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Pilot Userboxes

I would like a few userboxes available for fellow pilots, that they can choose between depending on their license(s). They'd say "This user is a ______ pilot". The blank would be "Private, Commercial, Helicopter, or Airline". If possible, I'd like a black background with a logo of a small fixed wing aircraft, a helicopter, or an airline gif image. Crimson red border if you can. Thanks!

 Doing... will be done some time soon. — xDanielx T/C\R 17:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done @ Template:User pilot -- what do you think? I didn't want to use a black background since the wikilinks have bad visibility against it (with the default theme), but I suppose we could change the link color.... I'm a bit reluctant to deviate from the standard color scheme, but feel free to change it if you'd like. — xDanielx T/C\R 18:56, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I love it. It looks better than I envisioned it. Thanks a lot! -Skedar

Tifinagh

Hi! I'd like a template that shows words in Tifinagh (a language that uses a script most people do not have on their computer) using like Template:Hiero, which shows hieroglyphs. Becasue 'till now, most articles have images showing these words. This will be mostly used by articles about places. The letters can be found on commons:Tifinagh, and, as you can see, the Unicode letters do not show up. Thanks in advance. --escondites 10:38, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Ooh, good question. Hieroglyphics are supported with the help of WikiHiero, a MediaWiki extension. Tifinagh has unicode code points so if you're not seeing it that most likely means you don't have any fonts installed which support it. For most multilingual script on Wikipedia, we just rely on the user having the necessary font installed and sometimes show images alongside. Hieroglyphs use a special extension because as far as I know they don't have unicode support. To support what you're asking for I can think of three ways:
  1. Create or modify a MediaWiki extension like WikiHeiro which supports Tifinagh - Requires PHP coding skill and need to get consensus to install those updates
  2. Create a template which parses your input and substitutes images - Requires the ParserFunctions extension which is also not installed
  3. Create a template which handles only a single character at a time and call it repeatedly. - Inelegant and runs up against some technical limitations
Really you should double-check you have font support, and if you're still having trouble, ask at WP:VPT. You may later wish to add a warning like the one used for {{Burmese characters}}. —dgiestc 08:07, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Museum Catergory and Info boxes

I would like to make a couple of template boxes. The first is a infobox for Museums. The box should include Title, Image of the Museum, Name of Museum, Date Founded, Location, Type of Museum (i.e. Natural History, Art, etc.), Director, Curator, Endowment, Logo, & Motto/Slogan. This box should be a single column and the first row should use the color grey.

The second box is a catergory box for museums. Information in that box could include links to catergories of types of museums.

Regarding the first one, would this suit your needs? — xDanielx T/C\R 09:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd like a userbox code for an "html" based link. I'd like it to link to the page about creating web html codes. I would also like the font to be segoe-script, sans-serif. Thanks - Scotty-drew (talk) 18:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)--

I'm a bit confused by your request. What page are you referring to when you say "the page about creating web html codes"? What should the userbox say exactly? Please elaborate. — xDanielx T/C\R 07:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Ayrton Senna!

As an F1 fanatic, I find it hard to believe that there are no userboxes for Ayrton Senna (or if there IS one, I just can't find it)! And it's especially annoying because I was able to find one for Alain Prost. Can someone please create a good Senna userbox and give the great man the place he deserves??Raghuvansh r (talk) 20:47, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Tiësto

Me again! Can someone make a good userbox for Tiesto fans? I've made one and put it on my page, but I'm not too happy with it. And I'm not good enough to make anything better. Maybe if someone can make one with an image in it or something..... Thanks! Raghuvansh r (talk) 20:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

United States Marine Corps Ranks

I would like if someone could create Userboxes Saying this user is a [rank] in the United States Marine Corps. that would be great. I have tried but cannot.

Ranks may be found here: United_States_Marine_Corps#Rank_structure

If it could be made similar to the army userboxes with the Marine Corps Seal on the left and rank on the right I think that would be best.

DTGardner (talk) 20:26, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Working on it DTGardner (talk) 03:46, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Done Enlisted, Warrant Officer, Officer DTGardner (talk) 09:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Mental sanity questioned

I'd like a userbox about mental sanity questionable, like "Wikiholics" or the stress of life. This is, of course, not serious, but I was thinking about an either blue, black, or red background with a picture of a crazy emoticon with the words "This user's mental sanity is questionable.", or "This user is stressed out to the point where he/she may go crazy." Any suggestions? --Cuyler91093contributions 06:20, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

PUP (Polytechnic University of the Philippines) User Box

I want to have students and alumni of PUP who use WikiProjects use this userbox.

Ang user na ito ay Iskolar ng Bayan mula sa Sintang Paaralan na PUP
Comment: As this is the English Wikipedia, it may be best to have the userbox text in English. As far as I am aware, the only userboxes in other languages are the babel set. Hersfold (t/a/c) 02:19, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I would like to suggest changing the link colors from blue to a more readable color (gray). If you look at Wikipedia's main page, it looks like a mess. This is because many words are LINKS, some are BOLDED, some are black others are blue...

I know this may sound ridiculous, but changing some of these colors could make the main site (an the rest of wikipedia) LOOK CLEANER.

Another simple but important example: Why the list of dozens of languages, when all you need is a simple pull-down menu? You have a link in the page for Slovenščina, that only a small percentage of the wiki readers need.

Let's clean this up a little and make Wikipedia look less like Yahoo.com.

Best Regards, "Cenora"

This is not a request for a template. General suggestions for site-wide graphical design should be made at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). —dgiestc 16:07, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

New Template Request

I'm wanting a Template for my user subpages, although i haven't created any at the moment i was trying to find a template which i wanted but wikipedia hasn't got it, at the moment my userpage isn't that organize which I'm trying to sort out.

On some of the other user pages, i've noticed that they have layouts and have organized their subpages, example Misza13 I'm wanting a similar template but different and coveres the entire userpage, and with a different background style, to suit the username title SKYNET which could be based on the computer code background or the matrix style where any user or non-registered user could see.

Although there are no subpages for my user yet, i want to have the ability to add new pages and links on the template which expands, but for other pages the boxes could be a collapsing box at the bottom of the template.

Is this possible SKYNET X7000 (talk) 09:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

This is not a template request. Since you already know how to use user subpages, this is a request to help decorate your user page. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help. —dgiestc 16:05, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

house md episode template

It's a template for the House series. The episode list has a column called "Final Diagnosis" which some of us that frequent the list think is a spoiler, but others think enhances the list. I want to propose that the diagnosis go under the story summary, in a table that defaults as hidden. The part that I can't figure out is how to include a nested table in the current table. Here is what I have done so far: Template:Episode_list/House and here is what I based it on: Template:Episode_list. You'll notice that I'm also updating the original template so that this one has variables that are more specific to the House list (e.g., Director instead of Aux2).Crazytonyi (talk) 18:36, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

If people don't want to see spoilers, they should know to not read episode summaries here. The fine layout of the article shouldn't be compromised for this reason. Splitting off a template to cater to a specific TV series is generally not a good idea, and this would apply to other TV series as well. –Pomte 19:24, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
That is not a reasonable point of view, I'm sorry. People go to episode summaries to find out information such as air date, title, and, obviously, a simple summary. Many people want this information before they watch the show. Having the centerpiece of the show, the answer to the riddle, revealed before you watch an episode, is just unfair. People should at least be warned that the entire page is a spoiler. The only reason that column was added was because it was suggested by the featured list committee. I don't want to just join sides on the talk page saying it should be taken down, I want to help solve the problem. Having that information as hidden is the best, and most stylish, thing I can think of. To simply dismiss this idea with "these people just shouldn't use this page" is unfair and very unrealistic. If it's too much trouble to help me make the template, that's fine. Don't help out. But please don't pass it off as what is best for the list. A good summary should not ruin an entire episode, which this list does.Crazytonyi (talk) 19:44, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
The {{spoiler}} template was deleted after numerous painfully long debates, so readers cannot now be warned about spoilers. But I think it's pretty obvious there are spoilers on the entire page when you go to List of House episodes and notice the column on the right for the first season at the top.
The hidden nested tables can certainly be done, but I fear they'll eventually get reverted. Please refer to the people at Wikipedia talk:Spoiler to look for consensus on this issue.
Practically, I don't understand why people would come here for air date, title, summary, etc. There are plenty of other places to look for this info, particularly the official FOX website and various entertainment websites, where it's their job to not spoil things in the summary. Right now, I am watching a particular show and making sure that I don't go anywhere near the articles for it, because Wikipedia is indifferent and not necessarily looking out for the interests of its readers, so I think it is realistic for people to not come here if they don't want the show ruined. –Pomte 22:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Help fixing {{WP conlangs}}

I've added importance to {{WP conlangs}}, and it seems to work fairly well.

However, as can be seen in e.g. Talk:Esperanto and Talk:Ithkuil, it leaves a trailing {{#if:|. :(

I'm not sure what's causing this. Help please? Sai Emrys ¿? ✍ 02:24, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind; fixed. was in the wrong place, grr. Sai Emrys ¿? ✍ 02:58, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I would like a template about making up own characters in box form "Matthew R Dunn (talk) 12:32, 18 December 2007 (UTC)"

How do you mean? Like {{Infobox character}}? –Pomte 13:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

reference tag request

hello can someone make a tag that indicates that certain article(s)/section(s) don't have enough references?? it's just that i've seen LONG articles that only cite a single reference(and yes not enough citations AT ALL either)... thank youGrandia01 (talk) 21:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

go hereCtjf83 talk 21:19, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thank you for your timely reply.what about long articles that cite-for example-merely 2 sources??thanksGrandia01 (talk) 21:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
try using {{refimprove}} this one, it is as close as it gets Ctjf83 talk 21:28, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
with {refimprove}},can't anyone just make a tag that says replaces the word references with citations here??is there anything wrong with that??Grandia01 (talk) 21:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
well they mean the same thing...i'll let someone else from this specific page see if they have a different answer Ctjf83 talk 21:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thanks.please let me knowGrandia01 (talk) 22:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

oh, and just so you know, you can put <nowiki></nowiki> around items like the tag, and it won't show up as the tag but instead as text, it is located below "save page" second row towards the right center Ctjf83 talk 21:50, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Using {{tl}} to type {{refimprove}} is faster. –Pomte 13:30, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Untitled

A fact from the article [[]], which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

needs attention. The Did you know... wikilinks to the template page and not the template talk page, where you list new suggestions for DYK.

