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Contents 1 {{Rescue}} help please 2 Request for new case law drop down box 3 I request a new userbox template for members of the anarchism portal 4 New templates or inlines. 5 Request for a Coastal settlements navigation template 6 Request for a maintenance template for hard-to-expand articles

[edit] {{Rescue}} help please

This template is focussed on AfD'd articles and we use the coding from {{find}} to encourage editors to search for sources. I'd like to add a "find=" paramater so we can specify a more accurate search string when the article title is less than helpful. For instance article John Foo could be modified witha search parameter "find=John Foo physicist" to weed out less helpful results, etc. Any help appreciated. -- Banjeboi 22:55, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I think the template had such a feature until the 3 April when it was removed (diff). — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 06:53, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure I disagree with that. Both versions, as far as I can tell though are just {{find}} template with neither offering the route of specifying a "find" parameter. Any way we can make that happen is fine with me. -- Banjeboi 16:40, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, I tried reverting back to the old version and that didn't do anything. Any ideas? -- Banjeboi 13:23, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Request for new case law drop down box

Hi everyone. I don't know how to do it myself, and so I'm asking here. I'd be super grateful if someone could help. I'm after a simple template, something like this:

I want it to be on the right hand side. Closed at first, but when you click "show" to reveal a list of legal cases, which would be one below the other. So you click it, it would show for instance,

• Adams v Lindsell
• Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd
• Allcard v Skinner
• Attorney General v Blake

Preferably the standard light blue colour would be best. The heading of the box could be things like "Leading cases on consideration" or "estoppel" or something. If anybody could do this (I'm sure the experts can whip this up in a flash!) then it'd be superb. Please let me know. Wikidea 00:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Just to add one thing, I expect that if I want templates with different lists, that's a new template. But if some cool individual would just make one for me, then I can easily replicate more myself. Just don't know the codey stuff. Wikidea 00:19, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

English consideration case law Adams v Lindsell Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd Allcard v Skinner Attorney General v Blake

I made a rough first draft. Tell me what you think and any improvements I can make. When its done I'll turn it into a generic template so that you can use it for different instances.--Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 03:08, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Yarnalgo, you're a champion; but can I ask another thing: can it be on the right hand side of the page? In fact, is there a field you can add so that an editor chooses which side it goes? Wikidea 08:55, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Another thing, when I type out the title as you see it now, it seems there is a lot of space, but the title still goes to two lines. Is that unavoidable? Wikidea 08:57, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Btw, it's great how each line has alternative colours! (or shades of grey) Wikidea 08:58, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

English consideration case law Example

Isn't it already on the right side of the page? I'll add a parameter so that it can be chosen. About the two lines of text, it goes to two lines because it is being formatted to be centered. At right is what it would look like if it was forced to be on one line and as you can see it is off-center. Which way would you like it? --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 21:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmmmm, both those boxes here show up for me in the centre. I've got an Apple, so I don't know if that's my fault. But the military one I gave as an example does appear on the right. Otherwise it's fine, but it can't be in the centre. Wikidea 23:14, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

That is weird. It might have to do with your browser if you are using an old browser (it would have nothing to do with you having a mac), but I can assure you that it is configured to show up on the side and should for everyone (again, not sure why it's not for you). Also, any comment on the title being in one line or two? --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 01:50, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

PS Do you have a preferred name for the template? I'll make it a real template so you can start using it. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 01:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

So I made a version that I'm 98% sure will be on the right for you. The only problem is that the title is even more messed up. You can trust me that it is showing up on the right or we can use something like this. Tell me what you think. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 08:03, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

That's working properly now for me so far as alignment goes. Could you make the font in the box smaller again? The title is actually not so much of a problem (I'll just have shorter titles). Could you call the first one "Template:Casebox"....

... you know what, I just thought "how about "Template:Caselist" instead, and I find that something's already there. Some good person fixed up one I attempted to make before. But trouble is that it doesn't seem to allow multiple cases, or many lines. I'm sorry if I'm putting you to all this fuss, I just should've referred to that one to start! Oh, I've just been tampering and I think I've figured it out. Here's an example.

v • d • e Leading English cases Carlill v Carbolic Donoghue v Stevenson Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Armory v Delamirie Keech v Sandford Entick v Carrington Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd Crofter Hand Woven Tweed v Veitch see English law

But it will still be very good to have one on its own template page (so that I don't have to take up space on every page each time). Could you put one up with the "Template:Casebox" name? Thanks for your patience with me! Wikidea 08:40, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

That's great that you found that. Makes our job a lot easier . But why do you want a separate template? What's wrong with that one and how would a separate one be different? --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 22:34, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I mean so that I can just paste a template link like "Template:Casebox consideration" into multiple articles, and not clutter up the page with the list of cases each time (I'm going to have some drop downs with a considerable number of cases!). Wikidea 22:41, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Is it possible to put the code of the one above into a template page of its own, and then replicate those? Wikidea 22:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Not sure what your asking with the second question but to create a specific template you would just put the {{caselist}} code into a new template as you said. I could do it for you but it's very easy. (Also, I figured out why it wasn't showing up on the side for you). --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 22:58, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Please do! All I mean (and you could use the above listed cases as an example) is that when you paste the template into an article, it automatically comes with those cases. So to change the cases the template shows, you'd need to change the template itself, rather than to change the cases listed in the article. If you do that I think we're done! Wikidea 23:54, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

