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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:

Please discuss or ask about this Wiki page in the following forum: [1]

{{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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 | type  = forum
 | style = background: #cadceb;
-| text  = {{#if: {{{topicid|}}}
+| text  = {{#if: {{{forum|}}}
-       | You can bring up comments or questions about this at [http://www.waze.com/{{{lang|}}}/forum/viewtopic.php?f={{{forumid|276}}}&t={{{topicid}}} {{nobr|'''''{{{forum|{{{1|this}}}}}}''' forum topic''}}].
+      | Please discuss or ask about this Wiki page in the following forum: [{{{forum}}}]
-    |{{#if: {{{forum|}}}
+      | {{#if: {{{topicid|}}}
-       | 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|'''''{{{forum}}}''' forum topic''}}].
+       | 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''}}].
      |{{#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''}}].
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      <!--close case have forum parameter (but no id)/else check positionals-->}}
-     <!--close 1st if: have id parameter (and possible forum)/else check forum alone-->}}
+     <!--close if: have id parameter (and possible forum)/else check forum alone-->}}
+    <!-- close first if (using original forum parameter-->}}
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