Wikipedia talk:Extended image syntax: Difference between revisions

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:I've noticed this too. I often see <nowiki><center></center></nowiki> in the alt text on these new thumbnails. Using <nowiki><em></em></nowiki> is a bit silly though as you could use <nowiki>''double apostrophes''</nowiki> which would look like "quote marks" in the alt text - perfect! [[User:Fabiform|fabiform]] | [[User talk:Fabiform|talk]] 21:35, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

::The problem is that the wikitax <nowiki>''apostrophes''</nowiki> get turned into HTML <nowiki><em>tags</em></nowiki> ''before'' the <tt>alt</tt>- and <tt>title</tt>-text are generated (note that the pop-up text is the <tt>title</tt>, the <tt>alt</tt> is an ''alternative'' for users who can't see images). So it's the HTML version that shows up. The software could indeed spot these and trim them out though; it also adds further weight to the idea of allowing the subtitled caption to be distinct from the alt/title text. - [[User:IMSoP|IMSoP]] 23:46, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)