User Sandbox Template Request

Hello, I am requesting that a new template be created for those users, such as myself, who want a template asking people not to edit there personal user sandbox.

Thank you,
Ianonavy (talk) 00:59, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Okay, well since no one responded to my request, I found out that you can create templates and created one. Now I am simply requesting that it be added to every User Sandbox. I don't know how to do this, so I am asking for help to create/find a page that lists all the user sandboxes. If it's possible, I'd like every user to have a user sandbox to be created. ANOTHER NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I'm sorry. I am an idiot. There was already a user sandbox template. In that case, I simply editted the template and deleted the one I created.

Others may have cause to edit your user sandbox, for instance, if you categorize it into a mainspace category. –Pomte 13:32, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

image template requested

to upload an image that is the work of the israeli government,which tag should i use??if not available,can wikipedia make it??thanksGrandia01 (talk) 11:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Only certain tags are needed as listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free. Do any of those apply for the image you want to upload? I do not know whether a new tag should be created. Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free is probably a better place to ask. I found from an old thread that the government copyrights images for 50 years. –Pomte 14:04, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Carnaval Template

I would like a template that cites all the samba schools and all the associations related to samba. The background can be blue. --Nadir D Steinmetz 12:57, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

There are no articles on each of the Samba schools. The articles in Category:Samba are about different types of things, and so may be better left as a category. 99.227.7.124 (talk) 16:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Hum, did you happen to check Category:Brazilian Carnival? --Nadir D Steinmetz 23:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

No, I didn't, because the external links in Samba school doesn't give the impression. 99.227.7.124 (talk) 12:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, than check! It actually does. --Nadir D Steinmetz 12:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

So the box may look something like this. Please make corrections if I've got it wrong, or add more articles.

{{Carnaval}}

Unless there's a special reason for the background being blue, this is the standard way to present a navigational template. 99.227.7.124 (talk) 12:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I think that will do. But whats the name of the template? I think it can be {{Carnaval}}. --Nadir D Steinmetz 12:31, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

This user has a Playstation 2

I want a template that says "This user has a Playstation 2". I want the box outlined with blue and everything else to be white. The box holding the picture can be blue too. Footballfan190 (talk) 00:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Does this work? Lazulilasher (talk) 19:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Dubai

I'm trying to figure out how to creat a userbox for the WikiProject Dubai that has a small picture of the Burj Al Arab hotel in it. Can anyone help?--AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 03:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

It has been created. Template:User WikiProject Dubai. --Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 04:02, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Resizing help needed

I've been working on a userbox that I put on my userpage, and I'm mostly happy with its appearance, but I'd like for it to be the same size as the other boxes, and I can't seem to manage it. Can someone here help? Kafka Liz (talk) 18:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

If you are talking about User:Kafka Liz/Userboxes/Nazar, then you only have to change the picture, which is to big. Try id = [[Image:Evil Eye.svg|40px]]. If the picture still should be to big, reduce the number of pixel (px).--Thw1309 (talk) 20:18, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you, it looks much better now. I'm sorry I forgot to mention which one it was. I was trying to change the wrong parameter before. Thanks again, Kafka Liz (talk) 21:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I hate to bug you again, but the box seems to lose its right-hand border when it's on my userpage, although it shows up fine at User:Kafka Liz/Userboxes/Nazar. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks, Kafka Liz (talk) 21:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
It works now.--Thw1309 (talk) 22:35, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Pittsburgh Penguins Template

I need a template where the box is yellow with the Penguins logo and it says in the rest of it which is black (This user likes the Pittsburgh Penguins) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley M. Curtus (talk • contribs)

{{User:UBX/NHL-Penguins}} Can't use logo as it's non-free. –Pomte 00:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Ancestry template

I'm in need of the creation of a template bar like the one below only with the navbox "edit", "view", and "discussion" links on the lefthand side and that can expand or contract to allow it to sit neatly beside a vertical infobox or royal family template usually placed on an article's righthand side. The bar I've included below stays one fixed size and does not display well with other templates in an article. Please let me know what alternatives are available to correct this issue. Thanks. --Caponer (talk) 19:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Current template mentioned above:

To standardize, use {{Navbox}}. Change the name value when you create the actual template. If you want it to always default to collapse, set state = collapsed. The far right colour may be too bright for easy readability.
–Pomte 14:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Is there any way that something can be created that does not interfere with the vertical boxes on the sides of articles which does not entail making an individual ancestry page for each person? Like top and bottom code or something to that effect, where the leftmost edges of the horizontal boxes act like the margins of a page. Charles 01:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
If you are talking about {{familytree}}, it may take even more time to think about how to make that work. I don't know what you mean by interference with the side boxes. Please provide an example. If you find that boxes overlap, separate them with something like {{-}}. –Pomte 01:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
See for example here: Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh#Ancestors. My display is 1680 pixels wide and the ancestry box is running under the vertical aligned infoboxes on the side. Without the div headers and footers, the ancestry is inline with the rest of the text and wraps before at the leftmost edges of those side boxes. With it though, it moves it down until it clears the bottom of the infoboxes on the side. Can start and end headers be created that account for and avoid that problem? Charles 02:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I've wrapped that example with code that isn't ideal, but is a compromise that should work reasonably well for everyone. I can create {{ahnentafel top}} and {{ahnentafel bottom}}. –Pomte 21:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Creating ahnentafel top and bottom would be wonderful! :-) Charles 18:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Done. –Pomte 19:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! For some reason though, as seen at James II of England, the change made moves the ancestry all the way to the bottom of the page. Charles 19:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:ThomasCupbox

I have created the Template:Badmintonbox from Template:FedCupbox and Template:DavisCupbox, but since the Round 4 (R4) they should be optional, to be able to cover events with only 3 matches and events with 9 matches with the same template. Can anybody help me? MontanNito (talk) 20:35, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 00:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much! :-) MontanNito (talk) 09:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Needs photo functionality

I can't see exactly how this is done myself so I'd like to request someone add a '|needs-photo' field to {{WPNZ}} and {{Books}}. The respective request categories will be Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in New Zealand and Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of publications. Richard001 (talk) 07:49, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Do you want a "notice" field in these templates as well? or do you want automatic inclusion of the banner {{reqphotoin|New Zealand}} below the project banner, or do you just want to add the pages to the category, without having a notice within or under the project template at all ? --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 21:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, just do what most other templates do I guess. They normally seem to have the message embedded within the banner below the other ratings (e.g. {{plants}}). If the others don't like it, it can always be changed. Richard001 (talk) 03:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 Done Implemented here and here. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Blank line in "hidden" template

Currently, if the MLB Template is "hidden", it has an blank line below its headline, looking quite erratic. Could someone find and delete the code that provokes this, please? And repead it at NFL, too? Thanks. FloK (talk) 20:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't see what the problem is. Both navboxes seem just fine for me. Which browser are you using, and on which wikipedia pages do you notice the problem? --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 21:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Internet Explorer, but don't ask which version. My case looks like Image:Blank line in "hidden" template.JPG (on Major North American professional sports leagues). Thanks for looking after it... FloK (talk) 20:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I discovered the problem. It's your Internet Explorer, which can not show it right. When you press hide, it removes the single boxes and their content, but it does not remove the borders, which form a stripe on the bottom. It's the same problem with the other infoboxes, but it is worse here, because there are so many borders. You only have to correct the first line of the table code. Instead of cellspacing="2", you write cellspacing="0". There's one disadvantage: Now there are no borders, if the infobox is opened. Therefore I think, it should stay the way it is, because it's not fair to "improve" the performance of one browser on the price of a severe limitation of the performance of all other browsers.--Thw1309 (talk) 11:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Damn, you are right. TheDJ takes out his clobbering bat and heads down to Microsoft ! --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 Done I have done some cleaning that should fix the problem I think. I would appreciate it if you could confirm the results ! :D MLB changes NFL changes NHL changes NBA changes --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, it still does not work on Internet Explorer. There still is the blank line.--Thw1309 (talk) 00:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Online Etymology Dictionary

I always find myself citing this thing, but as far as I can tell we don't have a template to make it easier. Something that works a bit like Template:dmoz would be nice, where you can just put the name of the word in and the template does the rest (url, author, title and anything else needed). Richard001 (talk) 06:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

If you can point me to an article with an example instance of what you want, I could get this started. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 07:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Okay, how about camouflage#Etymology. I'm also thinking of one for Britannica Online, though it would have to be slightly different. Richard001 (talk) 08:21, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 Done Take a look at Template:OEtymD and see if that is what you had in mind. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 17:59, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Excellent. Thanks. Richard001 (talk) 04:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Frazione infobox subst?

