User talk:Jdorje/Archive 1

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 * Is there a reason to use instead of  ../Page name/? —  najzere T 21:05, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Because you have to do Page name, which is quite tedious to do repeatedly.  I asked about the use of a template here on irc and aside from pointing out the ~ template, nobody had a better idea. Jdorje 22:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * How is Page name less tedious than ? They have the same amount characters and the wikilink doesn't require the shift key to make braces and tildes. Anyway, the reason I asked is to find out if there was some MediaWiki or server overhead associated with using the standard method that I didn't know about. If there's not, then I don't know why we'd want to increase transclusion on the page and use an unintuitive method that most editors won't be familiar with. Who did you speak with on IRC? — najzere T 22:42, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Instead of Page name, all you need is . Jdorje 23:19, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Or ../Page name/ or even  /Page name/ if you're going down a level. :D If all you wanted was a method where you didn't have to type out the full address, then this one already exists. You can see on the What links here page for ~ how much use we get out of link shortcut templates. Anyway, it's just odd that you needed a shortcut before you even have any edits to the wiki. Maybe this is a migration from one of the wikis you do edit, but one of the things we're supposed to cleanup is duplicate templates, so I'm trying to determine if this one is needed or not. Who did you speak with on IRC? —  najzere T 23:46, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay, nevermind, I just thought of a good use for it on Table of Contents pages. I don't know if that was your original intention (if it was you could have saved me a lot of time by just saying so :P), but we've traditionally had to use full links on the ToCs and this template will make that much easier on guides for games with long names. Thanks! — najzere T 00:20, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It cuts out the duplicate writing, yeah. If you have to have a separate link text, it wouldn't save you anything as you point out...though i added that anyway.  I'm not sure the use in ToC pages but for normal articles it should be useful within just about every article.  I'm also not sure about the name though. Jdorje 00:44, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * We've typically been against shortening links for clarity's sake. Also, it can make things confusing (i.e. ../../../../../Page ) for readers and editors. -- 00:53, 30 July 2009 (UTC)