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User talk:Ronhjones/Archive 8
IP block exemptionHi. I'm hardly an expert on this aspect of the Wiki, but my impression is that Addihockey10's request is the exact circumstance when we do grant IP block exemption: a clearly good user inadvertently caught in the middle of a rangeblock that can't be lifted. (The instruction to e-mail the info address is for would-be new editors who don't have a track record that can be evaluated on-wiki.) Since this isn't really my area of expertise, I've asked a checkuser (more experienced than I) to take a look and do whatever seems indicated. I hope this is all right. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:58, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Re: This UserHi Fellowm Editor. I did not realise that this editor had made other racist comments, not only directed at me but other ethnic groups. Thanks for letting me know. --Sikh-History 09:12, 22 November 2010 (UTC) BLP badcatterHi there Ronhjones, I noticed this recent block of 99.63.26.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). It looks like this user has resumed adding his apparently farourite unwarranted category to BLP's again. See today, 5-Nov, 4-Nov etc... Cheers DVdm (talk) 20:11, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
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FYI, I re-created minimum tillageHi Ron, First of all, this photo of you with your dog is a lovely touch. I feel like I'm actually talking to you as I'm typing on your talk page. I imagine it cuts down on vandals and trolls. Anyhow, this is just an FYI that we had an edit conflict at minimum tillage: a few seconds after you deleted it, I modified the text, which had the effect of re-creating the article. As the article's creator, I was very shame-faced to see that I engaged in such a blatant copyvio. On the talk page, I explain that I was relatively new to Wikipedia at the time. Apparently, I did not realize (back then) that close paraphrases were were copyvios. I've decided to restore the article as a stub. I am hoping you agree that, as a copyvio remedy, my solution is comparable yours. That's all. Ok, I'm going to get a dog for my talk page photo now! :) AGradman / how the subject page looked at 21:09, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
DBoffey and his bothies articlesHey, I saw you userfied White Laggan Bothy. Mind doing the same for the other five bothy articles created by the user? Thanks Yoenit (talk) 22:34, 24 November 2010 (UTC) Category:Hull and Hornsea RailwayYou may not have been aware, but there has been a discussion here regarding the category which you have reinserted back into the station articles. The consensus reached was that individual categories for branch lines is WP:Overcategorisation. I have therefore reverted your edits. If you have any comments on this, it would be useful if you could direct them to the project page where they will reach a wider audience. Lamberhurst (talk) 08:56, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
Re:Mail It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— Responded. Cs-wolves(talk) 23:08, 25 November 2010 (UTC) Minor requestFor historical interest could you undelete User:Uga Man/presidential campaign, 2008 and the accompanying image? I'm very interested to see how it looks.--Uga Man ☎ 04:28, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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Italics UsageHi Ron, I have a problem with the epitaph of Sir Thomas Cusack (see Cusack) where I have put it in 'italics' however to get it to appear in line after line I have had to do the at the beginning and end of each line and then skip a line then do it all again for the next line. It would be neater if I could reduce the space taken up in each verse by getting rid of the space lines between the written lines. Do you know of a solution? Congrats on your Admin Award. Thanks for your cropping advice, it worked. Best Regards C.Cleeve (talk) 13:10, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
Ron, Thanks, you are brilliant. What you have succeeded in producing is more than I could have thought possible. I will use this when I get around to 'doing' Adam de Feypo where I plan to include part of 'The Song of King Dermot and the Earl' - a medival poem. I am reluctant to ask but at the start of the 'cusack' piece it originally suggested that it needed a 'clean up', any ideas what might be required or has the merger of 'de Cusack' and subsequent additions make a difference to change that comment? Best Regards C.Cleeve (talk) 12:31, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Ron, Thanks yet again, I agree that the 'Comment' was a bit old and and am pleased to see it removed also I agree with the 'Notables' being moved (had'nt thought of that but would'nt have known how to do it!). Best Regards C.Cleeve (talk) 16:09, 28 November 2010 (UTC) user:ToomanywordstoolittletimeLeaving a courtesy FYI that I unblocked Toomanywordstoolittletime (talk · contribs), as I believe they are a new user attempting to work in good faith - although they need some guidance. Granted, I admit I may be mistaken; but they could easily be re-blocked if the external link addition resumes. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:57, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Thank youThank you for your warm welcome and warm warnings. With admins like you, Wikipedia has nothing to fear. Good luck on your next endeavors. In Christ, --Prust (talk) 17:34, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you!Thank you for your support at my RfA last week. I'll do everything I can to live up to your expectations and trust. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 22:12, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Where they edit-warring, or is it something else...?Hi Ronhjones - I'm the one that filed a vandalism complaint against 124.179.251.155. I'm faced with something that I've never seen before. I thought I saw an edit war and stalking going on between MFIreland and 124.179.251.155, as shown here, here, and here. 'Both' in turn responded back stating that they have no idea what I'm talking about and described that here. MFIreland has seen fit to leave message with me, rather than with 124.179.251.155. Are they/were they slaking/edit warring, sock-puppetry each other, something else - or am I having a 60's flash back? :) Take care... Dinkytown talk 00:38, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
The problem is a little bit larger...You declined my request for speedy deletion on University of Windsor Faculty of Human Kinetics. I think this was hasty as the article also had copyright content from at least one other source (see revision history). Furthermore, Timothygetsschooled (talk · contribs) has clearly used copyrighted content on other created and edited articles. If you look at the content (mostly advertising bloat), it's seems likely that Timothygetsschooled is promoting the university is a manner that doesn't jive with WP:COPYVIO, WP:COI or WP:SPAM. I'm an occasional editor who is about to log off, so I can't clean up after this person. Would you please follow up? Also, please consider whether the use of multiple copyright violations on the same new article is substantial enough to justify deletion. Thanks. TabASlotB (talk) 15:19, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
RON, Warning!- Blocked user (Thmc1) may be trying to abuse WP once again. PLEASe READ!I want to report that someone I suspect to be blocked user Thmc1 (logged on as IP Address 96.242.217.91 and sometimes 151.198.55.159) may be trying to continue his/her use of Wikipaedia as a propaganda tool. This person, whicn I have reason to believe is Thmc1, is attempting to pawn his revisionist pro-NY views, citing un-reliable business/travel sites as his source. When others undo his edits for this very fact, what does he do? He comes back with a similar business/travel site and says "Here's your proof!". If you examine the logs carefully, you will notice that activity from IPs 96.242.217.91 and 151.198.55.159 were virtually non-existent prior to Thmc1 being banned in June 2010. Since then, both IPs have come alive with activity displaying behavior identical to Thmc1's- using business/travel sites as souces over & over again and making edits to the very same pages! In his quest to seek re-instatement, Thmc1 claimed that he had learned his lesson and would never abuse Wikipedia again. Apparently, he has not learned that lesson. You were right in refusing his requests, and I hope that this will carry over to what is happening now. I STRONGLY urge that you initiate an investigation, which will hopefully lead to blocking him out again.MBaxter1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:46, 1 December 2010 (UTC).
BigMattyO unblock requestI think BigMattyO has earned an unblock. What do you say? User_talk:BigMattyO#Unblock_request.--Chaser (talk) 02:39, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
What, if anything, should be done about this guy? He's essentially using us as some sort of Facebook variant. HalfShadow 22:55, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
User:IaaasiHi there I was on a bit of a wikibreak so Im kindof unaware of recent events. I need some information about the various discussions that took place before the unblock of Iaaasi. The last discussion I was aware is this [1] where various arguments such as racism mass sockpuppetery etc etc were brought up against unblock and long discussion took place with various proposals such as unblock pending permanent topic ban and of course supporters also mentioning their off wiki communication with Iaaasi but the whole community discussion ended against unblock. Anyway long story short Im just asking where did the community discussion took place this time, or did off-wiki communication precede the unblock? Did Iaaasi provide a list of previously used sockpuppets as per CheckUser Jpgordon's suggestion in that discussion ( Oh, it's not even an apology -- it's an expression of "regret". And of course you'd be under strict observation if unblocked; we do that routinely to serial sockpuppeteers. Just how many accounts have you created? Please provide us a list, including those that we have not yet blocked. --jpgordon::==( o ) 18:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)). If so is the list available somewhere if not what happened to those sockpuppets are they blocked now? Of course some of this might seem bit uninformed I'll try to catch up with various things with what's going on. My more important question is asking for a link to the preceding discussion I did a quick search but couldn't find it so far. Your help would be much appreciated. Hobartimus (talk) 12:43, 20 December 2010 (UTC) The Signpost: 6 December 2010
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sorry about that Menzel (crater) change it was a joke to my mate, i knew it'd get changed back, sorry :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.87.144 (talk) 23:49, 7 December 2010 (UTC) You unblocked User:AtlanticDeep{{Wikipedia:Whacking with a Wet Trout}} This user is banned. Why would you unblock them for the claim "I thought I was editing the sandbox"? Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:02, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
