Template talk:Anonblock

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1 Mistake on usage
2 Unblock-en-l link
3 Problem with the e-mail us link:
4 Recommendations
5 Punctuation

[edit] Mistake on usage

The section on usage reads:

Usage: {{Anonblock|optional comments|sig=~~~~ (optional)}}

But a 1= is needed for the optional comments parameter to work, so it should be:

Usage: {{Anonblock|1=optional comments|sig=~~~~ (optional)}}

Done. I've clarified when the 1= is needed. --ais523 17:09, 25 April 2007 (U T C)

[edit] Unblock-en-l link

I've converted this to a section link. I'm well aware there is no "Emailing us" section on this template -- it's linking to a section on MediaWiki:Blockedtext, where there is such a section. The mailto: link encourages people to send messages without reading any of the relevant instructions, which has wasted a lot of time and effort in the past (they get to wait several hours for a "sorry, please send more information" email). If we really don't like a section link (or if we're concerned someone may change the section name) we could also link to a particular span id on the page. Let me know if you'd prefer that. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with the e-mail us link:

Hi, the e-mail us link leads to editing the sandbox, is that on purpose, or is there some mistake there? Thanks! --HAL2008 talk 03:54, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Deliberate. The blocked anon tries to edit the sandbox and gets the 'you are blocked' message which contains all the information necessary to email to the unblock list (anonblock doesn't know the information itself, because it's a template and not an interface message). --ais523 16:53, 19 June 2007 (U T C)

OK, that's fine. I just wanted to make sure that it was on purpose. Thanks for helping! --HAL2008 talk 14:18, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I am not sure it works like that. I tried it right now to check it. It goes to a page with some strange information (right now it is about RJ RON JOSEPH, it is a sandbox afterall and may change evry second). A new user would see that and I really doubt would understand what we want him/her to do. It seems confusing. Also we say "follow the instructions under the Emailing us section", I don't see such section there at all. Farmanesh (talk) 02:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Recommendations

I have added the "recommendations" from {{schoolblock}}. These two templates are used similarly and should have consistent documentation and usage. --Ed (Edgar181) 13:35, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Punctuation

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Part of the recommendation section reads As this template is rather large, its preferable.... "its" should be replaced by "it's", or better still "it is". – Tivedshambo (talk) 17:32, 8 December 2007 (UTC)