Wikivoyage:LintErrors Expedition

Aim

Remove syntax entries that can cause errors in html formatting as Wikimedia moved from HTML4 to HTML5

Resources

• list of error to be found at - Special:LintErrors
• Explanation of errors - mw:Help:Extension:Linter
• mw:Parsing/Replacing Tidy/FAQ

Tasks

Removing format in listings

• Special:LintErrors/html5-misnesting
• mw:Help:Extension:Linter/html5-misnesting
• putting multiple paragraphs inside BDI tags shouldn't work - https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#the-bdi-element and https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#phrasing-content-2 vs https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#flow-content-2

• remove <p> from inside content parameter of listings.
  • If possible simple take it and other linefeed out
  • replace with <div> text </div>
• remove bullet points, i.e. * and : , from inside content parameter of listings.
  • Thinks like indented listing should be moved to separate listings

Alternative solutions under discussion

• Add content2 and content3 parameters to listing
• rewrite listing template in lua