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Adding external links without being logged in is broken
First time I click save page, and the page reloads asking for a reCAPTCHA. After filling out the reCAPTCHA, the page reloads telling me I'm adding to many links in rapid succession and asks me to click save once more if I'm adding something serious. Clicking save once more reloads the page asking for yet another reCAPTCHA, and after that it reloads with the "adding too many links" message again. It continously goes back and forth between the two, and never actually gets to the point where it's saving my contribution. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.202.106.243 (talk • contribs) .
Partnership proposal
I'm not sure if this is the appropriate avenue to post this, so let me know if there is a better place to discuss this.
I'm a staff member over at Nookipedia and I've been thinking about how to manage our Guide namespace. We don't have many guides for the Animal Crossing series, and those we do have are largely incomplete or disorganized. For this reason I've been considering removing our Guide namespace altogether. However, looking at our analytics for the wiki, a few of the guide pages actually bring in quite a bit of traffic, and so my proposal is this:
I want to move a short/summarized version of our most popular guides onto an appropriate page in the Nookipedia mainspace and provide a link to a more complete/detailed version of the guide on StrategyWiki. The information in our guide namespace that wasn't moved into our mainspace I would want to move here, if appropriate/if needed.
As an example, for our Halloween page, we might list some bare bones info like:"Feed jack Lollipops to get items from the Creepy Theme, or give him Candy for items from the Spooky Series. You can use Halloween masks to scare villagers into giving you Lollipops. A detailed guide for this holiday is available at StrategyWiki."
I wanted to get StrategyWiki's thoughts on this/whether you thought it made sense. I was also hoping that we could get some links back to Nookipedia from StratwgyWiki (e.g. links to villager pages) with an icon similar to other wikis at StrategyWiki:Guide/Partnerships? Let me know what you all think about this, would love to hear more ways we could collaborate on this project/encourage interwiki co-operation. --Sunmarsh (talk) 03:17, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
- As there have been no concerns raised, I've gone ahead with the partnership and set up templates and some of the interlinking. -- Prod (talk) 03:59, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Template:syscat conversion to Lua
I've converted {{syscat}} to Lua. If you notice anything working differently, please let me know. I'll be updating {{icon}} in the next few days as well. -- Prod (talk) 05:10, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Collapsible infobox
I've added a [Collapse] feature to {{Game}} infoboxes. This allows users to hide parts of the infobox that are more "data" than useful for finding other interesting games. Currently it starts expanded, but I'd like to change the default to collapsed. As a first draft I made everything hidden except the following:
- Image
- Developers
- Genres
- Systems
- Ratings
- Expansions
- Series
- Partner links
Should we hide any additional rows by default? Should some hidden rows be shown by default?
The information and content is there if people want it, but some of the content that gets filled in takes a lot of space on the screen. -- Prod (talk) 04:05, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- Prod If you need help creating gadgets to give users an option let me know. Lite Grooves (talk) 04:01, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Move lists revamp
I've posted some topics on the Move lists project page. Please provide your feedback. -- Prod (talk) 17:38, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
License doesn't show
I uploaded File:Gothic how to evade the orc between the bridge and the citadel.png and File:Gothic how to evade the orc before the citadel.png and I selected the public domain option in Special:UploadWizard, but it doesn't show on the file page? Lite Grooves (talk) 20:39, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
- UploadWizard is kinda broken since it's built for Wikipedia and we don't use it the same way. It's on my to-do list to clean up. -- Prod (talk) 04:48, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
- Prod I think it works now. Lite Grooves (talk) 18:11, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
- Prod Template:Self/Documentation says "Note that this is NOT a requirement for it to be licensed this way, nor does it imply that content can be licensed under a different license." but is this still correct? I uploaded my guide image as CC0, I don't see why that wouldn't be allowed. Lite Grooves (talk) 12:51, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
How to suggest deletion of an image?
I don't know what's the procedure here. (if there is any other than adding Template:delete)
I want to suggest deleting File:StrategyWiki user.jpg. This image is not from a game, purely decorative and there is no indication it has a free license. (it's probably a stock photo anyway) This isn't fair use, there is no comment on the photo itself.
It was used on StrategyWiki:Guide/Walkthrough, but I replaced it with File:StrategyWiki cat Monkey Island 2 Monkey Wrench puzzle.jpg which does have a free license, see Martha the cat reads up on aquariums. The Monkey Island within the image I photoshopped is fair use, but that's from a game. (and arguably the image also comments on the puzzle, making for a valid claim of fair use) Lite Grooves (talk) 19:01, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- {{delete}} is correct. -- Prod (talk) 19:29, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- Actually, in this case I'd suggest just uploading the file to the existing location. That's a really long filename. -- Prod (talk) 19:44, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- Prod Oh, didn't know that was allowed here. As you wish. Lite Grooves (talk) 20:01, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
- Actually, in this case I'd suggest just uploading the file to the existing location. That's a really long filename. -- Prod (talk) 19:44, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Can I make a single-page guide from a multi-page guide?
I've read StrategyWiki:Guide/Main game page#Single-page vs. multi-page but it doesn't mention this and maybe it hasn't been done yet.
