Drmccreedy

:Thanks {{ping|JMF}} for clarifying this. I knew that it was programmatically populated if omitted but didn't realize it was ignored entirely. The name is specified for the unichar template in around 600 articles. Is there any benefit in eventually removing it or should it be left to be treated as a comment? I'm guessing other editors are also confused by this, especially if they just copy from existing unichar examples. [[User:Drmccreedy|DRMcCreedy]] ([[User talk:Drmccreedy#top|talk]]) 17:16, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

::Yes, we discussed that issue at [[template talk:unichar]] at the time the change was being made (as a result of some insidious vandalism and too many simple errors, plus the few cases of the Consortium correcting errors in their "we never touched nuffink, Guv, honest oh look a squirell" way {{smiley}}. The consensus was that only the canonical name should ever be shown.) It think the conclusion was that it would be a huge amount of gnomic work for no evident return. So I (at least) have taken opportunities as presented, to simplify the calls when I'm doing a substantive edit. Over time, it will fade away. I hope that if someone hammers away trying to get {{green|<big>1</big> {{midsize|digit 1}}}} but "the system" insists on returning {{green|<big>1</big> {{midsize|digit one}}}}, that they will go and read the template doc. Meanwhile, it does no harm as a sanity check and corrects editor typos for free. --[[User:JMF|𝕁𝕄𝔽]] ([[User talk:JMF|talk]]) 20:00, 15 July 2024 (UTC)