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Hey Franamax, are you going to make Ucontribs automated? Or is it too tricky? It is still really cool whichever way.
Another worthwhile wikiproject tool was performed by User:Betacommand, but I don't think he is able to do it any more, was Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/bird articles by size - this one.i.e. rank all bird articles by size and note which are FA or GA. This hasn't been run since march. I need to look through his archives to see which exclusion categories there were. There was also one for Mammals - WP:MABS, fungi - WP:FABS, and dinosaurs WP:DABS - good for seeing stubs and figuring out which things to expand. I find them helpful though I am not sure how others do, and was musing on one for WP:MED, infact I will ask there and see if anyone thinks it is a good idea. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 05:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Franamax, per your comment at the Ref Desk I had a run at the article - for logical organization and to prune off the extensive repetition. However, I am an editor, not a scientist. If you have a sec, could you check that it still defines the term correctly and explains it properly? Ta, WikiJedits ( talk) 16:14, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
My only alterations were in regards to indentation. I never signed your name, nor would I ever do such a thing. I believe you may be mis-reading the diffs, but if you still believe such an event occured, I would be happy to look at the diff in question. Redthoreau ( talk) RT 08:40, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
You helped me once before, could you do it again?
It's the picture on Billy Drago's site.. called Drago Nitti.jpg
Thanks in advance :)
KnatLouie ( talk) 18:31, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh, the irony of it all.. or should I say, bureaucracy of it all. It's just a small picture of an actor in his - presumably - most well-known role. It's near impossible to find a picture of this guy anywhere else, and I'm not about to turn paparazzi and stalk the dude to get one. Just thought it would help the article, but nevermind. I'll just go back to my rule about not uploading pictures to this site anymore again. KnatLouie ( talk) 15:51, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion, the original citation tags make little sense. I don't know why someone put them there in the first place. There are three, in a paragraph of only 5 sentences. There are no other citation tags at all in that whole section. Why just those three sentences? It's not like they're particularally likely to be disputed.
What happens in cases where someone, for no particular reason, adds some citation tags to an article? Is nobody ever allowed to remove them, or is it possible to decide that they're kinda pointless? Rocketmagnet ( talk) 19:19, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
On the Talk:Robot page we are discussing deleting those statements from the paragraph. Would you like to comment before we do it? Rocketmagnet ( talk) 16:57, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK that AO this TIMESTAMP, it appears that your /EA1 may contain OR, ABF, and your ES is sparse as though it were an ME (no FA that way). Also, you should consider an RDR with a less cryptic title, this isn't your SB after all and you risk MFD. You should also consider WFYing, we don't all have time for EXJARG :) hydnjo talk 17:53, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
... what my mail said. Gantpupo is retiring now. Nasty habit. Gantpupo ( talk) 03:05, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all the info regarding dead links. I wasn't only trying to remove the links, but I was also trying to use a reference (which was already in the article) to show that 50 percent, rather than 49, is the percentage of foreign-born residents. I guess one percent doesn't make that much of a difference (lol). Blackjays1 ( talk) 01:15, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for the clean-up work you did on Weston, Ontario A Knight Who Says Ni ( talk) 10:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC) |
Your improvements are well researched, and go far beyond the linking problems I noticed. Thanks! --
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10:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Sob! All I wanted was for just one editor to vandalize my user page - but no, all I get is this stupid book :( Even my sockpuppets wouldn't vandalize me (also what is a sockpuppet?) No, wait Franamax, rally 'round and put a smile on your face. They really do care about you, they're just hesitant 'cause you're such an incredibly awesome person - yeah, that's it, it's them wut has the problem, not you. Yeah, that's the ticket, just be gracious and eventually they will give you the flowers and laurels you really deserve, those rotten bastards, why I oughtta... OK, deep breath:
Thanks SteveBaker, what a wonderful gift. I very much appreciate it! :) Franamax ( talk) 01:50, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
I've been discussing Template:LAC with someone. See here. Would you be able to fill us in on the history of that template? It is possibly being overused. What do you think? Carcharoth ( talk) 18:48, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks allot for looking over that. Did you find anything that might explain why the counter at the bottom of Wikipedia:Featured topics/count can only find 437 articles tagged when there should be 438? If you found 438 articles, maybe there is a ninth article in more than one topic that I didn't notice. -- Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
It seems that Template:ArticleHistory is now protected, so I can no longer edit it myself, but just add code to say "if the ft2name parameter isn't blank, then tag the article as being in Category:Wikipedia featured topics articles in two topics" or something like that. Then if you've missed one it should stick out like a sore thumb - rst20xx ( talk) 16:48, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I can set it up for you; what do you want it to say? -- Random832 ( contribs) 16:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
The damn template is unprotected, now get to work! :) « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) @ 02:21, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Okie dokie. Felt nervous when an nonymous IP started adding unsourced info. Glad to comply with your advice. Thank you. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 18:41, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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For actually looking up the 1997 Taiwanese tuna catch when a user used it as an example of a random question on Wikipedia talk:Reference desk. Rock on. -- S.dedalus ( talk) 00:37, 11 September 2008 (UTC) |
Pfft! I just googled "taiwan tuna catch 1997" and whaddayaknow - first link. I'm disturbed by that search though, since when was Wikipedia not in the first three links returned? An article must be made! Thanks for the barnstar :) Franamax ( talk) 03:53, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Franamax, it's incredibly gratifying to me when a dedicated contributor like you joins in during a push for GA or FA, like you have on Columbia River. Every time a new editor comes along and engages with the article for a sustained period, new ideas emerge and the article evolves in ways I wouldn't have expected. It's contributions like yours that keep my hope for Wikipedia alive! Here's hoping you keep at it, on this article or elsewhere. - Pete ( talk) 18:50, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Franamax, I want to be clear that my response (about the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope) to your question was not meant to disparage your entirely reasonable question. The name Super Large Hadron Collider that you mentioned simply reminded me of the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope, and I wanted to have a little fun with my fellow scientists who come up with these adjectives of ever-increasing magnitude for their instruments. I did not appreciate your response, which was basically a public STFU on the reference desk. If you had said something on my talk page, I would have happily made it clear to you that no disrespect was intended, and offered to remove my response. -- Coneslayer ( talk) 00:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Ahem... before you changed the page User:Franamax/Test10 to what it currently contains, you might've wanted to detransclude it from Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 46#Some Usercheck fields have stopped working. Anyway, I just did that, but do please try to remember it next time, OK? :-) — Ilmari Karonen ( talk) 02:55, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
