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famous friends may not be verifiable or relevant. Shortcut WP:IFEXISTWP:IFEXIST It is difficult to write neutrally and objectively about oneself. You should...

administrator. {{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Copyright problems/{{#time:Y F j|-7 day}}|{{Wikipedia:Copyright problems/{{#time:Y F j|-7 day}}}}}} {{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Copyright...

is this very page (WP:VPT), with a #ifexist count of 202. At the end of the week, any pages which have a #ifexist count of over 100 will cease to be rendered...

affected by the bug. Meanwhile, developers put a limit on the usage of the {{#ifexist:}} parser function; overuse of this function (thousands of times for one...

controlled by #ifexist. That would mean that every time a page is created, MW software would somehow have to know that there is an #ifexist tag on some other...

{{#ifexist:}} now no longer put interwiki links in the what-links-here of the page with the same name on the project where the imagemap or ifexist is...

Replace {{#ifexist:[[/2018-06-10]]|{{/2018-06-10}}}} (if it exists) with {{/2018-06-10}}....

limits, including the new #ifexist limit. On the template network I'm working on (at WP:LOCE/R), I don't think the #ifexist count can be brought below...

for generating it! Note: Some of these may be "phantom links". When {{#ifexist: }} is used in a template, it tests for the existence of a page; this test...

{{#ifexist:Wikipedia:ProjectDescription|Wikipedia:ProjectDescription} Description; ProjectDescription Today's Xtra (talk) 22:27, 11 November 2013 (UTC)...

boot, far more than ifexist Galobtter (pingó mió) 06:15, 21 May 2018 (UTC) Delete as horrendously inefficient, superseded by #ifexist. Richard0612 10:57...

|shortname}}}}}]][[{{ #ifexist:{{{link|{{{1|}}} {{getalias|{{{2|}}}}}}}} |{{{link|{{{1|}}} {{getalias|{{{2|}}}}}}}} |{{#ifexist:{{{link|{{{1|}}} the...

on error, and uses of that magic word count towards the same limit as #ifexist: (see related story). (r32932, bug 6943) Special:Whatlinkshere can now...

afterwards. (r27448, bug 11958) Using a namespace of Media: in the {{#ifexist:}} parser function now checks if a media file (usually an image) by that...

13683) A loophole in the spam blacklist was closed. (r34932, bug 14154) #ifexist: now works on special pages. (r35157, bug 13640) The API action=expandtemplates...

June 2009. On the even-more-technical side, the number of uses of the #ifexist parser function on a single page had to be curtailed because it was creating...

en-wiki: {{ #ifexist: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} – Men's Singles |[[{{{1}}} {{{2}}} – Men's Singles|men]] | ''men'' }} This is how it's in fi-wiki: {{ #ifexist: {{{1}}}...

was introduced to suppress undesired WhatLinksHere entries created by an ifexist check (Template talk:Infobox journal#Links to DAB pages). A hack was found...

Developing Countries WikiContest, it is now open for submissions. {{subst:#ifexist:Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest/2025/Submissions/{{subst:RO...

report/Subpage. This can be used as input for other functions, such as {{#ifexist}} or {{localurl}}. (Carl Fürstenberg and Tim Starling, bug 8021, r17979)...

timewasting nuisance for readers. Many templates for category headers etc use a #ifexist to deternmine whether to link to a particular portal. If the portal exists...

history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Template:(pf)ifexist: (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) This family of templates...

2007 (UTC) Template:Ifexist (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) This template is not used anywhere, and it uses the #ifexist parser function,...

systematic method for collecting broken pages: Add the code <includeonly>{{#ifexist:User:MelonBot/ClickFix/{{{suspect_parameter}}}|[[Category:{{subst:PAGENAME}}...

says {{redirect|Prokofiev}}. This causes {{redirect}} to make a test #ifexist:Prokofiev and that causes Sergei Prokofiev to be listed at...

{{ucfirst:{{{1|Example}}}}}"><font color="002bb8">lu</font></span>]<small>⋅</small>{{#ifexist: {{highrfa|{{ucfirst:{{{1|Example}}}}}}}|[[{{highrfa|{{ucfirst:{{{1|Ex...

screw up the infobox on Sailing at the Summer Olympics, which uses the #ifexist parser function to create a link, or render the year in gray. By keeping...

2013 (UTC) Just use rapid #ifexist for those redlinks or show all links as blue: Although the parser limits the use of #ifexist to 500 conditions, it can...

parser function? Is it currently only #ifexist: ?? Happy‑melon 19:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Its currently ifexist and the new PAGESINCATEGORY magic word...

way to know the wanted categories including the categories tested with #ifexist. I noted that these categories appear in the Special:WhatLinksHere but...

count: 0/500 That means you can use a maximum of 500 ifexist calls in ANY page (that includes all ifexists in pages that are transcluded into the article)...

that an empty page is no bad thing, since otherwise we use expensive "ifexists" parser functions, or have redlinks. Rich Farmbrough, 16:54, 10 October...

regardless of whether there are articles. That template should really use #ifexist: tests to avoid generating permanent redlinks. --BrownHairedGirl (talk)...

folder and name it Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 March 9.srt {{#ifexist:TimedText:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}.en.srt| [[TimedText:{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}...

template to show up only if the WikiProject page exists. (See mw:ifexist.) Like this: {{#ifexist: Wikipedia:WikiProject {{PAGENAME}} | {{Box-header colour |...

have already made that decision. These templates must use the expensive #ifexists parser function to determine which link to display, and we should worry...

same bit of code in {{infobox school}}. Long since superseded by the #ifexist: parser function. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 10:26, 23...

2007 (UTC) Is there way to use "#ifexist" in templates to check if an image (still) exists on Commons. {{ #ifexist: Image:Picture.jpg}} depends on the...

working towards a daily "on this day" feature (with a fall-back using "#ifexist" of a monthly "selected anniversaries"). When I have finished the 366 days...

nothing, so avoid redlink display --->| ... to something that uses the #ifexist: ParserFunction to check whether the next NBA Finals page actually exists...

Template:Year films cat cell ifexist (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Template:Year films cat row ifexist (talk · history · transclusions ·...

agree. if the final state will be hyphenation, then just add a simple "ifexist" for the hyphen version, to link to it if it exists. this will allow for...

