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Thanks Ched.
I'd started by using
http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi which was fine but maybe I messed up a ′cut&paste′.
Are there other converters/templates & instructions out there for tables on wiki?
Frisasu (
talk) 20:03, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
In all honesty, it's my first time too, so I really can't give any advice. Just use your discretion and common sense, and you should be fine. bibliomaniac 1 5 23:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know, Ched. Firsfron of Ronchester 01:21, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
The March 2009 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page. Happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 23:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Ched + =
Happy April Fools Day :) Steve Crossin : Chat 03:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Happy April Fools day! Hope you don't have Conflicker. I noticed something funny when reviewing NIS's history; when I created my account and started editing, it seems as if all the other editors, registered and anon, stepped aside and didn't really bother with me. My initial edits were far from NPOV, however no one really cared. Many of those editors who revised NIS before me have never revised NIS after I came ... TechOutsider ( talk) 15:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I will return to my usual editing on April 2, 2009. Thank You. — Ched : Yes? : © 19:35, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
... for the note on my page. لenna vecia 21:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Ched, wondering if you could pull up that old article of yours for me. Just interested in what you would do in case of malware. TechOutsider ( talk) 22:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I'll try to dig out the version I saved of the article if you want - it may have some references that you could use. I basically gave up on the article - too much bickering for my tastes. Some want to say it's advertisement, want to remove a bunch of relevant info, delete references, remove sources, etc. I'm just not one to edit war over that kind of thing. Do you want me to try to find my version and post to your user space? — Ched : Yes? : © 02:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Don't know if you have it watchlisted, I replied over there. :) — neuro (talk) (review) 03:17, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Good to read your experiences, iknow so little yet we humans portend to be so onto it, love the buddhist concept of the grain of sand thru your hand like a few seconds of stars Jute string ( talk) 11:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Ched, sounds ridiculous but how bout we stopped manufacture of arms Jute string ( talk) 11:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thnx 4 that, no particular article--just the hypocrisy of it all-- how did u like the the love with queen liz —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jute string ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Will do! Though it does seem like it's pretty quiet out there. Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 14:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I get it! Account blocked indef. I really should have seen that earlier... – Juliancolton | Talk 14:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Well at least I didn't repost the whole of WP:TMM, then it would be WP:TLDR. But seriously it is an excellent resource and it is broken up into easily readable chunks. – ukexpat ( talk) 15:48, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
I finally made the /nick change! I had to download a whole new software to do it, but it was worth it! Here's the change:
*You are now known as DeacyAmp *You are now known as Queenie
Hey Ched. Hope your doing fine. I'm not, because my Spring Break is almost up. Anyways, now I'm trying to push Norton 360 and Norton AntiBot to GA-class. Both of those products have/had a relatively short life span (less for me to cover!) and there is a lot of insight on the web, such as why did Symantec create the product? Who did the product target, corporations, enterprises, consumers? That kind of information allow me to develop and mantain a mindset in the article -- to the reader: look, there were 6 million bots in 2006. Industry experts suspect the majority don't know their computer is carrying out criminal activities. Norton AntiBot takes a different approach to malware detection; it monitors behavior .. -- putting a product in context really makes the article sound enclycopedic, not wikipedic and is a sucker to GA-reviewers. NIS on the other hand, is just way to broad, and towards the end it became almost a list of features. I'm collaborating with User:Tyw7, you may have met him. He's a really great editor. And it's always nice to have a second opinion. Just giving you an update Ched. It's cathartic. User:TechOutsider April 4, 2009.
