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82.132.244.39: /* Extra Page vs Extra Comic */

2025-11-06T01:20:03Z

‎Extra Page vs Extra Comic

82.132.244.39: /* Extra Page vs Extra Comic */

2025-11-06T01:19:25Z

‎Extra Page vs Extra Comic

82.132.244.103: /* Extra Page vs Extra Comic */ Sorry, feel I need to justify and explain that further...

2025-11-06T01:11:11Z

‎Extra Page vs Extra Comic: Sorry, feel I need to justify and explain that further...

82.132.246.185: /* Extra Page vs Extra Comic */

2025-11-06T00:15:23Z

‎Extra Page vs Extra Comic

42.book.addict at 22:33, 5 November 2025

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42.book.addict: /* Extra Page vs Extra Comic */ new section

2025-11-05T22:16:24Z

‎Extra Page vs Extra Comic: new section

FaviFake: /* Random button should link to Special:RandomInCategory */ :::::{{Done|Fixed the non-comic pages}} appearing. I used a new category: :Category:All pages: :::::: {{:Category:All pages}} :::::The other issue is still not fixed. --~~~~

2025-05-11T13:35:59Z

‎Random button should link to Special:RandomInCategory: :::::{{Done|Fixed the non-comic pages}} appearing. I used a new category: Category:All pages: :::::: {{:Category:All pages}} :::::The other issue is still not fixed. --~~~~

FaviFake: /* Random button should link to Special:RandomInCategory */ Yup that's what I was wondering. I asked this in the Technical portal. FYI, you can always go to a random page even in the OG comics by clicking the link in the left sidebar. --~~~~

2025-05-05T14:40:28Z

‎Random button should link to Special:RandomInCategory: Yup that's what I was wondering. I asked this in the Technical portal. FYI, you can always go to a random page even in the OG comics by clicking the link in the left sidebar. --~~~~

172.71.142.80: /* Random button should link to Special:RandomInCategory */

2025-05-04T17:20:33Z

‎Random button should link to Special:RandomInCategory

FaviFake: Does anyone here know how to create a random link that fetches pages from two different categories?

2025-05-04T10:12:45Z

Does anyone here know how to create a random link that fetches pages from two different categories?

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 :Actually, I suggest perhaps someone like FaviFake, or another regular who has already dealt with this spaghetti-code before, looks at it/edits it. If I could edit it, I'd still want to check that others like them agreed with my suggested changes/inserts, just because other people might need to understand the spaghetti in the future.
 :This ''is'' all potentially complex, which can be a problem without having your head around what this scripting does in the first place. I've done my best to try to shown what happens/needs to happen, but it's difficult to be sure I'm aiming at a useful level of explanation when I'm not able to do this in person and perhaps with you fiddling with a testbed. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.246.185|82.132.246.185]] 00:15, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
-:...forgot to say, the "Go To Comic"->Go To Page" change would be handled by something like making it "<code><nowiki>Go To {{#ifeq:{{{extra|}}}|page|Page|Comic}}</nowiki></code> in the appropriate place(s)... Much easier to insert that change, once the necessary key=value is decided upon! [[Special:Contributions/82.132.244.39|82.132.244.39]] 01:19, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
+:...forgot to say, the "Go To Comic"->Go To Page" change would be handled by something like making it "<code><nowiki>Go To {{#ifeq:{{{extra|}}}|page|Page|Comic}}</nowiki></code>" in the appropriate place(s)... Much easier to insert that change, once the necessary key=value is decided upon! [[Special:Contributions/82.132.244.39|82.132.244.39]] 01:19, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

