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Age
You should probably inform whoever added that incorrect age of the existence of the template if you can find out who it was in the article history. - Mgm| 11:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
A tip on moving pages
It's easier to list a page at WP:RM and let an admin handle it, than to do something convoluted like using a temporary page (Zzzzzzzzzz) as you did. --Closedmouth 13:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Heh, that's okay, I think I ended up merging the history into the wrong page anyway. We all make mistakes. --Closedmouth 05:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Schumin Web Transit Center
Yeah, Schumin Web Transit Center is still down, but I'm working on bringing it back bigger and better than it was before. Thanks for the archive link. SchuminWeb (Talk) 16:15, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Images
On 14 March you tagged Image:My Buttock.jpg for deletion. However, that image is hosted on the Commons and can't be deleted from here. All that I could delete was the page that you created when you added the prod tag. I will let an admin from the commons know about the image and then they can decide what to do about it. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 13:19, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you very much for catching my errors in the article "Standard electrode potential (data page)". Stan J. Klimas (talk) 23:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Antisemitism
In answer to your quesion on the AS page, yes, that's why the term was invented by Wilhelm Marr. He wanted to be accepted as a legitimate ideological position rather than just hatred. Paul B (talk) 11:28, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
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NYCS service Templates vs. Hard links
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Ref template
Hi - I wanted to say thanks for creating Template:Smallref. I tried experimenting a bit with the size of the font today, but in doing so, noticed that the template starts to cause problems if it's used more than once; all refs end up appearing as duplicates of the first ref. I imagine this has something to do with the "name" field in your template.
Is this indeed the case, or am I doing something wrong? --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 17:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, that does seem to be the problem. The solution likely would be to use
#if:to select based on whether name is specified. I'll have to look into the right syntax for that. Hgrosser (talk) 21:06, 7 May 2010 (UTC-7)- Sorry, I got completely sidetracked! I'm afraid I'm not terribly good at code, only figuring it out bit by bit through trial and error. I'll see if what you just changed has helped in any way. Cheers. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 15:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
I've just been trying to work the new template into Monarchy of Canada, but the "name" parameter still isn't functioning properly; the citations end up reading as "{{{1}}}". I don't know what to do to fix that. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 23:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to come into this discussion late, but what exactly does Template:smref do? the reason I'm interested is that I initiated Talk:Prime Minister of Canada#Seeking_consensus_to_remove_.3Csmall.3E_tags_around_.3Cref.3E and if it makes references smaller than they already are, you may want to comment on that discussion. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:51, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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References
Do you have a better reference than a blog?
Blogs are not considered the best in the world.
FMI:
> Best O Fortuna (talk) 02:44, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
- Personally, I think I might have went the other way and choose: Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons#Presumption in favor of privacy and yanked it out. > Best O Fortuna (talk)
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Derry (Lamest Edit Wars)
Your edit probably got reverted because a consensus has been reached (ie: WP:DERRY) on how to name articles previously, and your edits broke it. --Ritchie333 (talk) 14:09, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
spans on iw links?
Diff of Murder of Julia Martha Thomas
This is not on; please explain before you do any more of this. Alarbus (talk) 00:53, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you explain what you are doing? This seems unnecessary and it's causing people work.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.
I've blocked you for 12 hours. Really, it's just to get your attention, I have no objection to lifting it or any other admin is free to. But if you let it run out and do the same thing again and don't engage with inquirers, well, you guess.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
If you ask to be unblocked and agree to talk about this, it should be no problem. Please cease deploying this on other wikis while it is discussedAlarbus (talk) 02:22, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Hgrosser (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
All my edits have been constructive, not disruptive. Normally, the list of interlanguage links in an article cannot include the same language, as if you write ], it gets treated as ], which appears on its own page as SomeArticle. However, if the list of interwiki links is enclosed in <span style=display:none>...</span>, it has no effect on the links to other languages, which appear in their usual place on the left-hand side (perhaps these over-eager admins didn’t notice this), but suppresses the display of SomeArticle in the article text. This permits an identical list of interwiki links to appear in every language, which simplifies the task of adding a new language. (You can just copy the list from any one of the existing languages, only adding the new language, and not having to add the language you copied it from.)
