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Just to let you know that I haven't forgotten about Atlas and that I'm nearing completion! But don't get your hopes too high yet, it looks nearly the same as the previous version, and there's still a lot more to be done. -- penubag ( talk) 02:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Replied over there --
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Go to your preferences, "Misc" tab, last option: "Show hidden categories". :) -- Quiddity ( talk) 05:13, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
IMHO, the article Serbs already addresses the distinction. It both describes the ethnogenesis of Serbians and notes the global population of the diaspora thereof. The only addition could be a italicized link at the top for direction to individual Serbian people. I cannot see anyone actually starting their search for Serbians with "ethnic Serbians". Serbians already addresses your disambig endeavors in one concise disambig page. Yours is just an echo of the lower half of that page. It seems redundant to me, and your title could easily redirect to the Serbians page. Serbian addresses the word as an adjective for non-people related topics. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:59, 20 October 2008 (UTC) TfD nomination of Template:TopicTOC-GeographyTemplate:TopicTOC-Geography has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. -- Alan Liefting ( talk) - 08:42, 21 October 2008 (UTC) Hi. First of all, I think this project will be great for improving Wikipedia's coverage of world topics. I'm still currently busy in real life, so I probably won't have much time to actually work on the project. However, please let me know if there's anything that I might be able to assist with, and great job to you and everyone else who worked on the awards and other items. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 00:21, 23 October 2008 (UTC) Thehelpfulone's Work
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(reset ident): It seems that you've done the external links for both articles! I guess I was too late, I'm doing the AWB task. :) The Helpful One Review 19:25, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
new commentI think Around the world is a wonderful project that really helps the encouragement and development of our encyclopedia. It greatly expands the connection between our articles, something I've long noticed Wikipedia desperately needs. This is just one small step, and a big one in fact!
EDIT: I just checked on some of the completed ones and you've got that covered! That's great! -- penubag ( talk) 07:00, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
The portal main page's hits beat ours by over a magnitude. I think this may be because of the interconnectivity between portals and the portal main page: all portals have a navbar at the top that lead back to the main portal page. Our link back to our main page is buried in the footer at the bottom of each outline - very hard to find and click. Maybe we can emulate the portal model of interconnectivity. Even just a hatnote at the top of each outline (that points back to our main list of outlines) might work. Another issue is that portals are linked from Wikipedia's Main Page, but the outlines are not. But getting a change implemented to the Main Page is exceedingly difficult. I tried to get a link to the outlines menu page added to the Main Page, and I jumpstarted the redesign of the Main Page (which became the Main Page in 2006) in order to do so - a project that took me months - and I still failed to get the link put in place. Though I eventually (over a year later) got "Contents" added to the Main Page and to Wikipedia's sidebar menu, which in turn lead to the outlines. By the way, the Main Page is undergoing another redesign as we speak. Dozens of users have entered designs for consideration. But version competitions don't work that well on a Wiki (a painful lesson learned from the 2006 overhaul - similar versions tend to diffuse votes between them, defeating the purpose of an election), so the effort is being redirected to a discussion of features to include on the Main Page. It's a major time sink, so my recommendation would be to wait until after the new Main Page is in place for awhile, and then make a proposal to get links added to it - as was done with the "Contents" link. Our main objective right now is to build the outline set to critical mass, both in terms of content (to attract readers) and management (to attract volunteers). I'm hoping the set of country outlines and this contest will put us there. If not, there are more outlines in the pipeline, and there are plenty of other recruiting methods we can try. :) I'm not worried. We'll make it happen eventually. Keep up the great work guys. The Transhumanist 19:00, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm In the process of leaving Wikipedia Permanently For the Record —Remember, the Edit will be with you, always. (Sethdoe92) (drop me a line) 00:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi! How are you?? It has been a long time since I've met you. I am extremely sorry. I was occupied with some important work at that time and eventually forgot to message you. And by the way, thank you very much for the invitation. :-) I have a few doubts. What is the purpose of creating all this - Ravichandar My coffee shop 11:17, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I know this is not remotely related to Wikipedia, but I figured you could help me. I am currently doing a research paper on humanism, and as you say Humanism comprises your personal values, I was wondering if you could answer a few questions:
I am very appreciative for your time, and I hope you can help me. Thanks! Scapler ( talk) 12:02, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
I am quite busy at the moment and will take a break soon but i will keep your thought in mind and will keep watch on thehelpful one's talk page, maybe at the end of next month i will be able to offer any help that i can. Best Monster Under Your Bed ( talk) 09:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Please see my comments here about objections to your recent restructuring of nation-name disambiguation pages. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
I noticed you've been changing list articles to the plural. Do you plan to change all these then? MOS is ambiguous, so how do you distinguish, I wonder? -- Menti sock 10:08, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I've hit some roadblocks over the past week, and I haven't been editing much. I'll try to get to it soon. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:19, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi. The topic outlines look like a great idea, and eventually they could all be linked to the main country article and assessed when more are moved to article space. I see that the articles are still missing a lot of information, such as lots of "[[]]" being displayed, and many red links are present and the articles might need a few more citations. Also, topic outlines are great for countries, but there are also non-independant and disputed regions in the project's country list, and for those areas, which areas need topic outlines and which don't? Some of these may seem controversial or POV to some especially if there are flags that are not officially recognised. (For example, Taiwan is not recognised by the United Nations as a country, and the topic pages for Somaliland, Kosovo, Azkhabia etc all indicate that they are disputed.) Most of the topic outline drafts under construction have enough blue links and are almost ready to start being moved to mainspace. However, as I noticed in topic outline of Zimbabwe, many "main articles" and other links which are part of the topic are still redlinked, and even though I'm more of an eventualist than an immediatist, more of those links should be either created or removed before the topic outlines are directly linked from the main country articles. Also, some topics in particular are not relavent or too insignificant to be applicable in certain country articles, for example some countries don't have glaciers, some religions are too minor or not practiced in certain countries, etc., and if humor is included, some countries don't have special comedy or country-specific humorous traditions, and also most countries' English dialect would spell it "humour". Overall, however, the outlines are in good shape and are a great contribution to both the Around the World project and to the geographic coverage of the encyclopedia in general. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 20:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the post on my talk page, it's good to be appreciated. :) Anyways, my question is this, for the country outlines, under Military of X, Commander-in-Chief, do we put the nominal CIC (e.g. the President of the US for the US), or the actual commander of the armed forces (e.g. the country's top soldier)? Thanks again, -- Patar knight - chat/ contributions 21:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
... sounds intriguing, and I may be interested. Could you send me some more info on my talk page? Thanks! -- Jayron32. talk. contribs 01:27, 2 November 2008 (UTC) Please stop spamming places like the Wikipedia reference desk with requests for help in your project. It is highly inappropriate. Please go back to all the places you spammed and remove these posts - I've found a couple - but I'm fairly sure you hit a bunch of other places. Just because the thing you are advertising is a Wikipedia project does NOT entitle you to spam it all over the site. The Village pump is the one and only place where those kinds of requests are appropriate. It's particularly ironic that you ask (at the top of this talk page) that people not spam you with RFA's! Thank you. SteveBaker ( talk) 15:04, 2 November 2008 (UTC) Next version's complete; really sorry for the week-long time delay, just didn't find the kind of sit-down time to work on it. How do you like atlas now? I hope I licked the 4 details you wanted :) Hi, I saw your notice on the community portal, what exactly is it that you want people to do? The notice is not very clear. -- Zvika ( talk) 18:19, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you are active with featured lists. I'm over at the Main Page redesign and we're discussing the idea of having featured lists on the main page. I invite you to comment here. Cheers, HereToHelp ( talk to me) 00:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Sorry to bother you, but I'd like to know if you could give me any information on starting a collaboration? I have a really good idea for one, but some of the information on starting a collaboration is just so confusing, I don't know where to look. :-) Thanks,-- Listen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. ( talk) 16:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
It looks great overall. When looking at it in a thumbnail, it took a while to get my bearings of what part of the world I was looking at. Maybe switch around the colors to make the oceans gold? – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Ilikepie's commentsI think the wording on the stand looks a bit unnatural. I think that it should be a different font that I know, but I can't seem to recall its name. Pie is good (Apple is the best) 01:51, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Chirag's CommentAs a Advertising and Marketing professional, I prefer simplicity. This logo is quite complex. Rich colours and too many things happening. Thus said. Design is a personal preference. You could try the same thing in out in line art, or run it through a charcoal filter or some such. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 14:58, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Thehelpfulone's CommentsHi! I don't like the blue colour for the bottom bit, it looks a bit too odd. What context is it supposed to be used for? The man's face isn't visible and I don't think the gold goes well with the blue. I like the idea of a globe with the wiki logo, however. The Helpful One Review 18:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
coolgyingman's commentsI think it is good but you should probably get rid of the bottom block or change it. It clashes with the gold and just looks completly unnatural. But other than that it is good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolgyingman ( talk • contribs) 22:57, 6 November 2008 (UTC) AstroHurricane001's commentsHi. Overall, it's pretty good. I do notice a few small minor problems however:
That's about it. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 01:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
-- penubag ( talk) 23:22, 8 November 2008 (UTC) I've replied on my talkpage for the sake of being organized. Feel free to move the discussion here if you want. -- penubag ( talk) 06:18, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
I replied to the message on my talkpage. -- penubag ( talk) 11:43, 21 November 2008 (UTC) I'm trying to make this project active again and I'm doing a fair bit to make us be able to rate articles etc. Here is a userbox you can add if you wish Wikipedia:WikiProject_Health/Userbox. Do you know of a way we can let people know about the project to bring in people who would like to be members if they knew about it? I suppose there's the little 'adverts' the top of wiki sometimes displays. Sticky Parkin 19:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about my lag in thanking you for your help, I have been rather busy and away from my computer for a few days. I greatly appreciate your helpfulness with my research, it was very kind of you to help me out with this. In response to your question, I did find it helpful, as it gave me a place to begin in my research, and allowed me to build from there. I even quoted you in my research paper! In the end, I focused mostly on Renaissance humanism, as the report was for a Literature class, and humanism essentially created the Renaissance and, consequently, lead to most western literature, but your resources provided a great way to contrast how humanism has evolved and expanded into a modern worldview that continues to influence literature and its movements. So, I am in debt to your kindness once again Transhumanist! Scapler ( talk) 00:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC) Oh, thanks for the help. My idea for a project is a collaboration that checks deletion logs, finds deleted articles, and tries to figure out why they were deleted. Then, the problems can be fixed, and the articles can be rewritten. I don't know if someone already created this project, but it sounds liek a good idea to me. Again, thanks.-- Listen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. ( talk) 20:39, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say hi again, it's been a while. The last time we talked is when you were coaching me for adminship. Don't remember me? See here. Since SLSB, many things have changed.
