Module talk:Find sources

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Template-protected edit request on 12 December 2022

Moved from Module talk:Find sources/links

– * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:38, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change "WP Library" to "TWL" as it is the more common term (see reference page). Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 21:28, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just as a passing comment: TWL is a lot unclearer for me as someone who knows nothing about The Wikipedia Library. TWL is just another TLA on wikipedia (of many) whereas at least you can gather that WP Library stands for Wikipedia Librabry even if you have a passing knowledge of Wikipedia. Terasail ^[✉️] 22:27, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why not spell it out in full as "Wikipedia Library" or "The Wikipedia Library"? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:38, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Going ahead with this, because the tooltip for when a mouse hovers gives away "The Wikipedia Library", and "TWL" is more consistent with the other source-link initialisms. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 17:44, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 6 January 2023

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Add to Category:Articles for deletion templates as it is used at Template:Afd2. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 06:39, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You need to specify what template you want the category added to. Presuming you mean Template:Find general sources (the target of Template:Find sources AfD), I'm not convinced it belongs in that category since its used for far more than AfD discussions. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:35, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 16 March 2023

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Description of suggested change: Change the link for the "WP refs" link to the one used in WP:RSSE. Much more accurate than the current one (which as an example, the current one, when searching "Euro Truck Simulator 2", has a top result for "download.com" to "download" the game, as opposed to the RSSE one which has the top result of the game's page on Metacritic) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 01:09, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have the list of domains searched by the RSSE google custom search? The existing one lists 496 sites, and the list is open to view to anyone. I don't think we should change it to any list that isn't transparent about what is being searched. If it's already there, maybe I didn't see it; can you point me to it? Mathglot (talk) 10:28, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe the existing one is actively maintained. Is there an issue with one that isn't transparent about what's being searched? It says its limited to those published by "well-known reliable sources", but I"ve asked on the talk page about what sources are specifically used. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:53, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit template-protected}} template. Barkeep has answered there. Consider further whether that's the set of pages you'd like to search. Izno (talk) 18:48, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 12 May 2023

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add google with brave search and sci hub Baratiiman (talk) 08:15, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: 1. We will not be linking to Sci Hub. 2. We already have one Google search. I don't see a reason to use a second. Izno (talk) 22:19, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

but google and bing dont work in my country only brave Baratiiman (talk) 17:07, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 3 August 2023

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Add Reuters and AP search as link codes to the Find sources module. There is some discussion on this change at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Replace nyt with reuters; while the proposal to replace NYT with Reuters is clearly controversial, there seems to be less controversy with adding it (and/or the Associated Press) as an option, and in either case having them available as a link codes would be a prerequisite.

I believe adding the following to the code in Module:Find sources/links should work (though I'd appreciate a double check; also as far as I know news wires are not italicized as titles the way newspapers are, but again, a double check on language and formatting would be appreciated):

	["ap"] = {
		url = 'https://apnews.com/search?q=$1',
		display = "Associated Press",
		description = "The [[Associated Press]], an American news agency",
	},

	["reuters"] = {
		url = 'https://www.reuters.com/site-search/?query=$1',
		display = "Reuters",
		description = "[[Reuters]], an international news agency",
	},

In addition, the link codes table in Module:Find sources/doc needs to be updated if this change is made, though the documentation does not appear to be template protected so I am happy to make said change myself. Thanks! Dylnuge ^{(Talk • Edits)} 00:25, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not opposed, but imho, this isn't the sort of thing that should just be added to the module as a simple response to an edit request (although I think it's fine to request it that way), but by broader consensus, as this would have a wide impact. Mathglot (talk) 08:22, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]