To be in print and stuck in a book for life – heaven. Thanks Franamax, =) Julia Rossi ( talk) 11:23, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
For the revert - completely accidental... whoops! Majorly talk 23:27, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
You make a valid point that Interiot's counter can miss significant contributions. For instance, it tends to miss featured picture and featured sound contributions because most of the actual work is done offsite. You're one of Kurt's more passionate advocates so if there's a positive argument to be made on the content side it might make a difference. To be candid, I wasn't particularly impressed with the quality of his most frequently edited articles, yet if he's quietly written a string of new articles and is close to earning the 25DYK medal then that would shed new light on the discussion. Best, Durova Charge! 06:35, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Anyway, Kurt's redemption will not be found in peak-visibility contributions. It seems though that his downfall is to be found in said places. I'm not sure where exactly you find the damage he's done to the article space. Franamax ( talk) 07:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I thought this was one of the best (funniest) comments I've read all year! :-) Oh, before I forget, you have e-mail. Carcharoth ( talk) 18:30, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Durova, to clarify, I think each and every article contribution is valuable. Be it a tiny or a massive change, they all are a step closer to our goal of perfection. That goal must always escape our grasp, "else what's a heaven for?". That perhaps is my overarching point - I value the constant stream of edits in the long tail equally to those which culminate in recognition as FA/GA products. The difference is that those gnomes are much less visible and on occasion are accorded less respect in the wiki-process as a consequence.
To your specifics: the highway example was flippant, (after all, it's not on the list of Core Topics) but of course, any number of edits at any article are fine by me - it's amazing how much work you can stack up by looking in any random direction; and as to DYK's, yes, my concern is the arbitrary nature of the rules (5-days-new or five-fold expansion?) - these lead to goal-chasing in pursuit of visible rewards, other aims are discarded in that pursuit - and the undesirable results have lately been visible in other forums. Being myself a seeker of non-visible goals, it's difficult to elaborate further on this, but it is an area of concern for me.
Also, to me, among the unsung heroes worthy of acclaim are those who spend untold time (as you do on pic's and sounds) on gathering and formatting article references. To paraphrase the inspiring words of a recent respondent to a thread where I participated: "we've already done their Google search for them". There truly are metrics beyond FA/DYK/Top-10, we just need to bring them forth. Franamax ( talk) 03:55, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
As this only began happening a few minutes ago. When I look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Film or THIS, my recent comments have become invisible. But when I look at individual AfD's they are visible again... such as like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AIDS Inc. or THIS. Quite strange. Is it me, or has something go wacky with Wiki?? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 06:49, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Okay. Please see if I did it correctly at
Piggie Pie.
Schmidt,
MICHAEL Q.
05:48, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
First, what's an "e/c"? Second, I have used "ref name=XYZ" before, but did not know how to use it in this instance. Third, I agree that the Bill Martin Award no longer belongs in its first instnce, as it was there originally to slow down deletists and show notability. I'll find a way to neutrally mention the "book has receieved recognition" and let future readers discover the awards and nominations section on their own. Fourth, and off-topic, I came across this and read for a while. I myself might have welcomed the teacher and his group with the caution that Wikipedia can be a confusing or even hostile environment to newcomers... advising careful oversite. In truth, with the thousands of wiki editors, who can say how many are under 15? Heck, the author of the Piggie Pie article is himself a 13 or 14 year old, so a hurtful response about (possible) "wiki abuse" was ill spoken... and was WP:Crystal. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
THIS feels clumsy, but seems okay per MOS. Yes? No? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Or is it better as below?
? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Nevermind. I just realized by comparing them that method 2 is the preferred style, and will tweak it now. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:03, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I caught that when the total CSDs was at 12, the Nonsense CSDs were at -7, and the Copyvios were at 54! ^_^ Interestingly, the counts only update when the category is purged, so I set the links on my userpage to do just that. Glad it's working well, after all of the shenanigans. UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 02:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I know you have been doing stuff for the Wall Street Crash of 1929. I guess you have been fixing things that I am doing. I do not fully comprehend what you are doing so whatever you do is fine with me. I learned how to make footnotes 3 days ago so I am not really anything close to an experienced editor of wikipedia. Please fix anything I do :) I have the best intentions. Best regards. Johndoeemail ( talk) 02:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and thank you very much for anything you are doing to help me. I see you doing stuff to fix my references but I do not know what exactly you are doing. Johndoeemail ( talk) 02:58, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Oh my goodness, thank you so very much. I still do not know what you are doing to fix my work. I am a very, very new user to wikipedia and I barely know how to cite a reference. Please by all means fix up anything I do on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johndoeemail ( talk • contribs) 04:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for removing two inappropriate threads. I hate to feed trolls, but they cry out so with hunger. Edison ( talk) 05:00, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
BrainyBabe ( talk) 06:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
...when you see things like this and the section below. I guess they really won't be caring about the answer any time soon. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 05:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
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I don't know how much time and work went into your reply at VPT and your monobook regarding the bolding of numbers on watchlists, but it was a big help for me. Thank you very much. – sgeureka t• c 12:08, 8 October 2008 (UTC) |
Added section header for IP's post. Franamax ( talk) 01:21, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Discussion should be made before removal of content from pages not after removal. -- 98.169.210.188 ( talk) 01:05, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
User "Blaxthos" removed all the discussion points from the page, which I had to revert back. Also no one had anything bad to say about my edits, other then removing them. Discussion was not being taken place from the other side. I opened up discussion. http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Fox_News_Channel&diff=244021217&oldid=244020423 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Fox_News_Channel&diff=244020423&oldid=244019075 -- 98.169.210.188 ( talk) 01:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
...for your input here regarding my question on aircraft callsigns. Much appreciated. 70.122.36.93 ( talk) 05:52, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Sorry to bug you - but I've just configured Twinkle; how am I suppose to know it works for me? If your willing to answer, thanks! Thanks for considering my question, Ay ( Reply!, Contribs!) 20:21, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Would this single purpose account be considered one, or the other? How can one check without bothering a checkuser? Must there be an assumption of good faith if the account was created for one reason only? Contribution: Honey And Thyme.
