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Hi. That was an awkward revert as it undid new material. If you have concerns about my recent edit to the template I'll be happy to talk them through with you. If there are particular wordings you wish to improve, please do so. But a revert will undo good things (such as new listings and corrections of errors), so is not advised. SilkTork * YES! 23:27, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy. I'm gald we resolved our differences over there. I look forward to working with you to find the best way forward whatever the outcome of that debate. Sorry again to misrepresent you. I thought of striking the whole comment, BTW, but just struck the most objectionable part. The rest is probably not correct, either, now I think more clearly. Anyway, I am glad we can move on and work together -- Jubilee ♫ clipman 23:04, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
I've nominated David Bedford for DYK. It may be rejected because expanded articles are supposed to be expanded to five times its previous size in the last week, but it's only doubled. Doesn't hurt to try anyway. You may wish to keep an eye on the nom, especially if they ask for improvements, as I'm sure they will. -- A Knight Who Says Ni ( talk) 16:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
FYI: I responded to your question on Wikiproject History. -- Mcorazao ( talk) 19:19, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy. I have (belatedly) started a BRFA for a bot fulfilling your request for date conversion in certain templates. Emily Jensen ( talk) 02:03, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I'm currently thinking about planning a merger of many of our structre/landmark templates on wikipedia into a super template Infobox building like the infobox settlement. I think in the long term for maintenance and consistency purposes this is the way forward. See my comments to Plastikspork. If you are interested I suggest we draw up a list of building templates currently used on wikipedia like Infobox skyscraper, infobox casino etc, infobox lighthouse etc and we find a way to use one template but catered to each building types requirements. Then we can work towards consensus and merging and removing the increasing redunduncies. Dr. Blofeld White cat 15:11, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Things like this are going to get you into trouble. I would very much not like to have Wikipedia lose someone as constructive in templatespace as you again, but treating every argument like a battleground is likely to end that way; remember than uninvolved editors have a tendency to side with admins in personal disputes regardless of who's in the wrong. If you think people are misbehaving then take them to task for it or try a method of dispute resolution; escalating the conflict is only going to end badly. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:54, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Please be careful with the {{Tfd}} template; because it did not have parameters when you nominated {{infobox celebrity}}, it caused a large deletion warning to appear on hundreds of the articles that use it . See diff. Cheers, Chzz ► 20:29, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
FYI, this one has now been nominated. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Done. Hopefully I got the hCard stuff correct. There are far too many people infoboxes, as you are well aware. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 21:06, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
There's been an edit war on this article just lately, which has focussed my attention on the concept section in particular. While largely true (when examining the lyrics and reading contributions from across the internet), the existing source (attributed to Blake) wasn't sufficient to cover all that section, and I've been rewriting it using your Complete guide.
You've been involved with this article from very early on, would you mind taking a look and offering your opinion, and if you've the time, taking a look at the concept section in particular? Parrot of Doom 08:14, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I was looking through Wealdstone F.C. and saw that it uses some "geohack" thing for the coordinates link in the infobox. This led me to {{ GeoTemplate}}, but I cannot for the life of me figure why it's in templatespace. Any chance of a heads-up? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:56, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
The pipe you removed from the title
row
here inverted its meaning and I had to restore it (title and above are intended to be mutually exclusive here depending on whether or not the user has specified a background colour). Doesn't look to have affected the microformats output, but can you check that it hasn't caused any fallout?
