Template talk:W

proposal to add an optional second parameter

i would like to propose a change, basically, to have an optional second parameter, which would basically imitate the behavior of [[w:1|2]], but using '{','}', and '|' instead of '[',']', and ':'

The reason? If i have an article full of [[w:SCOTUS|Supreme Court of the United States]] but it is also full of things like {{w|Louis Brandeis}}, i will get the w: and the w| mixed up in my brain and it will look confusing to me...

The code would be something like #if {{{2|}}} | [[w:{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}]] | [[w:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]

So you could have {{w|SCOTUS|Supreme Court of the United States}} next to {{w|Louis Brandeis}}, it doesnt look so 'funny' to my mind, and would be easier on my old brain when im typing.

I am not sure though if this is that good of an idea, or if it would break things, so i just thought id throw it out there. Thank you for reading. Decora (talk) 01:32, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

I believe I've implemented the above suggestion by replacing {{{1}}} with {{{2|{{{1}}}}}}. Hopefully this should not disrupt any existing link to the template... unless a page already supplied a second parameter that was previously ignored. Mike Serfas (talk) 19:27, 21 February 2010 (UTC)