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== Improve [[Template:Code]] with revision [[Special:PermanentLink/301901|301901]] (and also decide what it wants to be) ==

}}1{{)))}}</code> results in identical behaviour to <code>{{(((}}style{{=}}"user-select: all"{{)))}}</code>
::* this appears to be a recurring element in other templates by the same maintainer
::* editors must now remember a new set of arbitrary integer-key mappings
::* existing values are fragile; changes to valid values will propagate across all invocations until someone fixes them
:* e.g., <code>{{(((}}color{{)))}}</code> and <code>{{(((}}bg{{)))}}</code> abstract away CSS <code>color</code> and <code>background-color</code>
* preset CSS styles have inconsistent styling and can reflow the page if changed
:* see: padding, border

Given that this Wiki has pitiful tooling for mass-updates, a template rewrite must:
* maintain backwards-compatibility with previous invocations; and
* produce correct backwards-compatible output
while providing new functionality. 
The code paths for this backwards-compatibility will probably persist until all old invocations are sanitized.

I already have a rewrite (revision [[Special:PermanentLink/301901|301901]]) that satisfied these complaints but was reverted almost immediately;
changing the internal tag from <code><syntaxhighlight<nowiki />></code> to <code><code<nowiki />></code> will allow the template from this revision to produce correct output.

I would recommend replacing the current incarnation of [[Template:Code]] with a patched revision [[Special:PermanentLink/301901|301901]], pending review.

On the other hand, the site administrators have made dubious changes to the site-wide CSS that revert the Vector skin styles.
<code><code<nowiki />></code> is effectively indistinguishable from <code><kbd<nowiki />></code>; the number of template changes with <code><kbd<nowiki />></code> committed where <code><code<nowiki />></code> should be is non-zero.
Perhaps Template:Code would better serve as a wrapper for <code><code<nowiki />></code> with sane CSS defaults (I suppose, as it is now), but maintain compatibility with syntax given by other Wikipedia ports.

idk :3 --[[結衣]] ([[User talk:結衣|talk]]) 22:32, 29 Apr 2023