Wikipedia:Requested templates/Archive 18

Logarithm definition template
I would like to request a template that declares the definition of certain mathematical notations at the top of an article, especially the meaning of log. On articles such as Prime number theorem, log is used to mean natural log, which could confuse readers.

There seems to be consensus at this article talk page and this MOS talk page to retain the original notation per the MOS, but this is academic formatting that many readers will not understand without reading the clarification sentence at the top of the article.

Therefore, I would like a template that makes this definition of log more visible to readers, to be shown at the top of an article or the relevant section. If someone finds a policy against this request or finds this absolutely ludicrous, please let me know.

Toadspike (talk) 23:49, 7 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @Toadspike! This is definitely doable. Do you have some draft text for the hatnote? Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 00:07, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure, thank you for helping out. My suggestion would be something along the lines of "This article uses $$log(x)$$ to represent the natural log, $$log_e(x)$$ or $$ln(x)$$".
 * An alternative is "This article contains uncommon mathematical notation: ", and then a bullet point for each notation definition. Toadspike (talk) 17:30, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, results at VanIsaac, MPLLcont WpWS 19:20, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! This is wonderful. Toadspike (talk) 16:39, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Books category
I would like to request an equivalent of "Template:Songs category" for books.

7szz (talk) 22:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

NPP backlog visual improvements
Would anybody be willing to sandbox a version of NPP backlog that looks nicer? Permalink to current version. Suggestions:


 * replace monospaced font with regular font, probably by eliminating a doesn't display "policy" as a shortcut? Should be easy for someone with experience.   and   still need to work though. Thanks. – Novem Linguae  (talk) 20:37, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ VanIsaac, GHTVcont WpWS 21:10, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Nice solution. Thanks for the help :) – Novem Linguae (talk) 21:34, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, it's at least a solution. A "nice" solution probably wouldn't have the second conditional testing for additional parameters, but I tried a bunch of different possibilities and couldn't work out a logic flow that didn't either bloat the code in even worse and confusing ways, or throw up errors on when using "policy" without an explicit shortcut. VanIsaac, GHTVcont WpWS 22:58, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

help
could someone make the snazz line template from department of fun functional? Allaoii (talk) 20:46, 24 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Link please. – Novem Linguae (talk) 20:48, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Listroiderbob/Snazz_line Allaoii (talk) 19:51, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

CoordDec units for dim
The "dim" parameter of the CoordDec template should explain what units to use when entered via the Visual Editor, i.e. "viewing diameter in metres" (like Coord). Others may also need this clarity around units. Thanks!

★NealMcB★ (talk) 18:51, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I've added "(in meters)" to the description for that parameter. VanIsaac, GHTVcont WpWS 19:45, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

NBA General manager and inaugural season roster
NBA General manager and inaugural season roster

24.209.152.112 (talk) 02:15, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Template for "No known rights" by the Danish National Museum
The Danish National Museum ("Natmuseet") has many pictures in their collections with the "No known restrictions" license, and they even hyperlink to a Commons page about the "No known restrictions" (example). Could anyone make a template, similar to this one for the Library of Congress? Thanks!! :)

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Template:Technical redirect
For technical reasons, ':)' redirects to ')', another redirect. The template would be:

Yeilding on the specified page, the template would be:

Faster than Thunder (talk &#124; contributions) 20:43, 14 November 2022 (UTC)


 * @Faster than Thunder How about editing Technical reasons so you can write to get "For technical reasons, ":)" redirects to ")". For typographical portrayals of faces, see Emoticon." If this sounds like a good solution I could do so. --Trialpears (talk) 22:58, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
 * We can discuss it on Template talk:Technical reasons. Faster than Thunder (talk &#124; contributions) 05:45, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Userboxes for Chinese culture
Template:User Confucianist Template:User Dengist Template:User Legalist Template:User Mohist

Flora Wilshire (talk) 03:05, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Template for catalan onomastics reference
Hi,

I created a template for the Catalan wiktionary, and I tried to do the same for the English wiktionary, but it seems that it requires some approval or special procedure. I don't know if this is the proper place to request it.

Basically, there is a huge work called Onomasticon Cataloniae from Joan Coromines about Catalan names (both toponymy and anthroponymy) and currently it is indexed and available online, so it is a massive reference work to link with. It is available at Onomasticon Cataloniae on IEC

The intent is to have the template available for creating reference entries in the English wiktionary definitions for most Catalan names.

I tried to create the template R:OnCat by myself, but it was rejected: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Template:R:OnCat

The content is: “” in Onomasticon Cataloniae from Joan Coromines.

The documentation page https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Template:R:OnCat/documentation is already created (I started with it).

The Joan Coromines page already existed. The Onomasticon Cataloniae page is still missing; I plan to write it.

Thanks

Jvilar (talk) 14:17, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Enhydrini
Hi! I would like to request a simple "Template:Taxonomy/Enhydrini" page to be used for the Enhydritherium, Enhydra, and sea otter pages, since they are generally classified under the "Enhydrini" tribe.

Source: Revision of the Mio-Pliocene bunodont otter-likemammals of the Indian Subcontinent.

Here's the standard taxonomy template for page usage:

Please let me know if my request for a new biological tribe page is accepted or not. Thanks, and have a nice day!

PrimalMustelid (talk) 20:50, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Template for - Canada T20I cricket captains
Most of the nations have a template for their T20I Cricket captains and Canada doesn't. I would like to request for that template to be made.

Apnagm (talk) 01:44, 22 November 2022 (UTC)


 * @Apnagm: Hi. Can you please provide an example of that type of template for other nations? Thanks. Jeeputer  Talk  04:50, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, I can share couple of links of different nations templates. Thanks
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Scotland_T20I_Cricket_Captains
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ireland_T20I_Cricket_Captains 2607:FEA8:C5E:7400:89EA:C261:17FD:437B (talk) 10:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, I can share couple of links of different nations templates. Thanks
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Scotland_T20I_Cricket_Captains
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ireland_T20I_Cricket_Captains Apnagm (talk) 10:32, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * @Apnagm: I created Canada T20I Cricket Captains. please consider comparing with List_of_Canada_national_cricket_captains. Jeeputer  Talk  10:44, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

JavascriptExecute
{JSExec| //Javascript code here }

it should allow javascript to be executed

Askofep (talk) 19:22, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Internet Personality
The idea of this was first proposed in this discussion three years ago by @Brojam and I think it's a good idea. I'm not entirely for the consolidation of Template:Infobox Twitch streamer, Template:Infobox YouTube personality, and Template:Infobox TikTok personality since those positions are notable enough to remain separate, however, I think a broad internet/social media template should exist at least for individuals whose primary/largest platform isn't defined.

I propose that the top of the template should be generic (name, picture, personal info). The second section is in the area below their personal info, which should be where general information on their internet presence should be outlined (platforms present, years active, total views/followers, genre). Below should be the third section, which features module fields pertaining to the three aforementioned pre-existing e-personality templates. Below those is the fourth section, which should be sections devoted to other platforms where the individual/group is present, but don't have infobox of their own right (e.g, Twitter, Facebook, alt tech sites, Discord, etc.), which should retain general info regarding followers and the like, as well as custom parameters that are to be used to fill out custom info regarding to that specific site (e.g, members of subreddits and the like).

All the individual platforms on both the third and fourth section should have collapsibility options for editors. At the bottom, there should be a field to enter in where platform statistics were last updated. Knightoftheswords281 (talk) 04:20, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

A few id templates
See: id templates:  (displays as:  ),   (displays as:  ),   (displays as:  ), etc.

I would like one for:

National Library of Australia

would lead to https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4761905

(Add contents of param: catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/HERE)

Template could display as: National Library of Australia:example

ResearchGate,

would lead to: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253512379

(Add contents of param: researchgate.net/publication/HERE)

Template could display as: ResearchGate:example

Academia.edu,

would lead to https://www.academia.edu/75469235

(Add contents of param academia.edu/HERE)

Template could display as: Academia:example

United States Geological Survey,

would lead to https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70024232

(Add contents of param: pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/HERE)

Template could display as: USGS Index ID:example

Stanford University,

would lead to https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5683968

(Add contents of param: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/HERE)

Template could display as: Catkey:example

University of Rochester, & Massachusetts Institute of Technology

would lead to https://rochester.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01ROCH_INST:UR01&docid=alma9978290640205216

(Add contents of param: rochester.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01ROCH_INST:UR01&docid=HERE)

Template could display as: UR Libraries docid:example

would lead to https://mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01MIT_INST:MIT&docid=alma990020728850106761

(Add contents of param: mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01MIT_INST:MIT&docid=HERE)

Template could display as: MIT Libraries docid:example

University of Lancaster,

would lead to https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/27171/

(Add contents of param: eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/HERE)

Lancaster University Library id:example

University of South Wales,

would lead to https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publications/66acc96f-e0c3-44a3-b0b3-3e4df38539fc

(Add contents of param: pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publications/HERE)

University of South Wales Pure BIB:example

BhamBoi (talk) 00:17, 25 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Okay, I haven't seen any objections show up to this, and these look pretty easy to tackle. I'll give it a go this evening. VanIsaac, GHTVcont WpWS 03:23, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Templates to create:


 * ✅. The USW template does not quite work as show above, as it does not automatically add the required dashes into the publication number. I could include that functionality if it is really necessary. But my instinct was to make the publication ID that would be copied from the URL to be the one to use. VanIsaac, GHTVcont WpWS 04:01, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * And I've added rudimentary documentation to all of them and categorized at Category:External link templates VanIsaac, GHTVcont WpWS 05:12, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you!!!! BhamBoi (talk) 21:18, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Help needed to make changes to GAR template
I was wondering if somebody could help modify a few templates now that there is just a single GAR process per this close. The changes:
 * Modify the GAR/link and GAR template to remove all the coding around individual reassessments. The new process will use the page naming convention of the old community reassessment (now simply reassessment).
 * Change the text in GAR/linktext to say "To start a reassessment, follow this link to create the good article reassessment page for the article. Please indicate clearly how to article does not meet the good article criteria. (If you have already created a reassessment page, and the template has not changed, try purging this talk page.).
 * I don't know what needs to happen with templates that will now be unused: GAR/editintro1 and GAR/preload1. Do we mark those as historical or are they typically deleted?

The new instructions for the process are live now at WP:GAR. I posted a while back at WP:VPT, but no response. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:53, 8 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I'll link to this in the technical channel on Discord. Maybe we can get some help that way :) – Novem Linguae (talk) 19:20, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Does anything really need to be done? It's okay for the templates to continue to have the coding for individual assessments which might be required for the historical cases to render correctly. As for the third point, just ensure the unused templates are no longer mentioned in any documentation. – SD0001  (talk) 15:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * incorrectly lets the user choose between two types of GAR: individual assessment and community reassessment. Recently we got rid of individual reassessments, and now all GARs are community reassessments. The template needs to be edited to delete the bullet that says To start an individual reassessment, follow this link to create a dedicated talk subpage for the reassessment. Note that this process is being phased out per this discussion. This sounds easy, but these templates are more complicated than they look. If no one makes this change I'll eventually take a stab at it, but someone who is good at templates could do it faster. – Novem Linguae (talk) 03:24, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * So it was just the 2nd point that needed to be done - done now. – SD0001  (talk) 04:36, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks good at first glance. Thanks for stepping up to help with that SD0001. @Femke, can you confirm that the new edits are to your satisfaction and haven't broken anything? In regards to GAR/editintro1 and GAR/preload1, if you're sure they're no longer used and you no longer think they're useful, I guess TFD those? According to Arguments to avoid in template deletion discussions, the essence of TFD is "is this template useful?", and if the answer is no, then it is a good candidate for deletion. – Novem Linguae (talk) 06:54, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * recently opened a DC GAR at Good article reassessment/Clam Lake Canal/1; maybe they can confirm if the new setup worked as intended? Sandy Georgia (Talk)  08:32, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Seemingly; I opened it with the GAR-helper tool and everything seemed to go smoothly. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  18:37, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Here's another one just opened to check: Good article reassessment/Demarest Building/1 (I'm not seeing it at WP:GAR so did something go wrong?). Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  20:46, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It's there now alright. WP:GAR listing is generated by AnomieBOT which takes some time. – SD0001  (talk) 04:20, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Template for Fife settlements
Would it be possible to create this template: Template:Fife settlements It should have the same layout as: Template:South_Lanarkshire_settlements The template will be included in the settlements listed in the template and in the Fife article.

