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Add access-date as an alias of accessdate

This template has |accessdate= for URLs in accordance with best practice for web citations, but CS1 recently deprecated that spelling in favour of |access-date=, and bots migrated all uses to the new spelling. For whatever reason, this template, despite not being CS1, seems to have got caught up in that sweep, so we've ended up with multiple uses of this template with the unknown |access-date= parameter at Chick tract. This could easily be fixed by making |access-date= an alias of |accessdate=. Hairy Dude (talk) 21:22, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:31, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Archived versions not linkable

Can you add the archive-url and archive-date fields? Kaltenmeyer (talk) 18:07, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Kaltenmeyer: I think I have this working in the sandbox version.
Current template:
* {{Cite comic| Cartoonist = [[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]]|story=Sunday, September 9, 2012|title = Dilbert|Date = September 9, 2012|publisher = Universal UClick|url = http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-09-09}} will generate:
  • Adams, Scott (w, a). "Sunday, September 9, 2012" Dilbert (September 9, 2012). Universal UClick.
Sandbox template:
* {{Cite comic/sandbox| Cartoonist = [[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]]|story=Sunday, September 9, 2012|title = Dilbert|Date = September 9, 2012|publisher = Universal UClick|url = http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-09-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230301204825/http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-09-09 |archive-date = 1 March 2023}} will generate:
  • Adams, Scott (w, a). "Sunday, September 9, 2012" Dilbert (September 9, 2012). Universal UClick. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023.
* {{Cite comic/sandbox| Cartoonist = [[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]]|story=Sunday, September 9, 2012|title = Dilbert|Date = September 9, 2012|publisher = Universal UClick|url = http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-09-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230301204825/http://dilbert.com/strip/2012-09-09 |archive-date = 1 March 2023 |url-status = live}} will generate:
  • Adams, Scott (w, a). "Sunday, September 9, 2012" Dilbert (September 9, 2012). Universal UClick. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023.
Let me know what you think, Rjjiii (talk) 04:11, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also, StarTrekker and Emir of Wikipedia, I think this would also address the issues you mentioned a few years back. To make the abbreviations less cryptic, I linked to the relevant wiki articles. This provides a tooltip on desktop, a link for more information on mobile, can be accessed via keyboard navigation, and is better handled by screen readers. The previous version (using NVDA, Firefox, & Windows 10) read "Adams, Scott (w, a)" as "Adams Scott W. A." which can sound like his initials; with links it reads as "Adams Scott link W link A" Rjjiii (talk) 19:44, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 9 July 2023

Thanks for taking a look, Rjjiii (talk) 22:45, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 17:27, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking input before a merge with {{comic strip reference}}

Hello FlairTale, ZooBlazer, Morgan695, Thebiguglyalien, Curly Turkey, Josiah Rowe, Gog the Mild, BOZ, and BoomboxTestarossa! I've pinged some editors that I've seen put in good work on the comics articles. I hope you'll take this unsolicited signal as a compliment. I've recently updated both {{comic strip reference}} and {{cite comic}}, I wanted to gather some insight from folks who might be both affected and knowledgeable.

You can post here if there are any issues I'm overlooking. And below are some features that I have considered but have not implemented. Let me know if you think any of these should be included:

Thanks, Rjjiii (talk) 04:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The # symbol should not be used, per MOS:NUMERO. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:29, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Jonesey95, I agree and this was largely the answer I got from a Manual of Style author.[1] I just want to be transparent. I don't know how you manage to stay on top of so much of the technical stuff. Regards, Rjjiii (talk) 19:29, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This looks very impressive. The only issue that came to mind is that, if a comic has a sole creator, crediting as "cartoonist" doesn't indicate they were also the writer (and for "author" if they were the artist too). Is it possible to credit the creator as just "creator"? --FlairTale (talk) 03:14, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's possible. There are just two technical limits on adding parameter aliases (extra names). First, an alias shouldn't be used for multiple things. Second, fewer aliases are better because it reduces loading time. Rjjiii (talk) 04:26, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Should not output "#". That's a shorthand that sometimes makes sense in running prose (e.g. "A mint-condition SuperDude #1 sold for $10,000 at Christies in 2023", or whatever), but the purpose of our citation templates is to present consistent bibliographic information. We just had a discussion about this at MoS: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Is "no." or "#" meant to be used on comic issues?.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:07, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 25 July 2023

Change live template to sandbox version. The sandbox version will:

  1. Remove quote marks within the story parameter to avoid ""quadruple"" quotes and
  2. Fix an old bug with punctuation.

The top section on the testcases page shows the difference.[2] Rjjiii (talk) 19:55, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done * Pppery * it has begun... 21:33, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 2 September 2023

Change the current live template to the sandbox version. This has 2 effects. First, it fixes an old formatting bug when using the "cartoonist" parameter in some situations. Second, it still outputs a preview warning when no date is used but does not output "n.d." for the date, as this could be ambiguous. Many older handwritten comics citations do not include the date. You can see examples of the effect at the top of the testcases page: Template:Cite comic/testcases#Demo Rjjiii(talk) 18:25, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:11, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Potential updates

Several potential updates are implemented in the sandbox including:

  1. The credit parameters are rewritten so that no credits are hidden in the citation. In the previous version, adding an |artist= would suppress the |penciller=, |inker=, and |colorist= parameters. In the sandbox update, these parameter will display if they are filled out.
  2. Preview warning for missing |date= now only appears if the |issue= is also missing. Previously the preview warning would display if the date was not present, and earlier would emit { { { date } } } in the citation. Citations are commonly made as only title and issue, so this should lower the barrier of complexity for editors using the template. The help link is modified to point at the "#Date" section of the documentation.
  3. Preview warning for missing |title= or |strip= will now only display the |story= is also missing. The help link is modified to point at the "#Title" section of the documentation.
  4. Maintenance categories are introduced for usage with both no date and no issue. And also for usage with title, strip, or story.
  5. |creator= introduced as an alias for |cartoonist=
  6. |year= introduced as an alias for |date=
  7. |others= introduced as uncategorized credit parameters

Please ask for clarification if anything is confusing. Let me know there are objections or additional areas for improvement, Rjjiii (talk) 07:41, 30 December 2023 (UTC) Update: Still giving a preview warning for missing |date=. Perhaps in a future update, a message will remain on the saved page for missing date and issue. 04:10, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]