Wikipedia:Requested templates
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Template for excessive details
editIP DYK nom
editHello,
Please could an autoconfirmed editor create Template:Did you know nominations/All You Need Is Death with the following text bookended with two curly brackets:
subst:NewDYKnomination | article = All You Need Is Death | status = new | hook = ... that when a prospective funder described his script for horror film All You Need Is Death as "weird and confusing", director Paul Duane chose to get the phrase tattooed on his arm and fund it himself?
- Source: Clarke, Donald (April 17, 2024). "Paul Duane: 'I sold one of my vineyards. It gave me a bit of comfort to see Coppola was doing the same thing'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
| image = | caption = | comment = | reviewed =
Cheers, 192.169.22.138 (talk) 16:20, 18 September 2025 (UTC)
Request for a New Template: Infobox Islamic Prayer (Infobox Salah)
editI would like to propose the creation of a new infobox template specifically for Islamic prayers, tentatively named Infobox Islamic Prayer or Infobox Salah. This template would be extremely useful for the many Wikipedia articles related to Islamic prayers, including:
- The five daily obligatory prayers: Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha
- Jumu‘ah (Friday) prayer
- Funeral prayer (Salat al-Janazah)
- Eid prayers
- Voluntary and special prayers such as Tahajjud, Duha, Fajr nafl prayer, Witr, Tarawih, Istikhara, Salat al-Tawbah, Rain prayer (Salat al-Istisqa)
- Eclipse prayer (Salat al-Kusuf / Khusuf)
- Sign prayer (Salat al-ayat)
- And many more
Currently, there is no dedicated infobox that caters to the unique characteristics of Islamic prayers. A standardized template would improve consistency, accessibility, and the presentation of detailed information across all related articles.
Suggested Parameters
editGeneral Parameters
edit- name: Common English name of the prayer
- native_name: Arabic or local script
- meaning: Literal or religious meaning of the prayer's name
- image: Representative image (optional)
- image_caption: Caption for the image
- description: Brief explanation or significance of the prayer
Islamic Prayer-Specific Parameters
edit- type: Obligatory (Fard), recommended (Sunnah prayer), voluntary (Nafl), etc.
- sub_type: Fard ‘Ayn, Fard Kifayah, Sunnah Mu’akkadah, Sunnah Ghair Mu’akkadah, Nafl, etc.
- rakaah_units: Number of Rak'a (units)
- sunnah_units_before: Number of recommended rak'as before the main prayer
- sunnah_units_after: Number of recommended rak'as after the main prayer
- occurrence/occasion: When the prayer is performed (daily, special occasion, festival, event)
- time_of_day: Specific time window (e.g., Fajr: dawn, Duha: mid-morning)
- start_time: Earliest permissible time
- end_time: Latest permissible time
- loud_or_silent: Whether the recitation is aloud or silent
- congregational_status: Whether it can be prayed in congregation or individually
- preferred_place: Ideal location for prayer (e.g., mosque, musalla, home)
- number_of_takbirs: Especially for prayers like Eid, Janazah, or special voluntary prayers
- number_of_ruku: Special prayers like eclipse prayer, sign prayer
- khutbah_required: Whether a sermon is delivered, and if so, whether before or after the prayer
- unique_elements: Any distinguishing features of the prayer (e.g., extra takbirs in Eid, extra rukus in eclipse prayer, 5 rukus in sign prayer)
- reason_for_special_prayer: Purpose or cause for the prayer (e.g., Istisqa for rain, Janazah for funeral)
Additional Notes
editThis infobox should be flexible enough to accommodate both regular daily prayers and rare or voluntary prayers with unique characteristics. It would standardize the presentation of key details such as timing, rak'as, special elements, and ritual specifics, which are currently scattered or inconsistently presented across different articles.
If creating a new template is not possible, these parameters could be added to any existing infobox intended for religious practices. However, due to the unique requirements of Islamic prayers—including their number of rak'as, variations across schools of thought, congregation rules, timing windows, and unique elements—a separate, dedicated infobox is strongly recommended. Inu06 (talk) 06:14, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
I feel like there are enough games for a navigation box would be useful.
2600:8800:97:E200:8190:3FB8:823D:7A2F (talk) 08:34, 22 October 2025 (UTC)
Template for a 'rejected draft'
editPlease create an inline template, similar in style to {{Not done}}, and include in the template documentation which is transcluded to the various inline check mark templates. Consider, for example, if the template is named 'Rejected draft' that a short version 'rd' might be created as an alias/redirect.
