Template talk:WikiProject Former countries

message: I'd like to change "now-defunct" to "defunct".  In addition to being ugly and awkward, the "now-" prefix doesn't add any meaning to the sentence; "a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of defunct states and territories" conveys exactly the same information as "a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of now-defunct states and territories". It's not like without the "now-", someone's going to assume that only countries that were already defunct by 1634 are relevant to the project, or countries that aren't defunct yet but will be within the next two hundred years. Binabik80 (talk) 19:04, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea.  — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:28, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  now-defunct 

message: Please add the below to the end of the coding for the Empire of Brazil task force assessment
 |tf 5=
  |TF_5_LINK          = Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/Empire of Brazil task force
  |TF_5_NAME          = Empire of Brazil task force
  |TF_5_NESTED        = Empire of Brazil
  |TF_5_IMAGE         = Flag of the Second Empire of Brazil.svg
  |TF_5_QUALITY       = yes
  |TF_5_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Empire of Brazil articles
  |TF_5_MAIN_CAT      = Empire of Brazil articles
NortyNort  (Holla) 11:30, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:07, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks but  wasn't added next to "|tf 5=". I didn't nowiki it in my request, so it didn't show in the visible text. I fixed it now. Please add it into the template. Thanks.--NortyNort  (Holla) 12:37, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I should have noticed that! Now fixed. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:33, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from NortyNort, 3 July 2011 

message: Is there any way we can get importance scales added for this project & subprojects? Ejgreen77 (talk) 19:30, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Importance scale

message: Please replace the first below section (found in the template) with the second section shown below.
This
 |tf 4=
  |TF_4_LINK          = Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/AH task force
  |TF_4_NAME          = Austria-Hungary task force
  |TF_4_NESTED        = Austria-Hungary
  |TF_4_IMAGE         = Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918.svg
  |TF_4_MAIN_CAT      = Austria-Hungary task force articles
to this
 |tf 4=
  |TF_4_LINK          = Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/AH task force
  |TF_4_NAME          = Austria-Hungary task force
  |TF_4_NESTED        = Austria-Hungary
  |TF_4_IMAGE         = Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918.svg
  |TF_4_QUALITY       = yes
  |TF_4_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Austria-Hungary articles
  |TF_4_MAIN_CAT      = Austria-Hungary task force articles
Thank you,--Xuxalliope (talk) 20:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Tra (Talk) 06:40, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request 

message: Removal of GOV task force on the banner if it is deleted by 26 April 2012--Al Sheik!Woiu!I do not fish! (talk) 07:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: premature. If the task force really is deleted, then reactivate the request. Anomie⚔ 16:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 20 April 2012 

message: In order to remove replace the defunct Extraordinary Governments task force with the Italian historical states task force, please replace
 |tf 2=
  |TF_2_LINK          = Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/GOV task force
  |TF_2_NAME          = Extraordinary Governments task force
  |TF_2_NESTED        = Extraordinary Governments
  |TF_2_IMAGE         = Anarchist flag.svg
  |TF_2_QUALITY       = yes
  |TF_2_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Extraordinary Governments articles
  |TF_2_MAIN_CAT      = Extraordinary Governments task force articles
with
 |tf 2=
  |TF_2_LINK          = Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/Italian task force
  |TF_2_NAME          = Italian historical states task force
  |TF_2_NESTED        = Italian historical states
  |TF_2_IMAGE         = Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg
  |TF_2_QUALITY       = yes
  |TF_2_ASSESSMENT_CAT= Italian historical states articles
  |TF_2_MAIN_CAT      = Italian historical states articles
Thanks. — OwenBlacker (Talk), 9 July 2012‎, 15:06 (UTC)
:Done.  Thank you. Rjd0060 (talk) 08:35, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request: Italian historical states taskforce 

