Template talk:Always substitute

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yesnomaybe=never should not place templates in Category:Wikipedia substituted templates

Courtesy ping to Harryboyles from Template_talk:WikiProject_Politics#Why is this template in Category:Wikipedia substituted templates?. ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 13:59, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 4 September 2025: Use semantic markup (bold → strong, italics → em)

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This renders the same visually, but adds additional cues for accessibility, e.g. a screen reader can use a different voice.

Specifically:

Change all instances of '''...''' to <strong>...</strong>
Change all instances of ''...'' to <em>...</em>

I put this change on the sandbox. I also added test cases for |yesnomaybe=.

— W.andrea (talk) 14:10, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I support this change fwiw. FaviFake (talk) 14:56, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 11:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Streamline wording

The notice is too complex for such a simple message. There's no other way to substitute a template other than to use "subst:"", so there's so need to use i.e., . I propose changing it from this:

to this {{Always substitute/sandbox}}:

With this change, the bolding would also be consistent with similar templates such as {{Substitution}}:

This template should {{{1}}} be substituted.

Thoughts? FaviFake (talk) 22:55, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My thoughts would be that one thing I've learned over the years is that verbs that end in "ing" tend to be on the weak side, so I usually avoid them in order to strengthen verbiage, especially wording that shows people what to do. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 11:15, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I like your version! FaviFake (talk) 13:40, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, and thank you very much! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 21:13, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]