Hi Ched
Your sig was rendered across lines for me and I messed around with it and didn't find that replacing all the spaces with fixed the wrap (I'm not a master of such things). If you care, here is a brute force solutions, which (given how generally reasonable and short your sig is) shouldn't cause any friction: <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">{{nowrap begin}}[[User:Ched Davis|Ched]] : [[User_talk:Ched Davis|<font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> Yes? </font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Ched Davis|© ]]{{nowrap end}}</span></small> Happy editing, Bongo matic 10:40, 5 April 2009 (UTC) I'll watch here in case you happen to reply, no need for {{ tb}} or anything else on my talk page
You'd better watch out, or I'll replace your userpage with 'pretty nice guy', too! citation needed :D — neuro (talk) (review) 21:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm probably not the person to answer this (I don't handle many SPI cases and only commented there because it was linked to from the AIV report). If an account is a really obvious sockpuppet then it's usually enough to report them to AIV without bothering with an SPI case. Hut 8.5 11:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
You might be interested in viewing Resolved tags and Additional entries at the talk page. Thank you! Zoo Fari 18:59, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Just so you don't think I'm ignoring you or anything, I wanted to drop a note on your page :) I'll try to reply to everything on Monday. I'm just...tired. Hopefully things will look up in the future. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 05:33, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 16:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Congrads on making GA status! Piano non troppo ( talk) 16:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
The stick candy dispute seems to have been licked. The more recent battlegrounds were over a photo illustration for ice-cream headache (a.k.a. brain freeze) and whether any commercial links can be used to indicate the existence of some of the items on the List of liqueurs. The buzz indicates that it was quite a barroom brawl... :) ChildofMidnight ( talk) 16:45, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
To no one in particular: I've kinda, sorta, followed the whole Susan Boyle saga and I am a bit amazed. The AfD failed miserably as folks came by to support a keep with both logical, and less than policy clueful reasoning. Regardless, there was a resounding "Keep" heard throughout Wikipedia, and yet there are those who would tenaciously drag the stick a little further down the road. I'm wondering, if it's really the right thing to do in merging Susan with the Britain's Got Talent article, then perhaps we can continue this trend to "clean up the wiki". I'd suggest as a starting point, let's take him and merge with this; oh, wait, YouTube, ... not a WP:RS - let's delete both. Now let's merge this one event guy with his claim to fame since it's so prominently displayed on our WP:BLP1E policy anyway. OK... now we're starting to get things cleaned up here; now let's take this fella and merge him with his event. We're really on a roll now, but let's not stop there - while we're at it, let's take some of these little items, and just merge them with their rightful article. Hmmmm.... maybe I should head over to the village pump and drop this in the suggestion box huh? Naaa ... talking to myself is a sure sign of not having a clear picture of the whole thing. — Ched : ? 21:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
I've never been what people would call wishy-washy. I'm not expecting anything to change. I do hate the template though and I do think it is on balance it hurts more than it helps. Anyway, everything's going well and I hope the same for you. Drop by anytime, for any reason (and I'll be sure to tell you exactly what I think;-)-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to take part in my RfA whether support, oppose or neutral. All comments are valued and will be considered carefully in the coming weeks. Feel free to add more advice on my talk page if you think I need it.
SpinningSpark 00:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC) In case you're wondering, the image is a smiley, just a little more aesthetic, but not as serious as the Mona Lisa |
Yeah, I'd like to get more into photography, but the camera I have is a piece of junk, relatively speaking. Good luck with that. Internally, I can't see how the license change will have any real affect on operations...it'll just make things easier to deal with off-wiki. Creative Commons really is superior to GFDL for our purposes.
Wow, that's interesting re: Allegheny County. Yeah, economy is tight right now, but the gov't has more money than the individual citizens...if they aren't going to compensate you, they don't deserve the work. Volunteer work should be rewarding to the individual in some way...whether its building a house for Habitat for Humanities, cleaning up roadsides, or playing on Wikipedia. Slaving away on code and databases just doesn't seem....fun. lol. I had actually forgotten that you were in that area of PA...my cousin is across the state attending Villanova right now, actually.
