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To whom it may concern: I would like to suggest creating a template for the purpose of addressing a subject known officially as capagnolia; more-commonly known and refered to as "smoking fetish". My request is not-only based on personal opinion, but actually rooted in a lifetime of experience. This highly-underated, misunderstood & exclusive (some might say "exquisite") subject today more than ever - considering it`s particular composition & range of unique aspects, esp. a steadily-growing & seemingly never-ending supply of modern-day PC-related subject matter (PC in this case meaning both "politically-correct" AND "personal computer") - I believe more than qualifies it for a discussion template of it`s own origin & useful purpose.
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Hi can anyone make a template for Derry Gaelic Athletic Association Clubs. You can call it Derry GAA Clubs. It's for Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Co. Derry, Ireland. You could make it in the same style as Template talk:Kildare Clubs. Please use the same headings, except replace "Kildare" with "Derry" in the first heading. Also there is no need for the "Other clubs" heading.
As for articles....could yhou plaese include the following under the relevant heading...
Senior Football Championship:
Ballinderry
Bellaghy
Castledawson
Intermediate Football Championship:
Coleraine GAC
I'll put the rest of the artices in myself once the template is complete. When I finish putting them all in, there'll be roughlt the same number of articles as the Template talk:Kildare Clubs template. Thanks in advance. ( Derry Boi 15:51, 6 October 2006 (UTC))
How about a template with all the common pets from here? I've written about a half by now. Michaelas10 17:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
I see the need for a general Future Event template, indicating the specified date, where the status of an article will change - with the facility for a brief description of change (needed); see Talk:Haslev municipality, this is infrequently edited and may not be changed promptly after it becomes redundant. The specified date function could be indexed, so it could alert admins of a article in need of update (although this may create a slew of alerts every January 1st). LessHeard vanU 21:14, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Template:Update after now fulfills the requirements I suggested. Great work. LessHeard vanU 19:58, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Use of the sharedIP template does not seem apropriate, so can we have a schoolIP template. I have seen this on simple english, but it is not on this Wiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamahl ( talk • contribs)
I thought that a template containing Iceland topics, similar to Template:Portugal topics could be useful. I was planning to add it to newly created Portal:Iceland. I could easily create that template, but I reckon I need approval first. Please provide feedback. By the way, I'm requesting this template because I could not find one of its kind. If a template containing Iceland topics already exists, please let me know. Thank you.-- Hús ö nd 23:45, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Is there any chance of creating an all-rounders table for players who have scored 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets in Test matches. There is already a table for players who have scored 2000 runs and taken 200 wickets in Test matches. Big Al 1984 11:44, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Since the articles on Parallel computing can use some strength from eachother, I'd like to see an article series box on the subject. I'm thinking of something like Template:IPstack, but aligned left, without the etc markers ("..."), the pipe character as seperator instead of the comma, and the individual field tags bold when not linkified.
Below is the structure I propose -- primary heading represents the caption, secondary headings represent fields, list entries represent individual elements.
Note that I've specifically _not_ listed individual implementations -- that's something for the articles themselves. The box would just get clogged with little to no extra value.
-- De Zeurkous (root@lichee.nichten.info), Tuesday October 24 15:07 UTC 2006
I was looking through the articles for deletion last night, and I am very concerned that "delete" notices are being pasted on articles which although clearly are in need of much work, are potentially good ideas.
Many of these articles appear from people who have not written before and are unaware of the procedures (or even how to put in titles, categories, etc.) and it clearly isn't a good first action to in effect say: "THIS STUPID ARTICLE AND AUTHOR SHOULD BE DELETED".
To avoid this situation I believe the procedures for deletion should be:
A Request to rewrite
A request to rewrite would be a notice to the author that unless they substantially improve the article it will be deleted. The request would be time limited, after which if the article has not improved it will "automatically" become a request to delete (if edited) or deleted (if no action has been taken).
My personal opinion is that unless an article meets a criteria for speedy deletion or is posted by a seasoned author, then authors objecting to the deletion should be able to get the deletion notice removed and a "Request for rewrite" put in its place and the deletion notice should make this clear!.
In practice the two are very similar - if the author doesn't put in a substantial to improve the article it will be deleted anyway - but the psychological impact is very different: delete says: "go away you stupid...."; rewrite says: "good try but it will have to go unless..."
