User talk:The Transhumanist/Archive 19
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Favorite Wikipedia quote: The argument for deletion that a Category already exists is simply not consistent with WP:CLN and should not be even considered. --Mike Cline (talk) 17:28, 14 September 2008 (UTC) [1] Indonesia projectIs barely scraping by these days with more fly past edits than any coherent organisational structure at the noticeboard or any form of collab (although we dont tell anyone that) and one of the biggest issues is the english challenged indonesian editors who put a name up on the english project (rather than on the indonesian one where they could just as easily do) usually in lists so that in parts we have these marvellous untouched lists of unalphabetical names to make red links and then no activity there ever again (unchallenged tags are between 1 to 2 years in some cases) - well i am very slowly systematically going through the more obvious lists - removing all the red links to the talk page - so that eds know that if they add red lnks theyre gonna get removed - otherwise the project looks like a paradise of red links that never get worked on. SO I have your list to deal with which has red links everywhere - any thoughts? at least you speakk da english :( SatuSuro 09:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Simple edits, Around the WorldI saw your note on Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics. We need someone to do some simple edits to the set of country profiles we are developing. Really easy stuff, like adding the population figure for each country (which you would get off of each country article, so no hunting is required). We also need editors who would like to work with the finding and placing of images (like pics of cities, other cool places, animals, presidents, people in a cultural context, etc. etc. etc.). Things like that. There is a team of editors working on the set, and we'd love to work with ya. Here is an example of the type of pages we are building. We're developing one for every country of the world, and everyone on the team is working on all of them, each team member completing a specific task or item for all of the countries of the world -- this approach keeps thing interesting, and is a lot like traveling around the world. If you are interested, drop me a note. And as you progress in the project, we'll introduce you to some wiki-tools to help you go... ...faster! The Transhumanist 03:23, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
List of basic mining topicsHi, I started working on List of basic mining topics, which was on the 'requested basic lists' section, but now it's slated to be deleted. Could you take a look at it to see what's wrong with it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erikzann (talk • contribs) 13:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
MessageComplexYour Talk page is very complex...Javascript and html lib....It scrolls late,pl change or i will help if u ask.
Glad to be back and some minor concernsHey Transhumanist, It is good to be back after a long while of summer traveling. I look forward to jumping back into the fray here on Wikipedia, although I must confess that there is a deep reluctance to commit to any major undertakings here, as I have been a bit flaky regarding my on-wiki work this summer, as evidenced by my contribs. Between my full time job, community service, hobbies, vacations, family, and other commitments, I find that I have been spending almost no time here this summer. I am, of course, willing to help in any area that you may need assistance in. As it stands, however, any assistance I am asked to render may be deferred or at least delayed substantially. Hope your summer also is going along swimmingly --SharkfaceT/C 19:38, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
My user page designThank you for the reply. I sort of like this one, but don't like that the page is closed, and only the subtitles are showing. Can that be managed? Northern Romania (talk) 21:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Graphics requestHey Transhumanist, I'm terribly sorry for being so inactive in the past 2 weeks. I am also sorry to tell you that I am going out of the country for another 2 weeks without any access to graphics software. I know this may be very frustrating to you. You might want to ask someone else with graphics capabilities to complete your request on atlas. I would sent you the layered file but atlas is >72MB and is over 22 layers. Not very user friendly unless you know exactly what layer is what. Also there is no way I'm going to be able to attach that on an email. Yahoo mail's max attachment is 10MB. I think whom ever it may be that finishes on atlas will find it just as hard to start from my latest draft as it would be to start from the layered file. When I get back, if you sill aren't successful, I promise to get it to you asap. Again I'm really sorry for being such a droll. I turned down another request recently you're not the only one. -- penubag (talk) 07:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Adding wikilinks in external linksPlease be careful not to add wikilinks into external links, as you did here. Could you review your edits to fix any other cases of that? Everyking (talk) 01:51, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Around the WorldWhat exactly is this? Can you please explain? Thanks! spider1224 11:19, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
I hope that this answers your question :). All the Best, Mifter (talk) 16:55, 7 August 2008 (UTC) P.S. The Transhumanist, I apoligize for not being around for a while there, I was on a short vacation and I was very busy and as such I couldn't do much in the way of helping out with the outlines, if you still need any help I'd still be happy to help :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 16:55, 7 August 2008 (UTC) ReplyYep I got your messages and I'll get to work on the drafts that aren't finished yet :), --Mifter (talk) 19:03, 7 August 2008 (UTC) Recommend an admin for IP caseI request a recommendation for an admin to handle, and if necessary, follow up long-term on an IP incivility-pattern case, with anti-Semitic, nationalistic, and OS-abusive-cult features.
