Template talk:Infobox television/Short description
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Template-protected edit request on 23 February 2023[edit]
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Replace the Americanism "program" with the universally accepted "show." As I found out today, if a British series/show article doesn't have a short description, it will automatically display this. Danstarr69 (talk) 15:28, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Not done as this will cascade and before we get in to an WP:ENGVAR discussion this should be more broadly discussed. Please invite attendees from Template talk:Infobox television to review this first. If after a reasonable time there are no participants, reactivate the edit request. — xaosflux Talk 16:57, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Line-break problem[edit]
A linebreak is sometimes showing up within the short desc somehow. If you have diplay of short desc turned on with user CSS, you can see this at Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, where the short desc renders as:
[Short description: American TV series or program
]
— SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 16:09, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- Perhaps I don't have my user settings set to see this issue, but it looks fine for me on Vector 2010 skin plus when I search for the article on the mobile site. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 23:32, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- SMcCandlish, I adjusted some html comments to see if that fixes the white space. I ran {{infobox television}} through Expand Templates for that page, and I didn't see any extra line breaks. Is it fixed for you? If not, how are you seeing this extra line break? – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- Yep, that fixed it, thanks. For seeing short desc., see near the top of User:SMcCandlish/common.css. I recommend doing this for any/all editors, since you'd be surprised how often these normally unseen lines need editing. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 17:41, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- SMcCandlish, I adjusted some html comments to see if that fixes the white space. I ran {{infobox television}} through Expand Templates for that page, and I didn't see any extra line breaks. Is it fixed for you? If not, how are you seeing this extra line break? – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)