Template talk:Contains special characters
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Cuneiform support
[edit]The single parameter for cuneiform needs to be replaced with multiple new parameters for:
- Old Babylonian cuneiform
- Neo-Assyrian cuneiform
- Neo-Babylonian cuneiform
- Anatolian cuneiform
Urartian cuneiform.
These variants of the cuneiform use different fonts, and a single parameter for each of them would only be confusing for readers who would try to download the rendering support.
Additionally, the template links to Help:Special characters when the cuneiform parameter is used although it should link to Help:Multilingual support#Cuneiform. Can this be corrected? Antiquistik (talk) 14:03, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- Please provide the text that should be used so that it can be added in to the code. Primefac (talk) 16:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Primefac: For Old Babylonian cuneiform: This page contains Old Babylonian cuneiform script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script.
- For Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: This page contains Neo-Assyrian cuneiform script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script.
- For Neo-Babylonian cuneiform: This page contains cuneiform script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script.
- For Anatolian cuneiform: This page contains Anatolian (Hattic, Hittite, Hurrian, Luwian or Palaic) cuneiform script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script.
- A separate template for Urartian cuneiform won't be needed as Urartian uses Neo-Assyrian cuneiform. Antiquistik (talk) 17:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay; done. Primefac (talk) 17:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Line feed
[edit]On the North British Academy of Arts article, the {{Contains special characters}} template is introducing an extra line feed at the top of the article. Praemonitus (talk) 16:41, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
- This does not appear to be the case. Primefac (talk) 17:09, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- When I compare North British Academy of Arts to, say, Salt substitute, the first line is quite clearly at a different location. Praemonitus (talk) 19:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Looks the same to me. I did check the code, for what it's worth, and there is no extraneous whitespace above or below any part of the template code. Primefac (talk) 19:03, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Must be a browser difference then. Thanks. Praemonitus (talk) 19:26, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Looks the same to me. I did check the code, for what it's worth, and there is no extraneous whitespace above or below any part of the template code. Primefac (talk) 19:03, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- When I compare North British Academy of Arts to, say, Salt substitute, the first line is quite clearly at a different location. Praemonitus (talk) 19:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Template-protected edit request on 19 July 2024
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The SVGs meant to pictographically represent the Gothic Alphabet that are currently in use across Wikipedia, including on this template page, are from a font known as MPH 2B Damase. I believe that the glyphs within this font are not a good representation of the Gothic Alphabet, as they have many quirks that are not seen in attested examples of the letters. I have created SVGs of the letters that are more accurate to the forms seen in the Codex Argenteus, one of the largest extant parts of the Gothic corpus, to hopefully replace the roughly 19-year old versions used by Wikipedia. To this end, I would be grateful if you changed the image for the Gothic characters template from this:
to this:
Thank you for your time.
Fungustober (talk) 00:54, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Edit request 3 September 2024
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Description of suggested change: can you add stuff for more scripts like Ancient North Arabian, Linear A and Linear B thanks,
Daisytheduck quack quack 02:05, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. I'm happy to code in any proposed changes, but I need to know what wording/language to use with it, along with any images if desired. Primefac (talk) 15:35, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
