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Preview warning at Ambassador Theater (Baltimore, Maryland) does not appear to be described in the documentation
editAt Ambassador Theater (Baltimore, Maryland), I'm seeing "Preview warning: Commons category does not match the Commons sitelink on Wikidata – please check". I looked at the documentation, and I don't see an applicable error condition. The link works fine. Is it possible that the article does not have a corresponding Wikidata item, and that is what is causing the preview warning? If so, an addition to the documentation might be needed, advising editors how to create (or find) a matching Wikidata item. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:09, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
- Fixed at Wikidata d:Q122918735. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:07, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
|italics=no not working
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For example... RodRabelo7 (talk) 04:39, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Extra space when the template is floated to the left
editGreetings and felicitations. In Mavai_Senathirajah#External_links I am seeing extra space below the template when it is floated left that is not there when it is on the right. Would someone please be so kind as to fix this? —DocWatson42 (talk) 22:50, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
- Have you tried to remove the blank line between this template and the subsequent navboxes? (And why isn't {{Commons category-inline}} a better option?) -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:35, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
Automating lowercasing of first letter for common nouns
editDespite the |lcfirst=yes option, many instances of this template that could be lowercased have capitalized first letters. I wonder if it'd be possible to automatically detect this, perhaps by referencing Wikidata labels (which tend to be lowercase for common nouns) or something else. Sdkb talk 21:43, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Are there examples of what should be lowercased and what shouldn't? 174.138.218.72 (talk) 18:23, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- The template output is formulated as a sentence so I guess Sdkb wants lowercase for everything which would normally be lowercase in a sentence, for example changing Lakes to lakes when commons:Category:Lakes is linked. The template documentation doesn't say when to use lcfirst. I thought it was only meant for lowercase Commons categories like commons:Category:eBay. Lakes is in italics and is the only linked term so it stands out, and the link goes to a page saying Lakes. My interpretation is that "Lakes" isn't merely a word in a sentence but a reference to the category and should use uppercase when the category does. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:37, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, we should indeed resolve that usage question first. (The first step is finding whoever added that parameter without usage documentation and trouting them for it...)
- In the example that led me here, White chocolate#See also, because it's two words, it would've looked a little weird to capitalize the first but not the second. Your perspective also makes sense, PrimeHunter, although the more I think about it, the more the italics seem weird. Since the wording of the template is "related to", and the images at Commons are related to the concept the article is about. Sdkb talk 19:58, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Why would we ever do this? We don't use e.e. cummings case here, we use Sentence case. Even for regular nouns, not proper nouns, the first letter of a title is capitalised. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:12, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- There would be no discussion if it very directly referred to the category name with something like "Wikimedia Commons has related media in the category Lakes." But it says "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes." The category reference is more indirect but I still think, especially with the italics which wouldn't be used in a normal sentence, that it should follow the category name. Also for commons:Category:White chocolate. With lowercase, a reader might think that lakes or white chocolocate is an article link and they should click the Commons icon for the media. That's another issue: I think we should delink the icon like {{Sister project links}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:42, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Nobody thinks this. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:20, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- The delinking icons question looks like it involves more complexity than you'd initially think; I've taken it up here. Cheers, Sdkb talk 01:42, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- Another possibility is to extend the link to the text "media related to white chocolate". Clicking the link takes the reader to some media, not to some chocolate nor an article about chocolate. Certes (talk) 10:45, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- That's an excellent solution to the MOS:EGG issue. Sdkb talk 17:38, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- There would be no discussion if it very directly referred to the category name with something like "Wikimedia Commons has related media in the category Lakes." But it says "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes." The category reference is more indirect but I still think, especially with the italics which wouldn't be used in a normal sentence, that it should follow the category name. Also for commons:Category:White chocolate. With lowercase, a reader might think that lakes or white chocolocate is an article link and they should click the Commons icon for the media. That's another issue: I think we should delink the icon like {{Sister project links}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:42, 24 August 2025 (UTC)