Disputatio Formulae:Lexintoniense-3

message: The idea was to do it something like this:
*0 = numquam adfuit
*1 = semel adfuit
*2 = nonnumquam interest
*3 = paene semper adesse solet
*4 = quotennis ab initio semper adfuit
*lex = Conventiculo Latino Lexintoniensi
*vas = Conventiculo Vasintoniensi
*cal = Rusticationi Californiensi
*rom = Aestivae Romae Latinitati
Or something like that. It just seems like a cool userbox set to have for the Latin wikipedia.
The ugly colors of this one resulted from an attempt to copy the color scheme used by the University of Kentucky websites, the idea being to base all the color schemes on the patron schools, but I'm afraid it might not work in this case. 
So what do you think? Is this a good idea? Can it be improved? --Iustinus 00:45, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, they are codes for languages which might in some conceivable future need use among the Babel templates: lex is Luang, a language of Indonesia; vas is Vasavi, a language of India; cal is Carolinian, an official language of the Northern Mariana Islands; and rom is the übercode for various brands of Romany. Maybe four-letter codes could be used? —Myces Tiberinus 00:55, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: :That sucks! Could we maybe kludge it with cleverly used capital letters? Four letter codes seem awefully clunky. What do they do for all the silly userboxen on en:? --Iustinus 00:57, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: :: The going practice appears to be spelling the thing out in full. (e.g. :en:Wikipedia:Userboxes/Interests.) Presumably the idea is that whoever'll be using it won't be having to type the thing more than once anyway.  —Myces Tiberinus 01:08, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: :::Then it seems like the best practice would be to name the template itself something like ConvLex-3, and give up the idea of including the abbreviation in the design of the box itself. I had originally thought of using a picture, like most of those Interest Userboxes you linked to do, but... a picture of what exactly?  No conventiculum I know of has its own official logo. The best idea I was able to come up with was to use the patron university seal, but those are "fair use" so probably not permissible on the Latin wikipedia (let alone in a template!). One of those group photos would not really work at this scale (and is silly anyway). I suppose a photo of the moderator might work. I have nothing, really. --Iustinus 01:18, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: ::::Well, there wouldn't be any problem using the three letters in place of a logo/image.  Just in having it in the title of the template.  —Myces Tiberinus 01:29, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)

text: Great idea. I'm not sure about the school colors--they're just a little to rough on my eyes. But yes, different colors for each conventiculum. I definitely like the numbering scheme. I think that a three letter code is kind of fun, but could live without, but you'd have to drag me kicking and screaming from it. Other languages be darned to heck (where is my spoon when I need it?). There must be an elegant solution. I look forward to putting one on my page.Sinister Petrus 04:34, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: :Oh, an idea that came to me as I was waking up. With the colors, we could use the university colors, but we could lighten them up so that they were more pastel, and thus not so hard on the eyes. Just an idea. Sinister Petrus 14:36, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: ::That thought occured to me. Perhaps pastel is not the word we want, but ... the sort of faded colors used for background images on webpages, and the like. Otherwise  there's no excuse for school colors that arent' school colors, you know what I mean? Another possibility would be to change the color of the text so that it's easier to read on the dark colors. --Iustinus 15:48, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)

text: ::ADDENDVM: of course if you look at the UK Athletics page, there are several shades of blue used. --Iustinus 15:49, 8 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
Euge! Pulchre refecisti Iustine. Sinister Petrus 14:25, 4 Septembris 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Explanation & ideas