Template talk:WikiProject Cycling

[The Cycling Icon discussion originally moved here from Portal talk:Cycling has been moved to a more directly relevant talk page at Template talk:Cycling-bio-stub.]

"Category"-class and "list"-class
Some other templates have a List-class (see Category:List-Class_articles), others have a Category-class (see Category:Category-Class_articles). In the cycling project, we don't have them. I would like to have them. All Category-class articles now are rated NA, and list-class articles are 'lost' in the rating process. I looked in the template itself, but it looks really difficult, so I'm afraid to mess something up... --EdgeNavidad (talk) 07:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I didn't see this before. It's not too hard to do, will look at this later. SeveroTC 15:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

editprotect Switch to meta template with greater support for the requested class categories. SeveroTC 08:54, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:. The proposed changes would break the template pretty hard.  Suggest first doing some sandbox testing to get proper parameter names fixed up.  Cheers.  lifebaka++ 13:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm slightly confused as to how this would "break the template pretty hard". It completely replaces it with the meta template. I wasn't actually completely explicit in what I wanted changed - basically replace the whole code with all the following code. I have tested this and haven't found anything untoward. If you have noticed anything, place be explicit. We can do without all the fields at the bottom though.

SeveroTC 16:45, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Happy‑melon 18:06, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Future Class
editprotect

Same deal. I'm trying to create Category:Future-Class Cycling articles. There are more than 50 subcategories to Category:Future-Class articles, and I really think a cycling subcat is a fitting one. But I can't get articles to get into the category through the use of this template, so I think an edit is necessary. I'm not sure what that edit is, though, so hopefully someone can help me. Nosleep break my slumber 06:03, 8 May 2009 (UTC)


 * ✅ Edit was needed to WikiProject Cycling/class. SeveroTC 08:46, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Gee...thanks. And here I was hoping to get one of the people who came by previously to help you face_palm. No, seriously, thanks. Nosleep break my slumber 09:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Subst check
Can we please add |substcheck= as per Template:WPBannerMeta/doc to guard against substitutions rather than transclusions. The documentation has it just under |BANNER_NAME = Template:WikiProject Cycling Thanks, SeveroTC 16:50, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅, banner all up to date :) &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:05, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Mountain Biking task force support
I propose adding the following the cycling template. I added the |tf group on, which provides support for the Mountain Biking task force within the Cycling Project. This will allow that task force to group and categorize its articles within Cycling. See the Cardiology task force's use of WP:MED's template for an example of how this will work. The parent wikiproject's banner (Cycling) will not change, except that for mountain biking articles there will be an additional line of text stating that it is supported by the mtn. biking task force. The extra lines below allow the mountain biking task force to use the same bot Cycling does to group articles based on quality and importance.

Andyo2000 (talk) 18:03, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've moved your code to the sandbox version. The syntax is fine. Are you sure you want to use the MAIN_CAT as well as the separate quality/importance categories? might help you to create all the necessary categories.  Struck because I realise that you have the categories, so I have fixed your code to use an assessment category of "Mountain Biking articles" rather than "mountain biking articles" &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, I might suggest that a parameter of "mtnbk" might be hard to remember. What about "mountain"? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:51, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

As you didn't reply I used my initiative. The parameter is mtb - let me know if you want this changed. The WPMB is now using this template, so you can continue to use that one as a shortcut. (But the needs-photo note will no longer work because this one doesn't have such a note.) &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:49, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks pretty good, and yes, the mtb parameter is fine. Thank you. Andyo2000 (talk) 13:54, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Trying to add importance assessment
As we're one of the only Projects that doesn't have one. As suggested here, the edit seems to be

|QUALITY_SCALE        = extended |class=

to

|QUALITY_SCALE        = extended |class= |importance=

Hopefully it can be figured out what needs to be done. Alex finds herself awake at night ( Talk ·  What keeps her up ) 08:57, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Trial and error on widely-used templates is not a good idea. Try reading the documentation at WPBannerMeta to figure out how to add importance support, then update and test the sandbox accordingly. Once you're sure the sandbox works as intended, then we can change the template. Skomorokh,  barbarian  15:41, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I have no idea how to read the absolute schlock of code in this template. None. Thanks anyway. Alex finds herself awake at night  ( Talk ·  What keeps her up ) 07:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Missing Picture
The image for the MB task force has been taken offline. I found this image to change it to: File:Cycling hardtail sil.gif.



