User talk:Willscrlt/Archives/2009-04

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I am a proud owner of a TUSC account (thought I already was one). --Willscrlt (Talk) 03:14, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi there,

I noticed from my logs that you seem to be using my Spanish monobook file: Usario:Endo999/monobook.js to do Google toolbar-like translation popups on your Wikipedia webpages.

I hope you find the tool useful. If you have any feedback on the tool please feel free to write to my English Wikipedia talk page (Endo999 (talk)).

I am just alerting you that my English monobook page User:Endo999/monobook.js has a more updated and more debugged version of my translation popup tool than does the Spanish page. In particular, any language translated by Google is automatically supported by the tool there.

I look forward to the day when monobook.js settings hold across different language Wikipedias. Right now your settings are lost when you flip from Wikipedia to Wikipedia.

Happy Wikipedia reading. It's the best site on the web.

Endo999 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:20, 12 April 2009 (UTC).

Hello, Willscrlt. You have new messages at User:Drilnoth/codefixer.js/doc.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I've commented on your request; would you mind taking a look? –Drilnoth (T • C) 12:31, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks for the speedy reply. And the link to WP:ELLIPSES. Now, do I have the stamina to bring the issue up for discussion, and likely debate, at the MOS? --Willscrlt (→“¡¿Talk?!”) 14:37, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Copied from User talk:68.173.49.243:

Welcome

Hello! I wrote the article on Pawel Szajda that you edited. Thanks for helping to update the information, but you did not provide updated links to any reliable sources that verify the new information (especially Pawel's agent). Unless you are Pawel himself (Hi!) or a close friend or family member who can vouch for the corrected data, it needs to be properly sourced to meet Wikipedia's standards. I know that can sounds kind of stupid, but otherwise it's just your word against a theoretically more reliable source of information.

If you are Pawel or are closely related to Pawel, please do not make the mistake of giving out personally identifiable information in the talk pages (including this one), because all pages on Wikipedia are archived and your information would become permanently "on file". A novelist friend of mine's agent did that. Oops. Feel free to write to me privately by e-mail if you have any questions. Otherwise, please add some reliable sources that support the changes you made to Pawel's article. Thanks! --Willscrlt (Talk) 12:55, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

just trying to help

agent info from IMDB pro

Glick Agency - Steve Glick
Santa Monica, CA:
1250 6th St.
Ste. 100
Santa Monica, CA 90401
USA
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.49.243 (talk) 14:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Great! Thank you for doing that. The more help we get, the better (and more reliable) Wikipedia becomes. I updated the citation information in the article to match what you said. If you have a direct URL to the information, it would be good to replace the generic (non-Pro) IMDb link to the actual IMDb Pro page. I don't have Pro access, so I just left it pointing to Pawel's non-Pro page.

Please remember to sign your comments on talk pages. Use four tildes (like this: ~~~~) to have your signature added. Even though you are using a generic IP address instead of a registered account, it helps by linking back to your talk page. You might also want to consider joining Wikipedia as a member. You gain access to a personal "watch list" for tracking pages you are interested in, a custom signature and user name (instead of giving out your IP address, which has slight privacy concerns), and several other benefits. Over time, it's nice to look back and see all the contributions you made. I never thought I'd make over 1,000 edits across multiple projects, since 2006, and that might eventually happen with you, too. Either way, thanks again for helping to improve Wikipedia. Personally, I appreciate it, and everyone appreciates having a more current and accurate encyclopedia for reference. --Willscrlt (→“¡¿Talk?!”) 17:55, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I've already answered you in the talk. Locos ~ epraix Beaste~praix 22:26, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

If you are planning to move this page soon I thought I would post the edited v.d.e sections here so you can include them, rather than me checking over and over again. Again I suggest it is moved to 2009 swine flu outbreak/Table, and two versions are below:

/Table:

 v • d • e 

/Chart  v • d • e 

I think this would be the best outcome for this table, though feel free to see how the tfd pans out. Thanks |→ Spaully^₪† 13:47, 27 April 2009 (GMT)

