Template talk:WikiProject Birds

Double link?
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but is there any real benefit to having a link to the WikiProject at the bottom of the template if it's already given at the top? ;-) Kirill Lokshin 03:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Not really, I will remove it. Joelito (talk) 05:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Portal
Now that we have a functioning bird portal should we change this to reflect and link to it? Sabine's Sunbird  talk  23:19, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Portal changed to Birds. Joelito (talk) 23:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Protection
This template is now perma-protected, since it's transcluded in a ton of talk pages. If there are any suggested changes, discuss them here and an admin will modify the template per consensus. – Quadell (talk) (random) 18:30, 24 July 2007 (UTC)


 * There are many similar biology and other templates that are used just as often as this that aren't protected, and it also goes against our guidelines to protect a page without past history of vandalism. It is also only on talk pages. Richard001 (talk) 10:32, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I have lowered it to semi-protect. The reasoning given is that it is of "high-risk" as it is transcluded on a large number of pages. I think the risk is related to how it is actually implemented (by precopying text or on-the-fly insertion of the transcluded content - the second should not change the overhead) by media-wiki and that implementation may well have changed... who knows. Shyamal (talk) 10:41, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Suggested addition
How about |needs-audio=, as with |needs-photo? I add a lot of audio requests, especially with bird articles. Richard001 (talk) 06:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Slight coding change
editprotected

Would it be possible to change the code in the needs-photo segment from

to

This would create a more unified look, using the same image as Template:Reqphoto and ditching the unsightly grey background. That would be great! Doodle -  doo   Ħ  16:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Some newlines appear to be missing from the request so I added them for consistency with the previous edit. Please inform me if I should not have assumed this. —EncMstr 07:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Can someone add the following
Just below

, could someone please add:

|- {{#ifeq:{{{needs-audio|}}}|yes| {{!}} style="background: lightgrey;" {{!}} {{!}} It is requested that an audio file(s) be included in this article to improve its quality.
 * {{done}} - hopefully its coded as it should be. Feel free to let me know if I inserted anything incorrectly!  I'll add the paramater to the usage doc in a second.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk)  08:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Full quality scale added.
I have added the full quality scale to this template per this request at the help desk. The template will now automatically show "Template", "Category" etc when added to the talk pages of these namespaces. Please revert this change if it is unnecessary or if it is causing problems. ≈ Chamal  talk ¤ 10:58, 11 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Switched to a custom mask to disable other classes not used by this project. PC78 (talk) 11:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Todo
The todo link at the bottom of the template is something related to the project. Since this template is used on numerous bird pages it would be better to have the todo link point to a talk page section or subpage that is article specific. If there are no objections to this I can work on setting up the template to do this along with a preloaded template. Shyamal (talk) 10:34, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 27 April 2020
Hi, I am Chicdat. A few days ago I moved WikiProject Poultry to WikiProject Birds/Poultry task force. I'd like someone to add, This article is supported by the poultry task force (marked as ., which would look like this (This article is supported by the poultry task force (marked as XX-importance.) Thanks, 🐔Chicdat Chicken Database 10:43, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 21:59, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. 🐔Chicdat Chicken Database 19:35, 28 April 2020 (UTC)