Template talk:Hiero

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WikiProject Ancient Egypt to-do list:

Needed articles.

We should have an article on every pyramid and every nome in Ancient Egypt. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have.

Cleanup.

To start with, most of the general history articles badly need attention. And I'm told that at least some of the dynasty articles need work. Any other candidates?

Standardize the Chronology.

A boring task, but the benefit of doing it is that you can set the dates !(e.g., why say Khufu lived 2589-2566? As long as you keep the length of his reign correct, or cite a respected source, you can date it 2590-2567 or 2585-2563)

Stub sorting

Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done . . .

Data sorting.

This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Wikipedia than just Ancient Egypt. Take one of the standard authorities of history or culture -- Herotodus, the Elder Pliny, the writings of Breasted or Kenneth Kitchen, & see if you can't smoothly merge quotations or information into relevant articles. Probably a good exercise for someone who owns one of those impressive texts, yet can't get access to a research library.

Background white

I made the background white on Template:Hiero and all subtemplates. For the usual skin setup this will not be a topic since all pages already have a white background, and few readers will experience any change, but since I have a pink background by my private modern.css, a few private-style geeks will perceive a small improvement. ... said: Rursus (mb_ork²) 11:32, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95 I see you have made changes to the text color to accommodate for dark mode. There is still a problem because the background color is hard-coded to be white, so with white text it becomes invisible. See for example here Rafah#Etymology. I have some experience with CSS, but I'm not sure how to change it to dynamically handle changing the background color based on the current color-scheme. Any suggestions? - Rooiratel (talk) 19:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe background-color: var(--background-color-base) ? - Rooiratel (talk) 20:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And then combine that with the change you attempted earlier of color:var( --color-base ). - Rooiratel (talk) 20:19, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've applied the changes, and they seem to work. See my example of Rafah#Etymology from earlier. It now displays black text on a white bg, for light mode, and vise versa for dark mode. Let me know if you spot any issues, or have suggestions for improvements. - Rooiratel (talk) 20:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Rooiratel implemented the changes I was about to try, but I stopped to get a snack. Nice work! I find the documentation for the night mode color options quite lacking. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:30, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

editrequest

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Please add

|+ {{{unicode|}}}

to the table, to allow entry of unicoded heiroglyphics as the boxtitle

-- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 08:57, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see WP:TESTCASES. Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Example now in the sandbox and testcases, showing that it works with the current usages with no adverse effects. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 05:18, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done Technical 13 (talk) 23:04, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adding marker request

Adding help marker [?] redirecting to the template page at the bottom of the template may be useful for readers to signify which era corresponds to the template color. --CaeserKaiser (talk) 23:53, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am working to have this solved differently: name & wikilink the era involved. If the era is relevent, it should be mentioned. If not, coloring is useless. -DePiep (talk) 23:34, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@DePiep:Very nice job but coloring the Hieroglyphic name draws more attention to the reader. --CaeserKaiser (talk) 00:28, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced. Era-coloring only helps when you see the whole timeline (like in {{History of Egypt}} -- by the way, different colors in there ;-) ).

Using era coloring this way (for a secondary topic even) is distracting the reader. Colors are not for "illustration". Also, I am happy that we have added the actual era wikilink now. -DePiep (talk) 18:40, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Center the image

It is preferred to center the image in the box. Until today, this was done by using <center> tags, added to in the input. However, <center> is deprecated and should be resolved other ways.

For starters, I have removed those tags from individual input [1] (some 35120 articles were edited), and added it as generic to the template [2]. From this, we can handle the deprecation & removal simply from this template. -DePiep (talk) 23:30, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Changes, small and serious

I have set the bordercolor to #ddd (light grey), removing era-based coloring. There is no use in fancy coloring by unexplained logic. It even brings restlessness. -DePiep (talk) 23:40, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For now, I have removed the era-backgroundcolor. I don't know if it is helpful (since: not expolained). However, the erea now has its years presented. e.g. 1st Intermediate Period (2181–2055 BC). -DePiep (talk) 00:46, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Parameters |unicode= and |gardiner= now are shown (without processing or linking) -DePiep (talk) 00:47, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]