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 – §hep • ¡Talk to me! 20:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone set up an infobox similar to {{taxobox}} for breeds of animals? i.e. {{taxobox}} works for chicken, but does not work for Buckeye chicken. I guess I'm looking for a general version of {{Infobox Dogbreed}}. Any ideas? Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 21:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You might have a look at/clone {{Infobox Cultivar}} - it's intended for plants but might be quite close to what you want? FlagSteward (talk) 17:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll mess with that. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 18:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have the template pretty much finished at User:Stepshep/Sandbox/1, but I can't get the bottom two sections to collapse and have to floating {{#if | 's in there. Could someone please see what I messed up with? Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 19:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done requester fixed the problem Adam McCormick (talk) 03:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm copying this from template talk:merging. Hopefully it's clear what I mean. Richard001 (talk) 01:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The template {{merging}} should simply say that the page in question is being merged with another. That the one in question is being merged into another article should be an option, but there is no template for the other case where the article in question is the one the other is being merged into (i.e. it is the destination). I think it should be kept as a single template, with the option of adding something to identify which of the two situations applies to a given article. Richard001 (talk) 08:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I've made the change so that this template generically states "This is being merged with that" or with the dir parameter "This is being merged to that" for dir=to or "This is being merged with content from That" for dir=from. Is that what you were looking for? Adam McCormick (talk) 14:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Precisely. Cheers. Richard001 (talk) 10:26, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To add to the list at [1]. I wanted to reward a user that has made good edits on Bahrain-related articles, and I had to use the generic national merit one. Is this the correct place to ask someone to make the barnstar including the barnstar image? Alternatively, a "arabic" barnstar with that thing used on the head by tuaregs , see frontal image, in order to have a generic arabic culture barnstar --Enric Naval (talk) 23:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Would Image:Coat of arms of Bahrain.svg work for the image? If so I'll work something up. Adam McCormick (talk) 02:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The mammals project has a template {{mammal}} that has a photo-request function (needs-photo=yes) but it isn't showing up on the banner when added (see e.g. talk:stotting, where it is used but isn't showing up or adding the article to the requests category, hence the need to use {{reqphoto}}. Could someone take a look at it and try to figure out why it isn't working? Richard001 (talk) 02:39, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The options needs-photo, needs-taxobox and needs-audio should now be working. Hope this helps, Gazimoff ^Write_Read 01:24, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thanks, Gazimoff. Richard001 (talk) 05:38, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Another request already!) I would like to modify {{reqaudio}} so that it can place articles within a more specific audio requests category. This year a category Category:Wikipedia requested audio of animals was created, but I can't place material in here using this template as I could with the {{reqphoto}} template (e.g. {{reqphoto|animals}} puts the request in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of animals. I want to do this for the article mimicry, where audio of animal auditory mimicry is requested. Richard001 (talk) 10:35, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

•  Done, parameters 1, 2 and 3 are now available for this purpose (param 1 is also used for the text). I haven't created any categories as I am not sure which ones are necessary/useful. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 18:59, June 9, 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Richard. On a related topic, is there any way to include a category like Category:Mammal articles needing photos using {{reqphoto}}? It only seems to accept something that follows 'Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of...' I need to be able to override this (see Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of mammals, which should be empty, and also my section above).

Definitely  Possible. I'll look into it, and the above section, and see what I can do. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 20:22, June 10, 2008 (UTC)

I've brought it up on the talk page (discussion here) as the template is fully protected, therefore an admin will need to make the edit. I have suggested what sort of thing may work, you may want to have a look and comment/correct me. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 22:08, June 10, 2008 (UTC)

 Done Edit made, parameters added. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 21:37, June 20, 2008 (UTC)

If there isn't one already, I just need a simple template that reads: "You have been blocked for edit warring for X [hours/days/weeks]. If you wish to contest this block, please use the {{unblock}} template." - Is that possible? Or have I come to the wrong place? Thanks in advance for any help. Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 23:31, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried {{uw-3block}}? Stifle (talk) 12:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Naw, it needs to specifically say "edit warring" as sometimes you don't block an editor for 3RR. It would kinda save the trouble of explaining when editors say: "I didn't violate 3RR". Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 13:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I've created {{uw-ewblock}} in order to meet this request. Gazimoff ^Write_Read 23:01, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(again) {{HS Conference}} leaves a nice giant whitespace at the top of the articles it's on. See Classic Lake Conference for an example. The only way I can get the space gone is to put the lead text above the infobox. Could someone here cleanup the code and remove the top whitespace? Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 00:14, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Problem was trailing whitespace, I've removed it. Adam McCormick (talk) 00:26, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've made a template that converts a decimal number to a given base, up to base 36. Examples: 10111 EA 1Z. The only problem is the name, I would like to find a better name for it. I didn't know where to put this, if you know of a better place feel free to move it. Thank you -- Jkasd 21:25, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that name is a problem, but it definitely needs documentation. Adam McCormick (talk) 21:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the documentation, I still hope a better name can be found, but the current name will do. Jkasd 22:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's a lot of ambiguity with the picture request templates ({{reqphoto}}, {{reqimage}} etc), though they seem to be primarily or exclusively for upload requests, not requests to (locate and) add existing or probably existing pictures to articles. I have tried to get this clarified but with little luck; we don't have nearly enough people active in an organized effort to work on images. Perhaps a different template that simply asks people to add images to a pictureless or picture-short page, regardless of what sort (drawings, photos, diagrams... it's very difficult to make a general request like this too because reqimage wants you to use a different template!) would be useful. We use the term wikify, so I think a similar neologism like 'picturify' would be appropriate to describe this process. Perhaps a template {{picturify}} could be added to talk pages saying something like "this article has few or no images; please try to locate and add some to improve its quality", and perhaps a note like "note: not all pages should have images; images must be relevant to the subject and should not be added just for the sake of having images". Maybe it should all be kept within one template, but what we have at the moment is not very apt to what I often need, and they can always be merged again later. I'm not sure if it should categorize the page; perhaps something like 'pages needing picturification' (see Category:Articles that need to be wikified would be appropriate but that could also be added later. Richard001 (talk) 02:20, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Possible I think that the whole reason that reqimage is deprecated is that it just doesn't accomplish anything to same "put something here," you might as well say "make this better." I have no doubt that it is possible but I don't know if it would be a value-added change. Adam McCormick (talk) 02:55, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

well, it might be 'value added' to create a template that can suggest particular types of pictures to be sought out. for instance, it would be easy to add a parameter or two to {{Reqimageother}} It is requested that an image be included in this article to improve its quality, if possible. images of {blah}, {bleh}, {blech} and {blurch} would be particularly useful. would something like that work? --Ludwigs2 21:44, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]