User:Johan G/Template:This months newsletter: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:23, 19 November 2017

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Goal

This template will link to the current FlightGear Newsletter. If it does not yet exist this template will show a red link that when clicked will load a FlightGear Newsletter example with common headings, templates and categories already there, as well as some helpful comments for the editor.

Usage

{{This months newsletter |subpage-to= |year= |month=}}

All parameters are optional

subpage-to: Create the next newsletter as a subpage to subpage-to instead of as a separate page. Can be used for sandbox experiments as a subpage to your user page.; Using this option the normal categories will not be included.

year: Use year instead of the current year

month: Use month instead of the current month

Examples

Examples using different options.

Known issues

While it is stated that "Using this option the normal categories will not be included." they currently in fact are.

Technical description

The template will preload a subpage (User:Johan G/Template:This months newsletter/Newsletter example) to this template with a FlightGear newsletter example for the editor that clicks the link.

Related templates

{{example}}

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 {{#ifexist:
-   <!-- Does the page the user specified already exist? -->
+   <!-- Does the page specified by the user already exist? -->
    {{#if: {{{subpage-to|}}}
     |{{urlencode:{{{subpage-to|}}}|WIKI}}/}}FlightGear_Newsletter_<!--
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          |{{{year}}}
          |{{CURRENTYEAR}}
-       }}&action=edit&preload=User:Johan_G/Template:Create_next_newsletter/Newsletter_example Create this months newsletter]}}<noinclude>
+       }}&action=edit&preload=User:Johan_G/Template:This_months_newsletter/Newsletter_example Create this months newsletter]}}<noinclude>
 {{Informative template|1=
 __NOTOC__
 == Goal ==
-If there is not already a [[FlightGear Newsletter]] for the current month, this template will show a red link which when clicked will load a FlightGear newsletter example with all the common headings, templates and categories already there.
+This template will link to the current [[FlightGear Newsletter]].  If it does not yet exist this template will show a red link that when clicked will load a FlightGear Newsletter example with common headings, templates and categories already there, as well as some helpful comments for the editor.
-Adding this template to a page will automatically add [[:Category:...]] to that page.
-{{icaution|Caution that might help prevent lost work, very complicated debugging etc...}}
-{{inote|Note that might be helpful or lead the reader in the right direction.}}
 == Usage ==
-  {{obr}}'''Create next newsletter''' {{!}}''subpage-to='' {{!}}''year='' {{!}}''month=''{{cbr}}
+  {{obr}}'''This months newsletter''' {{!}}''subpage-to='' {{!}}''year='' {{!}}''month=''{{cbr}}
 All parameters are optional
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 == Known issues ==
-Known issues and workarounds if such are known.
+While it is stated that "Using this option the normal categories will not be included." they currently in fact are.
 == Technical description ==
-The template will preload a subpage ([[User:Johan G/Template:Create next newsletter/Newsletter example]]) to this template with a FlightGear newsletter example for the editor that clicks the link.
+The template will preload a subpage ([[User:Johan G/Template:This months newsletter/Newsletter example]]) to this template with a FlightGear newsletter example for the editor that clicks the link.
 == Related templates ==