Template talk:Politics

Trying to figure out how to get this to work. And how to get the templates to update once we make changes here. It's not automatic. Is there a trick? Chadlupkes 22:39, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Some other things to remember about shared templates:


 * They don't work right away, and sometimes never work (unknow reason) under some names. Sometimes they take longer to work on new wikia as well.
 * They can't be used for inline text, as they wrap the content in
 * or do not usually work properly unless subst'd in.
 * Parameters do not work properly unless subst'd in.
 * m:Help:Magic words work local to the central wiki, unless subst'd in.
 * Updates for non-subst'd includes (when the original is updated) can be very slow to propagate.
 * Hopefully some of these issues will be resolved in the future.


 * As the subject of this template is intented to dynamic, it is probably best to construct it in a manner that doesn't require substing it in, nor a constantly changing list. A link to w:Category:Politics (or a new category) might work better. Or just a separately updated template on each Wiki?


 * Also, your template is working now (on scratchpad at least). --Splarka (talk) 01:19, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, to make interwiki links:  w:c:nameofwikia:Article . For example  w:c:campaigns:Forum:Index  -> w:c:campaigns:Forum:Index --Splarka (talk) 01:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Splarka! It's still not updating on Campaigns, but I'm sure that will work itself out.  I'm not that great with templates yet anyway.  Good idea about linking to a category instead of a template.  Also, what's the interwiki to the main site?  Chadlupkes 02:30, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * wikia: or w:, eg w:Template:Politics. --Splarka (talk) 03:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)