Nice to talk again! SwirlBoy 39 02:25, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. I'm glad you found my advice helpful. The Transhumanist 22:53, 11 November 2008 (UTC) Oooooh, thanks for your reply. I've been out for the night so this is the simple version for the moment:- "By the way, there's a related WikiProject. In your opinion, what differentiates WikiProject:Health from WikiProject Medicine?" -TT
I can see why this article was deleted in the past as it reads like a how-to guide User:Sticky_Parkin/Marathon_training, but I do think the subject could be covered more on this wiki in an appropriate way, probably within the 'marathon' article. Blimey, I've never heard of a triathlon with that length of run etc. in it:) It's enough for me to be trying to do a marathon next year, but the weather has put me off training I have to admit. :) Sticky Parkin 13:02, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'll get started right away. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
I have looked at this before, a few months back. Extracting the data is easy but inserting it into the articles is less so. I'll review again soon. Rich Farmbrough, 19:20 12 November 2008 (UTC). 19:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC) The problem is I can't spot what you are doing with the countries etc, can you point me to it with words of one syllable?:) We already disagree a bit about what to put in our project, as to me most of category:life extension is an alternative medicine or not entirely mainstream topic. The parts that are accepted by mainstream science perhaps aren't usually referred to as life extension, it'd be called preventative medicine or anti-aging research or whatever. I'm quite conservative when it comes to what science/health advice etc I adopt- vitamin c in large amounts for instance would just leave the body through the urine. My religious beliefs and attempts at supernatural healing are a different matter and I accept that it's mainly for psychological benefit rather than anything else.:) If you show me in words of one syllable or with an example diff what you're doing with the countries let's make a deal- I'll do at least two edits to a country thingy like you want a day if you do two edits slightly related to a (boringly mainstream) health or fitness topic (you probably will do anyway), so we can say our project is active.:) Sticky Parkin 01:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
All I'm worried about is that if we put less mainstream stuff in it, our project won't be taken as seriously, as people will think we're trying to push some ideas or something. Sticky Parkin 01:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, do you have any thoughts that could explain on the strange quirk that shows that something like 3-5x more hits occur on List of basics rticles than the new Topic outlines? See List of basic cell biology topics getting 2400 views last month and the [ Topic outline version] which got only 480 hits in the same month. Strange. Earthdirt ( talk) 01:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
I’ve added some thoughts on the proper role of glossaries in Wikipedia and thought, given your role in establishing WikiProject Glossaries, you might have some substantive contributions to make to this discussion on WP:VPP. Askari Mark (Talk) 21:03, 14 November 2008 (UTC) The Transhumanist 22:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC) thanks. I think perhaps the solution is to include a one sentence statement at WP:NOT#Dictionary that glossaries are different than dictionaries and are allowed... and then include a link to that MOS. Such a statement and link would have resolved my concerns right away. Blueboar ( talk) 22:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I just edited a few articles and drafts, you can check my contributions if you wish. I'm less available nowadays than I used to be, I could probably still assist with periodic maintainance and other work on the topic outlines, but it's just that I usually won't be able to edit every day. I added some climate change and earthquake-related topic links to a few articles; I'm not done yet with these. I realise that not every article has the information for these, so I'm just filling out the ones that already do; please make suggestions if you would like. I see that the WikiProject is using a template for every article, and this should be fine but the articles still need to be adjusted to include topics specific to that country/territory in particular that other countries may not have regarding. As for Linky, I do not use Firefox. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 03:13, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
You have undertaken a monumental job, but in my opinion before making such bold massive changes, you should have discussed it with the relevant audience on WikiProject Food and Drink. Some "foodies" may have thought differently. Needless to say, I hope you are implementing the change consistently across all cuisines. Good luck. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
I assume you were trying to set up a sub page in your user space. You neglected to put "User:" in front of the title, and also you transposed two letters in your user name. I've fixed it; your page is at User:The Transhumanist/Cuisine by country list now. - Realkyhick ( Talk to me) 03:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Good morning. Please look at the outline for Tajikistan. I have edited Provinces and Districts following the example of Russia. However, it looks odd to me that in addition to listing Provinces of Tajikistan and Districts of Tajikistan as linked entries in the outline, we also give full details for these two sections. Aren't the links enough? Why are these two particular topics different from all the other topics, for which only links are given (I think...)? It would be fun to work on some of these outlines, but I need to understand better what kind of editing is required here. Is the editor expected to add topics to the outline, to write articles for red-linked items, to make topics consistent across different country outlines, or what? Also what kind of editing did you have in mind in connection with data imported from the CIA World Factbook? I am sorry if these are stupid questions, but I am just trying to understand how I can help (if at all). I am totally unfamiliar with the concept of outlining in the Wikipedia context, so if you think that answering my questions is too much trouble, just say so: I will understand and simply walk away to my usual things. -- Zlerman ( talk) 16:21, 17 November 2008 (UTC) I accept the challenge and have contacted Blackadam2 but before we start, can you clarify what you mean, I have checked a few of the pages and am not sure what you want us to do? Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 16:10, 17 November 2008 (UTC) (be warned, I'm a bit rusty on my capitals at the moment!)
This has already been done for the 29 countries at the top of the list ( User:The Transhumanist/Country list). Remember, the entry appears twice on each page on that list. The Transhumanist 22:04, 18 November 2008 (UTC) See Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks#Here.27s_a_juicy_one.21. Rjwilmsi 19:12, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi The Transhumanist Thanks for your vote on my RFA, but it's not been transcluded yet, so I have undone your vote for now :)! The Helpful One Review 17:55, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I've added this to Portal:Contents/List of glossaries/Natural and physical sciences; I thought it was a good one but couldn't find it for some reason, not sure if it got taken off. Do you have any idea why there is a redlink at the top? I noticed you moved the article recently. Fletcher ( talk) 18:00, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
According to User:PeterSymonds, you are very good with graphics. I was wondering if you'd be willing to design an icon for WP:AIVC. I pretty much suck at graphics, and I'd like a good icon, so if you'd want to, let me know. (Of course, I'd give you credit). Thanks, David WS (contribs) 20:10, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I look forward to seeing what you do to these:
Basically, it needs to be filled in. Especially the government branches sections. Redlinks need to be bluelinked - standard article names have been used on all the pages. They should be preserved in these outlines (and developed for Wikipedia in general) by making a redirect to wherever the information is on Wikipedia. Then a google search of Wikipedia article titles needs to be done for the country's name, and links to any essential topics found need to be added to the outline. Then is the fun part: adding maps and images to the page. The above development process results in a nice solid start, which others will be proud to further improve. I challenge you to do your best, and I will be comparing your work with the Topic outline of France, Topic outline of Iceland, Topic outline of Japan, Topic outline of Macau, Topic outline of Taiwan, and Topic outline of Thailand. Good luck, and happy developing. The Transhumanist 01:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Tajikistan draft outlinePlease look at my first shot at bluelinking in Topic outline of Tajikistan. I need your feedback, especially regarding two issues: (a) some of my new blue links are to snippets of information in subsections of other articles -- is this how you want it? (b) some red links (e.g., Mountains of Tajikistan and others) could not be bluelinked, because they refer to sections in more than one article. Thus Mountains of Tajikistan occurs (with different content!) in Tajikistan#Geography and also in Geography of Tajikistan. What do you propose in such cases? Write a new article Mountains of Tajikistan, combining the information from the other articles? Standardize the information in both articles? This and that? Let me know what you think. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:53, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
You wrote: "The redlinks also show a lot about the coverage. Redlinks can indicate that the articles aren't named according to the standard used for most country articles. They may also show how far coverage has expanded ("Economy of x" is an expansion of "x", for example). That is, topics generally start off as subtopics of another article before they are split off into their own articles. Redlinks show how much splitting off is still left for the country."
In cases where there isn't any...We're keeping all the items, even when the country doesn't have them, for comparison purposes. For example, when there are no glaciers, we state "none", instead of removing the link. Many countries do not have navies for example (such as many landlocked countries). We still blue link those, redirecting to wherever the relevant information is. If it isn't stated anywhere on Wikipedia that they have none, we state it on the most relevant article (in this case, Military of x), and redirect there. Also add a colon followed by "none" in the outline. The Transhumanist 04:26, 19 November 2008 (UTC) What do you need here? Highest-lowest, or east-west/north-south? Cannot have both under one redirect, because they come in different places (if at all). -- Zlerman ( talk) 04:22, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Please see Topic outline of Uzbekistan and Topic outline of Tajikistan and give me your feedback on what I have done so far. Also please provide instructions on creating List of xxx-related articles -- or has this idea been abandoned? -- Zlerman ( talk) 13:11, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Can you direct me to somewhere where this approach is explained? (I assume there's somewhere outlining it given the amount of work going on) I assume there is a reason for creating topics alongside existing articles, eg Topic outline of Zimbabwe as well as the existing Zimbabwe. But so far I don't get it. Babakathy ( talk) 14:41, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
I do not see anything that covers export-import or foreign trade in the country outlines. If this is an unintentional omission, it has to be rectified. This should come in the economy section. Incidentally, you can write to me on your talk page without bothering to put alerts on my talk page. I have put you on my watchlist. -- Zlerman ( talk) 15:15, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
There is an apparent redundancy in Uzb and Taj outlines, where we have both Energy policy in ... (under Economy) and Energy in ... (under Infrastructure). This redundancy has been eliminated in France, for instance, but there Energy is under Infrastructure. Why? In my view, Energy (including policies) should be under Economy. Guidance? -- Zlerman ( talk) 03:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry it has taken so long to reply. I have been incredibly busy with my extracurriculars as well as my college applications. I'm glad that the Around the World Project goes swimmingly. I do hope that this bold, new project does not share the same fate as our much-maligned (and now deceased) Award Center. I suspect your largest problem will be the retention and recruitment of proficient and dedicated editors. As such, I would focus your personal efforts towards keeping the editors you have in a happy state while also always reaching out for new recruits. The members themselves, when presented with problems, should be able to take care of almost everything else without an extremely heavy-handed, highly centralized administration (although, as I don't run the Around the World project, I could be completely wrong). As for that image, I think the text could look more realistic. Other than that, I have no major gripes about the design (although, I must profess, I have never been the most visually artistic person, instead choosing to discharge my creativity through the written word). And with regards to my nonattendance, I must admit that I have missed this site greatly, more so for the people than for the duties I undertake (although the pleasure my duties give me, the sense of satisfaction obtained from contributions to Wikipedia (whether they be insignificant or otherwise), is unmatched by a good deal many of my other feats). While I cannot guarantee my increased involvement on this site after college applications are out of the way, I can attest to the fact that someday I will return and once again contribute dangerously (mostly relating to my health, as one can always contribute more to Wikipedia instead of sleeping sufficiently) to the Project. Until that day, however... well, I'll try to get into college first. With your Around the World endeavor, I offer you the best of luck. You'll need it. Godspeed, -- Sharkface T/ C 03:05, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Thought this would amuse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_notable_people_who_wore_the_bowler_hat I even ended up quoting you, seeing that you've thought through many of these issues ahead of me. Not that it does any good, in this villiage of the mostly-clueless. S B H arris 01:11, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the message on my talk page. I tagged the page because it had virtually no content, there was no list. If something has been deleted and you would like to recreate it, I suggest you contact a Wikipedia admin and ask for help, see here. Thanks. Truthanado ( talk) 01:36, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm on it. -- penubag ( talk) 03:12, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Since I'm not sure if I'll be online at all this weekend, I just made it with your specs. Image:Racewik2.png Tell me if you want anything fixed.