185.107.14.2 (talk) 11:34, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ The template can be found here: Template:Fife settlements Vozul (talk) 03:47, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

NAMM Interview Standard Template
I would like there to be some sort of template for NAMM Oral History Program interviews (sort of like how there is with Template:AllMusic and Template:IMSLP) so that we can have something that looks uniform across pages. (There are over 5,000 interviewees, most of which have a page, so there's a decent need). I don't know how to go about creating such a template, but it should be easy when that URLs are: www.namm.org/library/oral-history/artist. I think outputting it as Artist Interview with the NAMM Oral History Program would look the best, but am open to suggestions. Thank you! Why? I Ask (talk) 22:13, 11 February 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ @Why? I Ask the Template:NAMM has been created.
 * Vozul (talk) 16:33, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Vozul: Thank you! Why? I Ask (talk) 20:50, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Template for Wikiproject Religion userbox
Hello. It would be great if someone has the time and interest in helping out to add parameters to the template so editors can customize the colors of the font, the background of the image and the background of the text section. I am hoping to have as options the colors of the rainbow plus white, black and grey, and if possible, a hex code. Cheers!

Thinker78 (talk) 23:28, 28 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Looks like this was implemented by someone after you requested it! Have you checked it out yet? Pedantical (talk) 17:56, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Yes, I have. It was great work! Thanks for notifying. Cheers! Thinker78  (talk) 20:15, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Taxonbar template for tables
There has been some discussion in the past about upmerging low-content articles on species into list articles. A blocker to this has been the desire to include the information within Template:Taxonbar, and a solution that has been considered is to create a variant on Taxonbar that would support including it, collapsed or otherwise hidden, in a table.

Two options have been considered:
 * 1) To include it within a note that is viewable on mouse over, and that would be found next to the species name. The result would likely be similar to the current output of nesting Template:Taxonbar within Template:Efn, although modifications may need to be made so that when displayed within the note the "taxonbar" column is instead a row on top of the table, and so that the taxonbar does not show up at the bottom of the page in an unusual way, like can currently be seen at . BilledMammal (talk) 06:42, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * 2) To include it within a collapsible list that would be either in its own cell. This would need to just display a "show" button or similar, as the column would describe what the contents are.

For example:

Unfortunately, I have little experience with templates at less with Lua and don't know the level of work required for this. If these would be simple for an editor experienced with Lua and templates to make by merging existing templates and modules would it be possible to make them so that they can be used in ongoing discussions? If they are not simple to make, I will attempt to create a mockup, and look into creating them or asking for them to be created once we have a stronger idea what direction the consensus will go. BilledMammal (talk) 06:42, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I've implemented 2 in the sandbox, using, although the code I wrote is a bit of a hack and will need some improvements if it actually goes live. For 1 I don't understand why using efn is not sufficient, or what specific changes I need to make the the output. * Pppery * it has begun...  01:40, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * For one, while I’m viewing on mobile, the efn does not show up properly in the notelist, though it does work normally while clicking on the inline. https://ibb.co/JdtGQLN
 * https://ibb.co/d5wHG9V BhamBoi (talk) 01:46, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That implementation of 2 is perfect, thank you. BilledMammal (talk) 02:19, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Is


 * what you want? As before, the implementation will need some reworking if it actually goes live, but this will do as a demo. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:08, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * For efn, I'm starting to think that you have a point that using plain "efn" is better - the issue with it not showing up in the notelist is that the taxonbar template isn't supposed to show up in templates. The only issue that I think would need to be addressed - for example, see this note, where it overflows the box - but it should otherwise be fine for a demonstration. If it is chosen as the option other changes would be ideal, such as merging the tables at the bottom rather than having multiple, but that isn't needed yet.
 * In terms of your adjusted version here, thank you for coming up with it but I don't think it is ideal, due to readability issues. BilledMammal (talk) 02:19, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Library link template
These existing templates that all go to the same database system should be merged. Each of these are citable library catalogs based on the library software Primo by Ex Libris Group.

List of templates: UR Libraries, MIT Libraries, Vanderbilt Libraries, Baylor Libraries

Functionality
2 parameters:

,  or similar name: a dropdown menu with the following options:
 * University of Technology Sydney [UTS]
 * Cornell University [Cornell]
 * Hillsdale College [Hillsdale]
 * University of Rochester [UR]
 * Massachusetts Instituto of Technology [MIT]
 * Vanderbilt University [Vanderbilt]
 * Baylor University [Baylor]
 * Linda Hall Library [Linda Hall]
 * United States National Library of Medicine [NLM]
 * Brandeis University [Brandeis]
 * Western Washington University [WWU]

the docid of the publication, should be in the format "alma99################" with the hashtags being numbers. If library is …, the linked URL should be:


 * UTS:
 * Cornell:
 * Hillsdale:
 * UR:
 * MIT:
 * Vanderbilt
 * Baylor
 * Linda Hall
 * NLM
 * Brandeis
 * WWU
 * Baylor
 * Linda Hall
 * NLM
 * Brandeis
 * WWU
 * NLM
 * Brandeis
 * WWU
 * WWU
 * WWU

that URLs can also be formatted like,   being the tag after the slash before the end of the URL.

Add Template for citing the blockchain as a source of the article
My recent edits citing block explorers were reverted in the name block explorers aren’t reliable sources. Public blockchain data is a source of itself. Much like Template:ISBN we should be able to cite references which isn’t on the web.