Someone's done a cute subst that allows you to copy and paste the {{Comune}} infobox template for Italian towns from it.wiki and it automagically turns into an en.wiki {{Infobox CityIT}} infobox, with the field names translated appropriately - Arvier is an example. Would anyone like to do a similar subst for the it.wiki it:Template:Frazione template seen on eg it:Carcegna - I don't think there's an English equivalent target infobox, so you'd have to make that as well as the subst.
Whilst I'm here, I don't suppose anyone fancies making the Comune susbt a bit cleverer, and get it to translate month names used for the saint's day? So 17 gennaio becomes 17 January and so on. I'm not sure if there's scope to get a bit cleverer translating the saint's name as well, but just the months would be a big help (qv the Arvier article. ;-/) FlagSteward (talk) 14:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I can transform the template Frazione for you. You only have to translate the following terms: nomeFrazione,immagine, didascalia, siglaRegione, siglaProvincia, nomeDelComune, linkStemma, altitudine, abitanti, cap, prefisso, nomeAbitanti, patrono, festivo, sito. I think, I could guess what they mean, but it is better to know for sure. --Thw1309 (talk) 08:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Great, cheers. You want :
    • official_name, image_skyline, image_caption, region, province, comune, image_crest, elevation, population_total, postalcode, telephone, gentilic, saint, saint_day, website
the original Region and Province fields are abbreviations (sigla), it would be better for en.wikipedians to expand them but abbreviations would be fine as a starting point. population_as_of would be a good idea to add. Thanks again. FlagSteward (talk) 18:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Just a tiny little thing I've spotted on subst:Comune, it would be great if it could replace the thousand separator in population_total, so 4.123 is replaced by 4,123. FlagSteward (talk) 12:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Changing the template of towns in Germany to the style of the Frazione template, I try to create a template, which reacts to both, italian and english input, to enable you to transfer the template from it:wikipedia, using the Italian terms, but also to create new boxes in en:wikipedia, using English terms. After having created the regions, I wanted to try this part of the infobox, using the input of Carcegna. I discovered, that it:wikipedia does not use the real names, but templates. So, I will have to create a different template for every region and province. This means, about 70 templates. I fear, you will have to be very patient. You can view my progress on user:Thw1309/Sandbox --Thw1309 (talk) 15:52, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Ouch, ouch, ouch - I didn't mean to be that much trouble. Can you reuse some of the templates used by Template:Comune or doesn't it work like that? FlagSteward (talk) 16:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I want it to be perfect. This means, it understands Italian and English and will translate Italian names to English names. I'm working on fr:wikipédia. There I transfer basic informations of German villages from de:wikipedia. Therefore I know, what a stupid work it is, to have to transfer every single information. In the end it's easier to create a template, which enables you to copy in it:wikipedia and to put the same unchanged block to en:wikipedia. It's the same with the region and province templates. It makes a bit work now, but it will improve the template. Everything no problem, it only takes some time.--Thw1309 (talk) 18:08, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

wales rugby supporter and lives in staffordshire

I need a wales rugby team supporter userbox and a userbox for people who live in Staffordshire I just can't find any. I don't know how to make a userbox so this would be a big help. Chubbennaitor (talk) 19:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

 Done Put {{User:UBX/wales rugby}} on your user page for the first request. For the second, try something like {{Userbox |id=STS |info=This user lives in [[Staffordshire]]}}. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 19:49, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Template colliding with infobox, triggering nabox state

There is a new template to provide a unified, table-based look for album track listings and I could use a little help, in order to work out a few remaining kinks. For one thing, the template is prone to overlap with album infoboxes at low resolutions (below 1024), while ideally, it would properly adapt or be bumped down. The latter is probably more desirable/easier to implement, given that all lists in an article are supposed to maintain the same page width percentage. On a lesser note, the template triggers the collapsed state of navboxes, since it also inherits the collapsible class. Can this behavior somehow be suppressed while retaining collapsible functionality for the track lists? Here is an article that currently employs the template, I'm looking forward to any suggestions and possible solutions. - Cyrus XIII (talk) 06:05, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

 Done Provided assistance and commentary and pointed at the {{ambox}} template that shared similar issues. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Categorization bug in Infobox

Template:Infobox Indian Jurisdiction contains, among many other variables, a variable "state_name" that can contain the name of a state or Union Territory. This is used both for display and for categorization. If the template is used with state_name=Delhi, the article is placed in Category:Cities and towns in Delhi. That category, however, has been redirected to Category:Cities and towns in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Can the template be fixed to recategorize those articles? --Russ (talk) 13:17, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

This looks to me as a prime example as to why you shouldn't use infobox and navbox templates to do article categorization. I can implement a "dirty" fix that is specific to Delhi, but I do advise to move all the categories into the specific articles. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:36, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Lives in Shropshire (UK)

I need a Userbox for Wikipedians who live in Shropshire but there isn't one. I also don't know how to make Userboxes. (Tk420 (talk) 18:13, 28 February 2008 (UTC))

 Done Use Template:Userbox to create them for you. For example, your could use {{Userbox |id=SHR |info=This user lives in [[Shropshire]]}} on your user page. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 18:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I think my Lives in Shropshire userbox can do with a dark blueish background and the Salop Arms (the symbol of the Shropshire County Council) to the left. (Tk420 (talk) 19:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC))

