The 'added whitespace' flaw when category tags are placed at the top of articles may be a way to solve the template cruft problem, while still showing a visible change on the article itself (i.e the extra line of whitespace). In otherwords, corrections templates (cleanup - merge - delete - etc) needing to be made can be hidden in the article, and can be seen by editors when they click the edit link.
If that's too subtle and difficult (ie links dont work) a simple edit issues box (like a {{shortcut}} box) could give everybody note that there are issues regarding the article, and link to the talk page where people can stick any number of templates they want.
SV
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steve v wrote:
The 'added whitespace' flaw when category tags are placed at the top of articles may be a way to solve the template cruft problem, while still showing a visible change on the article itself (i.e the extra line of whitespace). In otherwords, corrections templates (cleanup - merge - delete - etc) needing to be made can be hidden in the article, and can be seen by editors when they click the edit link.
If that's too subtle and difficult (ie links dont work) a simple edit issues box (like a {{shortcut}} box) could give everybody note that there are issues regarding the article, and link to the talk page where people can stick any number of templates they want.
I like this idea. Many of our existing templates say "this article is $1; see talk".
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Great. I hammered it out when still a bit bashed and Im pleased now to see what I wrote was essentially coherent and actionable.
So Ill start a page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_tags and pitch it a bit more, start implementing in on some articles which suffer from template madness or long-term controversial tags. The idea is that the shortcut-like tag could even be 'permanent' for articles with recurring issues of an apparently eternal nature.
Sincere regards, SV
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steve v wrote:
The 'added whitespace' flaw when category tags are placed at the top of articles may be a way to
solve
the template cruft problem, while still showing a visible change on the article itself (i.e the
extra
line of whitespace). In otherwords, corrections templates (cleanup - merge - delete - etc) needing
to
be made can be hidden in the article, and can be
seen
by editors when they click the edit link.
If that's too subtle and difficult (ie links dont work) a simple edit issues box (like a
{{shortcut}}
box) could give everybody note that there are
issues
regarding the article, and link to the talk page
where
people can stick any number of templates they
want.
I like this idea. Many of our existing templates say "this article is $1; see talk".
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