Chris Cunningham (not at work) -
talk 10:38, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
Ah, thanks. I'll give that a try. -- Lear's Fool ( talk | contribs) 11:13, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking that this might be a good way to merge many of the myriad of people infoboxes, by using the person box as a backend (e.g., {{ Uses Infobox settlement}}). Another idea would be to use the "misc" field to create "plugin" variations to the standard box, much in the same way the album box uses {{ Extra chronology}}. This would also allow the person box to stay a bit more concise, and you could just chain a sub-box at the bottom for special cases. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:13, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy. I think you should formally make a new request for a protected edit to Template:Infobox ice hockey player. The debate is over and although you have already requested an edit previously, it's probably best to re-add it formally to the bottom of the talk page. I'm template-illiterate so I don't know if the template can be standardized with this small modification. If not, can you create a draft replacement somewhere? I hope we can avoid the drama once and for all and move on. Cheers, Pichpich ( talk) 14:06, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy,
I am a PhD student at the Open University of Catalonia. I am currently preparing a research project about the governance processes in online collaborative communities, and I would like to kindly ask for your collaboration based on your experience in Wikipedia. Interested in participating? Please drop me a note in my talk page and download the file with the questions. This would take around 20 of your time. Thanks! Aresj ( talk) 17:06, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
I can't see why you objected to my change on Aldridge-Brownhills. Google it, and you'll see that the vast majority of results are for the constituency rather than the long-abolished urban district. Wereon ( talk) 14:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pink Floyd and WP:NSONGS. AfD would not be appropriate as there is no deletion here, just a redirection in line with project consensus and policy. -- John ( talk) 18:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
It still seems a bit of a hack, but see here for example. The Internet information section is embedded using {{ Infobox person/Internet info}}. It would be a bit cleaner to use a nested table, but then the labels wouldn't be aligned. I'm also not sure if this is the best name for the module. In any event, if you have any comments, let me know. I tried to keep most of the information in the main box, just in case this is all deemed trivial and needs to be deleted later. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 21:57, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
Given the small number of transclusions, I would think this ({{ Infobox Yeshiva}}) could be merged with {{ Infobox religious building}}. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 16:49, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
I've added support for subclassing to {{ infobox chef}}, which I know you've wanted to have merged into {{ infobox person}} for a while. There's a note on Template talk:Infobox person#Purpose of merging templates about it. Fancy trying it out and seeing if the effect suits you? Start with an {{ infobox person}} and then add:
| module = {{infobox chef|child=yes | ratings = | restaurants = | prevrests = | ... }}
as the module. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:01, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
{{infobox person}}
talk page for discussion.
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 09:21, 8 June 2010 (UTC)Andy
Many thanks for your support with formating the Rajesh Touchriver article. I am just learning how to carry out editing on wiki, adhering to wiki quality standards, etc and formatting is something I'm particularly bad at. Actually I myself wrote the May version of the article (which was tagged) and sent it to Mr Touchriver requesting him to upload it as I didn't know then how to. I wasn't aware of the biography of living persons category, conflict of interest, etc until I saw the tag recently. As you can see from the history, I have edited my own write up with a vengeance :-), referring to the style and presentation of accepted, untagged articles of Indian film makers like Aparna Sen. Would you have any further tips? Thanks Andy.
( Santishi7 ( talk) 16:46, 9 June 2010 (UTC))
What do you need clarifying? [1] Bradley0110 ( talk) 19:19, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
Per this discussion, I found a suitable replacement, and replaced all transclusions. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:38, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
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If you have a chance, could you have a look at the classes on Mud Lake (California)? I orphaned a single use template, and it left a bunch of class stuff, and I am not sure if they are all being applied appropriately. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:21, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
See proposal. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy, I am learning how to access microformat data hidden on the taxon pages. I tried the following example:
I am expecting to see the species class show up, with class, superfamily, family etc, but none of these show up in the result. What am I doing wrong?
I plan to use Visual Basic.NET and YSQL API to access the Taxon data. Is there a direct way to access the data, something in the lines of python wikipedia framework (without having to use YSQL)? Thanks. — Ganeshk ( talk) 02:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
I merged around 20 or 25 "name styles" templates into a more generic {{ Infobox manner of address}}. They are all now weak frontends that just pass parameters to the generic template. So, if you want to add any microformats, you can do so by adding them to the generic template, without tracking the other 20 or 25 that call it. Eventually, I would like to get the entire lot, and just leave the generic "manner of address template", but for now this to be a good first step. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 05:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, A new fork just popped up. Plastikspork ( talk) 04:45, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Given that a prior version of Pete Nottage was deleted via this deletion discussion, and given that sourcing isn't any improved, do you still think the article should be kept and not speedy deleted as a recreation? — C.Fred ( talk) 15:21, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Actually, answered my own question. He's done a lot more work since '07, so there are new claims of notability, even if there aren't new sources. It would need a second AfD, IMO. — C.Fred ( talk) 15:24, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_24#Placebox_template_series is now done. Category:Placebox templates is now full of orphaned, or nearly orphaned, templates. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 04:22, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Template:AFC Asian Cup winners has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 14:49, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
I've made a start here: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Microformats. Do you see any obvious errors or omissions before it is made live? – xeno talk 13:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
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Should {{ Start date}} be replaced with {{ Film date}}? The coding did not look the same, so I was wondering if the film template lacked the features that the start template provided. Erik ( talk | contribs) 14:11, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
{{Film date}}
calls {{Start date}}
; so that's not an issue; but there are other issues. I've commented on its author's talk page.
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 23:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Following on the comments at the RfC: Examples.
I like the few that are available from dbpedia ( [2] and [3]). We need more examples.
I tried [4] which looks intriguing, but it appears to be broken
and I tried [5] but it is very unclear because of the unrelated timespans that each of the top 5 examples have (jesus, elvis, dinosaurs, earth, universe) and also because the timeline appears at the top of the page, even when the lower examples are clicked (iraq war, 19th century, trilobites, etc).
I think your "View" section at the RfC, and the wikiproject microformats page, would benefit immensely from additional examples.
Hope that helps. -- Quiddity ( talk) 22:57, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you review your objection to the edit of {{ Infobox coord}}. Stepheng3 approved the edit so yours is the only current objection. Thanks. – droll [chat] 03:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
I added a new image to the article potentially to replace the template. Calling your attention to it if it changes your view at the TfD. -- Bsherr ( talk) 18:10, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I'm gonna get back to the microformats RfC; it's important. I glossed your view and like it; I need to read it closely, still. I'm in the middle of another discussion that seems to me to be the same issue; use of citation templates (or not;); they have microformats in them, right? Seems they should. Take a peek at Talk:Halle Berry#citation style. There's a similar discussion at Talk:Uma Thurman#References. I see the structuring of the reference into discrete fields as the core rationale for using templates. Cheers, Jack Merridew 22:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
...is apparently malformed. Please repair before putting up a new edit protected request. Probably a best practice to test sandboxes in situ before asking for changes to be implemented. –
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Yes, I've seen it. As I said on the page, if the rationale is the same, then my vote is the same as well. However, note that I also just made an edit to the pre-1969 infoboxes that renders the TV and radio fields optional, which will also need to apply to the base template. - Dewelar ( talk) 15:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Andy, I've just spotted your recent edits to this template and your interest in merging it over at Template talk:Infobox person. I've had similar thoughts myself and even sandboxed the necessary changes that would allow it to be used as a child of {{ Infobox person}}. If you're interested in tackling this template then let me know and we can put our heads together. Regards. PC78 ( talk) 00:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
The usage of this template within {{ Infobox film}} has been questioned over at Template talk:Infobox film#Problem with Unbulleted list template. As the creator of this template, the discussion would probably benefit from your input. Regards. PC78 ( talk) 11:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Andy,
I was on Ancestry.com today, and I found Joanne Whalley's birth year listed in the U.K. Birth Index:
England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 about Joanne Whalley Name: Joanne Whalley Mother's Maiden Surname: Quinn Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1961 Registration district: Manchester Registration county: Lancashire Volume Number: 10e Page Number: 120 (click to see others on page)
I think 1961 is her correct birth year.
Stutzey ( talk) 16:01, 9 September 2010 (UTC)stutzey
Yes, of course, it is a reliable source. Even my marriage records are listed on that site. I only put it on your space, since you mentioned it on her talk page. You seem to have more respect on here than I do. If I put it on there, they are just going to ignore what I write. Stutzey ( talk) 17:30, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
FYI, I would say at the very least this could call {{infobox settlement}}
. The choice of name is a bit strange as well. Now if I only had more time at the moment ...
Plastikspork (
talk) 20:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
I see that you created the original "AOLer" article some six years ago. I have started a discussion at Talk:AOLer#Changing this redirect in to an article and thought you might like to comment. Thanks. - Hydroxonium ( talk) 22:08, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
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Fork from Battersea power station. I imagine you might have an interest in the topic. 8-) Andy Dingley ( talk) 18:11, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
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Andy, In the article on the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company you refer to the carriage made for the Argentine President in 1910. I see where this is included in John Hypher's book. But please can you tell me where you found the info that the carriage still exists and was once used by Eva Peron. Thanks if you can help with this. MarkBarrett2 ( talk) 08:26, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
I have been trying to work with the timeline data in this article that you reformatted with the { {Timeline-event} } tags. It seems that it may be useful converted into a graphic illustration with { {Graphical timeline} } but that task is stretching my template abilities. Before I figured out that it was you who added that template to the article I asked another editor who has experience with templates to help me work with it on my talk page.
If you have the time and interest, perhaps you can pop over and tell us what you originally had in mind when you added that template and advise us on how best to proceed. There is a lengthy chat about it there that can catch you up to where we currently are with it and you can see the rough beginning of the graphic as well.
I appreciate it and look forward to your participation. Cheers, Veriss ( talk) 21:03, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
I had followup questions to your comment on the article's talk page. Thanks Veriss ( talk) 23:19, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
My inclination is to move the TV prog to plain Birds Britannia, as the dab page really doesn't have anything relevant - and perhaps then add a hatnote to point to Mabey's page for "Birds Britannica"? Before I slap on a {{ db-move}} I thought I'd run it past you. PamD ( talk) 22:12, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
Important question: Atom Heart Mother. One of my favourites. Your opinion?
Lesser question: UF-timeline. I left a note on its talk page a month ago. No response as yet.
Many pages related to the ER show contain it. Is it still relevant?
Can it be eliminated, since its principal function seems to be to appear mysterious and possibly dangerous?
Cheers,
Varlaam (
talk) 05:21, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:TFD#Characters templates 3. 134.253.26.6 ( talk) 21:45, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
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I was just going to do the above but I have a question first. Thanks. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 15:49, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
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WT:MOS#Geobox/Settlement name field. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:12, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Wonder if you could help out here. Gerard Way is unhappy with his picture on his Wikipedia article. He stated this in Kerrang! magazine, which was reported at WP:HD#Gerard way picture. I note from the article that he is on Twitter. I know you use twitter, and wondered whether you would contact him and explain how he could get an up to date photo used on the article (i.e. one with a Wikipedia compatible licence). If he could be persuaded to supply one that he is happy with, I see no reason why we shouldn't use it in favour of the current photo. Mjroots ( talk) 08:30, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Might I suggest that we (i.e., you as I haven't learnt how to do it safely) add 'postcode' to this template. In the age of GPS, it would be as (if not more) useful than lat/lon and gridref. Ta. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 17:10, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
As a member of Wikiproject insects you maybe want to voice your opinion this discussion on the use of vernacular or scientific names in higher ranking taxa. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 13:06, 5 March 2011 (UTC) \
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Hi. That was an awkward revert as it undid new material. If you have concerns about my recent edit to the template I'll be happy to talk them through with you. If there are particular wordings you wish to improve, please do so. But a revert will undo good things (such as new listings and corrections of errors), so is not advised. SilkTork * YES! 23:27, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy. I'm gald we resolved our differences over there. I look forward to working with you to find the best way forward whatever the outcome of that debate. Sorry again to misrepresent you. I thought of striking the whole comment, BTW, but just struck the most objectionable part. The rest is probably not correct, either, now I think more clearly. Anyway, I am glad we can move on and work together -- Jubilee ♫ clipman 23:04, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
I've nominated David Bedford for DYK. It may be rejected because expanded articles are supposed to be expanded to five times its previous size in the last week, but it's only doubled. Doesn't hurt to try anyway. You may wish to keep an eye on the nom, especially if they ask for improvements, as I'm sure they will. -- A Knight Who Says Ni ( talk) 16:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
FYI: I responded to your question on Wikiproject History. -- Mcorazao ( talk) 19:19, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy. I have (belatedly) started a BRFA for a bot fulfilling your request for date conversion in certain templates. Emily Jensen ( talk) 02:03, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I'm currently thinking about planning a merger of many of our structre/landmark templates on wikipedia into a super template Infobox building like the infobox settlement. I think in the long term for maintenance and consistency purposes this is the way forward. See my comments to Plastikspork. If you are interested I suggest we draw up a list of building templates currently used on wikipedia like Infobox skyscraper, infobox casino etc, infobox lighthouse etc and we find a way to use one template but catered to each building types requirements. Then we can work towards consensus and merging and removing the increasing redunduncies. Dr. Blofeld White cat 15:11, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Things like this are going to get you into trouble. I would very much not like to have Wikipedia lose someone as constructive in templatespace as you again, but treating every argument like a battleground is likely to end that way; remember than uninvolved editors have a tendency to side with admins in personal disputes regardless of who's in the wrong. If you think people are misbehaving then take them to task for it or try a method of dispute resolution; escalating the conflict is only going to end badly. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:54, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Please be careful with the {{Tfd}} template; because it did not have parameters when you nominated {{infobox celebrity}}, it caused a large deletion warning to appear on hundreds of the articles that use it . See diff. Cheers, Chzz ► 20:29, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
FYI, this one has now been nominated. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Done. Hopefully I got the hCard stuff correct. There are far too many people infoboxes, as you are well aware. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 21:06, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
There's been an edit war on this article just lately, which has focussed my attention on the concept section in particular. While largely true (when examining the lyrics and reading contributions from across the internet), the existing source (attributed to Blake) wasn't sufficient to cover all that section, and I've been rewriting it using your Complete guide.