And don't know what you figured out, but at the computers at work (PCs) all the caseboxes on this page show up on the right. But now back at home (with a mac) the second and third ones (that you created) show up in the middle (the first military one and the fourth and fifth are on the right). So maybe just work with that last one to save problems? Wikidea 23:56, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't know what specific cases you want or what you want for the names of the templates so I'll let you create them. All you have to do is go to the template page (like Template:Casebox consideration) and paste the {{caselist}} code (exactly what you wrote for the last one on this page). Then to put it in an article, you would put in {{Casebox consideration}} just like normal. If you want to give me a list of titles/cases I can make them for you but you should learn so you can do it in the future on your own. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 00:45, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I request a new userbox template for members of the anarchism portal

I think anarchists deserves one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alocaluser (talk • contribs) 04:36, May 31, 2009

See the note at the top of the page: For information on User boxes, see Template:Userbox and Wikipedia:Userboxes. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 18:09, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] New templates or inlines.

I wanted to suggest to the management of Wikipedia to add one message template and one inline tag.

1. Firstly, I have encountered many articles with the forms of "you" (e.g. your, yours, etc.), as though these pages are addressing the reader directly. I find this unacceptable, because these forms would also write the article like a set of instructions, while Wikipedia is understandably an online encyclopedia with neutral perspectives. Therefore, I wanted to request such message template urging users to remove the forms of "you".
2. I fathom how weasel words can compromise an article's accuracy and neutrality. So, while I tagged a section for this issue, I stumble upon an idea of adding the inline template labeled {{where?}}, to question the article's sense of location, direction, etc.

--Nebula2357 (talk) 00:42, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Templates already exist for both of your needs. For the first one you can use {{Inappropriate person|2=you}} (or leave the second parameter blank if you do not want to be specific. This produces:

This article uses second-person ("you") inappropriately. Please rewrite it to use a more formal, encyclopedic tone.

And for the second, there is {{where}} which produces ^[where?]. --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 04:41, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Request for a Coastal settlements navigation template

Now that the WP:Categories of the form 'Coastal settlements in ... ' are being used regularly then this suggests that a 'Coastal settlement' navbox would prove useful. Does such a template already exist for this need? If it does not exist then read on.

Proposed structure:

{{Coastal_settlements navbox
|coast=
|place=
|settlement=
|anticlockwise=
|clockwise=
}}

• coast: Wiki link to "List of coastal settlements in ... " or "Category:Coastal settlements in ... " article if it exists.
• place: county or suitably large administrative body containing the settlement, and that matches 'structure' above
• settlement: Name of settlement
• anticlockwise: Name of the next settlement anticlockwise round the coast
• clockwise: Name of the next settlement clockwise round the coast

example:

{{Coastal_settlements navbox
|coast         = [[:Category:Coastal settlements in North Yorkshire|Coastal settlements]]
|county        = [[North Yorkshire]]
|settlement    = Saltburn-by-the-Sea
|anticlockwise = [[Marske-by-the-Sea]]
|clockwise     = [[Skinningrove]]
}}

At some point the linked pages might be in the next county or event country, but that would not be a problem. This template would apply equally well to a lake or inland sea. These navboxes when complete would form circular lists. Stuffed cat (talk) 17:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Well I got this far - now wahat?

{{Navbox
|title = {{{coast| }}} of {{{place| }}}
|county = {{{county|}}}
|state = {{{state|uncollapsed}}}
|navbar = {{#if:{{{name|}}}||plain|}}
|list1 = <table width="100%"><tr>
<td width="33%">'''{{{anticlockwise text|Anticlockwise}}}'''<br />{{{anticlockwise| }}}</td>
<td width="34%" style="border-left:1px solid #aaaaaa;border-right:1px solid #aaaaaa;">'''{{{settlement| }}}'''</td>
<td width="33%">'''{{{clockwise text|Clockwise}}}'''<br />{{{clockwise| }}}
</td>
</tr></table>
}}<noinclude>
{{Documentation}}
[[es:Plantilla:Coastal settlements navbox]]
[[ja:Template:Navibox 横断施設等]]
</noinclude>

Stuffed cat (talk) 18:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Seem to have got it working now. Stuffed cat (talk) 19:04, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Can you explain the different parameters in the template doc please? --Yarnalgo _{talk to me} 22:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Request for a maintenance template for hard-to-expand articles

I try at times to contribute to less edited corners of Wikipedia. Articles tagged with {{expand}} are one source of such articles. Every once in a while I run into an article that has already briefly established the subject's notability but is nevertheless hard to expand, at least hard to do so using Google and other search engines. To save a future editor the trouble of going through what I did, I'd like a maintenance template that basically says something like the following:

The following article is about a notable subject which appears difficult to expand using web search engines and other online reference material. Please consult alternative reference works to add to this article. Further information might be found on this article's talk page. {June 2009)

As far as I know, no such template exists. Thanks. 66.167.48.132 (talk) 20:04, 29 June 2009 (UTC).