Template talk:Applicable INI Flags

Footnotes in Templates

We might want to consider not having the <references />-tag in templates.
It's kind of awkward to have resolved footnotes in the middle of wherever the template was dropped.

If we just drop <ref>-tages in the templates, then we can position a single <references />-tag at the bottom, having an actual footnotes section across all footnotes of the page.

With Template:Fn, there was no other way to do it. With proper footnotes, it should work out.
Then again, we should also consider whether templates should contain footnotes at all.

~ Renegade (SysOp) 15:15, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

I think putting footnotes inside the template can confuse people when they edit the original page.

~ DeathFish (talk) 15:24, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Check the footnotes of Actions_(maps)/TSFS. If we don't add <references group="P1" /> on Actions (maps)/TSFS/000 059, it will leave an unsightly
Cite error: <ref> tags exist for a group named "P1", but no corresponding <references group="P1"/> tag was found
. However, adding <references group="P1" /> there will cut off the main page's table.

~ DeathFish (talk) 16:46, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

I'm not clear on what you were doing or trying to achieve.

Where did you try to put which template with footnotes in it?

~ Renegade (SysOp) 18:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

If there is no <references group="P1"/> on Actions (maps)/TSFS/000 059, a Cite error will appear on the page, as is currently the case.

If Actions (maps)/TSFS/000 059 contains <references group="P1"/>, it will appear on the Actions (maps)/TSFS page between the sections Actions (maps)/TSFS/000 059 and Actions (maps)/TSFS/060 106 (since it originates from the subpage Actions (maps)/TSFS/000 059).

~ DeathFish (talk) 18:31, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Well...what's the point of the group?

Why are you creating it?

~ Renegade (SysOp) 19:37, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

This architecture was not created by me. See here For map-type pages, the modular design approach is commonly adopted, which divides a large interface into multiple smaller, independent modules. To be honest, I think this actually adds a lot of trouble.

~ DeathFish (talk) 19:46, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Parsing Order

I saw you mention "The parsing order prevents the pagename from being resolved. But realistically, it would be identical for all inclusions of this template anyway, so this should be equally unique." Have you read this part? Although you might no longer need it, it could still be helpful to you.

~ DeathFish (talk) 17:11, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

I had not, good find!

(Good to see their solution are just as hacky as ours! xD)

In this particular case, though, I did realize it wouldn't make a difference. Whether all groups are called TemplateName-Pagename or just TemplateName, multiple groups would still have the same name.

~ Renegade (SysOp) 18:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)