[02:04:06] T438643 we are back to red-walls when a fresh language is requested. I thought the spinners were more elegant. : https://tools-static.wmflabs.org/bridgebot/baa8aacd/file_84030.jpg [07:20:44] This error was frequent this weekend (re @u99of9: T438643 we are back to red-walls when a fresh language is requested. I thought the spinners were more elegant.) [07:26:25] And yesterday testcases on Wikifunctions didn't work [10:09:48] The How to… guide states quite emphatically: [10:09:50] “When the function to implement and the programming language are selected, this editor will be set with the correct function template: *do not remove or edit this*! Keep your code inside this function signature: if you need auxiliary functions, you can simply declare them inside your top-level function declaration.” [10:09:51] Yet we have perhaps 91 JavaScript implementations (https://www.wikifunctions.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&limit=100&ns0=1&profile=advanced&search=%3A+Z14K3+Z600+%21%22Z16K2+function%22&title=Special%3ASearch) and 44 Python implementations (https [10:09:51] //www.wikifunctions.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&limit=50&ns0=1&profile=advanced&search=%3A+Z14K3+Z610+%21%22Z16K2+def%22&title=Special%3ASe [10:09:53] arch) that appear not to follow this rule. Does this matter? [10:09:54] [[Wikifunctions:How to create implementations#Code implementations]] [10:14:17] No idea sorry. There are some important functions in there, e.g. Z42693. I would hate for them to stop working down the track if the system started enforcing the role more stringently. [10:30:16] In that particular case, the composition is rightly preferred, but the const statements can easily be moved into the function body, as “recommended”. Perhaps we should leave it to the team to add this to [[Wikifunctions:Request for cleanup]], since we don’t know whether it is important? (re @u99of9: No idea sorry. There are some important functions in there, e.g. Z42693. [10:30:16] I [10:30:17] would hate for them to stop working down the track if...) [15:51:01] I've added error messages (both in Italian and in English) for all the errors listed in https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Catalogue/Error_handling [15:57:58] Are error messages meant to be translations, or is it advisable to write a better error message in the language I can contribute to? (re @dvd_ccc27919: I've added error messages (both in Italian and in English) for all the errors listed in https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikif...) [19:32:13] Broadly, I would support the best error message for your language. If that departs from a fairly free “translation” of existing messages, I think it would be helpful to mention that in the edit summary, so that previous contributors can take note of the improvement. Equally, it would be good practice (in my opinion) to refer to the languages you have “translated” from. (r [19:32:13] [19:32:14] e @Jan_ainali: Are error messages meant to be translations, or is it advisable to write a better error message in the language I can contribute...)