Parameters should be Blockchain name, then either Addresses or Transaction Hash or in the case of Ethereum compatible blockchains, logged events (where events have block numbers ; names ; one or more topics ; and come from a specific address)

2A01:E0A:401:A7C0:8474:A152:73C7:23E (talk) 08:19, 13 May 2023 (UTC)


 * This should really wait until the discussion at the village pump is concluded, at the moment it seems that everyone except the op is unanimously against this idea. 192.76.8.84 (talk) 11:40, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * This should really wait until the discussion at the village pump is concluded, at the moment it seems that everyone except the op is unanimously against this idea. 192.76.8.84 (talk) 11:40, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Adjusting Template:Smallcaps all to extended Latin alphabet
Template:Smallcaps all works with some diacritics of the Latin alphabet, but not with those that are categorized in the visual editor as "Latin extended". This template is widely used for transliteration of Phoenician, which includes letter such as ḥ, ṭ, and ṣ, with the template doesn't work with. Can it be fixed? פעמי-עליון (talk) 15:25, 28 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't have template permissions, but from what I see, font-variant: small-caps, which the template uses, doesn't work with ḥ, ṭ, and ṣ here (although it does on here).
 * It appears to be due to the font being used not having uppercase versions of these diacritics (while uppercase š is more common in fonts, for instance used in Czech e.g. Škoda Auto)
 * In another font, like Calibri, we get ḥ, ṭ, and ṣ
 * (Code used: ḥ, ṭ, and ṣ) Chaotic Enby (talk) 05:08, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks Chaotic Enby. I tryed to see if what you suggested works with the current template, but it doesn't ( ḥ ṭ  ṣ ). Can the template maybe add the dots "manually" (with special characters for the diacritic dots themselves)? פעמי-עליון (talk) 16:27, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * There is in fact a character ◌̣ which allows such combinations. Tried in the template, it would look something like this: H Ḥ → so this doesn't seem to work either... Chaotic Enby (talk) 16:40, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I guess we will wait to an update in the font itself. Thanks for the help! פעמי-עליון (talk) 10:52, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Boot firmware, security chips and management engines, oh my
Interest in boot firmware, security chips, and management engines led me to a few articles without bottom templates that could benefit from them. I've not created a template before, so am unsure of the best organization, but maybe someone can suggest something? Some related articles include Libreboot, Coreboot, LinuxBoot, Intel_Management_Engine, Trusted_Platform_Module, and their See also and Categories. I saw Template:WikiProject_Computer_Security for talk pages, Template:Security-software-stub and Template:Computer-security-stub (which seem redundant) for stubs, but I had in mind more like Template:Linux distributions except applicable to the above articles. Thanks for any suggestions.

-- Yae4 (talk) 22:02, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Apologies. Template:Firmware_and_booting exists and is used at Libreboot, and I didn't see it. -- Yae4 (talk) 13:34, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Inline PetScan template
I propose the creation of a PSID that takes a PetScan PSID as a parameter, as well as a text parameter, and spits out a link to the PetScan result. Would be very helpful at WP:WPSS/P.

voorts (talk/contributions) 01:20, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Template:Country Data Swedish Empire
Should like like and do what all the other country templates do.

JellyGamery (talk) 04:16, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

R from social media username
Can somebody create a template like R from social media username? R from Twitter username exists, so I think a less specific template would be useful. Example:. Quick Quokka [⁠talk • contribs] 02:31, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

1st Deputy Speakers of House of Thailand (Padipat Suntiphada)Jack Kongsinkeaw (talk) 05:11, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Template:3ORshort is broken
3ORshort tries to subst the Signature template. However this appears to be broken, resulting in edits like this (scroll to very bottom), where  is displayed instead of completing the subst. Can anyone fix? Bonus points if you also check and make sure that 3OR doesn't have the same problem. Thanks. – Novem Linguae (talk) 11:36, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * , 3ORshort and 3OR should both be substituted. If they're transcluded, as in the example you provided, the 3O response can't be signed, since that is inherently a substitution-based action (see Help:Substitution). The template could be edited to not show that failed substitution when transcluded, leaving the user to sign it on their own, but I'm not sure that's worth it when there doesn't seem to be a case where the template legitimately should be transcluded. PlanetJuice (talk • contribs) 16:00, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah I see. Thank you for pointing that out. Perhaps a good solution would be to add a red warning that is displayed if the templates aren't subst'd. Some other subst'd templates do this. If folks think this is a good idea, feel free to make the edits. – Novem Linguae (talk) 01:57, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Seems like a better solution to me. I will come back to this in a few days and add that if there are no objections. PlanetJuice (talk • contribs) 02:14, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * – went to implement this and realized that existing transclusions (of which there are a few, mostly from one user; see Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:3ORshort) will be broken. I have never dealt with something like this before, but I am assuming breaking those archived discussions would be unacceptable. The only workarounds I can think of are to either go in and substitute those transclusions (with the correct signature), or add a backwards-compatibility parameter to the template to not show the error when transcluded, and add that to the existing transclusions. Thoughts, or anything better? PlanetJuice (talk • contribs) 02:34, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
 * That's only like 20 transclusions. I think it'd be acceptable to go subst all those (using WP:AWB or manually), then proceed with our plan to add a "must be substituted" red warning. – Novem Linguae (talk) 01:29, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ for 3OR and 3ORshort PlanetJuice (talk • contribs) 03:24, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

For MFD second nominations, display links to old MFDs
For WP:AFDs, if it is a second nomination (there is "(2nd nomination)" or greater in the title), the AFD page will display a floating box on the right that has wikilinks to all the old AFDs. There's an example at Articles for deletion/Nnooo (2nd nomination), where you can look for the "AfDs for this article:" box on the top right.