To be honest, aside from trying to work out the debate on the talk page, I had nothing to do with "33". I had to step away as it was such an insipid argument. I might check back in, but I'm afraid my brain will decompose further...like I said, editing here should be fun, since this is my pasttime, not my job. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 01:58, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Chamal talk 11:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
I ran across something earlier today that I thought was funny, and here it is in the form of a trivia question:
What subclass is the Bible in the Library of Congress Classification?
(I wonder if they did that on purpose?).
The Transhumanist 21:40, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
If anyone should apologize for being snarky, it's me, but I just feel the issue is being missed entirely. I disagree with Root's actual reasons for closing and his definition of "consensus" (as well as the fact he didn't just wait it out.) But what's done is done in terms of the AfD itself. I don't think Root's premature closure of the AfD would have swayed the outcome, and reopening it via DRV will just lead to the same conclusion. I'm all for cutting down on drama. :) -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 23:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Ugh, I can't deal with the Susan Boyle article right now...too much junk. Okay, pictures. So long as the image is taken in a public location (aka, in the public domain), then it is fine to take pictures of individuals, especially if those persons are already public figures, like Earnhardt. Even individuals that are not public figures are okay, again, so long as the setting is a public location. Private locations (homes, restaurants, some stores, etc) should be avoided. There is a template, however, that you can append on photo pages that indicates to readers that personality rights may need to be respected...I cannot remember the template off-hand, but searching around Commons should find it. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 00:16, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ched, just to point out that you appear to be marking all your edits as minor, even some quite major ones. This could be confusing to editors who hide minor edits from their watchlists. You can uncheck the "mark all edits as minor by default" box in the editing section of your preferences to avoid this. Best wishes, DuncanHill ( talk) 17:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
In regard to what, in particular? Believe it or not, I have trouble recalling specifics of conversations, in general. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 21:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, looks like a great proposal! I'm not sure how I feel about that issue though. In any case, yes, I check my email regularly (so long as my computer is deciding to work) so you may send me whatever you would like :) — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 02:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Ched, thanks for the note, and the support. As soon as I figure out how to send thankspam to all who voted, I will! After all, quasi-democracy can be good. ( talk→ BWilkins ←track) 20:49, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words. I thought you might like to read about the English Wikipedia community. QuackGuru ( talk) 07:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Ched. How are you this lovely Friday in the middle of the night? I just looked at the article and talk page. The article certainly has an abundance of citations! The problem is that the facts stated have been such a bone of contention that I think the multiple citations for many facts are necessary. What I had said a while back to you was that where two sentences in a row are coming from the same reference, then there's not need to cite each sentence independently. The article really doesn't trangress this. I agree that it can be distracting for some readers but people learn to tune them out. When I read an article with tons of inline citations I barely notice them. For Wikipedia articles, when I see a lack of citations it nags at me. Somewhere in my brain there's an echo chamber screaming "UNVERIFIED, DON'T TRUST" over and over.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk)
Thank you much for the reminder. I just started the page today, plagiarizing the format from Bobo. Left 'Example' as a placeholder until I setup my own. I am still having a border issue with the top box, so I will be back to clean it up along with the email and some other loose ends. --Preceding unsigned comment 21:21, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
It wasn't, no. I literally just checked IRC and saw your message when you left, too. :| — neuro (talk) 14:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Ched. Thanks for taking part in the discussion on my candidacy. We'll get 'em next time. :) Seriously, thanks for your consideration and for being a good friend and coconspirator, oops, I mean collegial collaborator on Wikipedia. I appreciated your thoughtful comments and that you took an interest in the process and making sure it was conducted with integrity. Good on you. Take care. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 20:58, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a heads-up, you can link internally to categories by putting a colon before "Category", such as this:
[[:Category:Wikipedia essays]]
produces
Category:Wikipedia essays
Hope this helps! Happy editing!
Greg Tyler (
t •
c) 17:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Enjoy your trip! — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 14:29, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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Archive 1 | ← | Archive 3 | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | → | Archive 10 |
<< March 2009 Posts | April 2009 posts | May 2009 posts >>
Thanks Ched.
I'd started by using
http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~sdouglas/table.cgi which was fine but maybe I messed up a ′cut&paste′.
Are there other converters/templates & instructions out there for tables on wiki?
Frisasu (
talk) 20:03, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
In all honesty, it's my first time too, so I really can't give any advice. Just use your discretion and common sense, and you should be fine. bibliomaniac 1 5 23:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know, Ched. Firsfron of Ronchester 01:21, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
The March 2009 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page. Happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 23:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Ched + =
Happy April Fools Day :) Steve Crossin : Chat 03:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Happy April Fools day! Hope you don't have Conflicker. I noticed something funny when reviewing NIS's history; when I created my account and started editing, it seems as if all the other editors, registered and anon, stepped aside and didn't really bother with me. My initial edits were far from NPOV, however no one really cared. Many of those editors who revised NIS before me have never revised NIS after I came ... TechOutsider ( talk) 15:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I will return to my usual editing on April 2, 2009. Thank You. — Ched : Yes? : © 19:35, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
... for the note on my page. لenna vecia 21:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Ched, wondering if you could pull up that old article of yours for me. Just interested in what you would do in case of malware. TechOutsider ( talk) 22:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I'll try to dig out the version I saved of the article if you want - it may have some references that you could use. I basically gave up on the article - too much bickering for my tastes. Some want to say it's advertisement, want to remove a bunch of relevant info, delete references, remove sources, etc. I'm just not one to edit war over that kind of thing. Do you want me to try to find my version and post to your user space? — Ched : Yes? : © 02:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Don't know if you have it watchlisted, I replied over there. :) — neuro (talk) (review) 03:17, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Good to read your experiences, iknow so little yet we humans portend to be so onto it, love the buddhist concept of the grain of sand thru your hand like a few seconds of stars Jute string ( talk) 11:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Ched, sounds ridiculous but how bout we stopped manufacture of arms Jute string ( talk) 11:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, thnx 4 that, no particular article--just the hypocrisy of it all-- how did u like the the love with queen liz —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jute string ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Will do! Though it does seem like it's pretty quiet out there. Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 14:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I get it! Account blocked indef. I really should have seen that earlier... – Juliancolton | Talk 14:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Well at least I didn't repost the whole of WP:TMM, then it would be WP:TLDR. But seriously it is an excellent resource and it is broken up into easily readable chunks. – ukexpat ( talk) 15:48, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
I finally made the /nick change! I had to download a whole new software to do it, but it was worth it! Here's the change:
*You are now known as DeacyAmp *You are now known as Queenie
Hey Ched. Hope your doing fine. I'm not, because my Spring Break is almost up. Anyways, now I'm trying to push Norton 360 and Norton AntiBot to GA-class. Both of those products have/had a relatively short life span (less for me to cover!) and there is a lot of insight on the web, such as why did Symantec create the product? Who did the product target, corporations, enterprises, consumers? That kind of information allow me to develop and mantain a mindset in the article -- to the reader: look, there were 6 million bots in 2006. Industry experts suspect the majority don't know their computer is carrying out criminal activities. Norton AntiBot takes a different approach to malware detection; it monitors behavior .. -- putting a product in context really makes the article sound enclycopedic, not wikipedic and is a sucker to GA-reviewers. NIS on the other hand, is just way to broad, and towards the end it became almost a list of features. I'm collaborating with User:Tyw7, you may have met him. He's a really great editor. And it's always nice to have a second opinion. Just giving you an update Ched. It's cathartic. User:TechOutsider April 4, 2009.
