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| − | * ''' | + | * '''Orphans''' - If you look at the list of [[Special:LonelyPages|orphaned pages]], we have quite a few - and I have just done a ''lot'' of work reducing the number. If you create a page, ''you'' will know it is there - but others probably will not, unless it is linked to by something else. Please make doing that a part of your routine! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 22:56, 14 January 2024 (CET) |
| − | * '''Red links in navigation boxes''' - Unwritten articles in navigation boxes not only look ugly (well, ''I'' think they do), they also fill up [[Special:WantedPages]] with lots of spurious 'high-priority' (from lots of links to them) entries. Can I plead with people not to fill out navigation boxes with links to un-written articles? (A month or two of delay in writing them is OK; but please don't just leave them forever | + | * '''New categories''' - I just suffered an even bigger attack of 'category madness' than the one a few days ago; you can see the new ones [http://gunkies.org/wiki/Special:NewPages?namespace=14&size-mode=min here]. [[:Category:Standards]] (a new top-level category) and others all appeared because we had articles that didn't fit well anywhere in the existing [[Help:Categories|category graph]]. If you think I was 'confused' in any of that (quite possible :-), please take it [[Help_talk:Categories|here]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:21, 13 January 2024 (CET) |
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| + | * '''Red links in navigation boxes''' - Unwritten articles in navigation boxes not only look ugly (well, ''I'' think they do), they also fill up [[Special:WantedPages]] with lots of spurious 'high-priority' (from lots of links to them) entries. Can I plead with people not to fill out navigation boxes with links to un-written articles? (A month or two of delay in writing them is OK; but please don't just leave them forever.) I have commented out all the links to un-written articles in our current navigation boxes (list [https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Template%3ANav%20&namespace=0&hideredirects=1 here]), where they will wait for the articles to be written. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:37, 30 December 2023 (CET) | ||
* '''Expandable navigation boxes''' - For navigation boxes which have gotten too large, there is now a way to hide part of them behind an 'Expand/Collapse' button; see [[Help:Introduction to Templates]], which now contains instructions for both kinds. An example of an expandable one may be seen [[Template:Nav_PDP-11|here]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:39, 29 December 2023 (CET) | * '''Expandable navigation boxes''' - For navigation boxes which have gotten too large, there is now a way to hide part of them behind an 'Expand/Collapse' button; see [[Help:Introduction to Templates]], which now contains instructions for both kinds. An example of an expandable one may be seen [[Template:Nav_PDP-11|here]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:39, 29 December 2023 (CET) | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 14 January 2024
- Orphans - If you look at the list of orphaned pages, we have quite a few - and I have just done a lot of work reducing the number. If you create a page, you will know it is there - but others probably will not, unless it is linked to by something else. Please make doing that a part of your routine! Jnc (talk) 22:56, 14 January 2024 (CET)
- New categories - I just suffered an even bigger attack of 'category madness' than the one a few days ago; you can see the new ones here. Category:Standards (a new top-level category) and others all appeared because we had articles that didn't fit well anywhere in the existing category graph. If you think I was 'confused' in any of that (quite possible :-), please take it here. Jnc (talk) 21:21, 13 January 2024 (CET)
- Red links in navigation boxes - Unwritten articles in navigation boxes not only look ugly (well, I think they do), they also fill up Special:WantedPages with lots of spurious 'high-priority' (from lots of links to them) entries. Can I plead with people not to fill out navigation boxes with links to un-written articles? (A month or two of delay in writing them is OK; but please don't just leave them forever.) I have commented out all the links to un-written articles in our current navigation boxes (list here), where they will wait for the articles to be written. Jnc (talk) 13:37, 30 December 2023 (CET)
- Expandable navigation boxes - For navigation boxes which have gotten too large, there is now a way to hide part of them behind an 'Expand/Collapse' button; see Help:Introduction to Templates, which now contains instructions for both kinds. An example of an expandable one may be seen here. Jnc (talk) 21:39, 29 December 2023 (CET)
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