As to my ignoring the request to stop, when I received the note on my talk page I immediately ceased enclosing the interwiki links (and I came nowhere near the 3RR!) and spent my time composing an appropriate reply. (I'm not the fastest of typists, after all,:) and I do like to spend some time away from the computer. ) After all, you could have explained it better than “This is not on;”. Frankly, blocking me for not getting back to you fast enough is more of an abuse of the administrative privilege than any abuse I may have committed of the editing privilege. Hgrosser (talk) 03:22, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Decline reason:
You persistently acted against consensus, ignoring other people. I would agree to unblock you if you agreed to stop making such edits and start a discussion at WP:VPR instead. Max Semenik (talk) 07:23, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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Here you reverted me rather than discuss it, and you also reverted me on fr:wp and continued deploying this on pt:wp afterwards. You've been reverted by editors on fr:wp and es:wp, as I noted on User talk:Wehwalt#IW links. I've also seen a bot cut the local link from pages on de:wp and da:wp.
This is not a good idea and you need to get consensus for it before continuing, which I don't believe you'll get. Block-copying sets of iw links is often quite inappropriate. If you agree to stop doing this and seek consensus, you should be unblocked. Alarbus (talk) 04:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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Request reason:
I did not act against consensus, no one objected until I happened to do it to the Article of the Day, because it had only 2 other wikis. And reverting someone once is hardly grounds for a ban. However now that you've told me where to discuss it, I agree not to do it anymore until I discuss it on the Village Pump. (But not right now, I'm signing off.) And you ignored the ban msg. that it was just to get my attn. Hgrosser (talk) 08:02, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Accept reason:
Original admin unblocking on representation by editor accepted in good faith. Wehwalt (talk) 08:27, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- Until you discuss it or until you have consensus?--Wehwalt (talk) 08:08, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- Until a substantial number of people agree w/ me, and start doing it themselves. Hgrosser (talk) 08:11, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- Good enough. You aren't blocked anymore.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:19, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- Until a substantial number of people agree w/ me, and start doing it themselves. Hgrosser (talk) 08:11, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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- Why not just cite that book, if that is where it came from? Let the publisher worry about if it too lengthy a quote. Hgrosser (talk) 14:51, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
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Alumin(i)um bottles
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- And would you please stop changing random instances of the word "aluminium" in the article to "aluminum"? I realise that you're used to typing "aluminum" so it's natural that this will occur in new text but there's no reason to deliberately make the spelling in the article inconsistent. Dricherby (talk) 11:36, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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Murder of Leiby Kletzky
Hi, I don't understand why you changed the apostrophe and quote mark style in the article. When I type into the edit box, a straight ' comes up, not a curvy one. Yoninah (talk) 09:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
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Pussy Riot
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Disruption
Please stop your disruptive edits at Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia. MOS:PUNC clearly states that curly quotes should not be used, and the article has used dmy dates since 9 March 2006.. If the article has evolved using one format, then that format should be retained. DrKiernan (talk) 12:35, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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Edit-a-thon tomorrow (Saturday) in Oakland
Hi, I hope you will be joining us tomorrow afternoon at the Edit-a-thon at Tech Liminal, in Oakland. We'll be working on articles relating to women and democracy (and anything else that interests you). It's sponsored by the California League of Women Voters, Tech Liminal, and me.
