CZ Talk:Proposals/Article Content Request help

I don't think it will help most people to say, "Please use this template if you are having technical problems." If they're having technical problems, they probably won't get templates.

I'm not sure what the problem here even is, and why a template should be thought to solve it.

I also wonder how this improves on CZ:Feedback Requests and CZ:Requested Articles, which aren't used very much. --Larry Sanger 14:30, 11 February 2008 (CST)

Feedback requests is for articles that are already developed, while they are on the road to approval. Requested articles are for articles that don't exist yet. This assists articles which have very little development, and creates an advertising space that might inspire someone to contribute to that subject. --Robert W King 14:34, 11 February 2008 (CST)

The distinction between this proposed page and CZ:Feedback requests seems too subtle to be worthwhile. Let's expand the mission of the feedback requests page if needed rather than creating a confusingly similar page. Is there any reason to separate feedback on developing pages from feedback on developed pages? Warren Schudy 19:58, 11 February 2008 (CST)

Not commenting on the actual template, there's a simple technical solution to make templates noob friendly. You create a special link that opens an edit window with the template and instructions preloaded, e.g.,:

<!--  
INSTRUCTIONS:  

1) where it says "article=", type the name of the article you want help with.

2) where it says "request=", type your request.

3) Click the "Save page button.
-->

{{request
|article=
|request=
}}

For example, see this, but particularly see it when you click the edit window here (l-o-o-o-o-o-ng URL!). Stephen Ewen 14:42, 11 February 2008 (CST)

Ah, here's what the URL looks like:

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Special:Upload&uselang=ownwork&wpUploadDescription=
{{Image_notes_ownwork2%0A|Description%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A|Year_created%
20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A|CZ_username%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%20%7E%7E
%7E%0A|Notes%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A|Other_versions%20%20
%20%20%20%20%20%20=%0A}}

Stephen Ewen 14:47, 11 February 2008 (CST)

The template spends more than half of the vertical space on title and spacing, potentially leading to excessive scrolling. Firstly, could the template be revised to put the title on the same line as the request? Secondly, is there a good reason to use templates here? Warren Schudy 20:05, 11 February 2008 (CST)