Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count/doc

Usage

This wiki template is to ease the use of text counting within Word Association Game.

{{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count}} produces the following text:

Word count is / as of word: .

The parameters must be set, otherwise it produces a dull text.

How To Use

It is recommended that the template is written split into new lines to provide better visualization and management for other editors.

Instead of using this way

{{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count|count=55|current=Dolphin}}

It's recommended to use the following syntax

{{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count
|count= 371 <!-- Word counter -->
|current= lol <!-- Current article -->
|max= 555 <!-- DO NOT MODIFY THIS -->
}}

• The template has three parameters

Count

Counter parameter is used to determine the current word count. So

{{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count|count=55}} 

produces:

Word count is 55/ as of word: .

Current

Current parameter sets the current article into the text. As such

{{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count|count=55|current=Dolphin}} 

produces:

Word count is 55/ as of word: Dolphin.

Max

Max parameter sets the maximum words of the game or the branch. As such

{{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count|count=55|current=Dolphin|max=555}} 

produces:

Word count is 55/555 as of word: Dolphin.

Using Piped Links

Main page: Wikipedia:Piped link

A piped link is a link where the hyperlinked (underlined, clickable) text displayed on a Wikipedia page is different from the title of the page to which the text links.

Is recommended to avoid using pipe links because it goes against repeated words rule, for instance, John III leads to a disambiguation page, whereas each John has a respective and different context which could lead to a different game path. For example, starting with John III gives potential new directions such as:

John III$\rightarrow$Pope John III$\rightarrow$Roman Pope
John III$\rightarrow$John III, Duke of Brittany$\rightarrow$Duchy of Brittany
$\cdot$
$\cdot$
$\cdot$
John III$\rightarrow$John 3$\rightarrow$Holy Bible

Whereas using [[John III, Duke of Brittany|John III]] gives:

John III$\rightarrow$Duchy of Brittany

Piping is advised when disambiguation is minimal. Piping links within this template must rely on {{!}} meta-template. The following code

{{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count|count=55|current=Dolphin (emulator){{!}}Dolphin|max=555}}

produces a transcript with piped link:

Word count is 55/555 as of word: Dolphin.

See also

• Wikipedia:Department of Fun
• Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Association
• Piped Links