In addition the request to rewrite (and deletion notices) should go to a help page which explains:
-- Mike 09:04, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
If the worst company in the world (Micro$oft) can give me a choice of templates when I ask for a new document, why doesn't Wikipedia?
Having started a few articles (and having had more deleted), I can never remember what kinds of things ought to go in. Eventually I started a template article of my own: User:Haseler/template with the common headings. It ought to have e.g. some category information a "{ { stub } }" & "{ { underconstruction} }" notice at the top (but that wrecks Wikipedia if I leave it there!) If for new users it ought also to have a link to "how to edit a page" and "shortcuts" or whatever it is.
What I personally would like to do be able to do is to open a new page for editing and put:
{ { NewArticle} }, save it and magically a template article appears.
Better still, I would be given a choice of articles: biography, history, ideas, etc. and suitable headings etc. would appear for the respective category. (I also think when a new page is created there should be the option to place it on a user's testpages)
Ideally all new articles would open with this template as a default - which experience users could remove/Opt out of in preferences! -- Mike 09:26, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
This can be done with the "preload" functionality of the Inputbox extension. I believe it is currently installed on WP in some form, but it was a little inconsistent last time I looked at using it. Have a look at m:Help:Inputbox#Preload.
I just played with it a little and it seems to be working: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_a_big_dodo_if_I_save_this?action=edit&preload=User:Haseler/template Mike Dillon 15:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
addPreloadArticleTemplate
and requires my
Easy DOM script.
Mike Dillon
16:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Please may I have a template for the country of CONGO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.59.73 ( talk • contribs)
Depending on which country you're referring to, there are two "Congo" flag templates:
Unless you mean something other than the flag/country name template. Mike Dillon 06:07, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Greetings! So many of the books, DVDs, etc. have links to Amazon.com as a source of information, I'd like to request a template for Amazon.com external links. Kind of like the {{ imdb title}} template, using the item's isbn or title. This would streamline things considerably. Any takers? Cheers, Pegship 16:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Could someone create a template for all the footballers who have scored at least 100 English Premier League goals. There are currently 13 players to have achieved this feat - Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Michael Owen, Teddy Sheringham, Matt Le Tissier, Robbie Fowler, Les Ferdinand, Dion Dublin, Thierry Henry and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Big Al 1984 12:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Greetings
I apologise in advance if these already exist, but I would like to see two templates:
1. Template on Slovak motorways/motorroads - nearly all articles about these already exist.
2. Template on Bratislava bridges.
Thank you. MarkBA 17:11, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Please help the author of this template! :) Pixeltoo 02:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Many of the individual pages for House episodes contain a distinct syntax to highlight the diagnos(es), putting that in the template should be considered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vagary ( talk • contribs)
There's more to this one than requesting the template I know, but can we have a custom db-school template stating that the article in question has been requested to be speedily deleted because it doesn't assert why the school, university, college or other educational institution is important or notable? •Elomis• 06:09, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I've just found out we're not to use db-repost if something didn't *actually* go through an AfD discussion- so, could we get a speedy deletion template, reason being something like "this is a repost of an article previously nominated, and speedy-deleted," to db-tag articles when they were speedy-deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cantras ( talk • contribs)
At the moment there does not seem to be any templates notifying admins that a user has contacted the copyright owner requesting the image's use of Wikipedia.
The recommended template below, which may be called {{PermissionRequested}}, is made to respond to Template:Copyrighted, Template:Noncommercial and similar warning templates, and can warn admins not to delete the image until notification has been received.
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This image is awaiting permission of use from its owner.
ExampleUser has contacted the copyright owner, http://www.example.org, asking permission to license this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. Please do not delete this image or hide this template while a response is expected. Once the request has been answered, please remove this notice. If permission has been granted, please send confirmation to the Wikimedia Communications committee, as per the instructions on Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. This image has been tagged since <date>. If a response has not been received one week prior to this date, this image may be deleted without warning. |
There are three suggested arguments: 1 - username, 2 - copyright holder, 3 - date.
Does anybody have any opinions on this? ~ ► Wykebjs ◄ ( userpage | talk) 17:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[[Category:Replaceable fair use images as of {{{day|{{CURRENTDAY}}}}} {{{month|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}} {{{year|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}]]
As I was browsing the German version of Wikipedia, a template that I came across and realized would be useful is the Redundant template.
