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Bug 51311 - Allow wikitext e.g. links to documentation in templatedata
Allow wikitext e.g. links to documentation in templatedata
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 50656
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
TemplateData (Other open bugs)
unspecified
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: Unprioritized enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2013-07-14 05:39 UTC by Richard Morris
Modified: 2013-07-30 13:31 UTC (History)
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Description Richard Morris 2013-07-14 05:39:05 UTC
When trying to describe complex template parameters there is a need to be able to link to a specific documentation page. For instance in in the Taxobox  there is a need to link to the main doc page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Taxobox/doc
as there are lots of subtitles in using the template.

Further there is also a need for links in some of the individual parameter. 
For the "name" parameter the description currently reads 

For plants, see [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora)]]. For all other living things, the name should be the most common vernacular name, when one is in widespread use, and a scientific name otherwise.

as the precise policy on whether plants should be given common or latin names is quite involved. There other places where there is a need to provide links to further information: [[Wikipedia:Conservation status]], [[APG III system]] of classification of flowering plants, [[virus classification]], [[Template:Species list]] and [[Template:Taxon list]] for some sub templates used. 

Good documentation requires sufficient detail, more than can be provided in one line. 

I've a few thoughts on how this could be implements, the whole template could have a "documentation": "Template:Taxobox/doc". You could allow wikilinks inside the "description" or provide an optional "link" parameter.
Comment 1 Chris McKenna 2013-07-14 07:44:37 UTC
At [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback&oldid=564196505#Quotes_in_template_data] there is a related request to allow wikitext generally in Template Data documentation. 

The specific request for the example given there is the <code> tag to all better distinguishing of '' (two apostrophes for italic markup) and " (double quote) by rendering them in a monospace font.
Comment 2 Helder 2013-07-30 12:29:13 UTC
*** Bug 50656 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 James Forrester 2013-07-30 13:31:08 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 50656 ***

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