Forum:Interim fix for NetHack timeline template

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The timeline facility on NetHackWiki seems to be broken. Any change produces a link to a nonexistent image. I think the problem is deep in the bowels of MediaWiki, where only Paxed and those close to him have access. I don't have such access.

I have added NetHack/nh-timeline.py to generate the file nh-timeline.svg, and included it from the timeline template. This can provide the current versions, until the proper timeline facility is fixed.

The SVG contains links, but they're not directly accessible from Game history. Does anyone know how to make that happen?--Ray Chason (talk) 11:53, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

The <math> template is broken too, see User:Darth_l33t/test. That also produces an image, so presumably it uses the same functionality as the timeline. --Darth l33t (talk) 13:05, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

There’s a page for that: special:MathStatus.

This month I’v worked long on a replacement timeline and previewed at test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EasyTimeline&action=edit where midJune the preview couldn’t store the imagemap if there were a link. This was reported at English Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Help talk:EasyTimeline syntax#Issues at hurricane season. Test Wikipedia can now output timelines with links but many wikis still can’t make any. Cached failed files don’t get deleted; I think the problem may be related to this old discussion about thumbnail cleanup. My timeline is done at 21 kB so ifwhen this clunky app works again I’m eager to post. Lysdexia (talk) 07:22, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

This happens because the wiki converts the SVG into an image and shows that. The MW setting $wgSVGNativeRendering was introduced in 1.41.0, so dtype would have to update the wiki before we could use that. I didn't see any examples of modifying $wgSVGConverters and $wgSVGConverter to allow inline SVGs. --paxed (talk) 14:43, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

The template now include an image map, to provide links.--Ray Chason (talk) 22:33, 1 June 2026 (UTC)