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In the absence of a response by Martin, does anyone else have a view? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 20:44, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

== Add category Exclude in Print ==

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I recommend adding logic to include all WikiProject banners using this template to be included in [[:Category:Exclude in print]]. [[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 18:42, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

:I also suggest someone remove the affected WikiPrjoject banners from [[MediaWiki:PDF Template Blacklist]]. I can't think of a good reason they are there anyway.[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 18:59, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

::[[Template:WPBannerMeta/templatepage]] is only semi-protected so you can do that yourself. -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 19:34, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

:::Its done thanks. [[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 19:58, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

== Limit to the number of task forces? ==

Hi. I am currently looking at adding [[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies|UK Parliament constituencies]] as a task force of the broader [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom|Politics of the United Kingdom]]. It has [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies#Sharing the UK Politics banner|now been suggested]] that we have separate task forces for [[UK Parliament]] constituencies (eg [[Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyll and Bute]]) and [[Scottish Parliament]] constituencies (eg [[Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Argyll and Bute]]) so there are separate sets of quality data. This suggestion has merit but could lead us to having 5 or 6 different task forces to cover the various political institutions.

<br/>Is there a limit to the number of task forces that can be supported by this template? I wouldn't want to use up so many task forces if the number is limited but there won't be an issue if the number is very large or infinite. [[User:Road Wizard|Road Wizard]] ([[User talk:Road Wizard|talk]]) 16:16, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

:There is a builtin limit of 5 but you can add more using the [[Template:WPBannerMeta/hooks|hooks]] system. See {{tl|WikiProject United States}}, {{tl|WikiProject India}}, {{tl|WikiProject Film}} and others for examples of the use. -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 17:49, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

::By using hooks, you can ''in theory'' have an infinite number of taskforces, but in practice the MediaWiki template limits will kick in at some point. Where that point exactly lies varies according to what else (primarily other WikiProject banners) is on the target talk page. In the UK we have something like 650 parliamentary constituencies, and I don't know of any WikiProject banner that has that many task forces. The one that I know of with the highest number is {{tlx|WikiProject United States}} - that has over 100 taskforces, one or more for each state plus a few more besides. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 19:37, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

:::If a taskforce was needed for each parliamentary constituency then something custom could be written rather than using the standard taskforce hook template. -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 21:34, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

::::Thank you both for the replies. Just brainstorming a list of potential sub-topics for the project I can only come up with 30 distinct areas, so it sounds like we have plenty of capacity. However I expect most of those sub-topics will never get to stage of having their own task force. I'll take a closer look at those suggested banners if I need to add the hook code. [[User:Road Wizard|Road Wizard]] ([[User talk:Road Wizard|talk]]) 21:42, 8 September 2012 (UTC)