Template talk:Wikipedia

Why are we suddenly linking to "more information"? We are an independent party. 19:48, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * To provide the reader(s) with information that we can't/won't/neglect to cover. 19:52, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * Um I'm not sure but is coping stuff from other wikis or wikia is consides vandalism right?
 * In an article. For template or purposes such as that, it's generally to better our wiki's capabilities. Take the new navigation template style for instance; we took that style from Wikipedia, but it betters our wiki by making navigation templates neater, easier to use, and more aesthetically pleasing. 19:56, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * Still though, what will this do? Just create some page links to wikipedia pages of stuff?
 * Oh. . . But I thought all Wikia and Wikis have the template thing program into the site. Ambidextria
 * S-Y: Yes. Articles like Banjo will link to Wikipedia for more information. It's just like the "External Links" or "References" section of a page, only it allows the reader to access Wikipedia (perhaps our most-used source of information) easier. Grapes: No, it depends on what version of MediaWiki a wiki is running on. Wikipedia has top-of-the-line syntax capabilities, because it has virtually every extension possible installed. We have quite a few extensions installed, but we are still missing some. 20:03, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * Oh alrite then, sounds pretty neat.
 * It still feels like we're bowing to Wikipedia for more information. :/ 20:07, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * Hmm I guess this wiki is missing the new template Stumpers is trying to make. -> See Talk:Main Page Stumpers said there was an error with it. Talk:Main Page
 * Nevermind S-Y fixed it. Ambidextria

Oh, you guys... this is why I asked first on the main page! Thanks for your help! 20:20, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * No problem at all!
 * A lot of that coding was completely unnecessary for this site. I took it out and replaced it with what we would need; now that pesky link isn't floating on the left. 20:45, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * Alrite, so now the question is how and where to put it on an article.

Yay! It works near perfectly! Thanks, Stooben! Just a question: I know with the original template you could link to a Wikipedia article with a different name and still have it show the proper name (ie Banjo instead of Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)... it goes better with the template's grammer). You would write. Do you suppose that when you were optimizing the template for the Mario Wiki, that feature got removed? I'm so sorry that I know nothing about templates... I feel so useless and irritating right now! 21:38, 11 November 2008 (EST)
 * No problem! Yeah, I didn't realize that I took out the link renaming option until you mentioned it; sorry. I made a slight change, so now when you type, it appears as Banjo . Thanks for the heads up. And don't feel useless; you actually came up with the idea of implementing the template here! Now that deserves some kudos.  01:08, 12 November 2008 (EST)
 * That may be true, but it's always the person who actually takes the plan to completion that deserves the kudos! Thanks so much, Stooben! I owe you.  01:34, 12 November 2008 (EST)
 * Hey, for some reason a big blank space is appearing at the top of the articles that have the template, such as Banjo... meh. I'll see if there's an easy fix like a leftover line return in there tomorrow... probably is, right?  01:37, 12 November 2008 (EST)
 * No prob, Stumpers; just doing what I like! Oh, and the blank space was my fault. I meant to move the template coding to the top of the page, but I left it at the bottom, so it uglied up the page. Thanks for reminding me. 01:49, 12 November 2008 (EST)
 * No, no: thank you! Thank you kindly!  13:30, 12 November 2008 (EST)

Above or below infobox?
Currently, placing the template above an infobox works fine provided we also include the quote template. However, in the case of characters such as Kazooie, who do not speak in Mario media, we can't put the quote box up there, because it then pushes over the infobox and makes things messy. But, it works just fine below the infobox. What do you guys think? Does the box look better where it currently is on the Banjo article (up top) or how it currently is on the Kazooie article (down low)? The latter has the benefit that we (and by that I mean people who actually know what they're doing with templates) won't need to mess around with the template anymore. 13:38, 12 November 2008 (EST)

Logo
Are we alowed to use Wikipedia's logo? Cause I know we had to take it off the wiki-dump templete. --

Necessary?
We can already link to wikipedia through the external link.
 * Or an interwiki link for that matter. - 09:36, 11 January 2010 (EST)
 * So, final verdict? Get rid of or keep?
 * I will make a proposal right down there, but we should get rid of. We can link to bulbapedia, wikipedia, etc...

Delete Template:Wikipedia
NO QUORUM 2-1

Per the stuff above the header.

Proposer: Deadline: April 17 2010, 24:00

Delete

 * 1) per proposal
 * 2) Per myself.

Keep

 * 1) -  This template can be put up to a good use. And I don't think this can be decided by a proposal.
 * 2) - Per Tucayo.

Delete Template:Wikipedia again
Why is this here, first of all? We can connect via the external link and the interwiki link. Second of all, there is a to be deleted template on the template page, and no page uses it. So I propose to delete Template:Wikipedia, because it is inefficient, obsolete, and unused.

Proposer: Deadline: 24:00, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) my proposal
 * 2) I am Zero! Per proposal. Zero signing out.
 * 3) Per proposal.
 * 4) Well, this Template is underused and since we are independent from wikia, this template is obsolete.
 * 5) This is unused. There is no point in having this template.

Oppose

 * 1) – First off, this template is not inefficient. It is actually much more efficient than just using the interwiki links themselves because as the template is inserted into the page, it will show where the template is used. This is extremely useful if we want to keep track of where our interwiki links go (which I feel we should make it a standard to use interwiki links in templates only, and use those templates on pages). And it's not really obsolete, seeing as the template is still here. Also, there's one way we can solve the template not being used: start using it.

Comments
@SMB: If we do that, then we need to create a template for Zelda Wiki, and a template for Metroid Wiki, a template for Wikirby, etc. and it's just too much templates.