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 :::Thanks a lot. Now it works. <span title="gotta love Wii">&ndash;</span> [[Smiddle]] / <small>[[User talk:Smiddle|T]]&middot;[[Special:Contributions/Smiddle|C]]&middot;[[Special:Emailuser/Smiddle|@]]</small> 11:08, 20 December 2006 (PST)
-==Interwiki Requests ==
+==Interwiki requests==
 Hi, make requests for interwiki links below. There are thousands of wikis out there so its not possible to add them all but if your wiki is really active and has a good number of articles, please request it here...--[[User:Comets|Comets]] 06:48, 27 November 2008 (EST)
-== Interwiki template ==
+==Interwiki template==
-I'm thinking about creating an interwiki template - maybe <code>{{tl|InterWiki}}</code>.  I see this as a simple one-line indented message (similar to say the <code>{{tl|For}}</code> template) to be placed on specific pages here on WikiIndex to advise we have an interwiki link already set up.  A couple of example target pages for this template would be the [[English Wikipedia]] and [[Wikimedia Commons]].  We could even set the template to include the actual interwiki prefix.  What do we think to this?  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:40, 15 October 2012 (PDT)
+I'm thinking about creating an interwiki template - maybe <code>{{template|InterWiki}}</code>.  I see this as a simple one-line indented message (similar to say the <code>{{template|For}}</code> template) to be placed on specific pages here on WikiIndex to advise we have an interwiki link already set up.  A couple of example target pages for this template would be the [[English Wikipedia]] and [[Wikimedia Commons]].  We could even set the template to include the actual interwiki prefix.  What do we think to this?  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 03:40, 15 October 2012 (PDT)
 : Hi Sean!  I like the idea - it had been discussed as maybe being part of the info box - like having the '''InterWiki''' prefix included, although I am a sucker for actually spelling everything out. - I am happy where ever it ends up! :-)   Also, I am still mulling over putting things in the project namespace and the locking of pages. :-)  Best, [[MarkDilley]]
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 ::OK, added the template to my [[User:Hoof Hearted/ToDo|to do list]].
 ::In terms of project namespace vs main namespace – the choice is obviously yours, but I'd like to suggest that when an article on a general wiki idea discusses specific actions or attributes which are unique to this WikiIndex site, then they really ought to stay (or be moved to) the WikiIndex project namespace; whereas any article which makes no reference to specifics of WikiIndex can be in the main namespace – IMVHO.
-::Page protection – we have over 19,000 articles in the main namespace (and that doesn't include project, category, user, file namespaces); but according to [[Special:ProtectedPages]], we have less than 200 protected pages.  Maybe 20% of those are in the MediaWiki namespace (which are protected by default and can't be changed), there are a small number of userpages (and users should IMVHO have the absolute right on weather they want their own namespaces protected or not), some are 'userpages' which have been setup and locked to prevent doppelgangers, another small number of high-importance pages (typically those which are reached directly from the sidebar and are thus a very easy target for vandalism), and the vast remainder are [[:Category:Templates|templates]] – which are vital to the whole look and feel of this wiki.  For example, if someone makes a malicious edit to {{tl|Wiki}}, that will have a potentially catastrophic effect on over 19,000 other pages.  Even an 'innocent' bad edit to a template can have a knock-on effect – many templates are interlinked with other templates, as my innocent edit to one of the language templates back in January proved.  Furthermore, of those templates which are protected, the vast majority are only 'move' protected; they are still open edit, just a select few important templates are protected to log-in editors.  Finally, if you check the [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&limit=500&type=protect protection log], you will see that many were protect by others apart from me (scroll down!), and that very recently I've been removing protection to some which I feel deserve it (and wern't previously subject to edit wars).  So whilst we may have nigh-on 200 in the protection list, only a very small percentage of those are 'edit' protected.  Best, [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 06:03, 19 October 2012 (PDT)
+::Page protection – we have over 19,000 articles in the main namespace (and that doesn't include project, category, user, file namespaces); but according to [[Special:ProtectedPages]], we have less than 200 protected pages.  Maybe 20% of those are in the MediaWiki namespace (which are protected by default and can't be changed), there are a small number of userpages (and users should IMVHO have the absolute right on weather they want their own namespaces protected or not), some are 'userpages' which have been setup and locked to prevent doppelgangers, another small number of high-importance pages (typically those which are reached directly from the sidebar and are thus a very easy target for vandalism), and the vast remainder are [[:Category:Templates|templates]] – which are vital to the whole look and feel of this wiki.  For example, if someone makes a malicious edit to {{template|Wiki}}, that will have a potentially catastrophic effect on over 19,000 other pages.  Even an 'innocent' bad edit to a template can have a knock-on effect – many templates are interlinked with other templates, as my innocent edit to one of the language templates back in January proved.  Furthermore, of those templates which are protected, the vast majority are only 'move' protected; they are still open edit, just a select few important templates are protected to log-in editors.  Finally, if you check the [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&limit=500&type=protect protection log], you will see that many were protect by others apart from me (scroll down!), and that very recently I've been removing protection to some which I feel deserve it (and wern't previously subject to edit wars).  So whilst we may have nigh-on 200 in the protection list, only a very small percentage of those are 'edit' protected.  Best, [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|Admin]]</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 06:03, 19 October 2012 (PDT)