Template talk:Portal/Archive 2
Remove link from image, for accessibility{{editprotected}} As per WP:ALT, for use by visually impaired readers the image in this template should either have alt text, or it should not link to another resource. Since the image is purely decorative, it's better if the image does not link to another resource (see WP:ALT #When to specify). To do this, please add "|link=" (with no argument) to the image syntax. I did this in the sandbox and checked it with the testcases. You can check the sandbox diff. Thanks. Eubulides (talk) 09:20, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
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Accessibility update
Accessibility update 2{{editprotected}} No further comment in the previous subthread, so please install the simpler sandbox patch as mentioned at the end of that subthread. This patch is documented in Template:Portal/doc and is tested in Template:Portal/testcases. I expect you'll need to protect File:Portal-puzzle.svg the same way that File:Portal.svg is already protected. Thanks. Eubulides (talk) 07:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
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Protected edit request suspended pending consensus. Skomorokh, barbarian 19:15, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
<span title="{{fullurl:Image:Portal.svg}}"> [[File:Portal.svg | 32x28px | link= | alt= | {{fullurl:Image:Portal.svg}} ]] </span>
I am not sure that removing portal form articles is not a good idea. I have always been wary of special links, including the sister-links. Rich Farmbrough, 15:44, 21 November 2009 (UTC).
SuggestionHere is my suggestion for how we proceed:
If this is satisfactory to all, then I will make the edit. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:09, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
"Break" parameter
What does this do? -- Ϫ 11:57, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
link parameterThe link= parameter (discussed above) doesn't seem to work. --Apoc2400 (talk) 18:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Default imageI think that one of the biggest problems with this template is that there isn't a default image for each portal. So, I analyzed the database dump for usage of
With this change, I think that images should always link to their description pages, unless overridden by the
Centralized discussionPlease see here and give feedback. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:22, 18 March 2010 (UTC) Better syntax for Template:Portal boxI started a discussion about changing Pic changeWould it be okay for me to change the picture for professional wrestling from File:Pankratiasten in fight copy of greek statue 3 century bC.jpg to File:WWE ring.jpg per a request on my talk page? The former doesn't have much to do with modern professional wrestling. I just wanted to check before I did it to make sure there wasn't an issue. Nikki♥311 04:45, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Specifying the heightWould there be any problem about allowing the (maximum) height of an image to be specified? I intend to replace "28" with "{{{height|28}}}". — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:55, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
No iconIs there currently any way to produce a portal box without any icon? I ask because we intend to use it in this way from Template:WPBannerMeta shortly. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:56, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Remove FOSS logo
Per this discussion, the logo used for the free software portal (currently File:Free Software Portal Logo.svg) is inappropriate as it is an original construction. This was removed from {{fossportal}} for the same reason. Until such point as an acceptable logo is agreed on, please remove the logo. Actually, is it possible to also suppress the logo where it is incorrectly manually specified in this case? Cheers. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:21, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Case duplicatesThe following entries only differ in case, but have different icons? | Anime and manga = Wikipe-tan face.png | Anime and Manga = Wikipe-tan without body.png | Molecular and Cellular Biology = Portal.svg | Molecular and cellular biology = TPI1 structure.png | Rock and Roll = Queens of the Stone Age Bologna 2005 small.jpg | Rock and roll = 'A' (PSF).png | Video games = Gamepad.svg | Video Games = Crystal Clear app package games.png Should we merge these? Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:59, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
For the Video Games portal, I prefer {{Portal|Video games}} . My argument is that it is easier to immediately understand what the image depicts in #2 than in #1, since #2 is larger because the handles on both ends of #1 make the image smaller. Gary King (talk) 17:44, 19 April 2010 (UTC) Why don't we make the parameter non case-specific? Converting everything to lowercase might be simplest. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:55, 19 April 2010 (UTC) Another thing that may also need looking at are some items that are using the old default icon. | Lancaster, Pennsylvania = Portal.svg | Oz = Portal.svg | Molecular and Cellular Biology = Portal.svg | Emo = Portal.svg -- WOSlinker (talk) 10:54, 20 April 2010 (UTC) Some could be set as follows: | Computer security = Monitor padlock.svg | Journalism = Newspaper nicu buculei 01.svg | East Sussex = E_Sussex_arms.png | Northamptonshire = Northamptonshire Flag.PNG | Devon = Flag of Devon.svg | Strategy games = Chess.svg -- WOSlinker (talk) 17:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
CornwallCould
Why so many templates?These syntax have the same result: {{Portal box|name1=Geography}} In Italian Wikipedia we use only 1 template to do this, and it works perfectly. I think is useless to have 3 types of template too have the same result, so I propose to:
--Aushulz (talk) 16:24, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Portal box does this (see right) - I don't think Portal supports that - although it should. Rich Farmbrough, 20:06, 2 May 2010 (UTC). There are 116 (well 115 now, I deleted one) cases of portal with no arguments. By fixing these up we can de-special case them ( Done), and simplify the template (on 2,500,000 pages). The breaking I would suggest can be forced for names over a certain length. There is sometimes need to override the icon used, but this really shows that it is a bad choice of icon. If we standardise the layout (height, border, icon location etc.) then stacked instances will look good (they often don't). Having done that we can make the multi-box use a much simpler syntax. I would like it to be Oh and maybe we should error trap non-existent portals, by suppressing display and adding to a hidden cat. Rich Farmbrough, 08:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC). More Images
