Template talk:No ping

Latest comment: 11 months ago by Sdkb in topic Adding appropriate use section

Protected edit request on 23 January 2014 edit

Please either lower the protection level to TE or modify the template as follows:

<span class="plainlinks">[{{canonicalurl:User:{{{1|Example}}}}} {{{2|User:{{{1|Example}}}}}}]</span><noinclude>
<!-- This does not handle the link colours correctly. Does anybody know how to override default external link colours? -->

should be replaced with:

{{Plainlinks|url={{canonicalurl:User:{{{1|Example}}}}}|name={{{label1|User:{{{1|Example}}}}}}}}{{#ifeq:{{{2|}}}|||&#32;& {{Plainlinks|url={{canonicalurl:User:{{{2|Example}}}}}|name={{{label2|User:{{{2|Example}}}}}}}}}}{{#ifeq:{{{3|}}}|||&#32;& {{Plainlinks|url={{canonicalurl:User:{{{3|Example}}}}}|name={{{label3|User:{{{3|Example}}}}}}}}}}{{#ifeq:{{{4|}}}|||&#32;& {{Plainlinks|url={{canonicalurl:User:{{{4|Example}}}}}|name={{{label4|User:{{{4|Example}}}}}}}}}}{{#ifeq:{{{5|}}}|||&#32;& {{Plainlinks|url={{canonicalurl:User:{{{5|Example}}}}}|name={{{label5|User:{{{5|Example}}}}}}}}}}<noinclude>

As seen in the sandbox and displayed on the testcases page, also removing the highlighted line in the first snippit as that comment is no longer needed. Technical 13 (talk) 17:08, 23 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

  • Template protection was lowered to   Template editor and I made the change myself. I'm not happy with the & separators, and do intend on replacing them with proper , including an and for the last one. What would be great would be if someone like Mr. Stradivarius could convert this to Lua (sorry to always pick on you, but I don't know anyone else that is as willing to convert stuff, perhaps this would make a good learning project for me with your guidance when I have a little time?) so that the limit of users to link without pinging wouldn't exist and proper comma separation would always be there? Technical 13 (talk) 21:09, 23 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
    Consider it done: Module:No ping. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 13:52, 12 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Pings being sent by noping edit

Noping currently appears to be broken. After testing here, I got a notification saying, "your mention of Example user was sent". This follows the recent discussion at WT:Notifications#Checkuser and admin questions. Burninthruthesky (talk) 12:54, 24 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

I reverted Jc86035's edit. I confirmed that the modification caused the template to ping users on testwiki. — JJMC89(T·C) 01:33, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
@JJMC89: Testing {{noping2}}, which I also modified: Example (talk · contribs). I assume this is because generating a Lua title object causes the user to be pinged. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me
08:00, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
I've reverted my edit on {{noping2}} as well, since for some reason #ifexist also triggers a notification. Is this a bug or a feature? Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me
08:02, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 5 October 2018 edit

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The result of the move request was: moved (page mover nac) Flooded with them hundreds 08:46, 13 October 2018 (UTC)Reply


– Add space into name to make the template name clearer, and conformity between names of similar templates (e.g. {{Ping group}} and {{Reply to}}. -- AlexTW 03:51, 5 October 2018 (UTC)Reply


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Tooltip is missing edit

Not sure if that's something worth fixing, but figured I may as well point it out. {{u|Sdkb}}talk 05:39, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Template-protected edit request on 30 July 2020 edit

Please replace the following line (the very first line) at Module:No ping:

-- This module implements {{noping}}.

with this line:

-- This module implements {{no ping}}.

This is simply to update/correct the name of the template being implemented. Jdaloner (talk) 09:07, 30 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

  Done * Pppery * it has begun... 14:07, 30 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Adding appropriate use section edit

I recently came across an instance in which I thought this template was used inappropriately, and it occurs to me that the documentation here ought to offer some guidance on when it is/isn't appropriate to use this. Here's what I'd propose for that:

As transparency is a core value of Wikipedia, please be cautious when using this template. It is fine to use it to avoid bothering an editor about something in which there is no reasonable expectation they would be interested. On the other hand, using it when criticizing another editor will often be perceived negatively, as not notifying them denies them the chance to respond.

That wording doesn't establish any firm rules, but hopefully still gets across that {{no ping|Example}} is an idiot! isn't a great idea. Does that jive with others' understanding of best practice? I'll add it if so. {{u|Sdkb}}talk 19:53, 15 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Done. {{u|Sdkb}}talk 20:56, 18 May 2023 (UTC)Reply