Postage stamps and postal history

Resolved

The current template is getting out of hand and currently has too many redlinks, though we can only expect the real content to grow, though I doubt it will get as full as this one Template:Protected Areas of California. Before replacing the current template I have created a draft that divides the world by continent, but there are some issues that might be resolved with your help. Is it possible to colour the group name boxes the same colour as the legend associated with the continents' image? The subgroup name boxes are extending too far to the right (Japanese Post Abroad) unless there is enough content to stop it from extending right (British Post Abroad). Can the width of this subgroup name box be controlled in some way? TIA ww2censor (talk) 17:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

The draft has now been placed into the current template, so if anyone can do any work on it, please use the current template as the draft will be deleted soon. ww2censor (talk) 17:42, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Now a major template problem: the updated template has some odd error in it that causes major problems with the display of the Portal:Philately page and the template on the page. Removing the template fixes the issue, so I presume it must be something in the template. Can someone look at this please? Cheers ww2censor (talk) 21:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
The template's been fixed. Hersfold (t/a/c) 23:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Help adding Infobox collapsible section

I'm trying to add a collapsible "Awards" section to Template:Infobox Musical artist, like the one already existing in Template:Infobox actor. The section controlling the collapse not spanning columns correctly, not showing the Show/Hide control, and is not collapsing.

 Done See diff --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:49, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Super. Thanks much! / edg ☺ ☭ 17:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Remembers VHS.

I would like to a userbox with a black background saying This user remembers VHS. With an image of a VHS video tape on the left and another image of the VHS logo on the right. (Tk420 (talk) 20:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC))

 Done See here or add {{User:Mifter/Userboxes/Remember VHS}} to your talk page. I could only put one picture inside the userbox, but otherwise its exactly as your requested :). Thanks --Mifter (talk) 19:41, 4 March 2008 (UTC).

Awarded a Barnstar for

I've got stuck with following the instructions, can't understand them at all and may as well be written in Japanese. I've got this far

This user was awarded a Barnstar for .

, {{User:Mjroots/Userboxes/Barnstaraward|}}can someone finish off for me please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjroots (talk • contribs) 23:14, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


  • I'm not sure what you want to do from this point. I think the userbox works as expected. If you are not sure how to use it, simply put a word or phrase after a pipe (|). For example, {{User:Mjroots/Userboxes/Barnstaraward|SOMETHING HERE!}} will create the following userbox. Happy Easter! eDenE 22:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
    This user was awarded a Barnstar for SOMETHING HERE!.

Academy Award for Animated Short Film

Could someone make this template? Can't code templates, so... Exec. Tassadar (comments, contribs) 05:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

 Done {{Academy Award Best Animated Short Film}} - 52 Pickup (deal) 20:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

template for people in elections

would it be an idea to have a template for people involved in elections, similar to the ones for people who have recently died etc... like at the bottom of this page? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox/Archive2&oldid=197839284 82.37.53.242 (talk) 13:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe Template:Future election candidate serves the same job. However, if you see the talk page, some people dislike this template. eDenE 03:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I need a template for vandalism

Okay, I ran into an editor impersonating Jimmy Wales Jimbo.Lord Jimbo, and I would like a template made warning people against impersonating editors and Wikigods. MalwareSmarts (talk) 00:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

If such editor exists and it is clear that the editor is impersonating someone else, you want to bring up the incident on the Administrators' noticeboard and request a block. Then, the user will receive a block template instead :D eDenE 03:45, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Against politically-motivated editors

Can I make a template that I can use against users that make politically-motivated edits, such as this one? Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 08:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that {{Template:uw-npov}} does the trick. Then again, that edit could fit under the general uw-vand template. bibliomaniac15 Hey you! Stop lazing around and help fix this article instead! 00:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Destroy All Humans!

I'd like to request a few Destroy All Humans! Userboxes. One about being a big fan of the series, one about being a Pox fan, one about being a Crypto Fan, one about Being a Gastro fan, one of being a fan of the Majestic, one of being a fan of Silhouette, and one about absolutely disliking the character Natalya. I'd like the colors to match the character, or the title letters, but It truely doesn't matter, if you need pictures, I'd be glad to supply them. Could someone please make these? Thank you. SWJS (talk) 19:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Nested feature for Template:Reqphoto

As discussed here, I'm hoping that someone would add a "|nested=yes" feature to Template:Reqphoto. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 23:51, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

 Done See Template talk:Reqphoto#Improvements for inX eDenE 18:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

People

I don't know if I just can't see the wood for the trees, but I cant see any People Userboxes. Could it be possible to make a basic Userbox with "This user loves *Celebrity name here*? —Preceding unsigned comment added by QuietusExtraho (talk • contribs) 18:00, 15 April 2008

 Done There is a generic userbox Template:Userbox you can use. It is very flexible, so you should be able to create your own very easily. Refer to the template page for detailed documentation. You will need to know some CSS and feel free to ask me if you have any question. If you are interested in learning CSS, a good start point would be w3schools. eDenE 00:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

multiple image template

Could someone make {{quadruple image}} and {{quintuple image}} templates that are similar to