You've been involved with this article from very early on, would you mind taking a look and offering your opinion, and if you've the time, taking a look at the concept section in particular? Parrot of Doom 08:14, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I was looking through Wealdstone F.C. and saw that it uses some "geohack" thing for the coordinates link in the infobox. This led me to {{ GeoTemplate}}, but I cannot for the life of me figure why it's in templatespace. Any chance of a heads-up? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:56, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
The pipe you removed from the title
row
here inverted its meaning and I had to restore it (title and above are intended to be mutually exclusive here depending on whether or not the user has specified a background colour). Doesn't look to have affected the microformats output, but can you check that it hasn't caused any fallout?
Chris Cunningham (not at work) -
talk 10:38, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
Ah, thanks. I'll give that a try. -- Lear's Fool ( talk | contribs) 11:13, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking that this might be a good way to merge many of the myriad of people infoboxes, by using the person box as a backend (e.g., {{ Uses Infobox settlement}}). Another idea would be to use the "misc" field to create "plugin" variations to the standard box, much in the same way the album box uses {{ Extra chronology}}. This would also allow the person box to stay a bit more concise, and you could just chain a sub-box at the bottom for special cases. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:13, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy. I think you should formally make a new request for a protected edit to Template:Infobox ice hockey player. The debate is over and although you have already requested an edit previously, it's probably best to re-add it formally to the bottom of the talk page. I'm template-illiterate so I don't know if the template can be standardized with this small modification. If not, can you create a draft replacement somewhere? I hope we can avoid the drama once and for all and move on. Cheers, Pichpich ( talk) 14:06, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy,
I am a PhD student at the Open University of Catalonia. I am currently preparing a research project about the governance processes in online collaborative communities, and I would like to kindly ask for your collaboration based on your experience in Wikipedia. Interested in participating? Please drop me a note in my talk page and download the file with the questions. This would take around 20 of your time. Thanks! Aresj ( talk) 17:06, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
I can't see why you objected to my change on Aldridge-Brownhills. Google it, and you'll see that the vast majority of results are for the constituency rather than the long-abolished urban district. Wereon ( talk) 14:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pink Floyd and WP:NSONGS. AfD would not be appropriate as there is no deletion here, just a redirection in line with project consensus and policy. -- John ( talk) 18:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
It still seems a bit of a hack, but see here for example. The Internet information section is embedded using {{ Infobox person/Internet info}}. It would be a bit cleaner to use a nested table, but then the labels wouldn't be aligned. I'm also not sure if this is the best name for the module. In any event, if you have any comments, let me know. I tried to keep most of the information in the main box, just in case this is all deemed trivial and needs to be deleted later. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 21:57, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
Given the small number of transclusions, I would think this ({{ Infobox Yeshiva}}) could be merged with {{ Infobox religious building}}. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 16:49, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
I've added support for subclassing to {{ infobox chef}}, which I know you've wanted to have merged into {{ infobox person}} for a while. There's a note on Template talk:Infobox person#Purpose of merging templates about it. Fancy trying it out and seeing if the effect suits you? Start with an {{ infobox person}} and then add:
| module = {{infobox chef|child=yes | ratings = | restaurants = | prevrests = | ... }}
as the module. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:01, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
{{infobox person}}
talk page for discussion.
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 09:21, 8 June 2010 (UTC)Andy
Many thanks for your support with formating the Rajesh Touchriver article. I am just learning how to carry out editing on wiki, adhering to wiki quality standards, etc and formatting is something I'm particularly bad at. Actually I myself wrote the May version of the article (which was tagged) and sent it to Mr Touchriver requesting him to upload it as I didn't know then how to. I wasn't aware of the biography of living persons category, conflict of interest, etc until I saw the tag recently. As you can see from the history, I have edited my own write up with a vengeance :-), referring to the style and presentation of accepted, untagged articles of Indian film makers like Aparna Sen. Would you have any further tips? Thanks Andy.
