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* '''New categories''' - I just suffered an even bigger attack of 'category madness' than the one a few days ago (although thankfully they are less destructive than Dave Moon's '[[TECO]] madness' :-); 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), [[:Category:DEC Displays]] etc all appeared because we had articles that didn't fit well anywhere in the existing category graph. If you think I was 'confused' (quite possible :-), take it [[Help_talk:Introduction to Categories|here]].[[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:21, 13 January 2024 (CET)
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* '''Vertical text''' - There are now two templates to produce vertical text (for example, in table entries): <nowiki>{{VerticalTextUp|</nowiki>''Text to go up''}} and <nowiki>{{VerticalTextDown|</nowiki>''Text to go down''}}. In tables, you may have to use 'rowspan="N" |' attributes on those entries to create long vertical boxes for them to go in. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 16:11, 6 April 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, and never get a 'round tuit'.) I have commented out all the links to un-written articles in our current navigation boxes (list of them [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)
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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)
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* '''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)
 
  
 
''Older news is [[Computer History Wiki:Older News|here]].''
 
''Older news is [[Computer History Wiki:Older News|here]].''
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 22 April 2024

  • Vertical text - There are now two templates to produce vertical text (for example, in table entries): {{VerticalTextUp|Text to go up}} and {{VerticalTextDown|Text to go down}}. In tables, you may have to use 'rowspan="N" |' attributes on those entries to create long vertical boxes for them to go in. Jnc (talk) 16:11, 6 April 2024‎ (CET)
  • 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)

Older news is here.


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