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Spiffy

This is a good idea. It'd be nice if somebody more skilled than I could spiffy it up a bit; it's a little plain currently. —Chowbok 01:27, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Link to disambiguation page?

Hello. This template links to syndication (disambiguation). I see the note "Points to the disambiguated syndication page as this template is for both online and offline comics" but I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean. Hows about we remove that link? Ewlyahoocom 22:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, a good idea. Ewlyahoocom 17:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RSS and Atom field removal

Hi. There's a proposal at Wikipedia talk:External links#Proposal to remove the RSS and Atom fields from infoboxes, that involves this template (and 2 others). Rationale and prior discussion is at that thread. Your input would be welcome and appreciated. Much thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 20:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Caption

Does the caption field ever work? I checked on many pages with this template, and no caption seems to come up. Can anyone with knowledge of editing template check the code, please? -- DTRY (talk) 01:29, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the conditional was missing a pipe. Should now be fixed: can you check and confirm? Cheers. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 09:00, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comictype Attribute

The comictype attribute is shown in the Dilbert example, but not shown in the Usage or Attribute sections. Should this attibute be deleted from the example? Raggedyland (talk) 14:55, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted 'comictype=print' from the Dilbert example. Raggedyland (talk) 01:16, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Needs alt text parameter

Could this template please be modified to provide the "alt=" alternate text parameter? A parm for pixel size would be good too. Although, I see that both be achieved in the following way until this enhancement is made: "image=[[File:Filename.jpg|240px|alt=Alt text]]" Prhartcom (talk) 00:37, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've added parameters for the alt text and upright, but not for image size in pixels, the use of which is discouraged by our WP:IUP. Alakzi (talk) 00:56, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alakzi, are they tested? Neither parameter is accepted when I change from the above to this: "image=[[File:Filename.jpg|upright]] |alt=Alt text" Prhartcom (talk) 13:33, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can't use both the File: syntax and the |alt= parameter; you're gonna have to change it to:

| image = Filename.jpg
| alt = Alt text

It defaults to upright=1. Alakzi (talk) 13:42, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Understood; much better now, thanks for the explanation. I have also completed the update to the doc. Cheers. Prhartcom (talk) 13:56, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Need for "On hiatus" field?

The "last" field is for strips that have ended. I'm looking at a case (Secret Asian Man) where the author declared that the strip was going on hiatus, and they might revisit it later. It has been several years since that declaration, and the author hasn't come back yet, but using the "last" field still feels inappropriate. So my question is, do we need a special field for "on hiatus", or should we leave it alone and let the body of the article cover it? —FactoidCow (talk) 15:34, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There's already a |status= field, which is clearly meant to be used for such purposes. Since it's freeform, filling in something like |status=On hiatus (since [date]) would seem to adequately cover cases like that. I'd probably leave the |last= field blank, since it's labeled "End date" which, I agree, doesn't seem appropriate for "paused" strips unless/until an official abandonment is announced, or the strip's status is clearly altered by some significant event (such as the death of the author). FeRDNYC (talk) 15:34, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Wow, I now see that it's been nearly ten years since that hiatus announcement. Unfortunate, too, that for the past 2 years that blog post has been doing nothing but collecting spam comments. Doesn't seem like the most encouraging sign.) FeRDNYC (talk) 15:37, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]