Template talk:Other areas of Wikipedia

Categorization

{{editprotected}}Please categorize template, I suggest Category:Main Page. – Leo Laursen – ☏ ⌘ 13:19, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

You can do it now - the template has a documentation page. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:03, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Where is "non-English" spoken?

{{editprotected}}Could somebody who has been granted the power to edit things like this please change "non-English languages" to "languages other than English" (it's under "Local Embassy") Thank you. GrahamN (talk) 02:11, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:12, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Unspace the em dashes

Discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Dashes on main page Art LaPella (talk) 02:25, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Move request

{{movereq|Template:Other areas of Wikipedia}}

Template:WikipediaOther → Template:Other areas of Wikipedia — Should be changed for better readability. This template is rarely used, speaking of quantity, but used on the Main Page, so I think that it requires a discusssion. The template was created in 2006, when there have been thousands of different writing styles in template names. One used CamelCase, the other one wrote all in one word and so on, making things harder to remember. Nowadays, pretty much all uses the spelling how it's proper English, just like in the article titles. In this case, I'd propose a rename to "Other areas of Wikipedia": This is the section name how it's used on the Main Page, thus making it easy to identify. I generally also feel that these templates of that kind on the Main Page should best always reflect the corresponding section name, so should it ever be changed, this name should so, too. Of course, I could understand possible doubts about it being a Main Page template, but that shouldn't be any problem. We'd just have to move the template, just as we move any article. The created redirect will automatically be protected as long as this template is protected, so no space for a vandal to harm Wikipedia. We might then correct the redirect on the Main Page, but that wouldn't be necessary, since redirects are cheap. --The Evil IP address (talk) 16:02, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Given the lack of complaints about this, I wouldn't expect these similar changes to be controversial. As noted above, there really isn't any harm at all, so I'll go ahead and move the templates. —David Levy 17:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Alphabetized order

Here is another area of the main page that needs to be alphabetized. There is an updated version in the sandbox. I'm wondering though, should the link for "Community portal" be removed from this template, since it is already duplicated in the left column on the main page (and every other page)? None of the other links here are duplicated on the main page. Thanks, --Funandtrvl (talk) 01:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

 Done. I don't see any real problem with a redundant link, and I think it's more aesthetically pleasing to begin with "Community portal" as opposed to "Help desk". Other input is welcome, of course. Feezo (send a signal | watch the sky) 15:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

OK, thanks! --Funandtrvl (talk) 19:31, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Teahouse?

I suggest adding Wikipedia:Teahouse. Thanks! --Geekdiva (talk) 10:08, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit protected}} template. Because this is a template used on the main page I'd prefer that a consensus is reached before I change it. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:44, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Watchers of this talk page may be interested in a 7-year later discussion about the same topic at the main page. --Izno (talk) 21:24, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Remove Embassy link

FYI, a discussion about this page is open at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Proposal:_Remove_the_link_to_the_local_embassy_from_the_main_page. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:21, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 22 July 2021

I have just closed this discussion with consensus to remove the link to the local embassy. Could an admin action the result? Thanks, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:58, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

 Done — xaosflux ^Talk 12:35, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Teahouse and help desk links

I'm not particularly happy to see us now linking to both the WP:Teahouse and the WP:Help desk, as I think it just creates confusion and leads to choice paralysis. But if we're going to do so, we should at least put them next to each other and keep the wording consistent. Why is HD Ask but TH To ask? Why is HD using Wikipedia but TH contributing to Wikipedia? Pinging Mjroots who made the change. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:36, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Notified: T:MP. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:37, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

The link to TH was added following a suggestion I made at T:MP and the revelation that there was prior consensus for adding the link, which hadn't been done. No objection to a tweak of the template's wording. Mjroots (talk) 19:24, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

@Mjroots, I've adjusted the ordering and wording of those entries and some of the others. See sandbox here. Let me know what you think, and I'll turn this into an edit request in a few days if all goes well. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:57, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

No further comments so  Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 00:48, 14 March 2022 (UTC)