{{#ifeq:{{{type|}}} | lga | {{#ifexist:Category:{{{est}}} establishments|[[Category:{{{est}}} establishments|{{{name}}}]]}} | {{#ifexist:Category:Populated places...

article with a certain pagename? Help:Conditional expressions describes {{#ifexists:}} that does that. DMacks (talk) 06:33, 28 November 2019 (UTC) ​ Sure....

transclusion list won't be updated due to the ifexist. --ais523 18:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC) I don't think that the "ifexist" element is the culprit. The template...

mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist to check whether the archive exists and only link to it in that case, but it's more complicated. [[{{#ifexist: Wikipedia:Help...

branches that are necessary? I ask because {{archive list}}, which uses 100 #ifexist: calls, has not been used in archive boxes since the beginning of last...

occupation, and it was me who added the "#ifexist" clause to {{Fooian fooers}}. I still think that the "#ifexist" clause was an improvement, because it removed...

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 June 18 Multiple articles on same topic Need help with "ifexist" SREESANTH Wikipedia Wrong information on the page about me Edit section...

the section then you could use #ifexist documented at Help:ParserFunctions##ifexist:. For example, write {{#ifexist: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2008...

links. For the red link problem, the sensible solution would be to have #ifexists only include links if there's actually an article at the other end. Chris...

ISBN 2859172084. If you want to partially do what {{ill}} does then author-link={{#ifexist:Gérald Schurr|Gérald Schurr|:fr:Gérald Schurr}}: Schurr, Gérald [in French]...

gives a positive result. E.g. on Meta: {{#ifexist:Bugs|Foo|RFC 3092}} gives Foo, because Bugs exists {{#ifexist:bugs|Foo|RFC 3092}} gives Foo, because bugs...

500 expensive function calls. Each {{ill}} makes an ifexist check for an English article and ifexist is one of the expensive functions. There are 510 {{ill}}...

status"; if it doesn't, close it as "delist". Personally I'd suggest using {{#ifexist}} (and a comment like "X June: no notable weather events recorded") to...

unification federal reserve bank application Help Wanted categories including ifexist Online Users Default languages Disputing the neutrality of an article User...

Have you seen the documentation at mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:27, 6 April 2011 (UTC) Yes of course. It reads like...

both exists. However, if I write *{{#ifexist:File:Barack Obama signature.png | Exist | Does not exist }} *{{#ifexist:Talk:Barack Obama| Exists | Does not...

(UTC) {{#ifexist:Media:Copyright CD.svg | {{#ifexist:Image:Copyright CD.svg|local file|commons file}} | file doesn't exist}} → local file {{#ifexist:File:Circus-...

was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:24, 20 January 2022 (UTC) Template:Ifexist subpage (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Unused template...

External Links Talk:Shlom bayit Herman J. Mankiewicz red letter entries #ifexist Image scrollbox summaries of novels Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February...

WP:EXPENSIVE parser function call {{#ifexist: to convert each of its unnamed parameters to templates, e.g. {{#ifexist:Template:R {{{7}}} and then when it...

affected by the bug. Meanwhile, developers put a limit on the usage of the {{#ifexist:}} parser function; overuse of this function (thousands of times for one...

almost all provided by templates which make linking conditional on a #ifexists test, so in the case of the 4 deleted portals there was no redlink to fill...

en-wiki: {{ #ifexist: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} – Men's Singles |[[{{{1}}} {{{2}}} – Men's Singles|men]] | ''men'' }} This is how it's in fi-wiki: {{ #ifexist: {{{1}}}...

change how {{#ifexist}} works so these pages aren't linked to the year articles? GoingBatty (talk) 22:56, 14 February 2016 (UTC) {{#ifexist:}} is not something...

{{subst:#ifexist:Category:Foo|{{subst:Show1|[[Category:Foo]] }}}}{{subst:#ifexist:Category:Bar|{{subst:Show1|[[Category:Bar]] }}}}{{subst:#ifexist...

similar to the following (with white space added for readability): {{#ifexist:Category:Image-Class {{{topic|}}} articles | <td style="background: #ddccff;">...

deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section. Template:Ifexist series (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Unused if-else...

ed_portal_candidates#Instructions_do_not_work - Template:FPOC uses an #ifexist to... well, fail to load the initial template, as the page it tries to...

affected article. I guess the idea of using ifexist is that images may be uploaded later so I suggest to keep ifexist except if the caller specifies an optional...

Template:Sørlandsbanen includes 613 Template:BS, which itself contains one ifexist. The result in the parser count is: “Expensive parser function count: 613/500”...

Government of France is caused by {{#ifexist:Government of {{{prefix|}}} {{{country|.... The template has many #ifexist for something involving {{{country}}}...

placeholder. So if User:Raul654 happens to be late selecting a TFA, using an #ifexists parserFunction in that fashion will not realistically work. Zzyzx11 (talk)...

udeonly>#ifeq:{{{1|a}}}|{{{1|b}}}||{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>#ifexist:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>PAG...

that if it becomes out of date in the future, to follow the advice at WP:IFEXIST and WP:AUTOPROB to request it be updated. It could also be useful to have...

cleanly merged with {{location map}} when the first parameter requires an #ifexist check to decide what it's supposed to do. Frietjes (talk) 23:14, 10 March...

reduce #ifexist calls. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:08, 14 November 2016 (UTC) @PrimeHunter: I would prefer we avoid parser function (#if, #ifeq, #ifexist and #switch)...

between 0 and 999. This enables a simple fix: Add the code <includeonly>{{#ifexist:User:MelonBot/ClickFix/{{{suspect_parameter}}}|[[Category:{{subst:PAGENAME}}...

behind. In some templates, the test for a draft article is done with #ifexist, which only determines if a page exists, not an article. Redirects are...

June 2009. On the even-more-technical side, the number of uses of the #ifexist parser function on a single page had to be curtailed because it was creating...

function calls says, "As of 14 October 2010, expensive function calls are #ifexist, {{PAGESINCATEGORY}} and {{PAGESIZE}}. These pages should be edited to...

This is how {{#ifexist:}} is used: {{#ifexist:Foo|What happens if Foo exists|What happens if it doesn't}}. So for example {{#ifexist:2016 in the environment|[[2016...