-- penubag ( talk) 09:04, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I am very confused on what we are supposed to do. I was confused since the beginning. What am I supposed to change? Am I supposed to change the links on the page or do it on the page itself? I am thinking about aborting the race all itself. I am of course a child who is in middle school and have a lot of homework this week. Please write me back, thank you. Sincerely, Madadude ( talk) 04:40, 2 December 2008 (UTC) Nice to see you again Transhumanist, how have things been? I was wondering whether you can offer me some advice into tweaking my user page a bit. I wanted to go for a simple page for the time being and want the links "Sandbox" to be further to the left and "Sydney" to be further to the right. Can you please tell me how to do this? Also as a result of this format, i now have a scroll bar at the bottom of my page to scroll right just a tad. Can you please tweak this to make sure i dont have to do this? I am not sure what is wrong. There is no problem in Firefox. Thank You Monster Under Your Bed ( talk) 08:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Actually we pretty much gave up the race idea due to time zone differances, and I fear me and you may have the same problem but I'm willing to do it anyway, without it being a race, so far I've got as far as B so a long way to go yet, cheers anyway Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 16:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Sincerely, Madadude ( talk) 01:06, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Penubag is a great picture maker person, whatever who call them, I've seen his pictures before. I will wait for another race so please keep me informed about any other races (I am very competitive), even races that arn't about geography, that you hear about. Also I would like to help editing articles but I don't know where to begin. Do you know of anything that I can do because I am bored and would like to help Wikipedia. Madadude ( talk) 23:46, 5 December 2008 (UTC) Also, I know you are a prominent person on Wikipedia and on Wikiproject Geography so you might know this. Is there a Wikiproject Geography Bulletin because I would like to know more information and help out on articles/other things. Thank You and have a good weekend, Madadude ( talk) 23:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
I won't be responding anymore today because this conversation has distracted me from my report. I am doing a biography on Ralph Waldo Emerson. Madadude ( talk) 00:19, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
One more thing before I finish my report. If you can send me a list of articles that may need to be edited. Wait (I think of something and a better solution, maybe I can just go to the To-Do list for Wikiproject Geography. Man I am stupid. Madadude ( talk) 00:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC) That's right up my alley (if I have an alley, haha). Demographics, Political (like capitols and population, thats why I memorized all of the capitols), and Governmental Geography is what I'm good at. I will join Wikiproject Demographics and try to help out. Oh and where are the "Demographics or x" articles you are talking about? Oh well thanks. Oh and by the way I finished my report, he is actually one of many people I have to do, we are given a list of 50 prominent people from the time period we are studing in Social Studies (this quarter was the Civil War) and half to do a page or two report on 30 of them. Ralph Waldo Emerson was my 29th so I have one more to do and it is due on Monday. Madadude ( talk) 00:55, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Since you took the liberty to move this article to "Afghanistani Cuisine" based on an insufficient understanding of the discussion and it's outcome, please take the liberty to correct it. The correct term is "Afghan". Therefore, you should move the article to "Afghan Cuisine" or "Cuisine of Afghanistan". -- EatTheMenu ( talk) 18:34, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
I am working on this template: 1. However, for the first point the asterisk is not changing to a bullet point, I am unaware of how to fix it, can you help? TARTARUS talk 20:48, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
I spent hours on him and he looks a lot better. See my graphics talkpage for a some of the changes. Atlas is on my user:penubag/graphics Check him out!-- penubag ( talk) 03:30, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Malawian – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
I've done my half, shall I carry on and meet with Blackadam2 in the middle of the 2nd half or stop and let him do his half? Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 16:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
A huge undertaking is underway to provide easy access to Wikipedia's coverage of country-related topics, and you are all invited. As part of Wikipedia's outline of knowledge being developed by the outline of knowledge WikiProject, a topic outline is being created for every country of the World. A team of editors has been hard at work on these for months, and all the drafts are beginning to take shape. Come take a look! These outlines map out the topics about each country, and because of this they serve as wonderful development tools for evaluating coverage of countries (they reveal gaps and expansion patterns). And because they all use a standard format, they are great for comparing countries and country coverage. Drop me a note if you are interested in helping to develop these outlines or improve Wikipedia's country coverage. The above outlines have uncovered some major problems in country coverage, and the outline team has been working to correct these. We could sure use your help!
Just to name a few. Your help is greatly needed. I hope you decide to join the team. We really need you. The Transhumanist 02:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC) Hi there, I'm still not 100% on Regex, but I'm sure that I could find a user to help me with the task, but I'm not exactly sure what I need to do! Sorry, but you've confused me with talk about what you have done, what do you need my help with? ;) Regards, The Helpful One 19:46, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
I would like to try and standardize the "Demographics of" articles for the 12 CIS countries that I am familiar with. Unfortunately, even the articles that have been recently "done" (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia) do not have a standard structure. Could you please direct me to an example of an ideal layout or template that I should follow? Thank you. -- Zlerman ( talk) 05:36, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
... when I get bored. Which happens a lot. Apparently you often have "behind-the-scenes" stuff going on that needs editing/updating and other Gnome-ish stuff. Let me know on my talk page at any time when you have such stuff. Regards, Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 08:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi there, I was looking at this message and realised that completing these find/replaces takes a long time, and it seems that there are going to be a lot more of these little tasks for Demographic of articles. Therefore, what do you think of a bot request to use for AWB to automatically run these tasks? The Helpful One 22:19, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the encouragement, Transhumanist. :-) Judging by your opinion, I'm probably a lot more prepared than I thought. Time for an editor review. How do I initiate Wikipedia:Editor review/Dylan620? Meanwhile, I don't plan on running for adminship until at least April or May, but would you support me if I ran for adminship today? -- Dylan 620 Contribs Sign! 23:32, 17 December 2008 (UTC) Hello, The Transhumanist, long time, no message. I have been a little busy with schoolwork, messin' around with my new ipod, creating videos, and keepin' up with the grammys, so I havn't had much time to help with WikiProject Demographics. I promise I will help as much as I can after the holidays. I have made this user box
for people participating in WikiProject Demographics. I don't know if you want it or not but I mainly made it for me. Use {{User:Blackadam2/Demographicsbox}} for the userbox if you want to. I will put it up on the WikiProject page. Please write back on my talk page and tell me what you think. Madadude ( talk) 04:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC) I have a quick question for you on my graphics subpage. -- penubag ( talk) 11:18, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
A week or two ago, I looked at the Iraq article, and it was in bad need of attention. It seems to incite hopelessness in editors, and political angst in all readers. I've been systematically trying to address concerns, complaints, missing citations, by improving which articles it links out to, but I'm afraid in the process I'm overdoing the Modern History, which seems to be most contentious to our US based audience. I'd like to find the right balance of material between the pages Iraq, History of Iraq, Topic outline of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Iraq War, United States-Iraq relations among many others. Specifically, my problems are between being encyclopedic and summarizing. I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, but I'd really like to see Iraq and its supporting articles be a helpful reference to the general public, and get up to Good Article status within the coming weeks. Could you spare a second pair of eyes? Any attention, advice, or feedback is warmly welcomed. Bagsc ( talk) 13:59, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
rthereguidlinz4wot'dgetin? Sven70 ( talk) 09:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Sorry, I wasn't very active around the time you replied and I guess it got archived before I noticed it. It's strange that I'm not listed at WP:AWB/CP because I do have AWB installed. I think it might be because I'm automatically approved since I'm an admin, cause I was approved to use it before I became an admin. So, what's next? :) Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 02:57, 28 December 2008 (UTC) Sorry, but I've been really busy lately with my own projects. Being an admin takes a lot of work, you know. :)At the moment, with my administrative duties and trying to keep up with article writing, I'm afraid I don't have a lot of time for the country lists. I will, however, help out as soon as I get some free time. In the meantime, Dylan620 ( talk · contribs) is always looking for tasks to complete, so he might be able to help out. Apologies for the inconvenience. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 03:12, 28 December 2008 (UTC) I'll get on this tomorrow. Can I make sure I understand properly? In Topic outline of Albania, the World Heritage Sites in Albania links need fixing to point to List of World Heritage Sites in Europe#Albania (3)? If that's true, that brings me onto another thing. Regarding the continent WHS lists, each page has different titles for the sections:
Each page should be consistent and to meet WP:ACCESS I think it would be best if it were just the unlinked country names. The flagicon templates, (8)s and (also under Europe) are not good for the section headers here. The latter can be indentented added in itallic text under each entry, perhaps. So before I start working on the linking in each topic outline, I think the section headers of each list need fixing first. You know more about the desired outcomes of these lists though, so let me know if I should go ahead and fix them. Regards, Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 08:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
I have put a comment in each article where the size will go, except the following:
I am assuming these already have the size set. Rich Farmbrough, 18:27 2 January 2009 (UTC). Done! Happy New Year by the way! The Helpful One 01:26, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi. We need some guidelines for the Topic Outlines added to the WP:LIST page. See comments at Wikipedia talk:Lists#Topic outline? Some guidance. Thanks. (I'm sick and sore and even grumpier than usual, so I'll try to just stay out of the way... ;) -- Quiddity ( talk) 20:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC) I'm interested in participating in your project. As you said I am a bit new, but I think I understand most of the basic function and have edited several articles. I even created one a while back before I had this account. I'm probably going to have to be one of the people you teach things too. I already have firefox and I'll download the other things soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PonileExpress ( talk • contribs) 21:28, 9 January 2009 (UTC) Hi there! Do you have a list of the pages that I could use somewhere to load easily in AWB? Currently on the Portal and Wikipedia: page I seem unable to do that! Thanks, The Helpful One 00:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Reply to message on User talk:ZlermanHi, I am definitely around and wiki-editing without a break. Although I have recently worked on Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan outlines (please see!), I do not devote much time to the country outlines project, mainly for two reasons: (a) despite my repeated pleas for feedback, you have never provided any feedback on what I initially did with the outlines; (b) the overall conception, purpose, and especially the work procedure among editors are still not clear to me. If we could clarify these points, I would probably be able to do more with the outlines of the 12 CIS countries. -- Zlerman ( talk) 04:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC) Ooh! Wow thanks, I've been busy over Christmas so haven't actually finished the list yet, but thanks for reminding me, and it was my honour to help, if you need any help in the future with similar mundane but necessary tasks I'm nearly always up for a challenge, thanks again Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 15:58, 13 January 2009 (UTC) Why did you move the article? Per WP:Common name the Cuisine of Dominica article should be referenced with a {{ for}} link in the Dominican Cuisine article. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 21:30, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! I guess I'm backlogged, if you could create the page for me to do the search/replace task for AWB, I'll whiz through that and then start on the next task -> could you give me an example of what I need to do for the second task? Thanks, The Helpful One 21:47, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello- I am an employee of the Cancer Research Institute and believe you may be able to help me with what we seek. Our mission is to support and coordinate laboratory and clinical efforts that will lead to the immunological treatment, control, and prevention of cancer. I see that you are interested in the immune system, so this may interest you, too. We believe that we should have an article on wikipedia, but want to stay neutral and are not sure about who to contact to see if they can write one for us. There is already a wikipage for William B. Coley, the doctor whose principles we are founded upon, and for our William B. Coley Award for distinguished research in immunology. We are also connected with Dr. Lloyd Old, who also has a wikipage and has been a large part of CRI for quite some time. We would like to have a good and neutral article. Do you know a way we can find an editor who knows how to write articles by the wikipedia guidelines and is interested in Cancer Research and non-profits?