Thanks. Andyo2000 (talk) 14:25, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * An alternate is the mountain biking version of the main picture: File:Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg SeveroTC 22:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)



Edit request
Per this request at WP:VPT. I'm unsure how to code this to allow the parameters to become live. Any help would be grateful. The Cricket Project's template might help with the syntax - WikiProject Cricket. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 20:04, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


 * ✅ There are a few importance categories that need creating, as you'll see in the message on the template page. -- WOSlinker (talk) 20:34, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks!  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 07:40, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 5 October 2016 - Tour de France task force
|TF_2_LINK           = Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Tour de France task force |TF_2_NAME           = Tour de France task force |TF_2_NESTED         = Tour de France |TF_2_IMAGE          = Jersey yellow.svg |TF_2_QUALITY        = yes |tf 2 importance= |TF_2_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Tour de France articles BaldBoris 19:11, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * tf 2=
 * Several things, tf 1 already is hooked, so you're requesting tf 2. Are you certain that you want quality and importance assessments separate from the project-wide importance and class? Unless you forsee your task force needing a secondary assessment separate from the WikiProject, you don't need importance/assessment cats. If you would like all pages tagged with yes to be categorized into one category, you need a TF_2_MAIN_CAT. — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 19:22, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If WikiProject Cycling/Mountain Biking task force is using it, why wouldn't this? BaldBoris 19:32, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Basically, you're requesting something similar to the subcategories of Category:Mountain Biking articles by importance and Category:Mountain Biking articles by quality, but for your own taskforce. Just wanted to verify if that's what you intend, rather than one main go-to category. — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 19:35, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes of course I understand? One category won't suffice. BaldBoris 19:40, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, File:Yellow jersey.svg doesn't seem to exist. — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 19:26, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * File:Jersey yellow.svg... BaldBoris 19:32, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Re-open if there are any issues — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 20:17, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Why have all of the articles gone in Category:Unknown-importance Tour de France articles? I only intend to use tdf-imp if any are low for WikiProject Cycling, but aren't for the Tour. BaldBoris 19:54, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If tdf-imp is unspecified, it defaults to the unknown-importance Tour de France category. But if you prefer your task force to go off of the existing WikiProject-wide impotance categorization be default, and only occasionally let tdf-imp override it, the current sandbox edit is probably what you're requesting. — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 20:11, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's much better. Thanks. BaldBoris 20:44, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Might take a day to repopulate. — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 20:47, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

To get article alerts and recognized content working I think all articles also need to be in Category:Tour de France task force articles, for example Category:American Civil War task force articles. Looking at Article alerts/Subscription list, all task forces using article alerts have all in the main articles cat, same with Category:Wikipedia lists of recognized content. It doesn't look like there's ever been an update in the mountain biking alerts either. Also, can you make it so there's Category:Tour de France articles needing attention (using attention), Category:Tour de France articles needing infoboxes (using needs-infobox) and Category:Tour de France articles needing photographs like Category:Mountain Biking task force articles. I'm not sure if it's actually working for the latter because all three are empty. uses it for the American Civil War task force, see Talk:1st California Mountaineers Battalion. Thanks. BaldBoris 07:18, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Milhist is a poor example to compare against because it is so very different from other WikiProject banners; not only does it not use, its parameters, categories and categorisation rules all differ too. -- Red rose64 (talk) 09:39, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * OK my bad, but surely you know I could of used other examples? The first request is done on almost every task force articles cat I've seen, 1, 2, 3. The second is already used in this for the Mountain Biking task force, so I didn't even need to give an example. Here's one that uses anyway:  for Category:Yellowstone task force articles. I forgot that Category:Tour de France articles needing photographs can't be done because it's done through, so Category:Mountain Biking articles needing photographs isn't a comparison. BaldBoris 11:11, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting wait.svg|17px|link=|alt=]] Doing... — Andy W. ( talk ) 20:37, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm feeling ready to sync to the revision dated 23:43, 14 October 2016 in the sandbox. I moved the task force into a hook, which supports the extra task force categories. Waiting if anyone had comments or suggestions... a bit new at hooks. (courtesy ping ) If there are none, I'm planning on syncing in about 15 hours., thanks for your patience — Andy W. ( talk ) 23:54, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Ping if there are any issues — Andy W. ( talk ) 15:38, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, I didn't look in this in more detail because I was v. busy Friday and saturday. Will be today too. -- Red rose64 (talk) 09:57, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 19 April 2019
would like to ad the "gdi" info to the project for the Giro d'Italia task for that has been created. " Disc Wheel  ( T  +  C )  05:04, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I would like to make a similar addition to his template as BaldBoris did for the Tour de France task force, with WikiProject Cycling/Giro d'Italia task force instead. The file i'd desire instead of the yellow jersey icon would be the "File:Jersey pink.svg"

|TF_2_LINK           = Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Tour de France task force |TF_2_NAME           = Tour de France task force |TF_2_NESTED         = Tour de France |TF_2_IMAGE          = Jersey yellow.svg |TF_2_QUALITY        = yes |tf 2 importance= |TF_2_ASSESSMENT_CAT = Tour de France articles"
 * tf 2=
 * Please don't paste code blobs into a talk page, instead make your proposed changes at Template:WikiProject Cycling/sandbox so that they may be tested properly, see WP:TESTCASES. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 11:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, got pretty confused with it all. Thank you for the tip! Disc Wheel ( T  +  C )  22:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Got my test case in now. Disc Wheel ( T  +  C )  22:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * You amended the sandbox, to which I've made a . But where is the testcase? -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 10:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the delay, I have created the testcase at Template:WikiProject_Cycling/testcases. Please let me know what you think. Disc Wheel  ( T  +  C )  14:09, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 20:11, 25 April 2019 (UTC)