On 16/09/05, Chris McIntosh cmcintosh@gmail.com wrote:
I looked on the todo list like you suggested, and tried using syntax
{{IncludePage}} to include my page titled "IncludePage", but it doesn't seem like my wiki is understanding that. Instead it thinks I am calling a namespace and shows a link to [[Template:IncludePage]] for me to create the Template. Is there a setting on the wiki I need to set?
By default, the {{template}} syntax assumes you are referring to a page in the Template: namespace, so {{IncludePage}} means "include the content of Template:IncludePage" (and if there's no such page, it gives you a redlink to create it). To refer to a page just called "IncludePage" you need an extra leading colon, as in {{:IncludePage}} (the leading colon represents "the namespace with no name"; if the page was "Talk:IncludePage", you'd just use {{Talk:IncludePage}} ). See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template for more on this.
As for the original question, there's no *built in* function for starting a page with predefined text, which I think is kind of what you're after, but several people have written extensions and hacks for the purpose - see, for instance: * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Inputbox * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Starting_text_hack * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multiple_starting_text_hack