Hi Ched
Your sig was rendered across lines for me and I messed around with it and didn't find that replacing all the spaces with fixed the wrap (I'm not a master of such things). If you care, here is a brute force solutions, which (given how generally reasonable and short your sig is) shouldn't cause any friction: <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">{{nowrap begin}}[[User:Ched Davis|Ched]] : [[User_talk:Ched Davis|<font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> Yes? </font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Ched Davis|© ]]{{nowrap end}}</span></small> Happy editing, Bongo matic 10:40, 5 April 2009 (UTC) I'll watch here in case you happen to reply, no need for {{ tb}} or anything else on my talk page
You'd better watch out, or I'll replace your userpage with 'pretty nice guy', too! citation needed :D — neuro (talk) (review) 21:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm probably not the person to answer this (I don't handle many SPI cases and only commented there because it was linked to from the AIV report). If an account is a really obvious sockpuppet then it's usually enough to report them to AIV without bothering with an SPI case. Hut 8.5 11:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
You might be interested in viewing Resolved tags and Additional entries at the talk page. Thank you! Zoo Fari 18:59, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Just so you don't think I'm ignoring you or anything, I wanted to drop a note on your page :) I'll try to reply to everything on Monday. I'm just...tired. Hopefully things will look up in the future. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 05:33, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 16:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Congrads on making GA status! Piano non troppo ( talk) 16:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
The stick candy dispute seems to have been licked. The more recent battlegrounds were over a photo illustration for ice-cream headache (a.k.a. brain freeze) and whether any commercial links can be used to indicate the existence of some of the items on the List of liqueurs. The buzz indicates that it was quite a barroom brawl... :) ChildofMidnight ( talk) 16:45, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
To no one in particular: I've kinda, sorta, followed the whole Susan Boyle saga and I am a bit amazed. The AfD failed miserably as folks came by to support a keep with both logical, and less than policy clueful reasoning. Regardless, there was a resounding "Keep" heard throughout Wikipedia, and yet there are those who would tenaciously drag the stick a little further down the road. I'm wondering, if it's really the right thing to do in merging Susan with the Britain's Got Talent article, then perhaps we can continue this trend to "clean up the wiki". I'd suggest as a starting point, let's take him and merge with this; oh, wait, YouTube, ... not a WP:RS - let's delete both. Now let's merge this one event guy with his claim to fame since it's so prominently displayed on our WP:BLP1E policy anyway. OK... now we're starting to get things cleaned up here; now let's take this fella and merge him with his event. We're really on a roll now, but let's not stop there - while we're at it, let's take some of these little items, and just merge them with their rightful article. Hmmmm.... maybe I should head over to the village pump and drop this in the suggestion box huh? Naaa ... talking to myself is a sure sign of not having a clear picture of the whole thing. — Ched : ? 21:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
I've never been what people would call wishy-washy. I'm not expecting anything to change. I do hate the template though and I do think it is on balance it hurts more than it helps. Anyway, everything's going well and I hope the same for you. Drop by anytime, for any reason (and I'll be sure to tell you exactly what I think;-)-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to take part in my RfA whether support, oppose or neutral. All comments are valued and will be considered carefully in the coming weeks. Feel free to add more advice on my talk page if you think I need it.
SpinningSpark 00:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC) In case you're wondering, the image is a smiley, just a little more aesthetic, but not as serious as the Mona Lisa |
Yeah, I'd like to get more into photography, but the camera I have is a piece of junk, relatively speaking. Good luck with that. Internally, I can't see how the license change will have any real affect on operations...it'll just make things easier to deal with off-wiki. Creative Commons really is superior to GFDL for our purposes.
Wow, that's interesting re: Allegheny County. Yeah, economy is tight right now, but the gov't has more money than the individual citizens...if they aren't going to compensate you, they don't deserve the work. Volunteer work should be rewarding to the individual in some way...whether its building a house for Habitat for Humanities, cleaning up roadsides, or playing on Wikipedia. Slaving away on code and databases just doesn't seem....fun. lol. I had actually forgotten that you were in that area of PA...my cousin is across the state attending Villanova right now, actually.