I propose that we add this same code to WP:MFDs. I think this would involve copying some code from Template:Afd2 to Template:Mfd2, then testing it in a sandbox or on https://test.wikipedia.org/ to make sure the changes don't break anything. The code that likely controls this is:

– Novem Linguae (talk) 01:42, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Support, seems like a good bit of information as long as the folks at MfD want it. PlanetJuice (talk • contribs) 03:33, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Scottish Borders settlements
Can this template be accepted: Draft:Template:Scottish_Borders_settlements

185.107.14.2 (talk) 19:17, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

R from sequel
Or "R from film sequel"/"TV sequel" or whatever else if something more specific is preferred. I just figured it would be helpful for redirects such as Masters of the Universe: Revolution and Knives Out 3 to have specific language regarding their targets being earlier entries in their respective series with "Sequel"/"Future" sections covering the redirect subject. Language specifying whether a project is still in the works, had been but was cancelled, or was only rumored/speculated about, could also be a useful inclusion. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 07:59, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Need to source and Need to source 2
These templates allow them to be placed on a talk page of a user who has not added any sources. Here is the test page and these two drafts: Draft:Template:Need to source and 2.

80.214.58.71 (talk) 22:08, 26 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I think we already have these. Please see Uw-unsourced and Uw-unsourced2 – Novem Linguae (talk) 13:35, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, I didn't know that existed because this French template had no language… 176.138.69.154 (talk) 21:37, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Db-notice 3
This template allows you to put on a user's talk page a final warning for creating non-encyclopedic pages, here is the draft of the template. I tested substituted this template on a test page.

80.215.254.189 (talk) 05:43, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your draft. I went ahead and made it so you can "submit" it to AFC. Please visit your draft and click the "submit" button if you'd like to do this. However just letting you know that I would not accept the template in this state. Its tone is too scary and bossy for a level 3 notice, and the title Db-"notice"3 is too vague. Hope this helps. – Novem Linguae (talk) 13:33, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I have just requested the publication of the templates and await other opinions… 176.138.69.154 (talk) 22:13, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The submission was declined… 80.214.128.90 (talk) 18:46, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Merging monthly maintenance categories for early dates
There was consensus at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_July_13%23Old_userspace_drafts to merge monthly categories for 2007 user drafts into a year category, and to merge earlier user draft categories into one.

I assume that the nominator user:Pppery is not intending to propose mergers of other types within Category:Clean-up categories.

The amendments would therefore probably best be done in userspace draft rather than DMC. The task would benefit from expert attention. – Fayenatic  L ondon 09:28, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ * Pppery * it has begun... 13:53, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, nice work Pppery! Is it worth also incorporating the new categories into the top of the list at Template:Userspace drafts progress? – Fayenatic  L ondon 00:51, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * In theory yes, but in practice it's not a project I feel like taking on. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 00:55, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. As an aid to maintenance I have scruffily added them above the box. – Fayenatic  L ondon 03:35, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Hababam Sınıfı
Please create a template and a category for Hababam Sınıfı and its sequels.

𠔻 (talk) 15:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)


 * As in a navbox? A sidebar? Something else? Edward-Woodrow :) [ talk ] 21:59, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Text template, wording change
The existing template is: Wikipedia:Good article criteria/GAC

It is used solely to display the policy of the Good Article Criteria on this one page: Good article criteria

This request is to make a wording change of the 5th line down, "0e" in the Quick fail section. Change from:

A reviewer who has not previously reviewed the article determines that any issues from previous GA nominations have not been adequately considered

to:

it has issues noted in a previous GA review that still have not been adequately addressed, as determined by a reviewer who has not previously reviewed the article

That's it. Refer to the consensus in the discussion here: Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations Thank you. Prhartcom (talk) 00:43, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Prhartcom (talk) 00:43, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. I made it "It has" to conform to the case used by the rest of part 0. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 01:06, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Template:Old moves edit request
Template:Old move and Template:Old moves were recently merged. In the merger, a wikilink to Requested moves was lost in the multiple-move version. The single move version still links correctly in the line "...it was proposed that this page be moved...". The multiple-move version needs to have the link added to the word "moved" in the line "This page has previously been nominated to be moved."

Rreagan007 (talk) 21:04, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Template:Scientific American Frontiers archive-date error
Template:Scientific American Frontiers is creating citation errors in 40+ articles because of an invalid archive-date. The archive-date used in the template is a year only (2006), but archive-date= must specify a whole date. When you click on the archived url used in the template, the archive-date is February 12, 2006. But it is being used for multiple seasons/episodes, on multiple articles, and when you click on the archive-url in an article it is being used at, it re-directs to a completely different archive-url than the one given in the template. For instance, in Alan Alda's article, the archive-url used in the template re-directs to this archive url, and when accessed shows an archive-date of October 16, 2005. In Walter C. Pitman III's article, the archive url when accessed shows an archive-date of September 15, 2005. In Jane Goodall's article, the archive url when accessed shows an archive-date of February 8, 2006. In Little Ice Age, the archive url when accessed shows an archive date of February 17, 2006. Diffs showing the citation errors:, , , , , , , , etc. Not sure what the fix is since the template archive-url re-directs to specific episodes with specific archive-urls with specific archive-dates. Thanks.<b style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:blue"> Isaidnoway </b><b style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:green">(talk)</b> 21:43, 30 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I wanted to add I tried changing the archive-date to February 12, 2006 in the template and used "Preview page with this template" (Alan Alda), and I got a timestamp mismatch error. And I didn't want to change the archive url, since it wouldn't be the correct archive-url for the specific episodes being referenced in the articles.<b style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:blue"> Isaidnoway </b><b style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:green">(talk)</b> 21:56, 30 August 2023 (UTC) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Veteran Editor template
Hello. If someone has the time and interest, I have a request. Add an option to the template to have different colors. Specifically, in the image have the option of just white and tones of gray, except for the star. If you have more time, it would be great if you could do this for the entire Veteran series. Regards, -- Thinker78  (talk) 21:36, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Thinker78 (talk) 21:36, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

A template for the amount of edits of a particular Wikipedian
I don't know if it exists yet, and I suck at coding, but if it were to exist it would be quite nice, and if it doesn't exist yet could a very nice programmer with spare time please create one? I'll give both halves of the half barnstar as a prize :3

<span style="background-color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-style:italic;color:#00fcfc">Z!t!@n «T@1k»  00:05, 5 September 2023 (UTC)


