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Latest revision as of 00:03, 30 July 2014

Comments or questions on any Wiki page can be brought up in the Wiki updates forum topic.

Template documentation

This template provides a box displaying a link to the Wiki forum. It is designed to go on the bottom of pages (or top of talk pages) with an expectation of a high number of user questions.

Usage

Place {{ForumLink}} on a page where this message box is desired. The template is designed to automatically decode as many of the parameters as possible, but a few require being named in the template. The default condition with no parameters will send the user to the general forum on Wiki updates.

Any of the following (simplified syntax):

{{ForumLink | search-linktext }}

{{ForumLink | topicid-wikiforum }}

{{ForumLink | link-text | topicid-wikiforum }}

{{ForumLink | forumid=nnn | search-linktext | topicid }}

{{ForumLink | lang=aa | forumid=nnn | linktext | topicid }}

{{ForumLink | forum=url }}

Parameters

forum

Optional parameter. The value is a URL to the Waze forum topic thread that covers a discussion of the wiki page that uses this template.

forumid

Optional parameter. If the target Waze forum is not the Wiki forum, the forumid value can be entered. This also requires a |topicid= value.

Examples

{{ForumLink|forum=http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=98195}}

will generate the following:

Comments or questions on this page can be brought up in this forum.

{{ForumLink}}

will generate the following:

Comments or questions on any Wiki page can be brought up in the Wiki updates forum topic.

{{ForumLink|New Page - WME Chat|89344}}</wikilink>

generates:

You can bring up comments or questions about this in New Page - WME Chat forum topic.

{{ForumLink|Go to the first topic in New Jersey's forum, guys!|forumid=249}}

generates:

You can bring up comments or questions about this in Go to the first topic in New Jersey's forum, guys! forum topic.

Category added

No category is added to pages with this template.

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 | style = background: #cadceb;
 | text  = {{#if: {{{forum|}}}
-       | Please discuss or ask about this Wiki page in the following forum: [{{{forum}}}]
+       | Comments or questions on this page can be brought up in [{{{forum}}} this forum].
        | {{#if: {{{topicid|}}}
-       | You can bring up comments or questions about this at [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewtopic.php?f={{{forumid|276}}}&t={{{topicid}}} {{nobr|'''''{{{text|{{{1|this}}}}}}''' forum topic''}}].
+       | {{Anchor|ForumLink via topicid}}You can bring up comments or questions about this at [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewtopic.php?f={{{forumid|276}}}&t={{{topicid}}} {{nobr|'''''{{{text|{{{1|this}}}}}}''' forum topic''}}].
     |{{#if: {{{text|}}}
-       | Comments or questions on this page can be brought up in the [https://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/search.php?keywords={{urlencode:{{{forum}}}}}&terms=all&sv=0&fid%5B%5D={{{forumid|276}}}&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search {{nobr|'''''{{{text}}}''' forum topic''}}].
+       | {{Anchor|ForumLink via text}}Comments or questions on this page can be brought up in the [https://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/search.php?keywords={{urlencode:{{{forum}}}}}&terms=all&sv=0&fid%5B%5D={{{forumid|276}}}&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search {{nobr|'''''{{{text}}}''' forum topic''}}].
      |{{#if: {{{2|}}}
-       | You can bring up comments or questions about this in [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewtopic.php?f={{{forumid|276}}}&t={{{2}}} {{nobr|'''''{{{1|'''this'''}}}''' forum topic''}}].
+       | {{Anchor|ForumLink via 2}}You can bring up comments or questions about this in [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewtopic.php?f={{{forumid|276}}}&t={{{2}}} {{nobr|'''''{{{1|'''this'''}}}''' forum topic''}}].
      |{{#if: {{{1|}}}
        | {{#ifexpr: {{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|{{#expr:{{{1}}}}}|1|0}} <!--if numeric-->
-             | Please bring up comments or questions about this in [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewtopic.php?f={{{forumid|276}}}&t={{{1}}} {{nobr|''this forum topic''}}].
+             | {{Anchor|ForumLink via 1-numeric|n{{{1}}}n}}Please bring up comments or questions about this in [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewtopic.php?f={{{forumid|276}}}&t={{#replace:{{{1}}}}} {{nobr|''this forum topic''}}].
-             | <!--non-numeric, invoke search--> Please bring up comments or questions on this page in the [https://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/search.php?keywords={{urlencode:{{{1}}}}}&terms=all&sv=0&fid%5B%5D={{{forumid|276}}}&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search {{nobr|'''''{{{1}}}''' forum topic''}}].
+             | <!--non-numeric, invoke search--> {{Anchor|ForumLink via 1-alpha}}Please bring up comments or questions on this page in the [https://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/search.php?keywords={{urlencode:{{{1}}}}}&terms=all&sv=0&fid%5B%5D={{{forumid|276}}}&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search {{nobr|'''''{{{1}}}''' forum topic''}}].
              <!--close single positional parameter text or number-->}}
-       |<!--else default!-->Comments or questions on any Wiki page can be brought up in the [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewforum.php?f={{{forumid|276}}} ''{{#if: {{{forumid|}}}this|'''Wiki{{nbsp}}updates'''}}{{nbsp}}forum{{nbsp}}topic''].
+       |<!--else default!-->{{Anchor|ForumLink via default}}Comments or questions on any Wiki page can be brought up in the [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewforum.php?f={{{forumid|276}}} ''{{#if: {{{forumid|}}}this|'''Wiki{{nbsp}}updates'''}}{{nbsp}}forum{{nbsp}}topic''].
          <!--close innermost 'if:' we have 1 positional/else no parameters default-->}}
      <!--close case of have 2 positional/else 1 or default-->}}

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