Template talk:Plainlinks

Doremítzwr made extensive use of &lt;span class="plainlinks"&gt;, but the only place this template is used is its creator's user page. (See also Information_desk.) - -sche (discuss) 22:40, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No strong feelings. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:18, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually I quite like the idea of replacing all the &lt;span class="plainlinks"&gt; with this template (but renaming it to plainlinks per our norms). That's my feeling. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:19, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems detrimental to have large amounts of hard-coding in our entries. It serves to discourage and complicate the job of editing entries. But I don't think it is desirable to have some external links have one appearance and others another unless we have some specific intent (with consensus) and carry through on its implementation. Did Doremitzwr anywhere document or even discuss his intent with the use of &lt;span class="plainlinks"&gt;? DCDuring TALK 18:43, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Good point regarding why would we have some external links appear one way and some appear another way. That is an advantage of a template, that Special:WhatLinksHere allows you to find all uses of any template. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:56, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * This can be, and is, used for more than just external links. The software treats any link that uses single [ ] as external, but there are many cases where such links lead to some place on Wiktionary. For example, a link that allows you to edit a page by clicking on it, or one that creates a page and fills it with some pre-set content, would be considered an external link. This CSS class is used in those cases to avoid the special formatting associated with such links, as it would be inappropriate. 23:05, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you diagnose why Doremitzwr used it? Does one have to analyze the dump in order to even find its use efficiently? DCDuring TALK 00:16, 10 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Kept for lack of discussion. I doubt anyone really cares. --ElisaVan (talk) 14:33, 31 October 2013 (UTC)