Forum:Preloadable Text with Special:CreatePage

Hi there,

The Cyber Nations Wiki uses preloadable topic outlines for certain things, but we've encountered a problem. While going to a page such as http://cybernations.wikia.com/index.php?title=Blahblahblah&action=edit&redlink=1 will give the option to use the "Preloadable topic outlines: Nation, Alliance, Alliance War, Treaty", clicking those while using Special:CreatePage does nothing. Is there any way to get preloadable text to work with Special:CreatePage?

Thanks in advance, ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail)


 * MediaWiki:Newarticletext is the message that shows on top whenever someone is starting a new page. If you look at the Cybernations example, you can see that they have links that preload a template onto the page. If you make a few templates like those they have, and link them from the Newarticletext (in exactly the same way), you can get the same effect. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  03:29, April 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * I get that much, I'm the admin that developed that system on the CN Wiki. The problem is that they will not preload from Special:CreatePage.  For example, the link http://cybernations.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:CreatePage&action=edit&preload=Template:Nation_infobox_code should, in my best estimation, preload the text of w:c:cybernations:Template:Nation infobox code onto the page (as it does, say, at http://cybernations.wikia.com/index.php?title=Blahblahblah&action=edit&preload=Template:Nation_infobox_code), but it won't.  That's the problem we're encountering. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail)


 * Oh, sorry - didn't know that. It's probably not possible though to do what you're attempting, because appending "&action=edit&preload=Template:nation_infobox_code" makes the wiki think you're trying to directly edit a special page (as opposed to using the special page to create something else), which is impossible. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:56, April 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I sort of figured as much, but figured I'd post here before ruling that completely. Oh well, thanks for your help :) ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail)