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You shouldn't be able to select some templates on Visual Editor

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Ignacio Rodríguez (talkcontribs)

I don't know if this is a feature already, but i don't find it right know, so i go the lazy way and ask.

Some pages in the template namescape are not supposed to be transcluded directly on articles (e.g., they are parts of another templates, documentation subpages). There should be some kind of magic word that when is present on a page, the template selector on Visual Editor don't show them.

I hope i made myself clear with my caveman english

TheDJ (talkcontribs)

As far as I know, there is no such thing. Requested as I can see the benefit.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

User:Ninovolador, thank you for this great idea. Please, can you give me links to some examples (some templates that are not supposed to be transcluded directly)? Good examples help the team solve problems.

Ignacio Rodríguez (talkcontribs)

Of course.

Besides obviously all the "/doc" subpages, look at an example of me trying to add a template to a random page. In this example i want to add a "Ficha de taxón" (taxobox)

here As you can see, all the dotted "templates" won't ever be transcluded directly.

Another issue it may arise is that you need to know the exact name of the template to find it, you should be able to search parts of the name (e.g., only search taxón and find it) but that is for another day.

Ignacio Rodríguez (talkcontribs)

Of course.

Besides obviously all the "/doc" subpages, look at an example of me trying to add a template to a random page. In this example i want to add a "Ficha de taxón" (taxobox)

here As you can see, all the dotted "templates" won't ever be transcluded directly.

Another issue it may arise is that you need to know the exact name of the template to find it, you should be able to search parts of the name (e.g., only search taxón and find it) but that is for another day.

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