Template talk:Highlight

Default date qualifier

Otheus (talk · contribs) created this neat template a few years ago and left, I suppose, a note to self to "Add default date qualifier -- if it's after so many days, the hilite goes away" within the edit window. I thought this was a great idea; Otheus hasn't been active in a while, so if anyone is watching this page, would anyone know the code to create a date qualifier? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:21, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay done.

{{hilite|text|color|expiry date}}

Gary King (talk) 22:39, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Neato, thank you! Now my questions are:

1. Is it possible to make it so that if no color is specified (like the original template was), yellow becomes the default? (The template is being used at, for example, Wikipedia:Help_desk#General_of_Division_Aristide_Razu, but now no coloring appears.)
2. Should the expiry date be optional as well?
3. What exactly is the expiry date function supposed to be written as? I tried "1" thinking it would disappear after one day, but that didn't seem to work. I tried deciphering the code, but my knowledge on template coding is pretty limited.

– Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:13, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Fixed yellow bit (proud of myself!), and I linked to the wrong discussion anyway, oi. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:34, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'm seeing it... "if expression", so the expiry date is optional then. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:36, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... I also found the /core page. I'm using Wikipedia:Help_desk#article_about_General_Aristide_Razu_deleted.3F as the test discussion (correct link). If I add "yellow" to parameter 2, the highlighting returns, but without the "yellow", the highlighting disappears. Maybe /core isn't needed then? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:44, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay, nevermind. I removed the "/core" from the code just to try it: adding {{hilite|foo}} on the main page still worked, but the link above showed a "Template:Loop error detected" (or similar). So... reverted my edits. I guess now I'm not understanding why /core is required, but "yellow" still needs to be added. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:54, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Wow so confused. Changing the font color on /core to red, my sandbox {{hilite}} had red font, but the above link didn't, even after reloading the page. Mysteries. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 00:07, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

You need to purge the page that you're using the template on after changing the template to see the new changes. Also, I added template documentation with examples. Gary King (talk) 00:22, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Absolutely wonderful, thank you so much for taking the time to do this. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 00:33, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

mark

Should we update from <span> to <mark> which "represents a run of text in one document marked or highlighted for reference purposes, due to its relevance in another context."

Markup	Renders as
<mark>HyperText Markup Language</mark>	HyperText Markup Language
<mark style="background:lightblue">HyperText Markup Language</mark>	HyperText Markup Language

--— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:17, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 April 2015

Samuelcala (talk) 23:29, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

 Not done as you have not requested a change. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 23:39, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 18 December 2015

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request. Certainly the vastly more common spelling and thus more likely for users to immediately grok what the template's function might be. Because it is unclear whether the existing and redirected template at the target title was partially merged here, I will do a history swap.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:22, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

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Template:Hilite → Template:Highlight – The correct spelling is "Highlight". GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 00:37, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.