message: The sandbox contains two edits:
# I just now bypassed the redirects from Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/HRE task force → Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/Holy Roman Empire task force and Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/AH task force → Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/Austria-Hungary task force.
# On 28 December 2013, Knochen made an edit with the summary .
Knochen's edit also included the addition of a sixth taskforce (linking to WikiProject British Empire), but this is not supported by Template:WPBannerMeta, so I have removed that.
Could a template editor update the template with the sandbox version (or drop a note here and notify me if you want to discuss the edits), please? Thanks! — OwenBlacker (Talk) 20:13, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do you want to bypass redirects? See WP:NOTBROKEN. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:38, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have rejected this type of edit in the past.  If the redirect is somehow broken, then it should be fixed.  Only certain types of redirects such as typos and incorrect titles should be bypassed.  Good working redirects should usually be left alone to do their job. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 18:21, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

text: Update: After a little research, I agree that the redirect title of the flag (of the second empire of Brazil) may be seen as an incorrect name.  I have found nothing about a second empire of Brazil, so we can call this request  Partly done:.  The other two are useful aliases/shortcuts. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 19:53, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request: Bypass redirects 

message: Please alter the template to match the current sandbox version with output visible on the testcases page, the net diff is this. This change is part of a larger effort to effect the consensus to convert WikiProject Ottoman Empire to a taskforce of WikiProject Former countries, see this discussion for details. The taskforces have been ordered alphabetically in the template for organizational convenience; the image for the new taskforce was taken directly from the old banner. I'm also changing it to pass BANNER_NAME for the sake of wrapper templates (as I will be converting Template:WikiProject Ottoman Empire to a wrapper once all bot runs are complete).Courtesy ping to  to offer the chance for additional input.If you catch me in the next hour I can probably answer any questions; otherwise I will check back in tomorrow and the day after; I also plan to update the documentation at that time if no one else has gotten around to it; thanks for the help.𝒬𝔔 01:28, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done @. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 20:31, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request for WikiProject consolidation 

message: Please replace 
|tf 5=
  |TF_5_LINK          = WikiProject Ottoman Empire
  |TF_5_NESTED        = Ottoman Empire
  |tf 6=
  |TF_6_LINK          = WikiProject Prussia
  |TF_6_NESTED        = Prussia
 
with
 |tf 5=
  |TF_5_LINK          = Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottoman Empire
  |TF_5_NESTED        = Ottoman Empire
  |tf 6=
  |TF_6_LINK          = Wikipedia:WikiProject Prussia
  |TF_6_NESTED        = Prussia
The links are creating transcluded red links. Thanks. © Tbhotch™ (en-3). 02:05, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Nardog (talk) 02:06, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  That is the sort of thing that should have been picked up by correct use of sandbox and testcases, see WP:TESTCASES. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:30, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for catching this, I'll take responsibility for this one; must've been short of caffeine at the time.Oddly the testcases page is not showing a difference between the live and sanboxed versions of the template even though the fix desynced them (diff). I suspect this is because  doesn't play well with hooks, but I'll be honest with you my time for this is sharply limited right now so I probably won't be able to research this further for a bit; in the meantime lesson learned; in the future I'll try to set up alternative testcases formulations that make this obvious from the get go.𝒬𝔔 00:45, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The "nested" code only kicks in when the wikiproject banner is enclosed in , which isn't present (either as itself or as a redir) in the testcases page as it presently stands. See for example Template:WikiProject Film/testcases. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:48, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the additional info, it all makes sense now and should be an easy fix. If there's something else you think I should know about best practices in this area going forward feel free to hit me with another ping at anytime, I appreciate all constructive feedback.𝒬𝔔 21:19, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request: red links 

message: Request to change the ensign of civil fleet displayed here. This ensign has never had the character of a state flag. Placing it here as a "symbol" of Austro-Hungary is a mistake. This ensign has been removed from the Austria-Hungary article and many others. More on the subject in terms of content, see the article Flags of Austria-Hungary. This is a substantive error that is currently being fixed in wikipedia (there are still many links left). I suggest changing the ensign to the flag of the ruling Habsburg dynasty most often used as a symbol of Austria-Hungary (alternatively on a symbolic hybrid flag) or official coat of arms.
File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg|Habsburg flag
File:Flags of Austria-Hungary2.png|hybrid graphics ver 1
File:Hybrid flag of Austria-Hungary.png|hybrid graphics ver 2
File:Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria.svg|coat of arms 1
File:Austro-hungarian coat of arms 1914.svg|coat of arms 2
 Sumek101 (talk) 14:29, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:02, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 19 May 2023