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 :Additionally, the button "Go to comic" should be changed to "Go to page" if extrapage = yes. '''[[User:42.book.addict|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
 :It's not a boolean value, it's (currently) a text value that can be "yes", anything else is 'not yes'.
-:*i.e., it is subject to a boolean ''test'', but the 'value' tested is more strictly a string that just happens, in this case, to be that 'true'-type word - though it could be anything else (including whether it is "no"!), and neither "true" nor "1" wouldn't be true unless we test (seperately) for those 'boolean' inputs. This might seem like a trivial distinction, but it's not actually like a proper 'boolean type' as used in a more type-bound programming language.
+:*i.e., it is subject to a boolean ''test'', but the 'value' tested is more strictly a string that just happens, in this case, to be that 'true'-type word - though it could be anything else (including whether it is "no"!), and neither "true" nor "1" would be true unless we test (seperately) for those 'boolean-word' input texts. This might seem like a trivial distinction, but it's not actually like a proper 'boolean type' as used in a more type-bound programming language.
 :*In wikiscripting, like this, you can basically just consider it as all being text (including null-text!). With ''sometimes'' that text being text-that-is-usable-in-a-numeric-context... :p
 :The current bit you need to look at is where the "Don't try to categorise the Main Page nor the extra comics" intro is.
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 :Actually, I suggest perhaps someone like FaviFake, or another regular who has already dealt with this spaghetti-code before, looks at it/edits it. If I could edit it, I'd still want to check that others like them agreed with my suggested changes/inserts, just because other people might need to understand the spaghetti in the future.
 :This ''is'' all potentially complex, which can be a problem without having your head around what this scripting does in the first place. I've done my best to try to shown what happens/needs to happen, but it's difficult to be sure I'm aiming at a useful level of explanation when I'm not able to do this in person and perhaps with you fiddling with a testbed. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.246.185|82.132.246.185]] 00:15, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

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 :Additionally, the button "Go to comic" should be changed to "Go to page" if extrapage = yes. '''[[User:42.book.addict|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
 :It's not a boolean value, it's (currently) a text value that can be "yes", anything else is 'not yes'.
 :The current bit you need to look at is where the "Don't try to categorise the Main Page nor the extra comics" intro is.
 :To deconstruct it:

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	Can someone add a boolean value extrapage and change the current extra to extracomic to differentiate extra pages on xkcd and extra comics, as suggested on {{diff\|390212\|the proposals portal?}} '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:16, 5 November 2025 (UTC)		Can someone add a boolean value extrapage and change the current extra to extracomic to differentiate extra pages on xkcd and extra comics, as suggested on {{diff\|390212\|the proposals portal?}} '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:16, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
	:Additionally, the button "Go to comic" should be changed to "Go to page" if extrapage = yes. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)		:Additionally, the button "Go to comic" should be changed to "Go to page" if extrapage = yes. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
		+	:It's not a boolean value, it's (currently) a text value that can be "yes", anything else is 'not yes'.
		+	:The current bit you need to look at is where the "Don't try to categorise the Main Page nor the extra comics" intro is.
		+	:To deconstruct it:
		+	<nowiki>{{#ifeq: </nowiki>** Compare
		+	<nowiki> {{FULLPAGENAME}} </nowiki> * the page rendered
		+	<nowiki> \| </nowiki>** with
		+	<nowiki> {{int:mainpage}} </nowiki> * the mainpage identity
		+	<nowiki> \| </nowiki>** if it IS that, then
		+	<nowiki> </nowiki> * do nothing
		+	<nowiki> \| </nowiki>** else
		+	<nowiki> {{#ifeq: </nowiki> ** a new compare of
		+	<nowiki> {{{extra\|}}} </nowiki> * "extra=" , if exists
		+	<nowiki> \| </nowiki> ** with
		+	<nowiki> yes </nowiki> * the word "yes"
		+	<nowiki> \| </nowiki> ** if was "extra=yes"
		+	<nowiki> [[Category:Extra comics]]</nowiki> * add one category
		+	<nowiki> [[Category:All pages]] </nowiki> * and another
		+	<nowiki> \| </nowiki> ** else
		+	<nowiki> </nowiki> * ...
		+	<nowiki> </nowiki> * 'normal' comic things
		+
		+	:To make different "extra=foo" functions, change the "yes" match-text accordingly.
		+	:To add "extra=bar" (or "somethingelse=bar") check, go to the "else...'normal' comic things" spot and add a further <code><nowiki>{{#ifeq: X \| isY \| doXisY \| ...elsedo... }}</nowiki></code> but. You'll need to make sure the closing <nowiki>}}</nowiki> is added at the proper place after the "'normal' comic things" to close this new level of if-then-elsing.
		+	:I still suggest you ''ifeq extra=comic ...as above...'' and then ''ifeq extra=page ...as per Cat:Extra Pages handling...''. And then you'd perhaps need to unHotCat the hardcoded category memberships once its handled via Template implementation.
		+	:Actually, I suggest perhaps someone like FaviFake, or another regular who has already dealt with this spaghetti-code before, looks at it/edits it. If I could edit it, I'd still want to check that others like them agreed with my suggested changes/inserts, just because other people might need to understand the spaghetti in the future.
		+	:This ''is'' all potentially complex, which can be a problem without having your head around what this scripting does in the first place. I've done my best to try to shown what happens/needs to happen, but it's difficult to be sure I'm aiming at a useful level of explanation when I'm not able to do this in person and perhaps with you fiddling with a testbed. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.246.185\|82.132.246.185]] 00:15, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

