Template talk:Only

Adding categories to text without this tag
I noticed that has been adding the relevant category to some pages that use an inline approach to describe exclusive features rather than the tag. Would it be supported to add a parameter to this template kinda like upcoming does to make this a bit more uniform, or alternatively just a flag or use template that makes it display simply "In the X Edition"? I've never been a fan of placing categories in the middle of a page's text myself so it would be nice to use the template for consistency. – KnightMiner  t/c 02:26, 10 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I was kind of thinking originally, because people kept preferring to use prose like "in the X edition", rather than the only tag: why not create another mode for this template that just makes it invisible yet still places the category. Or make a mode that simply read  when putting it in front of prose. In the end I didn't think  would be well received, and then I didn't see how using a bare category would be any different from an invisible template that places the category -- so that's what I ended up doing. (I probably should have actually talked about it)
 * So then what if there were just a flag that made it say 'exclusive' rather than what it says now -- is that sort of what you're getting at? – Sealbudsman talk/contr 02:45, 10 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I was thinking some flag that makes it say "In the X edition" or even just "X Edition" as that's probably a bit easier to work into prose, or possible just wrapping the whole sentence in this. I guess the awkward part is when it comes down to it, its hard to use this template in prose without making it a bit more awkward to write if no tag is desired, but I also find categories directly in paragraphs to be awkward.
 * Maybe if the page option to hide version exclusive text goes through it will be wrapped in some template so we can better do something like this. – KnightMiner  t/c 03:00, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Adding a complementary template of
I would like to propose to add another template to help distinguish if you know for a fact something __not__ working in a given edition, whilst knowing that most likely it works in the other edition. A typical exampled would be redstone circuits using quasi-connectivity. These doesn't work in Bedrock, but they do work in other versions. Instead of marking this as  (and what about Nintendo or other possibly new editions, I would like to mark this using , with a result text like: Not bedrock

Such a template would also be easier to add for someone proficient in just one of the Minecraft version, instead of claiming it works in all other versions which is the current situation. I'm imagening this __not__ template (or whatever name we'd choose) would be a simple replica of this template, but I'm not wanting to add it as I'm a rather new editor on this Wiki. I do however know that I would use it to help discriminate not working redstone circuitry, and some other non-bedrock features here and there. Holroy (talk) 22:43, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * An undecided debate on a similar subject can be seen here. Holroy (talk) 22:45, 6 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I like it, I have had these exact struggles, and I had thought a template just like 'not' would fit in the ecosystem. Though I had thought of it as an 'except' template, as in 'except bedrock'.
 * As a side note, it would be good to go over the existing 'only' templates and check: for the ones that say 'only java and console', you can't distinguish between the intent 'only java and console' and the intent 'Java and console yes, bedrock we don't know'. Those would be good ones for you to sort out if you found yourself interested.
 * – Sealbudsman talk | contribs 02:10, 7 June 2018 (UTC)