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==Vandalism?== |
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I was just wondering why you sent me a message saying something that I added to a page was vandalism??? I was not trying to vandalise anything and just wanted to add something useful so I was wondering why it was removed? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/70.69.37.118|70.69.37.118]] ([[User talk:70.69.37.118|talk]]) 05:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> |
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== Gerlinde Sämann == |
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Hi, thanks for sifting through. Just one thing: "''SecurePoll'' admins have access to the behind-the-scenes stuff, which is accessible via [[Special:SecurePoll/list/130]]. This is an enhanced version of the public log, which they can view for comparison purposes by going to the same location while logged out." I guess HM was thinking this would be addressed directly to the scrutineers, and used "you" in that sense. I don't mind at all avoiding "you", but is "they" the SP admins or just the scrutineers? [[User:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">'''Tony'''</font >]] [[User talk:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">(talk)</font >]] 14:14, 1 December 2010 (UTC) |
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Hi Graham, I wrote on [[Gerlinde Sämann]], a wonderful soprano who is blind, and nominate her for DYK Special occasions, perhaps you are the one to look? --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 11:19, 3 September 2010 (UTC) |
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:Both, because all scrutineers are ''SecurePoll'' admins. I've just made [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2010/Coordination/Instructions_for_scrutineers&diff=399928035&oldid=399898220 this edit] to avoid the ambiguity. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 14:53, 1 December 2010 (UTC) |
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:Thanks for taking care of her! (Still needs an ok on the DYK nominations ...) She uses Braille music, I found in one of the German sources, I think in the interview if you perhaps want to dig. I heard her in the Monteverdi, beautiful! Travelling soon to celebrate more [[Reger-Chor|25 years]], singing, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 11:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC) |
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::DYK ok now, was parallel to my writing. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 11:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC) |
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:::Tea rodent q answered where you raised it. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 13:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== Quote box at [[Chamber Music]] == |
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== BWV 186 == |
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I see you removed one of the quote boxes at [Chamber Music]] and replaced it with an ordinary file reference. This makes editing more straightforward, but it looks a lot uglier. When the link is in a quote box, it has a nice pink background, with a picture of the composer, and with the names of the composer, the work and the performers in a neatly formatted frame. |
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Hi Graham, I looked at Bach's only cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent BWV 186a today. I found a funny redirect "BWV 186" instead of BWV 186 which I may have created by mistake, now I don't know how to get rid of it, a move doesn't help, because a robot "corrects" it. Can you delete it and create the real one? Today I wrote on [[Diethard Hellmann]] who reconstructed the music, - good coincidence, the teacher of our conductor, so far a de-link, now one less, to please you, smile --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 19:44, 2 December 2010 (UTC) |
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I don't know if you can see that, so you may not be able to tell the difference. |
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:Hi Gerda, OK, I've deleted that pesky redirect. I've also copyedited the article. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 00:21, 3 December 2010 (UTC) |
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Best regards, |
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::Thank you, it's on DYK right now, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 11:56, 3 December 2010 (UTC) |
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--[[User:Ravpapa|Ravpapa]] ([[User talk:Ravpapa|talk]]) 21:03, 7 September 2010 (UTC) |
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:OK, I was actually thinking about whether removing the first quote box would make much difference. Apparently it does, so I've framed the Brahms Clarinet Quintet file in a quote box, like how the Schubert Octet was laid out. I do like the convenient "play sound" link that comes up when using a plain file link, however. If you don't mind, I want to remove the links in the images accompanying the sound files, by adding "|link=|alt=", so screen readers ignore the decorative images. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 02:49, 8 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== Cricket == |
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G'day mate. Long time no speak - I hope you are well. |
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I saw you NOST restore at [[first-class cricket]] and wondered how could I (or even better, you) identify the earliest cricket article? –[[User talk:Moondyne|Moondyne]] 00:28, 3 December 2010 (UTC) |
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::Excellent idea. I would have done it myself had I known such an option existed. thanks --[[User:Ravpapa|Ravpapa]] ([[User talk:Ravpapa|talk]]) 03:29, 8 September 2010 (UTC) |
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:Hey Ian, I'm quite busy today, so I can't help you right away. It's just a matter of checking page histories of early cricket articles ... it's a matter of luck really. The Nostalgia Wikipedia would be easier to use for this purpose than the English Wikipedia. Maybe look for old titles of articles. I just tried [[nost:Special:Whatlinkshere/cricket|checking what links to the "cricket" article on the Nostalgia Wikipedia]] to try to find any redirects, but I had no luck there. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 00:36, 3 December 2010 (UTC) |
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::No sweat. [[User:Moondyne/Early cricket articles]] is a start. –[[User talk:Moondyne|Moondyne]] 01:26, 3 December 2010 (UTC) |
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:::I've gone through all the articles in [http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search this search query]. I think we've both found the major early cricket articles. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 15:36, 3 December 2010 (UTC) |
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:::OK, done. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 03:34, 8 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== Chris de Burgh == |
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== Quoted you == |
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Hi Graham87. |
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I have been watching with great interest over the last few months the ever changing Nationality of Chris. |
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As you seem to be one of the more sensible people who contribute to the page,i will give you this information as the ever changing Nationality really needs to stop! |
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Perhaps there should be a designated senior editor for each page to control edits,maybe you are that person?? |
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I have been watching the user Sheodred's edits,also with interest.He is actually correct just he never provides a source. |
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I however have that source! |
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www.dfa.ie/home.aspx?id=267 |
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That is the link for the Irish Department Of Foreign Affairs. |
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Under Section:Entitlement to Citizenship |
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"Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts,1956 to 2004,a person who was born outside Ireland is automatically an Irish Citizen by descent if one of that person's parents was an Irish Citizen who was born in Ireland".This means that not only is Chris an Irish Citizen but also an Irish National and is entitled to an Irish Passport. |
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This may well explain why Chris is known around the World as "Irish" and of course because he has lived in Ireland most of his life.However of course Chris only needs 1 Passport,and really there is no extra benefit to having 2 Passports, so he continues to travel on a British Passport. |
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Perhaps British/Irish or Irish/British best describes the Nationality issue as he is both. |
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Best Wishes. |
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Greatwhiteshark44 <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Greatwhiteshark44|Greatwhiteshark44]] ([[User talk:Greatwhiteshark44|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Greatwhiteshark44|contribs]]) 10:32, 3 December 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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I have quoted a comment you made on [[Wikipedia talk:MED#Adding template]] in another conversation: [[Portal talk:Disability#Where the template does and doesn't belong]]. Not trying to involve you directly, just to let you know. Please answer here if you wish, I find it much easier to follow a conversation in one place. [[User:Mirokado|Mirokado]] ([[User talk:Mirokado|talk]]) 03:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC) |
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==Earlier Edit to your page== |
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:Thanks for letting me know. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 03:18, 13 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== You being right and all == |
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The relentless linking to anything that can be remotely connected to [[Jacob Appel]] continues: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:AN#Checkuser_request:_Appelphilia [[User:Flowanda|Flowanda]] | [[User talk:Flowanda|Talk]] 08:49, 15 September 2010 (UTC) |
