Wikipedia talk:Template index/Archive 1

message: I'm not seeing the messages, though there appears to be spaces for them.  Using Internet Explorer, if that helps. Dunc_Harris|☺ 16:29, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm not seeing the custom messages 

message: Hi! I didn't find instruction on how to edit or update custom messages, e.g.
  .
This one is not even listed on Wikipedia:MediaWiki custom messages.
Could please somebody explain, or point to the exact chapter of the FAQ ?
Gamma 21:22, 2004 Feb 22 (UTC)
:goto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MediaWiki_custom_messages for instructions on creating and editing.--Ryan524 22:33, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think - am well nigh positice - you could just edit Template:Table Sort Algorithms. I'm afraid I cannot provide a FAQ reference at the moment. -Itai 12:56, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to ... 

message: We seriously need to split this page into sub-pages and possibly sub-sub-pages. We can't seriously include all of these —> MediaWiki talk:Län <— on this single page :-) — Any volunteers? — Timwi 15:22, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are silly, though... including the normal one will result in the 'current page' link being a bolded non-link --Random832 01:23, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split this up 

message: I don't have time to list them on this page right now, but I have created calendars for every month.
*Template:JanuaryCalendar
*Template:FebruaryCalendar
*Template:MarchCalendar
*Template:AprilCalendar
*Template:MayCalendar
*Template:JuneCalendar
*Template:JulyCalendar
*Template:AugustCalendar
*Template:SeptemberCalendar
*Template:OctoberCalendar
*Template:NovemberCalendar
*Template:DecemberCalendar 
If somebody beats me to adding these to this page, then I wouldn't mind at all. --mav 03:32, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi. Pretty neat idea; thanks for doing it. However, I have to admit I don't really like the layout you chose for your calendar. May I draw your attention to MediaWiki talk:JanuaryCalendar? — Timwi 21:12, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calendars 

message: Anybody know why the autotoc doesn't work on this page?  There doesn't appear a __NOTOC__ anywhere that I can see.   Somebody started a manual TOC, but nobody's keeping it up to date. --Lexor|Talk 11:01, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a __NOTOC__ inside . -- Timwi 19:45, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I see.  Well, perhaps we could a  for the purposes of this particular message.  I think it's more important to be able to generate to TOC for this page. It seems that the __NOTOC__ should be in the article which includes the msg:compactTOC, rather than in the msg:compactTOC itself.  --Lexor|Talk 15:54, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Autotoc doesn't seem to work

message: Hi, could someone please explain to me what  is meant for if it is just empty like at the moment of this writing? (I might have missed something obvious here, sorry if I did...) BTW, is there something wrong with its table item in the present article? (it's lacking borders; I tried to fix it, but wasn't able to.) --Wernher 00:28, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: subst:ilcomment

message: I've spent about ten minutes trying to find the template/MW message for the box that appears when you create a page (something something newpagetext/newedit text or something). I give up. Where is it? Dysprosia 23:27, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: MediaWiki:Newarticletext, listed in Wikipedia:MediaWiki interface messages.--Patrick 20:18, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Of course, the text beside it doesn't reflect it's content ;) Thanks Patrick. Dysprosia 22:10, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  I give up 

message: Although the code for compactTOC2 contains __NOTOC__, another TOC is generated in the respective pages (see for example the articles Topology glossary and Order theory glossary, the latter of which currently uses an additional __NOTOC__ as a workaround). Obviously there are two possible reasons and fixes: 
* The __NOTOC__ should not go into the curly brackets in the compactTOC2-Source. After all adding another __NOTOC__ on the affected pages helps. In this case, somebody please change the protected source of compactTOC2.
* The __NOTOC__ is allowed to be at the given position, but MediaWiki fails to parse it correctly. In this case fix MediaWiki. Anyway changing compactTOC2 as a first workaround would be a good thing.
Thanks. --Markus Krötzsch 16:38, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bug in compactTOC2 (or in MediaWiki) 

message: I have recieved a concern regarding Nagarjuna and templates on my user talk. I know absolutely nothing about templates, but the error he showed me looked fairly bad. I am listing this here as well as wikipedia:cleanup Cheers, Sam [Spade] 18:49, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help please 

message: This notice at the bottom of the page is, uh, somewhat convoluted, to say the least:
:Note: this article is a member of several categories merely because templates above are intended to include articles they are in in those categories.
I think I understand what it's trying to say, but will someone who knows they understand please rewrite it? - dcljr 06:59, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Say what? 

message: Although I like the briefness of the template code, and although it is not that difficult to find out how to add a template within the "Editing help" or the like, I would think that if the code [[Template:<template name>]] were usable instead or in addition, it might help people realize that they could go to edit the Template with that page name in the URL (or know that by using the code they would be making a link which they could follow to their own template), just as is the case for Category pages.  It is not that big of a deal, but I think it would have taken me less time to figure out how to find the existing templates (or add my own) had it used this code instead. Brettz9 (talk) 22:57, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  More intuitive template code 

message: What is "NaodW29-item455bc7f56892561 stubs" ? Rhymeless 06:06, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Hehehe, that's bug 60 on MediaZilla.  If the bug is fixed, this will be a category specified by a template parameter.  --η[ υωρ] 11:26, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird category 

message: Is there any reason why adding  to my signature does not expand the template until the next edit of the page? Åℕάℛℹℴη 19:36, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This is either a bug or a "feature" of the MediaWiki software. I'd suggest filing a report at BugZilla, if it hasn't been done already? • Benc • 22:36, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Mediawiki demands an e-mail address before it will allow me to log bugs. I do not wish to give one. {Heliophile} 07:42, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: It's because ~~~~ is a kind of subst: within itself.  When you type ~~~~, MediaWiki inserts what is in your preferences, which is {{subst:whatever}].  The next time the page is edited, the  is expanded. — El Chico! Talk 11:51, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Templates in signatures 

message: I can't seem to find this template anywhere, browsed the "all message" list, nothing. I was thinking it would be nice to have a template for featured pictures as well, for placement under full-size images. -- Solitude 07:41, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean Template:Featured? {Ⓐℕάℛℹℴɴ} 07:53, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah right, yes. But it does not seem to be included on any Template list.  Basically I'm wondering how I should go about adding a template for featured pictures. I found the meta on templates, let's see now... -- Solitude 11:30, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  <<feature>> template 

message: Several categories (e.g. "Templates for deletion") are listed twice at the bottom of the page. Fpahl 11:10, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: One of those is from Template:Tfd itself, the other is from Template:Bmoviebandit1 which is TFD'd. Goplat 15:09, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Does that mean it'll stay that way? Fpahl 15:29, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It will until  is deleted or kept.  Sorry.  — El Chico! Talk 15:50, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  duplicate categories 

message: Wow! They've all gone! (Ok, they're here) My questions: will this autoupdate? Will it make things easier? What do people think? odes anyone ever view this talk page? -- Alphax (talk) 05:12, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
:Honesty time here:  very unhelpful (the refactoring, not the All link).  Now, when I need to look up a template message, instead of heading for the page where I know it is, I have to guess at which one of twenty subpages contains it.  -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:53, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperation of templates 

message: Should there be a template message that clearly indicates or includes profane, offensive, or vulgar language or topics? E.g. motherfucker. - KeithTyler 23:22, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC)
:My initial reaction is "Yes, that would be useful", but it raises the question of whose standards should be used to determine offensiveness or vulgarity. Some would take offense to the idea, and would start labelling all religious articles as offensive since pretty much all religions contradict each other and/or are offended by being contradicted. So, I think it's a good idea, but it would cause problems so is best avoided. The Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse article contains Template:Morbid_warning, so there is at least one.  — PhilHibbs | talk 12:47, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Profanity

message: Hi there! Can anybody tell me if there is a template anywhere that deals with linguistic unilateralism, i.e. when there is only one language mentioned, while the issued matter has different names in american and british english? TIA :) -- Daniel FR 22:21, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  American vs. British English 

message: General, Issues, Disputes, Maintenance, and Deletion subpages overlap a bit. Not that the same templates appear on more than one, but, well, let's see what's on each list:
*GENERAL
**It is requested this article be expanded.
*ISSUES
**Article needs attention.
**Article needs cleanup.
**Article needs ISBN.
**Article has limimted geographic scope.
**Needs merging.
**Images requested.
**Article should be split into articles accessible from a dab page.
**Needs translation from....
**Ugly math.
*DISPUTES
**Pov
**Nonencyclopedic, bound for deletion.
*MAINTENANCE
**Not English.
**Move to another wiki.
**Copyvio.
**Category needs attention.
*DELETION
**Csd
**Vfd
Some things on some of those lists are so similar to things on other of those lists! —msh210 03:07, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup time! 

message: I'm trying to change the EnderThings template, as shown below:
so that the last link (for Stark) links directly to Stark (Ender's Game), instead of the Stark disambiguation page as it currently does. Can someone explain to me how to do this (or do it themselves?)
Bbhtryoink 03:52, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing the EnderThings template