Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/Cases/Overview
Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2016
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Not done. What exactly do you want? Please, be more specific. Vanjagenije (talk) 15:37, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Suggested format change
The current layout requires a signifcant amount of screen width to avoid wrapping to two lines per entry (and taking up twice the height). This could be improved somewhat with a couple of minor changes:
- Abbreviate the "Last ..." headers somewhat so they don't force the column to be wider than the typical data. Use multi-row header to better show relationship of timestamps to users.
- Change the
" UTC"suffix on the three timestamps to"Z". - Abbreviate the rendered Status values (e.g., "More info req. (CU)" → "Info?/CU") from
{{SPIstatusentry}}.
In this typical case, in my environment, this results in a table that doesn't wrap above 1040px width, compared with the existing 1430px, a significant 390px reduction.
| Investigation | Status | Date filed | Last user to edit case | timestamp | Last clerk/checkuser to edit case | timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vrahomarinaner | In progress | 2019-11-02 13:06 UTC | Ivanvector | 2019-11-02 13:06 UTC | Ivanvector | 2019-11-02 13:06 UTC |
| Huashang | New | 2019-11-23 19:42 UTC | Eggishorn | 2019-11-23 19:42 UTC | ||
| 69.136.134.162 | Closed | 2019-11-22 19:29 UTC | RoySmith | 2019-11-23 00:02 UTC | ||
| Personpersonperson12345 | Closed | 2019-11-22 20:29 UTC | Oshwah | 2019-11-23 09:45 UTC | Oshwah | 2019-11-23 09:45 UTC |
becomes:
| Last user edit | Last clerk/CU edit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation | Status | Time filed | User | Timestamp | User | Timestamp |
| Vrahomarinaner | In progress | 2019-11-02 13:06Z | Ivanvector | 2019-11-02 13:06Z | Ivanvector | 2019-11-02 13:06Z |
| Huashang | New | 2019-11-23 19:42Z | Eggishorn | 2019-11-23 19:42Z | ||
| 69.136.134.162 | Closed | 2019-11-22 19:29Z | RoySmith | 2019-11-23 00:02Z | ||
| Personpersonperson12345 | Closed | 2019-11-22 20:29Z | Oshwah | 2019-11-23 09:45Z | Oshwah | 2019-11-23 09:45Z |
Potential issue: do people have tools that they use to post-process this table that depend on the Status values and timestamp formats (though I'll note that the backup version of the table from DQ has different formats as well). I'm not an admin, but an occasional user of the page. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 22:27, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
- I like this a lot. My one comment is that while I know what "Z" means, I'm not sure most people do. "UTC" is probably more well known. Maybe make the Z be a wikilink to Zulu time? Or, at least include an explanatory note under the table. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:09, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- That's even better. Put a note at the bottom "all times in UTC", or in the headers, and then remove the Zs altogether. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:37, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Like this, which is down to 1000px (vs. the original 1430px):
| Last user edit | Last clerk/CU edit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation | Status | Time filed (UTC) | User | Time (UTC) | User | Time (UTC) |
| Vrahomarinaner | In progress | 2019-11-02 13:06 | Ivanvector | 2019-11-02 13:06 | Ivanvector | 2019-11-02 13:06 |
| Huashang | New | 2019-11-23 19:42 | Eggishorn | 2019-11-23 19:42 | ||
| 69.136.134.162 | Closed | 2019-11-22 19:29 | RoySmith | 2019-11-23 00:02 | ||
| Personpersonperson12345 | Closed | 2019-11-22 20:29 | Oshwah | 2019-11-23 09:45 | Oshwah | 2019-11-23 09:45 |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by AlanM1 (talk • contribs) 01:17, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- It looks like an improvement to me, but the main challenge would be to change the behavior of Amalthea (bot) (talk · contribs), the bot that updates the table, so we would have to get Amalthea (talk · contribs) on board, and unfortunately it looks like he has become relatively inactive as of late. Mz7 (talk) 02:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Mz7: Understood. Any comment on the abbreviation of the Status column values and other format changes possibly affecting other gadgets that might rely on the values/formats? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 04:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
- I don't mind the changes, but please use
rowspan="2"for the first three column headers.
Investigation Status Time filed (UTC) Last user edit Last clerk/CU edit User Time (UTC) User Time (UTC) Vrahomarinaner In progress 2019-11-02 13:06 Ivanvector 2019-11-02 13:06 Ivanvector 2019-11-02 13:06 Huashang New 2019-11-23 19:42 Eggishorn 2019-11-23 19:42 69.136.134.162 Closed 2019-11-22 19:29 RoySmith 2019-11-23 00:02 Personpersonperson12345 Closed 2019-11-22 20:29 Oshwah 2019-11-23 09:45 Oshwah 2019-11-23 09:45
- You could bum a few more pixels:
Investigation Status Filed at (UTC) Last user edit Last clerk/CU edit User Time (UTC) User Time (UTC) Vrahomarinaner In progress 2019-11-02 13:06 Ivanvector 2019-11-02 13:06 Ivanvector 2019-11-02 13:06 Huashang New 2019-11-23 19:42 Eggishorn 2019-11-23 19:42 69.136.134.162 Closed 2019-11-22 19:29 RoySmith 2019-11-23 00:02 Personpersonperson12345 Closed 2019-11-22 20:29 Oshwah 2019-11-23 09:45 Oshwah 2019-11-23 09:45
- I've removed the trailing "UTC" from the timestamps and moved the table header into the template {{SPIstatusheader}} so you should be able to adapt it to your liking.
Cheers, Amalthea 21:46, 2 December 2019 (UTC)