Template talk:new surname

Template:en-surname
What is the relationship of this template to ? Which of the two templates would be preferable for English surnames? Also, puts the English surnames to Category:English surnames rather than Category:Surnames. --Daniel Polansky 14:00, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Full language names or just prefixes in Surname categories ?
Hmm, first lets clear up what we want de:Surnames or German:Surnames, and i get confused because i see Category:de:Surnames as being inside Category:Surnames but its not listed as subcategory there. Let's decide for one scheme and then also treat English the same like any other. I would prefer to use lang prefixes and have en:Surnames, de:Surnames, etc, all as subcategories of Surnames: Mutante 14:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

There is also Category:de:Surnames and Category:German surnames. Lets decide which ones we keep and which we move. Mutante 14:18, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * As Surnames is not a PoS heading, and a German Surname can be used in English I feel that Category:de:Surnames is the way to go. Conrad.Irwin 14:29, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Category:German surnames is correct, as is Category:English surnames. Category:de:Surnames would be "German words about the topic of surnames". The word is a surname, not about surnames. Robert Ullmann 14:41, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

This page does not have a language statement
Using this approach to include a complete page in a template makes adding new pages really fast and easy but causes this minor problem: This page does not have a ==language== statement will be added to the pages by AutoFormat even though the heading is included.


 * This template should be subst:ed I have updated the example at the top of the page, this will fix the format - though it isn't ideal for usabilty (I know of no way around this problem at the moment) Conrad.Irwin 14:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The template has to be designed to be subst'd. (and should be called or the like).  shuld be the definition line template. All headers are required to be in the wikitext. Robert Ullmann 14:41, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Didn't work
I attempted to create a Norwegian section at Ruud. It didn't work very well. __meco 18:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm, no should work. I'll give it a go. Conrad.Irwin 18:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Now fixed. Conrad.Irwin 18:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * If you applied no, that syntax does not conform to the documentation in this page. __meco 19:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Surname
Shouldn't this now use ? Mglovesfun (talk) 16:54, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

RFD discussion
Superseded.

"Shouldn't this now use ? Mglovesfun (talk) 16:54, 29 December 2009 (UTC)"
 * - from Template talk:new surname

TeleComNasSprVen (talk) 23:21, 20 December 2013 (UTC)


 * It seems the documentation is wrong. This template, when substed, creates an entire language section. is only the definition line. --WikiTiki89 23:29, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Is there a reason to delete this that anyone can think of? Mglovesfun (talk) 22:12, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Kept TeleComNasSprVen (talk) 19:43, 29 December 2013 (UTC)