On 2/28/07, Ron Ritzman ritzman@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/26/07, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
And then the mass of other stuff - {{npov}}, {{unverified}}, {{notability}}, etc could all move to the talk page.
This addresses a certain pet peeve of mine. I'm reading an article, the link to the talk page is blue so I go there to see what's being said about the article and the only thing there is a project template. This would become a bigger problem if talk pages become peppered with a metric assload of "plumbing" templates.
I know this is probably not possible with the current software but it would be nice to have a separate link color for talk pages without user comments. That way the link to a talk page would only be blue if there is actual "talk" there.
Or perhaps another "namespace" for tags, which manifests as another tab to list WikiProjects the article is associated with, the current assessment status, etc of the article. I suppose it could be termed the metadata for the article, and it has nothing to do with discussing the article, and is only put in the Talk: namespace to keep it off the article. I think it's come time to stop with the workarounds and begin the innovating. And I know you await my patch, but it's not forthcoming. Maybe somebody else will do it. :]