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

[Jesús Martínez]

Well, for me would be fine if the parser adds the nbsp space
automatically, because *it's already doing that*

But if this is done, please, do it well:
* Use the proper localization: spanish users like me don't need a
space before a punctuation mark, nor before some of the examples you
mentioned in the first mail, so the rules must be defined depending on
the language of the wiki but not for all languages. Must be language
dependent.
* Maybe a LocalSettings.php variable to turn that feature On/Off?

Also, how many rules are we talking about? Could you please post a
link where the "other" discussion is taking place?


2008/1/11, Jamie Hari wrote:
> I still believe <nowrap> is preferable; for three reasons:
>
>
> 1. It will hardly ever be used.
> 2. The few times it is used, by those few who care, the tag is pretty
> self-explanatory to any newbie who stumbles on it in the edit window.
> 3. We don't need more (complex) work for the parser... with all the crazy
> extensions out there today, we need better performance, not worse. (Though
> the <nowrap> tag IS still more work for the parser, I am sure it isn't as
> bad.)
>
>
> --
> Jamie Hari
> Editor-in-Chief
> Marvel & DC Database Projects
>
>
>
> On 1/11/08, Dan Kindsvater <dank55 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, today I'm not so sure we've got a compromise over on
> WP:User:Noetica/ActionMOSVP.  I have been told the same thing at Wikia by
> everyone who has given an opinion, but it will help if I can say "I asked on
> the mailing list and it was unanimous", so: does everyone agree that
> automatic insertion (i.e., by Mediawiki software) of hard spaces into 'p.
> 1', '10 AD', and other places where every newspaper and magazine would also
> protect against wrapping, is preferable to inserting any special markup by
> hand, and especially preferable to a big campaign to try to "educate"
> everyone on the issue?  Some of you have said that you feel strongly that
> you would prefer not to see markup that you have to explain to newbies if it
> can be done invisibly.  And of course, it would save everyone a lot of time,
> and it would guarantee that the lines wrap correctly in these cases.  It
> seems like a slam dunk to me, but there are some editors who are, shall we
> say, resistant.  - Dan
> > Dank55, #wikia, #wikia-de, #wikiversity
> > dank55 at gmail.com
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