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Acronyms[edit]

I intend to create a series of acronym versions of the current links used in this template. So they would appear as "SH" etc. in articles. I wanted to know if anyone had a preference over what they should written in code

{{rlp|FB.}}
{{rlp|F.B.}} Not appropriate for Lock
{{rlp|FBs}} 's' for short maybe
{{rlp|fb}} would using lower-case be an idea or would it be too confusing?

Any other ideas? LunarLander // talk // 20:47, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone? LunarLander // talk // 16:28, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean "appear as "SH"", could you use an example. The Windler talk 00:35, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, sure. The thing I have in mind most are these compact team sheets (such as at 2008 Rugby League World Cup#Final). The positions are each linked by a piped "FB", "WG", "CE" etc. Another place where I think it could be useful is in this section Huddersfield Giants#Players earning International Caps while at Huddersfield and others like it. Currently many of the players have "#5" etc. shown to represent their position; I think this should be changed to "WG" for example - it's not common for people to refer to every position by number. LunarLander // talk // 00:46, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So you want something like this:

{{rlp|FB}} to be: Fullback {{rlp|FB|short=yes}} to be FB

The Windler talk 03:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Something like that, yes. Adding "short=yes" is adding a bit more text than I thought, is there a shortcut way to write "short=yes"? because it's losing some of the benefit of a brief bit of code. Although it might not be best practice like your example, I was just going to create this:

{{rlp|FB}} to be: Fullback
{{rlp|fb}} to be: FB or
{{rlp|FB.}} to be: FB or
{{rlp|FBs}} to be: FB

LunarLander // talk // 12:38, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to create that sort of syntax to find a specific 's' or '.' at the end to make it in shorten version, although I don't like the lower case version as it could be easily mixed up. The Windler talk 01:39, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'm not sure either so I propose to start creating the pages needed using '.' on the end. I agree that lower case would be confusing. I'll begin creating Template:Rlp/LF., Template:Rlp/LK. etc. later. If we find out in the future how to do this a better way then it can be changed. LunarLander // talk // 15:50, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional words[edit]

I find the template very useful, but would it be possible to add the word forward into the template for say second-row in the form of rlp|srf, giving the outcome of second-row forward. Just wondering if that is a possibility? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theanonymousentry (talk • contribs) 08:45, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:CAPS violation[edit]

Use of this template generally violates MOS:CAPS by inserting the words in capitalized form where these common noun phrases shouldn't be capitalized. I came across an example of this where the template is used at Category:Rugby league props. Largoplazo (talk) 14:18, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Largoplazo, there's a lowercase option; the difference between {{rlp|FB}}/{{rlp|fb}} is Fullback/fullback. If there are instances where it shouldn't be in caps, just change the case of the param. Primefac (talk) 14:34, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! Ok, thanks. Largoplazo (talk) 14:41, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]