Template talk:FAQ

hide/show

Any chance of adding a hide/show button? Would be useful for long FAQs. Thanks Tvoz |talk 17:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Already done —Ms2ger (talk) 18:43, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

... but at least for me, on Firefox 3.6.4 using skin 'Modern' I _do not_ see the show link when browsing a FAQ w/ collapsed rows. BrideOfKripkenstein (talk) 17:21, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

can you post a link to a place where you see this problem? --Ludwigs2 17:25, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Indeed, right here: Wikipedia_talk:Article_Rescue_Squadron/FAQ -- when I'm logged out I see the show links, when I'm logged in (skin: Modern) I do not. BrideOfKripkenstein (talk) 21:01, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

side point - I really dislike the Modern skin - lol.

that aside, I can't replicate this problem (not on a Mac anyway).

Thanks for checking anyway BrideOfKripkenstein (talk) 23:42, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Remove FAQ wikilink?

When I see Frequently Asked Questions at the top of this template, particularly when it is "hide" mode, I think that I'll get to the FAQs by clicking on that link. Instead I am directed to a page explaining the concept of frequently asked questions. Then I have to click back to the page where the FAQ template is and figure out what to do next. Isn't the concept of a FAQ well known enough that we can just remove that link from this template? Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 20:05, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Judging from the lack of response I am concluding that I should go ahead and make this change? Anyone think that is a bad idea? Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 00:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Please tell me you did this, Butwhatdoiknow. — KDS4444 (talk) 06:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Well, I have no present memory of having done it. But it looks like I did. Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 00:41, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

fixed pos FAQ?

If occurred to me the other day that on some of the more contentious talk pages it would be useful to have a fixed-position FAQ (one that in always on screen, floating in a corner) rather than one where people have to scroll to the top to find it. That would drastically increase the likelihood that newer editors would read it first before posting. it's not a difficult change to make, but I wanted to get feedback on whether it's a good idea before I edited it in. what's the consensus? --Ludwigs2 04:38, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Considering the size of some of the FAQs (see Talk:Barack Obama) wouldn't a floating FAQ block a good portion of the discussion page? Obviously there are ways to reduce the size of the FAQ so that it wouldn't have that big of an impact on the discussion page, but reducing the size would seem to negate the purpose. It would also serve no purpose for the regular users of an article to have the FAQ floating, but would tend to be more of an annoyance. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 18:29, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

well, if it were floating it would also have to be a small, collapsible version (God knows we wouldn't want a full-sized FAQ clogging the page). that's easy enough to do programatically. it would still be a bit annoying, of course, but I'm waffling on whether the minor annoyance would be worth the minor benefits.

It would be nicer, of course, if there were a trick for hiding the div as well - that way it would show up at page load, but could be clicked away at need. I don't know it that's available in the template arsenal, however; I know it's on the wiki (sysop banners - like for project wide discussion - are dismissible, and I know it involves a CSS class called 'toggle-box', but I've never played with it). --Ludwigs2 19:11, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

If the page is contentious usually that means people are hitting it multiple times a day to respond to comments and having to close what is essentially a popup every time you go into a discussion page would get really annoying very quickly and outweigh the benefit of a floating FAQ, IMHO. If a floating box were to be optional I don't see many articles using it and if it were implemented, I see it getting deactivated very quickly. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 19:28, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

FAQ Article page speedy deleted

I applied this template here Talk:Enneagram of Personality. It seems to create a sub page and uses that Talk page. I edited on the sub-page article, and then it was speedy deleted. Now the FAQ (talk page) is up for deletion. Is this normal? Zulu Papa 5 * (talk) 22:11, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Same FAQ on multiple pages?

Is it possible to put the same FAQ on multiple pages, without duplicating the subpages? I'd like to put Wikipedia talk:Citing sources/FAQ on both Wikipedia talk:Citing sources (where it is) and Wikipedia talk:Citing sources/example style (where IMO it is also needed). WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:19, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Banning FAQs?

North8000 has opened a question at WT:Talk page guidelines about whether FAQs should be permitted to contain "contested or controversial material". As dealing with frequently contested material seems to be a major point behind using FAQ templates, perhaps anyone watching this page would like to read the discussion. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:46, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

• WhatamIdoing: Sadly, I don't think there us a soul anywhere that is watching this page. KDS4444 (talk) 06:20, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Adding a page vaiable

I brewed this over here. The reason for this change is because I (we really) wanted to use the same FAQ in multiple places. See here. Zero Serenity ^{(talk - contributions)} 13:08, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

How do I create an FAQ?

Nobody seems to visit this talk page to answer any questions, but I will post this one here anyway: how do I actually create a set of questions and answers for an FAQ? The template documentation gives no hint, and the opening statement that the template uses intricate syntax is not useful for someone wanting to create an FAQ. How do I do it? KDS4444 (talk) 05:07, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

• Aaaaaaaand never mind, I figured it out myself. See Talk:Tao for my success. KDS4444 (talk) 06:19, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 4 March 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: move. The arguments ive seen justify the change with the shortened abrev clearly being more used than the full term. (non-admin closure) JoBo Gamer 13:21, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

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Template:Frequently asked questions → Template:FAQ – WP:TPN was cited to use the full name of the acronym "FAQ" two years ago. Sure, Template names are easiest to remember if they follow standard English spelling, spacing, and capitalization (also see the naming conventions for articles). Nonetheless, the "FAQ" template is more convenient to type and easier to memorize, IMO. Also, the TPN guideline doesn't apparently require full names but rather compliments how "easiest" they are. Moreover, the "FAQ" is transcluded in 1,000+ pages, while the full term is used in just 100+ pages. I can cite WP:GUIDES or WP:NOTBURO to make exceptions and use common sense, but even Template:Faq (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) is the least used. Still, I can type caps lock to enable the upper-casing of "FAQ". George Ho (talk) 05:26, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

• Rename per nom. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:25, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.