User talk:Hillgentleman/20070615093323
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[edit] The usage of <i n c ludeonly>Subst:</i n c ludeonly> has been around for a long time. It was there before I joined here.
- Comment: Cormaggio, The usage of <i n c lu deo nly> Subst:</ i n cl ud e only> has been around for a long time. It was there before I joined here. People have always been using {{subst:welcome}}, and not {{Welcome}}.
And this is because people have found long ago that there is no simple way to use the same template to support both transclusion and substitution. What user:Anynobody did was the only way possible: type the name of the new user yourself, if you don't like leaving {{PAGENAME}} -->Hillgentleman/20070615093323 instead of the straight "Cormaggio" on Cormaggio's talk page. If we choose to do that, fine. Then we may support both "to subst" or "not to subst".
But then we need to talk. That is because we would all need to change habbit and type a bit more every time we welcome a new wikiversiter. And at this moment I don't think it is worth it, to make everybody type {{subst:w|username|sig=~~~~}} instead of {{subst:W}}
The reason that I reverted it immediately was because, leaving it like that would cause subtle changes to the usage, e.g. leaaving {{PAGENAME}} on the page, and not Hillgentleman/20070615093323, and which is what some people don't like. --Hillgentleman|Talk 10:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Sorry; that was not quite the only way; "{{{subst|}}}" is also possible
- Comment: There is also m:help:substitution#Optional substitution, but which may even be less intuitive. Incidentally, I have used this technique in this threaded discussion project. That is where why it the page is called "wikiversity:Threaded discussions with NavFrames with subst".
--Hillgentleman|Talk 10:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] This system is of course experimental. Thanks. Here is an easier version,
- Comment: Here is an easier version, where the codes are hidden in a template. You can reply right here. And the page is also transcluded in my page, so I can read it.
--Hillgentleman|Talk 10:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Re: (Btw, I can't figure out the commenting system - I tried to reply to one post and ended up replying to another.) <----- Be on Topic :-)
- Comment: Re: (Btw, I can't figure out the commenting system - I tried to reply to one post and ended up replying to another.)
- The key is to press the reply link at the comment to which you want to reply. Even if you comment is slightly off-topic, it is lost in another branch of the tree :-)
--Hillgentleman|Talk 10:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
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