Template talk:AnnotatedListOfLinks

Open for initial development feedback

WP:Short descriptions are gaining wider usage and I've found them to be particularly helpful in "See also" sections by way of the {{Annotated link}} template. However, updating lists of square-bracketed links is tedious. I put together this template in hopes of making these updates faster.

Until it gets migrated, it can be safely used from my user sandbox as shown below. As long as you remember to substitute it (use subst:) there's no need to worry about leaving references to a User: sandbox in the main article namespace - they will disappear.

{{subst:User:N8wilson/sandbox/AnnotatedListOfLinks|

== See also ==
* [[WILL be updated]]
* [[WILL be updated|including this text]]
* [[Will NOT be changed]] - because it was manually annotated
* Because text precedes this link, it [[Will NOT be changed]]

}}

Complete details on the template page: User:N8wilson/sandbox/AnnotatedListOfLinks

@N8wilson, MichaelMaggs, and John Maynard Friedman: I think this might interest you. --N8 19:40, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, that looks very interesting. I'll give it a try. MichaelMaggs (talk) 20:54, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Now she tells me! :-^ Yes, that will be really useful. Now all we need is sensible length short descriptions...

Planning to make it into a bot? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 21:48, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's hot off the press. Hope it's helpful! I actually conceptualized a bot for this originally but.... Lua made it quick (no red tape) and the more I thought about it the more I liked the idea of "real" editors having direct authorship when the tool is used. ...at least at first. Definitely won't rule out a bot after we've put it through its paces a little. --N8 22:13, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with indented links

The article Treaty of Accession 2011 has a See Also formatted like this

Enlargement of the European Union
- 2013 enlargement of the European Union
- Treaty of Accession (lists equivalent accession treaties for other new members)
- Future enlargement of the European Union
Membership of the European Union
- European Integration#Membership in European Union agreements

The template is able to attach ANLIs to the lines with one asterisk but not those with two. Is this a bug or a feature? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 23:37, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I notice the "Because text precedes this link " condition precludes ANLI attachment. I suggest an exception to that rule be made for a sequence of asterisks. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 23:40, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was a bug John Maynard Friedman. And I think it's fixed now as seen at Module talk:ApplyLinkAnnotations/testcases. Thanks for pointing this out so long ago!! --N8 18:47, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]