An article that you have been involved in editing, Michael Q. Schmidt, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Q. Schmidt (2nd nomination). Thank you.' Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 18:01, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice?
Saw your discussion whilst I was handling an unblock request for this user. Were you aware that the user has been blocked for abusive sockpuppetry per Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Auto Racing Fan - just FYI. Fritzpoll ( talk) 16:51, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Could you look at THIS and advise if I am preparing it correctly, as I have never done such before. Thank you. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 17:31, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Franamax, when are you going to become an admin? :-)
I was hoping you could find the time to add Ceoil ( talk · contribs) Yannismarou ( talk · contribs) and Malleus Fatuorum ( talk · contribs) to User:Franamax/Ucontribs. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:19, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Autodidactyl ( talk) 21:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
An anonymous IP just posted to my talk page, requesting I finish submitting Berg v. Obama to AfD, and that he has created a talk page here. What should I do? Is this normal? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 01:08, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
You both are pretty cool. Thanks for taking care of it . Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 03:56, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Per this diff, I'd agree if you could you go ahead and archive all the old stuff on that page. That way it's be there, but not in-your-face blatantly so. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 10:31, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for helping moderate the dispute at User talk:Bobby fletcher. I apologize if I was a bit snappy with you in my earlier response; that user rubs me the wrong way and I should probably make myself take a wikibreak whenever he starts editing. Anyway, hopefully your advice will ring truer with him than mine has! — Politizer talk/ contribs 07:23, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Since you are involved with setting the guidelines on plagiarism at Wikipedia, I was wondering if I could ask you about something that's had me scratching my head lately. A week or so ago I had a discussion with some people from WikiProject Ships when I noticed an article that was, in its entirety, copied from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships; I made a comment at the talk page saying that I thought it was plagiarized, and several people from WP:SHIPS came and told me that copying from DANFS is not plagiarism and, in fact, is common in articles at that WikiProject (apparently DANFS is one of their top resources).
There is some brief discussion of that issue in the following two sections of my talk page: User talk:Politizer#Speedy at USS Samar (PG-41), User talk:Politizer#PD text.
I'm not bringing this up to tattle-tale or anything, I'm just curious about what implications that has for the WP:Plagiarism guideline (or vice-versa), as WP:Plagiarism says that PD materials still shouldn't be copied (a stance I agree with), but WP:SHIPS (and I assume other similar WikiProjects) accept it.
Thanks, — Politizer talk/ contribs 08:04, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
That was a wrong dab anyway - Sekani includes other groups than just the Tsay Keh Dene, despite the homonymy, just as Dene includes other groups than those currently only-listed on that page (and it includes the Sekani, in fact). Sekani is a large group, Tsay Keh Dene is a local group of them. It gets more copmlicated wth article titles as many bands use their ethnographic name as t he name of the band govenrment, as in this case; so the usual separation of ethno and government articles requires some creative titling (and content redundancy...). I'm surprised there's no Sekani article, I'll throw it by the in-house expert on Athapaskan peoples User:Billposer, who's director of the Yinka Dene Language Institute..... Skookum1 ( talk) 13:47, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
This was the most work I have ever done on any one article and boy... are my fingers tired. I am not asking for a vote at AfD, as I think I saved the article... but would like your input as to me work and suggestions for possible improvements. Thanks, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 00:50, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
I wasn't judging. There might be good reasons for gmail. Just being on the record about my opinions.
