Template talk:AfC submission

Template-protected edit request on 9 November 2023

I propose changing the "empty or blank" reasoning to add the following:

* If you want to suggest the creation of an article, please post it to [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]] instead. Thank you.

This should clarify that "articles for creation" is not the place to suggest, well, articles for creation. NotAGenious (talk) 13:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

I've modified your request to make it clear you want an addition, not a replacement. SWinxy (talk) 19:54, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Do we have data to suggest that people creating blank pages are actually looking for WP:RA? If not, then this is probably not necessary and just extra text to ignore. Primefac (talk) 08:20, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps not "looking for RA", but many people are creating blank articles that have a real useful name, maybe thinking that someone will write it for them. Overall, "articles for creation" might sound like you can suggest, well, articles for creation NotAGenious (talk) 13:27, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Deactivating edit request as it is still being discussed and hence not ready to implement. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:21, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 3 December 2023

In the "not" reason for declining, please change the single quotes to double quotes per MOS:DOUBLE. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 02:48, 3 December 2023 (UTC) —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 02:48, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

@Pythoncoder. I'm not seeing it in Template:AfC submission/reject reasons. What is the exact string I should search for? If you know the template, feel free to mention that too. –Novem Linguae (talk) 06:51, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I think that's the wrong page. Is Template:AfC_submission/comments the right one? —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 06:53, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done –Novem Linguae (talk) 07:06, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Calculation of time?

Right now, the template says that it will take 2-3 weeks based (apparently) that there are 664 articles currently submitted. Where is the code that does that calculation?Naraht (talk) 01:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

@Naraht: That's at {{AfC status/age}}. It's not actually based on the number of submissions, but rather the age of the oldest (or second-oldest) submission. LittlePuppers (talk) 08:31, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

LittlePuppers Thanx. It looks like though if you had exactly one article in each of the age cats, they wouldn't trigger. So the oldest was 20 days, the second oldest was 19, the third oldest was 15 and then everything else was less than 7, it would go with less than a week, but that's still a cool way to do it.Naraht (talk) 12:39, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

For anyone who is wondering about the minor discrepancy between what the phrase sounds like it's parsing vs what it is parsing: we used to base the backlog "length" by counting submissions, but as submission numbers (and AFC reviewer numbers) rose, they started to diverge from the traditional "X submissions = Y time" metric. So, we shifted to using the actual category counts to figure out how long someone would have to wait. I set the value to change at >1 (rather than =1) because if someone incorrectly submitted a draft giving it a timestamp >6mo suddenly we were in "OMG WE'RE FLOODING" status (and it only took me 7 months to figure that one out...). Anywho, bit of history for ya. Primefac (talk) 15:00, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I think I made a comment or error request somewhere around that time for the >1 thing, hence me actually knowing where to look for it this time... :P LittlePuppers (talk) 03:54, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit request 7 January 2024

Description of suggested change: Change the clause "...and not plagiarize" --> the independent clause "do not plagiarize" such that the bullet point makes sense. Either of the following versions would work:

Diff (version 1):

−

Respect copyright, and not plagiarize. Do not copy-paste.

+

Respect copyright, and do not plagiarize. Do not copy-paste.

Staraction (talk) 06:02, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Diff (version 2):

−

Respect copyright, and not plagiarize. Do not copy-paste.

+

Respect copyright, and do not plagiarize or copy-paste.

Staraction (talk) 06:02, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

 Completed. Version 1 has been engaged. Please keep in mind that the template is substituted, so this change will only appear in new applications of the template. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 07:09, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

This template is not substituted, for the record. Primefac (talk) 09:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Hmm, just going by the info notice in the documentation that reads "This template may have no transclusions, because it is substituted by a tool or script, it is used as part of a short-term or less active Wikipedia process, or for some other reason." P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 09:31, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough. This one falls into the "short-term process" part, since it is eventually replaced by the {{AfC submission/pending}} tag. Primefac (talk) 10:03, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 6 April 2024

Please remove the __NOINDEX__ template since drafts and user namespaces are not indexed. If you disagree, let me know. Toadette ^{(Let's talk together!)} 06:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Are draftspace and userspace always noindexed without this template? Has someone read the code in the operations config repo to confirm it? –Novem Linguae (talk) 17:18, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

AFAIK User: namespace is indexed by default. Certainly my own user page turned up in somebody else's Google search before I made this edit. The situation may have changed since. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

I'd recommend that we decline this edit request then. The AFC submission template is sometimes used in userspace sandboxes. And if the status quo is to always noindex drafts, we should probably maintain that. –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

 Not done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:50, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 6 April 2024 (2)

Remove the unnecessary query separator as described in this diff. Toadette ^{(Let's talk together!)} 06:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 12:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)