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Hi, I'm sending you a message because of your involvement with the Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_May_18#Template:COI_and_Template:COI2 discussion. The result of the TfD was no-consensus, but there was a significant expressed consensus for editing the templates to bring them into line with good practice. Unfortunately this has not happened, and the templates have been left pretty much in the state they were before the TfD. Would you like to assist in bringing these templates in line with good practice? --Barberio 16:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Gracenotes. I saw your Search Drop-down suggestion in MediaWiki talk:Common.js. Very good idea. We had implemented it at portuguese Wikipedia. But I think Special:Search with Google should show this page and not this page (they are just examples, searching "help"). Another thing: it is possible to show Google searching results in Special:Search with http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ like this example at Macworld site? One trusted user at portuguese Wikipedia made this Google custom search engine we would like to use it "embedded" in Special:Search. Advantages in this approach? This Google custom search engine doesn't show ads (unless the trusted user use Google AdSense, but of course, is not allowed to do that) and could show results in Special:Search without leaving Special:Search page. I don't know if other search engines have similar tools. Mosca2 21:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
as_sitesearch
be changed to sitesearch
for the Google search. This has been done, and should simplify Google for those who are less familiar with it. GracenotesT § 19:48, 9 June 2007 (UTC)Hrm. domains=en.wikipedia.org&sitesearch=en.wikipedia.org
seems more convenient for the Google search. Of course, there's only one hidden input element by default, so this would be a bit harder to elegantly implement. The specialized search is not a bad idea, but (for me, at least) it is more convenient to go to regular ol' Google searching a domain.
Finally, Google's AJAX search looks interesting, but it should probably require changes to MediaWiki software itself (rather than to Common.js). GracenotesT § 23:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your advice on the main page, and thank you for following WP:BEANS. :). 81.154.111.25 19:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
So tell me about this? Does it not work because it's in the ref tags? I'm guessing I just shouldn't worry about it, but I'm curious :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 00:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
A lot of people complain that cite web takes up a lot of space. For example, too much of this:
in a paragraph can be distracting. But if you substituted the above template, you would see this:
(( #if: ((#if: (({http://www.example.org/|))} | ((#if: (({My favorite things part II|))} |1)))) ||Error on call to [[Template:cite web]]: Parameters '''url''' and '''title''' must be specified ))(( #if: (({archiveurl|))}(({archivedate|))} | ((#if: ((#if: (({archiveurl|))}| ((#if: (({archivedate|))} |1)))) ||Error on call to [[template:cite web]]: Parameters '''archiveurl''' and '''archivedate''' must be both specified or both omitted )) ))((#if: (({Doe, John|))}(({last|))} | ((#if: (({authorlink|))} | [[(({authorlink))}|((#if: (({last|))} | (({last))}((#if: (({first|))} | , (({first))} )) | (({Doe, John))} ))]] | ((#if: (({last|))} | (({last))}((#if: (({first|))} | , (({first))} )) | (({Doe, John))} )) )) ))((#if: (({Doe, John |))}(({last|))} | ((#if: (({coauthors|))}| ; (({coauthors))} )) ))((#if: (({Doe, John|))}(({last|))}| ((#if: (({[[2005-04-30]]|))} | ((({[[2005-04-30]]))}) | ((#if: (({year|))} | ((#if: (({month|))} | ((({month))} (({year))}) | ((({year))}) )) )) |)) ))((#if: (({last|))}(({Doe, John|))} | . ))(( #if: (({editor|))} | (({editor))}: ))((#if: (({archiveurl|))} | ((#if: (({archiveurl|))} | ((#if: (({title|))} | [(({archiveurl))} (({title))}] )))) | ((#if: (({http://www.example.org/|))} | ((#if: (({My favorite things part II|))} | [(({url))} (({My favorite things part II))}] )))) ))((#if: (({language|))} | <span style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color:#555; position: relative;">((({language))})</span> ))((#if: (({format|))} | ((({format|))}) ))((#if: (({Encyclopedia of things|))} | . ''(({Encyclopedia of things))}'' ))((#if: (({pages|))} | (({pages))} ))((#if: (({Open Publishing|))} | . (({Open Publishing))}((#if: (({author|))}(({last|))} | | ((#if: (({date|))}(({year|))}(({month|))} || )) )) ))((#if: (({Doe, John|))}(({last|))} ||((#if: (({date|))} | ((({date))}) | ((#if: (({year|))} | ((#if: (({month|))} | ((({month))} (({year))}) | ((({year))}) )) )) )) )).((#if: (({archivedate|))} | Archived from [(({http://www.example.org/))} the original] on [[(({archivedate))}]]. ))((#if: (({doi|))} | [[Digital object identifier|DOI]]:[http://dx.doi.org/(({doi|(({doilabel|)))))) (({doi))}]. ))((#if: (({2005-07-06|))} | Retrieved on [[(({2005-07-06))}]]((#if: (({accessyear|))} | , [[(({accessyear))}]] )). ))((#if: (({accessmonthday|))} | Retrieved on (({accessmonthday))}, (({accessyear))}. ))((#if: (({accessdaymonth|))} | Retrieved on (({accessdaymonth))} (({accessyear))}. ))((#if: (({quote|))} | “(({quote))}” ))
This is beyond overkill, but I'm not sure that function would be broken. By changing all instances of #if
with <includeonly>subst:</includeonly>#if:
, and removing the main <includeonly>
, all of the #if
mess could be condensed (see m:Help:ParserFunctions#Substitution) into this:
