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We are discussing a change to the template, please see Template_talk:Pagelist#ER. --FaviFake (talk) 12:03, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a discussion at Template:Discrimination; when you look at the template navigation between different types of discrimination, it's useful. But... by the time you get to "manifestations" you can see it's become "stuff everything into this template". I feel if it were a category, there should be a top level category and lower level ones, and everything has been stuffed into this "top level" template. Like "Music in the movement against apartheid" isn't a top-level article in subject matter.

One of the users pointed out there are navigation templates that already exist for smaller groups of sub articles. So if there was a way to make a top level template where you get to another top level article, then a second template for that subject area, that would best.

The editors we have are mostly in agreement/open to discussion, but I think none of want to mess up such a big template across so many articles. There are some odd placements too, like Han Chauvanism (similiar to white supremacy, but for the Han ethnic group) is listed under social and not... race / ethnicity. Denaar (talk) 02:55, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Denaar: I think that you mean Template talk:Discrimination#Scope: Articles on discriminatory subjects. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:01, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With the usual noinclude formatting, the documentation and the categories would still appear on any page that you're editing, but this template avoids this. – it seems that this limitation has been fixed in MediaWiki. E.g. I don't see <noinclude>{{Documentation}}</noinclude> of Template:Edit semi-protected/editintro when clicking on the button "Submit an edit request" at MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext.

If it's true for editintros, it is probably also true for editnotices. I checked on the template {{Unsourced edit requests editnotice}} and on Template:Editnotices/Page/Talk:Chiranjeevi Sarja: Special:Diff/1318861659 and Special:Diff/1318862224. There is no sign of <noinclude>...</noinclude> both on Special:Edit/Talk:Chiranjeevi Sarja and on Special:NewSection/Talk:Chiranjeevi Sarja.

It seems that Template:Editintro documentation is implementing a workaround that is no longer needed. Or am I missing something? —⁠andrybak (talk) 13:13, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the problem this was avoiding was fixed in 2011. Given how our editnotice system works (the MediaWiki-namespace messages transclude {{editnotice load}}), it's clearly not needed there, and I doubt it was really even in 2008–2009 when per-page editnotices could exist in the MediaWiki namespace. Anomie⚔ 13:54, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is mildly annoying that there isn't really a mechanism for "there is a consensus that we don't need this template any more" deletions unless we IAR a G6, so I suppose unless someone is super-keen on keeping this template a pro-forma TFD will be needed to nuke it (I don't see any issue with just deleting it). Primefac (talk) 14:00, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think the Wikipedia:What G6 is not people would rather we just IAR-delete it without naming a CSD criterion instead of IAR-G6ing it. Anomie⚔ 14:05, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine with that too. Primefac (talk) 14:15, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

lolsob Izno (talk) 17:45, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The remaining transclusions of Template:Editintro documentation, which aren't in user pages, were removed in these 11 edits. The only interesting mention of it in documentation has also been removed.

I've started a TFD. —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:48, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Editnotices/Namespace/Template § Links to sandbox and testcases regardless of their existence. —⁠andrybak (talk) 01:48, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Page watchers may be interested in this discussion: Template talk:Talk header § Module:Archives rewrite and question. Izno (talk) 21:09, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In case you haven't noticed yet, the template space alias is now "TM:". Just as WP:PAGENAME can be used as a shortcut for Wikipedia:PAGENAME, TM:PAGENAME is a shortcut for Template:PAGENAME. Just spreading the word. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 12:46, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am looking to add a field to the "Infobox short story" template but am not too confident in making the change without breaking something. Would anyone from the WikiProject perhaps be able to help me? McPhail (talk) 17:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So you can actually request an addition at the talk page for the template. Just describe what you'd like to add and someone there should be able to help. They know their infobox, but most importantly they know the history of the template and whether your request is appropriate or not. Good luck! VanIsaac, GHTV ^contr_about 19:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would also highly, highly suggest making your change in the template's sandbox, because even if you "break" something, you won't actually break anything! That being said, feel free to ping me on the template talk if you need any help. Primefac (talk) 23:08, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Template disambiguation § Better warning. —⁠andrybak (talk) 16:31, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template Talk:Infobox rugby league team season § Adding/fixing provision for third kits/jerseys?. I'd appreciate a hand with sorting out why third/alternate kits don't show up in the infoboxes and instead throw preview errors, since it seems my talk message didn't get the response I was hoping for last month. Thanks in advance, Hullian111 (talk) 19:35, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Page watchers may be interested in the discussion at Template talk:User-multi § Show IP links. Izno (talk) 23:48, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a discussion going on now regarding the move of a dozen welcome templates. Your feedback would be welcome at Template talk:Welcome-anon-npov#Requested move 5 December 2025. Mathglot (talk) 23:56, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It has been discussed here that template:page numbers needed would be better if modified to have an added parameter that, by toggling it, you can choose if some references don't have page numbers, or not toggle it and it will say that all the article references are missing page numbers, like it does with the article and section parameters that you can toggle to show that. You may contribute to the discussion and share your feedback. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 14:31, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

here. 77qq 💬 contributions 02:21, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]