Some readers will prefer a single-page walkthrough/guide, for example for printing or to save the walkthrough when there is no reliable internet. Is it allowed to create a page that generates a single-page walkthrough/guide from a multi-page walkthrough/guide (only for those readers who prefer that format) by means of inclusion? Lite Grooves (talk) 18:12, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
- The preference is not to do that, as most users visit for only very specific content. We could potentially build an extension for it, but it hasn't been very high on the priority list. -- Prod (talk) 03:48, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- But any user would have the option? View the multi-page guide or the single-page guide? Lite Grooves (talk) 04:35, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- It's additional pages to maintain, and when we tried it before modifications to the base content would sometimes mess up layout on the "merged" page. They would also be pretty long. -- Prod (talk) 13:29, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Prod I'm just gonna try it for the Gothic guide to see if I run into any of those issues. I do think that {{Header Nav}} and {{Footer Nav}} will have to be encapsulated in {{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|Single page=| (current template content) }}. Being long, well, that's common. But it can be more convenient to just scroll as you play and scroll back when you think you missed something, besides the printing and spotty internet advantages. It's a matter of preference. Lite Grooves (talk) 16:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Gothic/Walkthrough/Single page this generally seems to work fine, but there is a limit to page length. (so I excluded the side quests) Still, a walkthough could be provided in a small number of pages like one per chapter without getting close to the transclusion limit. The header nav and footer nav template would need the adjustment I suggested. Lite Grooves (talk) 16:37, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- It's additional pages to maintain, and when we tried it before modifications to the base content would sometimes mess up layout on the "merged" page. They would also be pretty long. -- Prod (talk) 13:29, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Long pages take a long time to load and can impact a user's browser. And finding your location on a super long page is difficult. The ToCs would also become a mess. And as you mentioned, having to customize every single page to support this feature is a lot of overhead for a matter of preference. -- Prod (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Prod long pages take longer to load, but don't have to take excessively long. Trackers and ads slow down internet pages in general way more. (on StrategyWiki it's not that bad btw) More text doesn't impact browsers too much. Finding a location isn't difficult, you just ctrl+f for it. (also there actually is a ToC) And there is no need to customize every single page? I haven't changed a single page of the Gothic walkthrough for this. To the degree that there is a mess: the changes that would have to be made to the individual guide pages to improve this would also benefit those individual pages themselves. Turning a guide full of drivel (and there is some level of drivel in the Gothic walkthrough) results in a single page with a lot of drivel.
- By using headers where appropriate on individual pages and using {{Sidebar}} the way it's supposed to (allowing for its exclusion on single-page versions, reducing the page length), both the single-page version and the individual guide pages benefit. Lite Grooves (talk) 18:18, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- I'm very much not in favor of this approach. We simply aren't constructed for this kind of content. Ideally, we would have auto-loaders that stream in more content as you scroll to the bottom of the page, instead of trying to fetch 100% of the guide in one shot. But more to the point, we're not that kind of site. We are built specifically around the page-ification of guides. Our entire infrastructure is built around that concept, for over 10 years. If you want to make that kind of guide, that's entirely your call, but StrategyWiki is not really the place to do it. Procyon 18:49, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- User:Procyon Oh God, you are suggesting a (near-)bottomless page with infinite scrolling system? If you do that, I'm outta here. No ctrl+f, no proper navigation, no opening pages in tabs and if the next section refuses to load, well, reload the page and have fun scrolling to the bottom 100 times to get back to where you were! Prod said "And finding your location on a super long page is difficult", but with infinite scrolling it's not difficult: it's impossible!
- But why do you really object? Fetching 100% of the guide (or half, or a third, in case of long guides) is perfectly doable for those who want that and (if we had to make a choice) infinitely preferable over infinite scroll. No changes are needed to existing guide pages, there would just be one (or two or three for long guides) additional pages that show more pages at once. Lite Grooves (talk) 19:48, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- I'm very much not in favor of this approach. We simply aren't constructed for this kind of content. Ideally, we would have auto-loaders that stream in more content as you scroll to the bottom of the page, instead of trying to fetch 100% of the guide in one shot. But more to the point, we're not that kind of site. We are built specifically around the page-ification of guides. Our entire infrastructure is built around that concept, for over 10 years. If you want to make that kind of guide, that's entirely your call, but StrategyWiki is not really the place to do it. Procyon 18:49, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- But any user would have the option? View the multi-page guide or the single-page guide? Lite Grooves (talk) 04:35, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Please understand that there wouldn't be any obligation for these to be created. If anyone wants to, they would have to create a version in one or a few pages themselves for any given guide. I'm just asking if it's not forbidden to do that and (if it's not forbidden) to make some small changes to {{Header Nav}}, {{Footer Nav}} and {{Sidebar}} (protected templates so I can't) that won't affect any existing guide page. Lite Grooves (talk) 19:54, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- {{Header Nav}} and {{Footer Nav}} are used on _every single page_ in the main content space on the site. They are purposely kept as simple as possible. Adding switch statements and and a subpage check to every page just for the small percentage who want a onepage guide is not going to happen. Really, the only way this can be accomplished cleanly is via some kind of extension on the backend. Also, {{sidebar}} is often used for showing differences between versions, so depending on the guide, it could be critical to include. -- Prod (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- User:Lite Grooves, I appreciate your enthusiasm for this subject, but we've been running the site like this for close to 15 years now. You are the first and only user to make this request. It's simply not our philosophy. As you have a demonstrated, if a user truly wants this kind of guide, they can construct it for themselves via transclusion on a user page they make for themselves. But I don't think that this approach should be incorporated into the site guide as an approach that we want users to encourage users to take. If we get more users who request this kind of feature, we can consider it, but like I said; in 15 years, you're the first. Procyon 01:41, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
- {{Header Nav}} and {{Footer Nav}} are used on _every single page_ in the main content space on the site. They are purposely kept as simple as possible. Adding switch statements and and a subpage check to every page just for the small percentage who want a onepage guide is not going to happen. Really, the only way this can be accomplished cleanly is via some kind of extension on the backend. Also, {{sidebar}} is often used for showing differences between versions, so depending on the guide, it could be critical to include. -- Prod (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
