https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31738
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Bug #: 31738
Summary: Templates should have a 'meta icons' are to fix text
direction issues
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Templates
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Many Wikimedia wikis use "header icons" to display meta information about
articles - whether they have a particular quality ranking, whether they are
protected or semi-protected or whatever. These are absolutely positioned using
CSS.
To see a widely used example of this, check out this template on en.wp:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Topicon
On right-to-left wikis like Hebrew, these are placed on the other side of the
screen, obviously.
But an issue can arise if you read a right-to-left wiki with a left-to-right
language set in your preferences.
An example:
1. Go to Hebrew Wikipedia - http://he.wikipedia.org/ - and sign in.
2. Set your preferences to have English (or another LTR language).
3. Go to the article on Israel -
http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C
This article has icons for being protected (or semi-protected, can't tell: my
Hebrew isn't that good) and for being a featured article. Only it overlaps the
title of the article which has been put on the left.
One possible solution for this is to specify a particular CSS class or other
method which positions the 'meta icons' based on where the title is.
It is worth noting also that not all articles in right-to-left languages have
right-to-left article names - see http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Calling
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