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Blank output and invisible mistakes

{{fix|thing}} has no visible output. When previewing a large edit, it's easy to miss the fact that a tag is missing.

IMO the template should treat the unnamed parameter as text, or emit an error saying that I didn't provide any of the parameters that would make it non-empty, or emit an error that there's an unexpected unnamed parameter. Jruderman (talk) 22:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jruderman: {{fix}} isn't intended for direct use - it's a core template around which other templates like {{citation needed}} are built. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Right, there's a good set of pre-made tags for "problems", tuned for use in article space. I also use this template in talk pages, to indicate "what needs to be done" within an incomplete example or mini-draft. Jruderman (talk) 23:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have clarified the documentation; I hope that helps. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:38, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I appreciate that you're working to make the change I requested even though the way I'm using this template isn't really among the intended uses. Jruderman (talk) 01:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jruderman: We're not working to make the change you requested - we're advising against it. To this end, Jonesey's edit request (below) will put pages exhibiting such misuse into Category:Pages using Template:Fix with unknown parameters. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy with the outcome. I asked for the template to treat the positional argument as text= or emit an error, and now it emits an error.

Catching pages with the error into a category was a good call too: Jonesey95 and I were able to locate and fix instances in several articles, including one that went all the way back to 2018. Jruderman (talk) 09:18, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 9 July 2024

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Description of suggested change: Please apply the code in the sandbox (diff here), which is a straightforward addition of the "check for unknown parameters" module that is used in hundreds of templates to categorize pages when a template is used with unsupported parameters. I will be happy to create the appropriate tracking category, or the admin who does this change can create it by copy-pasting the content of Category:Pages using infobox NRHP with unknown parameters and adjusting the template name in the first parameter.

Note that this error-checking module normally applies {{main other}} to limit its tracking to article space. Based on the most recent query on the talk page, it looks like people use this template in other namespaces as well, so I have removed that limit here. It might need to be imposed if I am wrong about this inference. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Sigh. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:01, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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