Template:memoryalpha article is for placing a link in the "External links" section of articles here that have a corresponding article at the Memory Alpha wiki, when the article there has a different title than the article here (at wikipedia). If the articles on both sites have the same title, and it seems very unlikely that either will be moved to a new title, it is ok to use Template:memoryalpha instead (which makes use of the {{PAGENAME}} and {{PAGENAMEE}} variables, and thus will result in 404ed links if the page is ever moved). Typical syntax for Template:Memoryalpha article is:
==External link==
*{{memoryalpha article|Memory_Alpha_Page_Name|Display Name}}
.Which (currently) produces:
You can look at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Memoryalpha and Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Memoryalpha_article for more examples of each.
I am breaking wiki etiquette and posting this text above other people's discussion, because I think this usage information should be at the top of the page. See the discussion below for reasons why these templates should be used. ~ leif ☺ ( talk) 22:23, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
Inspired by Template:wikiquote, Template:imdb title, etc, I figured we need a consistent way to link to Memory Alpha articles. I intend to use this template in "External links", like this:
==External link==
* {{memoryalpha}}
But I'll probably just put it on a few articles for now, until there is some feedback. Another option would be to make it like the Wikiquote/Wiktionary templates, and have it render it's own box... I think that might not be appropriate for a non-Wikimedia source though. ~ leif ☺ ( talk) 20:35, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
See also Template:Memoryalpha article for linking to other articles. ~ leif ☺ ( talk) 00:11, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Wups, sorry, i created a new one: Template:Memory Alpha without knowledge of this one. But I think there is no problem, it has the same function as this one, but more like the nice Template:Wikibooks e.g. :-) -- Memory 01:14, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
Wikibooks is a sister project to Wikipedia. Thus it gets a flashy box. Memory Alpha is not. Thus it gets the same treatment as Wikitravel gets at template:Wikitravel. -- mav 14:25, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
Ok, you can stop the discussion, I'm going to develop a different template for my indication. -- Memory 13:12, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
This template was nominated for deletion, but consensus was to keep. See Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/Not_deleted/June_2005. R adiant _* 07:20, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
This should show the external link icon, but simply changing to an external link fails it because of spaces in the URL. -- SPUI ( talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 02:25, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Right, our little conflict seems to go nicely under this heading, SPUI. So, I want to use the interwiki format to link to Memory Alpha (I'm no trekkie, btw). This is in line with external link templates such as Template:Wikitravel, Template:Wikicities, Template:Gameinfo, Template:Meatball, Template:MusicBrainz wiki and others. (you get the picture, I hope)
You seem to think that this solution, which doesn't produce the external link icon, is somehow misleading to users. I ask why that is. This external link template, as all others, needs to be placed in the "External links" section of an article. That seems an obvious indicator enough for users to know they are leaving this wiki. If they weren't, the link would have to be placed under "See also".
I hope we can reach a resolve here. If you still disagree, you should take this to some higher-level policy page and argue that _every_ external link, relative to en.wp, should have the icon. -- Azertus 15:19, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
Ok, this is minor, but the tag says Memory Alpha is "the" star trek wiki. "the"? I doubt Memory Alpha is the only star trek wiki, and even if it is, saying "the" makes it seem like it's the best, which violates Wikipedia's NPOV Policy. I have changed the template to read "a" star trek wiki. If you have any arguments, tell me. -- Ashfire908 18:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Would someone like to explain the objections to this for me? So far I've heard "It's undiscussed," which is silly because one should be bold in updating pages and thus prior discussion is not grounds for reversion, and "it doesn't need to be a box," which is equally strange, as templates masked as plaintext are actively frowned upon. Does anyone actually have a good reason for edit warring this one? Phil Sandifer 20:04, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Template:memoryalpha article is for placing a link in the "External links" section of articles here that have a corresponding article at the Memory Alpha wiki, when the article there has a different title than the article here (at wikipedia). If the articles on both sites have the same title, and it seems very unlikely that either will be moved to a new title, it is ok to use Template:memoryalpha instead (which makes use of the {{PAGENAME}} and {{PAGENAMEE}} variables, and thus will result in 404ed links if the page is ever moved). Typical syntax for Template:Memoryalpha article is:
==External link==
*{{memoryalpha article|Memory_Alpha_Page_Name|Display Name}}
.Which (currently) produces:
You can look at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Memoryalpha and Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Memoryalpha_article for more examples of each.
I am breaking wiki etiquette and posting this text above other people's discussion, because I think this usage information should be at the top of the page. See the discussion below for reasons why these templates should be used. ~ leif ☺ ( talk) 22:23, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
Inspired by Template:wikiquote, Template:imdb title, etc, I figured we need a consistent way to link to Memory Alpha articles. I intend to use this template in "External links", like this:
==External link==
* {{memoryalpha}}
But I'll probably just put it on a few articles for now, until there is some feedback. Another option would be to make it like the Wikiquote/Wiktionary templates, and have it render it's own box... I think that might not be appropriate for a non-Wikimedia source though. ~ leif ☺ ( talk) 20:35, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
See also Template:Memoryalpha article for linking to other articles. ~ leif ☺ ( talk) 00:11, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Wups, sorry, i created a new one: Template:Memory Alpha without knowledge of this one. But I think there is no problem, it has the same function as this one, but more like the nice Template:Wikibooks e.g. :-) -- Memory 01:14, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
Wikibooks is a sister project to Wikipedia. Thus it gets a flashy box. Memory Alpha is not. Thus it gets the same treatment as Wikitravel gets at template:Wikitravel. -- mav 14:25, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
Ok, you can stop the discussion, I'm going to develop a different template for my indication. -- Memory 13:12, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
This template was nominated for deletion, but consensus was to keep. See Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/Not_deleted/June_2005. R adiant _* 07:20, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
This should show the external link icon, but simply changing to an external link fails it because of spaces in the URL. -- SPUI ( talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 02:25, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Right, our little conflict seems to go nicely under this heading, SPUI. So, I want to use the interwiki format to link to Memory Alpha (I'm no trekkie, btw). This is in line with external link templates such as Template:Wikitravel, Template:Wikicities, Template:Gameinfo, Template:Meatball, Template:MusicBrainz wiki and others. (you get the picture, I hope)
You seem to think that this solution, which doesn't produce the external link icon, is somehow misleading to users. I ask why that is. This external link template, as all others, needs to be placed in the "External links" section of an article. That seems an obvious indicator enough for users to know they are leaving this wiki. If they weren't, the link would have to be placed under "See also".
I hope we can reach a resolve here. If you still disagree, you should take this to some higher-level policy page and argue that _every_ external link, relative to en.wp, should have the icon. -- Azertus 15:19, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
Ok, this is minor, but the tag says Memory Alpha is "the" star trek wiki. "the"? I doubt Memory Alpha is the only star trek wiki, and even if it is, saying "the" makes it seem like it's the best, which violates Wikipedia's NPOV Policy. I have changed the template to read "a" star trek wiki. If you have any arguments, tell me. -- Ashfire908 18:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Would someone like to explain the objections to this for me? So far I've heard "It's undiscussed," which is silly because one should be bold in updating pages and thus prior discussion is not grounds for reversion, and "it doesn't need to be a box," which is equally strange, as templates masked as plaintext are actively frowned upon. Does anyone actually have a good reason for edit warring this one? Phil Sandifer 20:04, 27 May 2007 (UTC)