Template talk:WikiProject Ships#DAB vs dab

See Template:WikiProject Ships/doc.

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:WPSHIPS&redirect=no This REDIRECT] to {{tl|WikiProject Ships}} needs Rcats (redirect category templates). Please modify it in the following manner:

from this:

#Redirect Template:WikiProject Ships

to this:

#Redirect Template:WikiProject Ships
{{color|red|PLEASE LEAVE THIS LINE BLANK}}
{{This is a redirect|from template shortcut|protected}}

Thank you very much! – Paine (Climax!)  03:54, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

:File:Pictogram voting question.svg Question: Why not {{tlx|R from template shortcut}}? --Redrose64 (talk) 15:13, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

::Yes, one could add the Rcats separately as in {{tlx|R from template shortcut}}{{tlx|R protected}}. The {{tlx|This is a redirect}} template (shortcut = {{tlx|Redr}}) results in an upgraded rendering of text on Diff pages, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steady-state&diff=518338524&oldid=176760043 this page]. That upgrade was made in prep for when the redirects themselves begin to render text, which is still an improvement in progress ({{phab|16323}}). – Paine (Climax!)  17:51, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

:::OK then, File:Yes check.svg Done --Redrose64 (talk) 19:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

::::Thank you, Redrose64! And a dozen or more 2ya! :File:Red roses.jpg – Paine (Climax!)  07:01, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Per this discussion, I thought to adjust this template so that WP:SHIPS could have a set index article class. At the bottom of all WP:SHIPS index articles is {{tlx|Shipindex}} which automatically categorizes these set index articles into {{cl|Set indices on ships}}. This template wants to categorize the class into {{cl|SIA-Class Ships articles}}. Is there a way to specify that {{para|class|sia}} causes this template to use the already existing 'Set indices on ships' category or to leave these articles uncategorized for {{para|class|sia}}? For the former, I suppose that we can create a category redirect. Editor MSGJ, you seem to be the expert here, can you offer suggestions?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 14:06, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

:{{ping|Trappist the monk}} {{tl|WPBM}} will always categorise into {{{class}}}-Class Ships articles so the best would be to create :Category:SIA-Class Ships articles as a subcategory of :Category:Ships articles by quality. The use of :Category:Set indices on ships would be confusing anyway because that is for subject space pages rather than talk pages. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:19, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi, on the talk page Talk:MV Span Asia 25 I added {{WikiProject Ships|class=C}}. The banner does not however display a C class for the article but B class and warns I haven't checked against the B-class criteria. I think there's a bug in the template. Jason Quinn (talk) 12:38, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

PS There's also some submersible on the back of the ship, seen in the new photo I added. Anybody have more info about what exactly that is? Is it for hull inspection? Jason Quinn (talk) 12:39, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

:I know this is almost a year later, so if there was a bug it may have been fixed. The rating criteria for WikiProject Ships is a bit stricter than for most other WikiProjects. Per the B-Class checklist documentation, Criteria Nos. 3–5 are required to be completed prior to the assignment of a "C-Class" assessment, and all five are required prior to the assignment of "B-Class". Because the B-class checklist has not been completed, the Start-class rating is forced on Talk:MV Span Asia 25. Harryboyles 03:04, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Getting multiple B-class preview warnings on talk pages with this template. {{u|MSGJ}}, is it possible you broke something with [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AWikiProject_Ships&diff=1188600010&oldid=1160676493 your edits] a couple days ago? - wolf 08:03, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

:Those B-class preview warnings are an expected result of MSGJ's change to remove B-class checklists from WikiProject templates. There was a discussion which closed with consensus to remove the B-class ratings across most WikiProjects (unless a WikiProject opted out of project-independent quality assessments altogether. - Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council § Determining the future of B-class checklists. (WikiProject Ships was notified about this proposal in October 2023). There's no immediate harm with those warnings - it's just saying that the B-class parameters are no longer recognised.Harryboyles 11:44, 30 December 2023 (UTC)