If you're confused about anything, feel free to ask. GracenotesT § 01:06, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Opening curly braces on a newline. Keeping consistent line width, and indenting exactly the same way. Yes, he does like this
too. Your coding style is identical, John :-p --Deskana (talk) 01:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello Gracenotes/Archive 8, I just wanted to thank you for giving your comments at my recent RFA. While it didnt pass (I withdrew after it became apparent that the RFA was "sinking like the titanic" =]), I will try to focus on and build upon your comments, and the comments of all the other Wikipedians who participated. Thanks again for voicing your opinion, and I wish you very happy editing! Anonymous Dissident Utter 06:23, 11 June 2007 (UTC) |
I agree with you that the best solution is probably use a bot to wipe the links and then start again. The problem is that the community hasn't got a mechanism to allow this. --BozMo talk 14:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for my page. Can you fix dec 3rd for me i lost the formatting Thedjatclubrock :) 02:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
The subject header scared me, I thought it would follow with '10 things you are doing wrong'. ;) Thanks for telling me about that! Good work all around, methinks. It's very helpful without being too patronising, and I think some people have actually reuploaded images correctly in response to it. I'll adjust my comment on the RfA a little... Riana ⁂ 05:01, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
"redo notice" why hide TFD notice? Nobody hid the TFD notice on the BLP template when it was up for deletion and its one of the heavily used templates... Shinhan 18:44, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. Thanks for the earthquake list. Is the generation of such lists quite easy? I'm trying to reduce making such lists to a one-click operation. Would I have to use the same set-up you did, or are there other ways. Someone mentioned AWB once. Carcharoth 10:50, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RFA. I hope I will live up to your expectation. Let me know if you need any help, or I make any mistake. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 23:44, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I see that you are a more patient and level-headed person than I. :-) Cheers, ➪HiDrNick! 06:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I talked to you a few nights ago about an image red link delinker bot and you were thinking about it. Did you ever get any ideas on how to do it? Do you still have interest in doing it? If not, please let me know and I can try to find someone else. I think getting something going, like my idea that would at least stop new red link images, would be a good first step and then going back and getting all older red linked images may be a good idea. Hope to hear from you soon. MECU≈talk 13:24, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to port my bot from pywikipedia to java, and I found your code very helpful. I'm an experienced java programmer, but not so good with http. If you don't mind, I have a couple of questions. In WikiEdit.editPage, why do you need the inputReader/Stream at the end? It seems like the outputWriter/Stream is where you send the text of the new page, and I can't figure out that last block. Also, the api.php docs say to use a POST command to login, even though the example given is a GET command. I don't understand what the difference is exactly, but I think you've used a GET, but maybe I'm wrong. Do you know what that's referring to? And do you know if it's possible to use api.php for the read/edit of a page? It looks like it's just for the special pages/categories/links/etc. I appreciate that you posted your code -- it's helped me get started. In fact, I don't really need answers to my questions to continue, I'm just curious. So, don't worry about it if you don't have the time to answer. Thanks, Ingrid 16:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
XMLPage
object that can get the content of XML pages and has functions for parsing them (not as complicated as any XML parsers that Sun currently offers, but useful for dealing with the API). GracenotesT § 00:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)(unindent) Thank you. That fixed it (with a couple of minor adjustments, which I changed on your code page -- you'd commented out getting the response after a write, and hadn't updated WikiEditTest). I also edited my copy of WikiSessionMgr to load Wikipedia:Sandbox in userLogin to get the session data there, but didn't change your version. And I've got maxlag and throttle implemented in mine. If you'd like me to share any of my code, let me know. I plan to publish the bot's source code when it's a little more done, but I'll share whatever you're interested in early, if you want. Ingrid 13:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Oh what have I done?! Yesterday I updated my .js with a new script, and my picMark hasn't worked since. I've tried reverting and purging the cache on the page, but it still doesn't work... it just gets stuck on the "Setting text" step. At first, I thought it may be a change in the script, but I see it hasn't been edited since you made it. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for all your help. tiZom(2¢) 00:41, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Gracenotes,
Clicking through Category:Wikipedians who like trigonometry on your user page, I found that Category:Wikipedians interested in mathematics doesn't list the trigonometry cat as a sub-cat, but does contain an infinite list of Category:Wikipedians who like geometry.