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	Can someone add a boolean value extrapage and change the current extra to extracomic to differentiate extra pages on xkcd and extra comics, as suggested on {{diff\|390212\|the proposals portal?}} '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:16, 5 November 2025 (UTC)		Can someone add a boolean value extrapage and change the current extra to extracomic to differentiate extra pages on xkcd and extra comics, as suggested on {{diff\|390212\|the proposals portal?}} '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:16, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
		+	:Additionally, the button "Go to comic" should be changed to "Go to page" if extrapage = yes. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

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	:::::: {{:Category:All pages}}		:::::: {{:Category:All pages}}
	:::::The other issue is still not fixed. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 13:35, 11 May 2025 (UTC)		:::::The other issue is still not fixed. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 13:35, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
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		+	== Extra Page vs Extra Comic ==
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		+	Can someone add a boolean value extrapage and change the current extra to extracomic to differentiate extra pages on xkcd and extra comics, as suggested on {{diff\|390212\|the proposals portal?}} '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 22:16, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

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	::::> ''[...] would it be possible to limit the random button to just ''comics'' [...]		::::> ''[...] would it be possible to limit the random button to just ''comics'' [...]
	::::Yup that's what I was wondering. I asked this in the Technical portal. FYI, you can always go to a random page even in the OG comics by clicking the link in the left sidebar. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 14:40, 5 May 2025 (UTC)		::::Yup that's what I was wondering. I asked this in the Technical portal. FYI, you can always go to a random page even in the OG comics by clicking the link in the left sidebar. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 14:40, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
		+	:::::{{Done\|Fixed the non-comic pages}} appearing. I used a new category: [[:Category:All pages]]:
		+	:::::: {{:Category:All pages}}
		+	:::::The other issue is still not fixed. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 13:35, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

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	:::That makes sense, but would it be possible to limit the random button to just ''comics'' because, as of now, the button might also take you to categories or user pages which isn't desirable. In addition could the extra comics have a bottom bar with a random button? (As of now extra comics just have a top bar with the comic name and no other buttons. It would be nice if they had a random button on the bottom as well.) I personally think three bars on the original comics wouldn't look too weird but I respect your opinion. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.80\|172.71.142.80]] 17:20, 4 May 2025 (UTC) (Same person as 172.71.147.27 but on a different wifi network)		:::That makes sense, but would it be possible to limit the random button to just ''comics'' because, as of now, the button might also take you to categories or user pages which isn't desirable. In addition could the extra comics have a bottom bar with a random button? (As of now extra comics just have a top bar with the comic name and no other buttons. It would be nice if they had a random button on the bottom as well.) I personally think three bars on the original comics wouldn't look too weird but I respect your opinion. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.80\|172.71.142.80]] 17:20, 4 May 2025 (UTC) (Same person as 172.71.147.27 but on a different wifi network)
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		+	::::> ''[...] would it be possible to limit the random button to just ''comics'' [...]
		+	::::Yup that's what I was wondering. I asked this in the Technical portal. FYI, you can always go to a random page even in the OG comics by clicking the link in the left sidebar. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 14:40, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

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	:::Does anyone here know how to create a random link that fetches pages from two different categories? --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 10:12, 4 May 2025 (UTC)		:::Does anyone here know how to create a random link that fetches pages from two different categories? --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 10:12, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
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		+	:::That makes sense, but would it be possible to limit the random button to just ''comics'' because, as of now, the button might also take you to categories or user pages which isn't desirable. In addition could the extra comics have a bottom bar with a random button? (As of now extra comics just have a top bar with the comic name and no other buttons. It would be nice if they had a random button on the bottom as well.) I personally think three bars on the original comics wouldn't look too weird but I respect your opinion. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.80\|172.71.142.80]] 17:20, 4 May 2025 (UTC) (Same person as 172.71.147.27 but on a different wifi network)

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	::Well, on xkcd the deleted or extra comics aren't available or explained. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 08:28, 2 May 2025 (UTC)		::Well, on xkcd the deleted or extra comics aren't available or explained. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 08:28, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
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		+	:::Does anyone here know how to create a random link that fetches pages from two different categories? --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 10:12, 4 May 2025 (UTC)