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Pagenames involved

For de-confusion, pagenames involved:

Module:Check for unknown parameters -- has best documentation
Module talk:Check for unknown parameters
Template:Checks for unknown parameters/doc -- needs a check; transclusion advice 'Use this /doc in template documentation' is tested or applied?
Template:Checks for unknown parameters -- has plural Checks ...
Template:Check for unknown parameters (R) → Template:Checks for unknown parameters
Template talk:Checks for unknown parameters (R) → Module talk:Check for unknown parameters -- was redlink; now talk central
WP:CFUP (R) → Template:Checks for unknown parameters/doc -- R to the /doc, not create a templatename-redirect
Not done (yet): Template:fcup as template R?

-DePiep (talk) 07:37, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Feature request

Would it be possible to distinguish between unknown and deprecated parameters? It would be useful sometimes to track deprecated parameters in a different category, or with a different preview message. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:17, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Module:Check for deprecated parameters. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:06, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:42, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Error category should also be added in preview

If there is an error category for unknown parameters then it's only added in the rendered page, not previews which instead show a preview warning. That can be very confusing. Consider for example Copa Libertadores Femenina (permanent link) with Category:Pages using flagicon template with unknown parameters. The page has 135 {{flagicon}}. The unknown parameter is in {{flagicon|BRA|side=30px}} (should have said size). It's common to track down where a category is added by previewing different parts of the code. That fails here when the category is never added in preview. You can search for the preview warning in the preview but users may not know that. Previews can add things but shouldn't remove things. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:36, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 :[[:Module:Check for deprecated parameters]]. – [[User:Jonesey95|Jonesey95]] ([[User talk:Jonesey95|talk]]) 16:06, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 ::Thanks &mdash;&nbsp;Martin <small>([[User:MSGJ|MSGJ]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:MSGJ|talk]])</small> 17:42, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
+== Error category should also be added in preview ==
+If there is an error category for unknown parameters then it's only added in the rendered page, not previews which instead show a preview warning. That can be very confusing. Consider for example [[Copa Libertadores Femenina]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Copa_Libertadores_Femenina&oldid=1181533151 permanent link]) with [[:Category:Pages using flagicon template with unknown parameters]]. The page has 135 {{tl|flagicon}}. The unknown parameter is in <code><nowiki>{{flagicon|BRA|side=30px}}</nowiki></code> (should have said size). It's common to track down where a category is added by previewing different parts of the code. That fails here when the category is never added in preview. You can search for the preview warning in the preview but users may not know that. Previews can add things but shouldn't remove things. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 11:36, 9 December 2023 (UTC)