Module talk:WikiProject banner/Archive 2: Difference between revisions

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== Embedded alert template isn't showing its show/hide link ==

See {{tl|WikiProject Louisville}} template (using WPBannerMeta) where I set BOTTOM_TEXT to {{tl|WikiProject Louisville alerts}}, which uses {{tl|hidden}} for showing/hiding the alerts. The alert box's show/hide link won't show with normal usage of {{tl|WikiProject Louisville}}, except when it's nested. Is this a bug in WPBannerMeta or a bug in {{tl|WikiProject Louisville alerts}} or a bug in {{tl|hidden}}? [[User:Stevietheman|<font color="green">'''Stevie is the man!'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Stevietheman|Talk]] &bull;• [[Special:Contributions/Stevietheman|Work]]} 16:27, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

:It works for me, both nested and unnested. What browser are you using? <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 00:19, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

::I am using Firefox 3, and I just tested it against IE 7. It looks like it's not a matter of browser, but of skin. I'm using Cologne Blue, where the bug is appearing, but with the default skin, it works fine. [[User:Stevietheman|<font color="green">'''Stevie is the man!'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Stevietheman|Talk]] &bull; [[Special:Contributions/Stevietheman|Work]]} 00:25, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

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== Nested title not centered like in other project banners ==

This is a very minor issue, but still a little nit I noticed. Project banners based off of WPBannerMeta have their titles left-aligned when nested instead of being centered like the titles of other project banners. Could this title be centered, or can we be given an option to align the title? Thanks! [[User:Stevietheman|<font color="green">'''Stevie is the man!'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Stevietheman|Talk]] &bull;• [[Special:Contributions/Stevietheman|Work]]} 15:36, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

:Browser/OS please? <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 16:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

::I'm not sure how that matters, but it's Firefox 3.0.3 and Windows Vista (all updates applied). [[User:Stevietheman|<font color="green">'''Stevie is the man!'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Stevietheman|Talk]] &bull; [[Special:Contributions/Stevietheman|Work]]} 17:11, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

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== Error? ==

[[Talk:Edwin Taylor Pollock]], has <code>|nested=yes</code> for {{tl|OH-Project}} yet it is not collapsed. Using Vista IE 7 same on FF2. Thank you. <font color="green" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Stepshep|§hep]]</font> • <font color="green" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User talk:Stepshep|¡Talk to me!]]</font> 17:10, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

:Banners based on the Meta will only collapse when they are nested in {{tl|WPBannerShell}}. They will not collapse when they are nested in {{tl|WikiProjectBanners}}. I cannot say whether this was intentional or just a bug. [[User:Road Wizard|Road Wizard]] ([[User talk:Road Wizard|talk]]) 19:37, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

::I figured manually passing nested=yes would collapse the banner anywhere, even not in a shell. Hmm. <font color="green" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Stepshep|§hep]]</font> • <font color="green" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User talk:Stepshep|¡Talk to me!]]</font> 19:44, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

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:Or do <code><nowiki>{{#switch:{{{category|µ}}}|µ|µ=[[Category:Foo]]}}</nowiki></code> wherever we currently use <code><nowiki>{{#ifeq:{{{category|µ}}}|µ|[[Category:Foo]]}}</nowiki></code> at the moment, which would be nicer. Incidentally I think both the µ characters in both our examples are the same <tt>:D</tt>. <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 17:11, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Upon looking into it, I suspect that the problems here come from the fact that Unicode incorporates two characters here that look absolutley identical: the "lowercase letter mu" '''&#x03BC;μ''' and the "micro prefix" '''&#x00B5;µ'''. WPBM uses the mu character which is a start, but it seems to me that <s>we</s> I have dug us into a bit of a hole here by using a character that's open to such easy confusion. I'm inclined to pull the plug on the whole thing and change everything to use an obscure letter that actually appears on the keyboard somewhere to also make it easier to use. Any suggestions for characters to use? I'm leaning towards the "tilde" '''~''' or the mysterious "not sign" '''¬''', which also has the advantage of making some semantic sense. Thoughts? <font color="forestgreen">[[User:Happy-melon|'''Happy''']]</font>‑<font color="darkorange">[[User talk:Happy-melon|'''melon''']]</font> 18:04, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

:I might suggest to not use ~ due to its other uses. But ¬ seems a good option. I must admit I am still baffled by the role that this plays in the template. [[User talk:Msgj|Martin]] 15:26, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I am assuming that ¬ will not have the same problems as μ?? [[User talk:Msgj|Martin]] 12:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)