Template talk:Google
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This template has survived TfD, with no consensus. See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 February 11 for details. - Mailer Diablo 11:09, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Doesn't work with multi-word queries. Pimlottc 06:23, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- It does work, sort of, but you because of the sillyness of URL syntax, you have to replace spaces (" ") with plus signs ("+"), as in foo+bar. Dragons flight 06:28, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Google
Template:Google has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Kungming2 00:03, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_19#Template:Google, not deleted.--Patrick 00:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Template:Ghits
I just created this one for better convenience without passing arguments, but on second thought, perhaps it would be better to screw with the template syntax to make Template:Google do this automatically if there is no argument, effectively merging the concepts? It would certainly help to unify and improve the endeavor. Also, why not make the link text more descriptive than just the basic argument being passed? This seems counter-intuitive to me and misrepresents the fact that this is a google link. Please give input or feel free to contact me; if there is no input on the matter, I will assume there are no objections and will attempt it myself. (|-- UlTiMuS 23:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Implemented these changes. I think this is much more useful. Please give feedback. (|-- UlTiMuS 20:56, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- I don't mind the default parameter, but making the [Google links for blah] reduces the flexibility of how it can be incorporated into discussions. Often I might be talking about, for example, Saturn cars and want to provide a relevant link with breaking the flow with strangely formatted text. Also, using small and sup is basically illegible on IE. If people want to identify that it is a google link, they are free to do so, but it shouldn't be required. Dragons flight 21:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- PS. Keep in mind that this is intended only to be used on discussion pages and should essentially never be incorporated directly into articles. Dragons flight 21:15, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Fine by me - that's why I didn't nom Template:ghits for deletion yet, to see how merging with Template:google would take. But did you really have to basically wipe out all of the other unrelated improvements I made (see also, commenting, etc.)? I'm assuming that's not what your intention was or you did it for convenience, so I'll try to rebuild those bits. (|-- UlTiMuS 23:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Also note the substitution bit; this may be trivial, but it is worth noting since a lack of subst with a common template can be bad news when it is modified heavily. (|-- UlTiMuS 23:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Fine by me - that's why I didn't nom Template:ghits for deletion yet, to see how merging with Template:google would take. But did you really have to basically wipe out all of the other unrelated improvements I made (see also, commenting, etc.)? I'm assuming that's not what your intention was or you did it for convenience, so I'll try to rebuild those bits. (|-- UlTiMuS 23:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