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Hi Graham, wrong season, but I just stumbled over Christ lag in Todesbanden (chorale), which could and should be ''Christ lag in Todesbanden'' now, similar to the other chorales you handled before. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 20:22, 12 December 2010 (UTC) |
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== Unreliable Source? == |
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:Done. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 00:14, 13 December 2010 (UTC) |
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Yes it was me who added the website. I thought it would be quite a reliable source as it was checked over by an Orthopedic Surgeon who has been an Orthopedic Surgeon for a very long time and has used the Ilizarov Apparatus many times and knows quite a bit about it. I myself have used the Ilizarov Apparatus before and so I also shared my personal experiances on the website so that I could help others. That is also why I shared it because when you look up Ilizarov Apparatus in google or something, wikipedia is usually one of the first things to come up so, parents who are researching for their childs up coming surgery will probably look at it and find the website that I put on there and many people have told me this website has really helped them. The fact that it was checked over by an Orthopedic Surgeon and that many people find it very helpful should be enough to convice you that it is a reliable source. Now, I could pay tonnes of money and this website would no longer be a freely hosted website but that would not change any of the information on it, it would just change the web address. I do not see how paying lots of money to make it so it is not a freely hosted website changes how reliable it will be when clearly, if a perosn who is actually in this profession thinks it is reliable and accurate and then people who have visited it have found it to be reliable and helpful. And, no I do not think you should have accused me of vandalism because it doesn't really seem like you knew what you were doing. Before you removed the website and accused me of vandalism you should have looked into it more. Like put yourself into my shoes for a second, all I was doing was trying to help people because I care and want to make the limb lengthening process easier for them, then all of a sudden I get this message saying that it was vandalism!! I think that this link should be allowed on there. It will really help people. When I first had my surgery (I have had nine in total) I could not find any website like this one that could help me actually prepare for it. All everything said was how the surgery was done and that it would be painful. There is actually a lot more to it than that... that is why I have made a website! <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/70.69.37.118|70.69.37.118]] ([[User talk:70.69.37.118|talk]]) 05:30, 16 September 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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::Thank you! Also wrong season: A mighty fortress is our God - the original is the German, of course, [[Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott]]. (I didn't count how many times I changed overly correct German "Ein' feste" and un-German capitalization "Ein Feste" yesterday.) For that chorale I actually think there might/should be two articles, one on the original and one on translations and impact in English speaking culture. What do you think? A question for next year. First [[BWV 91]], to be expanded, plus that chorale, plus two more cantatas for Christmas, they celebrated three days then, smile, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:49, 13 December 2010 (UTC) |
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== Egyptian dynasty pages == |
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:::I think you'd need to use the [[WP:RM|requested moves]] system to ask for a move of that page, since it might be controversial (seeing as "A Mighty Fortress ..." is the most commmonly-known English title of the chorale. I don't see the point of splitting it into two articles, either, but the "In popular culture" section could be trimmed. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 13:17, 13 December 2010 (UTC) |
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From what I gather you've been moving and renaming the Egyptian dynasty pages. Where was this discussed before you began? To my knowledge, no one from Wikiproject Ancient Egypt was given a heads up or asked for any kind of input. [[User:Thanatosimii|Thanatosimii]] ([[User talk:Thanatosimii|talk]]) 19:45, 17 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== Dagger and double dagger with JAWS == |
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Hi! [[User:Dodoïste|Dodoïste]] suggested in [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)/archive1|this featured list candidacy]] to check with you if JAWS properly reads [[Dagger (typography)|dagger]] and double dagger or if it reads them as question marks. The two symbols follow here: †, ‡. Did it work? [[User:Bamse|bamse]] ([[User talk:Bamse|talk]]) 00:22, 18 September 2010 (UTC) |
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[[Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40]] for 26 December is an existing article in need of improvement - and possibly even a move, because all serious sources have "Darzu" as the first word, more sources have "Dazu" which is more modern German. - I will turn - after the chorale ''[[Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ]]'' - to a new cantata for 26 December, [[BWV 57]], looks interesting and contrasting, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:11, 13 December 2010 (UTC) |
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== Conversion script == |
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:I've copyedited the articles. You're probably right, the first article might need to be moved, but there's nothing in the way. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 07:08, 14 December 2010 (UTC) |
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Hi. The [[User:Conversion script|conversion script]], didn't it also remove line breaks so there would only be one line break between each paragraph? Is it something worth mentioning, since it was also a change in the Phase II software? [[User:Heymid|<span style="color:green;">Hey</span>]][[User_talk:Heymid|<span style="color:red;">'''''Mid'''''</span>]] ([[Special:Contributions/Heymid|contributions]]) 20:38, 18 September 2010 (UTC) |
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::Thank you! BWV 40 moved, music added to 57, refs and details to the chorale, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:52, 14 December 2010 (UTC) |
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== Moves of Orders of magnitude (length) articles == |
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::Christmas completed now by [[BWV 64]], if you are interested, look, what a title. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 20:36, 15 December 2010 (UTC) |
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I see that the articles belonging to [[:Category:Orders of magnitude (length)]] have been moved from the format of the type ''1 E0 m'' to what is apparently intended to be "common names". Was this move ever discussed? The ''1 E0 m'' format strikes me as much more logical and consistent, especially in the context of orders of magnitude. Other Orders of Magnitude pages, for examples those in [[:Category:Orders of magnitude (volume)]], haven't been moved, and they retain the exponential format. Also, numerous links, including those in the template, retain the old format. Frankly, the moves strike me as unnecessary. --[[User:Florian Blaschke|Florian Blaschke]] ([[User talk:Florian Blaschke|talk]]) 20:12, 20 September 2010 (UTC) |
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:::Done. Indeed, what a title! '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 01:14, 16 December 2010 (UTC) |
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:Oh, sorry, I missed that the moves are already so old. I see that the articles in [[:Category:Orders of magnitude (time)]] have been moved away from the titles employing scientific notation, as well. But in that case, the template has been adapted. Weird. But anyway: Thank you. --[[User:Florian Blaschke|Florian Blaschke]] ([[User talk:Florian Blaschke|talk]]) 02:05, 21 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== [[Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage]] == |
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== Thanks == |
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Hi. As you recently commented in the [[Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll|straw poll]] regarding the ongoing usage and trial of [[Wikipedia:Pending changes|Pending changes]], this is to notify you that there is an '''[[Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage|interim straw poll]]''' with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. '''[[Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage|Your input]]''' on this issue is greatly appreciated. [[User:Off2riorob|Off2riorob]] ([[User talk:Off2riorob|talk]]) 23:35, 20 September 2010 (UTC) |
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Hi Graham, thanks for fixing my grammar in my userpage and for importing histories from nostalgia. It is very cool. Regards. [[User:Emijrp|emijrp]] ([[User talk:Emijrp|talk]]) 00:36, 15 December 2010 (UTC) |
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== Islam and animals == |
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Many thanks for your kind help on the Bach articles. I expect to be working on [[Orgelbüchlein]] some time soon. Best wishes, [[User:Mathsci|Mathsci]] ([[User talk:Mathsci|talk]]) 11:34, 17 December 2010 (UTC) |
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Question for you on [[Talk:Islam and animals]]. [[Special:Contributions/69.3.72.249|69.3.72.249]] ([[User talk:69.3.72.249|talk]]) 04:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC) |
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==gnaraloo== |
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must be getting some rain at the moment - I went in and butchered the article with refs and removed the weasel crap (also the wp:Not guidebook stuff as well - trust all is well - cheers [[User:SatuSuro|Satu]][[User talk:SatuSuro|Suro]] 12:53, 17 December 2010 (UTC) |
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::abc news this pm - some localities in one day had more than their annual - |
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* http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDW39625.txt and etc [[User:SatuSuro|Satu]][[User talk:SatuSuro|Suro]] 13:08, 17 December 2010 (UTC) |
