Template talk:WikiProject Germany

message: Thanks ! Lear 21 12:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downsize the flag and the Rating-Field 

message: It now puts articles in :Category:Stub-Class_Munich_articles rather than :Category:Stub-class_Munich_articles.
Looks like it should be that way, but we need o do something about it somewhere. Agathoclea 11:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think only the Munich articles were so affected. It would not be easy to change the code for this banner to use different capitalisation just for Munich articles, so it would be a lot easier if the Munich banner were to be changed and the Munich categories renamed via WP:CFDS. - 52 Pickup 12:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No need for process, I'll fix the categories by hand. Kusma (talk) 12:19, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Kusma (talk) 12:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All working now - I just set the assessment bot to re-populate Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Munich articles by quality statistics and it all looks good. - 52 Pickup 14:13, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit broke the WP 1.0 assesment for Munich 

message: see Talk:German_Christmas_traditions. I just reinstated :Category:Unreferenced Germany articles as I thaught its deletion was the problem. Agathoclea 16:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed now. I must have left out that field during the upgrade in April. Sorry about that. - 52 Pickup 10:57, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  unref seems broken 

message: The template is incorporated in the WikiProjectBanner on Talk:North Sea. When the shell is opened the "Additional information" shows even though the "show" anchor is still displayed. This must be an error. This should be hidden as default and only show when the "hidden" anchor is clicked. __meco 21:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've fixed the problem with respect to this particular article by changing to WikiProjectBannerShell, however, I'm sure the problem still exists where WikiProjectBanner is applied and still needs attention. __meco 22:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All templates that use this "additional information" pop-out section behave this way (eg. , upon which this section was based). It is an annoying problem, and I'm still not sure how to fix it. - 52 Pickup 11:29, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collapsible content shows as default 

message: I recently had a query about the lack of an icon depicting the need for a photo. I got no particular view either way as I think most punters will come via the category rather than look at the talkpage and say - oh it needs a picture. I just wanted to mention it while changes are underfoot. Agathoclea 17:08, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Something like this should do the job. - 52 Pickup 13:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: certainly. Agathoclea 14:20, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photorequest image 

message: Per this CFD discussion, :Category:Germany articles needing images and :Category:Germany articles needing maps were merged to :Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Germany and :Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Germany, respectively. However, interested editors are encouraged to investigate the possibility and utility of alternate categorisation schemes, such as proposed at Template talk:WikiProject Germany#CfD affecting this template. – Black Falcon (Talk) 20:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Germany articles needing images 

message: FL class seems not to categorize properly: see Talk:List of Germany international footballers Agathoclea (talk) 22:03, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  FL class 

message: Could the noinclude section at the bottom be changed from:



== Usage ==


|Germany
Template
Germany

to




Template
Germany

Thanks, -- WOSlinker (talk) 22:17, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:59, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor change 

message: In the sandbox there is an update to this template using . Are there any concerns about implementing it? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: . Please let me know if there are any problems with it. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:24, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update 

message: Assessment class=B seems to be broken. Class = C works, class = A works, but class = B yields "???". --Boson (talk) 18:41, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed now (although B becomes C unless the B-class criteria are met). See Template:WikiProject Germany/class. I think User:Happy-melon is a good person to ask about how the template works these days. Kusma (talk) 18:54, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class = B broken? 

message: Please add the code for the assessment of  Hamburg task force articles. The code has been copied (and modified) from the other task forces and tested through the Template:WikiProject Germany/sandbox in my userspace.
|tf 5=
 |TF_5_LINK = Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Hamburg task force
 |TF_5_NAME = Hamburg task force
 |TF_5_NESTED = Hamburg
 |TF_5_IMAGE = Coat of arms of Hamburg.svg
 |TF_5_MAIN_CAT = Hamburg task force articles
 |TF_5_QUALITY = yes
 |TF_5_ASSESSMENT_CAT= Hamburg articles
 |tf 5 importance=
Thank you. Sebastian scha. (talk) 14:29, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: PS: Documentation will be updated after implementation. Sebastian scha. (talk) 14:31, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Hamburg task force assessment code 

message: File:Coat of arms of Mainz.svg|Old (1992–2008)
File:Coat of arms of Mainz-2008 new.svg|New (since 2008)
Please change the old coat of arms to the newer one. Thanks. — PsY.cHo, 20:47, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. —Кузьма討論 07:21, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coat of arms of Mainz 

message: "This is available only for unrated articles and articles rated as "Stub-Class", "Start-Class", or "B-Class". See the assessment department for more details."  Shouldn't the list read "C-Class", not B-class? Else I'm confused. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 06:59, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be C class and B class, I think. When I originally introduced this into the template, C-class didn't exist, and the point of this was to slowly fill and check the criteria until B-clas is reached (and then still display them). I'll try to figure out how to add "C" to the statement. —Кузьма討論 07:18, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

