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Thanks to Tule-hog's work at Template talk:Copied#Backend rewrite, the backend of {{Afd-merged-from}} can be rewritten to invoke Module:Copied, much like the rewrite at Template talk:Merged-from#Backend rewrite. Because I have zero experience in such matters: is this a bad idea? If potentially controversial, would I ask VPT or some other venue? FWIW, consensus for rewriting {{merged-from}} was assessed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 March 12#Template:Merged-from (no consensus against rewriting the backend of the merged-from template, so long as it doesn't affect functionality). Thanks in advanced! Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 19:02, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think would make it potentially a bad idea? There's no issue with using one module for multiple templates, which is the only concern I can conceive someone potentially having. Izno (talk) 19:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Less concept- and more implementation-wise: I just don't know how much Module:Copied would need to be changed, and if adding to the module to minimize changes to Afd-merged-from is a good idea.

When I copied merged-from's code to Template:Afd-merged-from/sandbox and changed it, the results at Template:Afd-merged-from/testcases (unsurprisingly) look like {{merged-from|...|afd=...}}. This brought up three questions:

• Should I also change Module:Copied to keep the original wording of Afd-merged-from, especially The discussion was closed on {{{3}}} missing from the merged-from lookalikes?
• Invoking the module allows the template to fail more gracefully.
  • At the moment, omitting the AfD page name from {{Afd-merged-from/sandbox}} documents a normal merge unrelated to a deletion discussion. Should it instead assume the AfD page name and the merge source are the same? That is, adding {{{1}}}} to form |afd1={{{afd|{{{afd1|{{{2|{{{1}}}}}}}}}}}}?
  • Or should it instead not fail gracefully if that parameter is missing?

If I need to clarify something, please feel free to let me know. Thank you! Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 02:23, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll change as little as possible and see how it goes. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 22:47, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm hoping I'm posting in the right place. A very new editor just created Module:RandomWikiverse and I'm not sure if it's valid or just some sort of experiment because I know nothing about modules. Can someone who does know something review this page? Thank you, in advance, for your help. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:23, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it returns a randomly selected phrase from its list of phrases but seems otherwise pointless

{{#invoke:RandomWikiverse|random}} → Battle of the Pink Marshmallows (refresh this page to get another phrase)

Nothing in it seems valuable to me so can probably be deleted.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 22:31, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Module:Random could do the same thing trivially. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:32, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was created on 28th June, and remains unused. Editor hasn't edited since. Looks like a test that has been completed. It should be deleted or moved under Module:Sandbox. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 16:51, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]