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Automatic insertion date

This has happened a few times this week. The text in the code in this edit reads "<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citation needed|<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources.&#32;(February {{subst:2022}})">citation needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>" but the body of the article reads "[[Category:Articles with unsourced statements from February {{subst:2022}}]][citation needed]". What's going on here? Kire1975 (talk) 02:01, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

The code didn't work out there either. I'll try to fix it later, but something's up with the visual editor. Kire1975 (talk) 02:02, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Use {{Citation needed|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} }} or {{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} of {{Citation needed}} and leave it to a bot. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:28, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

@Kire1975: I suspect what happened is that you entered {{citation needed|date={{subst:February}} {{subst:2022}}}}. Because it seems somewhat common for people to misunderstand the instruction to use {{Citation needed|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} as meaning they should insert the current month and year instead of actually using the CURRENTMONTHNAME and CURRENTYEAR magic words, we have templates such as Template:February and Template:2023 that will produce the right result when substed. However, it seems like you may have used 2022 rather than the current year of 2023, and (as has been common practice) Template:2022 was deleted in January since it's no longer the current year. Thus the {{subst:2022}} remains in the wikitext. Anomie⚔ 13:32, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Template:Inline cleanup tags

For some reason the {{Inline cleanup tags}} template does not display on the mobile version of Wikipedia. That list of inline templates is quite valuable when editing and, when it was "hard-coded" into the documentation, could be consulted easily. Any ideas how to get that navbox to appear regardless of one's device or wikiskin? Thanks! — SpikeToronto 22:47, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

@SpikeToronto: It's not specific to Inline cleanup tags, it's because it's a navbox. Navboxes don't display on mobile, this is a controversial design feature that goes back years and apparently we're stuck with it. See phab:T124168. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:37, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Link problem?

Resolved

Under "when not to use" there is a link reading "list of inline templates" that goes nowhere when I click it. I spent many minutes looking for what I needed, and if this link had done what I expected, from its wording and context, I would have found my answers much more quickly. I assume some editors are thrown off a track of intended edits at the point at which I persisted, so if there's a fix to be done, I hope someone with the ability will do so. The page is locked for editing for me.

Specifically, I suggest that the link point to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Inline_Templates (and in particular to the List of Inline Templates subsection). Al Begamut (talk) 16:43, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

That section was removed, but the in-page section link was left behind. I have adjusted the link. Thanks for the note. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:14, 30 September 2023 (UTC)