text: Testing it, it seems to work as intended. I updated the documentation. —Кузьма討論 07:25, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I tested it as well, and now I see what you meant. I thought B-Class wouldn't work if the checklist hadn't been fulfilled (discussion "Class = B broken?" above) which I thought would be a cool feature, but perhaps it didn't sit well with others. I used your template as a boilerplate to update the Template:WikiProject Albums template with the checklist. I think it really will help keep C-class articles from getting bumped up too early. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 07:36, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You may wish to include the sixth criterion for B-class, see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:10, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. If people are willing to do the checks (for e.g. unexplained German terms and jargon) I wouldn't mind having this added. —Кузьма討論 12:04, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Section for discussion of this (for Germany) added to WT:GER. —Кузьма討論 12:25, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

text: (sorry for being off-topic here; namely, not Germany related) Good suggestion, but I'm not sure if it would really be needed on an album-related article. I'm generalizing greatly here, but most album articles are written quite simply. There isn't anything too complex to discuss. I would bring it up at the WikiProject Albums talk page, but I'm pretty disheartened by the absolute lack of any activity over there (for any new discussion), and I'm pretty sure it would just grow stale. I had to literally drag in the admins from the #wikipedia IRC chat rooms to get anything done over there, and I may have to do it again for the new Category change request! – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 01:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  should work reasonably well. I generally clear it out once a day and there are a couple of other admins who patrol it as well. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:15, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Okay, I put in a request for it at Template_talk:WikiProject_Albums#Sixth_criteria. May as well keep the template current, which is what I wanted in the first place! – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 18:21, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

text: I think one can make it display on Start-class articles using |DISPLAY_ON_START=yes. I think that is a good idea (but I don't have time to test it properly right now). On stubs, it doesn't seem to be possible, and we should update the documentation. —Кузьма討論 11:52, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, I'll test it out over on WikProject Albums as well. I'll try it out a little later in the day. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:30, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  B-class checklist instructions 

message: Actually, I'm starting this conversation over again lol. I'm still confused. I just noticed that B-class checklists only appear when the template is at C-class or B-class, but not with stub or start classes. They B-class checklist will work... but if no one knows about it, then no one will know to use it until the article reaches C class. Which is fine. But shouldn't this be reflected in the documentation? I ask because I may just update documentation at  anyway, just to clarify a bit. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 05:21, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think one can make it display on Start-class articles using |DISPLAY_ON_START=yes. I think that is a good idea (but I don't have time to test it properly right now). On stubs, it doesn't seem to be possible, and we should update the documentation. —Кузьма討論 11:52, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, I'll test it out over on WikProject Albums as well. I'll try it out a little later in the day. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 19:30, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Arbitrary break

message: I added the portal for Bavaria to correspond with Munich. Please implement. Kumioko (talk) 03:48, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Done --Redrose64 (talk) 15:11, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Bavaria portal to correspond to Munich 

message: Shouldn't the code for the Fascism Task Force from  be added here? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 03:01, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fascism Task Force 

message: Somehow I have messed up the second reference to this article. Unfortunately I was unable to remove the bold face print. Can someone please do that? Thank you for your help! Khnassmacher (talk) 05:51, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heinrich Hellwege 

message: Could someone please adjust the banner so that :Category:Automatically assessed Germany articles is not required?  The category is emppty and there are no bots that populate articles with this parameter anymore and haven't in a couple years. Thanks! Kumioko (talk) 18:51, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done --Redrose64 (talk) 19:58, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request 

message: After fixing several broken B-checklists that used uppercase "B"-parameters instead of lowercase "b", I updated the template to allow "B1=" to "B5=" as well. A lot of reviewers copy the checklist structure from other project templates, where uppercase B is allowed - leading to wrong project banners (displaying C, while B is already assessed). Now both older variants and Bn are possible, the older variants have precedence as usual. GermanJoe (talk) 22:57, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I know of a lot that use  etc. and a lot that use  etc - and a good few that use both; but I don't know of any WikiProject banner templates that use  etc. Do you have examples? --Redrose64 (talk) 18:03, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: MILHIST for example allows a lot of variants in their B-parameters (see Template:WikiProject MILHIST) - with WW I and II there is some significant overlap in scope between the 2 projects (but maybe that handling is not that widespread in other projects, not sure). I think that having this additional variant won't hurt in practise, cleaning it up got a bit annoying ;). GermanJoe (talk) 18:18, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The parameters for MILHIST are somewhat different from those of other WikiProjects - this is partly because it has never been brought into the  group, the core around which the vast majority of WikiProject templates are built. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:50, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I see now. (Wrongly) assumed, that all projects use the meta structure - thanks for the background info, Redrose. GermanJoe (talk) 19:14, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  broken B-checklists 

message: Editors maintaining this template may be interested in this discussion on the  template.  Basically, the unreferenced categories are overpopulated with articles that are not entirely unreferenced.  The consensus was to add a  parameter to sort articles into :Category:Rail transport articles needing additional references.
The easy solution is to create the appropriate category, perhaps :Category:Germany articles needing additional references, add  to this template and work on updating calls to this template as needed. Slambo (Speak) 18:26, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced category and {{para|unref}}