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Hey I saw you were able to make it so infoboxes displayed the identifier-less title for pages with identifiers, without the need for the |title= parameter. How did you manage to do that exactly? (and does this mean we can get rid of |title= entirely?) [[User:Somethingone|Somethingone]] ([[User talk:Somethingone|talk]]) 06:38, April 25, 2022 (EDT) | Hey I saw you were able to make it so infoboxes displayed the identifier-less title for pages with identifiers, without the need for the |title= parameter. How did you manage to do that exactly? (and does this mean we can get rid of |title= entirely?) [[User:Somethingone|Somethingone]] ([[User talk:Somethingone|talk]]) 06:38, April 25, 2022 (EDT) | ||
:I did this by deploying {{tem|PAGETITLE}} as a drop-in replacement for <code><nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki></code>. There's no need to get rid of the <code>title</code> parameter, as there are [[e-Reader|still]] [[N64 Rainbow Road|some]] [[Panel Challenge (Advanced)|cases]] where it's needed, but those instances are now much rarer. --{{User:Porplemontage/sig}} 09:07, April 25, 2022 (EDT) | :I did this by deploying {{tem|PAGETITLE}} as a drop-in replacement for <code><nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki></code>. There's no need to get rid of the <code>title</code> parameter, as there are [[e-Reader|still]] [[N64 Rainbow Road|some]] [[Panel Challenge (Advanced)|cases]] where it's needed, but those instances are now much rarer. --{{User:Porplemontage/sig}} 09:07, April 25, 2022 (EDT) | ||
== Regarding the ''Mario Kart'' console abbreviation title thing == | |||
Okay, so I finally have a grasp on how I should argue for doing away with console abbreviations on titles of ''Mario Kart'' courses. | |||
Take a look at [[Talk:Tour Tokyo Blur#Naming convention for these "MK8 version" articles|this op-ed analysis]] by {{User|Ahemtoday}}, where they argue, in summary, that the current titles for the variations of ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' courses returning in the [[Booster Course Pass]] are too confusing to use as article titles because a potential reader wouldn't guess that the article at, say, the [[Tokyo Blur]] title is actually one of four ''Mario Kart Tour'' variations, and that the article at the [[Tour Tokyo Blur]] title is for the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' variation. | |||
I now realize that another good example comes to mind: the Donut Plains race courses from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. Currently they're located at "SNES Donut Plains [number]", which is technically correct. However, there are also the articles located at "Donut Plains [number]" for the names of specific levels in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Since ''Super Mario World'' and ''Super Mario Kart'' are both SNES games, the "SNES" part could refer to either set of subjects, meaning they should receive proper disambiguation instead of forcing new readers to potentially do a double-take. | |||
Thoughts worth considering perhaps. {{User:Archivist Toadette/sig}} 00:08, May 14, 2022 (EDT) | |||
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Hey I saw you were able to make it so infoboxes displayed the identifier-less title for pages with identifiers, without the need for the |title= parameter. How did you manage to do that exactly? (and does this mean we can get rid of |title= entirely?) Somethingone (talk) 06:38, April 25, 2022 (EDT)
- I did this by deploying {{PAGETITLE}} as a drop-in replacement for
{{PAGENAME}}. There's no need to get rid of thetitleparameter, as there are still some cases where it's needed, but those instances are now much rarer. --Steve (talk)
09:07, April 25, 2022 (EDT)
Regarding the Mario Kart console abbreviation title thing
Okay, so I finally have a grasp on how I should argue for doing away with console abbreviations on titles of Mario Kart courses.
Take a look at this op-ed analysis by Ahemtoday (talk), where they argue, in summary, that the current titles for the variations of Mario Kart Tour courses returning in the Booster Course Pass are too confusing to use as article titles because a potential reader wouldn't guess that the article at, say, the Tokyo Blur title is actually one of four Mario Kart Tour variations, and that the article at the Tour Tokyo Blur title is for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe variation.
I now realize that another good example comes to mind: the Donut Plains race courses from Super Mario Kart. Currently they're located at "SNES Donut Plains [number]", which is technically correct. However, there are also the articles located at "Donut Plains [number]" for the names of specific levels in Super Mario World. Since Super Mario World and Super Mario Kart are both SNES games, the "SNES" part could refer to either set of subjects, meaning they should receive proper disambiguation instead of forcing new readers to potentially do a double-take.
Thoughts worth considering perhaps. 
(T|C) 00:08, May 14, 2022 (EDT)
