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I don't know enough about how the templates work to pin it down exactly, but there is one possibly suspect difference between the [[Template:InfoboxSubsectorSimple]] and [[Template:InfoboxSubsector]]. The first one says that the 'alg' code defines the colour of the bar and does something about categories. The second one only refers to the colour of the bar. I wonder if that points to where in the template definition the problem is? [[Special:Contributions/212.219.243.126|212.219.243.126]] 07:02, 18 June 2015 (EDT) | I don't know enough about how the templates work to pin it down exactly, but there is one possibly suspect difference between the [[Template:InfoboxSubsectorSimple]] and [[Template:InfoboxSubsector]]. The first one says that the 'alg' code defines the colour of the bar and does something about categories. The second one only refers to the colour of the bar. I wonder if that points to where in the template definition the problem is? [[Special:Contributions/212.219.243.126|212.219.243.126]] 07:02, 18 June 2015 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :: Yes, the problem was the category generation at the bottom of the template based upon the Alg parameter was missing a bracket "{". Using a template requires two brackets (like this: "{{" and "}}"). Using a named parameter in a template requires three brackets (like this: "{{{" and "}}}"). So in one template, passing a parameter to another template (recursively) you end up with large sequences of brackets (like "}}}}}"). As you can imagine, it's easy to get this wrong. | ||
| + | :: Part of the reason this was not fixed was we're deprecating the use of the [[Template:InfoboxSubsectorSimple]]. If you are editing a page where this template is used, please replace it with [[Template:InfoboxSubsector]]. | ||
| + | :: [[User:Tjoneslo|Tjoneslo]] ([[User talk:Tjoneslo|talk]]) 08:47, 18 June 2015 (EDT) | ||
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| + | : I have also noticed this problem. [[Template:InfoboxSubsector]] preference noted. Thanks, Thomas. [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 08:53, 18 June 2015 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 18 June 2015
There seems to a problem with Template:InfoboxSubsectorSimple. If you look at the Special Page Wanted Templates, the top one on the list is Template:Alg, if you look at the list of pages asking for it, they all seem to be pages using the Template:InfoboxSubsectorSimple. All the pages have an extra '}' at the beginning of the page, which suggests something broken in the Template.
Template:InfoboxSubsector doesn't seem to have the problem, as most subsector pages look OK.
I don't know enough about how the templates work to pin it down exactly, but there is one possibly suspect difference between the Template:InfoboxSubsectorSimple and Template:InfoboxSubsector. The first one says that the 'alg' code defines the colour of the bar and does something about categories. The second one only refers to the colour of the bar. I wonder if that points to where in the template definition the problem is? 212.219.243.126 07:02, 18 June 2015 (EDT)
- Yes, the problem was the category generation at the bottom of the template based upon the Alg parameter was missing a bracket "{". Using a template requires two brackets (like this: "Template:" and ""). Using a named parameter in a template requires three brackets (like this: "{{{" and "}}}"). So in one template, passing a parameter to another template (recursively) you end up with large sequences of brackets (like "}}}}}"). As you can imagine, it's easy to get this wrong.
- Part of the reason this was not fixed was we're deprecating the use of the Template:InfoboxSubsectorSimple. If you are editing a page where this template is used, please replace it with Template:InfoboxSubsector.
- Tjoneslo (talk) 08:47, 18 June 2015 (EDT)
- I have also noticed this problem. Template:InfoboxSubsector preference noted. Thanks, Thomas. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 08:53, 18 June 2015 (EDT)