If this is the first you are hearing of this event, my apologies for the last-minute notice! I announced it on the San Francisco email list and by a banner on your watchlist, but I neglected to look at the San Francisco invitation list until this evening. If you can't make it this time, I hope to see you at a similar event soon! -Pete (talk) 04:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Template:Infobox oil spill
Hi, Hgrosser. I posted a question at Template talk:Infobox oil spill concerning usage of the infobox field |casualties=. As an editor of that infobox's documentation your contribution is appreciated. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 08:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Hamilton C shell
The proper name of the product is Hamilton C shell. It does not need to be prefaced by "the" nor should it be. It would like saying Microsoft sells "the Windows" or "the Word". Re: your confusion about the author's name, it is considered impolite to refer to a transgendered person by their old name in the manner you've done. From Misplaced Pages:WikiProject LGBT studies#Guidelines: "The Misplaced Pages Manual of Style's guidelines on identity indicate to refer to transgender individuals according to the names and pronouns they use to identify themselves." While the product is notable, the author does not appear to be, hence my concern about the personal intrusion. But to satisfy your concern, I've cited the note already included in the Hamilton C shell article. I trust this will be sufficient. Msnicki (talk) 16:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Pavel Dmitrichenko
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You're invited to the first-ever Misplaced Pages Iconathon!
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The Wikimedia Foundation is partnering up with the Noun Project to run the first-ever Misplaced Pages Iconathon on April 6th at WMF headquarters, and you're invited! What is an Iconathon: An iconathon is a co-design process where Wikimedia staff, the user community, and a few graphic designers collaboratively discuss what symbols could best represent a concept for an icon – for example, what's the best icon for New Editor, Revert or Oversight? Sketches will be converted into high fidelity icons by Noun Project graphic designers, and will be released under a free license for use by anyone on the Internet. Help build the 💕 icon set that anyone in the world can share and reuse! Logistics: The event runs from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm on April 6th at the Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco. Follow the signs at the door! We'll have plenty of paper and pens/pencils for sketching. How to sign up: Please register here using the code 'wiki' More info: |
Hope to see you there! :) Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:43, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
April 2013
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A barnstar for you!
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
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File:Dzhokhar Tsarnayev.jpg
Reverting to the original version was unnecessary when the image is non-free.--♦IanMacM♦ 03:23, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Wiknic 2013
Wiknic 2013
Sunday, June 23rd · 12:34pm · Lake Merritt, Oakland
Theme: Hyperlocal list-making
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This year's 2013 SF Wiknik will be held at Lake Merritt, next to Children's Fairyland in Oakland. This event will be co-attended by people from the hyperlocal Oakland Wiki. May crosspollination of ideas and merriment abound!
Location and Directions
- Location: The grassy area due south of Children's Fairyland (here) (Oakland Wiki)
- Nearest BART: 19th Street
- Nearest bus lines: NL/12/72
- Street parking abounds
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You're invited...
to two upcoming Bay Area events:
- Maker Faire 2013, Sat/Sun May 18-19, San Mateo -- there will have a booth about Wikimedia, and we need volunteers to talk to the public and ideas for the booth -- see the wiki page to sign up!
- Edit-a-Thon 5, Sat May 25, 10-2pm, WMF offices in San Francisco -- this will be a casual edit-a-thon open to both experienced and new editors alike! Please sign up if on the wiki page if you can make it so we know how much food to get.
I hope you can join us at one or both! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 20:13, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
May 2013
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Misplaced Pages, as you did to Starship Troopers (film). Misplaced Pages is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Misplaced Pages uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. -- Doniago (talk) 20:46, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Given your reversion of my deletion, I've asked for input at WT:FILM. My opinion is that the link is likely in violation of WP:ELNO, but I'm willing to see what other editors have to say. Regards. Doniago (talk) 00:54, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
I ask you to have some patience regarding adding this link. Discussion has not been finalized, and we need to establish a consensus about a link like that. I just posted my findings (that the film is hosted by Crackle) and think it seems okay to use. Let's have other editors weigh in before we restore that link. If it is acceptable, maybe we can provide links to the other films too. Erik (talk | contribs) 19:36, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Disambiguated link
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