I traced that to Template:User geometry. I briefly groped around for some template wizardry to add there that would do something like only adding the cat if the template is transcluded on a user page, but I wasn't sure how to do that, nor if it would be the best approach. So now I come to you to ask what you would do and how you would do it :-)
On a totally unrelated note (pun not intended (why do people write 'pun not intended' after making a pun?)), I heard your piano improvisation and it reminded me slightly of some Mike Oldfield composition, couldn't quite figure which. Do you know him? I hope you don't completely loathe his music :-)
Regards, Phaunt 19:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
No, I'm not familiar with him at all. From what you've said, though, it seems like I would enjoy his music; I shall look into it. GracenotesT § 04:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I saw you were going to subst all the ((AIV)) warnings, but I saved you some time and took RBot for a spin. :) --(Review Me) R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 04:26, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting featured in the New York Times[1]... well, I assume it was you, unless they got you confused with that other User:Grace Note. I see you live around Poughkeepsie... that's where I grew up, and my mom still lives there. I notice the article mentions you being nominated for adminship, but doesn't say any more about how that worked out. *Dan T.* 02:09, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Excellent! Well done. How did this come to pass? -- Y not? 23:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Cool. A national newspaper. Congrats! (ya, I know this is late :P) --Iamunknown 07:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I moved the entry for this AfD you started from the bottom of the list to near the top so that is appears in the correct position chronologically. I believe the log entry system recently changed from adding new entries to the bottom; you now list new entries at the top of the list. Regards, Flyguy649talkcontribs 05:12, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your participation in my recent RfB. Though it closed with 72% support (below the required 90%), I'm still quite pleased at the outpouring of support shown by a fair percentage of the community.
I'm currently tabulating and calculating all opposing and neutral arguments to help me better address the community's concerns about my abilities as a bureaucrat. If you'd like, you can follow my progress (and/or provide additional suggestions) at User:EVula/admin/RfB notes. Thanks again! EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:38, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Just a happy Birthday message to you, Gracenotes, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! |
ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 00:31, 04 July 2007 (UTC)
On Talk:Phi Kappa Psi there is a link to RfM/Phi Kappa Psi. On the talk page for the RfM, you may find the discussion that has thus far occurred. I am — and I believe that the other two accounts involved in the dispute are — waiting for the mediator to indicate the next step. I do not know why the mediator has been silent on the dispute since the other two accounts responded (in mid-June) to his-or-her request for a summary of their views, unless it is because he-or-she became convinced during the interval between my response (on 7 June) and the others that the dispute had somehow evaporated. —SlamDiego←T 01:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
-BigBrotherIsWatchingYou 08:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi Gracenotes, just a quick note to say thanks for participating in my policy examination session request for adminship. It was successful and I now have some shiny new buttons. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Happy birthday and happy editing, mattbr 10:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in my recent RfA. However, it was unsuccessful. I am in no way disheartened, and I will hopefully succeed in a month or two. If you have any further suggestions or comments, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will be happy to respond. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 02:29, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello, i'm french . I have seen a beautiful things, and you are the author ... So, i would like to obtain the code ... There is the boîte déroulante (in french, sorry), on the special pages : Special:Search ! Can you give me the syntaxe (code) ? Thank you, answer me on fr:Discussion Utilisateur:Stef48
Hi GN -- Just FYI, he's probably talking about this, not any ruling specific to him. Cheers, Mackan79 01:10, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
While we wait for other comments (polling or not is ok with me), should it mention Jimbo's statement?[2] Mackan79 20:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I read that article last week and really liked it. Then I went to Wikipedia and looked up swarm theory :) — thesublime514 • talk • 04:41, July 9, 2007 (UTC)