Template talk:Preload

Variadic input

@Primefac and Pppery: I've restored the 15 parameter limit because Module:For nowiki (at line 12) recursively parses wikitext in ways which are rarely desirable. To give the example I came across, Template:Arbitration case navigation/preload links includes code to create a redirect with WP:RCAT templates, but they are parsed down to the raw <table>...</table> and <div>...</div> tags. See the deleted history of Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Paint drying/Data.

If there is a better solution which would enable variadic input, I'd love to hear it :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 20:27, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Whatever works best, my only contribution really was to reset from using the now-deleted module. Primefac (talk) 09:15, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

@HouseBlaster Module:For params gets around this issue by passing arguments to a parser frame instead of doing a Lua string replace, so its behaviour matches that of Mediawiki internally. I updated the sandbox to use Module:For params at Template:Preload/sandbox and I created a few test cases at Template:Preload/testcases. If everything looks good, I'll update the template to use it. – BrandonXLF (talk) 00:46, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

I've had a look at the /testcases and everything looks great. Thank you so much! I'll let you go ahead and do the honors of updating the main template :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 00:52, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

Updated, thanks! – BrandonXLF (talk) 01:24, 29 August 2026 (UTC)