Last modified: 2014-10-23 22:46:27 UTC
<< Currently when you click on a template with the "VTE" (view, talk page, edit) links, Visual Editor gives you the option of adding parameters to the transclusion of the template. Most of the templates with the "VTE" links are navigational boxes or other transcluded items without parameters, but as the VTE links suggest, we want people to easily view the template page itself. Maybe if someone clicks on a template with VTE links in Visual Editor, rather than being given the regular option to add parameters they should instead be given a dialogue box saying something along the lines of "This is a template that appears on many pages. Would you like to open this template's page in a new tab?". —[[User:Arctic.gnome|Arctic Gnome]] <small>([[User talk:Arctic.gnome|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Arctic.gnome|contribs]])</small> 13:45, 20 August 2013 (UTC) >>
Bug 49772 - VisualEditor: Transclusion dialogs panes should include a link to the template's definition page (for further documentation) looks relevant. The V.T.E links are a specific of the way things are organised on en.wikipedia See for example the nav box template at the bottom of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_an_Old_Cricketer_Leaves_the_Crease I suspect bug 49772 will be a more general solution.