 * nvm i found the template and plagiarized it off Thinker78's user page :P <span style="background-color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-style:italic;color:#00fcfc">Z!t!@n «T@1k»  00:07, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Lol. ;D. Thinker78  (talk) 01:36, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I forgot to ask how to use it... <span style="background-color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-style:italic;color:#00fcfc">Z!t!@n «T@1k»  21:44, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @DestinyPegasus Just add the number of your edits in the wikitext in edit source mode. Regards, Thinker78  (talk) 03:25, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Does it update itself? <span style="background-color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-style:italic;color:#00fcfc">Z!t!@n «T@1k»  12:09, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Nope. Regards, Thinker78  (talk) 04:56, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh... Do you know one that does then? 🫠 <span style="background-color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-style:italic;color:#00fcfc">Z!t!@n «T@1k»  17:42, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I am using bribery ->(The (half) barnstars!!!)<- <span style="background-color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-style:italic;color:#00fcfc">Z!t!@n «T@1k»  21:46, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Link to remove
Hello, This template is to be used in talk pages: it prevents a link to a page from turning red when this target page is deleted. This pattern makes the link stay blue, and directs to the target page, or its deletion log if that target page is deleted. here are some examples on talk pages: 1, 2, 3, 4…

This template also exists in French and is included in a very large number of pages.

There is also a draft (as well as its documentation page) to rename if it suits everyone... 80.214.97.84 (talk) 19:21, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

(Format) to (format) templates
I see there are templates like List to table and Table to prose, but there are no Table to list and Prose to table templates. Also, couldn't all these, as well as Prose and Create list, have a link to a talk page discussion? JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 14:12, 23 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Do you have use cases in mind for these? LittlePuppers (talk) 18:46, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I made a request at Talk:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic discography that the tables in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic discography and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls discography are converted to bulleted lists (or similar) so they are easily readable on smartphones. But I couldn't find an appropriate template to put at the top of these articles. JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 08:25, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Db-notice 2
This template allows for a second user to create ineligible pages. This template also exists in French.

Here is its draft with its documentation page…

I've also tested overriding this template here and it works fine… 89.85.240.224 (talk) 20:57, 24 July 2023 (UTC)


 * While waiting for answers regarding my template, I added parameters myself to make the text more understandable. I also tested the template on my sandbox and here is the result. 176.161.55.214 (talk) 17:20, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Is this different from uw-create2 and its series? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:31, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Ivanvector It looks a lot like it, plus I didn't even know this template existed because there was no language on this template... And so I added it here. 176.161.55.214 (talk) 18:09, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Just for reference, all of the English user warning templates are listed in Category:User warning templates, but a more helpful list can be found at Template:Multi notice links. I'm not sure that we normally update them on Wikidata for interlanguage linking, but I don't see why not. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits)

Single-purpose sticky table headers template needed
See discussions: --Timeshifter (talk) 13:08, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Village pump (technical)
 * Help talk:Table

Template for a bot
Hello, I created a template for a bot that allows you to notify a user that a page has been deleted. On French Wikipedia, Salebot announces page deletion to beginners once an administrator has deleted a page using this template (examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…). And I would like if a bot could do that here with this template… Here is an example when a page was deleted.

80.215.207.145 (talk) 15:56, 18 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Is this a request for a template or a request for a bot? LittlePuppers (talk) 18:33, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @LittlePuppers A template for a bot. This is to install it in a subpage of a bot (like this one). I don't have a bot or an account... 80.214.24.58 (talk) 06:55, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, getting an account is very easily solvable. Creating the template is also fairly easy (if you submit it for review on that draft page, it'll probably get created), but I don't see much point if there isn't going to be a bot and you aren't planning on using it. LittlePuppers (talk) 23:06, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok 80.214.29.236 (talk) 10:05, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Making a template for Wikiprojects: Marvel
I notice there is a template/userbox to use for the people who are members of the Marvel comics Wikiproject. I want to know how to make a template of that but as a topicon. I have already made the topicon, and used it on my user page, so i know it works. could someone code it and make it a template so others could use it? Thanks! Here is the code for it (i removed one { so it doesn't add the topicon to this page):

{Top icon }}
 * imagename   = Marvel Logo.svg
 * wikilink    = WikiProject Comics/Marvel Comics work group
 * description = This user is a member of the Marvel Comics Wikiproject
 * id          = 232378

Babysharkboss2 (talk) 19:10, 13 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ - please test if it works NotAGenious (talk) 11:02, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it works. | Also added to WikiProject page. NotAGenious (talk) 11:12, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Categorify
See. As this template would involve a page's deletion, I am conflicted as to if it should be "cleanup" or "content." Please list any issues with the basic idea of this template or my implementation.

Mach61 (talk) 02:10, 24 September 2023 (UTC)


 * BOLDly created Mach61 (talk) 18:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Add child-unsafe as a template
I propose a child-unsafe template to warn children about articles that discuss taboo topics or contain taboo content.

It would look a bit like the template, but with a different symbol and some text saying, "This article discusses topics often considered taboo. If you do not enjoy reading such articles, you should stop reading now."

GrinningIodize (talk) 19:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)


 * this will never happen; see No disclaimers. There's consistent community consensus against doing something like this. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 19:29, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

A template for closeted lgbtq(ia)+ users. Perhaps with a picture of a closet, preferably in the small box format. Sorry if there is one that I could not find. Thanks!

Megabits000 (talk) 02:22, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Complete Canadian and Australian political timeline series
I'd like someone to complete the following series, please:
 * For Canadian premiers and top-level viceroys, Canadian premiers, 1850s, Canadian premiers, 1860s, and so on.
 * For other Canadian viceroys, Canadian viceroys, 1920s
 * For Australian premiers and top-level viceroys, Australian premiers, 1920s.
 * And an analogous (not yet started) series for other Australian viceroys, something like Australian viceroys, 1900s going onwards.

