Template talk:User

message: Is there some template that has in addition to the current info, also has edit time? i.e. the equivalent of  ~~~~~ --  11:46, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
This template includes a Carriage Return which causes formatting problems when it's used in the middle of text; e.g.  "**  is doing bad stuff."  results in a line break before the text, making it unindented. I propose to remove the CR - and I hope this won't screw up too many places that assume it's there. Or should we just make another template, almost identical to {User}, but without the CR? Noel (talk) 18:36, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Would anyone object to shortening this?  i.e. like: Example (t · c) — comments?  Thanks.  --ChrisRuvolo (t) 21:21, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I prefer the current long form, since it's more self-explanatory. --cesarb 15:48, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I also prefer the current form because it's self-explanatory to new users who might not know what it all means. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:52, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

text: To clarify, I agree the general use has good reasons to have the long form.  For those that specifically want a more compact form, I created Template:User-c.    Thanks.  --ChrisRuvolo (t) 21:15, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Shortening?

message:  instead of just ? —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 05:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wasn't it originally... 

message: Some who has the permission to edit this template page add this interwiki link
 te:Template:సభ్యుడు 
__Mpradeep 15:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  please add the interwiki link 

message: Change to:
a template would help make adding different user signatures to the list easier. AMK152 20:22, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Change See Also Section

message: In addition to this one, other user signatures include:
        	
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        	—Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs)
        	—Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs) 18:45, December 6, 2006
        	—Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs) 18:45, December 6, 2006
        	— Preceding undated comment added 18:45, December 6, 2006
        	—Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk)
Note that Usernames with spaces should generally be typed with an underscore: _
--Turbinator 20:14, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  See Also, Other User Signatures 

message: Please add sv:Mall:Användarnamn. Also, see above request for te:Template:సభ్యుడు. /skagedal... 18:47, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Cheers! :) Luna Santin 21:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interwiki 

message: The template code currently reads " (talk • contribs)", which evaluates with my username as "JeffGent (talk • contribs)".  However, Template:Vip was redirected to this template by Radiant! at 07:22 on 27 May 2005 (UTC) after a short discussion documented at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/May 2005#Template:Vip, breaking the existing functionality because Template:Vip used the syntax "user" for the user name, rather than this template's syntax "1" for the user name, causing a display of the ugly " (talk • contribs)" when used with the syntax "user" for the user name.  I suggest compensating for that change by substituting "" for everywhere that "" appears, resulting in code that reads " (talk • contribs)", which evaluates with my username as "JeffGent (talk • contribs)" whether I use the syntax "user" for the user name or this template's syntax "1" for the user name.  Working sample code is at User:JeffGent/testvip and documented in its talk page.
As an alternative, as mentioned in that short discussion by Phil, a bot should have been implemented fix all the usages of the "user" syntax, but the usage of that syntax could have survived in new edits (despite the redirect).
  — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 15:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course, the bot option would be cleaner in the long run.  Please feel free to implement it, as I can't.  Thanks!    — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 07:21, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compensating for redirect from Template:Vip 

message: This is probably a stupid question, but I noticed the font the username is rendered in when using  and  changed recenty, while some of the other, similar templates are still the same, like . Does anyone know why that happened? Natalie 00:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  font change 

message: Please add Polish interwiki: pl:Szablon:Użytkownik Hołek ҉ 11:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: done. CMummert · talk 12:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish interwiki 

message: This template should have documentation consistent with  and .    — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 01:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The documentation is now in the unprotected page Template:User/doc. Please feel free to edit it. CMummert · talk 14:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template documentation 

message: I don't suppose anyone could add a subst=subst parameter onto this (and all related, e.g. ) to reduce the output code when subst'd? It does look awful at the moment, see this: Vanderdecken (talk • contribs • &site= count) —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 17:58, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reducing code output 

message: Having just read a couple of pages containing this and some of its variants (a misnomer...?), I'm wondering if anyone else reckons the parenthesis following the user name in these templates might be made a little less conspicuous, e.g. via ...?  Regards, David Kernow (talk) 07:06, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  <nowiki><small></nowiki> parenthesis? 

message: Please add :es:Plantilla:U. --✉ Hello World! 11:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. (You could have made this change yourself by editing .) --ais523 16:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: interwiki

message: What the **** is with all these templates? I'm sure these could be cut in half (with the other half being redirects to the remaining ones) with some thought. Anyone have any ideas on which ones can go? What are each one of these used for? --Random832 23:13, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect that there's a relatively clear division of usage between those of these that are used as people's sigs, and those that are used to "call people out" - when naming them as a party to a dispute, etc. Can anyone offer any guidance? --Random832 23:21, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excuse me for being blunt, but 

message: Are the dots of various user templates supposed to be of different sizes, or is this a mistake? Digwuren 11:01, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The templates were made by different people, at different times, and the current state of them is a mess IMO. —Random832 17:13, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dot sizes 

message: Responding to the editprotected request again: I am going to merge  here unless there are additional concerns. It looks like the people who have been discussing it here seem to agree on it. — Carl (CBM · talk) 14:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Carl, wherever the "test" template is used should probably be converted over to  once the merge is done also. ~ PaulT+/C 17:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I moved the test template to  and copied the code to the main template. I'm working on cleaning up backlinks, but will finish soon. — Carl (CBM · talk) 12:51, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging newusertest 

