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I am looking to add a field to the "Infobox short story" template but am not too confident in making the change without breaking something. Would anyone from the WikiProject perhaps be able to help me? McPhail (talk) 17:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So you can actually request an addition at the talk page for the template. Just describe what you'd like to add and someone there should be able to help. They know their infobox, but most importantly they know the history of the template and whether your request is appropriate or not. Good luck! VanIsaac, GHTV ^contr_about 19:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would also highly, highly suggest making your change in the template's sandbox, because even if you "break" something, you won't actually break anything! That being said, feel free to ping me on the template talk if you need any help. Primefac (talk) 23:08, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Template disambiguation § Better warning. —⁠andrybak (talk) 16:31, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template Talk:Infobox rugby league team season § Adding/fixing provision for third kits/jerseys?. I'd appreciate a hand with sorting out why third/alternate kits don't show up in the infoboxes and instead throw preview errors, since it seems my talk message didn't get the response I was hoping for last month. Thanks in advance, Hullian111 (talk) 19:35, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Page watchers may be interested in the discussion at Template talk:User-multi § Show IP links. Izno (talk) 23:48, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a discussion going on now regarding the move of a dozen welcome templates. Your feedback would be welcome at Template talk:Welcome-anon-npov#Requested move 5 December 2025. Mathglot (talk) 23:56, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It has been discussed here that template:page numbers needed would be better if modified to have an added parameter that, by toggling it, you can choose if some references don't have page numbers, or not toggle it and it will say that all the article references are missing page numbers, like it does with the article and section parameters that you can toggle to show that. You may contribute to the discussion and share your feedback. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 14:31, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

here. 77qq 💬 contributions 02:21, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 January 9 § Template:Alternative text missing, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Rosaece ♡ talk ♡ contribs 10:06, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not super smart on templates, but is it possible to combine {{Should be PNG}} and {{PNG version available}} into a single template? I am imagining something like {{PNG image}} with a parameter to change the type to either of the two current templates and also add the appropriate category to mark the content. This would also open the possibility for future types to be created as needed instead of creating even more templates. Evan.oltmanns (talk) 19:19, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure it would make sense to combine them, given they're giving two rather distinct messages. Primefac (talk) 19:26, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The idea would be to use #switch in order to handle the appropriate output text, category, and formatting as needed. Evan.oltmanns (talk) 00:29, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I can see the logic in desire for a single template for low-quality images both before and after they have PNG alternates, but the function in those two instances is so divergent, I would hesitate to make a template with the double function. The proposed name is also problematic as it suggests that the tagged file is a PNG, rather than it needs or points to a PNG alternative, but that's a much more transient concern. The inexorable problem I am envisioning is that you either have to have an explicit flag to choose between the two behaviors, or you set it based on a parameter value for the alternate PNG version filename being provided. If you use the explicit flag, you run into the issue that not providing that filename presents an ambiguity - was the flag parameter set in error, or is there a mystery PNG version out there that we don't know where it's located? On the other hand, filename parameter-based functionality precludes tracking categories for files that ostensibly have a PNG version available, but the filename isn't provided. It is a fundamental drawback to combining these two templates that cannot be overcome: you lose either functionality or introduce ambiguity to your maintenance tracking. Templates need to be designed on the basis of fixing imperfect usage, not on the assumption of perfect rollout. VanIsaac, GHTV ^contr_about 01:18, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If there were an argument here for a merge, it would be {{should be PNG}} and {{should be SVG}} as {{should be file type|SVG}}, but even those are pretty different. Izno (talk) 02:56, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I am a new contributor learning templates.

I noticed that the page is very detailed, but beginners might benefit from a very small, simple example early on (for example showing

This is an example of a template. For help with templates, see Help:Template.

usage with a short explanation).

If this sounds reasonable, I would be happy to help draft the text here. Thank you! Stitipragyan barik (talk) 18:10, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, which page(s) are/were you looking at for help? We have (for better or worse) a ton of pages related to templates, including WP:Templates and Help:Template, so what you're looking to create might already exist (just want to make sure of that before time and effort is spent). Primefac (talk) 11:11, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Somewhat related discussion from a couple years ago: Help talk:Introduction#Why is there no "template" sub-topic?. —⁠andrybak (talk) 04:01, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I recently fixed up a couple Templates using File:Barnstar search rescue.png, but I'm having trouble with the last one, Template:WikiProject_Article_Rescue_Squadron. Nothing I do seems to make the image appear properly. It currently includes:

|IMAGE_LEFT          = Barnstar search rescue.png
|IMAGE_LEFT_SIZE     = 70px

This seems like it should work. I tried adding "File:" to the IMAGE_LEFT parameter and removing the IMAGE_LEFT_SIZE parameter. Neither made the image show up in the preview. What am I doing wrong? TIA! WidgetKid ^converse 15:40, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine to me. What doesn't look right to you? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:11, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MSGJ, it now appears to be working fine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe I just needed to clear my browser cache or something. Thanks anyway! WidgetKid ^Converse 19:24, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I made a suggestion on adding another site to it in mid-January, got decently positive feedback with a request to do more research, and then I got busy for awhile before I could finish that research. I finished a week ago, and my reading of the consensus is that it should be added, but neither of the other editors in the thread have responded, and given that I do not have much experience with templates, I do not want to make the change myself without further feedback, so I am wondering if someone else could look over the situation and see if they agree it should be added and that my code is not broken. 1brianm7 (talk) 19:18, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]