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{{fix|thing}} has no visible output. When previewing a large edit, it's easy to miss the fact that a tag is missing.
IMO the template should treat the unnamed parameter as text, or emit an error saying that I didn't provide any of the parameters that would make it non-empty, or emit an error that there's an unexpected unnamed parameter.
Jruderman (
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22:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Right, there's a good set of pre-made tags for "problems", tuned for use in article space. I also use this template in talk pages, to indicate "what needs to be done" within an incomplete example or mini-draft.
Jruderman (
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23:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I see. I appreciate that you're working to make the change I requested even though the way I'm using this template isn't really among the intended uses.
Jruderman (
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01:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Description of suggested change:
Please apply the code in the sandbox (
diff here), which is a straightforward addition of the "check for unknown parameters" module that is used in hundreds of templates to categorize pages when a template is used with unsupported parameters. I will be happy to create the appropriate tracking category, or the admin who does this change can create it by copy-pasting the content of ‹The
templateCategory link is being
considered for merging.›Category:Pages using infobox NRHP with unknown parameters and adjusting the template name in the first parameter.
Note that this error-checking module normally applies {{main other}} to limit its tracking to article space. Based on the most recent query on the talk page, it looks like people use this template in other namespaces as well, so I have removed that limit here. It might need to be imposed if I am wrong about this inference. –
Jonesey95 (
talk)
00:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Template:Fix is permanently
protected from editing because it is a
heavily used or highly visible template. Substantial changes should first be proposed and discussed here on this page. If the proposal is uncontroversial or has been discussed and is supported by
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Any contributor may edit the template's sandbox. Functionality of the template can be checked using test cases.
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This template was considered for
deletion on 2006 July 22. The result of the discussion was "to keep".
Text has been copied to or from this page; see the list below. The source pages now serve to
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{{fix|thing}} has no visible output. When previewing a large edit, it's easy to miss the fact that a tag is missing.
IMO the template should treat the unnamed parameter as text, or emit an error saying that I didn't provide any of the parameters that would make it non-empty, or emit an error that there's an unexpected unnamed parameter.
Jruderman (
talk)
22:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Right, there's a good set of pre-made tags for "problems", tuned for use in article space. I also use this template in talk pages, to indicate "what needs to be done" within an incomplete example or mini-draft.
Jruderman (
talk)
23:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I see. I appreciate that you're working to make the change I requested even though the way I'm using this template isn't really among the intended uses.
Jruderman (
talk)
01:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Description of suggested change:
Please apply the code in the sandbox (
diff here), which is a straightforward addition of the "check for unknown parameters" module that is used in hundreds of templates to categorize pages when a template is used with unsupported parameters. I will be happy to create the appropriate tracking category, or the admin who does this change can create it by copy-pasting the content of ‹The
templateCategory link is being
considered for merging.›Category:Pages using infobox NRHP with unknown parameters and adjusting the template name in the first parameter.
Note that this error-checking module normally applies {{main other}} to limit its tracking to article space. Based on the most recent query on the talk page, it looks like people use this template in other namespaces as well, so I have removed that limit here. It might need to be imposed if I am wrong about this inference. –
Jonesey95 (
talk)
00:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)reply