{ {subst:Redundant|Article1|Article2|Article3(|other Articles)} }
{
This article overlaps thematically with ([Article1], [Article 2], etc). Help to distinguish or combine the articles. You can find a guide for doing so and a list of redundant articles under [Wikipedia:Redundant]. (Discuss)
[Date]}
In addition, there is a page explaining redundancy and how to use the tag (
link). It also offers examples of how to discuss the subject, if you believe:
- There is no redundancy between the topics, and they do not need further work
- The topic choices are not redundant, but the difference in the articles is not obvious, and work needs to be done on the articles to make the differences more clear
- The articles should be merged
There is also a wiki category for open redundancy tags (sorted by month into subcategories) that are more than three months outstanding.
I could not find any tag under the merge/split/move section for articles that clearly have lots of overlap and need clarification, but probably not a merger. It addresses the problem more directly than a Cleanup or Merger tag. Thalassicus01 22:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Have a look at {{ merge-multiple}}. Mike Dillon 22:58, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I am requesting a user language template for the Tunisian Arabic Language Users which is now listed on Wikipedia:Babel, the wikipedia code for Tunisian Arabic is "aen" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Simmy85 ( talk • contribs).
I was looking for a template that converts Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...) to roman numerals. It'd be a great template for those who know nothing about Roman numerals, and it'd be great for what I'm trying to do now. Does anyone think they could do it in a relatively short period of time? → JARED (t) 14:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
i've created a couple of articles two times, and they have been deleted twice. i'm thinking of adding some kind of template, with an image that says "delete" in a circle that is slashed. text should say "Please Do Not Delete This Article. It has been requested by a user who wants to keep it undeleted. If you think this article should be deleted, please discuss it in the article's talk page." if you could do a link to several talk pages, that'd be great. i don't know how to link multiple talk pages. it's just a suggestion, because the articles i've made i want to keep. just try, if you can. thanks! talk back in my talk page. Jailbreaker22 02:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Text along the lines of "There is a new major article or summary on this topic that requires attention" to place at the top of a busy talk page to indicate that a new article that somebody requested has in fact been created and that most of the people interested in the topic would probably like to look at it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sojourner001 ( talk • contribs)
{{unclear writing}}
it should be like "cleanup" except refer to unclear writing. The template "cleanupconfusing" is good, but in the place I would like to add it there is nothing confusing about the prose. It's just a little unclear and needs cleanup. For now, I'm adding a simple cleanup tag, but "unclear writing" would be better. This is the section. It looks like it's been copyedited fairly well. It's not in need of "cleaning up", it's just simply an unclear approach. The template should prompt the author to try their hand again, hopefully attaining a clearer version. They shouldn't really clean up their version, they should really realize it will always be inherrently pretty unclear. Maybe a diagram or rearranging the sentences might help, that's up to the author. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.97.10.118 ( talk • contribs)
Can Wikipedia create a template which automates making (and rearranging/organizing) HTML files into a historic time line which can be used by anyone for any time line in any historic period (from Ancient History to Modern).
These types of templates exist in cyberland for Word Documents and Excell files but not for HTML. What would be perfect would be a style sheet developed or other type of template into which a student of history could enter an event or person with the event or person's time span, source of information, photo(s), and write up (1 or more paragraphs)...with a seperate "click out" page for more "in depth" look at the event or person's life yet with one overall "page" that shows how things relate to one another. Vertical or horizontal doesn't matter (maybe both?) for the time line, just so that the summary on the time line is clickable to another web page that can give details.
Thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.198.62.17 ( talk • contribs)
Could you please update this template http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:FAI_League by removing Dublin City F.C. who folded due to debt. Also, could you please include the Eircom League logo on either side of the title which I have created here Eircomleague.jpg and a separate section for past seasons with the Irish flag on either side of the title, similar to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Premier_Soccer_League. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnfullerton ( talk • contribs)
PLease list the templates for constructing a soccer stadium in Soweto what all needs to be added to the quality and communication plan when constructing a soccer stadium — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.210.128.20 ( talk • contribs)
List of New Jersey state parks I would appreciate a template similar to the New Jersey State Parks one. The list is on List of New Jersey state parks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ram32110 ( talk • contribs)
Both the African Union and the European Union has this template, i think ASEAN should also, as a matter of fact i think as many international organizations with some sort of membership should included Briaboru
There are a lot of pages which have been locked and have the template that tells you to go to the talk page to look up why. Honestly, I've barely ever been able to find out why exactly a page has been locked and would like to suggest some mention of a reason being either mentioned on the page itself or the talk page, preferably through use of a template. Like this:
/------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\
|This page has been locked and the admin who did so states the following as a reason:|
|________INSERT REASON HERE__________________________________________________________|
— Preceding
unsigned comment added by
JohanTenge (
talk •
contribs)
I created and would like to use the below template for use with an article ( Johnny Rebel (singer)) that has been hit by vandals (or a vandal) over 30 times since September.
