Module talk:Signpost
Problem
To editor Mr. Stradivarius: I'm trying to use this but when I bring up the tags interface, all the fields are greyed out and I can't add title or tags to new Signpost articles. Past articles already tagged are fine. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:08, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Chris troutman: Hm, there seems to be a problem with User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/SignpostTagger. I'll take a look at it later on. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 00:58, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Chris troutman: It turns out I didn't build SignpostTagger to handle the situation when a year module such as Module:Signpost/index/2019 does not exist. This meant that it was failing for all articles from 2020 onwards, as those index modules never got created. I have now fixed the gadget, so you should be able to save tags for any article now. If the year index module does not exist, the gadget will create it. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 14:52, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Mr. Stradivarius: Many thanks! Chris Troutman (talk) 22:20, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Chris troutman: It turns out I didn't build SignpostTagger to handle the situation when a year module such as Module:Signpost/index/2019 does not exist. This meant that it was failing for all articles from 2020 onwards, as those index modules never got created. I have now fixed the gadget, so you should be able to save tags for any article now. If the year index module does not exist, the gadget will create it. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 14:52, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
Adding authorship
Hi @Mr. Stradivarius! Thanks so much for creating this. Would it be possible to add authors (bylines) to the metadata? This could be used to generate profile pages of Signpost writers and their articles. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 05:08, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi EpicPupper. It's certainly possible. Is this something that's been discussed with other Signpost editors? It would be a not-insignificant amount of work to update the module and the gadget, and I'd like to be sure that it's a feature that people actually want before putting in the work to build it. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 07:07, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Mr. Stradivarius! This has been discussed with the other EiC and some other people, and we think that this is a good idea :) Another (separate) proposal would be to incorporate some type of tagging system per-publication or during publication, so that editors can add tags using a template, and perhaps the publication script would automatically add it to the module. Cheers 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 01:30, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone, and also bug?
Hi. I first heard of this module a while ago, but I didn't have the time to go into great detail with it -- now I am trying to do a comprehensive review of Signpost technical infrastructure, so I am here. First of all, I think it whips ass. This is great! I have a few ideas for how I could use it to accomplish a few new features (and probably some ideas for new features the module could have).
Second of all, I notice that something strange seems to be happening in Module:Signpost/index/2022 (and possibly elsewhere): a bunch of article titles have "subscribe subscribe" at their beginning for no apparent reason. If I have time I will try to go figure out what is causing this (probably some templates not playing well together) but I am not very familiar with Lua so it is unlikely I can fix it very well myself if it ends up being something in the module. jp×g 15:45, 4 November 2022 (UTC)