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renaming articles

I am going to revert your article moves, these go against the current naming convention. Frietjes (talk) 22:35, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't understand - why did you cancel the rest of my edits? Guycn2 (talk) 11:34, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:Disambiguation, the names of the articles were fine before you moved them. Frietjes (talk) 15:05, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, you right about the name Help Wanted (SpongeBob SquarePants), but about the name Christmas Who? - I think that need to note in the name of the article that it's relate to SpongeBob. Guycn2 (talk) 15:30, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:Disambiguation, we only disambiguate when there is another notable term. if you search for "Christmas Who" on WP you will only find articles about SpongeBob. hence, no need for disambiguation. Frietjes (talk) 15:45, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, sorry. Guycn2 (talk) 15:47, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

also, see WP:EGG, we should use the article name for the link text unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. Frietjes (talk) 15:49, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Links' to better names"

Hey Guycn2! Thanks for your contributions! It has come to my attention that you have changing links "to better names" but it's disruptive. Yesterday, I've undid your revisions per {{Infobox television episode}}; "Wikilink to the "<showname> (season #)" and/or "List of <showname> episodes" article(s)." Please visit {{Infobox television episode}} for further information. Thanks and happy editing! :) Mediran (t • c) 23:42, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I won't do it again. I think that the links' titles that I wrote was better. Guycn2 (talk) 17:38, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you very much! Guycn2 (talk) 19:03, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 2017

Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Bon Appétit (song). Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. —IB ^{[ Poke ]} 05:22, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@IndianBio: Excuse me, but calling my edit “vandalism” is an exaggeration. What’s wrong with my edit? Katy Perry’s next single after “Bon Appétit” is “Swish Swish”, so I don’t understand why I’ve been reverted. Guycn2 · ☎ 06:38, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello,
I have noticed that you have created the Phabricator task T152218. It is mentioned in this proposal in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey. It can become possible... if you add your support vote to the proposal!
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@NicoScribe: Thanks for notifying me, I have added my support. Guycn2 · ☎ 18:36, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Your recent editing history at Same-sex marriage shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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The only one who engages in an edit war is you. The previous version has existed in the article for a very long time. You cannot change it without having sufficient consensus in the talk page. Block threats are meaningless since I was just reverting the article back to its original version as it was before the edit war. Guycn2 · ☎ 22:04, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I made an edit, and three more people made the same exact edit. You reverted all of them. BobRoberts14 (talk) 22:26, 13 June 2019 (UTC)BobRoberts14[reply]

Again, the previous, original version had been in the article before the edit war started. If somebody opposes the original version, it is their responsibly to propose changes it in the talk page. Before a consensus is reached, the previous version should stay. Guycn2 · ☎ 22:30, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I made the edit originally because I did not find sufficient evidence in the source. On top of that, consensus goes against your edit, since four people reverted your edits and only one supported them. BobRoberts14 (talk) 22:32, 13 June 2019 (UTC)BobRoberts14[reply]

How can you argue that there is no sufficient evidence? What is this research if not a sufficient evidence? By the way, only a few hours have passed since you made your edit. This is obviously not a sufficient time period for a consensus for this drastic change to be reached. Guycn2 · ☎ 22:42, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There was no "drastic change". I changed a part of the article that was very contentious, because most people would agree that it is factually incorrect. You are the one who has to prove that it is actually true. You can cite "some researchers" saying that Barack Obama wasn't born in the US, but it still isn't true. BobRoberts14 (talk) 22:44, 13 June 2019 (UTC)BobRoberts14[reply]

Also, that source states that "Most prior studies have found no statistical difference in the educational performance or well-bring of children from gay or lesbian couples (a few have found negative effects), but this latest research was also able to control for the effects of divorce, which often has a negative impact on school performance and can skew results," which is a minor benefit at most, since their only "better off" reasoning is that they "were about 7 percent more likely to graduate from high school than children raised by different-sex couples." That is a single study, and most studies still find that they do not "fare better off" than straight couples' children. BobRoberts14 (talk) 22:51, 13 June 2019 (UTC)BobRoberts14[reply]