( Santishi7 ( talk) 16:46, 9 June 2010 (UTC))
What do you need clarifying? [1] Bradley0110 ( talk) 19:19, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
Per this discussion, I found a suitable replacement, and replaced all transclusions. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:38, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
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If you have a chance, could you have a look at the classes on Mud Lake (California)? I orphaned a single use template, and it left a bunch of class stuff, and I am not sure if they are all being applied appropriately. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:21, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
See proposal. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi Andy, I am learning how to access microformat data hidden on the taxon pages. I tried the following example:
I am expecting to see the species class show up, with class, superfamily, family etc, but none of these show up in the result. What am I doing wrong?
I plan to use Visual Basic.NET and YSQL API to access the Taxon data. Is there a direct way to access the data, something in the lines of python wikipedia framework (without having to use YSQL)? Thanks. — Ganeshk ( talk) 02:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
I merged around 20 or 25 "name styles" templates into a more generic {{ Infobox manner of address}}. They are all now weak frontends that just pass parameters to the generic template. So, if you want to add any microformats, you can do so by adding them to the generic template, without tracking the other 20 or 25 that call it. Eventually, I would like to get the entire lot, and just leave the generic "manner of address template", but for now this to be a good first step. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 05:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, A new fork just popped up. Plastikspork ( talk) 04:45, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Given that a prior version of Pete Nottage was deleted via this deletion discussion, and given that sourcing isn't any improved, do you still think the article should be kept and not speedy deleted as a recreation? — C.Fred ( talk) 15:21, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Actually, answered my own question. He's done a lot more work since '07, so there are new claims of notability, even if there aren't new sources. It would need a second AfD, IMO. — C.Fred ( talk) 15:24, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_24#Placebox_template_series is now done. Category:Placebox templates is now full of orphaned, or nearly orphaned, templates. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 04:22, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
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I've made a start here: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Microformats. Do you see any obvious errors or omissions before it is made live? – xeno talk 13:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
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Should {{ Start date}} be replaced with {{ Film date}}? The coding did not look the same, so I was wondering if the film template lacked the features that the start template provided. Erik ( talk | contribs) 14:11, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
{{Film date}}
calls {{Start date}}
; so that's not an issue; but there are other issues. I've commented on its author's talk page.
Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing);
Andy's talk;
Andy's edits 23:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Following on the comments at the RfC: Examples.
I like the few that are available from dbpedia ( [2] and [3]). We need more examples.
I tried [4] which looks intriguing, but it appears to be broken
and I tried [5] but it is very unclear because of the unrelated timespans that each of the top 5 examples have (jesus, elvis, dinosaurs, earth, universe) and also because the timeline appears at the top of the page, even when the lower examples are clicked (iraq war, 19th century, trilobites, etc).
I think your "View" section at the RfC, and the wikiproject microformats page, would benefit immensely from additional examples.
Hope that helps. -- Quiddity ( talk) 22:57, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you review your objection to the edit of {{ Infobox coord}}. Stepheng3 approved the edit so yours is the only current objection. Thanks. – droll [chat] 03:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
I added a new image to the article potentially to replace the template. Calling your attention to it if it changes your view at the TfD. -- Bsherr ( talk) 18:10, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I'm gonna get back to the microformats RfC; it's important. I glossed your view and like it; I need to read it closely, still. I'm in the middle of another discussion that seems to me to be the same issue; use of citation templates (or not;); they have microformats in them, right? Seems they should. Take a peek at Talk:Halle Berry#citation style. There's a similar discussion at Talk:Uma Thurman#References. I see the structuring of the reference into discrete fields as the core rationale for using templates. Cheers, Jack Merridew 22:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
...is apparently malformed. Please repair before putting up a new edit protected request. Probably a best practice to test sandboxes in situ before asking for changes to be implemented. –
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Yes, I've seen it. As I said on the page, if the rationale is the same, then my vote is the same as well. However, note that I also just made an edit to the pre-1969 infoboxes that renders the TV and radio fields optional, which will also need to apply to the base template. - Dewelar ( talk) 15:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Andy, I've just spotted your recent edits to this template and your interest in merging it over at Template talk:Infobox person. I've had similar thoughts myself and even sandboxed the necessary changes that would allow it to be used as a child of {{ Infobox person}}. If you're interested in tackling this template then let me know and we can put our heads together. Regards. PC78 ( talk) 00:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
The usage of this template within {{ Infobox film}} has been questioned over at Template talk:Infobox film#Problem with Unbulleted list template. As the creator of this template, the discussion would probably benefit from your input. Regards. PC78 ( talk) 11:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Andy,
I was on Ancestry.com today, and I found Joanne Whalley's birth year listed in the U.K. Birth Index:
England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 about Joanne Whalley Name: Joanne Whalley Mother's Maiden Surname: Quinn Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1961 Registration district: Manchester Registration county: Lancashire Volume Number: 10e Page Number: 120 (click to see others on page)
I think 1961 is her correct birth year.
