Template:Userpage/Infobox2 usage issue

[Bruno Wolff III]

People seem to be using the homepage attribute of Template:Userpage/Infobox2
inconsistently. A few people use http in the attribute and a few don't.
The template currently inserts http:// in the link but not the displayed
string.

There isn't too much work needed to fix this and am willing to do it, but I am
not too sure which way it should be fixed. My personal preference would be
that http show up in the displayed text as well, but others might feel
differently.

I figured I'd ask here for guidance. If I get some I'll fix it, otherwise
I won't do anything.

[Ian Weller]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:29:35PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>  People seem to be using the homepage attribute of
> Template:Userpage/Infobox2
>  inconsistently. A few people use http in the attribute and a few don't.
>  The template currently inserts http:// in the link but not the displayed
>  string.
>  
>  There isn't too much work needed to fix this and am willing to do it, but I am
>  not too sure which way it should be fixed. My personal preference would be
>  that http show up in the displayed text as well, but others might feel
>  differently.
>  
>  I figured I'd ask here for guidance. If I get some I'll fix it, otherwise
>  I won't do anything. 
Thanks for being willing to fix this. I would suggest going with your
personal preference (display http://), and if people don't like it, they
can come here and we can try and reach a consensus on how to do it.

Alternatively, you can make it an option in the template, although that
starts turning the template into even more template soup. But it's your
call, since you're doing the work. :)

-- 
Ian Weller <ian(a)ianweller.org&gt;
Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:58:48 -0500,
  Ian Weller <ian(a)ianweller.org&gt; wrote:
>  
>  Thanks for being willing to fix this. I would suggest going with your
>  personal preference (display http://), and if people don't like it, they
>  can come here and we can try and reach a consensus on how to do it. 
I'll do that.

>  Alternatively, you can make it an option in the template, although
> that
>  starts turning the template into even more template soup. But it's your
>  call, since you're doing the work. :) 
It's not that much work; only about a dozen people use that attribute at
all and it looked like about 50/50 as to which way it was done. So I only
need to tweak the template and about a half dozen User pages. No big deal.

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 13:00:23 -0500,
  Bruno Wolff III <bruno(a)wolff.to&gt; wrote:
>  On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:58:48 -0500,
>    Ian Weller <ian(a)ianweller.org&gt; wrote:
>  > 
>  > Thanks for being willing to fix this. I would suggest going with your
>  > personal preference (display http://), and if people don't like it, they
>  > can come here and we can try and reach a consensus on how to do it.
>  
>  I'll do that. 
I did that.

>  > Alternatively, you can make it an option in the template,
> although that
>  > starts turning the template into even more template soup. But it's your
>  > call, since you're doing the work. :)
>  
>  It's not that much work; only about a dozen people use that attribute at
>  all and it looked like about 50/50 as to which way it was done. So I only
>  need to tweak the template and about a half dozen User pages. No big deal. 
There were more people that had an extra http:// than not. I only had to
change three or four user pages. Doing it this way also lets people provide
https links if they prefer.