I can tell when others abuse e-mail, though. I think because of that, it's better to avoid even the appearance collusion. I think it helps to foster good faith. -- soulscanner ( talk) 07:18, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Franamax. Could you help walk me through writing a bot? I would like to create a variant archivebot that has an angry mode. When a page gets too long, the bot starts archiving things sooner to help shrink the page. Once the page size is more reasonable, the bot becomes happy again. I am competent in all Algol-like languages, and dangerous in any dialect of Lisp (yeah, like there is any practical use for that). Where do I start? Jehochman Talk 02:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
My first article ever. A little BLP on an amazing fellow... Still needs wikifying and cleanup, but I think I have sourced the hell out of it and kept it pretty neutral. I welcome your input. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:42, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Inre this diff... since the user and article are one and the same, is this tag proper? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:19, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
In the Betacommand thread on ANI, I said it was a "long winded ANI post", that was directed to the length of that and all posts on ANI about Beta. They go on forever and ever and ever and ever. It wasn't directed at you, if you thought it was, I apologize. It was just directed at the length of the conversation. Sorry if there was any confusion. Take Care... NeutralHomer • Talk • November 9, 2008 @ 01:26
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For taking the time to type out that explanation of F-U vs. NFCC, I award you this barnstar. - NeutralHomer • Talk • November 9, 2008 @ 07:02 |
Yeah, I admit to too much haste/impatience but in truth my eyes are going these last few years, and there's typos I don't see and have gotten too comfortable with letting little things slip by like "hte" and "demonstratino", but key-doubling and insta-dyslexicas also are at fault. I'll try and use "preview" more before that satisfying "thunk" when I hit enter after making my piont (well actually tab, tab tab, thunk. You'd never know I used to proofread for a living huh? Skookum1 ( talk) 14:17, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Now I certainly would have caught those typos... but I'm glad they gave you something to fill up all your free time. ;) However, the article title is incorrect and stallion should be capitalized. I had simply copied what I found and was going to fix it later. I did something to address the notability of the actors doing the project and why. Is this diff too peacocky? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 23:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed the article right when you first posted it. And I too was impressed with the quality. Most times if a company does an info sheet, it is filled with BLATANT self promotion. I was expecting text like "The most important element in a good cable is top quality metal alloys, without impurities. ProCo brand cables, for example, are made with the finest AA grade copper filaments...etc". Nope. Just lots of good research and info. That said, I think that it might be hard to justify an external link for an instrument cable article on the electric bass article, given that 100s of instruments use patch cords. And the electric bass article has set a high bar for external links. For months there has only been one link (whereas in other articles, there is a huge list). I moved the White Paper to the Patch cord article. And, so that readers of the elec bass article can find it, I put a WikiLink in the elec bass article to Patch cord. When they click the link, they can find the article. Thanks. :).... OnBeyondZebrax ( talk) 01:59, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Carl, with respect to this ANI thread (which I kinda regret initiating), I was never clear on Beta's restrictions imposed by the "ad-hoc" committee of yourself, Ryan and Lara - were you guys taking on an ongoing monitor/mentoring role, or just crafting the sanctions? And/or do y'all have comments on that recent little kerfuffle? I ask only as looking for a way to counter the "he's out of control/ban him now" sentiment which unfortunately arose in the thread. Beta's not such a bad guy imo, but interlocutors were and still are helpful, it would seem. Franamax ( talk) 06:34, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
There was a long list of songs. Songs that were already listed in Rent musical and Rent film. Since I was trying to show notability for the play being filmed live and then distributed to the world, I thought a listing of the songs would be seen as a duplication of what the other articles offered. I can easily put them back if you think it best serves. Opinion? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 08:38, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Never mind... I gotta put 'em back. EVen though most of the somgs are the same, they were sung by different people... and the closing night songs included former cast members from when the show first opened, comimg back to join the final crew in their grand farewell. Nice catch. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 08:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
How could he have possibly still be complaining about THIS... 2 days AFTER I removed it in specific response to his pointing out I made an error? He has left no discussions on the article talk page, and has never left questions or comments om my talk page. Indeed, I had no idea of the removal of that bad link earlier today until you yourself pointed it out to me. Does he think that AfD is the only place to have discourse? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 09:28, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
I do believe you should archive your page, considering that it is currently 33,388 bytes.— Dæ dαlus Contribs / Improve 11:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Those only break if they're empty, which shouldn't ever be the case. I'll make it discriminate in the future though.
As for edit summaries, they're usually hidden except on page histories, where they'll only show up once. And I have to explain what the bot is doing. Anyway, I let it run again, slower this time. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 14:09, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction regarding making diffs in my complaint against User:Mitsube and for explaining the joke (to which I fell victim!). That is helpful. I am now trying to post the diff (I've already copied the text itself where User:Mitsube clearly is attempting an 'outing of identity', saying, "here we have Tony Page ... again" - but I am having difficulty getting through to the Admin Noticeboard now to add that particular 'diff'! Suddha ( talk) 06:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Could you please give this page some tender loving care, or prod some other people from the project to do so? The requests are piling up again and no one seems to be answering them. - Mgm| (talk) 23:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC) (PS are you British? If you are you may be able to fill my request at the bottom ;))
Hey, Franamax; how about if you put together a page using your edit tool on each of the ArbCom candidates ( Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements)? And then, for comparison to the editor who would (secretly) make the best arb ever seen on Wiki, add Tim Vickers to User:Franamax/Ucontribs-0.3a? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:00, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
Beautiful: thank you so much ! I left something for you on my talk. (When are you going for adminship?) SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:22, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Found an article at AfD that looked like it could be saved from deletion. I took THIS and turned it into THIS. I was still in process of expanding the article when the synopsis section got tagged as a copyvio. Per instruction of thecopyvio tag at Our Feature Presentation, and wishing to address the concern, I created the temp page excactly where it directed me to do so and corrected the synopsis, basing the rewrite upon the official website and other sources, but not copying them. However, User:Skomorokh moved it to a sandbox. Will his moving it affect an Admin's ability to remove the copyvio tag, as it is now in a different spot than first directed? How do I get the copyvio tage removed, since the issue has been addresed? Will an Admin replace the old synopsis with the new one? I hate the thought that even seeing that might color an editor's coomments at the AfD. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:15, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip, I wouldn't even have noticed otherwise. Bearcat ( talk) 08:12, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I've put up both images in the Talk:Urban exploration page so that everyone can discuss and come to a conclusion on which image would be better or a third/fourth image may be better. Brothejr ( talk) 05:54, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
I thought about trying to measure bytes added. I think you would need to measure it almost against the entire previous history of the article. Otherwise reverting blanking vandalism will over-estimate the content added. I'm sure you thought of that, but I think it's relatively tricky to get at content generation without including too much noise. Cool Hand Luke 18:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Wow, so this is just the coolest tool. Do your tools work like requesting a credit report (ie it's not too much hassle to ask for one every four months, but more than that and you have to pay a $9.99 fee)? Because... I'd really be curious to see my detailed stats. Especially curious about what "family" of Wikipages I have the most edits too. I wish it were FAC, but I'm worried it's RFA! What has become of my priorities?! Anyway, if it's a hassle to run the tool, don't worry about it. No big deal. And either way, thanks much for running the tool on the Arb candidates. Fascinating stuff. -- JayHenry ( t) 23:01, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
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Hey Franamax, are you going to make Ucontribs automated? Or is it too tricky? It is still really cool whichever way.