[[file:{{{2}}}|0px|alt=]]
[[file:{{{4}}}|0px|alt=]]

and

[[file:{{{2}}}|0px|alt=]]
[[file:{{{4}}}|0px|alt=]]
[[file:{{{6}}}|0px|alt=]]

? Also is it possible to improve the double and triple image templates so that you only have to put the size for the first image and the others scale automatically?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 03:06, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

 Done I have created a new template called Template:Multiple image. This should also be able to replace Template:Double image, Template:Triple image, and Template:Double image stack. There are some behavioral differences, when the image heights are different. I've added a short documentation, but please let me know if you have any questions, or suggestions for further improvements. :D eDenE 17:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Almost! Here is my remaining problem: I would like the following two to be the same. I.E., I was hoping that you could calculate the proportional differences in the images so that each image is scaled to the same height with the width command in the horizontal alignment. Below the differences are not terrible, but in some cases they can be enormous.
[[file:‎|100px|alt=]]
Willie Gillis Generations (1944-09-16)
File:Willie Gillis at the U.S.O..jpg
Willie Gillis at the U.S.O. (1942-02-07)
[[file:‎|105px|alt=]]
Willie Gillis Generations (1944-09-16)
File:Willie Gillis at the U.S.O..jpg
Willie Gillis at the U.S.O. (1942-02-07)
Also can the box caption be center/left/right capable or centered by default?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:06, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
To keep the same height, I need to know the size of the images. Unfortunately, Wikipedia doesn't provide any method to do so, and you will need to manually calculate the ratio and enter the width... :( I'll let you updated if such thing can be done in the future.
Other than that, I named all parameters, so that it won't break existing usage, if it gets updated in the future (and less confusion when you use the template). I added "box_caption_align" per your request, as well as "box_caption_position" and "box_caption_background" for better presentation. I've updated the documentation (and your examples above), so please follow the usage there. eDenE 14:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
How about a different logic. Is there a way to leave the vertical alignment universal image size to equate width and make the horizontal equate height. I.E., is there an image sizing command that could be based on height instead of width?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
{{Panorama simple}} does that— you have to enter the height and width of the original image and the height of the desired image. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 13:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Template Request

Hello, I had just made a template about the Russian Armed Forces and I need you guys to help expand and make that templat. It is located in "Armed Forces of the Russian Federation." Just look it up and then expand the existing template that I had made which is above the military of Europe. And then expand it. I am not an experienced member and I am a first time user of Wikipedia. So please expand the template and let me know within a few hours or days. But please send me a message soon!!! [koov|12:04PM] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koov (talk • contribs) 12:06, 16 April 2008

I'm not sure what you're asking for. If you want the template to be expanded all the time, simply put state = show. See the template documentation, especially Other section for more detailed description on state parameter. Beside, please use ~~~~, instead of manually putting [koov|time] :D eDenE 17:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello. I've been editing wikipedia for some years already and found a certain task very repetitive to make. That deals with making wikilinks with political divisions.

For example. If I will make a wikilink for my hometown Candelaria, Zambales, i need to have the following syntax: [[Candelaria, Zambales|Candelaria]], [[Zambales]].

I have worked tremendously with articles which have links to local political subdivisions. That's why I'm requesting a template that will make the job easier. Let's say the new template I'm requesting will take the name pdiv. Then let a1, a2, a3, ..., an represent the political subdivisions from innermost then outward. Then,

{{pdiv|a1|a2|a3| ...|an}} = [[a1, a2, a3, ..., an|a1]], [[a2, a3, ..., an|a2]], [[a3, ..., an|a3]], ..., [[an]]

Example:
{{pdiv|Orange County|California}} = [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[California]] = Orange County, California
{{pdiv|Kalayaan|Palawan}} = [[Kalayaan, Palawan|Kalayaan]], [[Palawan]] = Kalayaan, Palawan

I'm requesting that the template should not be limited to "child, mother" pattern for there might be "child, mother, grandmother" or higher order patterns in wikipedia (though I don't know one). Also, I don't really know how templates are created, that's why all the pdiv syntax I used is just for illustrative instruction. Just please make a template which will do the job easier.

 Not done, but with a possible edit :) {{city}} probably does the trick, but I can add to the code that's already there if you want grandparent functionality. Cheers, ( arky ) 16:50, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Lists or tables adequate for the purpose intended

In sections of articles like Katakana#Nations and False cognate#Examples, lists or tables of examples that for purposes of the article are best taken to be illustrative and not comprehensive can get out of hand as each person tries to add his own favorite example. After discussion in Talk, it would be nice to have a template preceding such a list or table to the effect that "The following list or table of illustrations or examples has been deemed adequate for the purpose of this article. Please do not add new items to the list without providing a reason in Talk and allowing reasonable time for discussion of your explanation." There could be an optional argument for a description of reasonable exceptions. For example, for the Nations section in the Katakana article, a reasonable exception would be described as "Exception: as of April 2008, this table is lacking in examples for Latin America, Africa, and Asia. If these examples are still lacking, feel free to add some." —Largo Plazo (talk) 16:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Ratchet Request

