On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Andrew Gray<[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/4 Carcharoth <[email protected]>: > >> In other words, I like using "what links here" to find out when >> something is mentioned in the article *text*, rather than when it is >> merely mentioned in a navbox template. One of the problems though is >> that links from an *infobox* are more relevant, so I would want those >> to be in "what links here", so cutting out templates altogether is not >> good. But being able to *filter out* the "links from transcluded >> templates" (and also list which templates they are coming from) would >> be the ideal solution. > > Here's a little late-night hack. It's a bit roundabout, and it > involves making half a dozen pointless edits, but it does at least > solve the problem! > > Most articles have a redirect or two going to them; if they don't, you > can always create some pretty easily. Go to whatlinkshere, and check > that one of those redirects is orphaned - ie, there's no inbound links > to it. Then, generate a list of all the templates linking to the > article. Open each one, and change the link in the template to go to > the redirect, rather than straight to the main article. > > Now, look at whatlinkshere. All the template links should be indented, > hanging off that redirect; all the direct links, hopefully from > article text, will be separated out. This also means you can spot the > cases where an article has a link in a template *and* a link in the > body text; it'll appear twice, since one goes to the redirect and one > doesn't. > > When you're done, fix all the links back again; all nice and tidy. > It'll have taken a few extra minutes, and a few extra edits, but it's > better than nothing!
Thanks! Doesn't just removing the links from the templates altogether (and then putting them back) do the trick as well? I suppose that might annoy some people... Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