Another worthwhile wikiproject tool was performed by User:Betacommand, but I don't think he is able to do it any more, was Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/bird articles by size - this one.i.e. rank all bird articles by size and note which are FA or GA. This hasn't been run since march. I need to look through his archives to see which exclusion categories there were. There was also one for Mammals - WP:MABS, fungi - WP:FABS, and dinosaurs WP:DABS - good for seeing stubs and figuring out which things to expand. I find them helpful though I am not sure how others do, and was musing on one for WP:MED, infact I will ask there and see if anyone thinks it is a good idea. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 05:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Franamax, per your comment at the Ref Desk I had a run at the article - for logical organization and to prune off the extensive repetition. However, I am an editor, not a scientist. If you have a sec, could you check that it still defines the term correctly and explains it properly? Ta, WikiJedits ( talk) 16:14, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
My only alterations were in regards to indentation. I never signed your name, nor would I ever do such a thing. I believe you may be mis-reading the diffs, but if you still believe such an event occured, I would be happy to look at the diff in question. Redthoreau ( talk) RT 08:40, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
You helped me once before, could you do it again?
It's the picture on Billy Drago's site.. called Drago Nitti.jpg
Thanks in advance :)
KnatLouie ( talk) 18:31, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh, the irony of it all.. or should I say, bureaucracy of it all. It's just a small picture of an actor in his - presumably - most well-known role. It's near impossible to find a picture of this guy anywhere else, and I'm not about to turn paparazzi and stalk the dude to get one. Just thought it would help the article, but nevermind. I'll just go back to my rule about not uploading pictures to this site anymore again. KnatLouie ( talk) 15:51, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion, the original citation tags make little sense. I don't know why someone put them there in the first place. There are three, in a paragraph of only 5 sentences. There are no other citation tags at all in that whole section. Why just those three sentences? It's not like they're particularally likely to be disputed.
What happens in cases where someone, for no particular reason, adds some citation tags to an article? Is nobody ever allowed to remove them, or is it possible to decide that they're kinda pointless? Rocketmagnet ( talk) 19:19, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
On the Talk:Robot page we are discussing deleting those statements from the paragraph. Would you like to comment before we do it? Rocketmagnet ( talk) 16:57, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
DYK that AO this TIMESTAMP, it appears that your /EA1 may contain OR, ABF, and your ES is sparse as though it were an ME (no FA that way). Also, you should consider an RDR with a less cryptic title, this isn't your SB after all and you risk MFD. You should also consider WFYing, we don't all have time for EXJARG :) hydnjo talk 17:53, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
... what my mail said. Gantpupo is retiring now. Nasty habit. Gantpupo ( talk) 03:05, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all the info regarding dead links. I wasn't only trying to remove the links, but I was also trying to use a reference (which was already in the article) to show that 50 percent, rather than 49, is the percentage of foreign-born residents. I guess one percent doesn't make that much of a difference (lol). Blackjays1 ( talk) 01:15, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for the clean-up work you did on Weston, Ontario A Knight Who Says Ni ( talk) 10:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC) |
Your improvements are well researched, and go far beyond the linking problems I noticed. Thanks! --
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Sob! All I wanted was for just one editor to vandalize my user page - but no, all I get is this stupid book :( Even my sockpuppets wouldn't vandalize me (also what is a sockpuppet?) No, wait Franamax, rally 'round and put a smile on your face. They really do care about you, they're just hesitant 'cause you're such an incredibly awesome person - yeah, that's it, it's them wut has the problem, not you. Yeah, that's the ticket, just be gracious and eventually they will give you the flowers and laurels you really deserve, those rotten bastards, why I oughtta... OK, deep breath:
Thanks SteveBaker, what a wonderful gift. I very much appreciate it! :) Franamax ( talk) 01:50, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
I've been discussing Template:LAC with someone. See here. Would you be able to fill us in on the history of that template? It is possibly being overused. What do you think? Carcharoth ( talk) 18:48, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks allot for looking over that. Did you find anything that might explain why the counter at the bottom of Wikipedia:Featured topics/count can only find 437 articles tagged when there should be 438? If you found 438 articles, maybe there is a ninth article in more than one topic that I didn't notice. -- Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
It seems that Template:ArticleHistory is now protected, so I can no longer edit it myself, but just add code to say "if the ft2name parameter isn't blank, then tag the article as being in Category:Wikipedia featured topics articles in two topics" or something like that. Then if you've missed one it should stick out like a sore thumb - rst20xx ( talk) 16:48, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I can set it up for you; what do you want it to say? -- Random832 ( contribs) 16:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
The damn template is unprotected, now get to work! :) « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) @ 02:21, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Okie dokie. Felt nervous when an nonymous IP started adding unsourced info. Glad to comply with your advice. Thank you. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 18:41, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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For actually looking up the 1997 Taiwanese tuna catch when a user used it as an example of a random question on Wikipedia talk:Reference desk. Rock on. -- S.dedalus ( talk) 00:37, 11 September 2008 (UTC) |
Pfft! I just googled "taiwan tuna catch 1997" and whaddayaknow - first link. I'm disturbed by that search though, since when was Wikipedia not in the first three links returned? An article must be made! Thanks for the barnstar :) Franamax ( talk) 03:53, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Franamax, it's incredibly gratifying to me when a dedicated contributor like you joins in during a push for GA or FA, like you have on Columbia River. Every time a new editor comes along and engages with the article for a sustained period, new ideas emerge and the article evolves in ways I wouldn't have expected. It's contributions like yours that keep my hope for Wikipedia alive! Here's hoping you keep at it, on this article or elsewhere. - Pete ( talk) 18:50, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Franamax, I want to be clear that my response (about the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope) to your question was not meant to disparage your entirely reasonable question. The name Super Large Hadron Collider that you mentioned simply reminded me of the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope, and I wanted to have a little fun with my fellow scientists who come up with these adjectives of ever-increasing magnitude for their instruments. I did not appreciate your response, which was basically a public STFU on the reference desk. If you had said something on my talk page, I would have happily made it clear to you that no disrespect was intended, and offered to remove my response. -- Coneslayer ( talk) 00:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Ahem... before you changed the page User:Franamax/Test10 to what it currently contains, you might've wanted to detransclude it from Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 46#Some Usercheck fields have stopped working. Anyway, I just did that, but do please try to remember it next time, OK? :-) — Ilmari Karonen ( talk) 02:55, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
