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I will momentarily add Category:Surnames to this template so that this category is expanded by the surname set represented by use of this redirect template. If you have objections and would like to discuss this change, please revert my change and initiate a discussion here. Regards. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 13:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
One could add a parameter to the template like "ori" or "lang" (for "origin" and "language" respectively) that would auto-sub-categorize surnames to particular categories.
Present form: {{surname}} => Category:Surnames Future form: {{surname|ori=African}} => Category:African surnames
The best way to implement might be to allow any value for the "ori" parameter and include available term-category mappings in the documentation. If a term is used for the parameter that is not recognized, the categorization would default to Category:Surnames; but if a new category were created with a new term-category mapping that is used as a parameter value, the category would autopopulate. For instance, if "ori=Burmese" does not have a corresponding Category:Burmese surnames, a tagged surname would end up in Category:Surnames, but when Category:Burmese surnames is created, it would autopopulate with the so-tagged surnames.
I'm only a brown-belt at template-smithing, so if this is a direction that would be desirable to go, I'll need some time to learn some of the subtler syntax of templates.
--User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 22:45, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure how labels like "Japanese surname", "African surname" and "Czech surname" would be equally well handled by a common parameter. For instance, using "national origin" would not be good for African or Czech (the first is a continent, the second a former nation, Czechoslovakia). One could go with "geographical origin" - that might work across the board. "Ethnic origin" would be problematic - that would work for Japanese, but not for African (tremendous variety of ethnicities) and maybe not for Czech (not familiar enough with European ethnography to say). --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 22:45, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
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Wish to add the following text:
-- OlEnglish ( Talk) 21:56, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
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Folks have been adding the {{
surname}} template after this template, or adding the category directly. Please restore the former use of this category, so that redirects will be found by folks looking in the {{
allincluded}} Surnames category for similar names.
After existing category:
[[Category:Redirects from surnames<noinclude>| </noinclude>]] [[Category:Surnames<noinclude>| R from surname</noinclude>]]
-- William Allen Simpson ( talk) 15:26, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Two points:
This template adds pages it's used on to Category:Surnames, could we add a parameter or second template to override that. That category may be a good thing in the vast majority of cases (I have no opinion), but there are exceptions. For example this category is on both Obama (a redirect) and Obama (surname) (a page about the surname), and it should probably only be on the surname page. Emmette Hernandez Coleman ( talk) 04:55, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
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Remove the duplicate full stop at the end of "It is used because Wikipedia has only one article about a person with this surname, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this surname (other persons who share this name might be listed at an anthroponymy article or at the end of a disambiguation page)..". Geolodus ( talk) 06:30, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
Template:R from surname 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. This template does not have a testcases subpage. You can create the testcases subpage here. |
Anthroponymy Template‑class | |||||||
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Redirect Template‑class | |||||||
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I will momentarily add Category:Surnames to this template so that this category is expanded by the surname set represented by use of this redirect template. If you have objections and would like to discuss this change, please revert my change and initiate a discussion here. Regards. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 13:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
One could add a parameter to the template like "ori" or "lang" (for "origin" and "language" respectively) that would auto-sub-categorize surnames to particular categories.
Present form: {{surname}} => Category:Surnames Future form: {{surname|ori=African}} => Category:African surnames
The best way to implement might be to allow any value for the "ori" parameter and include available term-category mappings in the documentation. If a term is used for the parameter that is not recognized, the categorization would default to Category:Surnames; but if a new category were created with a new term-category mapping that is used as a parameter value, the category would autopopulate. For instance, if "ori=Burmese" does not have a corresponding Category:Burmese surnames, a tagged surname would end up in Category:Surnames, but when Category:Burmese surnames is created, it would autopopulate with the so-tagged surnames.
I'm only a brown-belt at template-smithing, so if this is a direction that would be desirable to go, I'll need some time to learn some of the subtler syntax of templates.
--User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 22:45, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure how labels like "Japanese surname", "African surname" and "Czech surname" would be equally well handled by a common parameter. For instance, using "national origin" would not be good for African or Czech (the first is a continent, the second a former nation, Czechoslovakia). One could go with "geographical origin" - that might work across the board. "Ethnic origin" would be problematic - that would work for Japanese, but not for African (tremendous variety of ethnicities) and maybe not for Czech (not familiar enough with European ethnography to say). --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 22:45, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
{{
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Wish to add the following text:
-- OlEnglish ( Talk) 21:56, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
{{
editprotected}}
Folks have been adding the {{
surname}} template after this template, or adding the category directly. Please restore the former use of this category, so that redirects will be found by folks looking in the {{
allincluded}} Surnames category for similar names.
After existing category:
[[Category:Redirects from surnames<noinclude>| </noinclude>]] [[Category:Surnames<noinclude>| R from surname</noinclude>]]
-- William Allen Simpson ( talk) 15:26, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Two points:
This template adds pages it's used on to Category:Surnames, could we add a parameter or second template to override that. That category may be a good thing in the vast majority of cases (I have no opinion), but there are exceptions. For example this category is on both Obama (a redirect) and Obama (surname) (a page about the surname), and it should probably only be on the surname page. Emmette Hernandez Coleman ( talk) 04:55, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
{{
R from surname|nocat}}
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edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Remove the duplicate full stop at the end of "It is used because Wikipedia has only one article about a person with this surname, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this surname (other persons who share this name might be listed at an anthroponymy article or at the end of a disambiguation page)..". Geolodus ( talk) 06:30, 25 July 2019 (UTC)