Talk:Infinite recursion
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Too bad the wiki software only lets one redirect at a time, else it would really be infinite recursion. Oh, bugger.
Too bad the Infinite recursion that admin seems to prefer isn't as good as the other. Oh, bugger.
- The point being: It didn't work the first time, it ain't gonna work the second time (or 3rd, or 4th, etc). --DW III
02:13, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- The point being: It's not perfectly INFINITE, but whatever. You're higher authority. *shrugs* --Delf 18:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- Strikes me as more appropriate, really. --Delf 16:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- Doesn't strike them as more appropriate, obviously. --Delf 12:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I have another idea. You can use templates inside of templates for real recursion. Here is an example.
{{:User:Sbluen/sandbox2|1={{:User:Sbluen/sandbox2|1={{:User:Sbluen/sandbox2}}}}}}
makes ~Famine 02:31, 31 August 2006 --Sbluen 03:01, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, that appears to work. Will try it, thanks. --DW III 03:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, I used <noinclude> and <includeonly> to do it in one page with no template. Messier but cleanier. ^_^. --Splaka 05:44, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- It works well, except for the extra category box at the bottom.
- Now if there was some way to implement relative font sizes and padding dimensions (which I tried and failed), we could fit more by way of progressively-smaller instances. --DW III 17:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- Now if there was some way to implement relative font sizes and padding dimensions (which I tried and failed), we could fit more by way of progressively-smaller instances. --DW III
- I tried to make real recursion so that the template can be included with decreasing numbers, but it also didn't work. When I substituted the template, I got the error <!-- WARNING: template loop detected -->.
- If you want to use relative font sizes, you can try using <small>{{{1}}}</small>. I don't think it's possible to ge relative paddingdimensions with the software.
- And to fix the extra category box, you can use another parameter that shows it only if the parameter is empty. --Sbluen 22:57, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- Splaka, you are good at using templates. When I tried to do it that way, I couldn't get it to stop displaying the source. --Sbluen 05:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, I did something to scale the text. I still can't figure out why there are two category boxes at the bottom. The last one should be inside the border.--Splaka 05:41, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- Splaka, you are good at using templates. When I tried to do it that way, I couldn't get it to stop displaying the source. --Sbluen 05:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- I did many tests at Uncyclopedia and Wikipedia and I finally found the problem. There is not enough space for the box in the middle. When I removed one recursion, I found that it worked.
- I found another problem with the page. At the top, the headers are bolded and then suddenly, they are normal. --Sbluen 07:10, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- That is an aspect of your browser most likely. Certain scaled text is not boldable. --Splaka 05:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Looks great, so far. Should we also insert some rich creamy filling in the very center, or just leave it empty? --DW III 05:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC) (Incidentally, the h1 text at the bottommost recursion is not showing up in my browswers (FF & IE) even on highest resolution. --DW III 05:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC))
- I think someone should place a picture in the centre, so that it actually seems to recur infinitly, naturally make sure it won't look too dissimilar between the main browers
- Looks great, so far. Should we also insert some rich creamy filling in the very center, or just leave it empty? --DW III