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Wow! You're fast!

I just read about OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb on the news and went to start a new article - you beat me to it!! :) - Beowulf314159 23:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

;D Ghent 06:58, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Have you ever started a page before? I'm amazed how fast, furiously, and acrimoniously pages evolve! :o - Beowulf314159 02:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I think I have twice; once here, and once on the Danish Wiki. Ghent 19:41, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

{{STL umpteen lines}}

Is there a consensus to name new linebox templates after the system where they were first needed? I would think it would make it harder for others to find them if and when they are needed for another purpose. Henning Makholm 14:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you give an example for a name, because I'm not sure what you mean. Ghent 14:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

E.g. {{STL nine lines}}. If I were to look for it I would have tried {{LUL nine lines}} by analogy with the single-line templates. Henning Makholm 14:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

You are right. Moving started... Ghent 14:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Oops, hold it... I see now there is a family of neutrally-named templates in Category:Rail transport templates. We should probably try to align with their naming instead (and add to the category). Henning Makholm 14:34, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Too late. I think that we want to move them there, anyway though. Maybe you can do it? Ghent 14:37, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

On further inspection, the ones starting with Template:Rail are not compatible with the LUL ones; they don't use sub-templates to specify service links and colors. For the moment I'll do nothing. Henning Makholm 14:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

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