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[edit] Babel

Can we use these for Babel rather than having each Wikicity doing its own? Add_Babel_templates isn't clear about it. Robin Patterson 06:14, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Yes, you can. I added that.--Pat 14:13, 4 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Problem: the Babels have [[category:]] in it, meaning you still need to create many category pages. I suggest that we either modify the Babels or create special cross-wiki Babels with syntax like:

 <table class="lang-blockN"><tr>
 <td class="lang-codeN">[[w:category:User en|en]]</td>
 <td class="lang-descriptionN">This user is a native <strong>[[w:category:User en|English speaker]]</strong>.
 </td></tr></table>

and ask each user to create a user page on Central Wikia and add themselves to the appropriate user categories.

—Danielwang 18:11, 4 Aug 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How long should we continue to say "wikicities"?

Using "{{wikicities:templatename}}" must surely confuse a few newcomers and make extra typing work for everybody. I hope a change to {{wikia:templatename}}, or similar, is on the drawing-board. Robin Patterson 02:16, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreee. --Asp 15:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Both of those work as of now, I've tested my template on various Wikia by typing in wikia: instead of wikicities: and it works. :) --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 16:07, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I changed it.--Pat 09:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)