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(A nice [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon#Reverse_boustrophedon example of the Reverse Boustrophedon format used in Rongorongo])
 
(A nice [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon#Reverse_boustrophedon example of the Reverse Boustrophedon format used in Rongorongo])
 
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.68.137|162.158.68.137]] 22:05, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.68.137|162.158.68.137]] 22:05, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 
:My brother made up this one: "It's as if you ran a sponge through a punch-card reader."  --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.42.50|172.69.42.50]] 00:10, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 
  
 
I know Ponytail is female but I keep reading her voice as TJ Miller's character from the movie Deadpool.--[[User:R0hrshach|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach|talk]]) 15:45, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 
I know Ponytail is female but I keep reading her voice as TJ Miller's character from the movie Deadpool.--[[User:R0hrshach|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach|talk]]) 15:45, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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That's easily explained away as she is also hunched over in panel 1 trying to read his code. Holding onto the desk like that would make sense as she would not currently be using her hands to type and correct things (not that it's possible to correct Cueball's code). {{unsigned ip|108.162.241.118}}
 
That's easily explained away as she is also hunched over in panel 1 trying to read his code. Holding onto the desk like that would make sense as she would not currently be using her hands to type and correct things (not that it's possible to correct Cueball's code). {{unsigned ip|108.162.241.118}}
 
===Cummings example===
 
I wish we could copy over the "Buffalo Bill's" quote box from {{w|E. E. Cummings}}, but sadly we don't have {{quote box}} or <poem> available on this wiki... [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 15:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 
:Would {{template|Quote}} ([[Template:Quote]]) be useful to you? Or just use the "space-starting line" format
 
Buffalo Bill's
 
defunct
 
        who used to
 
        ride a watersmooth-silver
 
                                  stallion
 
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
 
                                                  Jesus
 
he was a handsome man
 
                      and what i want to know is
 
how do you like your blueeyed boy
 
Mister Death
 
:There's various possible treatments. With perhaps some additional arguments to it all, if you want it 'side-aligned'/text-flow-past/whatever, which might also be a template option, or possible through direct xhtml-type markup. Not sure how much you want to exactly emulate it what's over there... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.119|162.158.74.119]] 23:35, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 
<table class="poem" cellspacing="5" style="float: right; clear: both; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">
 
<caption>Something like this..?</caption>
 
<tr><th style="text-align:center; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">Using float</th></tr>
 
<tr><th style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;">In a table</th></tr>
 
<tr><th style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;">Or a different div-style block</th></tr>
 
<tr><th style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;">If you don't need tables</th></tr>
 
<tr><th style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;"><pre>    to do    weird stuff...</pre></th></tr>
 
<tr><th style="text-align:right; font-size:75%; font-weight:italic;">[[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.77|172.70.85.77]] 17:11, 27 March 2024 (UTC)</th></tr>
 
</table>
 
::I think a side-aligned little box would be nicer, as then it wouldn't completely break up the explanation. I simply wouldn't want the example of a E.E. Cummings poem to be taking up more space than the two paragraphs in the same section already do. But the exact styling can be anything, of course. [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 14:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 
:::This is pretty good! I implemented something with this and I think it works. Couldn't figure out how to stop this from being in bold (I know it's the th fault but I don't know how to fix it), but I think it's already good enough to be on the page. Thanks for the help! [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 12:40, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 
::::I hope you like how I changed it. Took a few tweaks to make it right (more than a few Previews, but also changed mind over submitted 'final' versions).
 
::::It doesn't need to be a table (the above was designed for contextual use that you don't need to invoke). Yes, the 'th' (table header cell) defaults to bold, and other formatting, where 'td' (table data cell) does not. I should have TDed most rows, if not all, in the example. But not using either now, so doesn't matter.
 
::::While it somewhat satisfies me, I don't know if it works for you (or others). And there are several other ways of rendering it (and encoding the rendering) that do the same sort of thing. Never mind someone going so far as to writing a Template:poem and putting the working  code (and a ton of wikicode, to deal with optional changes) into that. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.16|172.70.86.16]] 15:48, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 
:::::(sorry for the late response) This looks great! I think this is a really nice format. I'm not big on the font, but it being monospace probably helps and I don't know what the original poem's font was. You did a great job, thank you very much ^_^ ..I do have to say that I absolutely do not get the appeal of this Cummings poem. It does vaguely remind me of badly-indented code :p [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 09:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 

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