{{#ifexist:}} now no longer put interwiki links in the what-links-here of the page with the same name on the project where the imagemap or ifexist is...

6 November 2021 (UTC) You can use mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist directly without a template. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:10, 6 November 2021...

limit of 100 ifexist calls per page? A forkbomb could (and indeed would, if coded properly) use billions of more resources than an ifexist call. As the...

ifexist:Outline of the {{PAGENAME}}|the {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>PAGENAME}}|{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>#ifexist:Outline of...

discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 02:12, 26 May 2011 (UTC) Template:Ifexist (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Superseded by {{if|exist|foo...

avoid the notifications by adding {{#ifexist:X}} to the navbox some time before creating X, for example with {{#ifexist:X|[[X]]}} to automatically display...

taken a look at the template, and it already includes conditional logic ("ifexist" tests). Therefore once an admin deletes such categories, a dummy edit...

2013 (UTC) Just use rapid #ifexist for those redlinks or show all links as blue: Although the parser limits the use of #ifexist to 500 conditions, it can...

didn't exist). Daß Wölf 19:28, 16 September 2019 (UTC) @Daß Wölf: I think {{Ifexist_not_redirect}} may be what you're looking for. RudolfRed (talk) 19:53,...

talk page (i.e. style="{{#ifexist:Template:{{{Series}}} colors|color: {{{{{Series}}} colors|headertext}};|}}background: {{#ifexist:Template:{{{Series}}}...

be a temporary fix. The long-term goal is to get things like <ref>{{ #ifexists: Bob | [[Bob]] | Bob }}</ref> to work on their own. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:51...

an orphan. -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 03:02, 12 October 2015 (UTC) It uses #ifexist and that means the pages do show up in WhatLinksHere, as I once mentioned...

templates, if I'm remembering correctly. At worst it gets rid of some janky #ifexist code in the nat squad template. Primefac (talk) 21:25, 27 January 2022...

to the mainpage. It would be easy to make a warning template using the #ifexist parser function to say "Hey you! Admins! The next set of DKY hooks is not...

flag 49 stars.svg, US flag 48 stars.svg Three file names! In this case {{#ifexist:media:{{#property:p41}}|[[File:{{#property:p41}}{{!}}35px{{!}}]]}} has...

221 (talk) 09:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC) ifexist is documented at mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist. It requires mw:Extension:ParserFunctions...

extension is {{{image name}}}{{#ifexist:{{{image name|}}}.jpg|.jpg}}. — Dispenser 07:43, 29 June 2009 (UTC) #ifexist doesn't work for images on Commons;...

substitute newlines in wikitext? For example, content.{{ {{{|safesubst:}}}#ifexist:Main Page| }}== Heading== doesn't work, because whitespace is trimmed within...

{{{1}}} or {{{2}}} contains a newline then ifexist fails to get a match. It's OK if they contain spaces because ifexist automatically reduces consecutive spaces...

HTTP 404 not found message although pages in the category are shown. {{#ifexist:}} says the category does not exist. It is not indexed by search engines...

good idea. We could implement it in two stages. First, we can use the ifexist parser function to make sure the image is at least local (not on commons)...

pages a page has is to use the #ifexist parser function, since we must check if the archive pages exist or not. But #ifexist is a rather expensive operation...

using the ifexist statements to check for the compound links, I'm not sure why I added them also for the single case. So I think that ifexist can be stripped...

30 November 2008 (UTC) I want to ask you how is using this template: {{#ifexist:Wikipedie:Článek týdne/{{#time:Y/W}}|{{Wikipedie:Článek...

of #ifexist for detecting whether the page exists at Commons? --B (talk) 14:42, 30 March 2015 (UTC) Use {{#ifexist:Media:...}} instead of {{#ifexist:File:...

would be to convert the list to {{#ifexist:Article 1|* [[Article 1]] }}{{#ifexist:Article 2|* [[Article 2]] }}{{#ifexist:Article 3|* [[Article 3]] ... }}...

customized message at wikidata:MediaWiki:Wikibase-noentity which includes: {{#ifexist:Wikidata:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|*There is a page at [[Wikidata:{{FULLPAGENAME}}]]...

null edit 60 if others are curious. There is a similar situation with {{#ifexist:X}} which causes a WhatLinksHere entry (as a link and not a transclusion)...

page to the following categories: {{#ifexist:Category:{{BASEPAGENAME}}-N |[[:Category:{{BASEPAGENAME}}-N]] |{{#ifexist:Category:{{BASEPAGENAME}} ''[...]''...

userpage editnotice}} in Template:Editnotices/Namespace/User with #ifexist to make {{#ifexist:{{PAGENAME}}/Editnotice||{{base userpage editnotice}}}} should...

could start with an #ifexist check on the target page and stop if the page doesn't exist. I don't know Lua but in templates, #ifexist does not affect the...

(talk) 20:53, 31 July 2011 (UTC) {{Proposed deletion/dated}} is coded with #ifexist:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/{{PAGENAME}} to always display the warning...

Wikipedia are specific on the edits that you should make, see WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. Another editor has edited based on those rules.Naraht (talk) 15:21, 27...

'Yiddish': {{#switch:yi |en|eng = explicitly cited English |#default = {{#ifexist:Category:Articles containing {{ISO 639 name|yi}}-language text |{{ISO 639...

discussion was delete. ✗plicit 23:42, 17 October 2022 (UTC) Template:Link ifexist (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) No transclusions, categories...

wondering. VanIsaacWS 02:48, 10 September 2011 (UTC) You could always use {{#ifexist:(image 1)|(image 1)|(image 2)}}, which would display (image 1) if it exists...

GIen. Joiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin usssssssss. DS 03:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC) {{#ifexist:RfACliché|Support|{{subst:RfACliché}}}} digital_me(Talk•Contribs) 04:04...

code but I found template interfaces to the module at {{Ifexist not redirect}} and {{Ifexist check redirect}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:03, 1 April 2018...

parse (with wikicode) $1 -> Talk:$1 for any namespace but main (I tried {{#ifexist:Talk:$1|You may wish to delete [[Talk:$1|the talk page]] as well.}} but...

editing on the talkpage even after they're autoconfirmed, see WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. Well, let's jump that hurdle when we come to it. Bishonen | talk 23:38...

