Wikipedia talk:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Aug 2019
(Part of) a certain section is "indented"
[edit]This might not be a big deal. Just a comment ..
The version [of the "archive" page] that might be ripe for a slight tweak
[edit]These comments are based on (and hence they are about) the "11:10, 10 September 2019" version of the "archive" page
(which was the latest / most current / "up-to-date" version of that "archive" page when this "Talk:" page [section] was first created).
How it looks now
[edit]A certain section heading appears "indented"
[edit]When I look at (that version of) that "archive" page, it appears that a portion (the beginning part) of the fourth section -- (the "Map_for_National_Children's_Museum_page" section) -- is indented.
- See (e.g.) this diff listing, which iirc shows when that fourth section was added to the "archive" page.
The reason might be (partially) because the previous section -- (the third section ... the "Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" section) contains a "Locator map" of Rocky Mount, North Carolina in its "Discussion" sub-section.
Some experts who know more about the layout commands or "pragma"s, etc., might be able to figure this out better than ... my poor powers to even ask the right questions, here.
How far is it indented?
[edit]It seems to be indented by about 10 times as much as what a single colon (at the beginning of a line, in the wikitext) would [intentionally] cause.
It might be more or less than ten (10 "times as much" as ...); but it is WAY more than two or three [times as much as ...]. It seems to be indented far enough to allow [the first part of] the new section (the fourth section) to be to the right of the little "Locator map of Rocky Mount, North Carolina" in the last sub-section of the previous section.
And ... I am not even sure whether or not that little "Locator map of Rocky Mount, North Carolina" in the previous section, is a "thumbnail" map or not. I did see the keyword [or whatever it is] "thumb," (right between the *.png "file name", and some kind of command saying "left") in the wikitext for that little 'Locator map' ... which said:
<< [[File:Locator map of Rocky Mount, North Carolina within Edgecombe and Nash Counties.png|thumb|left|Locator map of Rocky Mount, North Carolina]] >>.
That "indenting" is probably not intentional (right?)
[edit]Sometimes in the past I have seen situations where a certain graphic image would cause (all or part of) a nearby paragraph to have to be (or ... to be) shoehorned into a very tall and very thin column of text, usually to the right of a certain picture, although maybe sometimes it happens on the left.
When this was seen, it was usually happening [at least partially] because I had used the "Control Minus" (Ctrl_-) or -- more likely! -- the "Control Plus" (Ctrl_+) command -- probably multiple times! -- to "shrink" or "expand" some aspect of the displaying of the web page, by my web browser.
Sometimes changing that back to normal (OR, back to ... something "closer to" normal) helps, in those situations.
There may be some layout commands or "pragma"s that I am not familiar with
[edit]There may be some way to tell the layout / "display" engine (or whatever it is) how to do things ... or to give it some "advice", about how to decide how to do things. If so, then maybe I need some advice from someone who knows more about that stuff.
Due to ignorance about some of that stuff, I may not even know the correct questions to ask, here.
It might be (Is it?) "Too late to fix it"
[edit]ALSO, There might be some rules [which I do not know about], that say (for example) that once a certain section has been archived, no one is supposed to tweak it in any way, even in an effort to just "correct" some problem or issue with the layout, ... and even if the (proposed) changes have nothing to do with the content of what was being discussed in that [now "archived"] section.
- I could be wrong.
Maybe it is allowed.
Any comments?
[edit]Any advice you have to offer would be welcomed. Thanks, --Mike Schwartz (talk) 20:12, 10 September 2019 (UTC)