Wiki143 talk:Template index

Position of Template:Tl

Template:Re Can you please explain, in this Template:Diff2, why do you think that Template:Tl is "more useful"?

I have changed the TOC position to the right, because I think the page looks less cluttered that way, both in desktop view and in mobile view.

But then, if many editors say that Template:Tl looks cluttered, you may go ahead and revert my edit. Thank you —CrafterNova ^{[ TALK ]  [ CONT ]} 09:30, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

@CrafterNova I did it because I could not initially locate the TOC. I thought maybe it was some bug or something. It didn't occur to me to look to the right, because I hadn't seen TOC there before. Because the trouble I had locating the TOC when I wanted to see it, I moved it to the left, thinking other editors could have a hard time as well for it being to the right. Thinker78 (talk) 15:51, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Template:Re I can relate. Sometimes I'm also unable to work with complex templates, but not as bad as I did when I started editing in July 2020. You can be better too. See Help:A quick guide to templates and Help:Template. Just look at source codes of simple templates at first such as Template:Tl and Template:Tl. You can also start with Template:Tl itself. Copy and paste the source codes in your sandbox and experiment with them. Familiarizing with wikitext took me about 3 or 4 months. How much time it will take for you depends on how much free time you have.

And yes, there are many bugs in template transclusions and page displays, especially on mobile devices. Many complex templates, such as Template:Tles don't appear at all in mobile view.

I didn't about these bugs until Template:Noping pointed out the mess I did at Talk header template documentation page, and that discussion took place on my talk page at Template:Slink —CrafterNova ^{[ TALK ]  [ CONT ]} 16:26, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the idea about experimenting with template codes. I may look into it. I have long wanting to do it. But the issue about moving to the left was a pure display issue, at least initially. When I was looking perplexed for the TOC, I didn't check the code. Afterwards, I did some research and I think it is when I found the TOC right code being used and the template documentation. Then I used the TOC left version. Thinker78 (talk) 16:51, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Template:Re No prob. Also, see Template:Noping's Toolbox which is very handy for all sorts of things on Wikipedia. You are welcome ;) —CrafterNova ^{[ TALK ]  [ CONT ]} 06:42, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

dictionary reference templates

I couldn't find links or templates for citing other dictionaries similar to the ones for Wiktionary. So the equivalent to this Wiktionary category: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_reference_templates --Espoo (talk) 09:55, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Espoo, here's how to find the templates you're asking about from the top of the category tree for templates (top-down): Category:Wikipedia templates → Template:C → Template:C → Template:C → Template:C.

Or, the other way around (bottom-up), from one of the templates: Wiktionary's Category:English reference templates has wikt:Template:OED reference templates near the top of the category. Oxford English Dictionary is a "big deal", therefore we can assume that English Wikipedia would have a template for it. Go to Template:OED, scroll down, find Category:Dictionary source templates at the bottom. —⁠andrybak (talk) 23:25, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Feedback requested re Tfd links

If you are interested in WP:Templates for discussion, you may recall that each Tfd idiscussion has a small set of convenience links at the top, generated by Template:Tl and the underlying module. An enhancement request is open to add a new convenience link, and your feedback would be appreciated at WT:Templates for discussion#Module:Tfd links edit request: add new link. Thank you. Mathglot (talk) 16:37, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Template:Pagination

Which category best fits Template:Pagination. --Codemini 12:14, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

I only see usages of this template in your sandbox, for what seems like a Lua tutorial. Do you plan to use it elsewhere?

What can this template do that using two invocations of Template:Tl doesn't? This is what Template:Intro to does. This template also has the benefit of consistently styling the pages at WP:INTRO. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:27, 2 June 2025 (UTC)