Many thanks,

– John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 19:06, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Banned user: edit for global locking
Please could Banned user have a "global" parameter added to display cases that are locked globally rather than only on English Wikipedia, like ? – Fayenatic  L ondon 08:21, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Just wondering, are there global blocks that aren't ultimately from WMF-legal? Does this have an actual use case, or should we be looking at migrating some subset of over to ? VanIsaac, GHTVcont<sub style="margin-left:-3.5ex"> WpWS 22:10, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * See simple:Template:Locked global account and interwikis? Wikiwerner (talk) 19:17, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Better parameter names for "Moved from" and "Moved to"
Right now, to add a signature to the templates Moved from and Moved to, only 2= works. Can we also add the parameters sig= and signature= as aliases, and update the corresponding documentation? Thanks. – Novem Linguae (talk) 20:11, 3 November 2023 (UTC)


 * , it looks like  or   should also work.  I suppose I could also add sig and signature, it seems like that's a lot of different names for one parameter but I don't know if there's any technical reason not to. LittlePuppers (talk) 20:21, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah, I didn't realize 2= was also the reason parameter. Interesting. I'd still be slightly in favor of adding sig/signature so that folks have an intuitive way to figure out what parameter to use for that, but I'll defer to your judgment. Thanks. – Novem Linguae (talk) 20:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. I'll update documentation in the next few minutes. LittlePuppers (talk) 20:37, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

for nominator before nominating XfD
I believe that many WP:XFD nominations are unnecessary and shouldn't have been opened. If the nomination process includes a checklist template for the nominator, then the nominator would be required to check whether WP:BEFORE (checklist outline for AfD) has been completed.

rootsmusic (talk) 19:05, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

HeinOnline template
For law-related articles, a template for HeinOnline similar to ProQuest to use in the ID parameter of CS1 templates would be useful. HeinOnline URLs are uniform. For example, in https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/annam1948&div=41, "annam1948" represents the journal ID and volume number, and the number following "div=" represents the specific article within the journal. It would be great if the user could input the entire unique identifier (e.g. annam1948&div=41) and then have the template parse it out to something like this: Heinonline annam1948/41. Thanks!

voorts (talk/contributions) 20:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Is this something you're still looking for and would use? LittlePuppers (talk) 19:39, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * LittlePuppers (talk) 04:42, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry I forgot to reply! I think I'm okay for now, actually. Best, voorts (talk/contributions) 23:09, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, I figured I'd ask considering that the request was a bit old - that said, ping me if you do end up wanting it at some point, it seems pretty reasonable and doable to make. LittlePuppers (talk) 23:54, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Unstable version
Unstable version

WARNING: You are viewing an unstable version of this page, which is believed to be currently subject to edit warring or disruptive editing, and may be under discussion for page protection. Editors are recommended not to make unnecessary changes until any related discussions are closed, as these edits may have to be reverted in order to restore a stable version of the page.

For quickly tagging unstable or contested pages which aren't severe enough to be actually protected - I was recently involved in a major editing dispute on Canadian values where something like this would have been helpful, and more generally it seems pretty common to have to "roll over" good-faith edits when restoring a preferred version.

I'm thinking a big maintenance tag to put at the top of the page, with a clipart of a "wavey" or "alarmed" piece of paper and a nice bright purple of the shade used on the automated pagemove tags.

Orchastrattor (talk) 19:52, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

An ambox example of this template is below, if you are an admin, do not delete this, as it is an example

Italians should have their own ethnic side bar Category:Europe ethnic group sidebar templates
Italians sidebar There is a large Italian diaspora in the world. Italians need their own ethnic sidebar.

2A02:27AA:0:0:0:0:0:C89 (talk) 05:10, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Mexicans should have their own ethnic sidebar.
Mexicans Mexicans are one of the largest Hispanic groups in the world. Mexicans should have their own side bar like Puerto Ricans do.

2A02:27AA:0:0:0:0:0:C89 (talk) 05:12, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Guatemalans need their own diaspora template.
Create Guatemalan diaspora

A Guatemalan diaspora exists in other countries such as Guatemalan Americans and Guatemalan Mexicans.

2A02:27AA:0:0:0:0:0:C89 (talk) 05:15, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Rp but for repeated citations of YouTube videos
The template should be able to, when supplied with a link, append "&t=[time in seconds]" to the URL. And ideally allow linking to clips created from a video. Mach61 (talk) 03:18, 14 December 2023 (UTC)


 * The Rp template is not able to look back to the preceeding reference. I think sfn is better expanded for this goal. Wikiwerner (talk) 10:22, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Rp is fine for this, just use time-sig. Example:
 * Rick rolled memories.
 * Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 11:09, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Fix broken ping: . Mathglot (talk) 11:10, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thx! Mach61 (talk) 12:34, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Template:Dangal TV Programmes
Dangal TV Programmes

please create Template for Dangal TV's Program. Example: Template:Zee TV Programmes this stores the zee tv's shows information.

2409:4071:4D17:5E99:0:0:EF08:A011 (talk) 09:35, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

A variant of label on Commons
I am requesting a template on Commons that works like the label-template does on Commons, but has the ability to set custom text for the link, similar to display text, but with the same functions as C:Template:label (that first tries to link to a Wikipedia page in the user's language, and secondly to Wikidata).

It's a bit hard to explain, since the label template is not the same on Wikipedia and Commons.

I was thinking it could be used for shortening the displayed link text when writing things like "Trams, , and " but displaying "Trams M28 768, 730, and 722" (with links) or " and " but displaying "Stellan and Alexander Skarsgård".

I hope this makes sense.

<b style="font-family:'Arial black'; color:#ff9c15">abbedabb</b>talk 18:37, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Just write it out in Wikitext - what you are suggesting would violate Requests for comment/Wikidata Phase 2 anyway. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 18:52, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I need the template I am requesting to be used inside other templates. As I wrote: I need the links to have the same functionality as the label-template on Commons, and that is something that cannot be written in wikitext. Also, I cannot see anything in this template that would violate Phase 2 in any way, since the template will be used on Wikimedia Commons. /<b style="font-family:'Arial black'; color:#ff9c15">abbedabb</b>talk 20:09, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Religious text primary inline
Religious text primary inline

Self-explanitory, just an inline version of Religious text primary to highlight citations for specific passages instead of blanket-tagging an entire page or section.

