Template talk:HistLink

Template broken

With the recent change, none of the old links for MF posts < 670000 work correctly except the one for k=165 dated 2003-12-22. Are other changes going to be made? Gary Barnes (talk) 21:46, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Undid last change plus other noted changes. The test effectively broke the history links for 90+% of MersenneForum posts. Gary Barnes (talk) 01:54, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

I think a new prefix (something unique, like MF) should be added. This would allow us to gradually convert all old-format MersenneForum post IDs to the new node IDs (using the chosen prefix). After that, the template can be flash-cut to use the node link template and User:HappyBot or the global search-replace tool can delete the prefixes from the pages. --Happy5214 (talk) 06:05, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

It's a mess since the last update/conversion of the MersForum! I've included a new Option 'M' for such cases: if the link to a first post of a thread don't show correctly, use this option instead. I've edited two entries for Riesel k=165 (entries for 2003-12-22 and 2025-03-05) and working. If there're other special cases needed post here. Karbon (talk) 09:58, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Karsten. It fixed the problem. Note that the new 'M' option is only needed when a first post in a thread is prior to 2005. I made some small changes in the template that reflect that fact and to clarify the important note due to your changes. So far only Riesel base 2 k=75, 165, 225, & 146865 needed this change. There should be very few changes that will be needed since there is little MF history prior to 2005 that is currently reflected in the Wiki. Gary Barnes (talk) 21:26, 19 March 2025 (UTC)