CZ Talk:Proposals/Article Content Request help: Difference between revisions

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imported>Stephen Ewen
(there's a simple technical solution to make templates noob friendly. You create a special link that opens an edit window with the template and instructions preloaded)
imported>Larry Sanger
(Replacing page with 'Moving to the main page, where discussion seems to be happening on other proposals. --~~~~')
 
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I don't think it will help most people to say, "Please use this template if you are having technical problems."  If they're having technical problems, they probably won't get templates.
Moving to the main page, where discussion seems to be happening on other proposals. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 20:58, 12 February 2008 (CST)
 
I'm not sure what the problem here even is, and why a template should be thought to solve it.
 
I also wonder how this improves on [[CZ:Feedback Requests]] and [[CZ:Requested Articles]], which aren't used very much. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 14:30, 11 February 2008 (CST)
:Feedback requests is for articles that are already developed, while they are on the road to approval.  Requested articles are for articles that don't exist yet.  This assists articles which have very little development, and creates an advertising space that might inspire someone to contribute to that subject. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 14:34, 11 February 2008 (CST)
 
Not commenting on the actual template, there's a simple technical solution to make templates noob friendly. You create a special link that opens an edit window with the template and instructions preloaded, e.g.,:
 
<pre>
<!-- 
 
INSTRUCTIONS: 
 
1) where it says "article=", type the name of the article you want help with.
 
2) where it says "request=", type your request.
 
3) Click the "Save page button.
 
{{request
|article=
|request=
}}
</pre>
 
For example, see [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Special:Upload&uselang=ownwork&wpUploadDescription={{Image_notes_ownwork2%0A|Description%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A|Year_created%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A|CZ_username%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%20%7E%7E%7E%0A|Notes%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A|Other_versions%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A}} this], but particularly see it when you

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Moving to the main page, where discussion seems to be happening on other proposals. --Larry Sanger 20:58, 12 February 2008 (CST)

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