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Editors watching this page are welcome to chime in on my talk page to discuss whether this version or this version of {{Jackson MS TV}} should be preferred, based on WP:NAVBOX and other guidelines. Please comment in that original thread instead of here, per WP:TALKFORK. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:56, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Input requested at this discussion regarding permitting tangential links into navboxes per this edit on the explanatory essay --woodensuperman 07:48, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:History of Algeria by period has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Mathglot (talk) 01:40, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a list/index of categories somewhere? I've looked around on numerous info pages on categories and can't find a list/index or any links to a list/index. BetsyRogers (talk) 22:12, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Percentage of navbox authorship has been a longtime feature of page histories, but disappeared about a week ago. Can we get this back please? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:22, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody somewhere fixed it. Thanks! Randy Kryn (talk) 01:17, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Template talk:Dan Brown#Inclusion of Dan Brown's brother in the navbox. --woodensuperman 11:56, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing tangential about it, relatives are a major feature of a person's biography and have always been included and welcomed on biographical navboxes. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:16, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]