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UserInfoPopup

Hi there, and thanks for your script! However, it has an elusive bug. When you first click on it, at least on Firefox, the window size doesn't change after the data has been fetched, clipping off some of the information from the bottom. Coul dyou kindly fix this? Thanks! Aaron Liu (talk) 17:04, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Aaron Liu. I'm glad you find the script useful :)

I've just tested it on Firefox 122.0.1 (on a Windows PC), and unfortunately, I am unable to reproduce this issue. When I hover over the icon or click on it, the window size does expand, and the entire popup content is visible.

May I ask, which Firefox version are you using? What operating system? Which skin is enabled in your preferences?

Thanks, Guycn2 (talk) 05:28, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I can't reproduce it on the latest version of Firefox too...
I'm currently using a fork of Firefox (Waterfox) that's on version 115. (With Vector 2022 on Windows)
What I can reproduce, though, is that on my own user page, the flyout appears below the watchlist star instead of next to it, for some reason. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:14, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Aaron. I've just tested the script on Firefox 115.8.0esr, on a Windows 7 Virtual Machine. From what I see, the flyout appears to be properly sized and positioned on your user page, as well as on other pages. See a screenshot here (you'll probably have to click the image to increase it). Do you see something different on your browser? If possible, could you please share a screenshot? Thanks! Guycn2 (talk) 08:56, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://imgur.com/a/WFwie82 Aaron Liu (talk) 13:59, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. The upper screenshot likely has to do with the fact that Firefox 115 doesn't support the CSS :has() selector, which this script makes use of. To work around this issue, you may add the following lines to your global CSS page:

#user-info-popup-popup .oo-ui-popupWidget-body {
	height: unset !important;
	max-height: unset !important;
	scrollbar-gutter: unset;
}

(I prefer not to add this patch to the general script's code since it is already fixed on Firefox 121 and above. Therefore, when you update your Firefox version to 121 or later, I recommend that you remove those lines from your global.css.)

As for the lower screenshot, unfortunately I couldn't manage to reproduce it on Firefox 115.8.0esr. I suspect it may be caused as a result of some conflict with one of your gadgets or scripts, although I didn't see any issues even after copying your entire CSS and JS pages (both local and global ones). Do you see this glitch on other pages apart from your user page? Could you check to see if it also happens on Safe Mode (by adding ?safemode=1 to the page's URL, and then loading the script from the browser's console by pasting this code)? Thanks, Guycn2 (talk) 23:18, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response! That's a pretty useful website you've got there. Unfortunately: 1. The CSS doesn't work 2. I have the flag mentioned on that website enabled already 3. The problem on my page also happens in safe mode. Weird stuff. Aaron Liu (talk) 00:16, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weird stuff indeed... I was pretty confident that the CSS would fix the clipping issue. I will try to find time to install Waterfox and see if I can reproduce anything there. May I ask which operating system you use? Also, have you encountered similar problems on other devices, such as a mobile device with desktop view? I ask in order to figure out whether the issues are confined to a specific device/browser, or are on your user account level. Guycn2 (talk) 08:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The clipping problem I've reproduced on Windows, and the problem with it displaying on my user page happens anywhere I can visit Wikipedia. That includes Safari iOS, Safari Mac, Waterfox Windows, Firefox Windows, Edge Windows, and Waterfox Linux. I'll see if I can reproduce the clipping problem on Waterfox Mac and Linux. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:43, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. Sorry for the late response. During the last few days I continued to try to reproduce the issues, unfortunately to no success so far. My time is very limited these days due to many semester exams. I will continue to dig into it when time permits :)

Thanks again for pointing this out, and I would obviously appreciate any further feedback or bug reports. Guycn2 (talk) 14:36, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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