53, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambig People 

message: Should the deprecated  and  tags be removed or struck from the table in favour of a direction to  tags? <ref> tags are the norm now.  MyNameIsNotBob 11:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated ref and note tags 

message: Shouldn't expansion request templates be placed in the article page itself as opposed to the talk page?   The instructions below indicate that the talk page is where the tag should be placed; however, doing so makes the "talk" link within the template invalid.--P Todd 02:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion Request Locations 

message: I'd like to see a template I can use to warn the user that a reference (like radio station formats) is in a constant state of flux and, while it was accurate at one time, the user may want to verify the information with another source. (And edit the information if they are inclined.  Any thoughts? Something like Template:Mercurial
'bitchen' ric 13:18, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool. I figured it out. I've added Template:Mercurial and Template:Mercurial-section to this page. If this is redundant, please let me know the proper template to use. 'bitchen' ric 15:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request Template: Information is Mecurial 

message: I've noticed all of these templates have recently gone from being indented and italicized (to set them apart from the article text) to looking exactly like the introduction of the article.  What's the deal with the changes?  (I must say I disapprove.) Robert K S 22:42, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like a group of users are attempting to change how these templates are displayed (i.e., with CSS rather than Wiki markup).  Work in progress, I guess.  I hope it looks better soon. Robert K S 22:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They're fixed.  Thanks.  Robert K S 10:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes in these templates 

message: I made two new templates to help disambiguation:  and , see "What's link here" to have some examples of their use. 16@r 13:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two new templates 

message: I just used  in a section in an article. This page says such disambig templates are to be used on top of article pages, though. Should we change that, at least for some of the templates? Xiner (talk, email) 16:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  For2 for sections? 

message: Hi. I had the idea for a template counting down to a particular event. But I don't know how to write it and where to propose it. Can anyone help? --81.215.81.19 04:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal for a new template 

message: Is there a template for 'this page is out of date'? Randomly browsing I came upon this page which clearly contains out of date info FSharpMajor 12:53, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: maybe this one ?  16@r 13:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of date information 

message: I can't quite find if there is a single source for this spelling error, but it seems to be a popular misspelling on wikipedia. Realeased instead of Released. I spotted it embedded in the results of the Otheruses2 template for one example, seen appropriately on the page for The_Gremlins.
jmv 07:41, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Realeased spelling error 

message: I would normally write this at :Template talk:Future book, but it's never been edited before and I doubt I'd get a quick response. Is there a reason why this template includes the sentence "It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the product release approaches and more information becomes available"? Speculation is obviously not allowed at Wikipedia, so is this just kind of left over from copying from other, similar, templates? --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 02:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  {{tl|future book}} 

message: These template message lists are getting too long. They should be split up into even more subpages. See Wikipedia_talk:Template_messages#subpages for main discussion -Eep² 16:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  subpages 

message: Some disambiguation pages are long.  In such cases and even when they are short enough to see the whole page in one screen I think it would make sense to put the  at the TOP of the page instead of the bottom.  This would be useful because the "Note" would be seen more often, making a disamb link more likely to be changed by editors to a more accurate disambiguated form.  Can we change this at this point?  I would like to change the table on the main page accordingly.—Red Baron 19:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation location 

message: I added the current war template because it is not mentioned anywhere.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.118.68.193 (talk) 19:28, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current war template 

message: used in Wikipedia:Template_messages/General#Title-related_messages, but the | in the text displayed messes it up. Bud0011 (talk) 05:49, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  problem with the pipe symbol 

message: Under "Timing-related messages", I see this:(I've added bold for emphasis)
:What to type = , What it makes = This article documents a current event ...
:What to type = , What it makes = This section documents a current event ...
I think it should probably look like this:(Again with my bold for emphasis)
:What to type = , What it makes = This article documents a current event ...
:What to type = , What it makes = This section documents a current event ...
Could somebody fix this please. (I don't understand the Tlrow template enough to fix it myself.) Mitch Ames (talk) 00:58, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current|section 

message: I can't find a template that says the article needs expansion (for very small articles, e.g. an article that has only 2 lines of text). I appreciate any help. GreyWinterOwl (talk) 11:24, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Help