Template talk:Todo

Argument

Great so far.

I'd like it even more if we'd support a list of arguments and a default assignment to Category:Todo if there is no argument given. Maybe a further (optional) description argument that does not result in a category. What do you think in general? --Xenwolf (talk) 20:03, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! I also thought about Category:Todo default and how it’s not available from the current template so that’s a must. A list of arguments to add multiple categories is really great, as otherwise this may end in plaque spam and I would feel responsible for it. :D The description is a good idea too.

Please have a look into User:Xenwolf/SandBox#Testing template arguments. I think here's all you need. --Xenwolf (talk) 20:55, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes! I watched the final unfolding of it and that was mesmerising. Now I get what the pipe in the argument substitution means. I’ll merge this here, and alternative argument names are nice too. --Arseniiv (talk) 21:03, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Your turn! How do you find it now? Also how do we call it at the end, something like Template:Todo? --Arseniiv (talk) 21:57, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, Template:Todo was exactly my guess. Should we go "to production" right now? --Xenwolf (talk) 22:02, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

A bit later I’ll refresh my memory of those template functions and try to make this but if you can, feel free to mess with this template too! Also, how do you think, does it need a light pastel background too? Right now it may be too bland. (And rounded corners to not look so sharp.) --Arseniiv (talk) 20:20, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

I personally prefer slightly shaded backgrounds to thick borders. --Xenwolf (talk) 20:55, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

With 1px border or with no border at all? I think no border would be not enough to delimit it from the surroundings, but 1px is fine. --Arseniiv (talk) 21:03, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

I think 1px border would be better than no border (in this case 😉). --Xenwolf (talk) 21:08, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Text

The current text reads quite good but seems not to be applicable equally good in all possible situations. I'd suggest to start with a formal intro and a simple list of the things to do. --Xenwolf (talk) 20:08, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Doesn’t play nice with list syntax

Currently the template doesn’t play nice with list syntax * Template:Template... because it contains line breaks in code. But if we remove them, the code will be unreadable (I already removed several spaces for full stop to display right after the last category argument). Hopefully this use case won’t be needed! --Arseniiv (talk) 21:49, 5 November 2020 (UTC)