I suspect this is not about Hungarian as a language but about huwiki specifically? In that case, it should be changed in [[MediaWiki:Common.js]]

bdamokos wrote:

A workaround is being built for the huwiki common.js, but it is more about the language, I should think.
(Hungarian makes an orthographic distinction between the em- and en-dashes and for signature purposes the longer em-dash is preferred.)

(In reply to comment #1)

I suspect this is not about Hungarian as a language but about huwiki
specifically? In that case, it should be changed in [[MediaWiki:Common.js]]

Different cultures have different practices of dash usage. For example, while the substitution of em-dash with two en-dashes looks tolerable for an English speaker, this is pretty uncommon in Russian practice, consequentially it looks strange. Spacing is also different.

So yes, localizing this would be highly appropriate.

Until this gets fixed, a Common.js-based workaround for interested parties:

if ( typeof $j != 'undefined' && window.wgWikiEditorEnabledModules && wgWikiEditorEnabledModules.toolbar ) {

addOnloadHook( function() {
  $j( '#wpTextbox1' ).bind( 'wikiEditor-toolbar-buildSection-main', function( event, section ) {
    section.groups.insert.tools.signature.action.options.post = '– ~~' + '~~';
  });
});

}

*Mass-change: Move WikiEditor bugs to component and remove blocker bug where*

mhershberger wrote:

Unassigning default assignments. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/54734

The signature syntax should definitely be a translatable message. It shouldn't be that hard to add.

Change 258783 had a related patch set uploaded (by Paladox):
Localise the signiture code

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/258783

In T26191#1876619, @gerritbot wrote:

Change 258783 had a related patch set uploaded (by @Paladox):
Localise the signiture code

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/258783

Whoa... I'm not so sure the original issue was about replacing the "example" text with something administrator's can customize in some newly associated MediaWiki: message on a per language basis but more about not being 'hampered' by the additional 2 dashes in front of the whatever they have set for a sig in their User: preferences every time they click the WE toolbar's sig button.

Pls. note; only 4 tildes ~~~~ is defined by default in the mark-up for sig generation last I checked. It was some point later in the rise of the customizable toolbar button gadget experience that the 2 dash (later &mdash) prefix sort of became 'expected' &/or standardized into our psyche over time. WikiEditor just seems to have continued the previous mentality is all.

In fact, I'm betting most folks are so use to having it behave that way over all this time (and so unaware it can be [re]set in their Prefs in a minute or less) that removing the expected output here might have a 'backlash' as a result (at least without so much as a mention in the weekly build notice no?).

@GOIII then I think that this would need to be discussed. So that we can decide weather the patch could be merged or would it cause more problems then it solves. Plus deciding weather to close this task since it is 5 years old I think.

Whoa... I'm not so sure the original issue was about replacing the "example" text with something administrator's can customize in some newly associated MediaWiki: message on a per language basis

That's exactly what it was about.

Change 259061 had a related patch set uploaded (by Paladox):
Let the signature wikitext be over-ridden locally

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/259061

Change 259061 merged by jenkins-bot:
Allow the signature button wikitext to be overridden locally

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/259061

(Hungarian makes an orthographic distinction between the em- and en-dashes and for signature purposes the longer em-dash is preferred.)

Actually, "-" is neither, and "–" is an en dash, not an em dash. Em dash would be "—".

Change 258783 merged by jenkins-bot:
Allow the signature wikitext to be overridden locally

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/258783

Should we close this as resolved since the final patch has been merged.

@Tgr your welcome.