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Misplaced Pages:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2014_April_6#Template:Unblock_on_hold-notification

I encountered a reference to {{Unblock on hold-notification}} in the "administrator use" dropdown of the {{unblock-un}} template. I feel that the template may be a bit more useful than the standard sort of talkback message that one can make using Twinkle, and I'd prefer to use that template's text rather than that of the generic talkback when I notify an admin that an unblock is on-hold pending their reply.

I see that you were the closer of a TfD about 10 years ago. I'd like to restore the template so that it can be used going forward, as well as to provide attribution to the folks who created it. Are you willing to restore the template to the template namespace or, barring that, to a subpage of my userspace?

Thank you!

— Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 05:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

I don't care, but we should ask UpEpSilon and Zzyzx11 to see if they have any opinions. The content of the template is

==Unblock request of {{{1}}} ==
Hello <includeonly>{{subst:PAGENAME}}</includeonly>. {{userlinks|{{{1}}}}}, whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is '''on hold''' while waiting for a comment from you. Regards, ~~<includeonly>~~</includeonly><noinclude>~~</noinclude> <!-- Template:Unblock on hold-notification -->

Thanks Plastikspork _―Œ 15:15, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, I'm able to see the wikitext of the deleted template. My request is more so that it can be restored with page history (which would give attribution to its creators). — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@Red-tailed hawk: I see no objections, so go ahead and restore it if you think it is useful. Plastikspork _―Œ 21:27, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

CS1 error on Carl XVI Gustaf

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Carl XVI Gustaf, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 22:01, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Not ideal

This edit by SporkBot seems a little unnecessary. I was just testing some pywikibot code... --Commander Keane (talk) 22:02, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, but one of the bot tasks is to orphan/disable/replace templated deleted at WP:TFD. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 15:47, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Possible new SporkBot task

You might be interested in this discussion about fixing links to deleted portal pages. Your bot was pinged, but I don't know if you see those. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:52, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Richards/Botam Trophy

Hi, thanks for fixing that. I intended to add the Wisden Trophy category but it looks like a copy and paste went wrong. Actually, Wisden Trophy was the predecessor to this one so I won't use it. Batagur baska (talk) 15:10, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Create Page:Oscareduardo10

Hola, será que puedes crear la página de Oscareduardo10 en Misplaced Pages english 179.1.110.84 (talk) 23:48, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

You could start by addressing the reasons why you were blocked at User talk:Oscareduardo10. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 14:09, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

CS1 error on Battle of Zhovnyn (1662)

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Battle of Zhovnyn (1662), may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

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NFL lists sidebar

Hello, and I'd ask that you please reverse your 'delete' and Keep this sidebar navbox. It seems every argument used against it, including the nom, was the fact that it existed (i.e. that sidebar navboxes duplicate some of the items used in footer navboxes). This doesn't work, as sidebar navboxes are allowed, and hundreds of them exist on Misplaced Pages. Please read the discussion again, there was actually no argument that makes sense if the existence of sidebar navboxes is allowed, which it is. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:44, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Randy Kryn, I re-read the discussion, and the argument was that every page using the sidebar was already using a footer navbox, and people felt that was excessive/redundant navigation. If you would like a review of my close of this discussion, please open one at WP:DRV and ping me. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 14:38, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for re-reading. I would say most major pages with sidebars also have footers which contain within them the same information. In this case, and most of the others, specific information is pulled out and presented in a concise format. That's the important difference. See biographical navboxes, such as those of Martin Luther King, some U.S. presidents, etc., which have both sidebars and footers. Editors may be told in a nom that this is redundant and sway editors to say "yes, it is, that's in the footer", but for site consistency the use of sidebar navboxes is accepted and common. Maybe a review yet this seems obvious when the wider and consistent site-usage exists. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:47, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

There is history of sidebars being deleted at TFD when they are an exact (or near exact) copy (or subset) of the links in a navbox footer. Some examples I found are here, here, and the long series starting here. There are also some that closed as no consensus like here. Sidebars are considered on a case-by-case basis. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 14:55, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the research. In some forms to be a Wikipedian is to be fine with time sinks, so thank you for putting up with questions and concerns like mine. It was such a good navbox and so easy to use, check, and navigate from article to article. I at least have a personal copy, but I bet hundreds of readers are going to miss it (maybe not, I could be an outlier). Randy Kryn (talk) 15:05, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Subst wrapper

Hi Plastic. This is really neat. Will this approach work for other wrapper templates, and is this method documented anywhere? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:54, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

MSGJ, I don't know about the extent of the documentation. This approach is used in several foreign language citation templates like Template:Cite web/Russian. For infoboxes, there is Module:Unsubst-infobox used in Template:Infobox album and Template:Infobox settlement/cleaner. There are many more examples, but no documented list as far as I know. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 14:35, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I tried to replicate it on Template:WIR but the bot is adding a subst parameter (e.g. ). Do you know how to avoid this? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:40, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Never mind, think I've sorted it! I was wondering what the override flag was for — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:45, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

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