User:ZS

Revision as of 04:21, 24 May 2011 by ZS (talk | contribs) (Listing problems on GTW as notes to self and perhaps other staff.)

Present problems on the GTW

  • Galleries not displaying properly.
    • "perrow" parameter no longer working, resulting in the lack of option to set numbers of images per row. Defaults to four images per row.
    • Galleries can bizarrely appear with only three images per row instead of the default four, as the gallery width is bound by an unspecified limit. This problem is not visible in edit previews.
    • Above-mentioned galleries will align to the left despite having instructions to align to the center.
  • Naming convention for titles (up for discussion).
    • Titles are all capitalized regardless of whether they are officially given or invented by editors, contrary to standard practice of large, established gaming wikis. Plain aesthetics cited as justification.
    • Aversion of disambiguated titles that employ parenthesis, being justified as being unwieldy. Better known gaming wikis do not hold back using these. Shortcuts are available to create piped wikilinks without parenthesis when editing, and the GTW lacks a "suggested link" plugin which both Wikipedia and Wikia have standard.
    • Use of "GTA eras"; justified as being "generally accepted" by fans. Wikipedia, where the term originated, has long dropped its usage and simply categorizes the games by "numbered" GTAs that established a new canon (GTA1, GTA2, GTA3 and GTA4).
  • Plugin for rich text editor resulting in significant memory usage (Resolved; plugin removed).
  • Many images which failed to be transferred from the GTA Wikia still unattended after more than a year.