21:27, 14 October 2009 (UTC) Wouldn't that greatly increase the number of ifexist calls? I'm worried many of the templates that use this template would break...

"unknown" {{#if:{{{1|}}}|Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/{{{1}}}|{{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Featured...

WhatLinksHere entry is probably caused by #ifexist:{{{parameter_which_may_be_no}}} in a used template. The parser function #ifexist: causes a listing in "What links...

affected by the bug. Meanwhile, developers put a limit on the usage of the {{#ifexist:}} parser function; overuse of this function (thousands of times for one...

Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 04:29, 22 October 2013 (UTC) Note the function is "#ifexist" (and #ifexists is a dud); not being a purist, but we don't want people adding...

feel free to remove obviously mistaken facts about yourself" from WP:AUTO#IFEXIST (4) "If you believe reliable sources exist which will make the article...

that's just sub-optimal. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC) #ifexist doesn't seem to work for files on Commons? Is there an alternative? I wanted...

I just noticed this: For some use cases it is possible to emulate the ifexist effect with css, by using the selectors a.new (to select links to unexisting...

function #ifexist: causes a listing in "What links here" among the normal links even though no link is produced. {{noredlink}} has to use #ifexist on the...

*--\&gt;)(?&lt;rest&gt;[^\n]*)</replace_> <with_>${link1}${inter}{{subst:#ifexist:${template1} ${target1}|{{subst:trim|1=${template2} ${display2}}}|${link2}&lt;...

is to have a blank messages page. Another option would be to add an "#ifexist" in there, but that's not there at the moment. You can find more of these...

though... ╟─TreasuryTag►inspectorate─╢ 18:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC) {{#ifexist:{{ns:User}}:{{#titleparts: {{FULLPAGENAME}} | 1 | 2 }}/Emailnotice |...

code on create new page screen as sort of a Did you mean suggestion. {{#ifexist: {{FULLPAGENAME}})|<div class="searchdidyoumean"> Did you mean:...

specific to Lua though: according to the docs for #ifexist, "If a page checks a target using #ifexist:, then that page will appear in the Special:WhatLinksHere...

{{#ifexist:}} now no longer put interwiki links in the what-links-here of the page with the same name on the project where the imagemap or ifexist is...

article's talk page, but should not edit the article directly: see WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. If you're not thinking about an article about you, but somewhere to share...

sole goal is to cut down on repeated use of parser functions like #if or #ifexist with the same arguments, since evaluating the variable declaration would...

templates to contest the tagging. As part of this, {{db-meta}} now includes an ifexist parser that recognizes if there is or isn't a talk page on the tagged article...

ecific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.<nowiki>{{#ifexist:}}_(February_2017)">page needed]]]-6|[1]]]</nowiki> I replaced the <nowiki...

template's code uses "#ifexist:"? The-Pope (talk) 16:22, 30 January 2016 (UTC) Help:What links here#Overview says: 'The parser function #ifexist: causes a listing...

wikilinks. mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist could be used to determine whether the userpage exists but ifexist causes a ping so that doesn't help. I...

remove the "need" for the #ifexist (another expensive piece of code limiting the number of calls to 500 per page). The #ifexist allows the template to crash...

14:53, 13 May 2009 (UTC) So we could add to that message something like {{#ifexist:$1/RedirectHeader|{{:$1/RedirectHeader}}}}? (Then we would have to fix...

wikispecies (species:template:Au), and it's causing me a headache. I'm using an #ifexist: check on {{FULLPAGENAME:{{{1}}} {{{2}}}}} to generate a link to pages...

January 2011 (UTC) Little help at Template:Help Out? I can't get a couple of ifexists (re popular pages / cleanup listings) to play nice in detecting wikiproject...

2007 (UTC) Is there a way to detect if an image is loaded? I have tried #ifexist, but that only checks if the image is loaded on Wikipedia, whereas some...

themselves fed by transclusion via Template:Poptoday 1 with: {{trim | {{#ifexist: {{data {{{1}}} }} | {{data {{{1}}} |poptoday|formatnum}} | {{#section:List...

use of #ifexist is to introduce a new class to css, e.g.: .hideredlinks a.new {display: none;} which will allow us to get rid of all the #ifexist, and instead...

the discussion was merge, the syntax issue can be addressed by simple '#ifexist' for the ISO name, or by using the #language magic word. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk)...

was changed to use {{Lang}} in the last revision; since {{Lang}} uses #ifexist, calling it 639 times will break the page. Either it's time for a split...

and loads it as the editnotice if it exists? I think something like: {{#ifexist:User:{{PAGENAME}}/editnotice.css|{{User:{{PAGENAME}}/editnotice.css}} }}...

with the page move. bd2412 T 18:32, 10 January 2019 (UTC) Simplez, use an ifexist in {{Old peer review}} to categorize talk pages with nonexistant links...

featured article/{{#time:F j, Y|-1 day}}}}}} ... Today's featured Picture {{#ifexist:Template:POTD protected/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|{{POTD protected/{{#time:Y-m-d}}}}|{{POTD...

reasonable number of sub-page levels, you might be able to use a sequence of #ifexist constructs to determine the deepest relative link that links to an actual...

2009 (UTC) Resolved  –  – ukexpat (talk) 15:52, 28 May 2009 (UTC) Can #ifexist be used to check the existence of category pages? It seems to never see...

27 May 2009 (UTC) Neither is possible, besides the #ifexists call. And remember that #ifexists is an expensive parser function, meaning that it can only...

It's caused by the transcluded {{Chemical Element}} which contains {{#ifexist:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Comments. Talk:Titanium/Comments exists (unlike at many...

a clear disambiguation parameter such as "|dab=" or "|link=", or an "#IFEXIST" function that allows an editor to override the parameter by filling it...

talk whether the file is on the commons or not can be found using the ifexist parser function. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 11:18, 18 January 2020 (UTC) I've...

inside {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} has this code {{#if:{{{human|}}} | {{#ifexist:Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons reviewed by {{{human|}}} | [[Category:Copy...

javascript-based solution (as above). It would be handy to be able to be able to {{#ifexist:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/{{USERLANGUAGE}}|{{{{FULLPAGENAME}}/{{USERLANGUAGE}}}...

gratefully received. ++Lar: t/c 12:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC) You can use #ifexist for that. See Template:IncludeIfExists. You may need to include : if not...

ed_portal_candidates#Instructions_do_not_work - Template:FPOC uses an #ifexist to... well, fail to load the initial template, as the page it tries to...

September 2013 (UTC) Okay, the reason for this is because of the '''({{#ifexist:Talk:{{{1|Example}}}/GA{{{2}}}|[[Talk:{{{1|Example}}}/GA{{{2}}}|discuss...

I think I disagree. Not about Lua, but that Javascript is required. {{#ifexist: Category:Non-talk pages that are automatically signed | Category:Non-talk...

until X is possibly created. This can be done with #ifexist, see m:Help:ParserFunctions##ifexist:. But in Wikipedia, external links on terms inside the...

PrimeHunter (talk) 17:30, 13 June 2023 (UTC) I didn't notice that the previous #ifexists enclosed so much of the remaining template. That helped me fix it, thanks...

issue. Graham87 04:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Probably some template using #ifexist:.../Archive. Same thing here:WhatLinksHere...Archive 26, and the number...

which tells you there's a talk page that could also be darleted (only #ifexist). –xenotalk 20:05, 22 September 2010 (UTC) If there is consensus for it...

Wikipedians in Foo may be able to help! comes from this line of code: {{#ifexist:Category:Wikipedians in {{{in}}}|'''[[:Category:Wikipedians in {{{in}}}|Wikipedians...

06:29, 7 March 2017 (UTC) I also would like someone to confirm that {{#ifexist:{{FULLPAGENAME}}}} has the expected effect in an editnotice (i.e. false...

expensive parser function hit is coming from Template:No redirect, which uses #ifexist to decide whether to output a red link or an internal URL with redirect=no...

request at Wikipedia:Requested_templates#Year_category_from_infobox:_test_ifexists to revise the infobox which currently populates the anime category. – Fayenatic...

{{db-f8}} wants it without. I suppose that could be worked around with some {{#ifexists:}} trickery, though, ugly as that may be. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 17:01...

that are far beyond the scope of this discussion; for a start, the [[#ifexist function is stressful enough for *current* revisions, and the database...

page from within a template? Is there a parser function for example? {{#ifexists: . . .}} lets one check if a page exists (and, for example, avoid unnecessary...

I don't know if scripts support parser functions, but if they do, the #ifexist parser function could help. SiBr4 (talk) 18:09, 4 February 2014 (UTC) Can't...

flag 49 stars.svg, US flag 48 stars.svg Three file names! In this case {{#ifexist:media:{{#property:p41}}|[[File:{{#property:p41}}{{!}}35px{{!}}]]}} has...

user sub-page such as "User:<current user>/HelpDeskEditNoticeOptIn"? ( {{ifexist Special:MyPage/Subpagename|yes|no}} does not seem to work) Any other bright...

editors. A better method would be to use mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist to test whether the required image exists (use Media: and not File: to...

29 September 2016 (UTC) @Epicgenius: I've removed each template's {{#ifexist:}} parser function; maybe that might help a bit more. Jc86035 (talk) Use...

{{lang|ro|Text}} occurs a lot and uses #ifexist. fr and some other languages are hardcoded in {{lang}} to avoid #ifexist, but ro is not. PrimeHunter (talk)...

15 August 2020 (UTC) @Johnuniq: It's because the template contains {{#ifexist:{{{1|}}}|. When you call it with Vychivka{{!}}Vychivka, that's a bad title...

the big issue with using either one of them will be the fact that {{(pf)ifexist:}} has a limit of 500 call before it quits working and both Templates and...

something hacky, you could add some code to {{Good article}} akin to {{#ifexist:{{TALKPAGENAME}}/GA1||[[Category:Good articles without a first GA review]]}}...

work to locate it in the original page. In some tricky cases a page used #ifexist on the page name. That causes a WhatLinksHere entry without actually making...

the template by half by returning to use {{thecountry}} to remove two {{#ifexist}} from it. Adding it back to the pages GKFX cited possibly will no longer...

template provides a search box if it finds an archive. The actual test is .. #ifexist:.../Archive 1. In the case of Talk:Jaden Smith, the only archive page is...

exist and you want to avoid showing a redlink, you can combine this with #ifexist to check for its existence before trying to expand it. As for your idea...

reviews, and in what publications they were cited? According to WP:AUTO#IFEXIST and WP:AUTOPROB, contributing in this way to this discussion is permitted...

inclusion of the {{main}} link, which can be determined with a simple ifexist. Frietjes (talk) 15:58, 3 November 2014 (UTC) now fixed, so the earlysportsyearcat...

oddity with Mediawiki that if you check if a page exists, e.g. using {{#ifexist}}, then a link to th page appears in WhatLinksHere. E.g. here, see...

ParserFunctions can detect a commons image where none exists here. I think you ifexist file: to see here; media: to see about commons. –xenotalk 16:31, 3 October...

parser function count: 500/500." Expensive parser functions include: #ifexist PAGESINCATEGORY PAGESIZE Without being able to read your language or have...

in the location map file name (field "image_plan" or "Lageplan") -->{{#ifexist: Template:Imagemap Germany district {{#ifeq:<!-- The district code is extracted...

exists. Otherwise it adds a "Crime" category whether or not it exists. An ifexist check causes a WhatLinksHere entry and Special:WhatLinksHere/Category:Crimes...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (technical) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

{{Sockpuppet/categorise}} which uses mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist to test whether the corresponding category exists. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:37...

Category:User apc. The backlinks to Category:User templates apc are all #ifexist checks rather than legitimate links and don't need handling. Sorry for...

people)}} | "UNKNOWN" = Year of birth unknown | #default = {{{1}}} births {{#ifexist:Category:{{{1}}} births||[[Category:Articles with invalid year of birth...

(e.g. the current time or the number of pages in a category), or when #ifexist's target page is created/deleted. Anomie⚔ 15:34, 2 November 2011 (UTC) Someone...