To be in print and stuck in a book for life – heaven. Thanks Franamax, =) Julia Rossi ( talk) 11:23, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
For the revert - completely accidental... whoops! Majorly talk 23:27, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
You make a valid point that Interiot's counter can miss significant contributions. For instance, it tends to miss featured picture and featured sound contributions because most of the actual work is done offsite. You're one of Kurt's more passionate advocates so if there's a positive argument to be made on the content side it might make a difference. To be candid, I wasn't particularly impressed with the quality of his most frequently edited articles, yet if he's quietly written a string of new articles and is close to earning the 25DYK medal then that would shed new light on the discussion. Best, Durova Charge! 06:35, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Anyway, Kurt's redemption will not be found in peak-visibility contributions. It seems though that his downfall is to be found in said places. I'm not sure where exactly you find the damage he's done to the article space. Franamax ( talk) 07:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I thought this was one of the best (funniest) comments I've read all year! :-) Oh, before I forget, you have e-mail. Carcharoth ( talk) 18:30, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Durova, to clarify, I think each and every article contribution is valuable. Be it a tiny or a massive change, they all are a step closer to our goal of perfection. That goal must always escape our grasp, "else what's a heaven for?". That perhaps is my overarching point - I value the constant stream of edits in the long tail equally to those which culminate in recognition as FA/GA products. The difference is that those gnomes are much less visible and on occasion are accorded less respect in the wiki-process as a consequence.
To your specifics: the highway example was flippant, (after all, it's not on the list of Core Topics) but of course, any number of edits at any article are fine by me - it's amazing how much work you can stack up by looking in any random direction; and as to DYK's, yes, my concern is the arbitrary nature of the rules (5-days-new or five-fold expansion?) - these lead to goal-chasing in pursuit of visible rewards, other aims are discarded in that pursuit - and the undesirable results have lately been visible in other forums. Being myself a seeker of non-visible goals, it's difficult to elaborate further on this, but it is an area of concern for me.
Also, to me, among the unsung heroes worthy of acclaim are those who spend untold time (as you do on pic's and sounds) on gathering and formatting article references. To paraphrase the inspiring words of a recent respondent to a thread where I participated: "we've already done their Google search for them". There truly are metrics beyond FA/DYK/Top-10, we just need to bring them forth. Franamax ( talk) 03:55, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
As this only began happening a few minutes ago. When I look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Film or THIS, my recent comments have become invisible. But when I look at individual AfD's they are visible again... such as like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AIDS Inc. or THIS. Quite strange. Is it me, or has something go wacky with Wiki?? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 06:49, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Okay. Please see if I did it correctly at
Piggie Pie.
Schmidt,
MICHAEL Q.
05:48, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
First, what's an "e/c"? Second, I have used "ref name=XYZ" before, but did not know how to use it in this instance. Third, I agree that the Bill Martin Award no longer belongs in its first instnce, as it was there originally to slow down deletists and show notability. I'll find a way to neutrally mention the "book has receieved recognition" and let future readers discover the awards and nominations section on their own. Fourth, and off-topic, I came across this and read for a while. I myself might have welcomed the teacher and his group with the caution that Wikipedia can be a confusing or even hostile environment to newcomers... advising careful oversite. In truth, with the thousands of wiki editors, who can say how many are under 15? Heck, the author of the Piggie Pie article is himself a 13 or 14 year old, so a hurtful response about (possible) "wiki abuse" was ill spoken... and was WP:Crystal. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
THIS feels clumsy, but seems okay per MOS. Yes? No? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Or is it better as below?
? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Nevermind. I just realized by comparing them that method 2 is the preferred style, and will tweak it now. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:03, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I caught that when the total CSDs was at 12, the Nonsense CSDs were at -7, and the Copyvios were at 54! ^_^ Interestingly, the counts only update when the category is purged, so I set the links on my userpage to do just that. Glad it's working well, after all of the shenanigans. UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 02:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I know you have been doing stuff for the Wall Street Crash of 1929. I guess you have been fixing things that I am doing. I do not fully comprehend what you are doing so whatever you do is fine with me. I learned how to make footnotes 3 days ago so I am not really anything close to an experienced editor of wikipedia. Please fix anything I do :) I have the best intentions. Best regards. Johndoeemail ( talk) 02:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and thank you very much for anything you are doing to help me. I see you doing stuff to fix my references but I do not know what exactly you are doing. Johndoeemail ( talk) 02:58, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Oh my goodness, thank you so very much. I still do not know what you are doing to fix my work. I am a very, very new user to wikipedia and I barely know how to cite a reference. Please by all means fix up anything I do on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johndoeemail ( talk • contribs) 04:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for removing two inappropriate threads. I hate to feed trolls, but they cry out so with hunger. Edison ( talk) 05:00, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
BrainyBabe ( talk) 06:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
...when you see things like this and the section below. I guess they really won't be caring about the answer any time soon. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 05:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
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I don't know how much time and work went into your reply at VPT and your monobook regarding the bolding of numbers on watchlists, but it was a big help for me. Thank you very much. – sgeureka t• c 12:08, 8 October 2008 (UTC) |
Added section header for IP's post. Franamax ( talk) 01:21, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Discussion should be made before removal of content from pages not after removal. -- 98.169.210.188 ( talk) 01:05, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
User "Blaxthos" removed all the discussion points from the page, which I had to revert back. Also no one had anything bad to say about my edits, other then removing them. Discussion was not being taken place from the other side. I opened up discussion. http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Fox_News_Channel&diff=244021217&oldid=244020423 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Fox_News_Channel&diff=244020423&oldid=244019075 -- 98.169.210.188 ( talk) 01:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
...for your input here regarding my question on aircraft callsigns. Much appreciated. 70.122.36.93 ( talk) 05:52, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Sorry to bug you - but I've just configured Twinkle; how am I suppose to know it works for me? If your willing to answer, thanks! Thanks for considering my question, Ay ( Reply!, Contribs!) 20:21, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Would this single purpose account be considered one, or the other? How can one check without bothering a checkuser? Must there be an assumption of good faith if the account was created for one reason only? Contribution: Honey And Thyme.
