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==Category inclusion==

Snarl. This template puts the page using it in [[:Category: DEC VAX Systems]]. ''Caveat haquur''. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 19:46, 17 March 2023 (CET)

: "Not any more." - Inspector Jacques Clouseau
: So anytime you edit a VAXen page for a specific model, e.g. [[VAXstation 3100 Model 76]], please check to make sure it has a '[[:Category: DEC VAX Systems]]' tag at the bottom. Pages that apply to a group of models, e.g. [[VAXstation 3100 series]], are usually put in the more general [[:Category:VAXen]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:34, 24 March 2023 (CET)

==New Item Proposal==
I think it would be useful to add the item "enclosure(s)", what do you think? [[User:Vaxorcist|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist|talk]]) 19:19, 23 March 2023 (CET)

: That sounds good to me. Go for it (as they say in English)!
: You may have to write a number of new enclosure pages. I did most of the PDP-11 ones (e.g. the [[BA11]] ones) but I stopped there. I see you've done the [[BA23]], but there are a lot of other ones: [[BA123]], etc. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 20:14, 23 March 2023 (CET)

:: Ok, I'll do the "new" enclosure pages; but I think you are the right one for adding the new item to the template.
:: I've already started the [[BA123]] one. I think I should do a [[BA2xx Series of Enclosures]] page for the BA212, BA213, BA214, BA215, BA216, and the BA220 (maybe even more?). Then there is the [[BA4xx Series of Enclosures]] as well, ...
:: May take a while, but the longest journey starts with the first step, doesn't it? [[User:Vaxorcist|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist|talk]]) 21:56, 23 March 2023 (CET)

::: OK, I will do the template update right now.
::: I know exactly what you mean about "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", as Laozi had it. I look back at where this was when I joined... It was only 2015, so not that long ago, but so much has been added. I'm not sure if anyone in the next generation will care about PDP-11's, but for those who do, it is all here. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 00:19, 24 March 2023 (CET)

::: OK; I placed the 'Enclosure' entry in the 'Summary' section at the top of the infobox; it will be easy to change its location to wherever you want if you want to do something different.
::: Anyway, take a look at [[VAXstation II|this one]], you can see what it looks like. [[VAXstation 3200/3500|Here]] is a more complex example of the  'Enclosure' parameter. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 01:34, 24 March 2023 (CET)