I'm not sure if this is hard, but Can I have one that says:This user loves Ratchet and clank games and has a picture of ratchet?RogueMad2 (talk) 06:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

 Done. I couldn't find an image to use as fair use images cannot be used in userboxes, so I had to use 'R&C' instead. The userbox can be found here. RichardΩ612 Ɣ |ɸ 11:39, May 11, 2008 (UTC)

Frazione infobox subst? II

Hi guys. Back in February I request a frazione infobox template for Italian parishes, and another template to allow easy substing of the it.wiki equivalent. Thw1309 made a start but then seems to have been distracted, or tried to be overambitious. Would someone like to take up the reins? This is the relevant bit of the original request :

Someone's done a cute subst that allows you to copy and paste the {{Comune}} infobox template for Italian towns from it.wiki and it automagically turns into an en.wiki {{Infobox CityIT}} infobox, with the field names translated appropriately - Arvier is an example. Would anyone like to do a similar subst for the it.wiki it:Template:Frazione template seen on eg it:Carcegna - I don't think there's an English equivalent target infobox, so you'd have to make that as well as the subst.
There ended up being more discussion of what was needed in the original thread. FlagSteward (talk) 15:28, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

{{websites}}

Would someone please edit this template to allow assessments. I don't want to set up a whole assessment scheme yet, especially as I don't consider myself a member of this inactive project, but allowing them to be made would be a start. Richard001 (talk) 10:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Tested, works fine. RichardΩ612 Ɣ |ɸ 11:47, May 11, 2008 (UTC)

GMO

I have searched high and low, extensive google searches and searches of userboxes pages on wikipedia but alas I cannot find a userbox on Genetically modified foods and animals. I would like a userbox which says something like "This user opposes Genetic Modification of plants and animals." and maybe a second userbox saying "This user does not consume GMO foods." I would be extremely grateful if someone could make up these two userboxes. If someone makes them up feel free to display them for other users to also use.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 17:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done

This user opposes the Genetic Modification of plants and animals.

This user does not consume GM foods.

Tresiden (talk) 17:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject:Panic at the Disco

We members need a userbox for our Wikiproject. Thanks.--Panic!out 20:25, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

  •  Done Two userboxen created, one with an image here, and one with only text here. If you need any more help, just ask. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 19:46, May 17, 2008 (UTC)

I'm looking for a template that creates a simple wikilink to a predefined subpage ("hardcoded" in the actual template) using a similarly predefined description. I'd like it to be positioned where {{coord}} places itself when display=title is applied. So if the subpage was defined as "target" and the description as "targetdescription", the result of transcluding the template here would be [[Wikipedia:Requested templates/target|targetdescription]] (but placed in the top right corner). Makes sense? Best wishes/ Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 16:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done This should fit the bill nicely. Parameter 1 is the name of the subpage, parameter 2 is the text that you want displayed. Feel free to contact me if you have any problems. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 20:02, May 17, 2008 (UTC)
Perfect, thanks alot! Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 22:13, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
It would be nice if there were some documentation as to purpose and use. ----— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 22:55, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Documentation added. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 16:16, May 18, 2008 (UTC)

Please Create =)

Can someone plz create a userbox that says: This user thinks Miley Cyrus ROCKS!!

with Image:Breakout cd cover.jpg on the left side thx Ps i have no clue how 2 make 1

--Meliss402 (talk) 20:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done, however the image you specified cannot be used in userboxes due to it being non-free/fair use. Therefore, I had to use Image:Mileydog.PNG instead. The userbox is here, if you need any more help, please feel free to contact me. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 21:23, May 19, 2008 (UTC)


kk thx 4 everything! =)Meliss402 (talk) 16:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Math equation templates

At WT:WPM, we are trying to make templates that would allow us to add links to equations mentioned in the text. For example:

math

Using math, we can prove whatever, again by math.
Instead of a caret, we would like a number that will not be affected by the insertion/deletion of other equations. To see our various attempts, see here, here, here, Template:EquationRef, Template:EquationNote, Template:eqref, and Template:eqlabel. Jkasd 16:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Note: all functionality from {{Eqlabel}} and {{Eqref}} has been moved over to {{EquationRef}} and {{EquationNote}}. silly rabbit (talk) 18:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Need Names

I've built templates (here and here) to place images at the top of a user's page (See here and here for example usage). I'm not sure if they're redundant or what to name them if they're not. Any advice or naming suggestions? Adam McCormick (talk) 05:22, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Template modification of {{archiveme}} to include category.

Could somebody please modify {{archiveme}} so that it places such articles in Category:Archive requests (or Category:Wikipedia archive requests if you like). That category will in turn be placed in Category:Wikipedia requests and Category:Wikipedia archives. One can also see a list by looking at 'what links here', but this way avoids the category system, becoming detached from the rest of the system. Richard001 (talk) 01:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done, however, if not placed within four days CSD:C1 will apply and the category may again be deleted. Adam McCormick (talk) 03:55, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

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)

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