Template talk:Icon/Archive 2

Adding functionality for Template:Icon link
Icon link is a superset of Icon, currently implemented via template logic. I've added a function link in the module sandbox to implement this in Lua, which will make it more efficient. In addition, I've made the following changes:
 * Implemented argument parsing and cleanup by calling Module:Arguments and Module:Yesno
 * Instead of hardwiring "sandbox" into the Module, the code looks at args.sandbox to determine whether it is in the sandbox or not

Any comments, questions, or suggestions before I copy this into the main module? — hike395 (talk) 20:15, 3 January 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Updated the main module. Let me know if anyone sees any odd behavior. — hike395 (talk) 11:23, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Humour icon?
It occurs to me that marking April Fool's comments with an icon could be useful, along with the banner humourous that goes on many XfD nominations in and about April 1st. As people live in various timezones across the globe that do not match UTC, they could mark comments that unintentionally fall outside of the UTC 1 April date. Can a new icon be added to icon ? -- 65.92.246.142 (talk) 13:35, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ambox humor.svg An icon for April Fool's comments?


 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ please mock up the change you want in the sandbox, test it, then reactivate the edit request. If this is just a discussion, feel free to continue below. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:51, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

POTD support
Change vital = { image = "Círculos_Concéntricos.svg", tooltip = "Vital article", link = false, }, to	vital = { image = "Círculos_Concéntricos.svg", tooltip = "Vital article", link = false, },	potd = { image = "Wikipedia-logo.svg", tooltip = "Picture of the Day", link = true, },

This will add a Picture of the Day icon matching the TFA/TFL icons. &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:25, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * curious as to why the double-double quotation marks in the image line? Is that correct or just a key bounce?  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;,  ed.  put'r there 18:03, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * fixed. Likely from an over-enthusiatic text editor that likes to insert double quotes when you type on (same for brackets, etc...). &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 18:55, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay then and ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'r there 20:48, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Request to add 'Current event' clock as an icon


Hi, could we add an icon for File:Current event clock.svg, or something similar? (Maybe titled   or   ?) This would be useful to denote current events that are not news events (not "itn", in the news) – that globe/clock icon also seems too small to be clear in some situations.

I can't see a way to display the clock in a template without posting the file directly. Sorry if I'm missing something.

The clock file is already used in Template:Infobox recurring event, World Athletics Championships, NBA Finals, Biathlon World Cup and some others. If an icon is possible, I'm intending to add that icon to the NFL and Major League Baseball navigation boxes, which have their current season listed, but no icon as it isn't technically feasible. Thanks, Demokra (talk) 20:43, 26 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Have made a sandbox edit, with the name "icon|currentevent", here - hope that's right to do. Demokra (talk) 00:30, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Is there a need for this? Current events are transient things. Where would this be used? &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 23:39, 27 June 2022 (UTC)