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2016 Alpine Ski Upgrades

Hi! You definitely have a way higher knowledge of how to make wikipedia work than I do. The results tables definitely look much thinner and friendlier but all the info is still on there! Definite thumbs up for the changes! I do like the added info section at the beginning, but I think there's something in the manual about keeping the intro/header/whatever section short. I think the text that's already there is in danger of needing its own section, and as the season goes on there's likely to be more info added so just personally I'd have a new section, I guess that'd probably have to come before the results tables? 6seabou (talk) 00:33, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

- I think it is more of a personal pref/style (for me) to see good, informative dialogue at the top of a main article page, instead of just staring at a boring TOC, tons of white space and some slick data templates. I feel that if folks see content right away, they know someone cares about the page alot. And if page maintainers care, then scrolling down just a little to find a concise TOC might be worth the scroll.(<whispering> I am CinC Admin for another large Wikie-P with about 46 million 'views' in the last 7 years over 700+ Article pages. I'm all about the Marketing -> so our brillant collaborative work here gets the rich attention it deserves.) Of course, as always, I stay flexible in the dynamic environment, and avoid falling into the fascist trap of the mindless BOT that stalks the pedia. The bottomline is to get more eyes on the page.[;^) - –HacksawFW– my edits 00:08, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 Alpine World Cup Pages

Hi! Just wanted to say I love the idea of having standings pages for each individual discipline. A couple of things I wanted to flag up, firstly those numbers on the left hand side don't actually line up with the racers names and I think they should. Unfortunately I don't know enough wikipedia language to make that happen. Also Dave Ryding skis for Great Britain not England so should have the flag of Great Britain not England. I know he personally is English but ski racing in England, Wales and Scotland is governed by the British Ski and Snowboard Federation and on the tour and at the Olympics therefore he represents Great Britain. 6seabou (talk) 00:21, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

- Howdy... The English thing I did was because every other name uses the country they represent (presumably a citizen), plus he was born there. The GBR thing, aka, a conglomeration of countries, seems like false logic. Following that logic, a few other flags might change too, i.e. Russian Federation for RUS SVK SLO etc... FYI - I am Scottish and I used to ski competitvely. What next, NATO flags? If anyone tried to slap a GBR flag on my wiki page... I'd undo it and return to my SCO flag. We have 'country' flags for a reason in this world - - to more accurately define ourselves (aka. I don't identify as GBR) If you are really hard-over about this (can't sleep at night) - then change it back. I'll sleep well either way.
The deal with the wikispeak for the column of numbers is tricky and I am just updating as I go along. The whole deal depends on the column to the right where the names and data live. As soon as you compress the table (narrow your browser), the longest data point in that table spills onto a second line - the 'number' table on the left won't match it anymore. The fix is to add a 'white-space; nowrap' command to the offending line. That single command on the widest data box forces the whole column to stay at 'nowrap' status. I usually do this to the three longest offenders, just in case, and throw in a &ensp or &nbsp for good measure. The real task is to double check on the 'mobile view' option at the bottom, or just slip an 'm.' into the URL (en.wikipedia.org becomes en.m.wikipedia.org). The mobile view is the truest test to ensure that our product isn't 'wrap'ping onto a second line. 'Aleksander Aamodt Kilde' is a good example where it should be shortened to 'Aleksander Aamodt Kilde|Aleksander Kilde'. The table will only wrap to the 'shortened naming', so the column won't run long or wrap to soon. I fixed it on the main page, but someone undid my short-hand. Thanks for the PHC (personal human contact) [8^) –HacksawFW– my edits

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- Found it. Repaired –HacksawFW– my edits

Disambiguation Link - 23 Dec 15

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- Good to have oversight on a complicated data page -- thanks -- 12:42, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

- TYPO repaired –HacksawFW– my edits