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Please come and SAVE the TAR page on Wikipedia.
TAR789:
I don't get it. Normally, when you want to change the format of a page, you need to start a thread on the talk page and attain a consensus with the other editors. But here it's the other way around. And I don't think anyone has the time and energy to spend hours and hours trying to convince someone like that.
G.B.:
They're being slaves to the "Manual of Style", which is not a set of hard RULES that every page has to follow, it's a guideline that's used to improve pages and make them as accessible as possible. By trying to adhere so hard to it, they're just making it unappealing and harder to read for other viewers without taking a second to actually think about their actions...
A lot of these changes are in the name of people who use screen-readers...I mean, sure, that's nice, but at some point you gotta realize that a screen-reader isn't going to be able to read everything perfectly no matter how nicely you format it, especially when you consider it's a results table.
LandonM170:
--- Quote from: G.B. on October 27, 2022, 10:10:57 PM ---They're being slaves to the "Manual of Style", which is not a set of hard RULES that every page has to follow, it's a guideline that's used to improve pages and make them as accessible as possible. By trying to adhere so hard to it, they're just making it unappealing and harder to read for other viewers without taking a second to actually think about their actions...
A lot of these changes are in the name of people who use screen-readers...I mean, sure, that's nice, but at some point you gotta realize that a screen-reader isn't going to be able to read everything perfectly no matter how nicely you format it, especially when you consider it's a results table.
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I got so pissed reading this message I went to the Talk part of the TAR 34 paged and quoted you're message and giving some commentary with it. I don't care if I get hated on, as I am sick and tired of these nasty formats.
I am making Google Docs pages with old Results table and Race Summary formats. I have 1, 33, and 34 done for anyone who wants them.
Edit: I am not pissed at G.B. btw. I am pissed that who ever started the new format on wikipedia for editing that way when it wasn't even required. I am not even that mad too, I am just annoyed.
TARUSAFan:
I just visited the TAR Wiki Pages. It went from bad to worse. :barf Who keeps changing it? Shortened descriptions.. Separate team tables. Irrelevant information.
georgiapeach:
What about if I started a RFF TAR WIKI page on FB? (Only saying me because I have so many racer and production members.)
Is FB flexible enough to do one there? GB? Y'all let me know.
Otherwise we can make our WIKI public (I think) and I can add a link in my FBAnd the ALumni thread too.
Twitter is unsafe tnow and I may not be there much longer and I am liousy at IG...
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