Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback

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Possible issue with Visual Editor
Using: Chrome: 112.0.5615.50, Windows 10 (64-bit), Vector legacy (2010)

I know that there are limitations with Visual Editor and templates but I've started to notice it acting weird on a few specifically. If you edit certain templates with Visual Editor, it will most of time, mess up the parameter spacing and hidden comments that may also be in the template. Below are the templates I've seen the most effected by VE; I would surmise there are a lot of other templates which can get messed up regarding the hidden comments and parameter spacing in them.

Template:Infobox settlement: Removes parameter spacing; messes up hidden comments (Example).

Template:Infobox U.S. county: Doesn't create a new line for each new parameter added (Example)

Template:US Census population: May mess up the parameter spacing (Example).

Template:Jct: How the template is viewed in VE mode means the parameter order get reversed (Example).

Other: If imputing bullet points manually, user can create multiple different bullet "charts" which don't merge into a single "chart" (Example).

To my best knowledge, these issues don't hurt the contents of the template if in "Read" mode (expect for the bullet point issue), but it does mess up the template layout which could be a problem for other users. I'm concerned that, due to the nature of the issue and amount of bytes it add/removes, Wikipedia might incorrectly ping newer users edits as vandalism and led to edit reverts or bans (which is unfair since many don't know). I've tried to minimize using VE with templates now but I've seen many others who use VE and unintentionally mess up the template(s). All in all, not an immediate concern, but it might be good to investigate the issue in the future. Thank you for your time; have a good day.

Annotation Suggestion

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackbelly_lanternshark&action=edit Hey! I think you guys should glance over the formatting of these references. The citations should be in the same style and format.

Malloryfitzhenry (talk) 03:02, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

@ 5.115.224.128 (talk) 13:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roll-on/roll-off_vessel_accidents?oldid=1207374583&action=edit

78.162.43.46 (talk) 01:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

76a2d52 2024-04-01T07:23:26Z

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cherrytamba/sandbox&action=edit&redlink=1&preload=Template%3AUser+sandbox%2Fpreload

Cherrytamba (talk) 00:32, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

หนุ่มเลยงง ทุ่งจันทร์ใด้ปะ 1.47.196.107 (talk) 09:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)


 * หนุ่มเลยงง ทุ่งจันทร์ใด้ปะ 1.47.196.107 (talk) 09:24, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * occ2 1.47.196.107 (talk) 09:26, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Report uncited information

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canaletto&oldid=1219115690&action=edit

Hi! I would like to report an issue of uncited information. Canaletto's work is claimed on this page to have anticipated the impressionist movement. This information is not found anywhere else online (primary source), nor discussed in secondary sources and is seemed to have been made up on this page. Internet searches mostly become self referential to this page. There is no option to indicate "citation needed", so I am not sure if I can just delete this information (I do not want to commit an egregious act of censorship). Let me know what I can do about this, or if you can handle it on your end.

Thanks, Frequent Wikipedia user.

71.167.78.221 (talk) 02:45, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

THAT DEED FALLS CITY

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Damua&section=7&oldid=1154262956&action=edit

2405:201:1000:5013:1544:17E4:EA05:3A3C (talk) 04:54, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Caleb Bautista

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hi it's Caleb it's time for your daily lesson

2601:645:E80:DE50:652B:EA0A:A811:44FA (talk) 03:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Having trouble trying to publish a new page

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vegaslover98/sandbox?veswitched=1&oldid=1226326428&action=edit

Vegaslover98 (talk) 23:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

How to delete title and change it

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Teckant/sandbox&action=edit How can I delete the title and change it because it only shows my username and sandbox and I want to change it. How can I do that?

Teckant (talk) 17:05, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Uploading images not working

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onegai_My_Melody?veswitched=1&oldid=1225020990&action=edit

Onegaimymelodybest (talk) 20:36, 1 July 2024 (UTC)