Note: This page has been the target of frequent vandalism and is monitored closely for unacceptable edits. |
Does this meet with approval? (I.e., may I do this?)
Sincerely,-- Skb8721 20:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
i've looked at a couple articles that don't have notability in them. i don't know if it exists, but if there is one, let me know. if not, here's what should be on the template. "this article lacks notability. if no one provides notability to this article, it could be deleted." something like that, maybe within a week. anyway, if this won't work, then let me know. i'm outta here. Jailbreaker22 22:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for a template that allows you to add references, etc, and 'minimize' them in a manner like 'content' box at the top of articles.
For example, the article History of feminism has a large amount of sources and citations, if their was a way to hide these, it would be extremely useful in the department of reader-friendly.
It would be even more useful if something like this could be created, where the information was located elsewhere and didn't add to the article size.
Thanks-- Honeymane Heghlu meH QaQ jajvam 06:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
==References== {{hideref}}
Another consideration is that often when there is a references section, there are also a number of other references added simply as external links without using the <ref>
extension. In order to be compatible with these we would need an opening and closing tag so people could have stuff like this: ==References== {{hideref start}} [some external links go here]]{{hideref end}}
--
Dgies
17:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, I'm trying to figure out how to use it, where do I put the text?-- Honeymane Heghlu meH QaQ jajvam 18:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
{{hiderefs|
;heading
*reference
*reference 2
;heading
*reference 3
*reference 4
}}
Will this work when the references are using <noinclude><references/></noinclude>
?--
Honeymane
Heghlu meH QaQ jajvam
19:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
{{hiderefs}}
. That's what I coded it for, because I assumed you were using it. -
Amarkov
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edits
19:07, 21 December 2006 (UTC)I'd like a template requesting more images for the article it is posted on. -- PostScript 13:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
A template for Barry Manilow is needed similar to the one for Paul McCartney that shows studio albums, soundtracks, compilations or greatest hits albums, other related albums, singles. As it is now, the Discography section is long and takes up a lot of space. A template like this would look more organized and make it easier for the reader. Thanks for your consideration and help. 71.169.77.56 16:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC) 67.98.154.56 ( talk • contribs) 67.98.154.56 19:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering if I can make a template for the airline of Brazil.-- Golich17 22:16, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
A template about a contestant of the Amazing Race — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjaminso ( talk • contribs)
Can somebody make a template that is used to display different spellings according to the browser/system locale. Usage examples could be for instance (UK, US, default). (This could resolve disputes such as this)
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- lang=navigator.userLanguage; if (lang=="en-us") x0="Color"; else x0="Colour"; // end hiding ---> document.write(x0); </SCRIPT>
Shyamal 06:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
A number of characters based on the ArabDIN 31635 standard are used on pages that discuss Arabic-related issues. Unfortunately, they do not all display correctly on common browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0. I have tried replacing individual characters with equivalents that do display, but I have gotten mixed results, and I don't know why. See Arabic alphabet and Qur'an. There seems to be a set of templates, such as {{ArabDIN|ʼ}}, that are causing the problem. I can't fix the problem myself, but I'd like to be able to flag the pages that are affected so that they can be fixed by someone who DOES know how. Suggested text: "This article or section contains characters in the ArabDIN 31635 encoding scheme which do not render properly on common web browsers such as Internet Explorer. Please convert these characters so that they will display properly. Remove this tag when complete." -- Cbdorsett 11:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I was hoping for two templates. One being yellow with a picture of a lemon stating: This user's favourite fruit are lemons. Also, I'd like a template with the bisexuality flag on it stating: This user is bisexual. I am not at all fussed of the design. Thanks xxxxxxx Oriana is cool 17:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
As AMD is renaming their chipsets into new naming scheme, I think an AMD chipset template is needed, and not adding the new chipsets into the ATI template... -- 202.71.240.18 07:46, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I think that articles on medical conditions and treatments should bear a disclaimer. Particularly if it is deemed that people might use the information provided in lieu of seeking proper medical care. I made a template in my user space that I think addresses this concern: Jerry lavoie 01:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
{{User:JerryLavoie/Templates/med}}
Which looks like:
This discussion has been moved to village pump. Please add any comments there. Jerry lavoie 14:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd like a template that shows the fighters for Super Smash Bros., Melee, and Brawl. There is one under consideration for deletion.
