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Archive 1
Moved from Template talk:Find video game sources
 – * Pppery * it has begun... 17:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

The "news" link hasn't been working for a while. Instead of updating it to match the normal {{find sources}} template, what do you think about scrapping it altogether? The point of this template is the quick link to the RS search, which is included with the {{VG deletion}} delsort template (which also needs to be updated). czar · · 14:41, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Request for proper capitalization

For proper capitalization, could someone please edit Module:Find sources/templates/Find sources to change "highbeam" to "HighBeam" and "wikipedia" to "Wikipedia"? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 18:47, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

 Done — xaosflux Talk 19:08, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Google

Is there any reason that Module:Find sources/links/google sets the results per page to 50 instead of the user’s preference (or if it’s by design, why not 100)? Also, can we document the as_eq parameter with a link to say, this documentation? —LLarson (said & done) 16:33, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

 Done Having waited a sufficient amount of time with no objections, I removed the 50-results-per-page parameter from the Google search. —LLarson (said & done) 03:49, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Regarding the latest revision to this template

Moved from Template talk:Find sources mainspace
 – * Pppery * it has begun... 01:10, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Regarding this revision, “‹ The template below (Find sources mainspace) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. ›” can be seen in the template itself and on pages which use it, such as Ping (video gaming). Shouldn’t it be surrounded with <noinclude> tags?
―PapíDimmi (talk | contribs) 19:40, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Way too late, but no, it is intentional for TfD tags to show up on uses. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 22:41, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

The purpose of this edit is to provide increased privacy and security for users by having the Module:Find sources/links/jstor template generate an HTTPS link to JSTOR instead of the current HTTP link. The JSTOR search URL appears to support HTTPS. In Module:Find sources/links/jstor, please change http://www.jstor.org/ to https://www.jstor.org/ instead. --Elegie (talk) 05:53, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

@Elegie:  Done -- John of Reading (talk) 06:11, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Update Google Images to use new-style URL and forced HTTPS

I switched the Google Image search format string to a newer format at Module:Find sources/links/google free images/sandbox, and was hoping for it to be applied to Module:Find sources/links/google free images.

The current template uses the old-style Google image search URL format, with google.com/image?tbm=isch instead of google.com/search?tbm=isch. Currently the old format redirects to the new format, but I think it would be better to just use the new format to avoid any broken links in the future. Also, the protocol-relative URL scheme is now obsolete so I changed it to use https:// instead. If this is applied and works out I might make some similar changes to the other Google URLs. Thanks, Habst (talk) 15:04, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Done — JJMC89 (T·C) 17:25, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
@Habst: Thank you for the edit request! Fixes like these are very welcome. (And of course thank you to JJMC89 for carrying it out. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 12:30, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Highbeam removed

Moved from Template talk:Find video game sources
 – * Pppery * it has begun... 17:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

I've removed the Highbeam link from the template, as the service is no longer working - see https://www.questia.com/hbr-welcome for the public statement. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:41, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Some google searches using this module have "-wikipedia" at the end

I've noticed an issue occurring with Template:Find sources mainspace that I believe originates with this module..
An example of what is occurring:
On this diff you can see Template:Article for deletion/dated at the top. The first two Find sources links search with "-wikipedia" included in the search term, which seems to negatively affect the results coming back.
I'm hoping that someone may know what is wrong so that this can be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanstrat (talk • contribs) 02:09, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

RfC of potential interest

Moved from Template talk:Find sources mainspace
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An RfC is underway that interested "watchers of this page" wound enhance by participating, I hope that many will! The discussion is located at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle#RfC regarding "Ambox generated" maintenance tags that recommend the inclusion of additional sources. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 07:05, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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