Wikibooks:Reading room/Archives/2023/November

Notice about video game strategy guides, again.
Apology for mentioning this again; but can I dismiss the attention box for video game strategy guides permanently? Not have to click "dismiss" in every window opened.

I don't understand why the topic is given this prominence. If attention needs to be drawn to video game strategy guides, why not also the cookbook and the book about the French language and Introduction to Mathematical Physics and Structural Biochemistry and etc. Every book can have an attention box but then we'd see only attention boxes.

An attention box might be justified for specially significant news. It shouldn't remain more than a month.

Thx, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 13:43, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Agreed. It's been a while. Please blank that box until something eventful happens. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:25, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't know whether I rank high enough to make such changes but someone removed it. =8~) Good,   ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 15:09, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Refend.
https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Refend&diff=next&oldid=1917894

This inclusion of a DL tag in refend, the closing portion of a pair  with refbegin is problematic, givin that the corresponding open tag from refbegin is in a number of situations not actually added to paqes, whereas the corresponding end tag is. Perhaps somen could take a moment to match the respective constructions from BOTH templates,so that the intended constructions are not malformed. (Using a DL solely for indenting is a BAD practice anyway.) ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 11:57, 23 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure that I caught all that, but it definitely seems like you're saying that definition lists are being used for stylistic purposes and indenting. Is that correct? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:21, 23 November 2023 (UTC)


 * In respect of setting an indent in refbegin certainly. In terms of wider (mis)use of definition lists for indentation, it's something that happens but should be discouraged, or replaced. There is also a related issue of some DIV based templates, not being compatible with : syntax. ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 12:33, 23 November 2023 (UTC)


 * What seems to have happened a decade ago is that the Wikipedia version was imported, but that an update of existing uses on Wikibooks to match the newer usage, did not happen in parallel. Template useages on different wikis can diverge, which means that sometimes a simple resync needs to be done much more carefully.ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 12:45, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Template:HoverImage
Another templated issue that's gone un-noticed for at least a decade. Whilst the template works as far as I can tell it's treating the "dropped" caption as a "bad" file option. This template should be re-written to use named parameters for the 2 different captions, and the documentation comprehensively overhauled. ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 16:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Courtesy link: Template:HoverImage —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:44, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Importing Module:OptionalStyle..
In order to convert FONT tags to use font/top and font which I developed over on English Wikisource, I am needing the import of a Module from that wiki locally here:- https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Module:Optional_style

I'd also request a better import of s:Template:font-old to serve as the basis of font ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 00:37, 24 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Would you be able to possibly handle this request? I can technically import the module but I am not well-versed with the import tool and don't want to accidentally break something. TIA, --SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 05:57, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * , both done. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 08:29, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Leaderboard :-). --SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 08:30, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. BTW Optional style and TemplateStyles has been used on English Wikisource to make some templates a lot less convoluted. ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 08:34, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * s:Template:Optional_style would be the template used to invoke the module. Ideally it and the relevant documentation should also be imported. ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 08:36, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * , done. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 09:29, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

"Information required" template?
I have a vague recollection of a template indicating "information required". Can someone give a link or the name for the template? Thanks, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 15:03, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Import and Tweak request...
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Inductiveload/maintain

What I am wanting from this is the Regex based search and replace functionality...

I tried doing a cross-wiki import of the script in my Common.js here, but it did NOT work, so I suspect a dependency exists which would also need to be imported locally. (Most of the options in the other side of the Tool aren't relevant on Wikibooks.) ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 20:40, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

computer system
explain the relationship between a hardware, software and users Clifford chisapi8 (discuss • contribs) 15:21, 16 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Just a heads up that you're not liable to get a good answer to this question here. 1.) This board is not an appropriate venue and 2.) you've asked a question so broad that you are liable to either get very vague answers or very complex ones. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:29, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Question about sister projects
Hello. Can I write books in Wikibooks while being blocked in Wikipedia and in it's all sister projects? Perhaps here too I was blocked. Luckily I found myself able to write in this reply box so I thought to ask about deletion, blocking and communication policy of Wikibooks. Please provide me what you find suitable. Thank you. 2409:4081:9D1E:16E7:0:0:CC4A:310A (discuss) 22:53, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, for sure. Whatever issues you've had at a sister project should not disqualify you from doing work here, unless you bring those same issues to this project as well. Please note that some users are globally banned by the Wikimedia Foundation or the community and are ineligible from editing any project at all. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:57, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Advertisement policy
I’m from English Wikipedia, but I only just started here, so I was wondering if Wikibooks has an no advertisement policy like Wikipedia.

Shadestar474 (discuss • contribs) 02:55, 18 November 2023 (UTC)


 * There are several pages on Wikipedia more-or-less saying "you cannot advertise here". This is probably the most explicit. That page does not have a one-to-one equivalent here, but do have Neutral point of view, which precludes advertisements, as they are not neutral, so if you see someone using this as a platform for advertising, please do nominate those pages for deletion and report spammers to admins. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:00, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you very much, Koavf! Shadestar474 (discuss • contribs) 03:01, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll also note that What is Wikibooks explicitly bans advertising. Cheers! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 03:36, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Do you know where I could find a template that says something like, ‘This section/book reads like an advertisement’? I’m terrible at fixing NPOV issues and want to flag it so someone else can. Shadestar474 (discuss • contribs) 03:51, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Forgot to link to the section I’m asking about: Ethnomedicine/Disease Prevention Practices/Disease Prevention Practices A-C Shadestar474 (discuss • contribs) 03:52, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Good question! You could use to flag that particular section, which will also place it in a category where other people can review it. —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 03:57, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you! Shadestar474 (discuss • contribs) 04:01, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Consistency of column widths across tables
Hi, It this page I've separated the original table into multiple tables, one for each source language. Oberon/System_Variants Appearance would improve with consistency of widths across the tables. I can specify widths of columns in em or px but that won't allow flexibility for a mobile browser. Any suggestions to improve appearance? Thanks, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 23:07, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Resolved by consolidating into one table again and adding a heading line for each source language.


 * Now another question: can a specific horizontal line in a table be emboldened. The intention is to embolden the line above each source language heading. Thanks, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 14:57, 25 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Resolved as discussed at the Wikipedia Pump. Thx, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 16:47, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

False Friends of the Slavist/MapConstructor
This leaks a stray DIV tag somehow, but I've spent most of today trying to track it down and haven't. Please simplify or extensively comment this template so it's possible to determine WHERE and WHAT the ACTUAL mistake is, instead of others having to waste time unravelling the "clever" layered approach used to construct it. Thanks. ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 16:29, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

It proved to be layer deeper than expected, something a less convoluted approach would have revealed very qucikly. ShakespeareFan00 (discuss • contribs) 17:49, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

False positive trying to add a benign and helpful link
I tried to add a new entry and link to OpenSCAD_User_Manual. When it fails because of policy/error that was so long ago I've forgotten it, it links to Edit_filter/False_positives where I've had an entry for over two months now. How exactly does one get this commented on/reviewed or otherwise how is one able to contribute to a page? Daeraxa (discuss • contribs) 01:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Replied on the edit filter page! Cheers —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 02:36, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

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