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Adding animation services attribute
I suggest adding an attribute for animation services for animated shows, as opposed to adding non-standard parameters to do that. Raymondsze (talk) 01:21, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. A number of articles already include them under "animators" or "production companies" or add an attribute for "animation studio" (see The Legend of Korra). An animation studio is comparable, concise, and materially relevant (Help:Infobox#What should an infobox contain?). And it's important information, animation studios do skilled work and it's reflected in the quality of the show. DA39A3 (talk) 16:08, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I also agree with this motion of having an actual attribute for animation services in animated shows instead of removing them completely as a "non-definable" attribute in info-boxes.-Prince Silversaddle (talk) 01:02, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree that it is "Materially relevant to the subject" and it is seldom info that is "Already cited elsewhere in the article" - that supports that it is not materially relevant. This is generally skilled labor work that is implementing the creative output of the production companies listed in "Company". The arguments in the infobox instructions for "Company" really apply to not listing animation services at all in the infobox. If an attribute has not been added by consensus to the standard set, using infobox construction work-arounds to add it as a non-standard attribute for a specific infobox is inappropriate. Geraldo Perez (talk) 01:42, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Template needs to be updated to support night mode
Hi this template doesnt support night theme for transparent images example as it doesn't provide a way for editors to style images either by adding a white background or inverting colors. The [1] is to allow editors to add a class to the image via a template parameter. This is already beimg used in placed like infobox signatures.
This feature is planned for deployment by June 20th so a fix should ideally be applied before then. Thanks in advance for deciding what you want to do about this. I am fixing issues like this at a large scale spanning multiple Wikimedia projects and templates (mostly to raise awareness of this issue) so unfortunately do not have time to discuss on a per-template basis but if you have any general questions you can direct them to the MediaWiki recommendations page.
Is the only way to fix these images is on a per-image fix by adding "skin-invert"? Do all .svg files need this same class? Gonnym (talk) 21:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not always. Qnother solution might be adding a different class to set background to white. The issue also occurs with png images with transparent background - not just svg.
In fact, the quickest fix to consider here is always defining the background as white globally in the template. E.g. .infobox-television img {background:white;}
Are there images that are just white text? They would not show on the current white background, so I suspect there aren't any. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:33, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What Jonesy95 says: Images with just white text wouldn't show up in the normal theme so are not a problem. There would be no side effects of such a change other than the image no longer inheriting the background color of the infobox - but that itself would be an accessibility improvement. 🐸Jdlrobson (talk) 18:40, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've added (I think) the rule to the sandbox version. Please add a test to the /testcases and make sure this works as you want. Gonnym (talk) 18:59, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you viewing it with ?vectordarkmode=1 in the URLs per the instructions? Also please disable the dark mode gadget enabled if you have that on. 🐸Jdlrobson (talk) 20:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok I see that at The Acolyte. Though switching to the sandbox template it produced this error: Lua error in Module:Infobox_television/sandbox at line 140: attempt to compare number with string. So that will need to be investigated before going live if it is something with the CSS. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:17, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The error has nothing to do with it. That's some unfinished code I'm working on (which is why it's on the /sandbox). You can switch the template sandbox to use the live version of the module to test the CSS. Gonnym (talk) 20:39, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All good. The CSS appeared to work as intended, so if that Lua error isn't part of that, then I think this is fine to make live. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:28, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've recently came across Template:Episode counter which was used in the |num_episodes= field of the infobox of an article. Is this something we want used in articles? Since the infobox should have a consistent look across the wiki, a Korean or reality series shouldn't seem that different. Currently all other articles typically just use a simple number for this. Gonnym (talk) 12:57, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Per this talk page discussion, should there be a separate field that lists a studio producing a series live-action or animated? They have nothing to do with production companies, and besides, some shows have logos of companies that are not production companies at all. BaldiBasicsFan (talk) 05:52, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I know that an animation studio is a studio in all, not a production company. Plus, even in the live-action field the pipelines of a studio and a production company are different. BaldiBasicsFan (talk) 21:05, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Besides, it's not fair to assume that every animated show like Arthur, the Beetlejuice cartoon, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic were subcontracted like The Simpsons and King of the Hill instead of co-production without solid evidence. Because of this unfair new guideline, I can't even watch these shows anymore and I don't mean watching the articles on them. - FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 21:23, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How to determine starring actors? Is it by opening and ending credits or by billing poster or by official website or by reliable sources? What if there's differences between those? This for Korean dramas by the way. 𝙹𝚒𝚢𝚊𝚗 忌炎(𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔)15:21, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It depends on the country, I guess. In the US market, the on screen credits for television productions is what we go by. If Korea does it differently then follow that. However, I would say that I find it strange that they would have a different order on screen and on a poster. Is there a specific example for this? Gonnym (talk) 10:48, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So there really isn't an issue here. The poster for lack of space lists the 2 top billed cast, the TV episode itself lists the entire cast. They are all starring. Gonnym (talk) 13:42, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's alright but as far as I know is that billing poster are mostly use in films rather than in dramas. And that is why I brought up this discussion because of the different approach when there's already a pre-existing guidelines. 𝙹𝚒𝚢𝚊𝚗 忌炎(𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔)07:14, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see. I believe it was already discussed back in April that generally only the main cast in the infobox is listed for korean dramas. If you check the other pages as well. Wheezythewave (talk) 18:52, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dialogues and Lyrics credits
At Category:Temp infobox television tracking category usages of "Dialogues" and "Lyrics" are tracked. As you can see, there are over 400 pages that use this credit. From checking a few, this seems to be an Indian-unique credit. We should either support and add these two credits, or remove their usages. But there is no point in ignoring this and having this incorrect usage style continue. Gonnym (talk) 13:19, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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