Template talk:Main
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
Template:Main has been protected indefinitely. Use {{editprotected}} on this page to request an edit. |
[edit] Development
This template has a development branch at Template:Main/dev. This can be used for change proposals.
[edit] Printing
Should a noprint class be applied to this template? It would make it truely pertinent then to use it instead of formatted text (noprinting is a reason to favor hatnotes over formatted text). besides, knowing there is a subarticle is useless on a printed form. Also, very few subarticles actually USE the template at the top. A link is usually present within the first few lines anyway, so maybe the use guideline should be rewrote to take that into account. Circeus 17:22, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edits needed July,09,2006
- Someone should add this (and the See Also's to Category:List templates
- Add {{MainBold}} to See also list as well as Template:Mainlist.
-
- done. Circeus 21:36, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] interwikilinks
Updated interwikilinks of other wikis, but this is semi-protected and therefor still needs updating. And no, I won't ever create an account if anonymous editing in general is possible, b/c it's a good idea in general :) 129.35.204.162 06:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Please correct sl: to sl:Predloga:Glavni. Thanks. --Eleassar my talk 12:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Done. --Robdurbar 17:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] SubArticle template
Would someone please add Template:SubArticle to the see also section. --Ephilei 00:57, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Now there are photos available of this particular specimen. The photos were published by Eduardo Ecchenique, New York Times.
[edit] Last Change Breaks Template - Please Revert
See Wikipedia:About#Making the best use of Wikipedia for 2 examples on one screen. --Quiddity·(talk) 02:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What's the point?
Why not just write :''Main article: [[article name]]''? This template seems to be totally useless and overcomplicated. /Grillo 14:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- The point is that using this template allows Wikipedia as a whole to maintain conventions for how such links are worded and styled in one template. If you use the raw wikitext, every single article that uses this style needs to be updated. Mike Dillon 21:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Italics
The article's name should not be in italics. It looks unprofessional. ☆ CieloEstrellado 04:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Comparison with related templates"
I've removed that section from the "Documentation", as I couldn't make heads or tails of it (are the first and third bullets talking about the same thing?). The difference between this and Template:Details certainly needs to be illustrated, especially as Wikipedia:Summary style seems to treat them as synonymous. --zenohockey 21:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- I believe this is because {{Main}} was originally created to link back to the main article from a subtopic, while {{Details}} was meant to go the other way. In practice, editors use both {{Main}} and {{Details}} to link to the subtopic articles from the main topic; which one they use seems to be determined by which wording they prefer. Personally, I think that using {{details}} to link to sub-topics and {{Main}} to link back makes more sense, but I don't expect usage to change. Mike Dillon 21:44, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This was it:
The following two are meant to be used in connection with each other:
- At the top of a brief section concerning a subject that has a more detailed article (this is the only form specified by the Wikipedia Manual of Style);
- or at the top of the specialized article, to refer to the more general article: Template:main (talk, backlinks, edit):
- at the top or bottom of a section of the more general article, to refer to the specialized article: Template:Details (talk, backlinks, edit):
- For more details on this topic, see [[{{{1}}}]].
- What do the three braces mean? -lysdexia 23:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
- They indicate variables. The text in {{main|THE VARIABLE}} is placed there. The pipe in variables ({{{1|text}}})serves to give default text if the variable is not defined. Circeus 00:56, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unquote
Note: The {{main}} template lacks two ending apostrophes before </div>.
- Wikiborg 06:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Some explanation
I have two "main articles" one general, another specific. I would like to say at the top:
Main article: general - generalities
Main article: specific - specifics
but if I add text after the template, the comments (e.g. "generalities") winds up on the line below. Is there a way to do this, or could the template be accomodated to include an optional modifying phrase just after the main article title that would display on the same line? PAR 20:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] incorrect use?
It seems that most people are using this template incorrectly, and should be using the "details" template instead. (the further template is inconsistent, and doesn't add the [[ ]] around the paramenter.).
Should this be fixed? Is using "main" instead of "details" appropriate? Am I just being too picky?
-- TomXP411[Talk] 00:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Can
Can we change this template so it can have infinite arguments?100110100 07:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request to add an interwiki link
Please add the following interlanguage link: [[bg:Шаблон:Основна]] --Daggerstab 08:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Done - Harryboyles 11:38, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] inter language links
There appear to be many, but why do they not show up when viewing the wiki source? I want to copy them over to the template at the Wikimedia Commons. --Pmsyyz 22:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Because of template documentation. You have to look here.Circeus 22:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Use of pipe in Template:Main
How do I use have the text appear differently in the template than what the link is? For example, I want what I would normally type as [[Persian language#Nomenclature|Persian language]], however within the main template it's not formating it correctly. I've tried with and without brackets – doesn't work correctly either way. Thanks. –jonsafari 21:21, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
