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Hi there! I've seen you use some templates in RC patrol, and I'd like to make a friendly suggestion. Please use the subst: feature on things like the <nowiki>{{test-n}}</nowiki> messages that you leave in user talk. When you use it, it inserts the raw text ("transcludes") of the template into the talk page which in turn reduces the load on the Wikipedia servers. If you don't use subst:, every one of the templates on that page need to have their own server queries performed, and they all add up. Most vandal fighters have come to a consensus on using subst for these to help keep WP fast, thought you might want to know. The way to do this with a test3-n, for example, would be: <nowiki>{{subst:test3-n|Some article}} instead of {{test3-n|Some article}}</nowiki>. Thanks! - [[User:Chairboy|C<small>HAIRBOY]]</small> ([[User_talk:Chairboy|☎]]) 07:53, 14 December 2005 (UTC) |
Hi there! I've seen you use some templates in RC patrol, and I'd like to make a friendly suggestion. Please use the subst: feature on things like the <nowiki>{{test-n}}</nowiki> messages that you leave in user talk. When you use it, it inserts the raw text ("transcludes") of the template into the talk page which in turn reduces the load on the Wikipedia servers. If you don't use subst:, every one of the templates on that page need to have their own server queries performed, and they all add up. Most vandal fighters have come to a consensus on using subst for these to help keep WP fast, thought you might want to know. The way to do this with a test3-n, for example, would be: <nowiki>{{subst:test3-n|Some article}} instead of {{test3-n|Some article}}</nowiki>. Thanks! - [[User:Chairboy|C<small>HAIRBOY]]</small> ([[User_talk:Chairboy|☎]]) 07:53, 14 December 2005 (UTC) |
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:Thanks for reminding me! I use subst tags occasionally, but sometimes forget. With a comment on my talk page, I think I'll remember from now on =) — [[User:TheKMan|'''<font color="#0000FF">The</font><font color="#FF0000">KMan</font>''']][[User_talk:TheKMan|<font color="#000000"><sup><u>talk</u></sup></font>]] 07:59, 14 December 2005 (UTC) |
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::Heh, no problem! I still forget sometimes myself. Best regards, [[User:Chairboy|C<small>HAIRBOY]]</small> ([[User_talk:Chairboy|☎]]) 08:01, 14 December 2005 (UTC) |
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— TheKMantalk 22:06, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- What did one angry garden gnome say to the other one?
You don't gnome me!
Linking to category
If you wish to link to category, you need to use the following syntax: [[:Category:Category name]]. If you leave off the leading colon, it will add your page to that category, which can have undesirable effects :) You almost had your user page speedily deleted! Enochlau 23:11, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Oop! I'll fix =) — TheKMantalk 23:13, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- oh, you got it, thanks! — TheKMantalk 23:14, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for improving the disambiguation link I created. It was my first one so I was going out on a limb there. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 06:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Subst tags
Hi there! I've seen you use some templates in RC patrol, and I'd like to make a friendly suggestion. Please use the subst: feature on things like the {{test-n}} messages that you leave in user talk. When you use it, it inserts the raw text ("transcludes") of the template into the talk page which in turn reduces the load on the Wikipedia servers. If you don't use subst:, every one of the templates on that page need to have their own server queries performed, and they all add up. Most vandal fighters have come to a consensus on using subst for these to help keep WP fast, thought you might want to know. The way to do this with a test3-n, for example, would be: {{subst:test3-n|Some article}} instead of {{test3-n|Some article}}. Thanks! - CHAIRBOY (☎) 07:53, 14 December 2005 (UTC)