[Wikia-l] Techs, I'd like a quick opinion on whether certain pre-processing when editing is likely to be doable

[Jamie Hari]

Dan,


I suggest you log a feature request here:

http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/

Indicate you would like a new markup, like <nowrap>TEXT HERE</nowrap> or
similar.
I believe it would just simply parse out to something like:

<span style="white-space: nowrap">TEXT HERE</span>

or its CSS equivalent.


Let me know if you have any questions.



-- 
Jamie Hari
Editor-in-Chief
Marvel & DC Database Projects



On 1/10/08, Dan Kindsvater <dank55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd love to get an answer from the techs that would help us avoid a fight
> which is a few days away from spilling into WP:Village Pump that concerns
> a
> wikimedia-wide issue.  The question is: if Wikimedia is given a list of
> rules for phrases that should never wrap..."p. 1", "8 sq ft", "10 AD",
> etc...would it be too much of a drain on the system to check the diff
> every
> time someone makes an edit and insert the proper code?  (Probably best
> would
> simply be the unicode for no-break space, which would act properly and
> "invisibly".)
>
> For the last month, I've been talking with a group of editors who feel
> strongly (and they're willing to turn this into a big fight, I'm trying to
> avoid the fight) that, since parts of Wikipedia are being distributed in
> DVD
> and printed form, and since and we're getting more cheap shots about
> appearance, it's time to follow the same rules for line-wrapping that all
> pretty printed material (and even serious blogging) does.  They're
> proposing
> to do this with new markup and a new push to "strongly encourage" all
> editors to use proper line-wrapping markup; I think we ought to join the
> modern world and do it the same way everyone else does it, with rules
> implemented by software, usually.
>
> As I say, the argument is initially about WP, but the software solution I
> propose needs help from Wikimedia techs, and would probably affect Wikia
> now
> or in the future, so I'm hoping this list is appropriate for the
> question...I'm more active at Wikia than WP, I figure you guys have seen
> me
> and know that I'm not ranting :)
>
> Dan, Dank55, #wikia-de, #wikia, #wikiversity-en, generally hanging around
> dank55 at gmail.com
>
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