Template talk:4
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Template:4 indicates parameter 4 typo
[edit]15-Aug-2010: The Template:4 had been created and deleted during 2005, but is currently a warning to its users. The use of Template:4 is often a common typo where a person intended to access template parameter 4 as {{{4}}} (with triple braces) but, instead put only double-braces and invoked "{{4}}" as Template:4, unaware of the mistake.
There have been other uses of Template:4:
- In footballer scores, people have put "{{0}}0 {{4}}(0)" for "{{0}}4 {{0}}(0)" because use of Template:0 caused confusion of 4 "0" in zero scores: {{0}}0 {{0}}(0), unsure which "0" should be "4".
- Formerly, people have created a version of Template:4 and caused various discussions about who wanted to use that template.
- Some people feel that using "{{4}}" is a type of indentation, similar to "{{0}}" which indents by the spacing of a single zero character (0), such as in the score infoboxes for footballer or election-count tables.
However, the most problems have been caused by omitting the first brace "{" of a parameter and getting "{{4}}", as invoking Template:4 rather than parameter 4. This can be an insideous problem, especially when the transclusion of Template:4 is hidden, so that the effect is invisible to the person editing a page. For that reason, Template:4 now issues a warning to the user:
- Unexpected use of template {{4}} - see Template:4 for details.
That links to the explanation. -Wikid77 20:20, 15 August 2010, revised 14:01, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Looking for problem usage of Template:4
[edit]Because Template:4 can become hidden within some pages, a good way to spot accidental usage, is to check what-links-here, such as:
After reviewing pages in that list, then click "Show transclusions" to list all other pages (which access Template:4). In many cases, pages must be edited to correct the text which inadvertently accessed "{{4}}" rather than parameter 4. -Wikid77 (talk) 20:20, 15 August 2010 (UTC)