Dan,
I suggest you log a feature request here: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ Indicate you would like a new markup, like <nowrap>TEXT HERE</nowrap> or similar. I believe it would just simply parse out to something like: <span style="white-space: nowrap">TEXT HERE</span> or its CSS equivalent. Let me know if you have any questions. -- Jamie Hari Editor-in-Chief Marvel & DC Database Projects On 1/10/08, Dan Kindsvater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd love to get an answer from the techs that would help us avoid a fight > which is a few days away from spilling into WP:Village Pump that concerns > a > wikimedia-wide issue. The question is: if Wikimedia is given a list of > rules for phrases that should never wrap..."p. 1", "8 sq ft", "10 AD", > etc...would it be too much of a drain on the system to check the diff > every > time someone makes an edit and insert the proper code? (Probably best > would > simply be the unicode for no-break space, which would act properly and > "invisibly".) > > For the last month, I've been talking with a group of editors who feel > strongly (and they're willing to turn this into a big fight, I'm trying to > avoid the fight) that, since parts of Wikipedia are being distributed in > DVD > and printed form, and since and we're getting more cheap shots about > appearance, it's time to follow the same rules for line-wrapping that all > pretty printed material (and even serious blogging) does. They're > proposing > to do this with new markup and a new push to "strongly encourage" all > editors to use proper line-wrapping markup; I think we ought to join the > modern world and do it the same way everyone else does it, with rules > implemented by software, usually. > > As I say, the argument is initially about WP, but the software solution I > propose needs help from Wikimedia techs, and would probably affect Wikia > now > or in the future, so I'm hoping this list is appropriate for the > question...I'm more active at Wikia than WP, I figure you guys have seen > me > and know that I'm not ranting :) > > Dan, Dank55, #wikia-de, #wikia, #wikiversity-en, generally hanging around > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >
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