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Special:Contributions link

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– This is a link to the discussion taking place at Template talk:Unsigned#Is Special:Contributions necessary? — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 20:54, 3 September 2021‎ (UTC)[reply]

Closed. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 06:12, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 18 September 2022

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I would like to replace the tags with tags, to match that of {{subst:Unsigned}} (see Special:Diff/989618168):

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— CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 20:23, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: This template's code is simpler. I have reverted a convoluted edit to {{Unsigned}} by a controversial editor (which was followed by a good-faith edit to clean it up instead of a revert) so that these two templates are matched again. Thanks for noticing this inconsistency. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:29, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 25 October 2024

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Description of suggested change: This is a duplicate request to another for {{unsigned}}. That request was declined, after (correctly) noting that prepended space chars for usernames are ignored by both [[User:<user>]] and [[Special:Contributions/<user>]].

However for some reason, the automatic removal of a prepended space char does not seem to apply to IP addresses in [[Special:Contributions/<IP user>]] links. Compare (the corrected unsigned IP links at) newer edit with (my not working unsigned IP links in) older edit for a wide swath of examples.

To pick out an example, see the signature for the comment "I am sure Accenture would be bigger than SAP." User:_144.36.234.188 works as expected, while Special:Contributions/_144.36.234.188 does not (observe the correct Special:Contributions/144.36.234.188 has entries). Because copying and pasting Wikipedia link text tends to include a leading space, this certainly has affected a few of my previous manual signing edits, and I worry it may affect other pages as well; since this is a subst template, I'm not sure CX Zoom's fix will address older errors.

Diff:

From:

{{{1<noinclude>|Example</noinclude>}}}

To:

{{{{{|safesubst:}}}trim|{{{1<noinclude>|Example</noinclude>}}}}}}}

Tule-hog (talk) 20:20, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unless there is a developer use-case for the leading space in IP addresses, maybe this belongs at phab:? Tule-hog (talk) 20:35, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I submitted T378357, but bugs sometimes take years to get fixed. Unless there are any objections, I recommend adding {{trim}} to this template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done I took a look at the code to see how easy it would be to trim the IP address in Special:Contribs, and it looked like it wasn't a quick fix, so let's go! * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:45, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Template:Subst:Unsigned IP" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Template:Subst:Unsigned IP has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 May 25 § Template:Subst:Unsigned IP until a consensus is reached. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 05:21, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]