Template talk:WikiProject Mammals

message:  There's no reason to have the dash then page break at the top when parameters are not used, disrupts the flow of many talk pages. -Pumpmeup 10:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Should be fixed now, I think. --- RockMFR 23:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Request

message: Hi please correct the wikilink within template, it's pointing to WP Religion rather than Mammals (I'm sure some of them are religious but probably not all). Benjiboi 03:17, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed - with no prejudice to PETA ;) SkierRMH (talk) 04:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry about that. Guess you can tell which template this one was copied from, huh? John Carter (talk) 15:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol! I'm sure some animals find religion. Benjiboi 19:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Points to Wiki Religion? 

message: I would like to add documentation to this template. It has more features than those described. But I can't because the template is protected since... November! Please do something: Add a proper documentation or unprotected. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Describe what you mean by "proper documentation" and it can probably be added. But because this template is a high-risk template, yeah, it probably will be protected more or less forever, so that someone doesn't come along and vandalize it by changing the categories linked to or whatever. That's fairly standard for templates that deal with multiple groups. John Carter (talk) 18:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In section "Usage" all the following options are not mentioned and of course there is not explanation when they should be used:
*attention
*peer-preview
*old-peer-preview
*Mustelids-work-group
*MustelidsImp
*Primates-work-group
*PrimatesImp
*Pocket-pet
*PocketpetsImp
*needs-taxobox
*needs-photo
Today I added many tags "guessing" that the need to be tagged as "pocket-pet" well. In order to help users to add appropriate tags, these options should be mentioned and explained in the documentation. Friendly, Magioladitis (talk) 19:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

text: You're right, and those sections are added now. The template still needs a bit of work in some sections though, and I'll try to get to that tomorrow. John Carter (talk) 19:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Is the protection for ever? Template is lacking documentation

message: Can someone more expert with templates than me please change this so that it recognises C-class (as the project apparently does)? Frickeg (talk) 06:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: . Just make some tests it works correctly and tell me. Should C-class be in a different color than B-class? -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  C-class 

message: Would anybody adversely object to me adding a "child" parameter which allowed other projects, that fall under this one, to utilize it's functions, as opposed to creating a whole new template?  This would also have the added benefit of keeping articles within the project's scope from disappearing to other project's assessment categories.  For example, Dog does not count as a B-Class Mammal article, and would never be counted as a featured Mammal article.  I have a few guidelines for how to do this so that it would be as uninvasive and unredundant as possible:
*(edited)The optional child parameter would take the subject in its WikiProject X form, (i.e. |child=X )
*(added) optional |purpose parameter to allow for more variation in potential projects
*(added) optional |catname parameter for assessment categories, defaulting to X
*The rating would apply for both the appropriate Mammal and child project categories, but priority/importance is project specific and so could be set seperately from, or ignored by, the Mammals project.
*The portal and image would default to those used already, but could be replaced.
--﻿ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 17:26, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: now that i'm diving into the details, i have a question.  Should i keep with my original proposal and have all ratings (even List- NA- Category- and Stub- ) be duplicated by the child?  Or should the sharing be specific only to FA- A- GA- class articles?  Or should I only add enough extensibility to allow different project names and images to be used (and the template would completely replace all categories) --﻿ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 17:25, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

text: In regards to importance, the child should not inherit the value from the parent.  I see the parent as being a wholistic view of the subject as mammals for example and how a specific article would relate to one versus the child project could be completely different.  The class value could be inherited as the test for FA, GA, A, B, etc. should be fairly consistent.  BlindEagletalk~contribs 20:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: i agree that importance is not universal, while class would be.  however, the question is whether or not to be placing an article in both :Category:FA-class mammal articles and :Category:FA-class foobar articles - because the implications would be to be placing articles in duplicate stub-, start-, list-, and NA- class articles.  With how the categorization stucture exists, :Category:FA-Class Dogs articles should belong in :Category:FA-Class mammal articles, but it doesn't.  I am starting to think that while some optimizations could still be implemented, it might be more worthwhile to just fix the overall categorization rather than having one article belong to several different related FA-class categories.  I realize this is a 180-degree move from my original proposal. --﻿ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 22:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay.  I understand your original question now.  In my opinion, if the article relates to both categories then the article should be placed in both categories.  I know the implication is that some article could be placed in a large number of categories.  However, I think for broadest exposure to the material, it is appropriate to place them where ever they fit.  In regards to fixing the category structures, it certainly needs some work and is probably as far away from the original subject you can get.  It would be a daunting task that could certainly benefit a lot of articles.  BlindEagletalk~contribs 12:09, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

text: ok, take it for a test at User:Zappernapper/Template --﻿ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 08:37, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The purpose of placing articles into multiple categories is, so far as I know, to make them appear on the assessment summary table for the relevant projects. Thus, if we wanted Dog articles to appear in the Mammals assessment summary table, so far as I know, the article would have to be assessed separately for each table it were to be included in. If there have been developed other ways of achieving that objective, I don't think anyone would mind not including the duplicate assessments, but if there haven't, I guess it would be up to the various projects whether they want to have the assessment data and thus whether they want them assessed or not. John Carter (talk) 14:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

text: No opposition here.  BlindEagletalk~contribs 19:13, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making this template more extensible 

message: Hi,
I updated the source as well as the documentation to add the newly created Bats Task Force, unfortunately I cannot see any change. Any help? Thanks
Fulup56 (talk) 11:10, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Bats Task Force 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:MaMTalk. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Magioladitis (talk) 07:06, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Template:MaMTalk" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Please apply the changes on the sandbox. The lack of b1 to b6 parameters on the main WPBannerMeta call is preventing the custom class mask from automatically categorizing pages as B-class. See Talk:Panthera pardus tulliana for a testcase. Note when testing changes that, due to recent WikiProject banner changes, the class row won't visually show up if it matches the article class (in this case, Panthera pardus tulliana is already a B-class article), but it will gain the :Category:B-Class mammal articles category if properly working. Chlod (say hi!) 03:01, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:35, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you!  Chlod (say hi!) 11:37, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 3 July 2023 

message: After the TfD of  the Bats task force banner, all uses were converted to .  The  parameter was moved over as well, but that parameter has not been enabled in this template (see :Category:Wikipedia requested range maps for bats).  Should we enable this parameter?  Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 13:23, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, it used to be that  or  would subcategorize into :Category:Wikipedia requested images of bats.  Should we make the banner subcategorize when ?  Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 13:24, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bats