A likely major use will be on WP:AFCHD 🇵🇸🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦🇵🇸 09:24, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
Template for “Wikipedia editors are volunteers”
editI would like to request a new user warning talk page template similar to things such as uw-vandalism, uw-warn, etc, to remind users that Wikipedia editors are volunteers, not employees, to be used when people make comments such as “do your job,” “you’re not doing your job properly,” or similar remarks implying that editors are paid staff. My proposed name for it is {{uw-notpaid}}, and I have created an example for what it could look like here. SuperCode111 (talk) 23:00, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
BOLD template
editI would like to request a template called {{BOLD}}. Template draft and more info are available here. Thanks! SeaDragon1 (talk) 16:14, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Request to add Billboard Colombia Hot 100 to Template:Single chart
editTemplate request: Add Billboard Colombia Hot 100 I kindly request the addition of the new music chart Billboard Colombia Hot 100 to the module that manages the parameters used by the {{Single chart}} template.
Colombia now has its own official weekly ranking published by Billboard; however, the module currently does not include an entry for this chart, which prevents its use within chart performance tables in song or artist articles.
The request is to add a new entry to the module, similar to those already existing for other national Billboard charts (e.g., Billboard Argentina Hot 100).
Thank you in advance for reviewing this request and for any technical assistance in implementing it.
Suggestion for block templates
editI'm regularly active on the Requests for Unblock pages and we're steadily getting more and more AI-generated appeals - whilst I haven't run the data (since that's no way to definitely confirm this), it certainly feels like a good 50% of the appeals come from ChatGPT and not the blocked editor. The issue isn't going away, it's getting worse as AI is becoming more prevalent.
In view of the existing guidelines and essays which discourage AI-use on Talk pages in general and unblock requests in particular (e.g. Wikipedia:NICETRY & Wikipedia:LLMTALK), it's high time that we add a warning to the block template(s) asking editors not to use AI to generate their appeals since these are usually immediately declined.
Whilst I appreciate that this may not be read by everyone (along with the main WP:GAB article), it'll save us a lot of time even in those cases. Instead of writing a post explaining the issue and manually linking to NICETRY over and over again, can we please add a single sentence to explain that AI-generated appeals will not be accepted with a link to NICETRY?
Whilst there are multiple block templates, the one where we see this most often is Template:Uw-spamublock - for hopefully obvious reasons.
I would suggest a line to say "Please do not use AI, LLM or chatbots to write your appeal - please see WP:NICETRY for details." This could be anywhere you feel appropriate, but again I'm happy to give specific details on an appropriate location if needed.
If you think this is reasonable, I'll also be happy to provide other templates that could do with this being added (although I'd prefer this be added to all appealable block templates, I understand if this isn't possible).
I really hope I've brought this to the right forum, if not could you please let me know how best to proceed? Blue Sonnet (talk) 05:14, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
Need a template/module that returns the number of unique internal links on a page, given a namespace (e.g. 0 for mainspace)
editAkin to {{NUMBEROFSECTIONS}}, I'd like to have a template called {{NUMBEROFUNIQUELINKS}}.
To get the number of unique mainspace links on a page, in this example, a WikiProject report page, the code would look like:
{{NUMBEROFUNIQUELINKS|Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/OldIssues|0}}or{{NUMBEROFUNIQUELINKS|Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/OldIssues|ns=0}}
The default for ns would be for "all namespaces", returning the number of all unique pages that are linked.
If unique links to a multiple number of namespaces are desired in the result, the code would look like either
{{NUMBEROFUNIQUELINKS|pagename|0|1}}or{{NUMBEROFUNIQUELINKS|pagename|ns=0|ns2=1}}
My particular need for this is to obtain the number of unique articles (in the form of internal links) returned in the results of a {{Database report}} on a page. I use such reports to create specialized lists of issues in articles. With the number returned, I can use it to demonstrate when a backlog exists, or for comparing the number of articles affected between different types of issues (useful for backlog ordering), or for comparing the number of articles affected by a particular type of issue between different WikiProjects.
I assume this will require an underlying module. (I'd write this myself but my experience with module code is next to zero at this point.)
I have asked for something like this in the Community Wishlist, but it has been marked as "Community opportunity".
Stefen 𝕋ower's got the power!!1! Gab • Gruntwerk 20:27, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
- I would encourage the specification be changed slightly to stay in numbered parameters to allow for multiple namespaces to be specified, so
{{NUMBEROFUNIQUELINKS|Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/OldIssues|0|1}}would return the number of unique links from both the article: and talk: namespaces. VanIsaac, GHTV contrabout 20:42, 29 November 2025 (UTC)- Done great idea. Stefen 𝕋ower's got the power!!1! Gab • Gruntwerk 21:41, 29 November 2025 (UTC)