User talk:Luxpoiesis

Link to website
I removed the website link from the infobox in SignWriting for purely technical reasons. An infobox has a defined list of parameters and the Infobox Writing system template does not have website defined.

I have since added the website link to the article in the External links section — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 17:14, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Independently, the Wikipedia editor "slevinski" just updated the infobox for the SignWriting article to include the SignWriting websites, so the original issue is resolved for now. But note that these additions don't use the standard infobox formatting, so they're visually inconsistent with the rest of the infobox content.

Speaking of which, can you verify your assertion that the infobox writing system does not define a "website" field? This is contradicted by the infobox contents of the following representative websites (one of which led me to realize that the SignWriting article was missing a website in its infobox):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICEF https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation

Luxpoiesis (talk) 17:57, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Correction to above: "representative websites" —> "representative Wikipedia articles" Luxpoiesis (talk) 18:15, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

There are many kinds of Infoboxes. They serve different purposes and so define different parameters. The following Infobox links lead to the associated documentation —
 * Microsft uses Infobox company which has a website parameter
 * UNICEF uses Infobox United Nations which has a website parameter
 * California uses Infobox U.S. state which has a website parameter
 * Wikimedia Foundation uses which has a homepage parameter
 * SignWriting uses Infobox Writing system which does not have a website parameter, but now shows website links via a footnotes parameter and a fair bit of extra formatting, which is unusual but is viable — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 19:09, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying the situation with the infoboxes. If the box's current updated state is OK with you layout-wise, it definitely addresses my original concerns. And the added website link in the External a links section is all the better. Thanks again for maintaining the SignWriting article. Luxpoiesis (talk) 21:37, 26 July 2021 (UTC)