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ginsengaddict Not a Fragile Flower from atop Olympus Mons in a Hero Pose Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Not a Fragile Flower
#1: Sep 8th 2016 at 6:10:09 AM

Howdy.

So, there's a fun little self-demo convention with Laconic versions of "Playing With" pages. Wherever possible, that little note included in the write-up of most Laconics that says "Visit unabridged version here" is treated like the trope at hand; for example, Subverted Trope has the words, but no link (raising the expectation of there being a link, but there isn't one). Averted Trope doesn't even have the words. On other pages where it merits mentioning, references to the "Main" tab are made, such as with Justified Trope, which states that it's good to have the link here, because most tropers don't know about the "Main" tab.

Alas, with this page, that convention is put aside for a rather lame Sdrawkcab Name version of the words. I'd like to be a bit more creative than that. So, is it at all possible to.. say.. change the text in this page's "Main" tab to "Visit unabridged version here"?

"Get me a gun, I'm a soldier; but put me in that suit and I'm a superhero." - Gunnery Sgt Roberta "Bobbie" Draper MMC
Berrenta MOD How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#2: Sep 8th 2016 at 6:20:57 AM

First of all, never put the URL of the page in the article textbox. It doesn't work that way. Just the page name (and the namespace joining it with a period) will suffice.

Second, what you are asking for is next to impossible. The Main button is where it is as it's a namespace, and I doubt the admins are able to program something that only affects one page without generating a lot of bugs. While we could do a "visit unabridged version HERE" namespace for a button, the Main button will still be up there, defeating its purpose.

Thus, closing.

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