Stutzey ( talk) 16:01, 9 September 2010 (UTC)stutzey
Yes, of course, it is a reliable source. Even my marriage records are listed on that site. I only put it on your space, since you mentioned it on her talk page. You seem to have more respect on here than I do. If I put it on there, they are just going to ignore what I write. Stutzey ( talk) 17:30, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
FYI, I would say at the very least this could call {{infobox settlement}}
. The choice of name is a bit strange as well. Now if I only had more time at the moment ...
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I see that you created the original "AOLer" article some six years ago. I have started a discussion at Talk:AOLer#Changing this redirect in to an article and thought you might like to comment. Thanks. - Hydroxonium ( talk) 22:08, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
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Fork from Battersea power station. I imagine you might have an interest in the topic. 8-) Andy Dingley ( talk) 18:11, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
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Andy, In the article on the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company you refer to the carriage made for the Argentine President in 1910. I see where this is included in John Hypher's book. But please can you tell me where you found the info that the carriage still exists and was once used by Eva Peron. Thanks if you can help with this. MarkBarrett2 ( talk) 08:26, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
I have been trying to work with the timeline data in this article that you reformatted with the { {Timeline-event} } tags. It seems that it may be useful converted into a graphic illustration with { {Graphical timeline} } but that task is stretching my template abilities. Before I figured out that it was you who added that template to the article I asked another editor who has experience with templates to help me work with it on my talk page.
If you have the time and interest, perhaps you can pop over and tell us what you originally had in mind when you added that template and advise us on how best to proceed. There is a lengthy chat about it there that can catch you up to where we currently are with it and you can see the rough beginning of the graphic as well.
I appreciate it and look forward to your participation. Cheers, Veriss ( talk) 21:03, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
I had followup questions to your comment on the article's talk page. Thanks Veriss ( talk) 23:19, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
My inclination is to move the TV prog to plain Birds Britannia, as the dab page really doesn't have anything relevant - and perhaps then add a hatnote to point to Mabey's page for "Birds Britannica"? Before I slap on a {{ db-move}} I thought I'd run it past you. PamD ( talk) 22:12, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
Important question: Atom Heart Mother. One of my favourites. Your opinion?
Lesser question: UF-timeline. I left a note on its talk page a month ago. No response as yet.
Many pages related to the ER show contain it. Is it still relevant?
Can it be eliminated, since its principal function seems to be to appear mysterious and possibly dangerous?
Cheers,
Varlaam (
talk) 05:21, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:TFD#Characters templates 3. 134.253.26.6 ( talk) 21:45, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
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I was just going to do the above but I have a question first. Thanks. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 15:49, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
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WT:MOS#Geobox/Settlement name field. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:12, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Wonder if you could help out here. Gerard Way is unhappy with his picture on his Wikipedia article. He stated this in Kerrang! magazine, which was reported at WP:HD#Gerard way picture. I note from the article that he is on Twitter. I know you use twitter, and wondered whether you would contact him and explain how he could get an up to date photo used on the article (i.e. one with a Wikipedia compatible licence). If he could be persuaded to supply one that he is happy with, I see no reason why we shouldn't use it in favour of the current photo. Mjroots ( talk) 08:30, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Might I suggest that we (i.e., you as I haven't learnt how to do it safely) add 'postcode' to this template. In the age of GPS, it would be as (if not more) useful than lat/lon and gridref. Ta. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 17:10, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
As a member of Wikiproject insects you maybe want to voice your opinion this discussion on the use of vernacular or scientific names in higher ranking taxa. Bugboy52.4 ¦ =-= 13:06, 5 March 2011 (UTC) \