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Add new requests for a new template or updates to existing templates to the bottom of this page. Please be clear about what the template is used for, roughly what it should look like, and which articles it should link to, if any.

For stub templates, request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals.

For userboxes, try using {{Userbox}} first. A general description and guideline for userboxes can be found at Wikipedia:Userboxes. A detailed instruction to use the userbox template can be found at Template:Userbox.

Contents 1 Infobox for breeds 2 Attribution/Specific Source 3 Rastafari userbox 4 {{Merging}} - broaden scope? 5 Date parameter for split templates 6 Prodigy Userbox 7 Bahrain national barnstar 8 WikiProject Mammals template 9 {{reqaudio}} 10 Naked 11 Edit warring block template

[edit] Infobox for breeds

Could someone set up an infobox similar to {{taxobox}} for breeds of animals? i.e. {{taxobox}} works for chicken, but does not work for Buckeye chicken. I guess I'm looking for a general version of {{Infobox Dogbreed}}. Any ideas? Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 21:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

You might have a look at/clone {{Infobox Cultivar}} - it's intended for plants but might be quite close to what you want? FlagSteward (talk) 17:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll mess with that. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 18:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I have the template pretty much finished at User:Stepshep/Sandbox/1, but I can't get the bottom two sections to collapse and have to floating {{#if | 's in there. Could someone please see what I messed up with? Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 19:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Attribution/Specific Source

I think there should be one for A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Ficus Ruminalis is one article that copies from it, and such templates are normative alternative to footnoting the whole thing with one link. There is a bunch on Wikipedia:Template_messages/Sources_of_articles#Including_third-party_content. Bill Thayer claims it really is in the public domain, which sounds right as it was published in 1929, more than 75 years ago, and is available on two other sites. Which is another reason to prefer an internal link to the book article, over external links as sources, where it is used. trespassers william (talk) 21:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rastafari userbox

The only current userbox for those users that identify themselves as rastafari, or take an avid interest in the religion (like myself) is:

Clearly, this userbox is poor. Being that the Lion of Judah is the common symbol for Rastafarianism, I propose a UBox with the Lion of Judah ([1]) most likely cropped around the lion. Please create two: 1 for those interested, and one for Rastafari.

Y Done see Template:User Rastafarian which will allow both believers and the interested. I basically took stylistics from the version you linked to. Examples are {{User Rastafarian}} and {{User Rastafarian|interested=yes}} which produce:

and

respectively. Adam McCormick (talk) 02:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{Merging}} - broaden scope?

I'm copying this from template talk:merging. Hopefully it's clear what I mean. Richard001 (talk) 01:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The template {{merging}} should simply say that the page in question is being merged with another. That the one in question is being merged into another article should be an option, but there is no template for the other case where the article in question is the one the other is being merged into (i.e. it is the destination). I think it should be kept as a single template, with the option of adding something to identify which of the two situations applies to a given article. Richard001 (talk) 08:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done I've made the change so that this template generically states "This is being merged with that" or with the dir parameter "This is being merged to that" for dir=to or "This is being merged with content from That" for dir=from. Is that what you were looking for? Adam McCormick (talk) 14:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Precisely. Cheers. Richard001 (talk) 10:26, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Date parameter for split templates

I would like to have the {{Split}}, {{Split-apart}}, {{Splitsection}} and {{Splitsections}} templates have the date parameter added to them. The {{merge}} templates have this function so why not the split templates? -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 02:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I think that the reason {{Merge}} has the date param is that it sorts things into date-based categories. There are no dated categories for the split templates, although they can be created. Do you want this done as well (otherwise adding the date param does nothing, really!). RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 06:15, June 3, 2008 (UTC)

I do want the date parameter so that the articles can be split into date categories like the merge template. It seem like a good way of ordering any backlog. Older article can then be given priority over newer ones. Over time the current backlog of 800 odd articles will be done and all new articles to be split will have their own date category. I had a try at doing the date parameter on the {{split}} template but I could not get it to work. I have reverted my little experiment. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 07:15, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Although adding such a feature would be easy, I feel that wider consensus is probably needed for this, as it will affect quite a lot of pages, and create lots of new categories. It may be a good idea to raise a thread on the talk page of the template in question, or (probably better) the village pump. If/when a consensus is reached, I can implement the date categorisation. (I think that this is an excellent idea and will in all probability support such a proposal!). RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 18:22, June 3, 2008 (UTC)

I will raise the request at the village pump but I feel the the change is minor and so consensus does not need to be sought. The date parameter is optional and all it is doing is sorting articles into date categories as previously mentioned. I don't think the number of new categories would be large - Category:Merge by month only has 15 subcats. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 22:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Prodigy Userbox

Could someone make a userbox for fans of The Prodigy? Thanks. I suggest using the image with the band in front of a white star as a picture. It's on google and i dont think it's copyrighted. . . .

Do you mean this one? If so, it is copyrighted – the bottom of the page says "© 2005 Australian Broadcasting Corporation" --JD554 (talk) 15:03, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bahrain national barnstar

To add to the list at [2]. I wanted to reward a user that has made good edits on Bahrain-related articles, and I had to use the generic national merit one. Is this the correct place to ask someone to make the barnstar including the barnstar image? Alternatively, a "arabic" barnstar with that thing used on the head by tuaregs , see frontal image, in order to have a generic arabic culture barnstar --Enric Naval (talk) 23:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Mammals template

The mammals project has a template {{mammal}} that has a photo-request function (needs-photo=yes) but it isn't showing up on the banner when added (see e.g. talk:stotting, where it is used but isn't showing up or adding the article to the requests category, hence the need to use {{reqphoto}}. Could someone take a look at it and try to figure out why it isn't working? Richard001 (talk) 02:39, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{reqaudio}}

(Another request already!) I would like to modify {{reqaudio}} so that it can place articles within a more specific audio requests category. This year a category Category:Wikipedia requested audio of animals was created, but I can't place material in here using this template as I could with the {{reqphoto}} template (e.g. {{reqphoto|animals}} puts the request in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of animals. I want to do this for the article mimicry, where audio of animal auditory mimicry is requested. Richard001 (talk) 10:35, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

• Y Done, parameters 1, 2 and 3 are now available for this purpose (param 1 is also used for the text). I haven't created any categories as I am not sure which ones are necessary/useful. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 18:59, June 9, 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Richard. On a related topic, is there any way to include a category like Category:Mammal articles needing photos using {{reqphoto}}? It only seems to accept something that follows 'Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of...' I need to be able to override this (see Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of mammals, which should be empty, and also my section above).

Definitely Possible. I'll look into it, and the above section, and see what I can do. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 20:22, June 10, 2008 (UTC)

I've brought it up on the talk page (discussion here) as the template is fully protected, therefore an admin will need to make the edit. I have suggested what sort of thing may work, you may want to have a look and comment/correct me. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 22:08, June 10, 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Naked

I would like a box like this one that says This user likes being Naked That looks like this.

Maybe a different cooler

Is that OK? Smurai Cerberus 04:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edit warring block template

If there isn't one already, I just need a simple template that reads: "You have been blocked for edit warring for X [hours/days/weeks]. If you wish to contest this block, please use the {{unblock}} template." - Is that possible? Or have I come to the wrong place? Thanks in advance for any help. Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 23:31, 11 June 2008 (UTC)