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: you mean you cannot get english or australian inflexions at all? i imagine it could make mess of many words in that case [[User:SatuSuro|Satu]][[User talk:SatuSuro|Suro]] 13:12, 17 December 2010 (UTC) |
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:: i gotta get off my screen has been giving me sore eyes recently - imacs adjust auto and i forget the manual over-ride every time - will talk to you again soon - cheers [[User:SatuSuro|Satu]][[User talk:SatuSuro|Suro]] 13:31, 17 December 2010 (UTC) |
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:I've replied there. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 04:47, 23 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== Churros == |
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== break code == |
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Hi Graham |
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Thanks for your edits at the SP, Graham. I've [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikipedia_Signpost%2FNewsroom&action=historysubmit&diff=387498294&oldid=387447193 reminded] SP journalists. [[User:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">'''Tony'''</font >]] [[User talk:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">(talk)</font >]] 09:53, 28 September 2010 (UTC) |
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Just a quick question, lets see if you agree with me? If the following is true:- |
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== Different == |
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"After the Portuguese sailed for the Orient and returned from Ming Dynasty China to Portugal, they brought along with them new culinary techniques, including modifying the dough for Youzagwei also known as You tiao in Northern China, for Portugal. However, they modified it by introducing a star design because they did not learn the Chinese skill of "pulling" the dough (the Chinese Emperor made it a crime with capital punishment to share knowledge with foreigners). As a result, the churros is not "pulled" but pushed out through a star-shaped cutter" |
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Thank you for improving my English, BWV 11 . Could you also look at [[BWV 140]], [[BWV 12]], [[Missa (Bach)]] (including [[BWV 102]], [[BWV 72]], [[BWV 187]]), BWV [[120]] and [[BWV 29]], some new, some expanded - our concert program next Sunday, smile, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 11:26, 28 September 2010 (UTC) |
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Then how is it churros are spanish? Portuguese more than likey if a european country is going to claim it, Iberian possibly, spanish...... no way. |
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:Thanks for editing thoroughly! I forgot the latest one, not for the concert, just for the "ordinary" Sunday, [[BWV 96]], with the open [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Classical_music#Flauto_piccolo|question]] on the sopranino recorder, raised on classical music. I try to write one cantata a week, as Bach did, smile, keep looking. - As for text vs. words: Text in German sounds more like business. This may be different in English. - I replied to Weinen Zagen where you left it, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 13:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC) |
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::(Replying here because the indentation would be crazy otherwise): I've gone through BWV 96 as well. "Words" sounds a bit colloquial - it makes it sound like a pop song to me. It's interesting that it has a business-like connotation in German. Maybe "texts" in the plural would actually be better in English, assuming there's more than one. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 14:27, 28 September 2010 (UTC) |
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I look forward to your reply ;) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/94.193.88.164|94.193.88.164]] ([[User talk:94.193.88.164|talk]]) 14:23, 19 December 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:::That's what I like to learn from a native speaker, thank you! One cantata contributor used the phrase "of mixed authorship". I feel that in most Bach cantatas this was desired to happen: a fusion of the Bible (Bibelworte in German), chorale and contemporary lyric, really contempory that is, 10 years old was an exception. - Thanks for the move, I deleted my request then. As for [[Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland]], I feel that it should be the chorale, and a disamb page be created for what it is now, because the chorale really is the source for all the others, + for consistency with the other chorale articles. What do you think? - After looking at the Missa (s.a.), link to the Morgenstern chorale for a good picture, as a little token of thanks! --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 14:42, 28 September 2010 (UTC) |
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::::I agree. Something like what I've just done to the chorale and disambig pages. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 01:53, 29 September 2010 (UTC) |
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:Hi Graham |
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:::::To be sure: this is different, unlike the others: there IS a disamb page, that should fist be moved to "... (disambiguation)", than as before. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 08:51, 29 September 2010 (UTC) |
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::::::Thanks for moving! I found a latin article, ''Nun komm'', surprise. No German yet ... Could you please also look at [[Missa (Bach)]]? In prep already. I worked on BWV 29 again, - hoping not to bore you. Singing was again tremendous tonight, even Weinen Klagen a bit faster, we are no professionals. I's a wonderful way to get to the core of that music, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC) |
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:::::::All done. Singing this music must be an incredible experience. It's an amazing way to learn how the parts all fit together. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 03:40, 30 September 2010 (UTC) |
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Thanks for replying, very good, but it doesn't say Country of Origin, its says place of origin, and therefore spain would be incorrect also, would it not? |
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::::::::It is! Especially standing mixed - as we did in preparation. Yesterday we sang in the church, more difficult, too much reverbaration. One more rehearsal choir, then orchestra, then concert. - Thank you for your wording! I like "derived" and especially "concluding his great work", because I feel it was the work of his life which concluded. For my last birthday I had a wish, I asked my guests to sing along ''Wir danken dir, Gott ...'', fulfilled. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:57, 30 September 2010 (UTC) |
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== Log entries on my watchlist == |
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Look forward to your reply ;) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/94.193.88.164|94.193.88.164]] ([[User talk:94.193.88.164|talk]]) 14:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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Why are there so many log entries on my watchlist? These entries are regarding Constitution-based articles. Were there problems with those articles? Is there any way to remove those entries from my watchlist, without also removing the articles? [[User:SMP0328.|SMP0328.]] ([[User talk:SMP0328.|talk]]) 17:32, 2 October 2010 (UTC) |
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== Vandal on [[WP:Deleted articles with freaky titles]] == |
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== Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay == |
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Hello. If you have time, I think you should look into the actions of the IP ([[User talk:173.26.237.244]]) who's been adding these articles that were created as vandalism to DAFT, especially if the additions keep up like this. The person behind the IP may have created those articles just to get them on the DAFT page; that's happened a few times in the past year. The possibility that DAFT is encouraging vandalism makes me uncomfortable. |
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What was your edit (movement) of the [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] page about? |
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The other articles that were created just to get on DAFT were made by a person who created accounts named [[User:Bully25]], [[User:Kill me when i die]], and [[User:Damn cookies!]]. As far as I can tell, those accounts haven't done anything wrong lately, but the person behind them could be the same as the one adding these articles now. It might be worthwhile to check their contributions against the creators of the recently-added articles and see if there are any patterns. [[User:A. Parrot|A. Parrot]] ([[User talk:A. Parrot|talk]]) 20:41, 19 December 2010 (UTC) |
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I read your import page, but can't say it explained the question "why". |
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== Disagree with losing the Sapir-Whorf redirect == |
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As far as I can see, your edits did not change ''anything'' about the page. The only change as far as I can discern is that you add in some edit from "Aristotle" and then immediately revert them. |
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The term "Sapir-Whorf" is very notable and should have its own page - see [[Talk:Linguistic_relativity#Disagree_with_losing_the_Sapir-Whorf_redirect]]. [[User:Hpvpp|Hpvpp]] ([[User talk:Hpvpp|talk]]) 08:47, 24 December 2010 (UTC) |
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I simply don't understand what it's all about, could you please give a short introductory non-technical answer? |
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:I've replied at the article's talk page. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 08:55, 24 December 2010 (UTC) |
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Feel free to explain here, rather than on some random user page (i.e. mine)? Thanks, [[User:CapnZapp|CapnZapp]] ([[User talk:CapnZapp|talk]]) 11:33, 4 October 2010 (UTC) |
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== User talk:Jimbo Wales == |
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:Before I imported the edit by Aristotle, the first edit in the history of the WFRP page was by Conversion script with the edit summary "Automated conversion". So I imported the very first edit from the [[Nost:|Nostalgia Wikipedia]], a copy of the Wikipedia database from 20 December 2001, to show who actually started the article. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 13:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC) |
