Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Typography

Major grammar error in a related article

Hello. I am making this topic to talk about a major grammar error in this article, where I found this quoteː "It using the letter of the modoltsov, Komi De with an topbar." This seems to have absolutely zero context and it makes no sense why this is in. I am also making this because I don't know what to do with it and the talk page for the article does not exist. JanKeso (talk) 15:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi JanKeso, welcome to Wikipedia! Wiktionary claims this corresponds to the Unicode "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH TOPBAR" in the Latin Extended-B set and the categorization here is consistent with that. Perhaps the editor wanted to get across it also looks like a Komi De with an topbar. But I could not find any evidence that it had a Komi De origin. When there is zero evidence found of a controversial assertion, it is fine to delete the assertion, then see if any other editors disagree. If they do, then discuss. I will go ahead and delete the sentence. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk} 16:34, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Dagger template

I just came across Template:dagger at Larry Monroe Forever Bridge. I was surprised to find that this template, unlike say Template:ndash or Template:asterisk for example, does not actually insert a dagger (†). Instead it inserts a picture of a dagger. This seems so wrong to me. The resulting text is not searchable or pastable, among other things. This has been discussed on the template talk page but nothing has been resolved. GA-RT-22 (talk) 21:08, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

It's fixed now. GA-RT-22 (talk) 19:05, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Printer (computing)#Requested move 17 December 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Printer (computing)#Requested move 17 December 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 14:51, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Paren space

There is an article, Paren space, which is uncited and I can find no external references to it that aren't copies of the WP article. It claim to be "a space character as wide as a parenthesis". I propose to tag it for deletion. If anyone has reason to save it, speak now or forever hold your peace. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:33, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Answer came there none, so it has been deleted. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 00:39, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I used to set type for a living, both from a case and from hot lead, and I never heard of a "paren space". All our spaces were fractions or multiples of an em. GA-RT-22 (talk) 06:01, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Misnamed articles?

At present, we have three articles

• Arabic typography
• East Asian typography
• Thai typography

and there is a proposal to create Cyrillic typography

As far as I can see, the Arabic and Thai ones are actually about type design; the East Asian one is a bit of both. Is there any reason why I shouldn't just move the Arabic and Thai ones to the correct name? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 12:09, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Indicia (publishing) , Impressum , and Masthead (American publishing)

Articles that you have been involved in editing—Indicia (publishing) , Impressum , and Masthead (American publishing) —have been proposed for merging with Nameplate (publishing). If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Cnilep (talk) 01:34, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:East Asian Gothic typeface#Requested move 27 March 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:East Asian Gothic typeface#Requested move 27 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Remsense诉 18:59, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Redirects for Engschrift

Hi there. I not too long ago proposed the Engschrift article for deletion, but it was opposed by @Kvng, who instead suggested a merge. I was referred here by them since I had a question regarding redirecting once relevant information is moved to the applicable articles (DIN 1451, Austria (typeface) and Tern (typeface)): since it's not possible to redirect to multiple articles, what can / should be done? Thanks in advance. EthanL13 | talk 19:37, 20 April 2024 (UTC)