MediaWiki talk:Newarticletext

message: You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Teahouse § Is it okay to create a sandbox page without first creating a user page?.   talk 21:22, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Teahouse question related to this notice

message: When creating a template ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Foobar123456&action=edit&redlink=1 example), the notice currently says  The wikilink goes to WP:Template messages, which I highly doubt is actively maintained, and there's no button to just do a search (like there is for articles). Could we remedy this?  talk 22:44, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: As I don't see this being particularly controversial and this page isn't likely heavily watched, I'll go ahead and create an edit request below.  talk 22:57, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:37, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

text: when you search for a template the template namespace is not included by default, so I don't think this search would work well. Can you adapt the link so the template namespace is included? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:39, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: @MSGJ, my understanding is that there's two different ways to specify a namespace in a search. The first is to use the namespace tags, which show up in the URL as e.g. &ns10=1, and the second is to just use the prefix, e.g. to search for "Template:Foobar" rather than "Foobar". I used the latter method, since that's what was already used in this template for the project namespace, and it seems to be working, even though it doesn't show up in the "Search in:" tags. I don't know off the top of my head how to switch to using those tags with Special:Search, so while that might be a better way to code it, I'll leave that for someone else knowledgeable/inclined. Cheers,  talk 20:59, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncreated template search 

message: Could we adopt these changes, which fix or improve searching for categories, portals, and templates? Thanks,  talk 22:58, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:37, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

text: when you search for a template the template namespace is not included by default, so I don't think this search would work well. Can you adapt the link so the template namespace is included? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:39, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: @MSGJ, my understanding is that there's two different ways to specify a namespace in a search. The first is to use the namespace tags, which show up in the URL as e.g. &ns10=1, and the second is to just use the prefix, e.g. to search for "Template:Foobar" rather than "Foobar". I used the latter method, since that's what was already used in this template for the project namespace, and it seems to be working, even though it doesn't show up in the "Search in:" tags. I don't know off the top of my head how to switch to using those tags with Special:Search, so while that might be a better way to code it, I'll leave that for someone else knowledgeable/inclined. Cheers,  talk 20:59, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 20 November 2021 

message: The edit notice when someone is adding a local description for a file hosted on Wikimedia Commons should look like this:
It currently looks like this for reference (if you can't find it):
"Image" is outdated since files can be non-image media such as Ogg and MIDI. Instances of "image" should be replaced with "file". Eyesnore 18:51, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: please make the exact changes you are proposing to the sandbox here: MediaWiki talk:Newarticletext/sandbox, then reactivate the edit request when done. — xaosflux Talk 19:05, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  I performed the edit in the sandbox (diff) which you can copy to the interface message. Eyesnore 19:08, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:   * Pppery * it has begun... 01:30, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 9 September 2023