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We have to add some templates for having default parameters for URLs and Logo

called from soon coming Template:Wiki as Template:WikiURL Property

called from soon coming Template:Wiki as Template:WikiLogo Property

called from soon coming Template:Wiki as Template:WikiRC Property

called from soon coming Template:Wiki as Template:WikiNode Property see wiki source for code. (I'm working on it, please dont touch any of them) --Peu 05:55, 19 October 2006 (EDT)

oh, I'm too stupid (I give up)! Has anybody suggestions to it? --Peu 06:06, 19 October 2006 (EDT)

UnknownWikiNode

zomg, why isn't it working? – Smiddle / T·C·S·A 15:28, 20 October 2006 (EDT)

Ah, now it does. – Smiddle / T·C·S·A 15:31, 20 October 2006 (EDT)

UnknownWikiURL

Does somebody know why it's two rows between UnknownWikiURL and UnknownRecentChanges? – Smiddle / T·C·S·A 04:27, 21 October 2006 (EDT)

make parallel

What will be better for "wiki-property-values" [1]?

  • common link captions
the links are correct, the caption should not repeat the category, because the property name contains this already (in my opinion "Unknown" is more readible)
  • link captions with the same name as the category they link to
this is the original naming convention...of course

...further considerations YourWikiName is a pseudo-category that should only be used in the wiki-boilerplate. With the Template:If (or future mechanisms) we could hide the "Your"s, show the "Unknown"s and link to the appropriate categories. Btw: in the Template:Wiki/suggestion there are errors: they have to "includeonly" the Unknown-categories, otherwise the templatepage itself is included into categories = not very usably to wikiindex readers (we have to check all the tamplates against this error). I'll fix it (at least for wiki/suggest.) --Peu 02:56, 21 October 2006 (EDT)

I would suggest:
the entries on top of the template box right to the logo (user view):
  • url
  • recent_changes
etc.
should be displayed as
  • unknown url
  • unknown recent_changes
etc.
but the paired items later:
  • status active
  • edit_mode open_edit
etc.
should be displayed as
  • status unknown
  • edit_mode unknown
etc.
Don't misunderstand me, the links are more specific then the displayed texrt
--Peu 04:51, 21 October 2006 (EDT)


I didn't like the text "Unknown" repeated over and over because I believe the reader will have a tendency not to notice these are actually different fields that can be edited. I believe we want them to appear visually different from each other. And yes, I do understand that we're talking only about the display text, not about the specific categories themselves, which are okay as they are. TedErnst | talk 09:00, 21 October 2006 (EDT)
By the way, YourWikiStatus, YourWikiTopic, etc, have been seperate categories because they tell us that this item hasn't been reviewed by an editor. If an editor moves YourWikiLanguage to UnknownLanguage, this tells us that we need someone that knows languages to review it. Those in YourWikiLanguage could very well be English, but the person entering that page didn't enter that information. TedErnst | talk 09:00, 21 October 2006 (EDT)