Template talk:User instrument subcategory

This template is for skill level subdivisions of Babel categories in Category:User instruments.

How it works
This template uses one of four helper templates -- User instrument subcategory/1, User instrument subcategory/2, User instrument subcategory/3, and User instrument subcategory/4 -- based on  . The bulk of the description ("These users play the ___ at the ___ level.") is fed through   and  . The helpers use User blank-1, User blank-2, User blank-3, or User blank-4 for the formatting, and fill in the word appropriate to  .

You might think it would be better for this template to do most of the work and use a helper simply to provide the skill-level word. Unfortunately, since the description is provided as a template argument, a MediaWiki limitation prevents this solution.

User instrument also has its parallel helpers, but /1 through /3 actually redirect to this template's helpers due to the identical function. User instrument/4 is not redirected because of a link to professional in User instrument subcategory/4.

Confused yet?

Template:User bass guitar for Bass guitar
yeah --Mistress Selina Kyle 21:16, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Added to WP:INST. –Pomte 05:44, 28 December 2007 (UTC)