My talk page had grown huge and stagnant, so I moved most of the messages into new archive folders. Does anyone have a suggestion for a favorite bot to do this type of work? I've looked at a few, but could never decide on one. What do you use? What do you like and dislike about it? Is it pretty easy to setup? Please include a link. Thanks! --Willscrlt (→“¡¿Talk?!”) 15:42, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Please edit your page ca:Usuari:Willscrlt/meta/lang since it's being categorized in a non-existant category, and users must not have a category for themselves anyway. Thanks.--Qllach (talk) 17:58, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for causing any frustration. Thanks for letting me know about your policies. Most of the wikis do not appear to mind, and some explicitly permit it. I find it easier to categorize my work on other language projects so they are all in one easy-to-locate place. Special:AllPages works, too, but can be difficult to find and use in other languages. But I will add ca.wiki to the exemption list, and the category will be suppressed in future updates of my templates. --Willscrlt (→“¡¿Talk?!”) 21:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Willscrlt!

Thanks for the kind words re: my changes to the Cocktail List. As a current student of a bartending school I was excited to find the range of information you and your peers have assembled on the topic of cocktails. I'm a WikiVirgin but couldn't help but join and help to flesh out some of the lists based on the 'standard cocktails' we are being taught. I apologize if I stepped on any toes, I foolishly didn't get around to reading some of the guidelines until after completing most of my changes. My line of thinking for contributing to the various articles was to add what I would hope to find as a 'new bartender' stumbling upon the wiki, such as a more complete list of common drinks, useful memory cues being taught by my school, and a better cross-reference of what drinks contain what liquors/liqueurs.

I've briefly explored the groups you suggested and I look forward to participating, although I'm still not entirely sure of how to proceed. As a point of reference, I hoped to modify the "cocktails with" section to promote the "less common spirits" lists I contributed last night (ie. Kahlua, Triple Sec, etc) up into the main list, as these really aren't "less common" in my (admittedly brief) experience. Beyond that I'd like to detail the methods of making those drinks I added as taught by my school and also break the families of liquor/liqueurs down to include brands (ie. Vodkas - Absolute (Sweden), Belvedere (Poland), Blavod (England), etc). This information is also part of the training we're receiving and an assemblage such as this would seem to be very helpful for those trying to learn their way around the bar (myself included). Are these sort of changes acceptable to just go ahead and perform or do I need to go through some sort of formalized process to do so?

Looking forward to your input,

-FredTheBarCat

FredTheBarCat (talk) 22:21, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, I noticed that Infobox used bodystyle, but I'm not an expert in writing code, I'm glad you did it! --Funandtrvl (talk) 21:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again, I cleaned up the /doc page instructions, a bit. Now I know who to contact with template problems!! --Funandtrvl (talk) 21:47, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

That code isn't right, because the default value for '#if:' has to be in the 3rd space, see what happens when you leave image size blank at: User:Funandtrvl/Sandbox 2 --Funandtrvl (talk) 23:48, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, the bodystyle has to be in CSS code, see: Template:Infobox

Yes, I see your messages, I would remove the option for bodystyle altogether, and just leave it at the Infobox template's default value of 22em, since it doesn't override the parameter in some browsers. As for the image width, let me know if you are able to fix the problem that showed up in User:Funandtrvl/Sandbox 2. --Funandtrvl (talk) 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for fixing that! You know, let's set the default image size to 180px, like at: WP:IMAGE (leave it to WP to contradict itself in numerous places); only because 150px is a little small. I agree that 300px is way too big. For an example with 180px, see: User:Funandtrvl/Sandbox 2. Also, we should update 'Portal' to read 'Portals' in the label field, since there is a parameter for the 2nd portal. --Funandtrvl (talk) 01:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

I apologize in advance about the edit conflict... --Funandtrvl (talk) 02:02, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

We forgot to add instructions for 'notice-extended', see Wikipedia:WikiProject Business/Accountancy task force for a usage example. Thanks much! --Funandtrvl (talk) 04:38, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Not sure if it was your changes to the template, but Template:User WikiProject Beer is showing up as a red link on Wikipedia:WikiProject Beer page where it is used in the Project information template in the About WikiProject Beer section. SilkTork *^YES! 22:53, 25 April 2009 (UTC)