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:::::The original poster is not complaining about case-sensitivity of parameter values, but of parameter names. Most WP banners have at least five parameters - the standard-ish ones being {{para|category}}, {{para|class}}, {{para|importance}}, {{para|listas}}, {{para|small}}; and I don't know of any banner templates that are coded to allow variants on these five such as {{para|Class}}.
:::::On the other hand, the ''values'' of these five are normally passed through to {{tlx|WPBannerMeta}} completely unaltered, which handles all five in a largely case-insensitive manner; so {{para|class|c}} is identical in effect to {{para|class|C}} whatever the banner. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#d30000; background:#ffeeee">Red</span>rose64]] ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 20:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
== Open tasks ==
Would it be possible to add an "open tasks" parameter, so that instead of just saying that there will be a list of open tasks, it might say something like "a list of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Firearms/to_do|open tasks]]"? [[User:AliveFreeHappy|AliveFreeHappy]] ([[User talk:AliveFreeHappy|talk]]) 00:43, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
:That should be possible. Just to be clear, are we talking about the [[Template:WPBannerMeta/hooks/todolist|/todolist hook]]? Could you give some context like tellings us which project's banner or page you would like to change? — Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]] · [[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 12:33, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
::Actually that wasn't the hook I'm talking about - that seems to be a to-do list for the page the banner is on. I was thinking more of the phrase ''see a list of open tasks.'' that appears in the banner and replace it with ''see a list of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Firearms/to_do|open tasks]].'' for projects, like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Firearms|WikiProject Firearms]], that have a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Firearms/to_do|to-do list]] that applies to the project, not the article. [[User:AliveFreeHappy|AliveFreeHappy]] ([[User talk:AliveFreeHappy|talk]]) 16:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
:::I've made a change in [[Template:WikiProject Firearms/sandbox]]. If you like it, you can open it over to live. -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 22:19, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
::::Sweet. Do I just cut/paste it from the sandbox to the existing template then? [[User:AliveFreeHappy|AliveFreeHappy]] ([[User talk:AliveFreeHappy|talk]]) 22:26, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
:::::[[WP:TEMPTEST]] is a good one to read. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#d30000; background:#ffeeee">Red</span>rose64]] ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 22:31, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
::::::Yes, that's all that needed doing. I've done it now though. -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 06:57, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::Thanks, I hadn't had the chance to do it yet. Looks nice. [[User:AliveFreeHappy|AliveFreeHappy]] ([[User talk:AliveFreeHappy|talk]]) 16:07, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
== Task force quantity ==
*''[[User talk:Black Falcon#Hi : )]]''
*''[[User talk:Happy-melon#Poke]]''
*''[[User talk:Xeno#Coding question]]''
*''[[User talk:MSGJ#Question]]''
I'd like to ask:
:a.) If anyone knows why the template is limited to only 10 task forces (or if that was just an arbitrary choice)
:b.) Would someone be willing to change it to 20, or even better, come up with a dynamic way to do this that doesn't have a coded upper thresh hold.
Any help, advice, ideas would be welcome. - [[User:Jc37|jc37]] 22:45, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
:10 was fairly arbitrary, but given how easy it is to add further multiples of 10, don't see much benefit in increasing it. — Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]] · [[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 11:57, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
::That may be because you're a fairly proficient coder : )
::Not everyone is.
::Also, I would guess that changing these to 20 would encompass most current WikiProjects' workgroups/taskforces. And when they need more, then multiples of 20 would be possible.
::Is there any particular reason to not make the change? - [[User:Jc37|jc37]] 01:56, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Any number that we chose would be equally arbitrary. At least 10 is consistent with the number of notes on the notes hook, and actually that is enough for the majority of projects. Moving to 20 might help yours (but not really because that is sorted now) but there are still several with much larger numbers that could never be supported by one hook: {{tl|WikiProject Christianity}} has 36; {{tl|WikiProject Japan}} has 32; {{tl|WikiProject Australia}} has 40. If you ever need help with the template, you can always post here and someone will sort it for you. — Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]] · [[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 09:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
::::I realise that there are others with more. Military history was the one I was looking at.
::::And wouldn't multiples of 20 just be easier for them as well? I looked at how some projects are coding this, and to say it's complex doesn't begin to cover it. And from what I can tell (though I'll admit to not being an expert at template coding), not everyone is coding them using your hooks method. So perhaps going to 20 might help with that as well. (And I would guess that anything we do to reduce the well-meaning usage of parser functions would be a plus too?)
::::So anyway, you've said that 10 was arbitrary, so if I or someone else were to boldly change it to 20, that wouldn't break anything. Am I understanding correctly? - [[User:Jc37|jc37]] 17:43, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::If it gets upped to twenty, then twenty sets of parameters are needed which bloats the meta template - as opposed to simply tacking on a next set of ten via a hook. Perhaps a better solution would be to provide a "[[for dummies]]" instruction manual on how to properly use hooks? –[[user:xeno|<font face="verdana" color="black">'''xeno'''</font>]][[user talk:xeno|<font color="black"><sup>talk</sup></font>]] 17:52, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
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