message: What is the point of the colons in the code? They seem unecessary and are apparently messing up the WP:RfA analysis tools. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs) 00:24, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The colons are there so that people can put in a different project code (ie:  for my German information) (and the leading colon is important so that it's read as an actual link, rather than as a proper interwiki link that shows up on the left side). I'm testing it in my userspace, but I can't get the double colons to disappear. Strange. EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:50, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colons 

message: Hi, could someone please take a look at e.g. , ,  etc. as the formatting (more specifically, the spacing) of the pipe separator does not come out the same for me as how it looks on page histories? Example: . (Not really proficient enough at template code to edit it myself, I'm afraid.) Thanks! It Is Me Here t / c 11:59, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Do the following look the same to you? The first is copied from the source code of the history page, the second is from . To me, they look exactly the same (apart from the extra word "user" obviously). — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:46, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

text: I don't know why that would be. Perhaps it is your browser or something else. Try WP:VPT? I've disabled the request because it is not clear what needs to be done here. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:08, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

text: PS Perhaps you should report this problem to Template talk:Toolbar because this is the template which produces the separators and spacing. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:10, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There seems to be a thread detailing exactly the same problem at :Template talk:Toolbar, so it's not just me. But thanks for the advice; I'll go to :WP:VPT. It Is Me Here t / c 22:41, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pipe separators 

message: I would like to see the standalone version on Template:User/sandbox implemented. It was built in an responce to MZMcBride´s performance conserns on Wikipedia:Lua requests#Template:User. The sandboxed version is faster than the current one.--Snaevar (talk) 22:03, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I'd like to keep it as it is and port the backend to Module:UserLinks, which I've been working on today. Once it's in Lua it will be pretty zippy, and using the meta-template will avoid redundancy in the code and enable automatic documentation. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 13:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've updated the template to work with Module:UserLinks, so this request probably isn't necessary any more. Feel free to reactivate the edit protected template if you want a second opinion, though. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:54, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standalone 

message: There's a version of this template using safesubst at User:PC-XT/sandbox/Template:User. Could an editor familiar with maintaining this template please assess its suitability and, if it's okay, update this template with it. I have sufficient permissions but haven't been involved with this high-visibility template before. — Scott • talk 09:14, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks fine to me, but hold on a second while I put the finishing touches to Module:UserLinks/sandbox. I'm planning to update this template, Module:UserLinks and Module:Toolbar all in one go. See also the discussion on Template talk:Toolbar and Template talk:User-multi.  — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I see PC-XT asked there about the span tags as a result of that other discussion we're having. Okay, great - thank you. — Scott • talk 10:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, it's now up live - substing should work now. Let me know if you spot any issues. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:03, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  safesubst 

message: Minor request here: Could somebody edit this template's documentation to add a 'See also' section that links to ? As  is basically  without the "ping", the two templates are closely related, and linking to  from here would probably be beneficial. TIA. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:44, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done:  The see also links belong in Template:User/doc, which is unprotected. Go ahead and add them. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 00:51, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:   It looks like there is a "See also" section provided in the /doc, but it looks like it's hidden (I certainly don't see the 'See also' section when I look at the /doc on my end) by a "#ifeq:" statement which I don't understand (not a "coder" here!!  ), so I'd better leave this to someone who understands this stuff. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:09, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The "See also" section in Template:User/doc is hidden at  because of the test {{#ifeq:|0 | | which was added in  by somebody whose template edits were prolific but often baffling. --Redrose64 (talk) 08:32, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:   So, what do you think? – Should I just remove that code, then? It doesn't seem to serve any purpose to my (untrained) eye... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Before removing it, we need to understand why it's there. That doc page is transcluded six times, so some or more of those could be affected. --Redrose64 (talk) 00:19, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 7 January 2016 

message: In this edit, I was not notified. I also recall in a recent conversation about a month or so ago, another editor mentioned that my use of this template did not ping them either. Is anyone aware of an issue with the way notifications have been implemented in this template? Has anyone else noticed this problem? -- GoneIn60 (talk) 08:49, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: GoneIn60, firstly, to ping you User:P3Y229 needed to include a signature in their edit. It was an edit to an existing already signed message – such edits do not generate notifications. You can read about requirements for a notification at Help:Notifications. Secondly, the edit you linked (Special:Diff/1097348442) does not include usage of template  (with curly braces). Instead it uses a wikilink GoneIn60 (with square brackets). This page (Template talk:User) is for discussing the template and its usage. —⁠andrybak (talk) 09:01, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks ⁠andrybak. Can't believe I overlooked that about the curly braces, and I appreciate the note about the signature (which I was not aware of). False alarm! -- GoneIn60 (talk) 09:06, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Andrybak, it doesn't matter whether you use a template, or a normal wikilink to a user page (as I did here): the essential feature is that the user page be linked, and Template:User generates such a link. Therefore, even though I have used no templates, my post here will have notified you. The problem with the edit originally linked is simply that it was not a new post but an edit to an existing post. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:30, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the clarification. It wasn't my intention to imply that the two issues were connected, I should have been more clear. Redrose64 is correct – all such methods of linking can be used to trigger a notification. Third paragraph of Help:Notification describes some of them. —⁠andrybak (talk) 09:36, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ping not working?