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- The external crossword site worked well last time (with auto-check and no bugs)—why not just use that again? czar 00:23, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- (not jpxg) I'm personally weakly opposed to using an external site for things like this due to privacy and related concerns. I would love a Toolforge tool that can do crosswords though!
🐶 EpicPupper (he/him |
talk)
00:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- The site that was used (crosswordlabs) doesn't let me specify the grid -- it only lets you type in a list of words and automatically arranges them. Frankly, I wasn't planning on doing the crossword for this issue, but I was indisposed for a while yesterday and started coming up with a grid while not at my computer. I also have some concern about using a random external site (mostly because it can go down or become unusable without us being able to do anything about it). If I have time, I plan to make a better version of this template for future editions. It might have to be a page on Toolforge, though, since Wikipedia is very limited in what kinds of input I can give (and I can't run any kind of scripts from the page for obvious security reasons). jp× g 01:25, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Newbie question - this is my first Signpost crossword and I am finding it slow going. There is no way I can finish it in one sitting - is there a way to save my progress, so I can pick back up tomorrow?-- Gronk Oz ( talk) 06:36, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Well, that makes two newbies, since this is my first Signpost crossword as well :-)
- I'm not sure if it's possible to save progress -- the template I made to embed an interactive crossword inline was very ad-hoc, and is built (ab)using a couple other templates, like the search field. I think that if I wrote a standalone app for it, it'd be possible, but I don't know if there's any way to make such a thing work here (although I could try). jp× g 00:13, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Now that the next issue has been published, is there a solution to this crossword someewhere?-- Gronk Oz ( talk) 21:53, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, it's at
User:Ganesha811/crosswordanswers. Hope you enjoy the new crossword as well!
Ganesha811 (
talk)
22:35, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you!
Now, let the learning begin... --
Gronk Oz (
talk)
00:22, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you!
Discuss this story
- The external crossword site worked well last time (with auto-check and no bugs)—why not just use that again? czar 00:23, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- (not jpxg) I'm personally weakly opposed to using an external site for things like this due to privacy and related concerns. I would love a Toolforge tool that can do crosswords though!
🐶 EpicPupper (he/him |
talk)
00:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- The site that was used (crosswordlabs) doesn't let me specify the grid -- it only lets you type in a list of words and automatically arranges them. Frankly, I wasn't planning on doing the crossword for this issue, but I was indisposed for a while yesterday and started coming up with a grid while not at my computer. I also have some concern about using a random external site (mostly because it can go down or become unusable without us being able to do anything about it). If I have time, I plan to make a better version of this template for future editions. It might have to be a page on Toolforge, though, since Wikipedia is very limited in what kinds of input I can give (and I can't run any kind of scripts from the page for obvious security reasons). jp× g 01:25, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Newbie question - this is my first Signpost crossword and I am finding it slow going. There is no way I can finish it in one sitting - is there a way to save my progress, so I can pick back up tomorrow?-- Gronk Oz ( talk) 06:36, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Well, that makes two newbies, since this is my first Signpost crossword as well :-)
- I'm not sure if it's possible to save progress -- the template I made to embed an interactive crossword inline was very ad-hoc, and is built (ab)using a couple other templates, like the search field. I think that if I wrote a standalone app for it, it'd be possible, but I don't know if there's any way to make such a thing work here (although I could try). jp× g 00:13, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Now that the next issue has been published, is there a solution to this crossword someewhere?-- Gronk Oz ( talk) 21:53, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, it's at
User:Ganesha811/crosswordanswers. Hope you enjoy the new crossword as well!
Ganesha811 (
talk)
22:35, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you! Now, let the learning begin... --
Gronk Oz (
talk)
00:22, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you!
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