Template talk:Dubious span

Examples
The example seems to be faulty, as it produces

—DIV (120.18.88.32 (talk) 14:50, 11 October 2018 (UTC))


 * Still not working. Result in 2024 is
 * OK, technically it's working, but it lacked a proper explanation or context.
 * I have expounded on the issue now in the documentation. —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 14:22, 19 April 2024 (UTC))
 * I have expounded on the issue now in the documentation. —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 14:22, 19 April 2024 (UTC))

Info. boxes
Please add info. boxes at the bottom of the page, like at Template:Dubious. —DIV (120.18.237.87 (talk) 00:09, 27 February 2019 (UTC))

Docs need work?
I was having trouble using this template, you created. Might be me, but I think the syntax needs more explaining and maybe more examples.

Specificity, the text I'm spanning went right off the right side of the page, thus:
 * " [Dubious - discuss "

Using this syntax:

✅ Aha! I left out "text="  before TEXT, TEXT TEXT yada, yada, yada. It was after 3 AM here though … ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think you need a sample template that dummies like me can copy and paste where they need. Like:

Regards, 220  of  ßorg 18:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes, documentation is very poor. Especially writing "Dubious" instead of "Dubious-span"  :-(
 * Your contribution helps :-)
 * I have adapted it at Template:Dubious_span/doc.
 * —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 13:47, 19 April 2024 (UTC))
 * I've made three main changes to the documentation now:
 * added an adapted version of your example;
 * defined "reason" as a (previously undocumented) parameter; and
 * elaborated on escaping 'special' characters occurring in the section name specified for discussion on the Talk page.
 * No doubt more work is needed, but I hope this helps a bit.
 * —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 14:28, 19 April 2024 (UTC))

Cannot include wikilinks
I don't know if the originally created template by Jc86035 had not adapted to it, or if later changes glitched it, but if you use this template and the span text includes a wikilink, it screws up.

{ renders as


 * You have an extra opening brace, but no matter.
 * currently renders as
 * Here the problem is not in the text, but in the link to the Talk page.
 * fixes it:
 * as does
 * —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 13:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC))
 * fixes it:
 * as does
 * —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 13:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC))
 * —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 13:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC))
 * —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 13:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC))
 * —DIV (1.145.112.83 (talk) 13:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC))