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Subst needed inside the TfX notice link
[edit]Please can "subst:" be added inside the braces, on the line that recommends posting {{Tfd notice}} on the creator's talk page? – Fayenatic London 22:35, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
"Hide all but the first TFD notice in each paragraph"
[edit]@Ahecht, this made stray spaces appear on pages like State_Automobile_Inspectorate#History. You might want to adjust this. 1234qwer1234qwer4 21:18, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- @1234qwer1234qwer4
Fixed. --Ahecht (TALK
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This template appears to break the formatting of itself and the pages it appears on.
[edit]1. Template's formatting broken: For example on Template:Life_in_Kurdistan, there is a red outline and inside it reads "This template is being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Help reach a consensus at its entry.". However, on pages such as Erbil and Kurdistan there is no red outline and it instead reads "‹ The template below (Life in Kurdistan) is being considered for deletion. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. ›".
2. Effects on page formatting: Use of this template pushes all text below the infobox resulting in a large white space at the top of the page when viewed on desktop. (Note: the leading paragraph appears before the infobox on when viewed on mobile.) CatZombies (talk) 17:55, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
- (1) is intentional, there is plenty in the archives of this talk page. (2) I don't see this happening. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:41, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
- For what it's worth the second one can happen if the type isn't set properly, but it appears that in this case it was set properly. Primefac (talk) 00:13, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
- Looks like #2 was fixed by another user(the template wasn't applied with "type=sidebar"). Thanks for the reply. CatZombies (talk) 00:16, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
Edit Request
[edit]May we please change the text parameter from
| − | This [[Help:Template|template]] is being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's | + | This [[Help:Template|template]] is being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's [[WP:TFD#REASONS|template deletion policy]]. Help reach a consensus at [[{{{link}}}|'''its entry''']]. |
? Thanks! SeaDragon1 (talk) — Happy new year! 15:12, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- @SeaDragon1: Please don't paste code blobs into talk pages, they are difficult to interpret and impossible to test. Instead, use the sandbox and testcases, in accordance with WP:TESTCASES. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 06:58, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
- Just a note I changed the request to use {{text diff}} with no other content change, which does make it a bit more obvious. I think I am in support of this request, as the deletion policy page is not as well-suited towards describing why we would be deleting a template. Might be missing something obvious though, so I'll leave this open for further comment. Primefac (talk) 11:29, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
Edit request to complete TfD nomination
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Template:Template for discussion has been listed at Templates for discussion (nomination), but it was protected, so it could not be tagged. Please add:
<noinclude>{{subst:template for discussion|help=off}}</noinclude>
to the top of the page to complete the nomination. Thank you. VidanaliK (talk to me) (contributions) 18:54, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
- @VidanaliK:
Not done: No point; see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 April 13#Template:Template for discussion. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:34, 13 April 2026 (UTC) - VidanaliK if you have issues with the notice for a specific template it is often possible to make it less intrusive or in the rare case it breaks stuff remove it entirely, fyi. Trialpears (talk) 23:00, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
Edit request to complete TfM nomination
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Please add the following text at the top per Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 July 3 § Template:Tfm notice: <noinclude>{{Template for merging/dated|page=Template for discussion|otherpage=Template for merging|link=Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 July 3#Template:Tfm notice|help=off|bigbox={{#invoke:Noinclude|noinclude|text=yes}}}}</noinclude> FaviFake (talk) 20:33, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 01:03, 4 July 2026 (UTC)