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Why exactly are you restoring a banned user's comments into an unrelated section? --[[User:Onorem|Onorem]][[Special:Contributions/Onorem|♠]][[User talk:Onorem|Dil]] 05:51, 2 January 2011 (UTC) |
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::Thanks for replying. So essentially what you are doing is deleting pages, starting new articles (using text from Nost), and then applying all the changes back in again, yes? [[User:CapnZapp|CapnZapp]] ([[User talk:CapnZapp|talk]]) 19:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC) |
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:::No. I moved the article so its title is the same as the one on the Nostalgia Wikipedia (and moved it to the MediaWiki talk namespace), pressed the import button to copy the edit from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to here, then moved the article back to its original title. You seem to be getting a bit confused by an annoying software bug related to the Wikipedia database. Every time an edit is made or imported to Wikipedia, it gets a new revision ID, which is one higher than the previous edit. In most cases, a high revision ID means that the edit was made relatively recently. However, the edits that I'm importing get a high revision ID, as if they were a new edit, even though they were made in 2001! The previous/next edit links in old revisions and diffs take you to the previous/next diff by revision ID, not date, unlike the page history, which orders all edits by date. Therefore it's easier to understand what happened if you just check the page history and/or the logs, rather than relying on the previous/next edit feature. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 02:39, 5 October 2010 (UTC) |
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::::Again, thanks for replying. Unfortunately, you seem to assume a much higher level of understanding than what a mere user like me possesses. Could we take it from the beginning...: |
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* First off, I'm here because of three inexplicable lines in the history of the article in question (the WFRP page in this case): |
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== Italic text == |
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(moved Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay to MediaWiki talk:WFRP: import old edit, see User:Graham87/Import) |
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(1 revision from nost:WFRP: import old edit) |
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(moved MediaWiki talk:WFRP to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay over redirect: revert) |
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None of these lines by itself make any sense. The only clue to what happened is the link to your import page. Unfortunately, it lacks a friendly, introductory and non-technical summary of what you are doing, and why. It's much the same as your responses to me (above) - they talk about technical details such mediawikis, conversion scripts, and revision IDs. I might be daft, but I'm not getting the overall picture. |
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Hi Graham, thanks for your comments at [[WT:Manual of Style (accessibility)#Guidance on italic text]]. As a simplified example, what I'm trying to establish is whether a JAWS user can read the following two tables and be able to tell that José Contreras is a member of the Phillies' active (25-man) roster? |
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''Please keep in mind I am not here to question or contest your edits.'' I merely want a simple explanation - in layman's terms. |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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|+ {{anchor|Key}}Key to symbols in player list |
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|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| {{†}} ''or'' {{‡}} || Indicates a member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] ({{‡}} indicates that the Phillies are the player's primary team) |
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| § || Indicates a member of the [[Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame]] |
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|bgcolor="#ccddff"| ''Year'' || Indicates that the player is a member of the Phillies' active (25-man) roster<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phillies.mlb.com/team/roster_active.jsp?c_id=phi|title=Active Roster|work=Phillies.MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|accessdate=November 1, 2010}}</ref> |
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
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|+ Players whose surnames begin with C |
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!scope="col" width="35%"| Name |
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!scope="col" |Season(s) |
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!scope="col" |Position(s) |
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! scope="row" | {{sortname|Billy|Consolo}} |
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| {{center|1962}} |
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| [[Third baseman]] |
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! scope="row" | {{sortname|José|Contreras||Contreras, Jose}} |
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|bgcolor="#ccddff"| {{center|''2010''}} |
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| [[Pitcher]] |
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In other words, in the second table the cell containing the season '2010' has a light-blue background and the text is italic. Are you able to match any of that with the key (first table) and get the relevant information? |
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There's no rush on this, but knowing the answers would help us to make better recommendations for keys to tables, particularly when they arrive at FLC. Regards --[[User:RexxS|RexxS]] ([[User talk:RexxS|talk]]) 03:31, 4 January 2011 (UTC) |
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==wow== |
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bugzilla looks quite amazing - trust your new year is going well - cheers [[User:SatuSuro|Satu]][[User talk:SatuSuro|Suro]] 04:58, 8 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Cesar Franck == |
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Thank you for your recasting of the sentence in the Cesar Franck article - it flows much better in your rewrite. [[User:Originalylem|Originalylem]] ([[User talk:Originalylem|talk]]) 18:54, 9 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Harald III move 2009 == |
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May I ask you cordially why you moved ''Harald Hardrada'' to [[Harald III of Norway]] "without discussion" on November 1 2009, if you might remember? |
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I have just been criticised for linking to the article under it's current name and stand accused of being a "diva" and trying to promote "idiosyncratic" nomenclature in this regard. [[User:SergeWoodzing|SergeWoodzing]] ([[User talk:SergeWoodzing|talk]]) 19:28, 9 January 2011 (UTC) |
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:Since you replied on my page (thanx!) I continued this a bit there. [[User:SergeWoodzing|SergeWoodzing]] ([[User talk:SergeWoodzing|talk]]) 19:46, 10 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Deletion of "Ford Motor Company" == |
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I think you forgot to restore [[Ford Motor Company]] when you were performing those various page moves. <small>[[User:OSX|OSX]] ([[User talk:OSX|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/OSX|contributions]])</small> 04:57, 12 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Is there still a problem with [[WP:ACCESS#Links|Links]] in section headers? == |
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Hi Graham, I'm glad you had a decent break, and thanks for your replies to [[#Italic text]]. I haven't forgotten about it, but I want to make some more examples that clarify what I see as the problem, and then I'll get back to you. |
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More immediately, I'm trying to reconcile the advice about putting links in sections headers: |
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* [[WP:ACCESS#Links]]: "Avoid putting links in section headings. Some screen readers, such as versions of JAWS prior to 7.1, have significant difficulty correctly rendering such headers." |
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* [[Help:Section#Section linking]]: "An internal link in a section heading does not give complications in terms of section linking" |
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as it's an issue now at [[WP:FLC]]. The question I'm hoping you can answer is, do section links in headers actually cause you problems? I should also ask if you think that many users of JAWS are likely to be using the versions prior to 7.1 (where we know significant problems exist)? |
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Finally, a specific example: the article [[List of birds of Pennsylvania]] has multiple links in section headers. How much of a nuisance does this cause you? Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this issue. Cheers, --[[User:RexxS|RexxS]] ([[User talk:RexxS|talk]]) 17:52, 12 January 2011 (UTC) |
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==Email== |
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–[[User talk:Moondyne|Moondyne]] 14:01, 14 January 2011 (UTC) |
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:Got it. Ta. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 14:26, 14 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Light My Fire == |
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Given that you restored material which has already been tagged for lacking sourcing for over a year, I would appreciate it if you could explain what you believe a productive alternative would be. Are you planning to source it yourself? Are you referring it elsewhere for sourcing? Thank you for the clarification. [[User:Doniago|Doniago]] ([[User talk:Doniago|talk]]) 06:17, 18 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Names of Bach's minor Passions == |
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I suggest the following move and don't think a needs a broad discussion: at present we have [[St John Passion]] and [[St Matthew Passion]], but [[St Mark Passion (Bach)]] and [[St Luke Passion (Bach)]]. [[St Mark Passion]] and [[St Luke Passion]] (without a dot) are redirects to the disambiguation pages (with a dot) which have no links (other than the naming discussion). I suggest to move the Bach works in their places, for naming consistency. What do you think? - I liked to see on DYK a pictured Bach cantata on Epiphany and the [[NBA (Bach)]] on WP's birthday. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:03, 18 January 2011 (UTC) |
