On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 03:11:33PM +0000, Ceppo wrote:
> I noticed that Template:DebianHeader and Template:Note mix numbered and
> named parameters. I think using only named ones would be more clear and make
> the templates easier to edit and maintain.
Template:DebianHeader only accepts named parameters. It does contain an
instance of `{{{Title|1}}}`, where the parameter `Title` falls back to the
constant `1`. That fooled me reading it back just now - how about changing
`1` to `yes`? The same change would be needed everywhere that links to
Template:SanitiseBoolean.
Template:Note mixes numbered and named parameters, but it's copied straight
from MediaWiki[0]. Changing that would probably confuse people coming here
from other wikis.
> Is it a case of optimising for ease of conversion? Do I risk breaking the
> conversion if I change them?
I guess conversion is marginally easier with named parameters. For example,
`#pragma keywords blah` converts neatly to `{{DebianHeader|Keywords=blah}}`.
But if everyone decided some template must be done one way, and the converter
really needed it to be done another way, it would be easy enough to create a
{{MoinMarkup/IntermediateTemplate}} that called through to the proper one :)
> > = Template:Note and Template:Note/styles.css =
> >
> > These seem to have been copied from MediaWiki's Template:Note[3],
> > but they don't work properly.
>
> Template:Note requires the TemplateStyles [ts] extension, which is not
> installed. The same applies to Template:MoinMarkup/Admonition and
> Template:DebianHeader, since they use it.
> I could edit Template:Note to use inline CSS, but adding the extension would
> make the code easier to maintain.
>
> [ts] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateStyles
This seems like a good test case for a problem we'll face often in the coming
months. I've just asked on #debian-wiki, and will report back here if the
conversation happens over there.
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Note
