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I don't suppose you have a little extra time on your hands?
I've partnered with User:Bfpage and User:WhisperToMe to improve the tiny Haitian Creole Wikipedia. One of its problems is that it needs a thorough overhaul to remove the ugly. The infoboxes are clunky (e.g., w:ht:Modèl:Mizisyen), the main page is impossible on a smartphone, and the text appearance needs attention.
It's a lot of work, and some of it needs to be done in Haitian Creole (e.g., parameters for the infoboxes). On the other hand, you'd have pretty much a free hand with the design.
What do you think? Are you willing to have a go at it? WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:54, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- WhatamIdoing, I'm a little busy in real life, and this does present a challenge due to language and time. But you can always ask about specific problems (like the font), and take it from there.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
10:06, 22 January 2016 (UTC)- Here's a question for you: w:ht:Template:moun is {{Infobox person}}. I don't mind the colored border, but I do mind the text being squashed up against its left edge. What's the best/simplest solution? WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:18, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- WhatamIdoing, easiest is to add some padding to the table.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
19:50, 1 February 2016 (UTC)- Would it ultimately be better to replace it wholesale with an (old, pre-Lua version of) {{infobox}}? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:36, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- I think it would. The current template is filled with obsolete attributes, which should be removed/replaced with CSS.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
17:07, 3 February 2016 (UTC)- Is this likely to mean that we need to update common.css? WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- I think it would. The current template is filled with obsolete attributes, which should be removed/replaced with CSS.
- Would it ultimately be better to replace it wholesale with an (old, pre-Lua version of) {{infobox}}? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:36, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- WhatamIdoing, easiest is to add some padding to the table.
- Here's a question for you: w:ht:Template:moun is {{Infobox person}}. I don't mind the colored border, but I do mind the text being squashed up against its left edge. What's the best/simplest solution? WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:18, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
User:Discographer/sandbox
Hi, Edokter. Can you take a look at my sandbox page please, and scroll on down to 1990 and see why the references are not showing up, though they do show up if you go to "edit" and then hit "show preview". Maybe you can figure it out for me. Thanks! Best, --Discographer (talk) 01:19, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Discographer: The page is in Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded. This basically means that you've got too many templates; I suggest that you split the page down into smaller units: you could start off with separate pages for each thirty-year period, or perhaps one for each decade. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:18, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks User:Redrose64. I will split up my sandbox before March ends. Best, --Discographer (talk) 18:18, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
About the font stack for Latin script used by Wikipedia
What is the current font stack for Latin script used by Wikipedia? (Where do I look for this information?) I'm asking so I can look for the nicest integral symbols for {{intmath}}
in all the allowable fonts, as you probably had figured out already. (This must have been done...) Thanks. — TentaclesTalk or ✉ mailto:Tentacles 23:21, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- We don't have a font stack; it's just
sans-serif
. We avoid specific fonts simply because they will not work on all platforms. The only exception being the font-family used for {{math}}, which is a Times-based stack with near-universal support. As for intmath symbols, the characters are only supported by those fonts with extended unicode coverage, which are far and few. Forcing a certain font is going to be counterproductive.-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
12:00, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Comic Sans on M10 engine
Hi Edokter, you removed my addition to the Comic Sans article, because of it being unsourced. Well i cited wikimedia's picture of an M10 engine (from the corresponding Sri Lanka Railways M10 article, where it can be clearly seen (i've seen the engine in person, it definitely is Comic Sans). We may discuss if the manufacturer used Comic Sans or an exact lookalike copy version of CS, or if this information is relevant. But i wouldn't call it unsourced... :-) --M01 (talk) 10:35, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- There are two problems. 1) It has to be cited to a third, independant source. 2) We don't list every use of Comic Sans. The first means that it has to be noted by a reputable source, making it a notable use. The second is that Comic Sans is widely used everywhere by many companies, so why is this one special?
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
10:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
ITN ongoing
Hi, when you implemented the new, easier footer for ITN, what was the intended functionality for when there were no Ongoing events, such as the current state? I seem to recall previously that we would switch to a right-justified More current events... linked to the Current events portal. Is this your recollection and/or intention? A hanging Ongoing events doesn't seem quite right, but it's been such a long while since we had nothing in the section. Stephen 01:03, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- Stephen, it is supposed to happen only when both Current events and Recent deaths are empty. Then both are combined on one, right-aligned line. Splitting them up didn't seem like a good idea either.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
10:50, 12 April 2016 (UTC)- Thanks, I just tested and note that behaviour on no entries. Having Ongoing events is a little misleading as the link is to the current events portal, which includes one-off as well as ongoing events. On the other hand, no one else had noticed or at least been moved to comment. Stephen 23:46, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
The 4400
Nerd365 is up to something on the order of seven reverts and still trying to get the edit in. No discussion in sight. Can something be done? --Drmargi (talk) 21:09, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- There's WP:3RRN.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
10:46, 13 April 2016 (UTC)