An article that you have been involved in editing, Michael Q. Schmidt, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Q. Schmidt (2nd nomination). Thank you.' Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 18:01, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice?
Saw your discussion whilst I was handling an unblock request for this user. Were you aware that the user has been blocked for abusive sockpuppetry per Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Auto Racing Fan - just FYI. Fritzpoll ( talk) 16:51, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Could you look at THIS and advise if I am preparing it correctly, as I have never done such before. Thank you. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 17:31, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Franamax, when are you going to become an admin? :-)
I was hoping you could find the time to add Ceoil ( talk · contribs) Yannismarou ( talk · contribs) and Malleus Fatuorum ( talk · contribs) to User:Franamax/Ucontribs. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:19, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Autodidactyl ( talk) 21:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
An anonymous IP just posted to my talk page, requesting I finish submitting Berg v. Obama to AfD, and that he has created a talk page here. What should I do? Is this normal? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 01:08, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
You both are pretty cool. Thanks for taking care of it . Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 03:56, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Per this diff, I'd agree if you could you go ahead and archive all the old stuff on that page. That way it's be there, but not in-your-face blatantly so. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 10:31, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for helping moderate the dispute at User talk:Bobby fletcher. I apologize if I was a bit snappy with you in my earlier response; that user rubs me the wrong way and I should probably make myself take a wikibreak whenever he starts editing. Anyway, hopefully your advice will ring truer with him than mine has! — Politizer talk/ contribs 07:23, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Since you are involved with setting the guidelines on plagiarism at Wikipedia, I was wondering if I could ask you about something that's had me scratching my head lately. A week or so ago I had a discussion with some people from WikiProject Ships when I noticed an article that was, in its entirety, copied from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships; I made a comment at the talk page saying that I thought it was plagiarized, and several people from WP:SHIPS came and told me that copying from DANFS is not plagiarism and, in fact, is common in articles at that WikiProject (apparently DANFS is one of their top resources).
There is some brief discussion of that issue in the following two sections of my talk page: User talk:Politizer#Speedy at USS Samar (PG-41), User talk:Politizer#PD text.
I'm not bringing this up to tattle-tale or anything, I'm just curious about what implications that has for the WP:Plagiarism guideline (or vice-versa), as WP:Plagiarism says that PD materials still shouldn't be copied (a stance I agree with), but WP:SHIPS (and I assume other similar WikiProjects) accept it.
Thanks, — Politizer talk/ contribs 08:04, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
That was a wrong dab anyway - Sekani includes other groups than just the Tsay Keh Dene, despite the homonymy, just as Dene includes other groups than those currently only-listed on that page (and it includes the Sekani, in fact). Sekani is a large group, Tsay Keh Dene is a local group of them. It gets more copmlicated wth article titles as many bands use their ethnographic name as t he name of the band govenrment, as in this case; so the usual separation of ethno and government articles requires some creative titling (and content redundancy...). I'm surprised there's no Sekani article, I'll throw it by the in-house expert on Athapaskan peoples User:Billposer, who's director of the Yinka Dene Language Institute..... Skookum1 ( talk) 13:47, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
This was the most work I have ever done on any one article and boy... are my fingers tired. I am not asking for a vote at AfD, as I think I saved the article... but would like your input as to me work and suggestions for possible improvements. Thanks, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 00:50, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
I wasn't judging. There might be good reasons for gmail. Just being on the record about my opinions.
