Shortin month
@Trappist the monk: I think we should shortin the month names to allow for use on Template:Datetime and to keep other templaes short aswell. --★BrandonALF★ talk edits 22:41, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
- It looks to me like you have broken existing uses of
{{datetime}}. Please revert your changes there. - —Trappist the monk (talk) 22:59, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Trappist the monk: I'm sorry, I didn't realize that was there. So now I need to do my edit for Template:Local time --★BrandonALF★ talk edits 23:06, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you. There are 1000+, mostly user pages, that use
{{time}}and so use this module. Given that, it would seem to me that you either accept long month names or find a way to tell the module to abbreviate specific{{#invoke:}}instances. You don't just decide for everyone that from now on the date will render as an abbreviation. - —Trappist the monk (talk) 23:26, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you. There are 1000+, mostly user pages, that use
- I have raised the protection level of this module to require WP:Template editor permission because you have elected to edit war instead of discuss. Feel free to use sandboxen for your template development. Also, use testcases pages to do testing before adding your template to mainspace articles. Testing as you have been doing is considered disruptive and may result in your editing privileges being restricted or revoked.
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 00:00, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
Documentation
Hey I just discovered this module after I saw it was used on a table at the NFL playoffs article and would like an explanation as to how it works. –Piranha249 (talk) 02:03, 9 January 2018 (UTC)