please replace the link 'Persian-Arabic astrology', which links to an article with a particular islamic view of astrology, with 'Arab and Persian astrology' which links to an article of that name which deals with the history. Please also remove the link 'Celtic astrology' which leads to an insigificant article and replace it with a link 'Mayan astrology' which would link to the article 'Mayan calender', which is an important part of the history of astrology — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neelmack ( talk • contribs)
Could I have a template which shows I support Middlesbrough FC.
Thank you
Footyfan99 18:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Could I have a Middlesbrough FC template?
Footyfan99 18:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Could somebody create a template for the electrified Chicago railroads? It would have a section on defunct railroads, including the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee, Chicago Aurora and Elgin, and Chicago Surface Lines, as well as a "Currently Operating" section which would contain the Chicago Transit Authority, South Shore Line, and Metra Electric. I know that there are more than that, but there could be an edit button. I think it would be a good template to have, since Electric Railroads have been an important part of Chicago's history. Or, if the electric railways aren't enough, someone could also make a template for Chicago railroads, since Chicago is basically a railroad city. -- MasterA113 13:40, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Please change OSI to ISO - maybe OSI is correct in some other language, but in English, it's called the ISO. Cbdorsett 05:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I would like a non-profit organization infobox. Right now, articles like World Wide Fund for Nature use {{ Infobox Company}}, but that is not sufficient enough. It's a kind of weird to speak of Industry and Products when we're actually talking about the environment. User:MamaGeek already proposed a Nonprofit charitable organisatons box and I think that one could be tweaked to work for all non-profit organizations. Thanks in advance. ThijsN 15:04, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I would like to request a template with the Letters AQ in a Gold Color, and on the side have it say This user is a member of Wikiproject:Artix Entertainment. Thank You (Again). SupaSoldier 01:35, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
It's pretty good, Thank You, but I was wondering if you could make it a black background. Also is there any way you could make the Font look like the font they used for this image---> Image:Aq-wallpaper-girlsofAQ.jpg ? Thank You for your time! :^) § SupaSoldier 16:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
And also, How do I put that on the Wikiproject page, and on my Userbox Stack? § SupaSoldier 16:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
{{
Wikipedia:Wikiproject Artix Entertainment/userbox}}
to wherever you want to include it. —
Dgies
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16:43, 26 January 2007 (UTC)I would like to propose an excessive category template that can be applied to articles that appear at the top of Special:Mostcategories. This could be used to indicate that some type of category clean-up is needed (whether it involves removing categories from the individual article pages or consolidating or deleting impractical categories). I would be willing to write a draft of such a template. Dr. Submillimeter 12:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
(This is my first time using this page, so I apologize if I'm doing something wrong) I am requesting a navigational template for all the articles dealing with the phonology of different languages (i.e. English phonology, Arabic phonology). I'm having a difficult time finding the best template to base it on, though it would be somewhat similar to Template:Regions of the world. Considering the vast number of languages and the vast number of them which don't have phonology articles, it might be best to either create different templates for individual langauge families, or to include only the languages which already have phonology articles. The former would probably be the best choice. -- Wiki wøw 15:12, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I am requesting a template for all articles about International Embassies with information like the ambassador, the location, the representative country, a place for the respective flag, etc... Thank you so much. Rory for suomi 15:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Well specifically its for Finland, but just an infobox would be useful so it could be used for other embassies and whatnot. Thanks. Rory for suomi 15:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Could I please request a template just like this :
This user is interested in Russia and is capable of speaking in a Russian accent. |
, but about Finland instead. Thanks a lot! Rory for suomi 06:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)