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I hope that should satisfy everyone. Merry Christmas! <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 11:57, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

:Thanks! <font color="green" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Stepshep|§hep]]</font> • <font color="green" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User talk:Stepshep|¡Talk to me!]]</font> 21:07, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

== Something Wrong? ==

I just updated {{tlx|WikiProject College basketball}} to use WPBannerMeta and it doesn't seem to be adding the categories to the talk pages ([[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|Example]]), what did i do wrong? [[User:Peachey88|Peachey88]] ^{([[User_Talk:Peachey88|Talk Page]] | [[Special:Contributions/Peachey88|Contribs]])} 02:49, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

:Hmm, you had the wrong '''μ''' in the category (see my edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:WikiProject_College_basketball&diff=259493561&oldid=259453755] to fix it) -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 08:04, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

::0.o i didn't changed anything *looks confused* that was the example from the [[Template:WPBannerMeta]] main page. [[User:Peachey88|Peachey88]] ^{([[User_Talk:Peachey88|Talk Page]] | [[Special:Contributions/Peachey88|Contribs]])} 09:29, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

:::Some browsers mangle the mu character into its unicode equivalent. I keep meaning to write a check for that. <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 12:06, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

How about something like

<pre> |category = {{#ifeq:{{{category|µ}}}|µ|μ|{{{category|μ}}}}}</pre>

instead of

<pre> |category = {{{category|μ}}}</pre>

so that it doesn't matter which μ is used.

-- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 16:27, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

:Or do <code><nowiki>{{#switch:{{{category|µ}}}|µ|µ=[[Category:Foo]]}}</nowiki></code> wherever we currently use <code><nowiki>{{#ifeq:{{{category|µ}}}|µ|[[Category:Foo]]}}</nowiki></code> at the moment, which would be nicer. Incidentally I think both the µ characters in both our examples are the same <tt>:D</tt>. <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 17:11, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Upon looking into it, I suspect that the problems here come from the fact that Unicode incorporates two characters here that look absolutley identical: the "lowercase letter mu" '''&#x03BC;''' and the "micro prefix" '''&#x00B5;'''. WPBM uses the mu character which is a start, but it seems to me that <s>we</s> I have dug us into a bit of a hole here by using a character that's open to such easy confusion. I'm inclined to pull the plug on the whole thing and change everything to use an obscure letter that actually appears on the keyboard somewhere to also make it easier to use. Any suggestions for characters to use? I'm leaning towards the "tilde" '''~''' or the mysterious "not sign" '''¬''', which also has the advantage of making some semantic sense. Thoughts? <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 18:04, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

:I might suggest to not use ~ due to its other uses. But ¬ seems a good option. I must admit I am still baffled by the role that this plays in the template. [[User talk:Msgj|Martin]] 15:26, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I am assuming that ¬ will not have the same problems as μ?? [[User talk:Msgj|Martin]] 12:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

:I bloody well hope not! <tt>:D</tt> <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 14:56, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

== Importance vs Priority ==

Most projects that classify their articles also use an importance scale (High/Mid/Low) but there are seven projects that have called it a priority scale rather than importance.

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games|WikiProject Video games]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Square Enix|WikiProject Square Enix]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Final Fantasy|WikiProject Final Fantasy]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sicily|WikiProject Sicily]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spooks|WikiProject Spooks]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kingdom of Naples|WikiProject Kingdom of Naples]]

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sheffield|WikiProject Sheffield]]

So, the question is, should these projects be migrated over to use the importance scale or should the WPBannerMeta template be modified to have an option to use a priority scale instead? -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 20:44, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

:You forgot the biggest, WPBiography. Note that there is a hook, /priorityscale IIRC, that allows this. I think each project should be asked, explicitly, whether they think the perceived advantages of the semantic distinction outweigh the costs associated with being so radically different to the rest of the wiki community. If they think so, then we should give them the hook (in the nicest possible way <tt>:D</tt>). <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 21:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

::I was actually looking in the wrong place, there are a few more than seven projects. Anyway, do you have an example of how to use the hook? I had a look in [[Template:WPBannerMeta/importancescale|/importancescale]] and there's a parameter called '''IMPN''' but it doesn't seem to be passed through from /core -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 23:34, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

:::No it's not. The only way to do it is to call ''importancescale'' using HOOK_IMPORTANCE. Check out [[Template:WikiProject Mathematics]] for an example. [[User talk:Msgj|Martin]] 00:20, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

At the moment we don't have any way of handling taskforces/workgroups which use the term ''priority''. I would like to request that the IMPN parameter is optionally accepted by [[Template:WPBannerMeta/taskforce|/taskforce]] so that this can be achieved. [[User talk:Msgj|Martin]] 08:31, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

:{{done}} <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 12:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)