Template talk:Link note

Usage clarity

I don't understand the usage.

What is the "note" parameter supposed to have as its value? It's not necessarily the name of a template.

Is the "note" parameter mandatory?

Is the "cat" parameter supposed to be for the name of a category? Can something other than a category or in additon to a category (i.e., multiple categories and/or something else) be the value and, if so, what can the value be? If a category/ies is/are allowed, which category/ies?

Is the "cat" parameter optional?

If anyone can clarify the documentation, please do.

Nick Levinson (talk) 15:29, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Would it be possible to includeonly a noinclude tag containing Category:External link note templates, such that derivative templates are automatically sorted? Not sure if this is technically feasible. Tule-hog (talk) 17:42, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain more? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:37, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Currently Category:External link note templates is manually cultivated, requiring users who create new templates with {{Link note}} to remember to add the tracking category by hand. Suggesting this after almost forgetting myself, but a quick check shows no one else has made this error yet. Essentially, looking for a way to tag templates that transclude {{Link note}} (without tagging all of the pages the specialized templates are used on). Tule-hog (talk) 19:14, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Usually we would put the category in a namespace check, e.g. something like this: {{template other|[[Category:SOMECATEGORY]]}} — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:48, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that solution might also categorize templates that transclude derivatives of {{Link note}}?

For example, {{Hopcroft and Ullman 1979}} might get falsely tagged, since it uses {{IAp}}, a derivative of {{Link note}}. Tule-hog (talk) 21:19, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are correct. So in that case manual categorisation is probably the way to go. There is no way (that I am aware) to distinguish between transclusions in template namespace — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:38, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]