July 2021 (UTC) Help:What links here#Overview says: The parser function #ifexist: causes a listing in "What links here" among the normal links even though...

expected or certain to hold permanently, e.g. automatically avoiding an ifexist test after a specific target page has been created. Pages can be deleted...

21:11, 17 May 2016 (UTC) Hello all. Are there alternatives to the #ifexists function that do not hit the limitations on expensive functions? I recently...

There is a rarely used workaround using mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist to a test whether a predicted archive name exists and make the link dependent...

(maybe as a pipe?, maybe also rcats?), then isolate the links and wrap in ifexists. Then, that JWB idea sounds viable (or maybe just a script). ― Qwerfjkltalk...

seconds Lua memory usage: 8.71 MB/50 MB . {{Infobox road small}} uses #ifexist calls, which are expensive. Ruslik_Zero 20:19, 24 April 2019 (UTC) @Matthewshill:...

parser functions. commons:Template:Football kit makes many expensive #ifexist calls to test whether there is an image for a pattern. It doesn't have...

find {{dyktalk|DD M|YYYY}} ifexist: Append parameter |entry=X Example if it's not there: look for {{Article history}} ifexist: Append parameter |dyklink=...

but it's a dramatic improvement over current state: all the #if and #ifexist are delegated to the helper template, and of course, the helper is not...

{{fullurl:Wikipedia|action=raw}}, {{ucfirst:{{padright:wikipedia|10|!}}}}, {{#ifexist:{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}||{{db-talk}}}}, and {{msgnw:Template:Disambig}} will...

generated by {{infobox country at games}} via {{country alias}} and an {{#ifexist:...}} call on [[<country> at the <games>]]. With very small exception,...

sure thee links are useful. And that template has a horrendous number of ifexists already, in this case maybe (if the links are kept) simply {{#if:{{{area_magnitude|}}}...

iso_639_name_exists() in Module:ISO 639 name which serves as a replacement for the #ifexist parser function. Were it up to me, I don't think that I would merge these...

differentiation. What-links-here confirms this redirect is unused _except_ for #ifexists usage in a bowl game template, which will otherwise directly use Independence...

(UTC) delete and delete Template:unknown/meta/shortname after adding an 'ifexist' check or 'switch' to {{Election box gain with party link}}. Frietjes (talk)...

But while the redlinks could be avoided by making the templates apply #ifexist conditional tests, that would break the consistency of categorisation....

Wikipedia article about yourself. If that is the case, please see WP:AUTO#IFEXIST before editing it. URLs (links to external websites) are generally not...

ASEAN to create the link to Flag of ASEAN. The template markup uses an #ifexist to see if the linked article exists, which it does. Union for the Mediterranean...

{{fullurl:Wikipedia|action=raw}}, {{ucfirst:{{padright:wikipedia|10|!}}}}, {{#ifexist:{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}||{{db-talk}}}}, and {{msgnw:Template:Disambig}} will...

remember to do that. Half the code's already in there, it just needs an ifexist test.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  08:07, 20 August 2014 (UTC) Keep This...

instead of stacked in a field More flexible image handling Doesn't lock in ifexist calls in perpetuity Is bereft of the wins field, which is infobox bloat...

instead of |party= per documentation. could probably make it work with '#ifexist:' and |party=, but will work on that later. Frietjes (talk) 14:44, 11 January...

@GeoffreyT2000: So it's because the pages are generated beforehand using IFEXIST and so (by virtue of not being edited or purged) don't get their transcluded...

Grey area Articles about yourself, close relatives, etc. Per WP:AUTO#IFEXIST, articles about yourself should not be edited, except in the most trivial...

June 2012 (UTC) The template isn't really appropriate. We don't need an ifexist to figure out if a link exists or not, we just need the difference between...

234.220.38 (talk) 09:02, 26 May 2016 (UTC) It would require adding an ifexist to the template so it would check to see if anything was in the field,...

(UTC) I'm thinking that we could transclude an embedded template via an #ifexist construct and simply delete that template when it isn't in use. Incidentally...

screw up the infobox on Sailing at the Summer Olympics, which uses the #ifexist parser function to create a link, or render the year in gray. By keeping...

880,000 templateeditor 142 Template:Nowrap 1,870,000 sysop 143 Template:Ifexist not redirect 1,860,000 templateeditor 144 Module:Text 1,860,000 templateeditor...

article to making edit requests in the talk page, as recommended at WP:AUTO#IFEXIST, so that an uninvolved editor can decide whether or not to apply the change...

reviews, and in what publications they were cited? According to WP:AUTO#IFEXIST and WP:AUTOPROB, contributing in this way to this discussion is permitted...

(talk) 11:26, 18 March 2013 (UTC) The other slight drawback is that the "#ifexists:" parser function is considered "expensive" and page are only allowed to...

wikipedia community, and in turn what we expect from you. The section WP:AUTO#IFEXIST is the most relevant section in your case.131.111.185.68 (talk) 09:08,...

should {{checkuser}} link to an SPI if there is one? Something like {{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/{{{1}}}|· '''[[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet...

want to maintain BLP cats for various groups it's trivial to code them #ifexist:Category:BLP pop {{{type|}}} . Rich Farmbrough, 09:12, 5 September 2009...

(talk) 12:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC) Comment - one other thing; the use of #ifexists in the {{reporting mark}} causes a railroad article to "ghost link" to...

already contain a lot of junk people don't actually read. Maybe add a {{#ifexist}} to {{editnotice load}}? --NYKevin 01:29, 28 August 2014 (UTC) A quick...

regardless of whether there are articles. That template should really use #ifexist: tests to avoid generating permanent redlinks. --BrownHairedGirl (talk)...

plainlinks">&#91;[') local arg = mw.title.new(args[1] or doc) if args[1] and p.ifexist(args[1]) or p.ifexist(doc) then table.insert(header, arg:fullUrl('action=view') ....

contribs) 07:59, 2 October 2011 (UTC) Please read the guidelines in WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. An important thing to remember is that even if you are the subject of...

resume diplomatic relations. added by RHM22, 05:11, 20 December 2014 {{#ifexist:Deaths in 2026 updated by HJ Mitchell, 19:25, 22 December 2014 Joe Cocker...

exists from another wiki? It would help me for a template I'm working on. "#ifexist:" and all existing templates I could find don't support interwiki checks...

