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::That's what I imagined. But then I felt a bit intimidated by that particular editor's response when I asked him about this. To be frank, I have the impression that he tries to avoid typing wherever possible and that he doesn't mind if it comes across as uncivil. I will think about the language of the template; perhaps there is a way to make it harder to abuse it in this way. Cheers. --[[User:Hans Adler|Hans Adler]] ([[User talk:Hans Adler|talk]]) 22:58, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Archiving talkpage of [[Template talk:Test-self]]

===Conditional link===

I thought we decided not to use {{tl|qif}} on test templates? -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] 00:12, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

: Just like in [[template:test|<nowiki>{{test}}</nowiki>]] there is an option for putting in the name of the article, I think that there should be here. [[User:Eli Falk|Eli Falk]] 13:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

:: There is already. It is {{tl|test-self-n}} -- [[User:Avraham|Avi]] 14:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

===Moved documentation===

It's now at [[Template:Test-self/doc]].<tt>+[[User:Mwtoews|mwtoews]]</tt> 03:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

=== Grammar ===

Shouldn't it say "In the future", rather than "In Future"? [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]] 01:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

: No, "in the future" has a subtly different meaning:

: {{quote|

...''in future'' in British English means "from now on", while ''in the future'' means "at some future point in time (perhaps very remote)". So, for example, under the normal reading, ''Human beings will live on the moon in future'' (in British English) is false: there are no humans living on the moon today, and it will be the same tomorrow and every day for many years to come. But ''Human beings will live on the moon in the future'' might well be true.

|Geoffrey K. Pullum, http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004201.html}}

: The same page states that "in future" is attested to in AmEng as well as BrEng, at a lower frequency but with the same fine shade of meaning. –[[User:EdC|EdC]] 14:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

::It sounds all wonky though, like something a person new to the English language would say. "In the future" sounds better. [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]] 07:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

:::Sure, but "in the future" is plain wrong in BrEng. Perhaps we should come up with an alternative way to say it. –[[User:EdC|EdC]] 21:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

It really does need to be changed. Even if it's technically correct in American English, I'm not so sure that vandals and other people making tests are going to know that. (And it's a [[Bad Thing]] when people don't think we can warn people correctly.) [[User:ShadowHalo|ShadowHalo]] 02:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

: We need something that is correct – and sounds correct – in both AE and BE. How about: "When making future edits, please do not experiment on article pages; instead, use the sandbox."? –[[User:EdC|EdC]] 23:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

::We could use something similar to the other low-level [[WP:UWT|user warning templates]] like "If you would like to experiment, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]." [[User:ShadowHalo|ShadowHalo]] 23:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

:::They already have been experimenting, just in the wrong place... how about: "If you would like to experiment again, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] next time." –[[User:EdC|EdC]] 22:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

::::Works for me. [[User:ShadowHalo|ShadowHalo]] 00:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

:::::Done. –[[User:EdC|EdC]] 23:07, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

::This sentence "If you would like to experiment again, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] next time." doesn't flow well. It seems like 'again' and 'next time' are redundant. Again already implies next time. I suggest that it either be changed to:

::*"If you would like to experiment, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] next time."

::or

::*"If you would like to experiment again, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]."

::-- <font color="#000080">Mufka</font> [[User:Mufka|^(u)]] [[User talk:Mufka|^(t)]] [[Special:Contributions/Mufka|^(c)]] 12:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)