User talk:Tomruen/polyhedron db testing

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I don't understand this template, but it would be nice if the image linked to the animated spinning image, like the image in truncated cube should have a link to Image:Truncatedhexahedron.gif, so that the link can be taken out of the See also section. — Omegatron 03:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Another image field could be added for animations if all of a set had them. I don't know how or whether a template infobox could ignore fields that are undefined. Tom Ruen 06:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Okay I tested for regular polyhedra: Template:Reg_polyhedron_stat_table
Platonic_solid and Kepler-Poinsot solid
Tom Ruen 06:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

See User:Tomruen/polyhedron database documentation

[edit] Documentation and SVG

Hi Tomruen,

I just attempted (and failed) to convert {{Reg polyhedra db}} to use the SVG equivalents to the JPG images it's using at the moment. I'm not sure what went wrong, but it would be nice to use the SVG versions per.

Additionally, since the template doesn't look very nice when viewed as the template alone, and personally, I found the documentation quite hard to find, it might be an idea to transclude the documentation into the template page, in a similar way to (for example) Template:Citation.

I'd try and do both of these myself, but I have no experience in editing templates, and what I did think was fairly simple failed quite miserably, so I'll leave it to someone with more experience… me_and 10:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Meand, I restored your SVG changes and it seems to work file for me. I agree better/easier-to-find documentation needed, pure negligence on my part. Can you see any problems now or describe them to me? Tom Ruen 20:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
They seem to work for me as well now. I don't know what was going on there then, but all is well now, so I shan't complain :D me_and 15:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subproject

When you(or someone) gets around to it, It would be great to form a subproject that could be a central database about polyhedrons and related material. I can try drafting something up if you are amenable. --Cronholm144 07:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)