|Hertfordshire = Hertsflag.jpg |Swimming = Swimming pictogram.svg |United States Merchant Marine = Usmm-seal.png |Tamil = Tamil-flag.gif |Tamil People = Tamil-flag.gif |Liberalism = Yellow flag waving.svg |Socialism = Red flag II.svg thanks -- WOSlinker (talk) 08:25, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Xbox Image
|Xbox = Xbox-logotype.png Thanks.--BlackWatch21 18:26, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Please change to alphabetical listing
Proposed change because of Template:Portal boxI proposed a change to ErrorI may be being a bit stupid, but I added an image for the History of Canada portal but
Image syntaxJust wondering if it would be better to include the full
ProtectionPortal images and names protected at Template:Portal/Image lockboxs. I was hoping we could cascade semi the less frequently used one, but that's not an option. Rich Farmbrough, 15:47, 22 May 2010 (UTC).
No problem, if Svick's figures can be used to select only the top 10 or 50 or whatever number of images/names that would be good. The point is the structure is there, albeit static rather than dynamic. Rich Farmbrough, 07:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC).
Borders
Template:Porta and Template:PortbI have just discovered the templates
I've disabled Template:Porta and Template:Portb. Please see #Template:Port below. Yours aye, Buaidh (talk) 18:33, 23 May 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia Portal navflags deletion nominationI've nominated a few of the unused templates from Category:Wikipedia Portal navflags at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 23 if anyone wants to comment. -- WOSlinker (talk) 17:42, 23 May 2010 (UTC) Template:PortAs I stated at Template:Port&oldid=363649697:
This functionality can either be integrated into Template:Portal or Template:Port can be left as a separate template. Yours aye, Buaidh (talk) 18:51, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Floating right or leftThere is a {{{left}}} parameter on this template. Does
The thing is the float left is only used on a very few non-encylopedia pages. To have the functionality transcluded on 2.5 million pages for that wafer thin benefit is ... something we do a lot ... but a bad idea. Rich Farmbrough, 20:09, 23 May 2010 (UTC).
From User talk:BuaidhSorry I didn't get back to you about the questions you raised on my talk page some weeks back. Basically the goals you mention are being achieved through the main template. Rich Farmbrough, 19:36, 23 May 2010 (UTC).
{{portal|England|image=Flag of England.svg{{!}}border|size=22|height=44}}
{{port|England|border=yes}}
|alt={{{alt|}}}
{{#ifeq:{{{alt|¬}}}|¬||{{!}}alt={{{alt|}}}}}
A suggestionOne logical solution to this whole problem is to have three templates which perform somewhat differently. Template:Portal and Template:Portalbox use a default image size of 32x28 pixels. Template:Port creates linkboxes with a uniform effective image height of 24 pixels. Vive la différence! --Buaidh (talk) 22:44, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Portal:ChinaFYI, someone replaced the China image with the PRC flag, in all usages of Portal:China's portal template. This is a different portal from Portal:People's Republic of China, and from Portal:Republic of China, which is different from Portal:Taiwan. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 00:57, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
Portal:Republic of ChinaFYI, ROC and Taiwan have separate portals, why doesn't the ROC portal use the flag, like other country portals, and it's synonymous link? 76.66.193.224 (talk) 01:04, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
Portal:People's Republic of ChinaFYI, PRC doesn't have the flag that goes with the portal, unlike it's full name. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
China{{portal|China}} yields: {{portal|People's Republic of China}} yields: {{portal|PRC}} yields: {{portal|Republic of China}} yields: {{portal|ROC}} yields: {{portal|Taiwan}} yields: {{People's Republic of China portal}} or {{PRC portal}} yields: {{Republic of China portal}} or {{ROC portal}} yields: {{Taiwan portal}} yields: --Buaidh (talk) 14:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC) Image templates with default imageAs an example, see Template:Portal/Images/Free software. We should delete such templates to make sure that, in case the default image should ever change, the image of this portal remains up to date. --The Evil IP address (talk) 18:31, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
U.S. state portal images
--Buaidh (talk) 19:17, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Deleting portal templatesBefore deleting any more portal templates, please post a notice on the corresponding WikiProject for at least a few days. Thanks, Buaidh (talk) 22:22, 7 June 2010 (UTC) Code errorAs Template:Portal is currently written, the default size of 32 pixels is never invoked. If both size and parameter 3 are missing, the size defaults to a height of 28 pixels. If this is the intent, the 32 pixels should be removed from both the code and the documentation. If this is not the intent, the code should be fixed. I would like to modify Template:WPbox and Template:Lbox to conform to the same dimensions as Template:Portal, but this error confounds me. --Buaidh (talk) 20:32, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Category:Templates with transitional syntaxIs the use of Category:Templates with transitional syntax intended as preparation for eliminating the named parameters, eliminating the positional parameters, or merely an act of terrorism? Yours aye, Buaidh (talk) 20:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
interwiki link request from Mahir78, 11 June 2010
Sorry I misunderstood your use of the word "positional. Let me explain more fully. The named parameters are flexible,and yes they are better than positional parameters for doing anything complex. But the thrust here is simplicity:
So that's all very well, what are the confounding factors? Here are the ones I have found.
