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Parameter p
p=4 comes into use, I'd like to suggest to change it such that p=4 delivers the {{game name}} look with no icon and instead p=5 delivers the {{game color}}. I'm thinking of sentences that have the game icon at the beginning, like the {{base point}} templates, for example: "
This is a point entity available in Team Fortress 2".{{in}} templates, for example allow p=only and add the following switch case, however, I'm unsure if all those different but similar expressions (only, since, removed, not, also) would make this template unnecessarily complicated and whether that is useful at all. |only=<span style="background-color:#202020;font-weight:bold;padding:2px;{{border-radius|4px}}"><span title="{{{name}}}" style="color:{{{col|#ADD8E6}}}">(''only'' in [[File:{{{ico}}}|link={{{name}}}{{{suf|}}}|{{{name}}}]])</span></span>
{{csgo|p=only}} by adding only, since, not, removed right above in in the #switch statement so that {{{p}}} can be passed to {{in text}} instead of {{{type}}}. Roughly speaking, I mean:
{{#switch: {{{p|}}}
|... = ...
|only
|since
|not
|removed
|in = ... {{{in text|{{{p}}}}}} ...
}}
Changing that would be nice as it is much more intuitive to write {{csgo|p=since}} instead of {{csgo|p=in|type=since}} (by the way, why {{{p}}} and not {{{1}}}?), however, it would mean that all game icon templates would need another edit. Thoughts?Generic Doc for game icon templates
:Category as parameter in every transclusion of {{documentation}} to not have them added to that new /doc Category. I'd suggest going back to Template:Icon doc or Template:Hl2/doc. It's getting confusing with all the different page names.
:icon doc as doc page and there is no <includeonly> madness when editing the generic doc. Problem is, we can no longer move to Template:Hl2/doc because it has a (negligible) history by now, so I'm thinking of performing an improper page movement or finding a way to ask an admin to do that.
Nearly all icons shouldn't omit text!
- (in )
- (only in )
- (in all games since )
- (not in )
- (also in
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Icons should not replace text in most situations.
Users should have more options about where icons will be
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Examples with English lang:
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Examples with Arabic lang:
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Examples with Arabic lang and dir RTL:
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Examples with English lang and dir RTL:
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Why use a number for the display method?
Kial uzi nombron por montronto de metodo? Uzas nur nombron konfuzantus komencantojn.
| name# = parameter when I need to use one.
Numbers are indeed short yes. but how are they convenient in this case? What about editors who aren't programmers?
>Assigning names to styles would be unnecessary, unnecessarily difficult, and hardly intuitive.
Uh, how and why?
Well: What should the names for the three styles that we have be? No matter what we two say: Not everyone will give the same answer to this question, making names not intuitive in this case. All the names that we two might come up with are things that we and everyone else would have to remember. Numbers (speaking of 1,2,...) are already there.
I'm referring to this template and not to generality; In different cases names would make more sense but not here in my opinion.
> You would need the style names in a list if you want to use one at all.
Can also substitute those numbers to words like name and ico and col.
> Numbers on the other hand are known by everybody, even by non-prorgammers.
What kind of proof do you have for those above claims?
> This makes numbers convenient: You just need to know that the styles have numbers and not names, from then on you don't really need to look up again, especially with our small number of styles.
Same case for names…
> Well: What should the names for the three styles that we have be? No matter what we two say: Not everyone will give the same answer to this question, making names not intuitive in this case.
Same future occassions for numbers.
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For each of your argument why are names still used in this template? - Amicdict (talk) 12:37, 31 May 2023 (PDT)
name and ico and col.
For each style you have a variant with an icon and one without, one with black background and one without. Do you think three names suffice?
> Using only a number is quite confusing to newcomers.
> What kind of proof do you have for those above claims?
Why do I need proof and you don't?
> For each of your argument why are names still used in this template?
Because they are already established across many wiki pages for quite some time.
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Are you planning a change or are you just discussing? If you suggest a more precise change in functionality and usage then I can refer to that and don't need to give any proofs that no one needs.
>> Can also substitute those numbers to words like name and ico and col.
> For each style you have a variant with an icon and one without, one with black background and one without. Do you think three names suffice?
No, but 4 names would.
1 := without-icon 2 := with-icon 3 := background 4 := no-background
> Why do I need proof and you don't?
I do need proof; and I should quite frankly be pushed to provide proof more often tbh. "I did not say that I don't need proof!"
> Because they are already established across many wiki pages for quite some time.
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Are you planning a change or are you just discussing? If you suggest a more precise change in functionality and usage then I can refer to that and don't need to give any proofs that no one needs.
If you feel like adding these names to the cases of the #switch statement of this template, go ahead. I personally would advise against it. Allowing multiple words for the same effect might only be more complicated and getting rid of one is unnecessary work. I won't explain it any further.
Apart from that, I don't know what you want me to answer.
Flag to change "in" to "for" or "on"
{{hl2|not}}, {{hl2|except}} may be more fitting in sentences. Maybe we should use the same color for both due to the similar meaning?
)), since I'm using it as a positive thing, not a negative thing. I do think there should be a flag can change "in" in the various thingies to "for" or "on", though.
Add external links
☐ Unresolved.
{{ps1|4|link=http://example.com}}
{{ps2|4|link=http://example.com}}
{{ps3|4|link=http://example.com}}
{{ps4|4|link=http://example.com}}
{{ps5|4|link=http://example.com}}
Change color and icon
{{csgo|4|col=white}} would be Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and {{csgo|icon=Icon-Portal2.png}} would be 
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
