Template talk:Interpolated comment

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Your feedback and other comments about improving this template are welcome. Mathglot (talk) 02:26, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Seems good. Thanks. —Alalch E. 10:59, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for creating this; it's useful for cleanup. I would think it wise add something to the docs page that reminds users that this template should not be used to interpolate their own comments into anothers' comments, consistent with WP:TPO. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 13:06, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Red-tailed hawk, Ooh, that's a really good point. Any suggestions for wording? Or just feel free to jump in and add what seems best to you. Mathglot (talk) 20:14, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

I've thrown some wording in there. WP:INTERPOLATE provides some clear guidance, so I just quoted from it. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 20:21, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Interpolated threads

In the scenario:

Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth

The boxed material was written by a different user and placed in the middle of a prior comment by User:A. Lincoln, which continues after the box.

You mean, 87 years. /Troll/

The text below is a continuation of the same comment by the OP which began above the box.

Thanks, that helps. BTW, I left this reply after {{Interpolated comment}} was added to your comment. /A. Emis/

a new nation, conceived in liberty. /A. Lincoln/

... the reply to the troll should not also be set off using this template – I don't think that the following is a good result:

Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth

The boxed material was written by a different user and placed in the middle of a prior comment by User:A. Lincoln, which continues after the box.

You mean, 87 years. /Troll/

The text below is a continuation of the same comment by the OP which began above the box.

The boxed material was written by a different user and placed in the middle of a prior comment by User:A. Lincoln, which continues after the box.

Thanks, that helps. BTW, I left this reply after {{Interpolated comment}} was added to your comment. Edit: Coming here again a bit later, I see that the same template was also applied to my comment. /A. Emis/

The text below is a continuation of the same comment by the OP which began above the box.

a new nation, conceived in liberty. /A. Lincoln/

In the scenario:

Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth

You mean, 87 years. /Troll/

Thanks, that helps. BTW, I left this reply before {{Interpolated comment}} was used. /A. Emis/

a new nation, conceived in liberty. /A. Lincoln/

... I'm not sure if this template should be used on either interpolating comment individually. However, this could be good:

Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth

The boxed material was written by a different user and placed in the middle of a prior comment by User:A. Lincoln, which continues after the box

You mean, 87 years. /Troll/

Thanks, that helps. BTW, I left this reply before {{Interpolated comment}} was used. Edit: Coming here again a bit later, I see that this template was applied to our entire interpolated thread. /A. Emis/

The text below is a continuation of the same comment by the OP which began above the box.

a new nation, conceived in liberty. /A. Lincoln/

—Alalch E. 12:30, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

In general, I do think that the troll comment should simply be moved below the comment being responded to (or deleted if vandalism), but I do see a scenario where this might be useful. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 13:36, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

It's just a "Troll" comment because I recycled an example from the documentation, but let's imagine that it not a troll comment, but an okay comment, that is placed next to the relevant portion of the interrupted comment context-wise, and it could be best not to refactor the discussion by moving comments, due to later comments etc. —Alalch E. 13:42, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Sure. I agree that the due to later comments etc. part is the key difference. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 13:52, 24 July 2024 (UTC)