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Ayo, didn't we have a Standard Profiles template that used to pop up as a notification whenever we create a new page? What happened to that?
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Profile Template?
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ShockingPsychic
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We used to have one, yes. I don't know what happened to it, but it's been gone for at least a couple months.
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Testarossa002
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Yeah
That was a very useful feature
Please bring that back
That was a very useful feature
Please bring that back
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Would it be possible to add the templates for all the standard pages like profile, verse, item, civilization ect? It would be usefull to choose the one it's needed
Testarossa002
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Thank you for your responseOur wiki's staff haven't turned it off as far as I am aware.
I will ask the official Fandom staff regarding the issue.
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I have received some replies:
"Hey there,
I think this option might have been retired when we switched to the UCP layout 4 years ago - are you quite sure it was still available after that? When do you (or others) last recall seeing it?"
"I did some digging, and it looks like we discussed this option being missing back in 2021 in ticket #1063844 - I don't think we had an opportunity to reimplement it since then, so I'm not sure what these editors are referring to!
It might be something that a JS script could implement though, by inserting and triggering the MediaWiki preload function. Is there any chance there was some custom JS that implemented it, but which broke or got removed?"
"No problem, that's fine!
I'll do some more digging but, from what I know, I think they may be misremembering or it wasn't a native feature. I do think it would be nice to bring this feature back though!"
"Hey there,
I think this option might have been retired when we switched to the UCP layout 4 years ago - are you quite sure it was still available after that? When do you (or others) last recall seeing it?"
"I did some digging, and it looks like we discussed this option being missing back in 2021 in ticket #1063844 - I don't think we had an opportunity to reimplement it since then, so I'm not sure what these editors are referring to!
It might be something that a JS script could implement though, by inserting and triggering the MediaWiki preload function. Is there any chance there was some custom JS that implemented it, but which broke or got removed?"
"No problem, that's fine!
I'll do some more digging but, from what I know, I think they may be misremembering or it wasn't a native feature. I do think it would be nice to bring this feature back though!"
ShockingPsychic
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That's strange... I definitely used this at least a year ago, so there's no way it was retired before then. I think I recall last using it around October of last year, and noticed the option was missing shortly after that. I made a template blog on FC/OC that I started using instead of this feature, and that blog was made in November
I do recall the template being an 'alert' of some kind that you could press and then the sandbox/blog/page would reload with the template there. There used to be a icon resembling a warning sign, and clicking on that would give you the option to start with a template.
I do recall the template being an 'alert' of some kind that you could press and then the sandbox/blog/page would reload with the template there. There used to be a icon resembling a warning sign, and clicking on that would give you the option to start with a template.
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Thank you for the information. I also remember this, and will ask again.
We have used the following page as a standard template:
vsbattles.fandom.com
We have used the following page as a standard template:
Createpage-with-video
vsbattles.fandom.com
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I remember, for a fact, that I used the template for a number of drafts in the past 2-3 years; R.M. Renfield (in fact, the Discussions section is still there), Surge the Tenrec, Ranfan, Dr. Michael Morbius, Brianne de Chateau, and Shotaro Kaneda, to name a few.
The first time I noticed it was missing was after I had wrote a draft for Mei Mei, because I've been copying the contents of her page for future sandboxes since.
EDIT: Yep, sometime around the 18th of May.
Testarossa002
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Yeah
I used it last year when making the TBATE profiles
If it’s not possible as a pop up anymore, maybe a blog or a page can be made with the default source codes where we can copy and paste
I used it last year when making the TBATE profiles
If it’s not possible as a pop up anymore, maybe a blog or a page can be made with the default source codes where we can copy and paste
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I received another reply.
"Hey,
Ah, yeah - https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Createpage-with-video was retired as a native feature with the UCP launch in 2020. However, your wiki has this - https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Newarticletext - which is displayed at the top of the 'classic' source edit page for blank pages, and uses the preload function to insert the default layout you linked.
This message is currently missing from the 'modern' source editor, and we have an open ticket to reimplement it. Hopefully it'll be worked on quite soon!"
"Hey,
Ah, yeah - https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Createpage-with-video was retired as a native feature with the UCP launch in 2020. However, your wiki has this - https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Newarticletext - which is displayed at the top of the 'classic' source edit page for blank pages, and uses the preload function to insert the default layout you linked.
This message is currently missing from the 'modern' source editor, and we have an open ticket to reimplement it. Hopefully it'll be worked on quite soon!"