I can tell when others abuse e-mail, though. I think because of that, it's better to avoid even the appearance collusion. I think it helps to foster good faith. -- soulscanner ( talk) 07:18, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Franamax. Could you help walk me through writing a bot? I would like to create a variant archivebot that has an angry mode. When a page gets too long, the bot starts archiving things sooner to help shrink the page. Once the page size is more reasonable, the bot becomes happy again. I am competent in all Algol-like languages, and dangerous in any dialect of Lisp (yeah, like there is any practical use for that). Where do I start? Jehochman Talk 02:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
My first article ever. A little BLP on an amazing fellow... Still needs wikifying and cleanup, but I think I have sourced the hell out of it and kept it pretty neutral. I welcome your input. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:42, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Inre this diff... since the user and article are one and the same, is this tag proper? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:19, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
In the Betacommand thread on ANI, I said it was a "long winded ANI post", that was directed to the length of that and all posts on ANI about Beta. They go on forever and ever and ever and ever. It wasn't directed at you, if you thought it was, I apologize. It was just directed at the length of the conversation. Sorry if there was any confusion. Take Care... NeutralHomer • Talk • November 9, 2008 @ 01:26
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For taking the time to type out that explanation of F-U vs. NFCC, I award you this barnstar. - NeutralHomer • Talk • November 9, 2008 @ 07:02 |
Yeah, I admit to too much haste/impatience but in truth my eyes are going these last few years, and there's typos I don't see and have gotten too comfortable with letting little things slip by like "hte" and "demonstratino", but key-doubling and insta-dyslexicas also are at fault. I'll try and use "preview" more before that satisfying "thunk" when I hit enter after making my piont (well actually tab, tab tab, thunk. You'd never know I used to proofread for a living huh? Skookum1 ( talk) 14:17, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Now I certainly would have caught those typos... but I'm glad they gave you something to fill up all your free time. ;) However, the article title is incorrect and stallion should be capitalized. I had simply copied what I found and was going to fix it later. I did something to address the notability of the actors doing the project and why. Is this diff too peacocky? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 23:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed the article right when you first posted it. And I too was impressed with the quality. Most times if a company does an info sheet, it is filled with BLATANT self promotion. I was expecting text like "The most important element in a good cable is top quality metal alloys, without impurities. ProCo brand cables, for example, are made with the finest AA grade copper filaments...etc". Nope. Just lots of good research and info. That said, I think that it might be hard to justify an external link for an instrument cable article on the electric bass article, given that 100s of instruments use patch cords. And the electric bass article has set a high bar for external links. For months there has only been one link (whereas in other articles, there is a huge list). I moved the White Paper to the Patch cord article. And, so that readers of the elec bass article can find it, I put a WikiLink in the elec bass article to Patch cord. When they click the link, they can find the article. Thanks. :).... OnBeyondZebrax ( talk) 01:59, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Carl, with respect to this ANI thread (which I kinda regret initiating), I was never clear on Beta's restrictions imposed by the "ad-hoc" committee of yourself, Ryan and Lara - were you guys taking on an ongoing monitor/mentoring role, or just crafting the sanctions? And/or do y'all have comments on that recent little kerfuffle? I ask only as looking for a way to counter the "he's out of control/ban him now" sentiment which unfortunately arose in the thread. Beta's not such a bad guy imo, but interlocutors were and still are helpful, it would seem. Franamax ( talk) 06:34, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
There was a long list of songs. Songs that were already listed in Rent musical and Rent film. Since I was trying to show notability for the play being filmed live and then distributed to the world, I thought a listing of the songs would be seen as a duplication of what the other articles offered. I can easily put them back if you think it best serves. Opinion? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 08:38, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Never mind... I gotta put 'em back. EVen though most of the somgs are the same, they were sung by different people... and the closing night songs included former cast members from when the show first opened, comimg back to join the final crew in their grand farewell. Nice catch. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 08:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
How could he have possibly still be complaining about THIS... 2 days AFTER I removed it in specific response to his pointing out I made an error? He has left no discussions on the article talk page, and has never left questions or comments om my talk page. Indeed, I had no idea of the removal of that bad link earlier today until you yourself pointed it out to me. Does he think that AfD is the only place to have discourse? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 09:28, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
I do believe you should archive your page, considering that it is currently 33,388 bytes.— Dæ dαlus Contribs / Improve 11:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Those only break if they're empty, which shouldn't ever be the case. I'll make it discriminate in the future though.
As for edit summaries, they're usually hidden except on page histories, where they'll only show up once. And I have to explain what the bot is doing. Anyway, I let it run again, slower this time. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 14:09, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction regarding making diffs in my complaint against User:Mitsube and for explaining the joke (to which I fell victim!). That is helpful. I am now trying to post the diff (I've already copied the text itself where User:Mitsube clearly is attempting an 'outing of identity', saying, "here we have Tony Page ... again" - but I am having difficulty getting through to the Admin Noticeboard now to add that particular 'diff'! Suddha ( talk) 06:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Could you please give this page some tender loving care, or prod some other people from the project to do so? The requests are piling up again and no one seems to be answering them. - Mgm| (talk) 23:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC) (PS are you British? If you are you may be able to fill my request at the bottom ;))
Hey, Franamax; how about if you put together a page using your edit tool on each of the ArbCom candidates ( Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements)? And then, for comparison to the editor who would (secretly) make the best arb ever seen on Wiki, add Tim Vickers to User:Franamax/Ucontribs-0.3a? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:00, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
Beautiful: thank you so much ! I left something for you on my talk. (When are you going for adminship?) SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:22, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Found an article at AfD that looked like it could be saved from deletion. I took THIS and turned it into THIS. I was still in process of expanding the article when the synopsis section got tagged as a copyvio. Per instruction of thecopyvio tag at Our Feature Presentation, and wishing to address the concern, I created the temp page excactly where it directed me to do so and corrected the synopsis, basing the rewrite upon the official website and other sources, but not copying them. However, User:Skomorokh moved it to a sandbox. Will his moving it affect an Admin's ability to remove the copyvio tag, as it is now in a different spot than first directed? How do I get the copyvio tage removed, since the issue has been addresed? Will an Admin replace the old synopsis with the new one? I hate the thought that even seeing that might color an editor's coomments at the AfD. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:15, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip, I wouldn't even have noticed otherwise. Bearcat ( talk) 08:12, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I've put up both images in the Talk:Urban exploration page so that everyone can discuss and come to a conclusion on which image would be better or a third/fourth image may be better. Brothejr ( talk) 05:54, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
I thought about trying to measure bytes added. I think you would need to measure it almost against the entire previous history of the article. Otherwise reverting blanking vandalism will over-estimate the content added. I'm sure you thought of that, but I think it's relatively tricky to get at content generation without including too much noise. Cool Hand Luke 18:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Wow, so this is just the coolest tool. Do your tools work like requesting a credit report (ie it's not too much hassle to ask for one every four months, but more than that and you have to pay a $9.99 fee)? Because... I'd really be curious to see my detailed stats. Especially curious about what "family" of Wikipages I have the most edits too. I wish it were FAC, but I'm worried it's RFA! What has become of my priorities?! Anyway, if it's a hassle to run the tool, don't worry about it. No big deal. And either way, thanks much for running the tool on the Arb candidates. Fascinating stuff. -- JayHenry ( t) 23:01, 26 November 2008 (UTC)