Template:Whoops/doc
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Use with extreme caution. {{Whoops}} typically goes at the very top of an article, intending to guide the reader to a different article. There are few ways to do this cleverly and many ways that make the article worse. New editors who want the first word, and use {{Whoops}} to present a pun/insult before the article has begun to tell its story, will attract administrative attention they probably do not want. |
Description
This template helpfully insults the intelligence of people who might be looking for a different article.
Proper usage
Example:
{{Whoops|Article title}}
which produces
Multiple links
This template supports anywhere from one to five entries. To add more, just do it like this:
{{Whoops|Article title|Page name|Okay, we get it now|This joke isn't funny anymore|I WILL KILL YOU}}
This produces:
Alternate text
You may also use the l1, l2, l3, l4, and l5 parameter(s) to provide alternate text for your link(s). Example:
{{Whoops|Saturn is a Lying Bitch|l1=a lying bitch}}
Which gives you:
The number corresponds to the index of the unnamed parameter you used for the link, i.e. the first link address corresponds with l1.
Improper usage
Once upon a time it was only possible to use one entry per usage of the template, so pages tended to get spammed with several instances of {{Whoops}}. If you see a page with multiple instances of this template, please eliminate unfunny ones and condense them into single templates. If you have to have more than five links, you're probably[1] doing it wrong.
- ↑ Definitely!
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Helpfully insults the intelligence of people who might be looking for a different article.
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