Editing Module talk:Hatnote (section)

== Selfref ==

The {{para|selfref|true}} feature says in the documentation that it replicates {{tl|selfref}}. However, in the module it adds the class "selfref", while {{tl|selfref}} adds "plainlinks selfreference noprint". Shouldn't these be the same? --[[User:Ahecht|Ahecht]] ([[User talk:Ahecht|<span style="color:#FFF;background:#04A;display:inline-block;padding:1px;vertical-align:-.3em;font:bold 50%/1 sans-serif;text-align:center">TALK<br />PAGE</span>]]) 18:53, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

*{{re|Ahecht}} Yes, we should probably make <code>selfref</code> and <code>selfreference</code> consistent; the question is simply which to choose. Based on some searches, e.g. <code><nowiki>insource:selfreference -insource:/tl\|selfref/ -insource:/\{\{selfref/ -hastemplate:selfref</nowiki></code> in the MediaWiki and Template namespaces, it looks like <code>selfref</code> may have more extant uses. I'm not picky about that, though. The additional classes are redundant: <code>noprint</code> because hatnotes are excluded already in [[MediaWiki:Print.css]], and <code>plainlinks</code> because hatnotes should never contain external links. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">{&#123;[[User:Nihiltres|<span style="color:#233D7A;">Nihiltres</span>]]&#8202;&#124;[[User talk:Nihiltres|talk]]&#8202;&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Nihiltres|edits]]}&#125;</span> 20:07, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
*:I wouldn't depend on that last point; we can't future-predict exactly what this will be used for, and the idea "hatnotes should never contain external links" really only pertains to mainspace and other reader-facing content. There is no "rule" to apply when it comes to projectspace and userspace, where there are potential use cases for such links (e.g. to Wikia I mean Fandom.com [what a dumb rename], or Meatball, or some other wiki). <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> — [[User:SMcCandlish|'''SMcCandlish''']] [[User talk:SMcCandlish|☏]] [[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish|¢]] 😼 </span> 06:51, 16 June 2020 (UTC)