Template:Find substed/sandbox
 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Find substed (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
 | This template is rated as beta, and is ready for widespread use. It is still new and should be used with some caution to ensure the results are as expected. |
Generate a Cirrus search url that returns pages containing the name of a given substed template, as long as the template places its own name on the page embedded in a hidden comment, as for example, the user warning templates do.
Usage
[edit]{{Find substed}}
{{fsubst|Template name}}
{{fsubst|Some string|sns=Help talk}}
Parameters
[edit]There are three optional parameters:
|1=– name of template or string to search for (optional; default = {{PAGENAME}}; i.e., name of page where it appears)|ns=– namespace name of template or string (optional; default = {{NAMESPACE}}; i.e., namespace name of the page where it appears)|sns=– search namespace: what namespace to search for this template (optional; default =User talk)
When used with no parameters, it searches the User talk space for hidden text containing the name of the page it is transcluded on.
Examples
[edit]{{find substed}}→ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=User+talk%3A+insource%3A%22Find+substed%2Fsandbox%22+insource%3A%2F%5C%3C%21--+%2ATemplate%3A%5BfF%5Dind+substed%2Fsandbox+%2A--%3E%2F&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=1{{find substed|uw-vandalism4}}→ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=User+talk%3A+insource%3A%22uw-vandalism4%22+insource%3A%2F%5C%3C%21--+%2ATemplate%3A%5BuU%5Dw-vandalism4+%2A--%3E%2F&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=1{{fsubst|uw-spam4im}}→ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=User+talk%3A+insource%3A%22uw-spam4im%22+insource%3A%2F%5C%3C%21--+%2ATemplate%3A%5BuU%5Dw-spam4im+%2A--%3E%2F&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=1{{find substed|polltop|sns=Help talk}}→ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Help+talk%3A+insource%3A%22polltop%22+insource%3A%2F%5C%3C%21--+%2ATemplate%3A%5BpP%5Dolltop+%2A--%3E%2F&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=1
Notes
[edit]Method
[edit]This template generates a Cirrus search url that returns pages containing a template name embedded in Html hidden text delimiters, i.e., the page must contain the following hidden text label:
- <!-- Template:Foo bar -->
where the template being searched for is 'Foo bar' (if param 1 = Foo bar, otherwise, {{PAGENAME}}). The Html begin and end delimiters must be exactly as shown, and there may be any number of blank spaces (zero or more) between the delimiter and the Template name, front and back. There may not be any other content between the delimiters.
Performance and timeout
[edit]This template uses Cirrus regular expression search, which can be slow for queries that return a great many results, and may time out after 20 seconds, usually with a partial result set returned. If the query times out or doesn't produce as many results as you believe it should, you may be able to produce more results by trying again at a time when the server is under less load.