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:I'm not sure. Do you want to move the articles with "Bach" in there title to just plain titles? Because Wikipedia has articles about [[St. Luke Passion (Penderecki)]] and [[St. Mark Passion (Wood)]], and the dot in the titles doesn't make much of a difference. Maybe this needs discussion on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music]]. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 10:18, 18 January 2011 (UTC) |
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::Take it there. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:30, 18 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik == |
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Please have a look at the discussion of [[Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik]], --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 11:46, 18 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Random Smiley Award == |
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<div style="background-color:#f9f0C9; border:1px solid #888850; padding:2px; width:300px;"> |
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[[image:smiley.svg|left|90px]]<small>For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted <b>[[User:Elipongo/SmileyAward|Random Smiley Award]].</b><br />([[User:Elipongo/SmileyAward|Explanation and Disclaimer]])</small> |
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</div> <font color="purple">♠</font>[[User:TomasBat|<font face="Old English Text MT"><font color="green">TomasBat</font></font>]] 02:29, 19 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== International Marriage Agency == |
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Graham87, thank you for your edits to International Marriage Agency. This article got completely hacked recently, and it needs help. Please keep checking in when you can. I am trying to build some content that is citing credible and relevant sources. Cheers. [[User:Computer1200|Computer1200]] ([[User talk:Computer1200|talk]]) 02:37, 21 January 2011 (UTC) |
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:The recent edits were mine. The edits I was referring to were in the last few months (or earlier).[[User:Computer1200|Computer1200]] ([[User talk:Computer1200|talk]]) 02:58, 21 January 2011 (UTC) |
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::No worries. Cheers. [[User:Computer1200|Computer1200]] ([[User talk:Computer1200|talk]]) 01:36, 27 January 2011 (UTC) |
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==[[Wikipedia:Speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Michigan/to do]]== |
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[[Image:Ambox warning pn.svg|left|48px|alt=|link=]]<!-- use [[Image:Ambox warning yellow.svg|left|48px|alt=|link=]] for YELLOW flag -->A tag has been placed on [[:Michigan/to do]], requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the [[WP:CSD#Redirects|criteria for speedy deletion]], because it is a redirect to an article talk page, file description page, file talk page, MediaWiki page, MediaWiki talk page, category talk page, portal talk page, template talk page, help talk, user page, user talk or special page from the main/article space. |
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If you can fix the redirect to point to a [[Wikipedia:Main namespace|mainspace page]], please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you are fixing the redirect. If you think the redirect should be retained as is for some reason, you can request that [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] wait a while before deleting it. To do this, affix the template '''<code>{{tl|hangon}}</code>''' to the page and state your reasoning on the article's [[Help:Talk page|talk page]]. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.<!-- Template:CSD R2-warn--> [[User:DASHBot|DASHBot]] ([[User talk:DASHBot|talk]]) 18:00, 22 January 2011 (UTC) |
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:Oops, I forgot to suppress the redirect when I moved that page. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 02:26, 23 January 2011 (UTC) |
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So, if the answer I suggested (deleting pages, starting them off with the Nostalgia edit, and then applying back the page history, in order to "inject" the page with its original first edit) doesn't cut it, that's fine. Could you please provide an equally non-technical, short paragraph that answers the why and the how (that happens to be more accurate, of course). |
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== FYI re imported edits and renames == |
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Then perhaps you would consider to enter that on to your import page? As it is today, that page will only make the eyes of an ordinary user glaze over, I'm afraid. |
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Thought you might be interested: [[bugzilla:26942]]. –[[user:xeno|<font face="verdana" color="black">'''xeno'''</font>]][[user talk:xeno|<font color="black"><sup>talk</sup></font>]] 19:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC) |
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Thanks for your patience, |
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:I've commented there, and turned that bug on its head. :-) '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 03:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC) |
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[[User:CapnZapp|CapnZapp]] ([[User talk:CapnZapp|talk]]) 09:40, 5 October 2010 (UTC) |
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:OK, I'll try. I was once offered a computer teaching position in a previous life, and you can probably understand why I never took it up. :-) Basically, I moved the Warhammer page so it lined up with the [[Nost:WFRP|WFRP page]] in the Nostalgia Wikipedia (a read-only copy of the Wikipedia database from December 2001), injected the 2001 edit into the page history, then moved the page back to its original title. Using the import feature in this case is like copying a file from a [[CD-ROM]] to a hard drive. If I copy a file called "test.doc" from a CD-ROM to a hard drive, the version on the hard drive will always have the file name "test.doc". So if I copy the WFRP page from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia, the page on the English Wikipedia will always have the name "WFRP". However I can choose what namespace to put it in; namespaces on a Wikipedia are like folders on a hard drive. When I copy edits from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia where there is a page title mismatch (like what happened in the Warhammer case), I always copy the them to the MediaWiki talk namespace, since it's not well-used. The MediaWiki talk namespace is the discussion area for pages in the [[Help:MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki namespace]], where system messages like the [[MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyrightwarning|copyright warning]] are stored. |
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::Thanks for the clarification. I realized as I was posting that you weren't in the logs for one of the three and figured my guess was a bit off, but it was worth a shot =) –[[user:xeno on an iPhone|<font face="verdana" color="black">'''xeno'''</font>]][[user talk:xeno|<font color="black"><sup>talk</sup></font>]] 04:06, 26 January 2011 (UTC) |
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:If you find that explanation helpful, I'll copy some of it to my user page about importing old edits. But the problem is that I use three different procedures for importing edits from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia, depending on the circumstances. |
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== Tim Chambers meta user page == |
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Thanks for your help. ''-- [[User:Tim Chambers|tbc]] ([[User talk:Tim Chambers|talk]]) 20:36, 29 January 2011 (UTC)'' |
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:Feel free to ask me any more questions about my import procedure, or ... almost anything! :-) '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 13:37, 5 October 2010 (UTC) |
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== teeny-somersault == |
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This is Fluss talking. You did the perfect importation exactly to the spot on my userpage. I am going to educate myself now, reading about your screenreader, how it deals with the difference between visible text and wikisyntax. --[[User:Fluss|Fluss]] ([[User talk:Fluss|talk]]) 08:41, 2 February 2011 (UTC) |
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==Italic marks - placement== |
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== Accessibility of symbol == |
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Hey Graham. Re [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fantaisie-Impromptu&curid=1309591&diff=389080722&oldid=388957472 this]: what difference does it make either way? I can't quite see the value of that edit. Cheers. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<font face="Papyrus">'' ... speak! ... ''</font>]] 11:43, 6 October 2010 (UTC) |
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== technical question == |
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Hi Graham, sorry to bother you again, but I've been asked how accessible the section symbol § is at [[User talk:RexxS#Another WP:ACCESS question]]. Could you let me know how JAWS renders § when you have a chance, please? If needed, I can use what we learned about the dagger symbol to create a template using an image and alt text, but there's less need if JAWS can deal with § already. Thanks again for all your help, --[[User:RexxS|RexxS]] ([[User talk:RexxS|talk]]) 00:45, 8 February 2011 (UTC) |
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How do I add another archive (archive 6) to the [[talk:culture]] page? The infobox seems to allow no editing by which to add a new link. [[User:Slrubenstein|Slrubenstein]] | [[User talk:Slrubenstein|Talk]] 15:03, 7 October 2010 (UTC) |
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== noindex tag, again == |
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Sorry, I was not clear. i understand what you wrote already. But the way I normally create that link is by editing the talk page. On other talk pages when i click "edit" I usually find the line where the archives are, and I add the link you describe, and hay presto. But for this article, although I see on th page archives, when I edit the page, I cannot see where the archive line is so I do not see where to add the link. [[User:Slrubenstein|Slrubenstein]] | [[User talk:Slrubenstein|Talk]] 15:15, 7 October 2010 (UTC) |