Hi Transhumanist, I wanted to note that I saw all of your work on the List of Basic France topics, and I appreciate it! Lazulilasher (talk) 02:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Re:Your expertise is neededSimple enough. I should be able to get this done some time in the next couple of days, if nothing else interferes.--Dycedarg ж 02:30, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Your second request shouldn't be difficult either so long as the formatting for all the articles is identical. I should be able to get to this tomorrow, but if not then definitely over the weekend.--Dycedarg ж 00:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC) Hi! I can help with this too... if the village pump notice is all that needs to be removed. I will be starting with S onwards. I'll I'm doing something wrong. Please leave a message ChiragPatnaik (talk) 17:41, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
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You merely piled on and paraphrased what others said. Nobody mentioned why a factually accurate category with only 2 members is inappropriate, and you didn't seem the least bit curious about this - 'cuz you didn't ask them! And no guideline was cited, by anyone (including you), which leaves me scratching my head on this one.
- Interesting point. I will try to look up the appropriate policy about this one. JaakobouChalk Talk 07:50, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- Found it. WP:OC#SMALL is the most relevant reasoning. JaakobouChalk Talk 11:56, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- Interesting point. I will try to look up the appropriate policy about this one. JaakobouChalk Talk 07:50, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Observations
- Cite policies and guidelines whenever possible. Look them up for each deletion - that'll get you very familiar with them very fast, as you will be reading them in an applied context. See WP:CUTS.
- Redirects need to point to coverage on the subject. No coverage = no point. See WP:REDIR#What do we use redirects for?
- A redlink of a viable topic that has no coverage anywhere should remain redlinked. Hopefully someone will click on it and create an article for it. See Wikipedia:Red link#When to create red links.
- State your reasons rather than paraphrase "delete". See WP:POLLS
- Avoid vague reasons, and tell us specifically why something should be deleted. "Unencyclopedic" is meaningless, as it could represent just about anything. Please don't hide behind words like this one. WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC explains what WP is not, and each section has its own shortcut. Familiarize yourself with these.
- Don't bite the newcomers.
- Read Wikipedia:Learning the ropes.
- Familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's navigation features, especially the navbars at the top of WP:Community portal, Help:Contents, and Portal:Contents. For a large collection of nav aids, see Wikipedia:User Page Design Center/Navigation aids. Suggestion: copy the ones most useful to you to your user page.
Userboxes
You might want to create a picture with Gimp or something, but here's one:
LOBT | This user is a member of of the WikiProject Lists of basic topics |
As an aside, here's one for Around the World:
–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
- Done with Thailand. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:25, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
- Wow, good job filling in most of the article. I dug around for a bit and found some decent images for the remaining blank space. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 22:59, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Nootropics
This subject is also of interest to me; for memory enhancement/cognition and general alertness, any particular compounds you'd recommend as a place to start? (Ive been researching things like caffeine and theobromine and the fun things in Yerba Mate, etc...). Please excuse the semirandom question, but I saw it marked as one of your interests. Zelse81 (talk) 00:25, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
- I'm very happy to answer questions on anything pertaining to Wikipedia or its contents (that is, on any subject in the World). :)
- The most basic and most cost effective nootropics are the precursors to the main neurotransmitters, and the cofactors the body uses to turn those precursors into the neurotransmitters. Precursors become part of the neurotransmitter molecule, while the cofactors don't.
- The main neurotransmitters that the brain uses are acetylcholine, dopamine, and serotonin. Taking these directly is useless, because they are broken down in the degestive system.
- The precursors to those are:
- For acetylcholine: choline and/or DMAE
- For dopamine: phenylalanine, or tyrosine, (or L-dopa (prescription only))
- For serotonin: tryptophan, or 5HTP
- The cofactors are:
- For acetylcholine: Vitamin B5
- For dopamine: Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C
- For serotonin: Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C
- All of the above are readily available (for cheap) at the local health food store.
- The idea is, in order to optimize brain function, optimize the brain's level of neurotransmitters to support its functioning. End result: enhanced mental performance.
- Keep in mind that too much of these creates the opposite effect: a drop in mental performance. So you need to find the right levels for you.
- Remember, the most important nootropic of all is knowledge about nootropics.
- Good luck, be careful (though all of the above are relatively safe), study up, and have fun.
The Transhumanist 00:42, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Atlas
I'm not sure if you watchlisted my /graphics but the next version is finished. Please provide feedback. -- penubag (talk) 02:24, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Help! I've been blocked.
When I try to edit a page, I get the following notice:
- You are currently unable to edit pages on Wikipedia.
- This is because someone using this internet address or shared proxy server was blocked. Your ability to edit pages has been automatically suspended to prevent abuse from the other person.
- The other user was blocked by Daniel Case for the following reason (see our blocking policy):
- Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "TT Bot". The reason given for TT Bot's block is: "Approval was denied; no reason to leave this account open".
- This block has been set to expire: 04:13, 4 September 2008.
- Note that you have not been blocked from editing directly. Most likely your computer is on a shared network with other people.
All I did was submit a bot proposal (and created a corresponding account "TT Bot"), in good faith, but the bot proposal was summarily dismissed without discussion or explanation, and I was immediately blocked. The same block also appears to be affecting an entire public library (from where I've been accessing Wikipedia).
There's something wrong with the bot department.
Users should not be penalized for making a proposal, and the coordinators should explain why they denied a proposal in common English so the proposer can understand. All that was provided was a link. It doesn't make clear why my proposal was rejected.
I'm left scratching my head, and a little miffed for being blocked.
The Transhumanist 02:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- Hi there, to start off with, let's get you back to editing. I've changed your bots block, so that it won't interfere with this account, but, I am not able to clear the block on your account at this time, without the 'autoblock ID'. With this, I, or any other admin can take care of this for you quickly.
- Thank you. I appreciate it. The Transhumanist 18:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- Regarding the approval, I think what Bj may have meant, was that you should put in a bot request, instead, as a project like that can be quite complicated, and it is generally preferable for something like that to be run by it's programmer in case of minor stuff ups. Just guessing however, hopefully Bj will show up here shortly. If you need anything further, don't hesitate to contact me on my talkpage (or, regarding that block, you can always use the {{unblock-auto}} template, to attract an available admin if I'm not around) SQLQuery me! 04:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- That he left us guessing is what concerns me. He might as well have been speaking Swahili. The program would be fairly simple. There's a little parsing, but nothing difficult. I could do the whole thing with macros if I had to. The Transhumanist 18:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Re: Almost there
Alright, I'll start the Government branch work as soon as the basement dries out. :) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:01, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
- Is there any website or article to get the information to fill out that section? I've spent a while now trying to find it. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 13:59, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- The government branches of each country are covered in Politics of x or Government of x, and failing those, in the main article on the country. The Transhumanist 19:25, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Ok. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:01, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry to be a pain in the neck, but filling in the government branches is a tad overwhelming for me. Is there anything else I can help out with? –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 23:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, that's a lot easier. I did what I can for Angola, adding some pictures and filling in some sections. I'll get started on the other task soon (seriously this time). –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 23:54, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry to be a pain in the neck, but filling in the government branches is a tad overwhelming for me. Is there anything else I can help out with? –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 23:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- Ok. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 14:01, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- The government branches of each country are covered in Politics of x or Government of x, and failing those, in the main article on the country. The Transhumanist 19:25, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Atlas trophy
There are some problems I hadn't told you earlier about my current atlas, I can fix some of the changes you want. See my /graphics, I've replied over there -- penubag (talk) 08:16, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- I've replied on your graphics page. The Transhumanist 18:45, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
- I've also replied there. Is my graphics page on your watchlist? If it is, then I don't really need to write these little pointers, do I? -- penubag (talk) 01:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- I specialize in building pages, and let others maintain them. Therefore, I've never made much use of the watchlist feature. The Transhumanist 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- I've also replied there. Is my graphics page on your watchlist? If it is, then I don't really need to write these little pointers, do I? -- penubag (talk) 01:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Assuming there's no deadline for the Atlas, I will redo it to the best of my ability, and just because I don't upload a draft for a while, it doesn't mean I've forgotten about it either. I really wish I could have more free time so this whole thing didn't have to become an issue, my free time is really scattered right now, 10 minutes here and there, but I'll get it done eventually. -- penubag (talk) 04:55, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Medal Selection
The Second one (Less Edgy) —Remember, the Edit will be with you, always. (Sethdoe92) (drop me a line) 12:51, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- Now that's what I call a delayed response. :) The Transhumanist 21:28, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
List of Blogs proposed deletion
Hey, a while back I helped you with the List of online encyclopedias article. I like your layout for the page both visually appealing and useful, so I modeled a list I created, List of blogs, after it. Now, some deletionists are trying to delete this page on about the same grounds they tried to delete your list. I request your input on the subject at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of blogs if you can. Thanks!
Scapler (talk) 23:37, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you for the heads up - yes, the two lists are very similar in scope and structure. You did a great job saving that other list by improving the list itself, and this new list is of equal quality - congrats on a job well done. It's a valid list and should not be deleted. Thank you for contacting me.
- Please keep in mind that I'm always interested in AfDs of navigational lists. Please inform me of any further nav lists that you come across in the future that are up for deletion.
- To anyone and everyone who is reading this: please inform me of any navigational lists that are nominated for deletion that you come across. Thank you. The Transhumanist 21:00, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Template Round corners and div classes
On this page Wikipedia:User Page Design Center/Style in the WIKI. You have a section called Show/Hide sections. In that section you have in the code a template call {{Round corners}} I have tried to find this template to see how the code whas written. I play the game called Fallen Sword on the internet and I have a profile on the WIKI for this game. I am trying to build a menu to put on the top of my pages to cut down the space that my tabs take up at the top and to make it more eaiser to follow. One of the problems is that the people who run the WIKI stopped some of the scripting functions to work. I do not know if these div class="NavFrame", div class="NavHead", and div class="NavContent" will work in the game WIKI either.
DavidAHare (talk) 16:38, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- I'm always happy to help. Here's where to find what you are looking for:
- Round corners. I forgot that was one I created; a couple years ago when I was called User:Go for it!. Templates can all be found in the "template" namespace. Just add "Template:" (don't forget the colon), in front of the template name, like this: Template:Round corners. That works in both links and searches.
- The wikicode for classes (that is, the classes not limited to a particular skin) can be found in MediaWiki:Common.css. To find the section you are looking for fast, search (Ctrl-F in Internet Explorer or Firefox) for "thingy". :)
- I hope that helps you find everything you are looking for. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
- Good luck.
"navy of" Landlocked country
That's not how soft redirects work though. We don't soft redirect to other articles within the same project as far as I know. Plus, is anyone really going to search for the navy of a landlocked country? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- Then they don't fit the definition of soft redirect - I didn't know what else to call them. I guess they are informative stubs. The Transhumanist 23:56, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- Some landlocked countries have navies. Bolivia, for instance. And someone might be looking up the navies on every country of the world, in which case they would need to know which countries have them, and which do not. Though I figured out another solution. So never mind. The Transhumanist 23:57, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- If they're stubs, then they're stubs with no expansion. We don't need a zillion articles telling us basically that a landlocked country lacks a navy. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 00:27, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- A few handfuls is a far cry from zillions. But it's moot anyhow. Another solution has been found. The Transhumanist 00:42, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- If they're stubs, then they're stubs with no expansion. We don't need a zillion articles telling us basically that a landlocked country lacks a navy. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 00:27, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
RfD nomination of Navy of Sudan
I have nominated Navy of Sudan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
RfD nomination of Navy of Belarus
I have nominated Navy of Belarus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 16:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
ATW
Sorry I haven't been doing it lately. I've been rather busy with my RfA and all. That's interesting about the redirects. I don't have an opposition to them, and I don't really see the harm in them. About the lists, I'm AWBing as I write, and I've just done about 50. Should be done shortly. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 21:28, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Navies an Armies and others...
Hey! Sorry about the vanishing act. Have been a bit busy the last few weeks. Took time of to get engaged :) Anyway. will try and finish the rest soon.
BTW, some joker is vandalising my talk page. Can you get someone to protect my talk page? I've requested twice, but for some reason no one seems to be responding to it. tx ChiragPatnaik (talk) 00:57, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks :). Added to download queue... :)) ChiragPatnaik (talk) 04:41, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Cut and paste moves and bold
Hi. Long time no see. Just grumbles I'm afraid.
Please don't do cut&paste moves. It splits up the article history, which is Bad for a number of reasons. Cool Hand Luke just fixed 15 of them![wrong diff] You may wish to thank him for spending 45 minutes doing that.
Please don't use bold in notices at the CBB. It's specifically cautioned against in the template's notes, and other editors keep removing it every time you make a posting there.
Thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 06:35, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- What cut & paste move are you referring to? I don't recall working on Victor Bravo (the page you provided in the diff), as I'm not a football fan. By the way, bolding the primary link in a message at the CBB is harmless and makes the blue link easier to see against the blue background of the page. The Transhumanist 17:39, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- My mistake, wrong diff (I copied the "last" diff code, instead of the specific diff). The relevant section was directly below though, and shouldn't have been hard to see... He fixed 15 of your cut&paste moves from the lists of basic topical outlines. I had only seen the first one, when I submitted the merge-request.
- Using Bold simply for emphasis is recommended against, because it is counter to our MOS (Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(text_formatting)#Boldface). It's not a habit we should be propagating. It also leads to other editors bolding everything they consider important in their own posts. It has been discussed before, but you can bring it up again if you want. (by the way, the CBB's background is purple, not blue. If links don't show up properly, then the background should be changed.) -- Quiddity (talk) 18:52, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- The Manual of Style (MOS) applies to encyclopedia content, not community notices. And I see no reason why editors should be disallowed to use bold in their messages of the things they consider important. It lets them let you know what they want you to notice. It's a very useful communication feature of print, and is especially appropriate for the main link of a notice. The Transhumanist 18:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- It is considered textual shouting by many. It's as inappropriate as ALLCAPS. That's the other reason it is specifically proscribed, as a harmful meme to spread. -- Quiddity (talk) 07:52, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
- The Manual of Style (MOS) applies to encyclopedia content, not community notices. And I see no reason why editors should be disallowed to use bold in their messages of the things they consider important. It lets them let you know what they want you to notice. It's a very useful communication feature of print, and is especially appropriate for the main link of a notice. The Transhumanist 18:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Done...
...with the lists. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 17:16, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I added some images. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 23:59, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
- Good to see we're progressively moving into the mainspace.
Done adding pictures to Algeria. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:42, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Good to see we're progressively moving into the mainspace.
Thanks...
...for supporting my RfA, which just passed a few hours ago. Hope this doesn't qualify as RfA spam! :) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:28, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
List of topics
Great work on the List of topics project. Just few questions: I'd like to improve this list; could you point me to a list (may or may not be of the same topic) which I could use as a model. Plus, I remember that there have been some discussions about the name format these topic lists should have. What was the result? Thank you. Eklipse (talk) 22:02, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
End border
Hi, it's been a long time since we've last saw each other. I've an issue with a card I'm currently trying to develop i.e. I can't type anything below the card. Take a look at this page to see the problem. I appreciate your help. By the way, nice user page. Cheers, Zacharycrimsonwolf 12:42, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for helping with the card; I'll check it out later. About the collaboration, I'm glad to help with Malaysia. Cheers, Zacharycrimsonwolf 03:26, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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For helping me so many times. and for my wonderful userpage. Cheers, Zacharycrimsonwolf 04:08, 30 September 2008 (UTC) |
Malaysia
Umm...I'm not really sure what I want to do, but I'll try my best. I'll let you know how its going.
PS: Glad to know you like the barnstar.
Cheers, Zacharycrimsonwolf 01:47, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Halloween
Dearest The Transhumanist,
Zacharycrimsonwolf wishes you a Happy Halloween! Send this card to other spookers, even if it's a little early. Have a spooky Halloween and cheers!
Credits
Thanks to JetLover for his pumpkin image!
If this card comes to you, tell Zachary how you like his card!
- 03:11, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Remember to look here for other cards!
Air Force
Done
it's done... ChiragPatnaik (talk) 07:43, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- ok In some cases I put it in already. Some places like islands don't even have standing armies. and yet others areprotectorates. For these I will redirect to the country page.
Foxy Loxy's RfA
Hello, this message is to inform you that User:Foxy Loxy has restarted their RfA. The new discussion is located at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Foxy Loxy 2. GlassCobra 09:58, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Question
At List of countries by GDP (nominal) - which column does one use to find the country's rank? iMatthew (talk) 00:53, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
- But in the example you gave - you only wrote 50. Some of them have multiple ranks, how would you handle that? iMatthew (talk) 00:57, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
- Wow, It's a lot of work. Unfortunately - I'm currently working on 1 DYK, 2 GA, 1 FA, and 3 FL - so I don't have much time for other stuff, sorry! iMatthew (talk) 20:01, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
- That would just be another ten pounds on my back. I'm sorry, I hope you are able to find somebody else to help. Sorry!! iMatthew (talk) 20:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
- Wow, It's a lot of work. Unfortunately - I'm currently working on 1 DYK, 2 GA, 1 FA, and 3 FL - so I don't have much time for other stuff, sorry! iMatthew (talk) 20:01, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Population info
See reply on my talk page. Pie is good (Apple is the best) 00:54, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Re: Are you around?
Hey Transhumanist -- good to hear from you. I'm still around in a minimal sense, but I haven't done any substantial work lately -- I started college a little over a month ago, and that's been keeping me rather busy. So I don't know if I'll get around to working on the basic topics/topical outline pages any time soon, but I'll definitely consider it if I get some free time. Thanks for your hard work. — xDanielx T/C\R 09:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Help with Menu style.
I wish to 1st thank you for your respose to my topic "Template Round corners and div classes". The Wiki Sysop on the Game Wiki looked at the code on the page and then at another file and told me he would have to rewrite some stuff to be able to use those class in the Game Wiki. He did tell me how to do something similar which I have.
My Question is if I was to post the code for my tab menu could you show me if it is possible to incorporate a collapsible field to where it would be able to have like a drop down list or something similar.
DavidAHare (talk) 20:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
- You're on your own on this one. Elonka has some drop-down boxes on her user page, here with backgrounds, here without. Maybe you can adapt the code for your purposes. The Transhumanist 00:37, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
You could look over the best user pages on Wikipedia, to see if any of them have done something close to what you want. Many of them are presented at the User Page Hall of Fame.
Wikipedia has navboxes that collapse. See Template:Navbox.
Hope these resources help. Good luck. The Transhumanist 00:42, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
I like the Template:Navbox but they have to many other templ;ates involved to where I can not tell what is and what is not the actual code for each style of the Navboxes. If there was a way to see the navbox code with the parameters with out any documentation or the extra templates for each style I could see if it would work. I am teaching myself this type of programming and I have to be able to see how things look very simply without any extra stuff added to it.
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Reply
Unfortunately, I'm busy at the moment getting Major League Baseball to FA. Sorry.--LAAFansign review 21:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Basic topics lists for countries
Hello Transhumanist. Thanks for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics#Basic topics lists for countries invite. I'll give it some thought. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:35, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
- Yes for all 3. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- I got approved for AWB 2 days ago, tried to install it, but was unsuccessful on this computer. Will have another go on it over the weekend on my other one. Sorry if I didn't clarify previously that I'm approved for AWB but not using it yet. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:09, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Project
I really like the idea and I think it's great but I'm not sure I'll be that much use, but I'm willing to help on minor things if you need any doing... Highfields (talk, contribs, review) 15:14, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Country topic outlines
I'd like to help. How do I do so? Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 00:21, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I do have them. Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 00:28, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- At the National Geographic Bee, they asked geographic questions similar to those here or here, in a format outlined pretty well on our article on it. The questions were mostly about identifying specific places. Any more questions about it? Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 00:46, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- With regard to the lists of basic topics, is this considered appropriate? Since Andorra is landlocked, it wouldn't have any fjords or islands, but I'm not sure about the policy of this specific WikiProject. Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 02:48, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Re: AWB question
Answer: Using regex. Contact me if you have a specific requirement you want help with. Rjwilmsi 22:04, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
\n is a newline; you'll have to check the regex box. --NE2 02:18, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you! The Transhumanist 22:40, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
Should the topic outline for Vatican City refer to it as "the Vatican City" or "Vatican City"? Usage in Wikipedia seems to favour the latter, but the official name is Stato della Città del Vaticano (State of the Vatican City). Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 22:50, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- Good question. Searching Google, "Vatican City" is clearly the more common usage (43 million versus 330 thousand with the "the"). All articles with "the Vatican City" in them should be renamed without the "the". But be careful not to change the ones with "the Vatican City State". :)
- To assist you in finding them, here's a Google title search of Wikipedia for "the Vatican City"
French language
I've moved French (language) back to French language, which is correct according to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages). I'm not sure what you read in MOS, but the interpretation was not the intended one. With controversial moves, it is best to hold a discussion on the article talk page first and post a notice at Wikipedia:Requested moves. This allows for a consensus among interested editors. — Gareth Hughes (talk) 22:54, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
- They changed the convention. Interesting. Thanks for the heads up and the fix. By the way, I think the consensus method we just used (Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle) is best. It resolved the "controversy" much faster than the procedure you mentioned would have. ;) The Transhumanist 21:14, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
Re: Move request
Done. The extra tools come in handy for things like that, but it's really no big deal. And don't worry, you'll get there eventually. :-) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Vatican city
Wow, that looks great; good work. I found very little to change, and I added a picture and preformed minor copyedits. Just one question: should the empty Education section be removed? I can't find any links relevant to that section. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:37, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
- Looks good, I'm surprised at how much you found. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 23:05, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Re: Taiwanese, do you think there should be a brief discussion first? –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:26, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- Good enough for me;
Done –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:39, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- Cool, looks good. Keep up the good work. :-) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:28, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you. Found a few more adjustments. I think it's done now. The Transhumanist 20:30, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- Done with German People. Sorry for the delayed response. ;-) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 18:01, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
- Cool, looks good. Keep up the good work. :-) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:28, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- Done. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:20, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Topic Outlines
I`m rather busy with school, but I want to help when I have some spare time (e.g. weekends). What tasks can I do to help? --Patar knight - chat/contributions 23:48, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
h+
In case you haven't seen. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/16/new-online-magazine.html :) -- Quiddity (talk) 19:21, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Taiwanese Hokkien
Hi tH,
Several people have objected to the name Taiwanese Hokkien, as the term used by the ROC is evidently Taiwanese Minnan (or actually, just "Minnan" in English, but it's disambiguated in Chinese). I don't care either way myself (against govt usage, "Taiwanese Hokkien" appears to be twice as common as "Taiwanese Minnan" on Taiwanese websites, at least according to Google), but thought you might want a say. kwami (talk) 20:10, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi!
Just to let you know that I haven't forgotten about Atlas and that I'm nearing completion! But don't get your hopes too high yet, it looks nearly the same as the previous version, and there's still a lot more to be done. -- penubag (talk) 02:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, I AM FINISHED! Phew, found enough time to work all day this weekend, and finished it! I know you'll probably have another laundry list of stuff you want me to do but this time I can edit the image with ease. I actually like this one a lot more than the other one. Atlas actually looks gold. Linky -- penubag (talk) 04:03, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
"Lists" mass-renaming
Hi there. I noticed you're mass-renaming lists against the manual of style on naming conventions of long lists. I'd highly suggest that you stop for the time being and gain consensus for this move before continuing, as I could easily see lots of people disagreeing. If you have already gained consensus for this, please feel free to trout me with the link. Cheers =) --slakr\ talk / 20:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
- OK. I'll wait. Thank you for your concern. The Transhumanist 22:38, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
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