Template:User contributions: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:37, 15 March 2014

Discussion tracking

Changes to community discussions & key policy pages Contributions by User contributions to: User talk pages Article talk pages Category talk pages Appropedia talk pages

Usage

This template is meant to be placed on a user page or user talk page, as follows:

{{Discussion tracker}}

The top of your talk page is probably the most suitable place.

Note that the same functions can be served by clicking My contributions (or User contributions, if viewing another person's user page or talk page) and selecting from the Namespace drop-down menu. The advantages of this template are that:

it is slightly more convenient
it acts as a reminder to check past discussions
it is easier for people who are not deeply familiar with this aspect of wiki sites.

Issues

Note that the "talk pages" links on this template will not show changes to discussion pages which are not in a "talk": namespace (for example, this happens sometimes in Wikipedia, such as at Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance)).

Coding notes

Originally the User contributions function was used, taking the name of the user from the user talk page is was placed on. However, it didn't like spaces in usernames. The User_contributions function does the trick.

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-!''Discussion tracking''
+!''<big>Discussion tracking''
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+|<small>
-[http://appropedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Template:CPheader Recent changes to '''community discussion''' pages]<br>
+[http://appropedia.org/Special:Recentchangeslinked/Template:Discussion_tracker/watchlist Changes to '''community discussions''' & key policy pages]<br>
-''My contributions to:''<br>
+''Contributions by [[User:{{PAGENAMEE}}|{{PAGENAME}}]] to:''<br>
-[http://appropedia.org/index.php?offset=&limit=100&target={{PAGENAME}}&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=3 '''User talk pages''']<br>
+[http://appropedia.org/index.php?offset=&limit=100&target={{PAGENAMEE}}&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=3 '''User talk pages''']<br>
-[http://appropedia.org/w/index.php?offset=&limit=100&target={{PAGENAME}}&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=1 '''Article talk pages''']<br>
+[http://appropedia.org/index.php?offset=&limit=100&target={{PAGENAMEE}}&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=1 '''Article talk pages''']<br>
-[http://appropedia.org/w/index.php?offset=&limit=100&target={{PAGENAME}}&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=5  '''Appropedia talk pages''']<br>
+[http://appropedia.org/index.php?offset=&limit=100&target={{PAGENAMEE}}&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=15 '''Category talk pages''']<br>
-|}
+[http://appropedia.org/index.php?offset=&limit=100&target={{PAGENAMEE}}&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=5  '''Appropedia talk pages''']<br></small>
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+|}<noinclude>
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 ==Usage==
-This template '''only''' works if placed on a user page or user talk page - hence the strange looking links above.
+This template is meant to be placed on a user page or user talk page, as follows:
-Use the text '''<nowiki>{{Discussion tracker}}</nowiki>''' to create the box.
+<tt><nowiki>{{Discussion tracker}}</nowiki></tt>
 The top of your talk page is probably the most suitable place.
-[[Category:User templates]]
+Note that the same functions can be served by clicking ''My contributions'' (or User contributions, if viewing another person's user page or talk page) and selecting from the ''Namespace'' drop-down menu. The advantages of this template are that:
+* it is slightly more convenient
+* it acts as a reminder to check past discussions
+* it is easier for people who are not deeply familiar with this aspect of wiki sites.
+==Issues==
+Note that the "talk pages" links on this template will ''not'' show changes to discussion pages which are not in a "talk": namespace (for example, this happens sometimes in Wikipedia, such as at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance)]]).
+==Coding notes==
+Originally the {{PAGENAME}} function was used, taking the name of the user from the user talk page is was placed on. However, it didn't like spaces in usernames.  The {{PAGENAMEE}} function does the trick.
+==See also==
+* The [[Template:Discussion tracker/watchlist|watchlist]] for the first link in the template. Maintenance and policy pages in important stages of development should be added here.
+[[Category:User templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 </noinclude>