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Hello, Graham. I really hate to pester you about this again, but I have editors deleting things or bringing me up before ANI because my sandboxes don't have noindex tags (or had them put on by outsiders and I removed them). As a sysop who watches the main WP Sandbox page, can you re-assure me that my userpage sandboxes do not require the noindex tag? Sorry, again, for the bother. --[[User:Kenatipo|<span style="color:#060;font-family:Monotype Corsiva;cursor:help">'''Kenatipo'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Kenatipo|speak!]]</sup> 21:34, 12 February 2011 (UTC) |
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== Userfy [[DragonFable]] == |
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Part 2: I think it may depend on what content you have in your sandbox. (I did a test search the other day for an article I was rewriting in one of my sandboxes and Google didn't seem to find it. This may have caused me to come to a faulty conclusion about the function of the noindex tag. I did another search a few minutes ago and Google did find it!). So, for safety's sake, I added the noindex tag to that article I'm re-writing. What I'm trying to say is that if the sandbox content is "sensitive", the noindex tag is probably a good idea, otherwise it's not strictly required. --[[User:Kenatipo|<span style="color:#060;font-family:Monotype Corsiva;cursor:help">'''Kenatipo'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Kenatipo|speak!]]</sup> 22:06, 12 February 2011 (UTC) |
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I would like to request that [[DragonFable]] (now a redirect to [[Artix Entertainment#DragonFable]]) would be userfyed to [[User:Harry Blue5/DragonFable]] or some such so I can see if I can find some sources. Feel free to decline if you think that an article for [[DragonFable]] is impossible. [[User:Harry Blue5|Harry Blue5]] ([[User talk:Harry Blue5|talk]]) 08:49, 9 October 2010 (UTC) |
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Part 3: Did you ever read ''Voss'' by Patrick White? A great book, one of my all-time favorites. --[[User:Kenatipo|<span style="color:#060;font-family:Monotype Corsiva;cursor:help">'''Kenatipo'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Kenatipo|speak!]]</sup> 22:09, 12 February 2011 (UTC) |
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== Thanks ... == |
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::Thank you, Graham. I think it's finally beginning to sink in. I appreciate your help on this. About ''[[Voss]]'', it's not everyone's cup of tea. Patrick White has a "murky" style that I like, but some find it too "atmospheric" or "abstract". Say hello to the Fremantle Doctor for me! --[[User:Kenatipo|<span style="color:#060;font-family:Monotype Corsiva;cursor:help">'''Kenatipo'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Kenatipo|speak!]]</sup> 02:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC) |
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... for your thoughtful copyedit from one of the [[Husák's Children]] :) I appreciate your recommendations in the edit summaries, they're helpful and correct. Best regards, Graham. --[[User:Vejvančický|Vejvančický]] ([[User_talk:Vejvančický|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Vejvančický|contribs]]) 12:10, 10 October 2010 (UTC) |
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== Proposal to make it easier to produce good row headers == |
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== Utrecht Te Deum == |
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Hi. Currently, most users are reluctant to produce row headers because they are centered by default, which looks messy. They have to add some extra code in every row header (<code>style="text-align:left;"</code>) to have them left aligned. This makes the table more complicated to newbies and more complicated to produce. |
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Thanks to your improvement, this looked really nice today and is now [[Portal:Germany|here]] for a bit longer. Our next composer: [[Claudio Monteverdi]]. I can't find a mass in his article but we will sing one. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 22:54, 12 February 2011 (UTC) |
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So the proposal is to have row headers left aligned by default, when they are accessible using the code <code>scope="row"</code>. This proposal was already adopted at fr.wikipedia, and is doing a pretty good job at encouraging users to make row headers marked with <code>scope="row"</code>. |
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:Congratulations! It seems that many of Monteverdi's works don't have articles here. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 02:19, 13 February 2011 (UTC) |
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::The operas and the 1610 vespers, yes, plus a few others, but room for improvement. --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 12:20, 13 February 2011 (UTC) |
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So could you please comment [[MediaWiki talk:Common.css#The main proposal to left align row headers]]? Edokter is the only one who is opposing it, because he believes this is a negligible change. And 4 users support it already. I'd need you to weight in favor of this proposal. Thanks. :-) [[User:Dodoïste|Dodoïste]] ([[User talk:Dodoïste|talk]]) 18:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC) |
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== Just curious == |
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Hey there, sorry if this may seem like an odd question, but can you tell me if, when your screen reader software or speech synthesizer comes across text written in ALL CAPS, does it 'shout' it at you? like, does it raise in pitch or anything like that? -- [[User:OlEnglish|<font size="5">œ</font>]][[User talk:OlEnglish|<sup>™</sup>]] 07:07, 14 February 2011 (UTC) |
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== re == |
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:Nope, it sounds exactly the same. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 07:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC) |
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I'm vaguely sure that I moved those over to the current archives; I'll check it out. As for the numbers, I don't know, an error in when I set up the bot. I'll take a look at it later, thanks. --[[User:Golbez|Golbez]] ([[User talk:Golbez|talk]]) 14:34, 11 October 2010 (UTC) |
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::With the exception of acronyms which contain letter combinations not normally present in English, such as "USB". I was just leafing through your contribs and found [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous&diff=prev&oldid=413832753 this edit], which might have inspired your question. In that case, JAWS pronounces "USP" like "usp" because "sp" is a common letter combination in English. '''[[User:Graham87|Graham]]'''<font color="green">[[User talk:Graham87|87]]</font> 08:56, 14 February 2011 (UTC) |
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== help == |
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:::I see. Thanks, and you're right. it was that post that inspired the question. :) -- [[User:OlEnglish|<font size="5">œ</font>]][[User talk:OlEnglish|<sup>™</sup>]] 10:57, 14 February 2011 (UTC) |
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Hi Graham87, |
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== Question == |
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I'd like to discuss an article that you've edited - can you help me with it? Could you please email me I don't use wikipedia and don't know how to receive your reply.. thanks |
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Hello Graham87, about 2 months ago somebody hacked at least one, but probably more of my email accounts. This somebody had IP 67.202.67.86 I checked, if anybody with this IP edited wikipedia, and found out it did. I informed Avi, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/67.202.67.86 he blocked this proxy IP]. I thought it was the end of the story, but |
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PhilKnight#Just_something_to_think_about it was not]. So I looked more closely over IP contributions and found [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Graham87&diff=prev&oldid=390601625 this post at your talk page]. I am not saying that a person, who hacked my email accounts, and the one, who left you a message is the same one, but they might work for the same company that uses this proxy. That's why I'd be interested to find out what do you know about the user, who left you this message. Email address points to Australia location, and I have some reasons to believe that a person, who hacked my account could be from Australia, and maybe even from Pearth. I reported a hacker and importer to Internet Crime Complaint Center, and any new information on the matter you could share with me would be very helpful. Cheers.--[[User:Mbz1|Mbz1]] ([[User talk:Mbz1|talk]]) 15:08, 15 February 2011 (UTC) |
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Vandalism?
I was just wondering why you sent me a message saying something that I added to a page was vandalism??? I was not trying to vandalise anything and just wanted to add something useful so I was wondering why it was removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.37.118 (talk) 05:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Gerlinde Sämann
Hi Graham, I wrote on Gerlinde Sämann, a wonderful soprano who is blind, and nominate her for DYK Special occasions, perhaps you are the one to look? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking care of her! (Still needs an ok on the DYK nominations ...) She uses Braille music, I found in one of the German sources, I think in the interview if you perhaps want to dig. I heard her in the Monteverdi, beautiful! Travelling soon to celebrate more 25 years, singing, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- DYK ok now, was parallel to my writing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Tea rodent q answered where you raised it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- DYK ok now, was parallel to my writing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Quote box at Chamber Music
I see you removed one of the quote boxes at [Chamber Music]] and replaced it with an ordinary file reference. This makes editing more straightforward, but it looks a lot uglier. When the link is in a quote box, it has a nice pink background, with a picture of the composer, and with the names of the composer, the work and the performers in a neatly formatted frame.
