MediaWiki talk:Duplicate-defaultsort

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Could a colon be placed after the double left-brackets and before the word "Category" so that the page does not appear in the Category? It should be Category:Pages with DEFAULTSORT conflicts. Thank you.

JimCubb (talk) 19:07, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That wouldn't properly fix it, it would just remove all pages from the category. The correct fix would be [[<noinclude>:</noinclude>Category:Pages with DEFAULTSORT conflicts]] or <includeonly>[[Category:Pages with DEFAULTSORT conflicts]]</includeonly>. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{(Dinoguy1000)} 19:16, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I sit corrected. Could that change be made?

JimCubb (talk) 19:32, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki pages do not behave in the same manner as normal pages: it is confusing to think of this message as being 'transcluded' onto pages. The message is parsed by the interface in a completley different process. I will investigate on another wiki to see if the includeonly tags function on this message, as there is no guarrantee that they will. Happy‑melon 19:50, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]