Template talk:Party abbrev linked

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Primefac in topic Requested move 4 December 2021

Requested move 4 December 2021

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. With no opposition to the move, the request is granted. Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 09:43, 7 January 2022 (UTC)Reply


– The .../meta/abbrev template family has been deleted following a TFD, replaced by Module:Political party (for direct invocation) and {{Party abbr}} (for article use and ease of typing). This is primarily because I was not given permission to usurp {{party abbrev}} (see this discussion) despite the latter not currently being used. However, much like {{party shortname linked}} is the "linked" version of {{party shortname}}, I think these two templates should be moved as proposed so that their purposes are clearer; additionally, the value stored in the Module is "abbrev", so calling it "party abbr" is potentially confusing. Primefac (talk) 18:27, 4 December 2021 (UTC) — Relisting. ModernDayTrilobite (talkcontribs) 18:03, 16 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

I don't oppose but I'll say that "abbr" is used by {{Abbr}} (and the HTML tag <abbr>...</abbr>) and is the name Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations uses as the displayed shortcut (MOS:ABBR). The inside of the module doesn't really matter here but even if it did, it's just a single simple find-and-replace change away. But again, I don't have any strong preference. The linked version though should be sent to TfD as unused. Gonnym (talk) 19:37, 4 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Fair enough. To be honest, my primary concern is someone wanting just an abbrev and not realising that {{party abbrev}} gives them more than just that. I'm also not particularly bothered if the abbr template stays where it is, but the abbrev spelling should then point there.
post-edit-conflict comment TFD is also reasonable, I figured since there was a linked shortname template this might benefit as well. Primefac (talk) 19:41, 4 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
@Primefac: Please proceed with changing the necessary parts of the template documentation on both ends to ensure the move does not affect template usability. Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 09:43, 7 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
  Done, and thanks. Primefac (talk) 12:46, 7 January 2022 (UTC)Reply