I don't know if you can see that, so you may not be able to tell the difference.
Best regards,
--Ravpapa (talk) 21:03, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
- OK, I was actually thinking about whether removing the first quote box would make much difference. Apparently it does, so I've framed the Brahms Clarinet Quintet file in a quote box, like how the Schubert Octet was laid out. I do like the convenient "play sound" link that comes up when using a plain file link, however. If you don't mind, I want to remove the links in the images accompanying the sound files, by adding "|link=|alt=", so screen readers ignore the decorative images. Graham87 02:49, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Quoted you
I have quoted a comment you made on Wikipedia talk:MED#Adding template in another conversation: Portal talk:Disability#Where the template does and doesn't belong. Not trying to involve you directly, just to let you know. Please answer here if you wish, I find it much easier to follow a conversation in one place. Mirokado (talk) 03:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
You being right and all
The relentless linking to anything that can be remotely connected to Jacob Appel continues: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:AN#Checkuser_request:_Appelphilia Flowanda | Talk 08:49, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Unreliable Source?
Yes it was me who added the website. I thought it would be quite a reliable source as it was checked over by an Orthopedic Surgeon who has been an Orthopedic Surgeon for a very long time and has used the Ilizarov Apparatus many times and knows quite a bit about it. I myself have used the Ilizarov Apparatus before and so I also shared my personal experiances on the website so that I could help others. That is also why I shared it because when you look up Ilizarov Apparatus in google or something, wikipedia is usually one of the first things to come up so, parents who are researching for their childs up coming surgery will probably look at it and find the website that I put on there and many people have told me this website has really helped them. The fact that it was checked over by an Orthopedic Surgeon and that many people find it very helpful should be enough to convice you that it is a reliable source. Now, I could pay tonnes of money and this website would no longer be a freely hosted website but that would not change any of the information on it, it would just change the web address. I do not see how paying lots of money to make it so it is not a freely hosted website changes how reliable it will be when clearly, if a perosn who is actually in this profession thinks it is reliable and accurate and then people who have visited it have found it to be reliable and helpful. And, no I do not think you should have accused me of vandalism because it doesn't really seem like you knew what you were doing. Before you removed the website and accused me of vandalism you should have looked into it more. Like put yourself into my shoes for a second, all I was doing was trying to help people because I care and want to make the limb lengthening process easier for them, then all of a sudden I get this message saying that it was vandalism!! I think that this link should be allowed on there. It will really help people. When I first had my surgery (I have had nine in total) I could not find any website like this one that could help me actually prepare for it. All everything said was how the surgery was done and that it would be painful. There is actually a lot more to it than that... that is why I have made a website! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.37.118 (talk) 05:30, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
Egyptian dynasty pages
From what I gather you've been moving and renaming the Egyptian dynasty pages. Where was this discussed before you began? To my knowledge, no one from Wikiproject Ancient Egypt was given a heads up or asked for any kind of input. Thanatosimii (talk) 19:45, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Dagger and double dagger with JAWS
Hi! Dodoïste suggested in this featured list candidacy to check with you if JAWS properly reads dagger and double dagger or if it reads them as question marks. The two symbols follow here: †, ‡. Did it work? bamse (talk) 00:22, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Conversion script
Hi. The conversion script, didn't it also remove line breaks so there would only be one line break between each paragraph? Is it something worth mentioning, since it was also a change in the Phase II software? HeyMid (contributions) 20:38, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Moves of Orders of magnitude (length) articles
I see that the articles belonging to Category:Orders of magnitude (length) have been moved from the format of the type 1 E0 m to what is apparently intended to be "common names". Was this move ever discussed? The 1 E0 m format strikes me as much more logical and consistent, especially in the context of orders of magnitude. Other Orders of Magnitude pages, for examples those in Category:Orders of magnitude (volume), haven't been moved, and they retain the exponential format. Also, numerous links, including those in the template, retain the old format. Frankly, the moves strike me as unnecessary. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 20:12, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry, I missed that the moves are already so old. I see that the articles in Category:Orders of magnitude (time) have been moved away from the titles employing scientific notation, as well. But in that case, the template has been adapted. Weird. But anyway: Thank you. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 02:05, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:35, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Islam and animals
Question for you on Talk:Islam and animals. 69.3.72.249 (talk) 04:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
break code
Thanks for your edits at the SP, Graham. I've reminded SP journalists. Tony (talk) 09:53, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Different
Thank you for improving my English, BWV 11 . Could you also look at BWV 140, BWV 12, Missa (Bach) (including BWV 102, BWV 72, BWV 187), BWV 120 and BWV 29, some new, some expanded - our concert program next Sunday, smile, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:26, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for editing thoroughly! I forgot the latest one, not for the concert, just for the "ordinary" Sunday, BWV 96, with the open question on the sopranino recorder, raised on classical music. I try to write one cantata a week, as Bach did, smile, keep looking. - As for text vs. words: Text in German sounds more like business. This may be different in English. - I replied to Weinen Zagen where you left it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- (Replying here because the indentation would be crazy otherwise): I've gone through BWV 96 as well. "Words" sounds a bit colloquial - it makes it sound like a pop song to me. It's interesting that it has a business-like connotation in German. Maybe "texts" in the plural would actually be better in English, assuming there's more than one. Graham87 14:27, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- That's what I like to learn from a native speaker, thank you! One cantata contributor used the phrase "of mixed authorship". I feel that in most Bach cantatas this was desired to happen: a fusion of the Bible (Bibelworte in German), chorale and contemporary lyric, really contempory that is, 10 years old was an exception. - Thanks for the move, I deleted my request then. As for Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, I feel that it should be the chorale, and a disamb page be created for what it is now, because the chorale really is the source for all the others, + for consistency with the other chorale articles. What do you think? - After looking at the Missa (s.a.), link to the Morgenstern chorale for a good picture, as a little token of thanks! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- (Replying here because the indentation would be crazy otherwise): I've gone through BWV 96 as well. "Words" sounds a bit colloquial - it makes it sound like a pop song to me. It's interesting that it has a business-like connotation in German. Maybe "texts" in the plural would actually be better in English, assuming there's more than one. Graham87 14:27, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- I agree. Something like what I've just done to the chorale and disambig pages. Graham87 01:53, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- To be sure: this is different, unlike the others: there IS a disamb page, that should fist be moved to "... (disambiguation)", than as before. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:51, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for moving! I found a latin article, Nun komm, surprise. No German yet ... Could you please also look at Missa (Bach)? In prep already. I worked on BWV 29 again, - hoping not to bore you. Singing was again tremendous tonight, even Weinen Klagen a bit faster, we are no professionals. I's a wonderful way to get to the core of that music, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- To be sure: this is different, unlike the others: there IS a disamb page, that should fist be moved to "... (disambiguation)", than as before. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:51, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- I agree. Something like what I've just done to the chorale and disambig pages. Graham87 01:53, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
- All done. Singing this music must be an incredible experience. It's an amazing way to learn how the parts all fit together. Graham87 03:40, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
- It is! Especially standing mixed - as we did in preparation. Yesterday we sang in the church, more difficult, too much reverbaration. One more rehearsal choir, then orchestra, then concert. - Thank you for your wording! I like "derived" and especially "concluding his great work", because I feel it was the work of his life which concluded. For my last birthday I had a wish, I asked my guests to sing along Wir danken dir, Gott ..., fulfilled. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:57, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
- All done. Singing this music must be an incredible experience. It's an amazing way to learn how the parts all fit together. Graham87 03:40, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Log entries on my watchlist
Why are there so many log entries on my watchlist? These entries are regarding Constitution-based articles. Were there problems with those articles? Is there any way to remove those entries from my watchlist, without also removing the articles? SMP0328. (talk) 17:32, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
What was your edit (movement) of the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay page about?