#ifeq isn't an expensive parser function; are you confusing it with #ifexist? Anomie⚔ 18:12, 5 May 2009 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved as an...

Behrensmeyer (talk • contribs) 14:41, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Please see WP:AUTO#IFEXIST for information on what to do. Wikipedia works on published sources. However...

can't really parse text and make intelligent decisions. Sure, we have ifexist, "if these match", "if/then" and switch statements, but they're incredibly...

(UTC) This is a little tricky because {{WPBannerMeta/comments}} uses #ifexist to only transclude the /Comments subpage if it exists. PrimeHunter (talk)...

{{#ifexist: Wikipedia:WikiProject Jordan }} <!-- END OF ifexist --> ... {{/box-header|Sources}} {{reflist}} {{Box-footer}} Comments: Well, {{#ifexist:...

"clearly an exemption to WP:COI"  Chzz  ►  14:16, 15 April 2010 (UTC) WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. Similarly, you should feel free to correct mistaken (emphasis mine) or...

discussion was delete. Izno (talk) 17:07, 23 March 2025 (UTC) Template:Ifexist only Commons (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) No transclusions...

into pywikipedia as that can do what you need very quickly as it has a ifexist function. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 17:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)...

28 August 2015 (UTC) @Alakzi: Ah, I see you have implemented it using ifexist: tests. In the case of Burma/Myanmar there is a consensus that it is desirable...

This can be used as input for other functions, such as {{#ifexist}} or {{localurl}}. (Carl Fürstenberg and Tim Starling, bug 8021, r17979)...

:D! If anyone can think of a better method than adding <includeonly>{{#ifexist:User:MelonBot/ClickFix/{{{width}}}|[[Category:Click templates needing...

afterwards. (r27448, bug 11958) Using a namespace of Media: in the {{#ifexist:}} parser function now checks if a media file (usually an image) by that...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (assistance) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

Template:Year films cat cell ifexist TfDed by WikiCleanerMan was closed; discussion 12 Apr 2022 – Template:Year films cat row ifexist TfDed by WikiCleanerMan...

you. DGG ( talk ) 03:32, 4 January 2011 (UTC) Delete. Redundant to {{#ifexist:<template name>|{{<template name>>}}}}. I cannot see a reason why anyone...

implement deletion, you just delete the category and the module uses some ifexist magic to automatically unpopulate the categories :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they)...

13683) A loophole in the spam blacklist was closed. (r34932, bug 14154) #ifexist: now works on special pages. (r35157, bug 13640) The API action=expandtemplates...

whatever SVGs are necessary in the future? No complex code-checking (an #ifexist is an expensive parser function after all) and every article gets the better...

solution. How exactly do you propose to use such an #ifexist test: by having 100 individual #ifexists in each category, thereby making the template into...

deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section. Template:Ifexist series (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Unused if-else...

know there are more than "#if", for example there's also "#switch", "#ifexist" etc." Can someone explain all of the {{#: }}s to me and what they do?...

It turns out that the expensive parser function calls are coming from #ifexist calls to the shield image pages (although there might also be others that...

solution. How exactly do you propose to use such an #ifexist test: by having 100 individual #ifexists in each category, thereby making the template into...

updated if General relativity priority dispute were to be deleted, so the {{#ifexist}} parserfunction and everything similar causes a fake link to show up from...

thinking about a generic template. I think the only issue might be the many ifexists checks that would possibly be needed to reduce red links. Gonnym (talk)...

working towards a daily "on this day" feature (with a fall-back using "#ifexist" of a monthly "selected anniversaries"). When I have finished the 366 days...

Template:Modern portal TfDed by Gonnym was closed; discussion 13 Jan 2022 – Template:Ifexist subpage TfDed by Gonnym was closed; discussion 18 Jan 2022 – Template:MedPortalTalk...

It's technically a parser function rather than a magic word, but so is #ifexist: which does work. By the way, {{PAGENAME}} exists and does the same as...

on error, and uses of that magic word count towards the same limit as #ifexist: (see related story). (r32932, bug 6943) Special:Whatlinkshere can now...

deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section. Template:Ifexist series (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Unused if-else...

the subject, then they can be unblocked and should be guided to WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:20, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Wikipedia:Articles for...

don't have any redlinks. It turns out there is some complex trickery with #ifexist to make the links go to category pages if there is not an article, which...

It might be a good candidate for a category header template that uses ifexist tests for parent cats. – Fayenatic London 19:17, 21 March 2026 (UTC) O...

status"; if it doesn't, close it as "delist". Personally I'd suggest using {{#ifexist}} (and a comment like "X June: no notable weather events recorded") to...

the Week/Hall of Fame/2018-06-10}}. (task) Sunday  Not done Replace {{#ifexist:[[/2018-06-10]]|{{/2018-06-10}}}} (if it exists) with {{/2018-06-10}}....

favourites are Military of Navassa Island and Sport in the Vatican City. An {{#ifexist}} clause to Western Sahara on {{Africa topic}} should stop more of these...

(UTC) Apparently edits like those he made are ok, according to WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. I disagree so I've started a discussion to see if we should change the...

unprotected. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 08:38, 1 October 2018 (UTC) Template:Ifexist check redirect/if (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Template...

automatically unprotected.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:43, 20 June 2020 (UTC) Template:Ifexist check redirect (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Unprotection:...

January 2016 (UTC) 2 things to note. Phantom links can be detected if a "#ifexist:" function in a template tests for the existence of a page, then that shows...

VE should do the same. mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist does it, but #ifexist also returns true if a file page has been created without a...

complaint. When I pointed out our WP:COI policy and directed them to WP:AUTO#IFEXIST an IP suddenly popped up to revert back to the non-BLP compliant version...

afterwards. (r27448, bug 11958) Using a namespace of Media: in the {{#ifexist:}} parser function now checks if a media file (usually an image) by that...

of the discussion was delete. ✗plicit 14:26, 9 June 2025 (UTC) Template:Ifexist then link (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) No transclusions...

that may border what is allowable in the guideline set forth in WP:AUTO#IFEXIST; furthermore, the editor does not appear to be removing vandalism per WP:BLPEDIT...

|true|false}} if 1 + 2 == 3 then 'true' else 'false' end [Expensive] {{#ifexist:namespace:title |exists |doesn't exist}} [Expensive] if mw.title.new('title'...

legitimately removing incorrect material from the early life section per WP:AUTO#IFEXIST "you should feel free to remove mistaken or unreferenced out-of-date facts...

the Week/Hall of Fame/2018-06-10}}. (task) Sunday  Not done Replace {{#ifexist:[[/2018-06-10]]|{{/2018-06-10}}}} (if it exists) with {{/2018-06-10}}....