I haven't had time to work on the renaming of the "Cuisine of" articles. (Page loads are incredibly slow on this server). Would you please pick up where I left off? For your convenience, they're all listed at User:The_Transhumanist/Cuisine_by_country_list. If you have WP:POP installed, you can use it to easily see which ones have been moved and which ones have not. Country adjectivals are listed at Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for countries and nations. Have fun! I look forward to your reply (please reply on my talk page, to activate Wikipedia's message alert feature). Thank you. The Transhumanist 20:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
This is what you wrote to me on my talk page in November 2008: Concerning repetition By the way, the reason the country's name is on just about every line is because all these outlines are very very similar, and one of the most useful things to do with them is compare countries (like having country outlines in separate windows and switching back and forth). When looking at more than one of these, if the country name wasn't plastered all over the place, it would be very easy to forget which country you were looking at and make a mistake, like citing the wrong population figure. The Transhumanist 03:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Now look at what Rich Farmbrough did to Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline/Drafts/Topic outline of Turkmenistan (and a bunch of other country outlines) on 16 January 2009. Which is the "right" system? -- Zlerman ( talk) 15:29, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
I am sorry but I have forgotten your guidelines for this problem: in cases when there is no page for "Administrative divisions of" (say), I can insert a redirect from the red link in the country outline (pointing to the relevant section of another page), or alternatively I can create a new page for "Administrative divisions of" and put the redirect on the new page. Which is the preferred solution? -- Zlerman ( talk) 15:35, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
There are still some 20 or so without the area, I will drop you a list at some point. Rich Farmbrough, 02:05 19 January 2009 (UTC).
Thank you for your feedback on my country outline edits in two places on my talk page (19 January 2009). This is extremely helpful. I will study and take your comments under advisement. Will come back with more questions if necessary. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:41, 19 January 2009 (UTC) The article, Cuisine of Dominica has been nominated for deletion as being non-notable. You can participate in the discussion here. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 03:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC) I am not ignoring the questions you have raised on my talk page. I simply need time to organize my reply in a coherent and systematic manner. I will write asap. Apologies for the delay. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:36, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Sure, I'll update the category now with AWB - it's a very easy task for AWB! :) The Helpful One 19:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
I made some changes to Portal:Thinking. It's a work in progress - not done. I was advised by Qdiddy to contact you because you may not have the page on the watchlist. Let me know what you think so far. Also, if you'd rather discuss changes on your talk page or at the Portal:Thinking discussion area. Letranova ( talk) 04:03, 23 January 2009 (UTC) Category:Outlines (in which the country outlines are being put) is extremely long and messy. Wouldn't it be better to organize Category:Country outlines as a subcategory of Category:Outlines? This would improve readability and ensure greater user-friendliness. -- Zlerman ( talk) 04:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
hello Transhumanist, I wrote the article List of mountains in Sri Lanka and named it according to Template:Asia topic. but in Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline/Drafts/Topic outline of Sri Lanka the title was "List of mountains of Sri Lanka". i thought more correct name is the one in the topic outline and renamed it List of mountains of Sri Lanka. as you can notice there is an inconsistency is building up between Template:Asia topic and Topic outline of Sri Lanka. I'd like to know how to resolve this problem. Regards! -- Chanaka L ( talk) 02:32, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Please see my comment here. -- Zlerman ( talk) 05:04, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Im very sorry but I am to busy with school, boy scouts, NJHS, my school dance and this girl, and this game called Combat Arms, I have not have time for Wikipedia. I am currently in making of a portal of demographics and have it saved on my Word Office. I might possibly help with the demographics of... articles but I am currently making the portal, so dont make a portal cause I am, still send me what you want me to do on the demographics of.... articles, I might help. Sincerely , Madadude My Talk Page 20:51, 31 January 2009 (UTC) P.S. what do you think of my new signature, id like a comment.
Also yah i am too busy to get into a lot of wikipedia stuff, This game Combat Arms is addicting and is taking up all my free time when im not doing homework, at school, sleeping, basketball, boy scouts, NJHS, the Have a Heart Dance exc. I have very little free time and that is taking up 80% of it. So sorry, would like to help but I am too busy. Go Cardinals even though they lost :-(. Madadude My Talk Page 04:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC) check my graphics page. But don't get too excited, the sapphire didn't turn out that great. -- penubag ( talk) 09:02, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
From WP:AWB/Tasks On the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country outlines, please search/replace this string (without the quotes): "[[Category:Outlines" with: "[[Category:Outlines of countries" (without the quotes) Sorry I didn't catch this before. Zlerman pointed it out to me. The Transhumanist 23:40, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! All of them are done, but a few were skipped, see below: Pages that were skipped in AWB
Hope this helps, The Helpful One 20:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC) I've been working on topic and article lists and outlines for the nations of the Americas. There are currently three varieties of such lists:
The following table shows the current status of these articles for the countries of the Americas: -- Buaidh ( talk) 14:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC) If the redirects disappear, this may explain why: Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects. Just letting you know, so you aren't surprised if it happens. The Transhumanist 04:10, 6 February 2009 (UTC) Also, I've fixed the link to the Saint Martin outline in the chart above. The Transhumanist 04:16, 6 February 2009 (UTC) I would be happy to work on the topic outlines for the nations of the Americas. I have not used the Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser, although AWB and other tools might be useful. I use both Firefox 3.0 and Internet Explorer 6.0. -- Buaidh ( talk) 15:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Wow, you (plural) have been really busy! The awards look great, and the outlines appear to be rapidly developing. Sorry I couldn't help, although I might have some free time next week, so feel free to leave me with a task or two. :) – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 17:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! Well, I've been doing numerous tasks for your counry outline project (which I think I'm going to join now) using AWB, which I have quite enjoyed, and I've noticed that I'm taking a lot of time doing edits that really don't require any thinking, just pressing the save button. So I'm making an AWB bot account for these repetitive tasks that I periodically take on. Yes, I'm hoping that User:Robert SkyBot will be up and running momentarily. I'm letting you know so that you can take full advantage of an automated bot who is at the moment fully dedicated to your project. The bot won't be able to help you with any tasks that require human input before deciding whether to make an edit, but it can perform repetitive tasks like sorting all of the country outlines or moving everything to a new category. So, let me know if you need something, and I hope I'll be able to serve your project more efficiently with this new bot account. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! ( You'll lose) 04:57, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I've taken a look at those pages, and I must say I'm quite confused. :) I'll ask Thehelpfulone about it when he comes on IRC tomorrow. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 04:12, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
I have used regex quite a bit in url replacements and others. Very much a trial and error effort on my part. PS: I'm back. not on Wikipedia as often as before, but I will be around. let me know what are the current tasks available. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 07:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC) Yes! I do have a bot, which was created in the last 2 days. It's called User:Thehelpfulbot and has already been approved for one task, the is unrelated and has the bot flag. I am happy to add tasks to the bot, just give me the tasks - and I'll request for them to be approved. I might be able to use a Python script for find/replaces instead of AWB - which might be a little bit faster than AWB. The Helpful One 13:12, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
From User talk:Robert Skyhawk (your directions commented out)
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It's also included in the step-by-step instructions at WP:OTS#Super fast upgrade.
Robert Skyhawk is faithfully implementing your instructions, changing "Area" to "Area of" and "Population" to "Population of" in all country outlines. This is creating red links all over the place. What's going to be? Between you and me and gatepost, the change looks totally unnecessary to me, and the layout was actually much better (more readable) without the "of". -- Zlerman ( talk) 17:22, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
I finished the design I'd have for 2nd place. Can you approve of it before I work on the others? Thank you. -- penubag ( talk) 19:39, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Can I have an example of the sort of task I would be doing, I'm always happy to help but I am a bit busy at the moment, I'll gove it a go though... Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 15:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC) Cant hurt to have a go Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 20:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC) Cool, thanks for the explanation. I'll have a go at it later tonight or tomorrow. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:08, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Just dropping by to let you know that the first task you assigned me is complete, with all outlines in the Wikipedia namespace updated. Namespace outlines have not been touched. Regarding the next task, I'll see if I can get the right RegEx code--if not, I'll ask around until I can figure it out. Bot approval progress is slow...as I said, if nothing happens by tomorrow afternoon (MST), I'll try to hurry the process along. Hopefully the AWB botflag process won't be so agonizing (for me anyway :P). If you have any concerns, feel free to voice them. P.S. Don't be alarmed that your tasks are no longer on my talk page; I've moved them to a dedicated subpage. However, do still post any messages, including new tasks in the future, on my user talk page so that it will notify me. Thanks, Robert Skyhawk So sue me! ( You'll lose) 04:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC) Please see Talk:List of lakes in Uzbekistan. You may wish to respond in addition to my comment. -- Zlerman ( talk) 05:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the note! -- Mark Chung ( talk) 09:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC) I notice that this category you created is unpopulated (empty). In other words, no Wikipedia pages belong to it. If it remains unpopulated for four days, it may be deleted, without discussion, in accordance with Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#C1. I'm notifying you in case you wish to (re-)populate it by adding [[Category:Indexes of articles]] to articles/categories that belong in it.I blanked the category page. This will not, in itself, cause the category to be deleted. It serves to document (in the page history) that the category was empty at the time of blanking and also to alert other watchers that the category is in jeopardy. You are welcome to revert the blanking if you wish. However, doing so will not prevent deletion if the category remains empty. If you created the category in error, or it is no longer needed, you can speed up the deletion process by tagging it with {{ db-author}}. -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 21:49, 10 February 2009 (UTC) This list-type article, which you may need for your country outlines, has been tagged "orphaned", presumably one stage before AfD. You may wish to react. -- Zlerman ( talk) 01:31, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Just wanted to let you know that I've got a RegEx string figured out, and I'm starting on the second task you gave me ( here). Meanwhile, I have the bot flag so it'll all be automated from here out. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! ( You'll lose) 02:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Julian, here's an easy AWB task for you... Using AWB, please add the Category:Indexes of articles to the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Lists of country-related articles. Be sure to have AWB skip the pages that don't exist! I'll create the category page after you complete this task (I did it before and it got speedy deleted for being empty - so this time we'll populate it first). :) The Transhumanist 01:29, 13 February 2009 (UTC) Done – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 02:12, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
(From User talk:Robert Skyhawk/Country Outline task list#Replace double colon with single colon) Here's a simple minor task: In the country outlines (at User:The Transhumanist/Country outlines) please change the double colon (::) with a single colon (:). The Transhumanist 23:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC) For every category you create, you should specify parent categories to which it belongs. You do this by listing the parents near the bottom of the page, each enclosed in double brackets like so: [[Category:Lists by country]] [[Category:Parent2]] Contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards,-- Stepheng3 ( talk) 03:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
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Just to let you know that I haven't forgotten about Atlas and that I'm nearing completion! But don't get your hopes too high yet, it looks nearly the same as the previous version, and there's still a lot more to be done. -- penubag ( talk) 02:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
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Go to your preferences, "Misc" tab, last option: "Show hidden categories". :) -- Quiddity ( talk) 05:13, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
IMHO, the article Serbs already addresses the distinction. It both describes the ethnogenesis of Serbians and notes the global population of the diaspora thereof. The only addition could be a italicized link at the top for direction to individual Serbian people. I cannot see anyone actually starting their search for Serbians with "ethnic Serbians". Serbians already addresses your disambig endeavors in one concise disambig page. Yours is just an echo of the lower half of that page. It seems redundant to me, and your title could easily redirect to the Serbians page. Serbian addresses the word as an adjective for non-people related topics. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:59, 20 October 2008 (UTC) TfD nomination of Template:TopicTOC-GeographyTemplate:TopicTOC-Geography has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. -- Alan Liefting ( talk) - 08:42, 21 October 2008 (UTC) Hi. First of all, I think this project will be great for improving Wikipedia's coverage of world topics. I'm still currently busy in real life, so I probably won't have much time to actually work on the project. However, please let me know if there's anything that I might be able to assist with, and great job to you and everyone else who worked on the awards and other items. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 00:21, 23 October 2008 (UTC) Thehelpfulone's Work
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(reset ident): It seems that you've done the external links for both articles! I guess I was too late, I'm doing the AWB task. :) The Helpful One Review 19:25, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
new commentI think Around the world is a wonderful project that really helps the encouragement and development of our encyclopedia. It greatly expands the connection between our articles, something I've long noticed Wikipedia desperately needs. This is just one small step, and a big one in fact!
