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::I guess I will have to pretend that "explanation" about the span class made any sense to me at all. {{smile}} Aside from the annoyance of fixing links... any reason it coldn't just be "Otheruse" and "Otheruses" (for example)? {{User:Thirty7/Sig}} 05:17, 10 June 2012 (UTC) | ::I guess I will have to pretend that "explanation" about the span class made any sense to me at all. {{smile}} Aside from the annoyance of fixing links... any reason it coldn't just be "Otheruse" and "Otheruses" (for example)? {{User:Thirty7/Sig}} 05:17, 10 June 2012 (UTC) | ||
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| + | ::: Taking a look at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Otheruses4&action=history the history for <nowiki>{{otheruses4}}</nowiki> at Wikipedia], it seems they came to the same conclusion you did back in 2009. They migrated to a different set of templates, which we might consider borrowing. Take a look at the various stuff at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:About <nowiki>{{about}}</nowiki> on Wikipedia]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnotes Wikipedia:Hatnotes], too. If there's interest and support, I can try to port over the relevant templates from Wikipedia and then sic my bot on making updates. -- [[User:Sekoia|Sekoia]] 07:51, 10 June 2012 (UTC) | ||
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Questions
Perhaps I am just... not finding it, but I can't figure out what the <span> portion of the template actually does... it seems to render things in Italics, but then Italics is turned off by using the double apostrophe... so I am confused what it is for.
Also, while I am thinking about it, the name of this template (and {{Otheruses5}} for that matter) seems odd and unintuitive to me. Why is there a 4 when there are only 3 paramaters? — 
Talk · Cont 00:52, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
- Because we copied them from Wikipedia is probably the most accurate short answer. :) The span has the class "dablink" in it. That allows global and per-theme global customizations to be done on it (see MediaWiki:Common.css for instance). *shrugs* -- Sekoia 02:03, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
- Taking a look at the history for {{otheruses4}} at Wikipedia, it seems they came to the same conclusion you did back in 2009. They migrated to a different set of templates, which we might consider borrowing. Take a look at the various stuff at {{about}} on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Hatnotes, too. If there's interest and support, I can try to port over the relevant templates from Wikipedia and then sic my bot on making updates. -- Sekoia 07:51, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
