Template talk:Catholic-hierarchy

Webmaster Note
Howdy, I just wanted to note that I am the webmaster of the website associated with this template. I would be happy to answer any questions related to the site.--Dcheney (talk) 19:50, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Tag for CH references
Greetings, References using this CH template can be tagged with . Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 13:38, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I think I've suggested this before, but wouldn't it make more sense to make that part of the template itself? --Dcheney (talk) 09:07, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

access-date doesn't work as documented; & (data) date is better than access-date
Usage of this template is documented as

As of 9 April 2022 it doesn't work that way. In brief, the access date doesn't work as documented; though both  and   do indeed work as expected, with or without hyphen.

The (deprecated)  and (correct)  are ignored. A and displayed as "Retrieved" date. A fifth bare parameter is ignored;

With parameter the date is ignored at present.

With parameter the "Retrieved" date is displayed.

The bare date must continue to be recognised to support existing use, but  needs to be added.

The Catholic-hierarchy Web pages have the page date at the bottom ("Copyright David M. Cheney ... Data: 18 Nov 2020). This date seems highly relevant; the actual date accessed is totally unimportant. The (or in addition to the date retrieved) should be used, with parameter  . For the example used here: "Lorenzo Cardinal Raggi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 18 November 2020.
 * Another point:

Best wishes, Pol098 (talk) 15:14, 9 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I can confirm that date is significant. The info after "Code" is the particular script that created the page, it's version, and revision date. While useful to me (the code writer), no one else will care. The date after "Data" is the actual date that page was last updated. Note that if it is substantially out of date, you may want to verify that the page name has not changed (unusual, but it does happen). Dcheney (talk) 00:05, 11 April 2022 (UTC)