To be honest, aside from trying to work out the debate on the talk page, I had nothing to do with "33". I had to step away as it was such an insipid argument. I might check back in, but I'm afraid my brain will decompose further...like I said, editing here should be fun, since this is my pasttime, not my job. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 01:58, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Chamal talk 11:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
I ran across something earlier today that I thought was funny, and here it is in the form of a trivia question:
What subclass is the Bible in the Library of Congress Classification?
(I wonder if they did that on purpose?).
The Transhumanist 21:40, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
If anyone should apologize for being snarky, it's me, but I just feel the issue is being missed entirely. I disagree with Root's actual reasons for closing and his definition of "consensus" (as well as the fact he didn't just wait it out.) But what's done is done in terms of the AfD itself. I don't think Root's premature closure of the AfD would have swayed the outcome, and reopening it via DRV will just lead to the same conclusion. I'm all for cutting down on drama. :) -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 23:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Ugh, I can't deal with the Susan Boyle article right now...too much junk. Okay, pictures. So long as the image is taken in a public location (aka, in the public domain), then it is fine to take pictures of individuals, especially if those persons are already public figures, like Earnhardt. Even individuals that are not public figures are okay, again, so long as the setting is a public location. Private locations (homes, restaurants, some stores, etc) should be avoided. There is a template, however, that you can append on photo pages that indicates to readers that personality rights may need to be respected...I cannot remember the template off-hand, but searching around Commons should find it. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 00:16, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ched, just to point out that you appear to be marking all your edits as minor, even some quite major ones. This could be confusing to editors who hide minor edits from their watchlists. You can uncheck the "mark all edits as minor by default" box in the editing section of your preferences to avoid this. Best wishes, DuncanHill ( talk) 17:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
In regard to what, in particular? Believe it or not, I have trouble recalling specifics of conversations, in general. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 21:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, looks like a great proposal! I'm not sure how I feel about that issue though. In any case, yes, I check my email regularly (so long as my computer is deciding to work) so you may send me whatever you would like :) — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 02:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Ched, thanks for the note, and the support. As soon as I figure out how to send thankspam to all who voted, I will! After all, quasi-democracy can be good. ( talk→ BWilkins ←track) 20:49, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words. I thought you might like to read about the English Wikipedia community. QuackGuru ( talk) 07:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hiya Ched. How are you this lovely Friday in the middle of the night? I just looked at the article and talk page. The article certainly has an abundance of citations! The problem is that the facts stated have been such a bone of contention that I think the multiple citations for many facts are necessary. What I had said a while back to you was that where two sentences in a row are coming from the same reference, then there's not need to cite each sentence independently. The article really doesn't trangress this. I agree that it can be distracting for some readers but people learn to tune them out. When I read an article with tons of inline citations I barely notice them. For Wikipedia articles, when I see a lack of citations it nags at me. Somewhere in my brain there's an echo chamber screaming "UNVERIFIED, DON'T TRUST" over and over.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk)
Thank you much for the reminder. I just started the page today, plagiarizing the format from Bobo. Left 'Example' as a placeholder until I setup my own. I am still having a border issue with the top box, so I will be back to clean it up along with the email and some other loose ends. --Preceding unsigned comment 21:21, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
It wasn't, no. I literally just checked IRC and saw your message when you left, too. :| — neuro (talk) 14:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Ched. Thanks for taking part in the discussion on my candidacy. We'll get 'em next time. :) Seriously, thanks for your consideration and for being a good friend and coconspirator, oops, I mean collegial collaborator on Wikipedia. I appreciated your thoughtful comments and that you took an interest in the process and making sure it was conducted with integrity. Good on you. Take care. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 20:58, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Just a heads-up, you can link internally to categories by putting a colon before "Category", such as this:
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Hope this helps! Happy editing!
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Enjoy your trip! — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 14:29, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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Please stop reverting my (and others) South Park character infobox edits as vandalism, and please refer to this discussion to see that it was decided to reformat the template. Thanks. - SoSaysChappy ( talk) 07:15, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
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