EDIT: I just checked on some of the completed ones and you've got that covered! That's great! -- penubag ( talk) 07:00, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
The portal main page's hits beat ours by over a magnitude. I think this may be because of the interconnectivity between portals and the portal main page: all portals have a navbar at the top that lead back to the main portal page. Our link back to our main page is buried in the footer at the bottom of each outline - very hard to find and click. Maybe we can emulate the portal model of interconnectivity. Even just a hatnote at the top of each outline (that points back to our main list of outlines) might work. Another issue is that portals are linked from Wikipedia's Main Page, but the outlines are not. But getting a change implemented to the Main Page is exceedingly difficult. I tried to get a link to the outlines menu page added to the Main Page, and I jumpstarted the redesign of the Main Page (which became the Main Page in 2006) in order to do so - a project that took me months - and I still failed to get the link put in place. Though I eventually (over a year later) got "Contents" added to the Main Page and to Wikipedia's sidebar menu, which in turn lead to the outlines. By the way, the Main Page is undergoing another redesign as we speak. Dozens of users have entered designs for consideration. But version competitions don't work that well on a Wiki (a painful lesson learned from the 2006 overhaul - similar versions tend to diffuse votes between them, defeating the purpose of an election), so the effort is being redirected to a discussion of features to include on the Main Page. It's a major time sink, so my recommendation would be to wait until after the new Main Page is in place for awhile, and then make a proposal to get links added to it - as was done with the "Contents" link. Our main objective right now is to build the outline set to critical mass, both in terms of content (to attract readers) and management (to attract volunteers). I'm hoping the set of country outlines and this contest will put us there. If not, there are more outlines in the pipeline, and there are plenty of other recruiting methods we can try. :) I'm not worried. We'll make it happen eventually. Keep up the great work guys. The Transhumanist 19:00, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm In the process of leaving Wikipedia Permanently For the Record —Remember, the Edit will be with you, always. (Sethdoe92) (drop me a line) 00:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi! How are you?? It has been a long time since I've met you. I am extremely sorry. I was occupied with some important work at that time and eventually forgot to message you. And by the way, thank you very much for the invitation. :-) I have a few doubts. What is the purpose of creating all this - Ravichandar My coffee shop 11:17, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I know this is not remotely related to Wikipedia, but I figured you could help me. I am currently doing a research paper on humanism, and as you say Humanism comprises your personal values, I was wondering if you could answer a few questions:
I am very appreciative for your time, and I hope you can help me. Thanks! Scapler ( talk) 12:02, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
I am quite busy at the moment and will take a break soon but i will keep your thought in mind and will keep watch on thehelpful one's talk page, maybe at the end of next month i will be able to offer any help that i can. Best Monster Under Your Bed ( talk) 09:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Please see my comments here about objections to your recent restructuring of nation-name disambiguation pages. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
I noticed you've been changing list articles to the plural. Do you plan to change all these then? MOS is ambiguous, so how do you distinguish, I wonder? -- Menti sock 10:08, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I've hit some roadblocks over the past week, and I haven't been editing much. I'll try to get to it soon. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 15:19, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi. The topic outlines look like a great idea, and eventually they could all be linked to the main country article and assessed when more are moved to article space. I see that the articles are still missing a lot of information, such as lots of "[[]]" being displayed, and many red links are present and the articles might need a few more citations. Also, topic outlines are great for countries, but there are also non-independant and disputed regions in the project's country list, and for those areas, which areas need topic outlines and which don't? Some of these may seem controversial or POV to some especially if there are flags that are not officially recognised. (For example, Taiwan is not recognised by the United Nations as a country, and the topic pages for Somaliland, Kosovo, Azkhabia etc all indicate that they are disputed.) Most of the topic outline drafts under construction have enough blue links and are almost ready to start being moved to mainspace. However, as I noticed in topic outline of Zimbabwe, many "main articles" and other links which are part of the topic are still redlinked, and even though I'm more of an eventualist than an immediatist, more of those links should be either created or removed before the topic outlines are directly linked from the main country articles. Also, some topics in particular are not relavent or too insignificant to be applicable in certain country articles, for example some countries don't have glaciers, some religions are too minor or not practiced in certain countries, etc., and if humor is included, some countries don't have special comedy or country-specific humorous traditions, and also most countries' English dialect would spell it "humour". Overall, however, the outlines are in good shape and are a great contribution to both the Around the World project and to the geographic coverage of the encyclopedia in general. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 20:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the post on my talk page, it's good to be appreciated. :) Anyways, my question is this, for the country outlines, under Military of X, Commander-in-Chief, do we put the nominal CIC (e.g. the President of the US for the US), or the actual commander of the armed forces (e.g. the country's top soldier)? Thanks again, -- Patar knight - chat/ contributions 21:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
... sounds intriguing, and I may be interested. Could you send me some more info on my talk page? Thanks! -- Jayron32. talk. contribs 01:27, 2 November 2008 (UTC) Please stop spamming places like the Wikipedia reference desk with requests for help in your project. It is highly inappropriate. Please go back to all the places you spammed and remove these posts - I've found a couple - but I'm fairly sure you hit a bunch of other places. Just because the thing you are advertising is a Wikipedia project does NOT entitle you to spam it all over the site. The Village pump is the one and only place where those kinds of requests are appropriate. It's particularly ironic that you ask (at the top of this talk page) that people not spam you with RFA's! Thank you. SteveBaker ( talk) 15:04, 2 November 2008 (UTC) Next version's complete; really sorry for the week-long time delay, just didn't find the kind of sit-down time to work on it. How do you like atlas now? I hope I licked the 4 details you wanted :) Hi, I saw your notice on the community portal, what exactly is it that you want people to do? The notice is not very clear. -- Zvika ( talk) 18:19, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you are active with featured lists. I'm over at the Main Page redesign and we're discussing the idea of having featured lists on the main page. I invite you to comment here. Cheers, HereToHelp ( talk to me) 00:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Sorry to bother you, but I'd like to know if you could give me any information on starting a collaboration? I have a really good idea for one, but some of the information on starting a collaboration is just so confusing, I don't know where to look. :-) Thanks,-- Listen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. ( talk) 16:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
It looks great overall. When looking at it in a thumbnail, it took a while to get my bearings of what part of the world I was looking at. Maybe switch around the colors to make the oceans gold? – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Ilikepie's commentsI think the wording on the stand looks a bit unnatural. I think that it should be a different font that I know, but I can't seem to recall its name. Pie is good (Apple is the best) 01:51, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Chirag's CommentAs a Advertising and Marketing professional, I prefer simplicity. This logo is quite complex. Rich colours and too many things happening. Thus said. Design is a personal preference. You could try the same thing in out in line art, or run it through a charcoal filter or some such. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 14:58, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Thehelpfulone's CommentsHi! I don't like the blue colour for the bottom bit, it looks a bit too odd. What context is it supposed to be used for? The man's face isn't visible and I don't think the gold goes well with the blue. I like the idea of a globe with the wiki logo, however. The Helpful One Review 18:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
coolgyingman's commentsI think it is good but you should probably get rid of the bottom block or change it. It clashes with the gold and just looks completly unnatural. But other than that it is good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolgyingman ( talk • contribs) 22:57, 6 November 2008 (UTC) AstroHurricane001's commentsHi. Overall, it's pretty good. I do notice a few small minor problems however:
That's about it. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 01:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
-- penubag ( talk) 23:22, 8 November 2008 (UTC) I've replied on my talkpage for the sake of being organized. Feel free to move the discussion here if you want. -- penubag ( talk) 06:18, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
I replied to the message on my talkpage. -- penubag ( talk) 11:43, 21 November 2008 (UTC) I'm trying to make this project active again and I'm doing a fair bit to make us be able to rate articles etc. Here is a userbox you can add if you wish Wikipedia:WikiProject_Health/Userbox. Do you know of a way we can let people know about the project to bring in people who would like to be members if they knew about it? I suppose there's the little 'adverts' the top of wiki sometimes displays. Sticky Parkin 19:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about my lag in thanking you for your help, I have been rather busy and away from my computer for a few days. I greatly appreciate your helpfulness with my research, it was very kind of you to help me out with this. In response to your question, I did find it helpful, as it gave me a place to begin in my research, and allowed me to build from there. I even quoted you in my research paper! In the end, I focused mostly on Renaissance humanism, as the report was for a Literature class, and humanism essentially created the Renaissance and, consequently, lead to most western literature, but your resources provided a great way to contrast how humanism has evolved and expanded into a modern worldview that continues to influence literature and its movements. So, I am in debt to your kindness once again Transhumanist! Scapler ( talk) 00:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC) Oh, thanks for the help. My idea for a project is a collaboration that checks deletion logs, finds deleted articles, and tries to figure out why they were deleted. Then, the problems can be fixed, and the articles can be rewritten. I don't know if someone already created this project, but it sounds liek a good idea to me. Again, thanks.-- Listen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. ( talk) 20:39, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say hi again, it's been a while. The last time we talked is when you were coaching me for adminship. Don't remember me? See here. Since SLSB, many things have changed.
Nice to talk again! SwirlBoy 39 02:25, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. I'm glad you found my advice helpful. The Transhumanist 22:53, 11 November 2008 (UTC) Oooooh, thanks for your reply. I've been out for the night so this is the simple version for the moment:- "By the way, there's a related WikiProject. In your opinion, what differentiates WikiProject:Health from WikiProject Medicine?" -TT
I can see why this article was deleted in the past as it reads like a how-to guide User:Sticky_Parkin/Marathon_training, but I do think the subject could be covered more on this wiki in an appropriate way, probably within the 'marathon' article. Blimey, I've never heard of a triathlon with that length of run etc. in it:) It's enough for me to be trying to do a marathon next year, but the weather has put me off training I have to admit. :) Sticky Parkin 13:02, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'll get started right away. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
I have looked at this before, a few months back. Extracting the data is easy but inserting it into the articles is less so. I'll review again soon. Rich Farmbrough, 19:20 12 November 2008 (UTC). 19:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC) The problem is I can't spot what you are doing with the countries etc, can you point me to it with words of one syllable?:) We already disagree a bit about what to put in our project, as to me most of category:life extension is an alternative medicine or not entirely mainstream topic. The parts that are accepted by mainstream science perhaps aren't usually referred to as life extension, it'd be called preventative medicine or anti-aging research or whatever. I'm quite conservative when it comes to what science/health advice etc I adopt- vitamin c in large amounts for instance would just leave the body through the urine. My religious beliefs and attempts at supernatural healing are a different matter and I accept that it's mainly for psychological benefit rather than anything else.:) If you show me in words of one syllable or with an example diff what you're doing with the countries let's make a deal- I'll do at least two edits to a country thingy like you want a day if you do two edits slightly related to a (boringly mainstream) health or fitness topic (you probably will do anyway), so we can say our project is active.:) Sticky Parkin 01:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
All I'm worried about is that if we put less mainstream stuff in it, our project won't be taken as seriously, as people will think we're trying to push some ideas or something. Sticky Parkin 01:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, do you have any thoughts that could explain on the strange quirk that shows that something like 3-5x more hits occur on List of basics rticles than the new Topic outlines? See List of basic cell biology topics getting 2400 views last month and the [ Topic outline version] which got only 480 hits in the same month. Strange. Earthdirt ( talk) 01:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
I’ve added some thoughts on the proper role of glossaries in Wikipedia and thought, given your role in establishing WikiProject Glossaries, you might have some substantive contributions to make to this discussion on WP:VPP. Askari Mark (Talk) 21:03, 14 November 2008 (UTC) The Transhumanist 22:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC) thanks. I think perhaps the solution is to include a one sentence statement at WP:NOT#Dictionary that glossaries are different than dictionaries and are allowed... and then include a link to that MOS. Such a statement and link would have resolved my concerns right away. Blueboar ( talk) 22:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I just edited a few articles and drafts, you can check my contributions if you wish. I'm less available nowadays than I used to be, I could probably still assist with periodic maintainance and other work on the topic outlines, but it's just that I usually won't be able to edit every day. I added some climate change and earthquake-related topic links to a few articles; I'm not done yet with these. I realise that not every article has the information for these, so I'm just filling out the ones that already do; please make suggestions if you would like. I see that the WikiProject is using a template for every article, and this should be fine but the articles still need to be adjusted to include topics specific to that country/territory in particular that other countries may not have regarding. As for Linky, I do not use Firefox. Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 03:13, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
You have undertaken a monumental job, but in my opinion before making such bold massive changes, you should have discussed it with the relevant audience on WikiProject Food and Drink. Some "foodies" may have thought differently. Needless to say, I hope you are implementing the change consistently across all cuisines. Good luck. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
I assume you were trying to set up a sub page in your user space. You neglected to put "User:" in front of the title, and also you transposed two letters in your user name. I've fixed it; your page is at User:The Transhumanist/Cuisine by country list now. - Realkyhick ( Talk to me) 03:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Good morning. Please look at the outline for Tajikistan. I have edited Provinces and Districts following the example of Russia. However, it looks odd to me that in addition to listing Provinces of Tajikistan and Districts of Tajikistan as linked entries in the outline, we also give full details for these two sections. Aren't the links enough? Why are these two particular topics different from all the other topics, for which only links are given (I think...)? It would be fun to work on some of these outlines, but I need to understand better what kind of editing is required here. Is the editor expected to add topics to the outline, to write articles for red-linked items, to make topics consistent across different country outlines, or what? Also what kind of editing did you have in mind in connection with data imported from the CIA World Factbook? I am sorry if these are stupid questions, but I am just trying to understand how I can help (if at all). I am totally unfamiliar with the concept of outlining in the Wikipedia context, so if you think that answering my questions is too much trouble, just say so: I will understand and simply walk away to my usual things. -- Zlerman ( talk) 16:21, 17 November 2008 (UTC) I accept the challenge and have contacted Blackadam2 but before we start, can you clarify what you mean, I have checked a few of the pages and am not sure what you want us to do? Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 16:10, 17 November 2008 (UTC) (be warned, I'm a bit rusty on my capitals at the moment!)
This has already been done for the 29 countries at the top of the list ( User:The Transhumanist/Country list). Remember, the entry appears twice on each page on that list. The Transhumanist 22:04, 18 November 2008 (UTC) See Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks#Here.27s_a_juicy_one.21. Rjwilmsi 19:12, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi The Transhumanist Thanks for your vote on my RFA, but it's not been transcluded yet, so I have undone your vote for now :)! The Helpful One Review 17:55, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I've added this to Portal:Contents/List of glossaries/Natural and physical sciences; I thought it was a good one but couldn't find it for some reason, not sure if it got taken off. Do you have any idea why there is a redlink at the top? I noticed you moved the article recently. Fletcher ( talk) 18:00, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
According to User:PeterSymonds, you are very good with graphics. I was wondering if you'd be willing to design an icon for WP:AIVC. I pretty much suck at graphics, and I'd like a good icon, so if you'd want to, let me know. (Of course, I'd give you credit). Thanks, David WS (contribs) 20:10, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I look forward to seeing what you do to these:
Basically, it needs to be filled in. Especially the government branches sections. Redlinks need to be bluelinked - standard article names have been used on all the pages. They should be preserved in these outlines (and developed for Wikipedia in general) by making a redirect to wherever the information is on Wikipedia. Then a google search of Wikipedia article titles needs to be done for the country's name, and links to any essential topics found need to be added to the outline. Then is the fun part: adding maps and images to the page. The above development process results in a nice solid start, which others will be proud to further improve. I challenge you to do your best, and I will be comparing your work with the Topic outline of France, Topic outline of Iceland, Topic outline of Japan, Topic outline of Macau, Topic outline of Taiwan, and Topic outline of Thailand. Good luck, and happy developing. The Transhumanist 01:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Tajikistan draft outlinePlease look at my first shot at bluelinking in Topic outline of Tajikistan. I need your feedback, especially regarding two issues: (a) some of my new blue links are to snippets of information in subsections of other articles -- is this how you want it? (b) some red links (e.g., Mountains of Tajikistan and others) could not be bluelinked, because they refer to sections in more than one article. Thus Mountains of Tajikistan occurs (with different content!) in Tajikistan#Geography and also in Geography of Tajikistan. What do you propose in such cases? Write a new article Mountains of Tajikistan, combining the information from the other articles? Standardize the information in both articles? This and that? Let me know what you think. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:53, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
You wrote: "The redlinks also show a lot about the coverage. Redlinks can indicate that the articles aren't named according to the standard used for most country articles. They may also show how far coverage has expanded ("Economy of x" is an expansion of "x", for example). That is, topics generally start off as subtopics of another article before they are split off into their own articles. Redlinks show how much splitting off is still left for the country."
In cases where there isn't any...We're keeping all the items, even when the country doesn't have them, for comparison purposes. For example, when there are no glaciers, we state "none", instead of removing the link. Many countries do not have navies for example (such as many landlocked countries). We still blue link those, redirecting to wherever the relevant information is. If it isn't stated anywhere on Wikipedia that they have none, we state it on the most relevant article (in this case, Military of x), and redirect there. Also add a colon followed by "none" in the outline. The Transhumanist 04:26, 19 November 2008 (UTC) What do you need here? Highest-lowest, or east-west/north-south? Cannot have both under one redirect, because they come in different places (if at all). -- Zlerman ( talk) 04:22, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Please see Topic outline of Uzbekistan and Topic outline of Tajikistan and give me your feedback on what I have done so far. Also please provide instructions on creating List of xxx-related articles -- or has this idea been abandoned? -- Zlerman ( talk) 13:11, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Can you direct me to somewhere where this approach is explained? (I assume there's somewhere outlining it given the amount of work going on) I assume there is a reason for creating topics alongside existing articles, eg Topic outline of Zimbabwe as well as the existing Zimbabwe. But so far I don't get it. Babakathy ( talk) 14:41, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
I do not see anything that covers export-import or foreign trade in the country outlines. If this is an unintentional omission, it has to be rectified. This should come in the economy section. Incidentally, you can write to me on your talk page without bothering to put alerts on my talk page. I have put you on my watchlist. -- Zlerman ( talk) 15:15, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
There is an apparent redundancy in Uzb and Taj outlines, where we have both Energy policy in ... (under Economy) and Energy in ... (under Infrastructure). This redundancy has been eliminated in France, for instance, but there Energy is under Infrastructure. Why? In my view, Energy (including policies) should be under Economy. Guidance? -- Zlerman ( talk) 03:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry it has taken so long to reply. I have been incredibly busy with my extracurriculars as well as my college applications. I'm glad that the Around the World Project goes swimmingly. I do hope that this bold, new project does not share the same fate as our much-maligned (and now deceased) Award Center. I suspect your largest problem will be the retention and recruitment of proficient and dedicated editors. As such, I would focus your personal efforts towards keeping the editors you have in a happy state while also always reaching out for new recruits. The members themselves, when presented with problems, should be able to take care of almost everything else without an extremely heavy-handed, highly centralized administration (although, as I don't run the Around the World project, I could be completely wrong). As for that image, I think the text could look more realistic. Other than that, I have no major gripes about the design (although, I must profess, I have never been the most visually artistic person, instead choosing to discharge my creativity through the written word). And with regards to my nonattendance, I must admit that I have missed this site greatly, more so for the people than for the duties I undertake (although the pleasure my duties give me, the sense of satisfaction obtained from contributions to Wikipedia (whether they be insignificant or otherwise), is unmatched by a good deal many of my other feats). While I cannot guarantee my increased involvement on this site after college applications are out of the way, I can attest to the fact that someday I will return and once again contribute dangerously (mostly relating to my health, as one can always contribute more to Wikipedia instead of sleeping sufficiently) to the Project. Until that day, however... well, I'll try to get into college first. With your Around the World endeavor, I offer you the best of luck. You'll need it. Godspeed, -- Sharkface T/ C 03:05, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Thought this would amuse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_notable_people_who_wore_the_bowler_hat I even ended up quoting you, seeing that you've thought through many of these issues ahead of me. Not that it does any good, in this villiage of the mostly-clueless. S B H arris 01:11, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the message on my talk page. I tagged the page because it had virtually no content, there was no list. If something has been deleted and you would like to recreate it, I suggest you contact a Wikipedia admin and ask for help, see here. Thanks. Truthanado ( talk) 01:36, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm on it. -- penubag ( talk) 03:12, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Since I'm not sure if I'll be online at all this weekend, I just made it with your specs. Image:Racewik2.png Tell me if you want anything fixed.