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Waldir: Waldir moved page Template talk:Xkcd to Template talk:xkcd: page titles are case-sensitive now

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==Removing added category==
Using this template adds a category to the page called "Links to xkcd #". The template also adds a category called "Links to xkcd.com". Seems to me that there's a bit of redundancy there. Personally, I think a category telling us that the page links to a certain comic is rather unnecessary. It would cause major category spam on pages listing a large number of links to different xkcd articles. As well, I can't really think of any practical use for the category. The "Links to xkcd.com" category could have potential use when combined with AWB, but having both makes it completely redundant. At any rate, I propose we remove the "Links to xkcd #" category from the template. {{User:Omega/sig}} 09:28, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

:I think in both cases we can simply use Mediawiki's [[Special:LinkSearch]], e.g. [[Special:LinkSearch/xkcd.com]] --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 12:03, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
::I put them in, and if there are better tools for tracking references to, say, xkcd.com, then by all means, let's leverage those instead. I'll take out the numbered category, and we can see how it goes... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 13:38, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

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	: Oh, wait... you ''just created'' [[Template:exp]]. It's not a relic that you adjusted the xkcd template to allow for..? Why? [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:53, 10 December 2025 (UTC)		: Oh, wait... you ''just created'' [[Template:exp]]. It's not a relic that you adjusted the xkcd template to allow for..? Why? [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:53, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
		+	::Because I am stupid and forgot that double-brackets were a thing. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;">--'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#FF0000">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#00873E">Converse</span>]]</sup></span> 20:14, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

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	(Also just had to add in a noinclude 'start tag', to "exp"'s template page... couldn't work out what I was doing wrong in my Preview, until I posted it fully and checked around. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)		(Also just had to add in a noinclude 'start tag', to "exp"'s template page... couldn't work out what I was doing wrong in my Preview, until I posted it fully and checked around. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
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		+	: Oh, wait... you ''just created'' [[Template:exp]]. It's not a relic that you adjusted the xkcd template to allow for..? Why? [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:53, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

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	Although I'm not sure why someone would {{exp\|1234\|link to anything here like this}} rather than [[1234\|link to anything here like ''this'']]. Is that template even needed?		Although I'm not sure why someone would {{exp\|1234\|link to anything here like this}} rather than [[1234\|link to anything here like ''this'']]. Is that template even needed?
		+	:*Adding to my own edit: it seems to be only used, as proxy, by [[Template:Comicbox square or vertical]], [[Template:Comicbox horizontal]], [[Template:Comicbox sandbox]] and be redirected to by [[Template:explain]]... Haven't checked which of ''those'' are actually in use, though! 19:34, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

	(Also just had to add in a noinclude 'start tag', to "exp"'s template page... couldn't work out what I was doing wrong in my Preview, until I posted it fully and checked around. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)		(Also just had to add in a noinclude 'start tag', to "exp"'s template page... couldn't work out what I was doing wrong in my Preview, until I posted it fully and checked around. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

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	Although I'm not sure why someone would {{exp\|1234\|link to anything here like this}} rather than [[1234\|link to anything here like ''this'']]. Is that template even needed?		Although I'm not sure why someone would {{exp\|1234\|link to anything here like this}} rather than [[1234\|link to anything here like ''this'']]. Is that template even needed?
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		+	(Also just had to add in a noinclude 'start tag', to "exp"'s template page... couldn't work out what I was doing wrong in my Preview, until I posted it fully and checked around. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82\|78.144.255.82]] 19:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

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	:I think in both cases we can simply use Mediawiki's [[Special:LinkSearch]], e.g. [[Special:LinkSearch/xkcd.com]] --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 12:03, 9 August 2012 (UTC)		:I think in both cases we can simply use Mediawiki's [[Special:LinkSearch]], e.g. [[Special:LinkSearch/xkcd.com]] --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 12:03, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
	::I put them in, and if there are better tools for tracking references to, say, xkcd.com, then by all means, let's leverage those instead. I'll take out the numbered category, and we can see how it goes... -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 13:38, 9 August 2012 (UTC)		::I put them in, and if there are better tools for tracking references to, say, xkcd.com, then by all means, let's leverage those instead. I'll take out the numbered category, and we can see how it goes... -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 13:38, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
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		+	== Latest edit ==
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		+	A possibly quite useful {{diff\|401245\|edit}}, just done there.
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		+	Might I suggest that, to build upon "To link to an explanation of a specific comic, use [[Template:exp]]." it might be better to say "...an explanation on this site, use...".
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		+	Although I'm not sure why someone would {{exp\|1234\|link to anything here like this}} rather than [[1234\|link to anything here like ''this'']]. Is that template even needed?