Posted under Bugs & Features
Basically, when I try to add any VTuber to https://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki_pages/list_of_virtual_youtubers (specifically the "indie" list), I get this error for some reason:
DTextRagel::Error exception raised
app/logical/d_text.rb:185:in `parse_wiki_titles'
app/logical/d_text.rb:214:in `dtext_links_differ?'
app/logical/concerns/has_dtext_links.rb:18:in `block in has_dtext_links'
app/controllers/wiki_pages_controller.rb:57:in `update'
Does anyone know what this means?
Presumably, the issue you're facing is that the section where you tried adding the VTuber chartag had reached its limit in regards to how many DText links it can have. This has happened at least twice before in the past, which is why the indie section is fragmented into smaller subsections.
I've gone ahead and tried to split it down further to allow for more additions to the list.
Damian0358 said:
Presumably, the issue you're facing is that the section where you tried adding the VTuber chartag had reached its limit in regards to how many DText links it can have. This has happened at least twice before in the past, which is why the indie section is fragmented into smaller subsections.
I've gone ahead and tried to split it down further to allow for more additions to the list.
Ohhh, that explains why the code kept mentioning "limit"! Thank you, I was very confused haha
nonamethanks said:
Why is such a gigantic wiki here in the first point? It's very high maintenance because there's a billion vtubers out there and it constantly needs updating, and useless because you can just use a better site for this, like the wikia.
Couldn't you say the same for every other wiki page that's just a list of characters? The gacha game pages are probably just as bad.
The difference is that to be a indie virtual youtuber you just need to install something on your phone, so the length is inherently beyond reasonable. I think we should get rid of this and list of original characters for the same reason: too much maintenance for no gain.
I do think there is a use to the list strictly in terms of keeping track of what VTubers we actually have tagged, since there have been cases of VTubers unnecessarily having duplicate chartags. Plus, having a singular list has its benefit in that it can be used as a reference to generate a list of all chartags that appear under virtual youtuber that aren't on the list - a labor-intensive solution, since it ultimately requires you to check every chartag included in that, but it does deal with both tagged and untagged VTubers, especially the latter as there have been numerous instances where the only one not tagged in an image was the VTuber in question, and we don't have any other reasonable alternatives in finding them. We also have plenty of VTubers that do not have entries over at the Wikia at all.
However, splitting the list in two could work, but it would be a hard prospect to achieve, given the fact that we still haven't done a full clean-up of all indie VTubers, identifying their genuine affiliations, and properly organizing them. Similarly, we still don't have all VTuber chartags on the list. I could imagine a division into list_of_solo_indie_virtual_youtubers and list_of_virtual_youtuber_groups, but you'd have difficulties all the way really.
Just straight up nuking the list isn't a feasible option as you end up running the risk of just losing track of all the minor VTuber chartags, and leaving the potential for many more chartag dupes to emerge.