User :IaaasiOn 27 November 2010 you made an unblock offer at User talk:Iaaasi. The editor has now made another unblock request. Since you made the offer, perhaps you would like to assess it. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:34, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Jeremy's RfAHi Ron. Does that mean then that if I use Mac, don't use Igloo (which is all but useless anyway for what I do), and don't want to spend 90% of my time fighting vandals, I would not be trusted with the rest of the sysop tools, and there would be no point in me running for adminship?;) Kudpung (talk) 06:55, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Copyring permissionsDear John, I am preparing a textbox titled Soil Ecology in Northern Forests and would like ask permission to use your drawing (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Humic_acid.gif) an an illustration of humic acid molecular structure. My email is m.lukac@imperial.ac.uk. Thank you in advance, Martin Lukac —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.225.93.29 (talk) 12:59, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi, thank you and thank you for suggesting a different humic acid drawing. All material will be properly referenced. Martin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.225.93.29 (talk) 09:50, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Pudendal nerve entrapmentHi, new user Sarahbingham56 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) is gaily continuing on, breaking 3RR, removing cited data and inserting OR and uncited material. Block please? RxWatch (talk) 00:24, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
This is my first use of wikipedia. I have merely included the centers which perform PNE to help patients. All the places I have mentioned perform surgery. I also included the success rate of a surgeon performing the procedure. I hope this is okay. I do not mean to offend. If you could direct me to a page explaining how to include sources I would be very grateful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahbingham56 (talk • contribs) 00:33, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing Thank you for your email note to me about my name change. I did not realize I had not responded appropriately. I think I have addressed the issues on the name change page to which I was directed. I am leaving this message for you because I am not sure I have yet figured out how to respond correctly. You have been very kind in helping me and I do hope that I have completed the request correctly.ProQOL (talk) 06:53, 17 December 2010 (UTC) Template:WikiProject United StatesHi- good idea, the WPUSA template should be semi-protected, then registered editors can work on adding the sub-projects to the template, as we go along. Full protection is too much of a pain. :) Thanks! --Funandtrvl (talk) 00:42, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Template talk:WikiProject DC#Please redirect template to main project templateYou are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:WikiProject DC#Please redirect template to main project template. Funandtrvl (talk) 00:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}}) --Funandtrvl (talk) 00:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC) IP talk page deletionsA few days ago I planted Delete tags on five of my old, no-longer-used IP talk pages. You declined three of them, 1, 2 and 3, citing that talk pages are not to be deleted. A bot took care of this one and this one. So I wonder why there would be a bot to sneak in before you and delete those two talk pages? I mean, if they're not supposed to be deleted, and all? Just curious. Happiest of Holidays to You and Yours!
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User:IaaasiHi there I was on a bit of a wikibreak so Im kindof unaware of recent events. I need some information about the various discussions that took place before the unblock of Iaaasi. The last discussion I was aware is this [2] where various arguments such as racism mass sockpuppetery etc etc were brought up against unblock and long discussion took place with various proposals such as unblock pending permanent topic ban and of course supporters also mentioning their off wiki communication with Iaaasi but the whole community discussion ended against unblock. Anyway long story short Im just asking where did the community discussion took place this time, or did off-wiki communication precede the unblock? Did Iaaasi provide a list of previously used sockpuppets as per CheckUser Jpgordon's suggestion in that discussion ( Oh, it's not even an apology -- it's an expression of "regret". And of course you'd be under strict observation if unblocked; we do that routinely to serial sockpuppeteers. Just how many accounts have you created? Please provide us a list, including those that we have not yet blocked. --jpgordon::==( o ) 18:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)). If so is the list available somewhere if not what happened to those sockpuppets are they blocked now? Of course some of this might seem bit uninformed I'll try to catch up with various things with what's going on. My more important question is asking for a link to the preceding discussion I did a quick search but couldn't find it so far. Your help would be much appreciated. Hobartimus (talk) 12:43, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Rohnjones, I am curios also about some behavior I can see here. First to analyze User:Nmate, in the last three months almost ALL of his "contributions" are limited to reporting various users (miraculously all of them either of Slovak/Czech,Romanian nationalities) and engaging in his old edit wars sometimes. He is acting as some kind of an "administrator" only with a clear agenda - as I can conclude, and now, again miraculously, he did`t came to the Wikipedia to make contributions but (again) to "report" something, in this case, his old "friend" Iaaasi. I think here is enough proof for this user that is being more disruptive than constructive and shows clear signs of battleground mentality and single-purpose account. And to all this, User:Hobartimus although he is a constructive user, he keeps "close tabs" when there is talk about User:Iaaasi and now, he is clearly surprised that this user is unblocked and "has to do anything in his power" to rectify this. - Call me paranoid :-) , but this is more than a coincidence since this "practice" has some kind of a tradition. I am interested if this kind of behavior(in this case harassment of User:Iaaasi) can be stopped and where should I address them? More precisely, the behavior of User:Nmate. Thank you. Adrian (talk) 07:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
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PLEASE HELP ME!Cheong Kwon, who initiated the article on the contemporary art doll MDVANII and I have been working on the article together. She is in New York and I am in Switzerland. The person who has vandalized the article is a person whom the creator of the work of art has been stalking for many years and he has tried even to mould and copy the work for which he has been stopped by lawyers. Since then he does just about everything to slander the creator. He has vandalized the article, adding the name of a cheap toy doll inplace of the artwork and altered sentences to include insults and slurs. We need to protect the article and have it officially protected by the administrator Cheong Kwon ...I just spoke to her ont he phone and she said she'd make me an administrator also ... Can you help me please, I am new to Wikipedia and want to work on this article and hopefully others inthe future but this one is very important to do really well. Kind regards Alec Jiri Alec jiri (talk) 00:24, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I really appreciate your help and advice.
Oh, I really appreciate your help and advice. This character has been doing these kind of things to the authours of Mdvanii since 23 years, he was restrianed by law many times for other things (like ebay, etsy, google, yahoo, flickr, blogger etc etc) but we did not think he'd go so far as to sabotage such a thing as wikipedia! If you see any way we can improve the article in any way, any help would be welcomed.We wish to make this article as perfect as possible. It has taken me a long time this evening (its late here) to get the article back to normal.,...since he did edits in many times.,....and I did not know ho wto UNDO as you said and I did not want make further errors. We are trying to add more citations as there are many to add still and a photo...it is especially hard for me as english language is my second language and though i think i know it well,...I have to re-read very carefully, especially since the vandalism has been so vicious and so many areas of the article...any help would be sincerely appreciated. Kind regards,Alec JiriAlec jiri (talk) 00:58, 23 December 2010 (UTC) PS: Can you please advise me how to make the article less "Peacock" or can you consider helping me edit? We have all the citations, many,many articles, tv appearances, videos, museum references and acquisition forms, but really have trouble understanding adding them officially to the article. Also, all the basic facts are correct, but would it be possible to edit or tell me how to avoid PEACOCK terms? The creator or Mdvanii has done quite alot of work and has had a huge amount of popular and specific art and fashion press, we can reference it but just don't know how to. How do we quote an article which is old and not on the internet and add it to REFERENCES? How does one add info about museum acquisitions? I really need help...someone named ACTIVE BANANAS has said it is an advertisment, and it is not,...all the info is true and correct but maybe there are woirds which make it appear PEACOCK. I really would appreciate help and advice. Thank you in advance, Alec JiriAlec jiri (talk) 01:53, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Waterway Icons naming conventionHi Ron, I am just trying to sort out a couple of naming issues. The UK waterway project seems to have got the green tunnel prefixes the wrong way round. They should be gt, rather than tg. I have created new icons, replaced all occurrences in templates on English wikipedia, fixed the legend on Welsh wikipedia and Japanese wikipedia (scary), and have just got to fix the Russian one, but somehow they are using templates from one of my user pages, so that is a bit more tricky. However, you have copies of utgAKRZu2, utgAROADu and utgKRZuy on your gallery page. Would you mind changing them to ugtAKRZu2, ugtAROADu and ugtKRZuy, so that I can tidy up Commons, please? Bob1960evens (talk) 22:30, 23 December 2010 (UTC) Villa Jidiot?Is it really that bad a username? I don't see any evidence he was connected to any of these, and I'm not aware of "idiot" being against the rules in usernames if the username is self-referential. If it is there's at least a few others that are in violation of it. —Soap— 23:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
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Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior episodesHi Ronhjones I am writing in to let you know that this user: Serienfan2010 has been engaged in an edit war against me, i have contributed in making this page List_of_Criminal_Minds:_Suspect_Behavior_episodes, however he/she keeps on editing it and has reported me for vandalism act, while all the episodes sources has been put in the External Links. Please do something to this user, Thanks. Evan Weinstein | Talk 03:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Two questions, So is he going to walk free just like that and is it ok by putting Citation Needed for the page. Evan Weinstein | Talk 21:05, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to follow you on Twitter as I see we have a lot of the same interests. Shanadonohue (talk) 04:05, 28 December 2010 (UTC)Shana Donohue Thanks Ronhjones, your response and help is greatly appreciated. I think i will stick with the cn template.Evan Weinstein | Talk 14:29, 28 December 2010 (UTC) Hi again, Serienfan2010 has again revert my addition to List_of_Criminal_Minds:_Suspect_Behavior_episodes, after adding the cn template. Please advice. Thanks. Evan Weinstein | Talk 14:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
So my question is, can the cn template be used in this case. Thanks. Evan Weinstein | Talk 09:38, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
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ThanksI wanted to thank you very much for your help. also if its not to much trouble can you explain how to do it also.TucsonDavidGOD BLESS THE U.S.A. 22:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC) I hope this is the last time i have to adress this obvious copyright infringement, the picture so poorly camoufladged as a ancient painting is from this book [5] (original edition [6]), by author Angus McBride who has 3 years dead not 100, the link that i provided whas to the book from where the last version of the image was taken and it was also copyrighted, so please delete the image at once.--Andres rojas22 (talk) 01:01, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
{{·}} → • ?What is the rationale for the "{{·}} → •" change? I thought the former was recommended. Boghog (talk) 22:51, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
<!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 118926/1000000 Post-expand include size: 1873108/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 1029528/2048000 bytes Expensive parser function count: 3/500 --> 1873108 is not that far from the limit 2048000 - if we make the Chembox any more complex, then it might start failing again. As I said only about 40% of all the templates used the unsubtituted template anyway (I was pressing skip more than save in AWB)- it was just Murphy's Law that the pages that overloaded used those ones! Ronhjones (Talk) 23:07, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
TakemitsuI don't suppose you could explain your reasoning behind [7]? He published literary articles under his own name with the macron (at least most that I recall). Taking just as votes, it was an even split. Gimmetoo (talk) 03:20, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Template:DrugTemplateNoticeHi! Regarding {{DrugTemplateNotice}} and your changes to drug templates: Is there a reason for using " • " instead of " • "? Those numbers and special characters look rather irritating in my opinion. Thanks, ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 11:27, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
request adviceUser Muotinukke is undoing prior edits of mine, yet when I revert them to the way they were, Muotinukke sends warning citations to my User Talk, and then changes my edits yet again, yet claims I'm the one who's (according to them) commiting vandalism. I'm relatively new to Wikipedia. Is this a form of harrassment? Please give advice if you can. The edits in question are found on the Mel Odom (artist) page, and I've addressed the situation on that page's Discussion page as well. The harrassment if that's what it is occurs on my User Talk Page. Thank you. Mary Cross (talk) 14:06, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Dear Ronhjones, can I recreate a page for Thomas Howes (which you and others have deleted) - I am just watching Downton Abbey again - a major (judged by viewing figures and comments) UK TV series, and Howes has what seems to me a sufficiently prominent role to warrant a page. I have added further refs. to his stage and radio career also, which helps I think. I have a draft here: User:Msrasnw/Thomas Howes (actor). What do you think? The Downton Abbey page's redlink on Howes looks anachronistic. Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 15:43, 2 January 2011 (UTC)) PS - I have also asked User:Uncle G
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Indef banned "fluoride spammer"I just left a note at User talk:64.120.47.28. I'm not sure what we can do other than monitor this IP carefully for the least sign it might be the same person. Any ideas? -- Brangifer (talk) 03:30, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Essay WP:UNNEST for big templatesRegarding complex templates, I recently wrote the essay page WP:UNNEST (or "Wikipedia:Avoiding MediaWiki expansion depth limit") which also includes issues about Convert. That essay covers the common problem of if-else logic nested over 40 levels deep, and describes ways to make templates more efficient. Convert is actually still quite efficient, with post-expand size of only 385 bytes of the 2 million limit, where {{convert|1|inHg}} = "1 inch of mercury (3.4 kPa)" has stats:
However, navboxes instead seem to be the big problem: they are getting so huge, as the "boxified" contents of a would-be overview article tacked onto the bottom of other articles. Imagine if we started having "catboxes" where people really did spam wikilinks for every item in each category as bottom boxes. I wrote essay WP:Overlink_crisis, years ago, to warn people to avoid those large navboxes, which I would rather link by navbox title as a navpage instead (which is advised in the essay). More later. -Wikid77 05:35, 4 January 2011 (UTC) Template size lessons from Talk:Ketamine
Most of the bottom navboxes, in a large article, should be linked by title, rather than transcluded as bottom boxes. In article "Ketamine" the bottom navboxes have been using 77% (1.6mb) of the post-expand limit, as most of the allowed 2 megabytes of formatted text. Another large template, {{Citation/core}} has used almost 20% of the limit (from {Cite_web}, {Cite_news}, {Cite_book}, etc.). The sidebar {Drugbox} is not a problem, because {drugbox} uses below 2% of the 2 mb limit (19kb). However, expensive parser functions are used by "tiny" {{Citation needed}} as [citation needed] and {{Page needed}} as [page needed] which were formerly tiny templates. Now, because the navboxes have been the largest resource drain, I linked 10 of them as navpages, instead, in a bottom table of titles:
Remember, even though the bottom navboxes have been huge, some other templates need to be modified to not hog resources, as well. Outside of WT:WikiProject_Pharmacology, the Template:Citation/core should be changed to be 5x-10x times smaller. Plus, {Citation needed} or {Page needed} should be simplified to not use an "expensive parser function" - they are both an unbelievable 4x (not just double or triple, but 4 times) the size of a complex {Convert} calculation which determines numeric precision, deduces the output unit, calculates 13-digit accuracy, and rounds results to match plus wikilinks, with typesetting. Yes, {Citation needed} and {Page needed} together are 8x times the size of using {Convert} with its most complex settings. Details about those other templates are just FYI about issues to be resolved on their talk-pages. Editors should continue using {{Cite web}}, {{Cite journal}}, etc. while they are being improved. Plus, {Drugbox} is fine as using only 2% of resources. The main focus here is to avoid stacking 4-or-11 navboxes at the end of each article, and use a table of "Related navpages" instead. -Wikid77 14:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
UK Waterways in the Signpost"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject UK Waterways for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:12, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Mary Rose dabThanks for taking care of that - I didn't realize that there already existed a page that served the same function. (Hadn't thought of looking under HMS Mary Rose because half the ships on the list were around before the institution of "HMS.") Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:06, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Just giving you a heads-up that I sent you an email. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 02:26, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey Ron, Thanks for the answer to my questionYou said that wikipedia entries have to be notable, so is there (that you know of) a clear cut definition of "notoriety"? For example, I realize wikipedia does not want "elaborate fictions" put forth on its pages, but what if the entry is for an "elaborate fiction", does that justify it metaphorically in any way? Like put it up and if someone wants to take it down, or change it than they can, but it won't have any truly tangible publication for (hypothetically) years. Is there any way to appeal to an authority within wikipedia requesting special permission for such a "hypothetical" entry? I mean technically, what I would be describing would not be a falsehod, so much as it was not yet a manifested truth, like a conceptual art piece by Sol Lewitt. Do you think any argument to such an authority would be worth my time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chadwarmile (talk • contribs) 16:17, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
McNuttYou are welcome to your opinion but this and this are the same picture and the same resolution. Off2riorob (talk) 01:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
it is truedavid meniketti of y& t had died really why you remouved my edits sources http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/yt_bassist_dies_of_cancer.html see the front page of y&t site
thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.243.5 (talk) 01:56, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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NoteI unblocked EuroStudents (talk · contribs) as it seems they were making a good-faith attempt to contribute information, and was never told (other than in boilerplates) what the issue was with their edits. They also came on IRC asking for unblock and seemed genuinely confused with the process of editing and getting unblocked. If you have any issue, please tell me, etc. Thanks, /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 03:32, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Seeking fix to conflict of 2 spellings of the name "colin walcott" vs "collin walcott"Hi Ronhjone, I caused confusion with re-directs I created but let me explain and perhaps you can suggest/direct me the right way:
"Colin Walcott" is my name, my user name is "User:Colinwalcott".
My Page is being deleted - need imput to do it properlySeeking fix to conflict of 2 spellings of the name "colin walcott" vs "collin walcott"I caused confusion with re-directs I created but let me explain and perhaps you can suggest/direct me the right way:
"Colin Walcott" is my name, my user name is "User:Colinwalcott".
Thank you for the input and info, I am a new user (on the system since last year but really only started posting things for the first time this week). A Wikipedia Stakeholder some of you "might" know by name and a well known Donor are interested in the outcome of this senario because I fit the profile of one of their new users in their case study: how the experienced users handle the novice users, and final outcome. Their interests come from various feedback from novice users in their survey (i.e. myself) and the turn-around time for creating a successful post. In the meanwhile I hope I dont lose my page after the effort to build one from scratch and I understand changes need to be made. Your imput is noted, thank you again — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colinwalcott (talk • contribs) 08:48, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Edit noticeWhat a brilliant idea it was creating this edit notice! I wish I had thought of that. It curtails so many censorship debates. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 01:37, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
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Repeat low level vandalism.Hi Ron. I wonder if you could provide some advice for this user. Regards JRPG (talk) 10:52, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Requested Page Move assistanceThank you very much for your help - I got the --subst:Requested move-- implemented. ed Ecragg (talk) 04:40, 20 January 2011 (UTC) Victor Dahdaleh permissionJust to make you aware that I've requested more information about permissions from the website. Believe this has been sent to OTRS volunteers which should establish if any relationship between website and previous authors' attempt to create entry. Biggleswiki (talk) 08:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC) Just a reminder: When declining a G12 (or restoring it) when there's an assertion of permission (such as the OTRS pending tag), please blank it with {{subst:copyvio}} as often the email we receive is unusable. Cheers! VernoWhitney (talk) 21:41, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Re: unblock-auto templatePerhaps the template can be clarified to avoid the confusion you described. I was instructed to use that template the first time this happened, and I would agree it appears as if it is not specifically meant for this situation. Alhanalem (talk) 20:18, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
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Peter Edwards (artist)Hi you deleted my attemted wiki page about myself Peter Edwards (artist). I thought the links to the six works in the National Portrait Gallery would have been enough reference to start the article. I would have added ref to the NPG catalogue, as you would find used in, for example, Tai Shan Sheirenberg's entry. Other material to be added would be film and tv references, and other museum collections. I am not altogether at home in the online world so I may have made some basic errors I'm not aware of. I would be pleased to hear your advice. There is a cv on my website www.peteredwards.net which like my whole site needs updating --Hughlay1407 (talk) 09:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Mhiji cannot recall the artical and has asked if you can userfy it. --Hughlay1407 21:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC) Hi I've developed the article. I think it is ready to be posted. What do you think?--Hughlay1407 13:24, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
would you mind defining what you mean by an "inline reference" please--Hughlay1407 18:33, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Im in a mess trying to add ref then lost previouse work. can you get me back to what is shown in "show changes". I think I have entered the world of computer programming!--Hughlay1407 14:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Much appreciated - thanks--Hughlay1407 09:51, 12 January 2011 (UTC) Ready to launch?--Hughlay1407 10:58, 16 January 2011 (UTC) I think the article is readry now to go live.Can you do this please?--Hughlay1407 09:27, 17 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughlay1407 (talk • contribs) If you're around I would like to know how long this article will have the userfication status--Hughlay1407 11:29, 18 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughlay1407 (talk • contribs)
How do I add a Catagory (eg British painter) and get it to appear in its box? In other words I cannot fathon despite links how to get the Catagory to appear in its nice little box--Hughlay1407 10:24, 19 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughlay1407 (talk • contribs)
Many many thanks. I would like to add "For British artist see Peter Edwards (artist)" to the wiki stub for the plain "Peter Edwards" (as has the rugby league player) without falling foul of etiquette--Hughlay1407 10:06, 21 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughlay1407 (talk • contribs) Sorry - somehow missed your advice on firefox and spelling but will take a look. And yes please kill the re-direct left on the old page name. Have you any tips on adding pictures?--Hughlay1407 15:23, 23 January 2011 (UTC)I warn you I am very dense on these things but I'm not sure what you are asking me when you asked(Did you want "After[1]25th anniversary of England World Cup win gaining" in the first paragraph or is that link missing a ref tag each end?) Or i can get one of my grown up children to take a look as they know more about these things--Hughlay1407 15:37, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
That is very helpful, and when i think of the right image I will upload it. Also many thanks for the DAB page. However I have noticed that the script on the DAB page, when you have googled peter edwards, but before clcking on it, has gone back to just citing the science P.E.!--Hughlay1407 16:05, 25 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughlay1407 (talk • contribs)
I have added a ref to a Robert Baugh (1) wich brings up a very long link toe his obit in the Gentlemans Magazine (Harvard library). It looks long and ungainly. Could I have done it better?--Hughlay1407 22:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC) page deletionHi, i'm the creator of a page you have deleted few minutes ago (Fabrizio Cerina) for copyright infringement of a link...but in the page is not present this link! Otherwise, it's possibile to recreate this page? Thank and best regards Varta2011 (talk) 20:13, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Ron. I believe you blocked my Wiki Page after it was approved by a OTRS agent via email this morning. Could you please unblock my page? I am the author of the website, and we want to use the same editorial copy from our website on our wiki page. Thanks. Subject: Re: [Ticket#2011013010011239] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crandell_Theatre From: Permissions <permissions@wikimedia.org> (Add as Preferred Sender) Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2011 8:45 am To: login@crandelltheatre.org Dear Jean Strong, Thank you for your email. Our response follows your message. 01/30/2011 23:40 - wrote: > REFERENCE: [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crandell_Theatre > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: crandell theatre history text > From: <[2]login@crandelltheatre.org> > Date: Sun, January 30, 2011 3:51 pm > To: [3]permissions-en@wikimedia.org > > I hereby affirm that THE CRANDELL THEATRE is the creator and/or sole owner of > the exclusive copyright of[the history of the Crandell - > http://www.crandelltheatre.org/historyI agree to publish that work under the > free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU > Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, > front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) on wikipedia.I acknowledge that by > doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or > otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide > by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.I am aware that I > always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in > accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will > not be attributed to me.I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, > and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia > project.Jean Strong ,Crandell Theatre 48 Main Street Chatham NY 12037 > Appointed representative > Jan. 30, 2011 > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crandell_Theatre > [2] mailto:login@crandelltheatre.org > [3] mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org > We have received the permission for the text and have made the necessary modifications to the article. Thank you for providing this to us, and for your contribution to Wikipedia. Yours sincerely, Verno Whitney -- Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeanstrong (talk • contribs) 20:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Zaphod Beeblebrox quoteI have reverted your edit on the Property is Theft entry. The quotation is not in reference to the starship Heart of Gold, but rather in reference to Zaphod's theft of Hotblack Desiato's stuntship. Please refer to the text of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. 209.195.164.34 (talk) 23:16, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Anonblock on 24.171.117.132What I find kind of charming is that 24.171.117.132 says they "is messin up this site" but can't quite bring themselves to use the "f word" in full. "eff" is as close as they dare to get. Ahhh. Cheers, Tonywalton Talk 00:29, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Nuevo - Sunset Rise page deletionI was editing & trying to place a hang on as you deleted. As I was also saying on it's discussion page: I do not believe this page/article should be deleted because I am waiting for more information from the artist to include, & gathering references to build a page for the band itself. Also, this album links to a band member's page, Peter Godwin, & also to another wiki's page, Lyric.wikia.com. Although, I am trying to take this a bit slow because I am learning, so any advice is welcome. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beatriceblue (talk • contribs) 01:41, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
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Settlement of Tarbela Dam affecteesHI, I created this page because its about the displaced families or affectees of the largest earth filled dam (Tarbella Dam)in the world. It is an important encyclopedic article and I believe deleting it is not doing justice to its importance. I did copy paste from a website and reference to it was given. I was about to place hang on tag but it got deleted. Kindly revert the deletion so that I can rewrite the article in my own words and bring it in tone with wikipedia rules. cheers!Wikitanoli (talk) 23:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Pronghorn (band) for deletion The article Pronghorn (band) is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pronghorn (band) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Berone (talk) 18:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC) HiHi, my name is DarkJak495. I was wondering if you could vote on the Requests for adminship/ DarkJak495 page. Cheers! P.S. please reply on my page. Thanks!UserDarkJak495 talk 23:28, 3 February 2011 (UTC) How do I action it?UserDarkJak495 talk 00:08, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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