I read your import page, but can't say it explained the question "why".
As far as I can see, your edits did not change anything about the page. The only change as far as I can discern is that you add in some edit from "Aristotle" and then immediately revert them.
I simply don't understand what it's all about, could you please give a short introductory non-technical answer?
Feel free to explain here, rather than on some random user page (i.e. mine)? Thanks, CapnZapp (talk) 11:33, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
- Before I imported the edit by Aristotle, the first edit in the history of the WFRP page was by Conversion script with the edit summary "Automated conversion". So I imported the very first edit from the Nostalgia Wikipedia, a copy of the Wikipedia database from 20 December 2001, to show who actually started the article. Graham87 13:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for replying. So essentially what you are doing is deleting pages, starting new articles (using text from Nost), and then applying all the changes back in again, yes? CapnZapp (talk) 19:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
- No. I moved the article so its title is the same as the one on the Nostalgia Wikipedia (and moved it to the MediaWiki talk namespace), pressed the import button to copy the edit from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to here, then moved the article back to its original title. You seem to be getting a bit confused by an annoying software bug related to the Wikipedia database. Every time an edit is made or imported to Wikipedia, it gets a new revision ID, which is one higher than the previous edit. In most cases, a high revision ID means that the edit was made relatively recently. However, the edits that I'm importing get a high revision ID, as if they were a new edit, even though they were made in 2001! The previous/next edit links in old revisions and diffs take you to the previous/next diff by revision ID, not date, unlike the page history, which orders all edits by date. Therefore it's easier to understand what happened if you just check the page history and/or the logs, rather than relying on the previous/next edit feature. Graham87 02:39, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
- Again, thanks for replying. Unfortunately, you seem to assume a much higher level of understanding than what a mere user like me possesses. Could we take it from the beginning...:
- No. I moved the article so its title is the same as the one on the Nostalgia Wikipedia (and moved it to the MediaWiki talk namespace), pressed the import button to copy the edit from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to here, then moved the article back to its original title. You seem to be getting a bit confused by an annoying software bug related to the Wikipedia database. Every time an edit is made or imported to Wikipedia, it gets a new revision ID, which is one higher than the previous edit. In most cases, a high revision ID means that the edit was made relatively recently. However, the edits that I'm importing get a high revision ID, as if they were a new edit, even though they were made in 2001! The previous/next edit links in old revisions and diffs take you to the previous/next diff by revision ID, not date, unlike the page history, which orders all edits by date. Therefore it's easier to understand what happened if you just check the page history and/or the logs, rather than relying on the previous/next edit feature. Graham87 02:39, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for replying. So essentially what you are doing is deleting pages, starting new articles (using text from Nost), and then applying all the changes back in again, yes? CapnZapp (talk) 19:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
- First off, I'm here because of three inexplicable lines in the history of the article in question (the WFRP page in this case):
(moved Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay to MediaWiki talk:WFRP: import old edit, see User:Graham87/Import) (1 revision from nost:WFRP: import old edit) (moved MediaWiki talk:WFRP to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay over redirect: revert)
None of these lines by itself make any sense. The only clue to what happened is the link to your import page. Unfortunately, it lacks a friendly, introductory and non-technical summary of what you are doing, and why. It's much the same as your responses to me (above) - they talk about technical details such mediawikis, conversion scripts, and revision IDs. I might be daft, but I'm not getting the overall picture.
Please keep in mind I am not here to question or contest your edits. I merely want a simple explanation - in layman's terms.
So, if the answer I suggested (deleting pages, starting them off with the Nostalgia edit, and then applying back the page history, in order to "inject" the page with its original first edit) doesn't cut it, that's fine. Could you please provide an equally non-technical, short paragraph that answers the why and the how (that happens to be more accurate, of course).
Then perhaps you would consider to enter that on to your import page? As it is today, that page will only make the eyes of an ordinary user glaze over, I'm afraid.
Thanks for your patience, CapnZapp (talk) 09:40, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
- OK, I'll try. I was once offered a computer teaching position in a previous life, and you can probably understand why I never took it up. :-) Basically, I moved the Warhammer page so it lined up with the WFRP page in the Nostalgia Wikipedia (a read-only copy of the Wikipedia database from December 2001), injected the 2001 edit into the page history, then moved the page back to its original title. Using the import feature in this case is like copying a file from a CD-ROM to a hard drive. If I copy a file called "test.doc" from a CD-ROM to a hard drive, the version on the hard drive will always have the file name "test.doc". So if I copy the WFRP page from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia, the page on the English Wikipedia will always have the name "WFRP". However I can choose what namespace to put it in; namespaces on a Wikipedia are like folders on a hard drive. When I copy edits from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia where there is a page title mismatch (like what happened in the Warhammer case), I always copy the them to the MediaWiki talk namespace, since it's not well-used. The MediaWiki talk namespace is the discussion area for pages in the MediaWiki namespace, where system messages like the copyright warning are stored.
- If you find that explanation helpful, I'll copy some of it to my user page about importing old edits. But the problem is that I use three different procedures for importing edits from the Nostalgia Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia, depending on the circumstances.
- Feel free to ask me any more questions about my import procedure, or ... almost anything! :-) Graham87 13:37, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Italic marks - placement
Hey Graham. Re this: what difference does it make either way? I can't quite see the value of that edit. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 11:43, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
technical question
How do I add another archive (archive 6) to the talk:culture page? The infobox seems to allow no editing by which to add a new link. Slrubenstein | Talk 15:03, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, I was not clear. i understand what you wrote already. But the way I normally create that link is by editing the talk page. On other talk pages when i click "edit" I usually find the line where the archives are, and I add the link you describe, and hay presto. But for this article, although I see on th page archives, when I edit the page, I cannot see where the archive line is so I do not see where to add the link. Slrubenstein | Talk 15:15, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Userfy DragonFable
I would like to request that DragonFable (now a redirect to Artix Entertainment#DragonFable) would be userfyed to User:Harry Blue5/DragonFable or some such so I can see if I can find some sources. Feel free to decline if you think that an article for DragonFable is impossible. Harry Blue5 (talk) 08:49, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks ...
... for your thoughtful copyedit from one of the Husák's Children :) I appreciate your recommendations in the edit summaries, they're helpful and correct. Best regards, Graham. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 12:10, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Proposal to make it easier to produce good row headers
Hi. Currently, most users are reluctant to produce row headers because they are centered by default, which looks messy. They have to add some extra code in every row header (style="text-align:left;"
) to have them left aligned. This makes the table more complicated to newbies and more complicated to produce.
So the proposal is to have row headers left aligned by default, when they are accessible using the code scope="row"
. This proposal was already adopted at fr.wikipedia, and is doing a pretty good job at encouraging users to make row headers marked with scope="row"
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So could you please comment MediaWiki talk:Common.css#The main proposal to left align row headers? Edokter is the only one who is opposing it, because he believes this is a negligible change. And 4 users support it already. I'd need you to weight in favor of this proposal. Thanks. :-) Dodoïste (talk) 18:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
re
I'm vaguely sure that I moved those over to the current archives; I'll check it out. As for the numbers, I don't know, an error in when I set up the bot. I'll take a look at it later, thanks. --Golbez (talk) 14:34, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
help
Hi Graham87,
I'd like to discuss an article that you've edited - can you help me with it? Could you please email me I don't use wikipedia and don't know how to receive your reply.. thanks