Orchastrattor (talk) 20:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I've created Religious text inline. → Test.
 * Is the phrase "scripture" adequate here? I think it's a straightforward synonym for "religious text" in this usage, but "non-religious text source needed" is too clunky. Remsense  留  21:25, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Template that takes in text with spaces and outputs text with underscores
For use on the attribution template AARoads. Flinkr does this, but it also wikilinks the output. Mach61 (talk) 14:13, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Can you use module:string's replace function? VanIsaac, GHTVcont<sub style="margin-left:-3.5ex"> WpWS 15:11, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Mach61: Hi. would give "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet". If it's not enough, we can wrap this template in a new one which just replaces spaces with underscores by default.  Jeeputer  <sup style="font-weight:bold; color:#006B3C">Talk  18:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Request for Invitation template - WP: Orphanage
Cheers, please create an invitation template, for WP:Orphanage. Even though I have little confidence in making this kind of template myself, per instructions, I completed a portion of the content below.

1. Add request at bottom of page

2. For WikiProject Orphanage

3. Please be clear about:


 * What the template is used for:
 * Invite to WikiProject Orphanage


 * Roughly what it should look like:
 * clone of Template:WikiProject Journalism invitation
 * Use Wiki letter w.svg‎ instead of Newspaper, adjust px size


 * Which articles it should link to, if any.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Orphanage#Participants
 * Article Orphan

4. Invitation text (Template) - first attempt here

Greetings, We would like to invite you to join WikiProject Orphanage, a group of Wikipedians helping improve articles on many topics. "An orphan article has no links from other pages in the main article namespace". If you are new to Wikipedia, de-orphaning articles is a great way to learn a wide variety of useful skills. De-orphaning, when done correctly, will allow you to learn how to navigate within Wikipedia, how to format wikilinks, and how to utilize cleanup tags. If you're interested, consider adding yourself to the list of participants. For the how-to page, see WP:ORPH. Thank you!

Chances are there might be mistakes in the above, so feel free to adjust where needed. Thanks for helping. Regards, JoeNMLC (talk) 21:22, 30 January 2024 (UTC)


 * how does Template:WikiProject Orphanage invitation look? LittlePuppers (talk) 07:21, 1 February 2024 (UTC)


 * ✅ - @LittlePuppers Thank you for creating this. I tested (without saving) on my Talk page and it looks to be okay. Next, I will introduce on WP Orphanage talk page before deployment. Cheers! JoeNMLC (talk) 14:26, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

New template for SP400 companies
SP400 companies

Would be similar to

AEX companies

But with companies in the S&P 400.

92.71.60.62 (talk) 10:48, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Like this


 * Do you just want the above copied to a template? Also, what do the asterisks signify? LittlePuppers (talk) 22:46, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's the idea. Create a new template that can be added to page footers.
 * Oops, asterisks are suppose to be bullet point/spacers. Think I need a space after each one? I'll fix that later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.223.250 (talk • contribs)
 * You need to put each item on a new line, i.e. so each asterisk starts a line (I did one as an example). LittlePuppers (talk) 00:53, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, all ready. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.223.250 (talk • contribs)
 * One other thing - do you think you could take a look at my other question on the Talk page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.223.250 (talk • contribs)
 * See Help:Template limits if you want highly technical details, but I don't think this will be an issue - the problem is rarely number of links, but if the template is doing complex computations, which this is not. (And I am still planning on getting to this request at some point.) LittlePuppers (talk) 21:12, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * There are size considerations, but I'll set this template to be collapsed by default. LittlePuppers (talk) 21:13, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the info. Yeah, this is just static text (if I'm understanding the page history correctly, it's 8k of text, perhaps 16k of html) so probably not too bad. I'm just mindful of the fact it's almost the whole screen on my phone. Also looking at where the limit might be for future ideas. Clearly the Wilshire 5000 index is gonna be way too large for this to be practical... Would be nice to tie it in with some sort of etiquette or other limit (ie category pages list up to 200 articles on each page, you have to navigate through them). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.223.250 (talk) 23:01, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * And if I'm remembering correctly, navboxes like this generally don't show up at all in articles on mobile. LittlePuppers (talk) 23:40, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * For the red links, I assume it's better simply to remove the link tag but leave the text in place, rather than actually shorten the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.214.198 (talk) 18:21, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I think in this case the red links might be alright; it might be borderline, but I don't think they're quite excessive, see WP:RED. There are also a handful of links to disambiguation pages, which I'm working on right now. LittlePuppers (talk) 23:27, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Comparing with List of S&P 400 companies has also shown a few which do have articles. LittlePuppers (talk) 23:50, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * How does S&P 400 companies look? LittlePuppers (talk) 23:57, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks great. Thank you very much! Just one thing - Consumer Discretionary seems bigger than all the rest. Something to do with the additional text? Otherwise it does the job perfectly. Now we just need to start adding it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.214.198 (talk) 11:49, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * What about it looks bigger - the text "Consumer Discretionary"? That looks similar to all the rest to me.  Can you describe what specifically looks off, or post a screenshot? LittlePuppers (talk) 22:33, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The left column in fine, but every link in the right column looks approx 200% size. Using Chrome on Android/Motorola, I've tried mobile view, desktop view, spoofing as desktop, the same every time. Can't see any markup issues. Pretty sure it's something to do with the Under Armour nonlinked text... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.214.198 (talk) 13:05, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, I just added the template to Cable One, and now, when on that page, the whole of the Communication section is large... could be a CSS issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.214.198 (talk) 14:14, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I've tried both the desktop and mobile site on a few different browsers and it looks normal to me in all of them (although navboxes generally don't display in articles on the mobile site). You could try asking at WP:VPT and seeing if anyone there can reproduce the issue. LittlePuppers (talk) 17:36, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right. I've just checked Chrome on Windows and Safari on Mac. No issues. Must be an Android thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.214.198 (talk) 23:15, 4 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Included the category, plus getting there with the additions. Does anybody else wanna take Financials, Industrials or Consumer Discretionary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.214.198 (talk) 22:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)