-- penubag ( talk) 09:04, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I am very confused on what we are supposed to do. I was confused since the beginning. What am I supposed to change? Am I supposed to change the links on the page or do it on the page itself? I am thinking about aborting the race all itself. I am of course a child who is in middle school and have a lot of homework this week. Please write me back, thank you. Sincerely, Madadude ( talk) 04:40, 2 December 2008 (UTC) Nice to see you again Transhumanist, how have things been? I was wondering whether you can offer me some advice into tweaking my user page a bit. I wanted to go for a simple page for the time being and want the links "Sandbox" to be further to the left and "Sydney" to be further to the right. Can you please tell me how to do this? Also as a result of this format, i now have a scroll bar at the bottom of my page to scroll right just a tad. Can you please tweak this to make sure i dont have to do this? I am not sure what is wrong. There is no problem in Firefox. Thank You Monster Under Your Bed ( talk) 08:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Actually we pretty much gave up the race idea due to time zone differances, and I fear me and you may have the same problem but I'm willing to do it anyway, without it being a race, so far I've got as far as B so a long way to go yet, cheers anyway Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 16:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Sincerely, Madadude ( talk) 01:06, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Penubag is a great picture maker person, whatever who call them, I've seen his pictures before. I will wait for another race so please keep me informed about any other races (I am very competitive), even races that arn't about geography, that you hear about. Also I would like to help editing articles but I don't know where to begin. Do you know of anything that I can do because I am bored and would like to help Wikipedia. Madadude ( talk) 23:46, 5 December 2008 (UTC) Also, I know you are a prominent person on Wikipedia and on Wikiproject Geography so you might know this. Is there a Wikiproject Geography Bulletin because I would like to know more information and help out on articles/other things. Thank You and have a good weekend, Madadude ( talk) 23:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
I won't be responding anymore today because this conversation has distracted me from my report. I am doing a biography on Ralph Waldo Emerson. Madadude ( talk) 00:19, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
One more thing before I finish my report. If you can send me a list of articles that may need to be edited. Wait (I think of something and a better solution, maybe I can just go to the To-Do list for Wikiproject Geography. Man I am stupid. Madadude ( talk) 00:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC) That's right up my alley (if I have an alley, haha). Demographics, Political (like capitols and population, thats why I memorized all of the capitols), and Governmental Geography is what I'm good at. I will join Wikiproject Demographics and try to help out. Oh and where are the "Demographics or x" articles you are talking about? Oh well thanks. Oh and by the way I finished my report, he is actually one of many people I have to do, we are given a list of 50 prominent people from the time period we are studing in Social Studies (this quarter was the Civil War) and half to do a page or two report on 30 of them. Ralph Waldo Emerson was my 29th so I have one more to do and it is due on Monday. Madadude ( talk) 00:55, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Since you took the liberty to move this article to "Afghanistani Cuisine" based on an insufficient understanding of the discussion and it's outcome, please take the liberty to correct it. The correct term is "Afghan". Therefore, you should move the article to "Afghan Cuisine" or "Cuisine of Afghanistan". -- EatTheMenu ( talk) 18:34, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
I am working on this template: 1. However, for the first point the asterisk is not changing to a bullet point, I am unaware of how to fix it, can you help? TARTARUS talk 20:48, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
I spent hours on him and he looks a lot better. See my graphics talkpage for a some of the changes. Atlas is on my user:penubag/graphics Check him out!-- penubag ( talk) 03:30, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Malawian – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
I've done my half, shall I carry on and meet with Blackadam2 in the middle of the 2nd half or stop and let him do his half? Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 16:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
A huge undertaking is underway to provide easy access to Wikipedia's coverage of country-related topics, and you are all invited. As part of Wikipedia's outline of knowledge being developed by the outline of knowledge WikiProject, a topic outline is being created for every country of the World. A team of editors has been hard at work on these for months, and all the drafts are beginning to take shape. Come take a look! These outlines map out the topics about each country, and because of this they serve as wonderful development tools for evaluating coverage of countries (they reveal gaps and expansion patterns). And because they all use a standard format, they are great for comparing countries and country coverage. Drop me a note if you are interested in helping to develop these outlines or improve Wikipedia's country coverage. The above outlines have uncovered some major problems in country coverage, and the outline team has been working to correct these. We could sure use your help!
Just to name a few. Your help is greatly needed. I hope you decide to join the team. We really need you. The Transhumanist 02:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC) Hi there, I'm still not 100% on Regex, but I'm sure that I could find a user to help me with the task, but I'm not exactly sure what I need to do! Sorry, but you've confused me with talk about what you have done, what do you need my help with? ;) Regards, The Helpful One 19:46, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
I would like to try and standardize the "Demographics of" articles for the 12 CIS countries that I am familiar with. Unfortunately, even the articles that have been recently "done" (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia) do not have a standard structure. Could you please direct me to an example of an ideal layout or template that I should follow? Thank you. -- Zlerman ( talk) 05:36, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
... when I get bored. Which happens a lot. Apparently you often have "behind-the-scenes" stuff going on that needs editing/updating and other Gnome-ish stuff. Let me know on my talk page at any time when you have such stuff. Regards, Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 08:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi there, I was looking at this message and realised that completing these find/replaces takes a long time, and it seems that there are going to be a lot more of these little tasks for Demographic of articles. Therefore, what do you think of a bot request to use for AWB to automatically run these tasks? The Helpful One 22:19, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for the encouragement, Transhumanist. :-) Judging by your opinion, I'm probably a lot more prepared than I thought. Time for an editor review. How do I initiate Wikipedia:Editor review/Dylan620? Meanwhile, I don't plan on running for adminship until at least April or May, but would you support me if I ran for adminship today? -- Dylan 620 Contribs Sign! 23:32, 17 December 2008 (UTC) Hello, The Transhumanist, long time, no message. I have been a little busy with schoolwork, messin' around with my new ipod, creating videos, and keepin' up with the grammys, so I havn't had much time to help with WikiProject Demographics. I promise I will help as much as I can after the holidays. I have made this user box
for people participating in WikiProject Demographics. I don't know if you want it or not but I mainly made it for me. Use {{User:Blackadam2/Demographicsbox}} for the userbox if you want to. I will put it up on the WikiProject page. Please write back on my talk page and tell me what you think. Madadude ( talk) 04:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC) I have a quick question for you on my graphics subpage. -- penubag ( talk) 11:18, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
A week or two ago, I looked at the Iraq article, and it was in bad need of attention. It seems to incite hopelessness in editors, and political angst in all readers. I've been systematically trying to address concerns, complaints, missing citations, by improving which articles it links out to, but I'm afraid in the process I'm overdoing the Modern History, which seems to be most contentious to our US based audience. I'd like to find the right balance of material between the pages Iraq, History of Iraq, Topic outline of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Iraq War, United States-Iraq relations among many others. Specifically, my problems are between being encyclopedic and summarizing. I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, but I'd really like to see Iraq and its supporting articles be a helpful reference to the general public, and get up to Good Article status within the coming weeks. Could you spare a second pair of eyes? Any attention, advice, or feedback is warmly welcomed. Bagsc ( talk) 13:59, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
rthereguidlinz4wot'dgetin? Sven70 ( talk) 09:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Sorry, I wasn't very active around the time you replied and I guess it got archived before I noticed it. It's strange that I'm not listed at WP:AWB/CP because I do have AWB installed. I think it might be because I'm automatically approved since I'm an admin, cause I was approved to use it before I became an admin. So, what's next? :) Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 02:57, 28 December 2008 (UTC) Sorry, but I've been really busy lately with my own projects. Being an admin takes a lot of work, you know. :)At the moment, with my administrative duties and trying to keep up with article writing, I'm afraid I don't have a lot of time for the country lists. I will, however, help out as soon as I get some free time. In the meantime, Dylan620 ( talk · contribs) is always looking for tasks to complete, so he might be able to help out. Apologies for the inconvenience. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 03:12, 28 December 2008 (UTC) I'll get on this tomorrow. Can I make sure I understand properly? In Topic outline of Albania, the World Heritage Sites in Albania links need fixing to point to List of World Heritage Sites in Europe#Albania (3)? If that's true, that brings me onto another thing. Regarding the continent WHS lists, each page has different titles for the sections:
Each page should be consistent and to meet WP:ACCESS I think it would be best if it were just the unlinked country names. The flagicon templates, (8)s and (also under Europe) are not good for the section headers here. The latter can be indentented added in itallic text under each entry, perhaps. So before I start working on the linking in each topic outline, I think the section headers of each list need fixing first. You know more about the desired outcomes of these lists though, so let me know if I should go ahead and fix them. Regards, Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 08:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
I have put a comment in each article where the size will go, except the following:
I am assuming these already have the size set. Rich Farmbrough, 18:27 2 January 2009 (UTC). Done! Happy New Year by the way! The Helpful One 01:26, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi. We need some guidelines for the Topic Outlines added to the WP:LIST page. See comments at Wikipedia talk:Lists#Topic outline? Some guidance. Thanks. (I'm sick and sore and even grumpier than usual, so I'll try to just stay out of the way... ;) -- Quiddity ( talk) 20:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC) I'm interested in participating in your project. As you said I am a bit new, but I think I understand most of the basic function and have edited several articles. I even created one a while back before I had this account. I'm probably going to have to be one of the people you teach things too. I already have firefox and I'll download the other things soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PonileExpress ( talk • contribs) 21:28, 9 January 2009 (UTC) Hi there! Do you have a list of the pages that I could use somewhere to load easily in AWB? Currently on the Portal and Wikipedia: page I seem unable to do that! Thanks, The Helpful One 00:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Reply to message on User talk:ZlermanHi, I am definitely around and wiki-editing without a break. Although I have recently worked on Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan outlines (please see!), I do not devote much time to the country outlines project, mainly for two reasons: (a) despite my repeated pleas for feedback, you have never provided any feedback on what I initially did with the outlines; (b) the overall conception, purpose, and especially the work procedure among editors are still not clear to me. If we could clarify these points, I would probably be able to do more with the outlines of the 12 CIS countries. -- Zlerman ( talk) 04:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC) Ooh! Wow thanks, I've been busy over Christmas so haven't actually finished the list yet, but thanks for reminding me, and it was my honour to help, if you need any help in the future with similar mundane but necessary tasks I'm nearly always up for a challenge, thanks again Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 15:58, 13 January 2009 (UTC) Why did you move the article? Per WP:Common name the Cuisine of Dominica article should be referenced with a {{ for}} link in the Dominican Cuisine article. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 21:30, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! I guess I'm backlogged, if you could create the page for me to do the search/replace task for AWB, I'll whiz through that and then start on the next task -> could you give me an example of what I need to do for the second task? Thanks, The Helpful One 21:47, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Hello- I am an employee of the Cancer Research Institute and believe you may be able to help me with what we seek. Our mission is to support and coordinate laboratory and clinical efforts that will lead to the immunological treatment, control, and prevention of cancer. I see that you are interested in the immune system, so this may interest you, too. We believe that we should have an article on wikipedia, but want to stay neutral and are not sure about who to contact to see if they can write one for us. There is already a wikipage for William B. Coley, the doctor whose principles we are founded upon, and for our William B. Coley Award for distinguished research in immunology. We are also connected with Dr. Lloyd Old, who also has a wikipage and has been a large part of CRI for quite some time. We would like to have a good and neutral article. Do you know a way we can find an editor who knows how to write articles by the wikipedia guidelines and is interested in Cancer Research and non-profits?
