User talk:BrandonWM

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not "valid" characters
hi, you notified me on Reception123's talk page, I want to tell you something, apparently this link -> [[Special:CentralAuth?target=Taichi]] should work, but it appears in red and not in blue, right? Well, it turns out that, when entering that link, the "?" is changed to "%3F" and the "=" to "%3D", so the link it "breaks", so that this does not happen, we have to put the complete link [ https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth?target=Taichi ], in exchange for appearing a small box with an arrow, Can't we enter by inserting a specific code so that the characters are not changed? (like this Special:CentralAuth?target=Taichi) No se (talk) 21:21, 17 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi. I'm going to be quite honest when I say that I have no clue. Maybe suggest a fix via Discord or IRC? That might be a better venue for your question. As an alternative, you can always post your question on the Community noticeboard. Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 16:15, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You can solve this by using the = template. Also, this is intended behavior, so please don't file a bug report. Bbbtest (talk) 09:38, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Other special characters should be replaced too. For example,  should be replaced with  . Bbbtest (talk) 09:40, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Re: template sandbox(es)
I don't know if there is a local policy about template sandboxes, but I do know that this policy exists on WMF wikis. Bbbtest (talk) 02:43, 6 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The policy in question has not been established on Miraheze, and as a result is invalid for consideration here unless an RfC were to be reopened requesting establishment of said guidelines. You said you didn’t know. If you don’t know, then please try and ask questions before making bold actions. Bold actions are fine, but only if you have knowledge of the situation. In the future, please try and attempt that mindset before undoing edits two times in a row. Please do not revert the edit again without consulting me first, as that would constitute an edit war, per the 3-strike rule. Thank you. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:18, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Policy wise, we tend to take cues from Wikimedia when they fit; if it is not disruptive to operations or out of place for how Miraheze works, then there's no reason not to base from the Wikimedia cue. In this case, you might argue that sandboxing should be redirected to publictestwiki with its close ties to the central community. With limited exception testing is discouraged on Meta because there is a project dedicated to testing, a circumstance that does not exist on WMF. It's a discussion that could be brought to the AN or community portal, to see what more widespread thoughts are about this. When that's settled, the discussion can be referred upon or even mentioned in documentation so we have a clear opinion and don't need to base on personal opinions alone when the question comes again. As it stands I'm glad the preceding exchange averted 'edit war' and is just a civil discussion with room to grow. --Raidarr (talk) 04:26, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Definitely, which is why I labeled it as out-of-scope as opposed to spam or vandalism. I believe the user (both) were acting in good faith. It’s just something not necessarily for Meta. Or possibly even for Meta, but we have the general sandbox page and personal sandboxes instead of individual template sandboxes. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 04:29, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, Wikimedia has a test wiki too (several, in fact!), but they use inline tests (on subpages) because templates and modules may have many dependencies that may not be easy to copy to another wiki. Bbbtest (talk) 21:58, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, sorry for reverting your edit twice. I thought that the policy did exist, but that you were not aware of it. Bbbtest (talk) 21:59, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries, it happens. In the future it'd just be preferred to ask questions before assuming things, especially repeatedly. Again though, no hard feelings at all. It happens. :) BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 00:16, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Not exactly a hard policy, but the Documentation template does say Editors can experiment in this template’s sandbox (create Bbbtest (talk) 08:30, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I should note that our template space is a bloody mess in general; much of it is straight imported from Wikipedia with minimal editing or attempts to integrate with Miraheze customs. So what you see there is not necessarily correct. But that's why a broader community discussion could help on this subject. --Raidarr (talk) 13:43, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I consider myself to be decently proficient at template programming. If you want, I could help with improving templates. Bbbtest (talk) 14:30, 8 March 2023 (UTC)