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I don't see any need to substitute this template, and people have been using this template without substitution, so I'm going to remove that instruction for now; please go ahead and revert if there's some reason that I missed. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-13 07:31Z
I read this and found no explanation of why a single-purpose account (SPA) is a bad thing.
The only information I saw on whether a SPA is a bad/good thing is their apparently typical use in sock puppetry.
Is it deemed problematic for a user to have an account they only use for some edits? If so, why?
Could someone provide some additional explanation?
2601:1C1:C180:4F40:5C4A:BE6D:F0D9:20B5 ( talk) 04:44, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
2601:1C1:C180:4F40:0:0:0:452D ( talk) 01:06, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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Add "subst:" to the sample template at the top of the page so that it displays a proper example rather than an error message. QuietHere ( talk) 16:43, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
{{safesubst:
that is enclosed in <includeonly
> tags that, if removed, will show a barebones example template as rendered in
[my sandbox]. Editors thought it best to show examples in the template documentation, and to readily show other editors who come to this page the exact error they will see if they forget to substitute this template.
P.I. Ellsworth ,
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put'r there
18:28, 12 September 2022 (UTC)