I haven't had time to work on the renaming of the "Cuisine of" articles. (Page loads are incredibly slow on this server). Would you please pick up where I left off? For your convenience, they're all listed at User:The_Transhumanist/Cuisine_by_country_list. If you have WP:POP installed, you can use it to easily see which ones have been moved and which ones have not. Country adjectivals are listed at Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for countries and nations. Have fun! I look forward to your reply (please reply on my talk page, to activate Wikipedia's message alert feature). Thank you. The Transhumanist 20:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
This is what you wrote to me on my talk page in November 2008: Concerning repetition By the way, the reason the country's name is on just about every line is because all these outlines are very very similar, and one of the most useful things to do with them is compare countries (like having country outlines in separate windows and switching back and forth). When looking at more than one of these, if the country name wasn't plastered all over the place, it would be very easy to forget which country you were looking at and make a mistake, like citing the wrong population figure. The Transhumanist 03:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC) Now look at what Rich Farmbrough did to Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline/Drafts/Topic outline of Turkmenistan (and a bunch of other country outlines) on 16 January 2009. Which is the "right" system? -- Zlerman ( talk) 15:29, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
I am sorry but I have forgotten your guidelines for this problem: in cases when there is no page for "Administrative divisions of" (say), I can insert a redirect from the red link in the country outline (pointing to the relevant section of another page), or alternatively I can create a new page for "Administrative divisions of" and put the redirect on the new page. Which is the preferred solution? -- Zlerman ( talk) 15:35, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
There are still some 20 or so without the area, I will drop you a list at some point. Rich Farmbrough, 02:05 19 January 2009 (UTC).
Thank you for your feedback on my country outline edits in two places on my talk page (19 January 2009). This is extremely helpful. I will study and take your comments under advisement. Will come back with more questions if necessary. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:41, 19 January 2009 (UTC) The article, Cuisine of Dominica has been nominated for deletion as being non-notable. You can participate in the discussion here. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 03:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC) I am not ignoring the questions you have raised on my talk page. I simply need time to organize my reply in a coherent and systematic manner. I will write asap. Apologies for the delay. -- Zlerman ( talk) 02:36, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Sure, I'll update the category now with AWB - it's a very easy task for AWB! :) The Helpful One 19:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
I made some changes to Portal:Thinking. It's a work in progress - not done. I was advised by Qdiddy to contact you because you may not have the page on the watchlist. Let me know what you think so far. Also, if you'd rather discuss changes on your talk page or at the Portal:Thinking discussion area. Letranova ( talk) 04:03, 23 January 2009 (UTC) Category:Outlines (in which the country outlines are being put) is extremely long and messy. Wouldn't it be better to organize Category:Country outlines as a subcategory of Category:Outlines? This would improve readability and ensure greater user-friendliness. -- Zlerman ( talk) 04:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
hello Transhumanist, I wrote the article List of mountains in Sri Lanka and named it according to Template:Asia topic. but in Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic outline/Drafts/Topic outline of Sri Lanka the title was "List of mountains of Sri Lanka". i thought more correct name is the one in the topic outline and renamed it List of mountains of Sri Lanka. as you can notice there is an inconsistency is building up between Template:Asia topic and Topic outline of Sri Lanka. I'd like to know how to resolve this problem. Regards! -- Chanaka L ( talk) 02:32, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Please see my comment here. -- Zlerman ( talk) 05:04, 31 January 2009 (UTC) Im very sorry but I am to busy with school, boy scouts, NJHS, my school dance and this girl, and this game called Combat Arms, I have not have time for Wikipedia. I am currently in making of a portal of demographics and have it saved on my Word Office. I might possibly help with the demographics of... articles but I am currently making the portal, so dont make a portal cause I am, still send me what you want me to do on the demographics of.... articles, I might help. Sincerely , Madadude My Talk Page 20:51, 31 January 2009 (UTC) P.S. what do you think of my new signature, id like a comment.
Also yah i am too busy to get into a lot of wikipedia stuff, This game Combat Arms is addicting and is taking up all my free time when im not doing homework, at school, sleeping, basketball, boy scouts, NJHS, the Have a Heart Dance exc. I have very little free time and that is taking up 80% of it. So sorry, would like to help but I am too busy. Go Cardinals even though they lost :-(. Madadude My Talk Page 04:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC) check my graphics page. But don't get too excited, the sapphire didn't turn out that great. -- penubag ( talk) 09:02, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
From WP:AWB/Tasks On the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country outlines, please search/replace this string (without the quotes): "[[Category:Outlines" with: "[[Category:Outlines of countries" (without the quotes) Sorry I didn't catch this before. Zlerman pointed it out to me. The Transhumanist 23:40, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! All of them are done, but a few were skipped, see below: Pages that were skipped in AWB
Hope this helps, The Helpful One 20:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC) I've been working on topic and article lists and outlines for the nations of the Americas. There are currently three varieties of such lists:
The following table shows the current status of these articles for the countries of the Americas: -- Buaidh ( talk) 14:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC) If the redirects disappear, this may explain why: Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects. Just letting you know, so you aren't surprised if it happens. The Transhumanist 04:10, 6 February 2009 (UTC) Also, I've fixed the link to the Saint Martin outline in the chart above. The Transhumanist 04:16, 6 February 2009 (UTC) I would be happy to work on the topic outlines for the nations of the Americas. I have not used the Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser, although AWB and other tools might be useful. I use both Firefox 3.0 and Internet Explorer 6.0. -- Buaidh ( talk) 15:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Wow, you (plural) have been really busy! The awards look great, and the outlines appear to be rapidly developing. Sorry I couldn't help, although I might have some free time next week, so feel free to leave me with a task or two. :) – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 17:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! Well, I've been doing numerous tasks for your counry outline project (which I think I'm going to join now) using AWB, which I have quite enjoyed, and I've noticed that I'm taking a lot of time doing edits that really don't require any thinking, just pressing the save button. So I'm making an AWB bot account for these repetitive tasks that I periodically take on. Yes, I'm hoping that User:Robert SkyBot will be up and running momentarily. I'm letting you know so that you can take full advantage of an automated bot who is at the moment fully dedicated to your project. The bot won't be able to help you with any tasks that require human input before deciding whether to make an edit, but it can perform repetitive tasks like sorting all of the country outlines or moving everything to a new category. So, let me know if you need something, and I hope I'll be able to serve your project more efficiently with this new bot account. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! ( You'll lose) 04:57, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
I've taken a look at those pages, and I must say I'm quite confused. :) I'll ask Thehelpfulone about it when he comes on IRC tomorrow. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 04:12, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
I have used regex quite a bit in url replacements and others. Very much a trial and error effort on my part. PS: I'm back. not on Wikipedia as often as before, but I will be around. let me know what are the current tasks available. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 07:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC) Yes! I do have a bot, which was created in the last 2 days. It's called User:Thehelpfulbot and has already been approved for one task, the is unrelated and has the bot flag. I am happy to add tasks to the bot, just give me the tasks - and I'll request for them to be approved. I might be able to use a Python script for find/replaces instead of AWB - which might be a little bit faster than AWB. The Helpful One 13:12, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
From User talk:Robert Skyhawk (your directions commented out)
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It's also included in the step-by-step instructions at WP:OTS#Super fast upgrade.
Robert Skyhawk is faithfully implementing your instructions, changing "Area" to "Area of" and "Population" to "Population of" in all country outlines. This is creating red links all over the place. What's going to be? Between you and me and gatepost, the change looks totally unnecessary to me, and the layout was actually much better (more readable) without the "of". -- Zlerman ( talk) 17:22, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
I finished the design I'd have for 2nd place. Can you approve of it before I work on the others? Thank you. -- penubag ( talk) 19:39, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Can I have an example of the sort of task I would be doing, I'm always happy to help but I am a bit busy at the moment, I'll gove it a go though... Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 15:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC) Cant hurt to have a go Highfields ( talk, contribs, review) 20:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC) Cool, thanks for the explanation. I'll have a go at it later tonight or tomorrow. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:08, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Just dropping by to let you know that the first task you assigned me is complete, with all outlines in the Wikipedia namespace updated. Namespace outlines have not been touched. Regarding the next task, I'll see if I can get the right RegEx code--if not, I'll ask around until I can figure it out. Bot approval progress is slow...as I said, if nothing happens by tomorrow afternoon (MST), I'll try to hurry the process along. Hopefully the AWB botflag process won't be so agonizing (for me anyway :P). If you have any concerns, feel free to voice them. P.S. Don't be alarmed that your tasks are no longer on my talk page; I've moved them to a dedicated subpage. However, do still post any messages, including new tasks in the future, on my user talk page so that it will notify me. Thanks, Robert Skyhawk So sue me! ( You'll lose) 04:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC) Please see Talk:List of lakes in Uzbekistan. You may wish to respond in addition to my comment. -- Zlerman ( talk) 05:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the note! -- Mark Chung ( talk) 09:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC) I notice that this category you created is unpopulated (empty). In other words, no Wikipedia pages belong to it. If it remains unpopulated for four days, it may be deleted, without discussion, in accordance with Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#C1. I'm notifying you in case you wish to (re-)populate it by adding [[Category:Indexes of articles]] to articles/categories that belong in it.I blanked the category page. This will not, in itself, cause the category to be deleted. It serves to document (in the page history) that the category was empty at the time of blanking and also to alert other watchers that the category is in jeopardy. You are welcome to revert the blanking if you wish. However, doing so will not prevent deletion if the category remains empty. If you created the category in error, or it is no longer needed, you can speed up the deletion process by tagging it with {{ db-author}}. -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 21:49, 10 February 2009 (UTC) This list-type article, which you may need for your country outlines, has been tagged "orphaned", presumably one stage before AfD. You may wish to react. -- Zlerman ( talk) 01:31, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Just wanted to let you know that I've got a RegEx string figured out, and I'm starting on the second task you gave me ( here). Meanwhile, I have the bot flag so it'll all be automated from here out. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! ( You'll lose) 02:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Julian, here's an easy AWB task for you... Using AWB, please add the Category:Indexes of articles to the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Lists of country-related articles. Be sure to have AWB skip the pages that don't exist! I'll create the category page after you complete this task (I did it before and it got speedy deleted for being empty - so this time we'll populate it first). :) The Transhumanist 01:29, 13 February 2009 (UTC) Done – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 02:12, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
(From User talk:Robert Skyhawk/Country Outline task list#Replace double colon with single colon) Here's a simple minor task: In the country outlines (at User:The Transhumanist/Country outlines) please change the double colon (::) with a single colon (:). The Transhumanist 23:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC) For every category you create, you should specify parent categories to which it belongs. You do this by listing the parents near the bottom of the page, each enclosed in double brackets like so: [[Category:Lists by country]] [[Category:Parent2]] Contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards,-- Stepheng3 ( talk) 03:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
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