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What's the correct way to mark a {{ official website}} as a dead link? -- Mikeblas ( talk) 16:35, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
{{
webarchive}}
using the |title=
arg to give the same wording eg. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309010101/https://example.com|date=2021-03-09|title=Official website}}
which produces:
|archive-url=
support. ~
Kvng (
talk) 14:04, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
It doesn't appear that official can handle it if there is a equal sign in the url for example, Dimitar Berbatov has *{{official|http://berbatov.sportal.bg/index.php?lang=2}} and it throws wierd errors. What is the proper way, can it be made, I think the term is "URL-safe"? Naraht ( talk) 17:56, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
Some URLs that contain special characters...), like this: *{{official|1=http://berbatov.sportal.bg/index.php?lang=2}} → Official website – Jonesey95 ( talk) 18:31, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
When did mobile as a parameter get removed here? Naraht ( talk) 13:28, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
Is there any guidance that it is not appropriate to have this template in an infobox? Naraht ( talk) 22:12, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
|website=
parameter should be for an official website only (e.g., {{
Infobox person}}).http/https
portion). The documentation and examples often suggest the use of {{
URL}}. {{
Official URL}} can be a useful alternative. Note that in some cases, the infobox documentation specifically advises not to include the www.
portion of the url unless the website requires it (presumably to save space in space-constrained infoboxes). However, {{
Official URL}} displays the full website name including the www.
portion if that is what is stored in wikidata or passed in as the first parameter.[https://about.me/ About Me]
used, especially when the official website url is very long. Others also use, incorrectly, the deprecated second parameter of {{
URL}} to display alternative text instead of the url itself."Module:Official website," when used to create "Category:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia," appears to assume that there is one and only one official website listed in Wikidata. However, this is not necessarily the case. For example, see FIFA Men's World Ranking which lists an official website, https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men, and the corresponding Wikidata page ( FIFA World Rankings (Q180825)), which has 3 official pages listed, https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/, https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women, and https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men. So, despite the Wikipedia page and the Wikidata page both listing an overlapping identical official page, the Wikipedia page is still flagged by the module to be a member of "Category:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia," because the Wikidata page also lists two other official pages. This seems like an incorrect outcome. Is it possible for the module to be modified to check any official website included in the Wikidata listing? So long as Wikidata allows the inclusion of multiple official websites, this seems like a worthwhile change. Coining ( talk) 02:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
laggard, Wikidata maintains a stable identity for its items. If you want to distinguish the Men’s world rankings from the general concept, you should create a new item for it; if you are shifting the subject of a Wikipedia article, you may want to link it to another item. (See also d:Talk:Q180825.) Lucas Werkmeister ( talk) 18:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Template:Official website 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
consensus, editors may use {{
edit template-protected}} to notify an administrator or template editor to make the requested edit. Usually, any contributor may edit the template's
documentation to add usage notes or
categories.
Any contributor may edit the template's sandbox. Functionality of the template can be checked using test cases. |
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Official website template. |
|
Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4Auto-archiving period: 92 days |
This template was considered for deletion on 13 August 2009. The result of the discussion was "speedy keep". |
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This page has archives. Sections older than 92 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 4 sections are present. |
What's the correct way to mark a {{ official website}} as a dead link? -- Mikeblas ( talk) 16:35, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
{{
webarchive}}
using the |title=
arg to give the same wording eg. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309010101/https://example.com|date=2021-03-09|title=Official website}}
which produces:
|archive-url=
support. ~
Kvng (
talk) 14:04, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
It doesn't appear that official can handle it if there is a equal sign in the url for example, Dimitar Berbatov has *{{official|http://berbatov.sportal.bg/index.php?lang=2}} and it throws wierd errors. What is the proper way, can it be made, I think the term is "URL-safe"? Naraht ( talk) 17:56, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
Some URLs that contain special characters...), like this: *{{official|1=http://berbatov.sportal.bg/index.php?lang=2}} → Official website – Jonesey95 ( talk) 18:31, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
When did mobile as a parameter get removed here? Naraht ( talk) 13:28, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
Is there any guidance that it is not appropriate to have this template in an infobox? Naraht ( talk) 22:12, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
|website=
parameter should be for an official website only (e.g., {{
Infobox person}}).http/https
portion). The documentation and examples often suggest the use of {{
URL}}. {{
Official URL}} can be a useful alternative. Note that in some cases, the infobox documentation specifically advises not to include the www.
portion of the url unless the website requires it (presumably to save space in space-constrained infoboxes). However, {{
Official URL}} displays the full website name including the www.
portion if that is what is stored in wikidata or passed in as the first parameter.[https://about.me/ About Me]
used, especially when the official website url is very long. Others also use, incorrectly, the deprecated second parameter of {{
URL}} to display alternative text instead of the url itself."Module:Official website," when used to create "Category:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia," appears to assume that there is one and only one official website listed in Wikidata. However, this is not necessarily the case. For example, see FIFA Men's World Ranking which lists an official website, https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men, and the corresponding Wikidata page ( FIFA World Rankings (Q180825)), which has 3 official pages listed, https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/, https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women, and https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men. So, despite the Wikipedia page and the Wikidata page both listing an overlapping identical official page, the Wikipedia page is still flagged by the module to be a member of "Category:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia," because the Wikidata page also lists two other official pages. This seems like an incorrect outcome. Is it possible for the module to be modified to check any official website included in the Wikidata listing? So long as Wikidata allows the inclusion of multiple official websites, this seems like a worthwhile change. Coining ( talk) 02:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
laggard, Wikidata maintains a stable identity for its items. If you want to distinguish the Men’s world rankings from the general concept, you should create a new item for it; if you are shifting the subject of a Wikipedia article, you may want to link it to another item. (See also d:Talk:Q180825.) Lucas Werkmeister ( talk) 18:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)