Template talk:TAR clue

Needs a Blind Yield, for use in the Philippines version 174.1.50.249 (talk) 02:35, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Fast Forward not used and aired

How about the usage of Fast Forward that hasn't been used and aired in a single leg, the code would be {{TAR clue|Fast Forward|Task Name|used=no|aired=no}} parameter and will be shown as Fast Forward: Head Shaving, not used or aired. ApprenticeFan ^work 15:26, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

If we know what the task is then it was aired. The "not used" parameter is for the other things.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:08, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Roadblock tasks that didn't air

The parameter that I going to add for the unaired Roadblock with a task: {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Task name|aired=no}} and it will give as shows: Roadblock: "Who's ready for a real roadblock?" Not aired. Well, it's hard to place it through the coding of TAR clue document. ApprenticeFan ^work 05:35, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

If it's not aired then we don't need to list it.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 05:47, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Pit Stops

List of pit stop designs:

• -Standard
• -No world map (TAR2/3)
• -Yellow/black border (TAR8)
• -Blue/red border, blue map (TAR Latin 1/2)
• -yellow map (TAR Ukraine)
• -yellow/green border (TAR Brazil)
• -Centered on pacific ocean (TAR Australia)
• -Map of Canada (TAR Can)
• -Show logo, no map (TAR Vietnam 2/3)
• -Other, cultural mats, some of which are simply rugs (TAR1)

For consistency's sake, we can either implement all of these, or only the standard. It is incredibly strange to ONLY implement the Canadian Pit Stop mat while many others are still incorrect 184.70.8.70 (talk) 20:09, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

This is just a generic map based on the map of the US TV series. There really shouldn't be one dedicated for any individual international version as someone decided to do for Canada (and in the old format as well).—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:40, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I reverted the Canada map, but someone yelled at me on the talk page for being 'unhelpful' 184.70.8.70 (talk) 21:13, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't mean to yell at you. But the Canadian map is already made (something I don't know how to do) and thought what the heck lets make them the icons (so they are factually correct). Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 21:32, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

When looking at new features, you also have to look at consistency. Both are equally as important 184.70.8.70 (talk) 22:22, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

But factually correct information should come first. Its incorrect to include a world map for edition that don't feature a world map on their pitstops. Canada's is made and the rest should be made by someone who knows how too. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 17:54, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

We need to make it such that this thing is universal. Making a single addition just for one show won't cut it just because a different may is used for the pit stop. Stop changing it back and forth.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 19:46, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

I'd do it myself, but there's two roadblocks. First is season one, with its different mats for every Pit Stop, and the other is the Vietnamese race which uses a copyrighted image for its mat. Shadow2 (talk) 04:22, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

So this is why it's better to just have one universal symbol rather than one dedicated to each different version. Removing the Canada specific version again.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:36, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

The Canadian version has nothing to do with the Vietnamese edition. The fact is its factually incorrect to include a world map when the show doesn't itself! We have the Canadian version ready (because we aren't limited by copyright for ex.) so we should include it in the articles. Please revert your edit. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:40, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Just because the icon exists doesn't mean we must use it locally. We need to have one universal icon instead of one for each time there was a different thing people stopped on.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:00, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Why does it have to be universal? Editing Canada's page has nothing to do with Vietnam!! Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:31, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Because we do not need to make a billion parameters on this template just to be sure that each version of the show has its own effing separate placement mat. One icon to symbolize all Pit Stops. Period.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 22:10, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Because if you change Canada's, then people will ask why Australia's is wrong, and why Vietnam's is wrong, and eventually we would have to change everything. Canada sticks out like a sore thumb with its different icon, so we should not do it. 184.70.8.70 (talk) 23:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Alt Text is broken

Hovering over these icons now has a preview for the Wikipedia "The Amazing Race" page show up, instead of the information such as the Detour names or the Roadblock prompt. 96.48.238.205 (talk) 23:04, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

It's 2022 and this is still broken. 2604:3D08:7481:AF00:8523:D6F8:F5D3:834 (talk) 05:22, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

This template has been broken for about five years. Despite multiple attempts of bringing up this issue, both on this page and on other relevant pages, the issue hasn't been addressed. In fact, not a single person has even said a single word to me regarding this. Feels like I'm talking to a wall. To re-explain, the main purpose of this template is to have an icon appear that has specific alt text to show up. Instead, Wikipedia's "page preview" thing shows up and there is no alt text at all. See this image as an example. There is supposed to be alt text that says "Detour (Artist Den or DigiBen)", but instead it only shows a preview of The Amazing Race, which is the destination if the image is CLICKED on. If no-one's going to bother fixing this issue, then 50% of this template's functionality is completely useless. 2604:3D08:7481:AF00:918E:2BF9:2060:87FD (talk) 06:05, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

There is a single person watching this page (two now that it's on my list), which is likely why no one has responded to any message here. If you want to get help from a wider audience, I would cross-post a notice to somewhere like WT:WPT, where template-minded individuals congregate. Since I am one of those individuals I will see if I can figure out the issue, but I make no guarantees. If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 09:06, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Having taken a quick look, though, there is no alt text given for any of the images. If you have suggestions please let me know and I will insert them. Primefac (talk) 09:08, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Looking through MediaWiki documentation, it appears that the term I am looking for is "Caption", not "alt text". Apologies, but when I was in school, the mouseover text boxes were referred to as alt text. Using the "Intersection" option as an example, as it's the simplest one. You're meant to hover your mouse over top of the + icon, and a box will appear that says "Intersection". However, because this template also LINKS the icon to The Amazing Race, this text ('caption') does not show up because the page preview overrides it.

[[File:Intersection icon.svg|20px|link=The Amazing Race#Intersection|Intersection]]

The BOLDED text in the above example is meant to show a personalized text on every single one of these icons, yet the page preview overrides it all. This is the entire purpose of all of the arguments used in this template, such as "Task 1" etc, but all of this data is unused because the caption is not showing up. This is what it is meant to look like (I removed the link so it would work, hover your mouse over this): 2604:3D08:7481:AF00:74BC:87F0:5D66:7BEA (talk) 10:34, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

You know what? Never mind. I have a better solution. We don't need these things to link to the TAR page, because they're just being used as icons Template:TAR Infobox at the top already explains what each icon represents, and THOSE are more suited to carry links to the relevant information. 2604:3D08:7481:AF00:74BC:87F0:5D66:7BEA (talk) 10:45, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

That works; glad you found a simple solution. Primefac (talk) 12:18, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Pass parameter causes Bogus file option lint error

The Amazing Race Canada 8 includes this markup:

{{TAR clue|Pass|Franca & Nella|Beverley & Veronica|Court & Ali|Franca & Nella|double=yes|failed2=yes}}

which generates a Bogus file option lint error involving "Pass". It doesn't make any difference if one adds |failed=yes. The problem is not particular to this example; the generic examples given in the documentation, viz

{{TAR clue|Pass|Team 1|Team 2|Team 3|Team 4|double=yes}}

{{TAR clue|Pass|Team 1|Team 2|Team 3|Team 4|double=yes|failed=yes|failed2=yes}}

generate the lint error. The other examples in the documentation do not generate lint errors. —Anomalocaris (talk) 02:20, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Jonesey95: thanks for fixing this! —Anomalocaris (talk) 03:39, 26 August 2022 (UTC)