Last modified: 2014-07-23 04:59:28 UTC
There is currently a <poem> tag in use on MediaWiki, which allows for easy presentation of poem- based texts. This doesn't really help us when it comes to prose works, however, as (at least at Wikisource) the presentation is going to be very different. If a <prose> tag could be added which would allow us to easily customize presentation of its text, that would be much appreciated.
What's the intended difference between the prose text and ordinary untagged text? <poem> is somewhat different in its parser behavior from ordinary text, in that it preserves certain types of spacing during parsing.
(In reply to comment #1) > What's the intended difference between the prose text and ordinary untaggedtext? <poem> is somewhat different in its parser behavior from ordinary text,in that it preserves certain types of spacing during parsing. A lot of CSS changes. Paragraphs would be indented, the alignment would be justified, the width of the page would be drastically shortened so there would be fewer words per line. There is an attachment for the proposal which will be added shortly.
So you're basically asking for <prose> to become an alias of <div class="prose">? Why not just use the latter? It's only marginally longer to type, and it doesn't require extensions to be padded on. You could even just restyle "#content p".
(In reply to comment #3) > So you're basically asking for <prose> to become an alias of <divclass="prose">? Why not just use the latter? It's only marginally longer totype, and it doesn't require extensions to be padded on. You could even justrestyle "#content p". Since this would be a site-wide style, it would be easier for newer/inexperienced users to not have to drudge through all the different classes that are available on Wikisource and know that one tag will present the text exactly as desired. It's far more expedient to help get people into the flow of things.
Created attachment 2147 [details] Quick and nasty hack of Poem extension I have to agree with Ryan. Yes, it's not much shorter, but I think it's inherently easier for new people to use something like <prose>...</prose> than <div class="prose">...</div>. It also standardises all prose text into a single class, which can then be altered in the style sheet, without having to go through and find prose texts which use other classes or customised CSS tags. Either way, here's an ugly hack that might do the trick.
And what about putting those div tags in templates? {{prose start}} Foo bar prose {{prose end}} This looks intuitive enough for me. No extension work! Alternatively, you could use something like {{prose}} and {{prose.}} or something
As stated above, it's better to use templates or a CSS class instead of an extension.
The given solution isn't intuitive to newcomers. Considering the current efforts to make editing *Wikipedia* a more intuitive expecience and the bug 52061, I'm boldly reopenning this bug. Please also see https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52061#c38
lugosto: Why does this block bug 52061?
Have you checked https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52061#c38 ?
This is not blocking fixing bug 52061 but it likely won't matter if this ticket is open or not, as long as nobody provides a patch.