13683) A loophole in the spam blacklist was closed. (r34932, bug 14154) #ifexist: now works on special pages. (r35157, bug 13640) The API action=expandtemplates...

This can be used as input for other functions, such as {{#ifexist}} or {{localurl}}. (Carl Fürstenberg and Tim Starling, bug 8021, r17979)...

as the archive is created then there is a cumbersome way to do it with #ifexist but I haven't seen it done in practice. The permalink method will give...

Hello. I logged in to create what I thought would be a new article for the Benmore Peak Observatory only to discover that there have been at least three...

defeating Saracens in the final. added by ThaddeusB, 15:07, 25 May 2014 {{#ifexist:Deaths in 2026 updated by ThaddeusB, 15:07, 25 May 2014 In rugby union...

wikilink" isn't principal, I remove it. The main feature is checking #ifexist: {{{1|}}} and a message "the article is translated", see pop-up ●. — Yuri...

of ifexist but in the fact that the system needs to make a trip to the database to know whether the page exists. The valuable thing is that ifexist will...

Cataloniae]]'' from [[w:Joan Coromines|Joan Coromines]].<noinclude>{{subst:#ifexist:{{subst:#invoke:string|replace|{{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}|/sandbox$|plain=...

@Timrollpickering: None; Module:WikiProject banner already uses the Lua version of {{#ifexist}} on the category outputs. In fact, the closer should not list these at...

Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 6 #ifexist: 2008-01-18 20:58:00 5 Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 16 #ifexist: linebreaks, and tables 2008-02-06...

Can somebody create a template that combines <blockquote>...</blockquote> and <poem>...</poem> so that when quoting poems and the like, you won't have...

speedy merge, and all of them did use ifexist checks, so I got complacent and assumed they all would use ifexist checks. * Pppery * it has begun... 18:26...

on error, and uses of that magic word count towards the same limit as #ifexist: (see related story). (r32932, bug 6943) Special:Whatlinkshere can now...

already exist now. Is there any way that this template can be made to do an ifexist check, and use one "as-of templates with dating problems" catchall category...

Deployment to the remaining wikis is scheduled to happen in June. The #ifexist parser function will no longer register a link to its target page. This...

edit the article in manners not consistent with the guidance in WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. The edits do not appear to be very strongly sourced. Lucas7yoshi (talk)...

attention would have worked as is - {{expert subject category}} uses #ifexist magic. * Pppery * it has begun... 21:38, 21 May 2026 (UTC) I made no comment...

have been deleted - typically decades and countries I believe. I think an ifexists instruction within the template will resolve these. Template editing is...

2024 (UTC) @BombCraft8: They don't actually link to it. They only make an ifexist check to se whether the category exists. This is registered as a link in...

with ifexist. It must be the pagename. Not sure about the spaces question. Izno (talk) 19:00, 27 February 2025 (UTC) @WhatamIdoing: {{#ifexist:foo|....

that if it becomes out of date in the future, to follow the advice at WP:IFEXIST and WP:AUTOPROB to request it be updated. It could also be useful to have...

Deployment to the remaining wikis is scheduled to happen in June. The #ifexist parser function will no longer register a link to its target page. This...

depopulate the undeleted categories — but every time I've ever tried to #ifexist category code in a template by myself without soliciting outside help from...

@The Sharpest Lives: If a page uses mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist then it causes an entry in WhatLinksHere for the tested page, and probably...

more versed in template coding than I am modify that template to slap an #ifexist condition on "[Year] in [country] by month", and to automatically just...

probably {{IIHFteams}}, which is called many times and has a ton of #if and #ifexist calls in it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:48, 23 October 2024 (UTC) If you "Show...

that maintenance templates like {{citation needed}} can be made to do an ifexist check on categories, and file nonexisters in an error-catcher category...

reverted to a revision with that dated tag. A template would have to use #ifexist to omit red categories but it's an expensive parser function with 500 total...

21:29, 13 February 2024 (UTC) Bearcat, the problematic wikicode is {{#ifexist:Category:Olympic {{lcfirst:{{{fooing}}}}} tournaments|[[:Category:Olympic...

(talk) 11:35, 3 September 2025 (UTC) Yes, {{ill}} uses the magic word #ifexist, which is expensive. DMacks (talk) 12:33, 3 September 2025 (UTC) The limit...

on DRAFTNOCAT cleanup. If possible, such a bot would ideally also do an ifexist check, and outright remove any redlinked categories that don't even exist...

Multilingual 338 SST 331 Infobox power station 326 ParameterCount 319 Ifexist 316 Geonotice map 311 Women in Red event 310 About-distinguish 309 WikiProject...

changed and what it should be changed to. You may want to read WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. Deor (talk) 22:50, 27 February 2024 (UTC) Thank you 99.118.250.119 (talk)...

September 2024 (UTC) Is there an #if test I can do on some variable, or an #ifexist <file> to check if a user has their newcomer home page enabled? I wish...

map/data/Asia Minor 321 Location map/data/100x100 320 ParameterCount 319 Ifexist 316 Geonotice map 311 Women in Red event 310 About-distinguish 309 Location...

@Bearcat: I believe that I've resolved the error by wrapping wrapping with {{#ifexist: <category name>}}. Seems to look good for the few cats I checked. If this...

thinks it doesn't exist. You could force display in the saved page with |ifexists=false which omits the test and always displays the link, but don't do that...

Identificador carretera española/Cartel If mobile/sandbox/styles.css Ifexist check redirect/empty Ifexist not redirect/testpage Ifsubst/sandbox Ifu/testcases Illinois...

attention would have worked as is - {{expert subject category}} uses #ifexist magic. * Pppery * it has begun... 21:38, 21 May 2026 (UTC) I made no comment...