Template talk:National basketball squad

Edit request

I think the hyphen (-) should be changed to a dash symbol (–). Thanks. Downwards (talk) 07:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Downwards and have added {{edit protected}} to draw admin attention. To be specific,

<span style="color: {{{fg|inherit}}};">-</span>

should be changed to

<span style="color: {{{fg|inherit}}};">–</span>

Thanks in advance, Jenks24 (talk) 07:10, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:55, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

p1 - p3

The documentation says that {{{p1}}} can be used, but the template seems only to display {{{p4}}} onwards? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:59, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

They were removed a few years ago by Howard the Duck (talk · contribs) with the edit summary that FIBA do not allow numbers 1–3 to be used. As far as I'm aware, this is still the case, so the documentation should be corrected. Jenks24 (talk) 11:19, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

So fixed. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:48, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

May I request that the at least the {{{p3}}} be restored (as optional)? While it is true that FIBA no longer allows 1-3 to be used, it was allowed in older tournaments, such as 1960s and before. Here is an example from the FIBA.com archive, which shows USA player Jerry West as #3 at the 1960 Olympics. Mk32 (talk) 21:59, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Seems reasonable. I'll tag this as 'edit protected' to draw admin attention. Jenks24 (talk) 22:33, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Restored {{{p3}}} as an optional parameter. Checked a few transclusions and found no obvious errors, but please let me know if any are found. I have not updated the template's transclusion. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:35, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

In addition, it's my understanding that the standards for fully protecting templates have increased, in recent years; this template currently has around 2,000 transclusions, which I think qualifies it for semi-protection under current standards. Any objection to making it so? – Luna Santin (talk) 23:37, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Actually, it was my understanding that we were going in the opposite direction – fully protecting templates with fewer transclusions than in the past (but I may very well be incorrect). That said, as a non-admin you'll rarely hear me object to lowering protection from full to semi and I think it would be fine in this case. Jenks24 (talk) 23:47, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm fresh out of about a year-long wikibreak, so it's all news to me! When I was active, before, I would have agreed. I'm mainly forming this impression from this protection request a few days ago, which mentions what I guess was a landmark discussion on the issue. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:06, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, thanks for the link (and for downgrading the protection). I did recall there was a big ANI discussion last year, but reading over it again I agree with your reading of the situation. Good news for non-admins :) I once had to ask for Template:NFL1990s to be downgraded and it only had 50 transclusions. Jenks24 (talk) 01:20, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

New Authorized Numbers

FIBA has authorized numbers to be extended from 00 to 99. This year in the Olympic games we are seeing such numbers being used. Could they be added to be allowed to use in the template? Maku17 (talk) 10:40, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

@Maku17:  Done – Sabbatino (talk) 15:08, 15 September 2016 (UTC)