And here's what I propose to overcome those factors
These should have the same basic layout as {{portal}}, and will use the same images, but can have any fancy parameters required, since they will not be used on articles. Hoped for result:
(Even given that the above was all resolved there are still questions, some very basic, that this exercise has raised. For example I discovered that Portal:Lost had been deleted (the actual portal not a template) after a discussion, and the page redirected to the appropriate WikiProject. All well and good, but articles were now linking to WikiProjects which is a WP:Selfref we are not supposed to do.) This is a fairly straightforward process that should have taken a couple of days, instead I have spent the best part of a month on it, and I know a number of other people have been working on it too. Oh well, I hope it will be worth it. Rich Farmbrough, 13:52, 11 June 2010 (UTC).
Problem with the flag of FinlandThere seems to be a problem with {{Portal/Images/Finland}}. On {{WikiProject Finland}} the portal icon is marked as being in error, but if you click on it, File:Flag of Finland.svg is displayed correctly. The image is configured with "border", but that shouldn't be a problem, compare {{WikiProject Cyprus}}. Favonian (talk) 11:09, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
About alt textI have a question about recent changes of deleting "Templates" then the change in articles to {{portal|example}}. When this is done alt text is removed, so i take it alt text is no longer needed for portals - or is this something that will have to be re-added by hand? Moxy (talk) 01:28, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Alt text is an accessibility issue, and should not be used for this kind of image as I understand it. Rich Farmbrough, 15:06, 16 June 2010 (UTC).
East TimorCould
Image paramsNow that there hasn't been many pages left in Category:Templates with transitional syntax for a few weeks now, should this template be updated to remove the image parameter? Or perhaps even merging with {{portal box}}. -- WOSlinker (talk) 14:27, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
Portal{{editprotected}} I'd like to request a couple of simple changes just for one of the portal image subpages:
Oh forget it. I'll just get around it somehow. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 13:37, 3 August 2010 (UTC) Keeping trackI am just wondering if someone or something is keeping track of all the portals that still need there pictures fixed/replaced. I mean all those that got deleted in the conversion process and now use the stranded icon. I would be willing to help with this as i cant stand to see blanked portals and my edits to add the portal images back keeps getting deleted by this wonderful bot you guys are using. I have a small list that are waiting to have the images put back and know of many more...can they not be done when that are converted in the first place? From what i can tell if they did not have a template to be deleted and the images were simply in the Portal template they seem to have been forgotten about.Moxy (talk) 04:05, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Update changeCan someone please update the change to recent move of Portal:Children's literature? Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 09:56, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
BaconPlease list this somewheres: Template:Portal/Images/Bacon. Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 11:35, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Portal LGBT
Fix Template:Portal for parameter boxsize
Once corrected, the {{Portal|test|boxsize=90}} box shown here, during edit preview, will no longer list redlink "Template:Boxsize" in the list of templates used (at the end of an edit-preview page). The problem only occurred when passing parameter "{Portal...|boxsize=nn}" and, hence, most portal links did not list redlink "Template:Boxsize" during article edits. -Wikid77 (talk) 11:28, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Projects that do not use a See also sectionThe WP:MEDMOS deprecates See also sections, so another place option is necessary for portal links in general, including this format. There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles where we are trying to come to a consensus. Peter (Southwood) (talk): 08:14, 10 June 2012 (UTC) |
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