Editing Forum:The name of the wiki

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Recently on the [[w:c:twu|Tommy Westphall Universe]] wiki, I went through and made sure all the wiki names matched. I think it would be a good idea to do that here too.

When using <code><nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki></code>, we see '''{{SITENAME}}'''. The logo reads '''Templates Wiki''' (on both Wikia and Monobook themes). The [[Main Page|main page]] reads '''FANDOM Templates'''. Will the admin here please make up your minds about the name of the wiki?

I went through the process of [[w:Help:Sitename#How to change your community's title|changing a wiki name]]. So if you want this wiki's name to be '''Templates Wiki''' or '''FANDOM Templates''', I would suggest you change the wiki's name.

Then you would have to go through and make all necessary adjustments.
* Moving the main page to Templates Wiki.
* Making sure all your project namespace pages are properly linked to the new project name space. I would seriously suggest using <code><nowiki>[[Project:<name>]]</nowiki></code> instead on the actual name of the space.
* Changing the heading of the main page to match.

It is hard for users to know what to use with so many different names for the wiki being used. [[User:Lady Aleena|Lady Aleena]] ([[User talk:Lady Aleena|talk]]) 00:29, December 15, 2017 (UTC)
: I support a clear and unified name, whatever that may be. The biggest hurdle may be going to the effort of creating new logo(s) to match. [[User:Henstepl|Henstepl]] ([[User talk:Henstepl|talk]]) 00:31, December 15, 2017 (UTC)
:: Not if they use the name '''Templates Wiki'''. [[User:Lady Aleena|Lady Aleena]] ([[User talk:Lady Aleena|talk]]) 00:33, December 15, 2017 (UTC)
::: Somehow, I doubt that. [[User:Henstepl|Henstepl]] ([[User talk:Henstepl|talk]]) 00:49, December 15, 2017 (UTC)

:::: As hard as it may be to believe, this is actually a semi-official wiki that is technically managed at some level by Fandom staff. So, if you want this consistency naming change you can actually use [[Special:Contact/general]] to request it. You will also notice from [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat]] that the only bureaucrat is [[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]], who is Fandom staff, so you might want to direct any request to him directly.
:::: I personally prefer just "Templates Wiki", but maybe we should go for "Templates Hub" to be more similar to [[w:c:p:Portability Hub]] wiki which is even more official than this one. --&nbsp;[[User:Fandyllic|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="WoWWiki Admin">Fandyllic</span>]]<small> ([[User talk:Fandyllic|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Fandyllic|contr]])</small> 14 Dec 2017 5:38 PM Pacific

::::: [[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]] has also been informed of this discussion. So hopefully he will come and make a decision. Just note, renaming is a lot of work for an admin. I however believe in this case, it would be worth it, especially since it is a semi-official wiki. It should use conventions generally accepted by the community, or at least by staff. [[User:Lady Aleena|Lady Aleena]] ([[User talk:Lady Aleena|talk]]) 03:11, December 15, 2017 (UTC)

Hey there! I've switched the wiki name to "Templates Wiki" - and have made "Wikia Templates" as an alias to the project namespace, to avoid breaking existing links! How does that sound? [[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]] ([[User_talk:Kirkburn|talk]]) <staff/> 15:28, December 20, 2017 (UTC)
: Well done! I will proceed to eat my words. [[User:Henstepl|Henstepl]] ([[User talk:Henstepl|talk]]) 22:12, December 20, 2017 (UTC)

::Keep an eye out for unnecessary usage of "Wikia Templates" or "Templates Wikia". I've fixed a bunch of stuff, but there's sure to be a few out there. Don't worry about stuff on old forum threads, talk pages, or user pages. These namespace magic words seem good: <code><nowiki>{{NS:4}}</nowiki></code> &rarr; {{NS:4}} and <code><nowiki>{{NS:5}}</nowiki></code> &rarr; {{NS:5}}. --&nbsp;[[User:Fandyllic|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="WoWWiki Admin">Fandyllic</span>]]<small> ([[User talk:Fandyllic|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Fandyllic|contr]])</small> 20 Dec 2017 3:59 PM Pacific

::: Since this was my idea, how much responsibility do I have to fix all the mentions of the old site name? I have the database dump, but searching through it for the old site name has me seeing a lot of user talk pages, and much much more. I haven't gotten a script together yet to search only by namespace. [[User:Lady Aleena|Lady Aleena]] ([[User talk:Lady Aleena|talk]]) 09:03, December 21, 2017 (UTC)

:::: I wouldn't worry about that too much - certainly any text within old conversations (as opposed to, say, templates themselves) don't need changing. If there are lingering references to 'Wikia Templates' in obscure places, I don't think it's going to cause a lot of confusion since this is still 'templates.wikia.com'. [[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]] ([[User_talk:Kirkburn|talk]]) <staff/> 15:43, December 21, 2017 (UTC)

::::: It's all the uses in templates that I'm worried about. Trying to find place where the following is used is hard with the data dump.

:::::<code><nowiki>{{#ifeq: {{SITENAME}} | Wikia Templates | do something }}</nowiki></code>

::::: I know I've used that in a few places, and finding them all in template space is difficult. [[User:Lady Aleena|Lady Aleena]] ([[User talk:Lady Aleena|talk]]) 21:19, December 21, 2017 (UTC)