Template talk:Cmd

moved back to command

What's the point of having template on this page and using shortcut cmd ? If every single use of the template is going to be {{cmd}} then might as well just leave the whole thing on Template:cmd --Nescius (talk) 13:44, 23 August 2025 (PDT)

In my opinion, the name of the template should be clear to everyone in any part of the wiki. The only exception is the code for articles, as this is somewhat "personal".

Perhaps I was wrong to give the shortcut as an example, effectively making it the main one, but the idea is similar to that in most other wikis - in articles you often see technical names (short and catchy), and in all other places you always see the full names (long, but easy to read).

At first, I just wanted to specify the name via {{LanguageBar}} and also specify it in categories, but working with this is more complicated than moving the template and allowing the use of shortcuts.

--THE OWL (talk) 14:27, 23 August 2025 (PDT)

The first sentence in the doc should ideally give clear idea what the template is about. I think templates that are used for formatting stuff like cmd, ent, I, O etc. which are used many times per page should stay short with no need of shortcuts. And templates that are to be used once per page like LanguageBar, TabsBar, navboxes etc. are the ones that should have understandable and clear name also without shortcuts. The icons are kinda exception because the full name is being used by {{This is a}}. It would be ideal to always have single consistent name for every template when used on pages instead of having several possible shortcuts with different casings or spaces. --Nescius (talk) 08:08, 24 August 2025 (PDT)