Editing Talk:Wiki engine

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==Template ??==
Apparently, if we use the [[Template:Wiki|Wiki List template]] to describe a [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]], we create a little recursive situation where the page points to itself, and also shows up as a subcategory in "[[:category:All]]".  While correct in a sense, it might be confusing also.  I propose that we only use the "Wiki List" template for [[WhatIsWiki|wiki's]] and if (as many do) engines have a [[wiki]] themselves, make the engine page separate from the engine's wiki page.  What do you guys think? --[[Raymond King]] | <small>[[User talk:Rathbone|talk]]</small> 14:14, 12 Feb 2006 (EST)
:I am still grasping with this concept and I think you are saying something that might be a resolution for us.  If we use a WikiEngine template that gets rid of some offending code, I would love the WikiEngine wiki to be in the category:WikiEngine space.  However, if that is not easy, not reasonable or doesn't work, we should put the pointer to the wiki on a non-category page, until we figure out a solution.  (I like the idea of having most pages look similar with the template!) :-) [[MarkDilley]] | <small>[[User talk:MarkDilley|talk]]</small> 17:07, 13 Feb 2006 (EST)

==tag/category==
Mark, I'm not sure I discovered whatever it is you think I did. 16:26, 16 Feb 2006 (EST)

see and compare:
* https://WikiIndex.org/index.php?title=Category:Lizzy&oldid=4725
* https://WikiIndex.org/Category:Lizzy

::: Okay, I see what you're saying.  I didn't discover it and don't understand it, but I do see it.  Hmm.  I'm going to do an experiment.  Back soon. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 16:37, 16 Feb 2006 (EST)

:: I figured out what happened.  Normally [[Special:Categories|categories]] look like this:
<pre>[[Category:CATEGORYNAME]]</pre>
:: and they put the page into that category, without having CATEGORYNAME show up in the page text (only in the footer).  Here at [[WikiIndex]], we decided that it was a good idea to have the category name show up on the page itself, so we started using this:
<pre>[[Category:CATEGORYNAME]][[:Category:CATEGORYNAME|CATEGORYNAME]]</pre>
:: which does two things.  One, it puts the page in the category without showing the category on the page and Two, it shows the category name on the page without putting the page in the category.

:: To simplify coding, we created [[Template:Tag]] which allows a simpiler syntax:
<pre>{{Tag|CATEGORYNAME}}</pre>
:: which does the same thing as the example immediately above.

:: What you've done, Mark, is to '''link''' to the category without including the page in the category, using this:
<pre>[[:Category:CATEGORYNAME|CATEGORYNAME]]</pre>
:: which seems like a fine convention to use on [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] category pages. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 16:46, 16 Feb 2006 (EST)