Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-01-30/Crossword

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Gronk Oz in topic Solution?

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(not jpxg) I'm personally weakly opposed to using an external site for things like this due to privacy and related concerns. I would love a Toolforge tool that can do crosswords though! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
The site that was used (crosswordlabs) doesn't let me specify the grid -- it only lets you type in a list of words and automatically arranges them. Frankly, I wasn't planning on doing the crossword for this issue, but I was indisposed for a while yesterday and started coming up with a grid while not at my computer. I also have some concern about using a random external site (mostly because it can go down or become unusable without us being able to do anything about it). If I have time, I plan to make a better version of this template for future editions. It might have to be a page on Toolforge, though, since Wikipedia is very limited in what kinds of input I can give (and I can't run any kind of scripts from the page for obvious security reasons). jp×g 01:25, 31 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Newbie question - this is my first Signpost crossword and I am finding it slow going. There is no way I can finish it in one sitting - is there a way to save my progress, so I can pick back up tomorrow?--Gronk Oz (talk) 06:36, 16 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Well, that makes two newbies, since this is my first Signpost crossword as well :-)
I'm not sure if it's possible to save progress -- the template I made to embed an interactive crossword inline was very ad-hoc, and is built (ab)using a couple other templates, like the search field. I think that if I wrote a standalone app for it, it'd be possible, but I don't know if there's any way to make such a thing work here (although I could try). jp×g 00:13, 18 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Solution?

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Now that the next issue has been published, is there a solution to this crossword someewhere?--Gronk Oz (talk) 21:53, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Yes, it's at User:Ganesha811/crosswordanswers. Hope you enjoy the new crossword as well! Ganesha811 (talk) 22:35, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you!   Now, let the learning begin... --Gronk Oz (talk) 00:22, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply