User talk:Hersfold/Archive 2 (February 2007)

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tltt templates

Thanks a lot for carrying on where I dropped the ball! — Sebastian 02:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, no problem! Rather tedious fixing all those, so I don't really blame you for cutting off where you did! If you don't mind, I'll probably chip in to finish the rest up whenever I can. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 02:20, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I would love you to do that! In that case, we could remove the green text from the individual row headings - I'm a bit afraid people might complain about the clutter.

On a much, much lesser note: I wasn't quite so happy about your removal of my colspan. My idea was that the templates in that row fulfill the purpose of more than one column. But if it leads to confusion or layout problems, I really don't mind if it's removed. — Sebastian 02:32, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, ok. I'll add that back next time I'm in. It just looked a little odd to me, the way the cells were smashed together. Sorry about that. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 03:35, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh thanks! That really wasn't necessary! I have to tell you something else: Just yesterday, I was made aware of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject user warnings, and it just occurred to me that this can mean that the whole page may be replaced soon. It would still be nice to have the templates since temporary solutions always live longer (and I see some serious problems with the new idea), but I thought I should let you know. BTW, I'm really amazed that you're working with templates, given that you only joined for real a week ago. — Sebastian 04:23, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd noticed that too. Still, this will help until they finally get around to doing whatever it is they're doing, and if we get the code in place, they should be able to use it for the new templates.

I catch on pretty quick with codes and things, I usually just have to study an existing code to see how it works - the {{tltt}} code wasn't any different. I just help where I can. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 12:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

P.S. - The new templates don't look that much different - once they get installed, it should actually take less time to get the tltt codes in. There shouldn't be multiple templates for one type of offense. January 22nd!

Thank you! Have you considered applying your talent at WP:HD? I'm not so good technically, but if you need any help finding your way around Wikipedia, or dealing with some of the unwritten rules here, let me know! — Sebastian 06:19, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I award this barnstar to Hersfold, for the work you have put into the tltt tags for WP:UTM. It's a thankless task but it's a job certainly recognised by the project and permits visiting editors, unfamiliar with the warnings system structure, to easily navigate around the multitude of warnings. Keep up the good work. Khukri 09:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

-D Thank you very much! This is a great honor! Hersfold ^(talk|work) 15:45, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

science fiction studies

Dear Hersfold, Please remove the PROD from the Science fiction studies article. Yes, I created it with no content, but I am working on it, as we speak. I unfortunately hit SAVE instead of PREVIEW after I put in the categories, and while I was editing the article and working on the categories, you put in the PROD. It would be useful if, when you are patrolling or whatever, you give an editor more than a couple of minutes after creation before marking an article for deletion. Please review WP:CSD which says that "Note that some Wikipedians create articles in multiple saves, so try to avoid deleting a page too soon after its initial creation." --lquilter 01:14, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Note, mainly to self: Template was removed following apology to Lquilter on their talk page.

Hello

thanks for the message--- i'm going to do some research and give it another go! -spaceshipfood

Heya, Hers. -OPA

Hello, OPA. *eyeroll* Hersfold ^(talk|work) 20:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Tom and Jerry--Two Little Indians

I was working on a new article for Tom and Jerry--Two Little Indians and somebody says I need to cite resources. I don't have any. I just watched the cartoon and wrote what I saw. What do I do?

Can't I just leave it the way it is and take off all those cleanup announcements? Lbkid1700 23:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

No. Someone will probably come along and just put them back up again. And I'd have to give you a warning template for removing them, which I'd really rather not do. ;-) Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and we have some standards for our articles to ensure that they all provide a sufficient amount of easy-to-read information on their subjects. These standards include guidelines on content, verifiability, formatting, and many more. It takes a lot of work to get an article to meet all of these standards well, which is why we honor those articles that meet them very well with the Featured Article system. Your article, as I said, is a good start, and there's nothing wrong with the content, but it does need a little bit of work to get it up to Wikipedia's standards. Keep at it! I'm sure you'll be really satisfied with the results. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 23:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Can you help me with clean up and stuff? Plus there is another I know who puts in graphics and pics. I asked him for help also. I already did take off the announcements :( I guess I got mad when I saw stuff like that. Lbkid1700 23:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll do what I can. As for the templates, I put them right back up again, as I told you I would. Don't remove them until the clean up is done. Everyone starts out new, it's nothing to get angry over. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 23:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

HelpMe

That's fantastic thanks. I couldnt figure it out :-) Thanks alot. Rysin3 00:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help. :) Hersfold ^(talk|work) 01:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks on my Sig

Thanks for the help on my sig! Unfortunately it didn't work. :( Any more insight?RedSkunk 04:14, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I'm sorry. I'll work on the problem in my sandbox, hopefully I'll have something for you soon. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 01:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

New code posted on your talk page Hersfold ^(talk|work) 01:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm still adding to my userpage! There are still a few things that aren't working in some browsers. Anyways thanks alot! Any suggestions for my userpage? And on my sig should I have skunk be talk or keep the separate talk one? RedSkunk^talk 02:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah! Cheek! RedSkunk steals my user page, makes some screwy modifications that mess things up, changes the colour scheme for one that clashes violently with the white background, and then gets a Barnstar for it?! And not only that, but he gets awarded the Barnstar while seeking advice on how to steal my sig (after aforementioned screwy colour change) too?!

Ok, ok, I jest, RedSkunk's welcome to them, it's all BSD licensed ^_^ I'm just bitter that I've never got a Barnstar for it! ^_^ ShakingSpirit^talk 07:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I am kindly refusing the barnstar to my user page. It was all of his work after all. I have a new user page in development though :) And i've changed the background color. RedSkunk^talk 00:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Alright, fair enough. I did give ShakingSpirit a star for his work, just so you know. :) Hersfold ^(talk/work) 01:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

No worries, many thanks for the barnstar! ^_^ ShakingSpirit^talk 04:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

RE: Phoenix Program

Just curious as to why you reverted my contributions to this article? Granted, most of the article is unsubstantiated gibberish, but most of my contribution was a grammatical and stylistic cleanup. But to bail them all? Whats that all about? I want a reply and I want it soon! RM Gillespie 02:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry? I just looked up the history of that page, and I did make one reversion that might have removed some useful content, but they were made by an IP address. If that was you, I do apologize. I patrol the recent changes page frequently, and usually when an IP address removed a large amount of content, it's someone vandalizing the page. You will note I didn't add a warning template, as it was hard to tell for me at the time if it was in fact vandalism or not. Some of the edits appeared to be in good faith, but others weren't as clear to me. Did you make the edits from 74.255.67.109 without logging in? Hersfold ^(talk/work) 03:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes I did. Ah well, working on finishing up the article I'm working on right now, but I'm coming back to this one for a major re-write. See you later! RM Gillespie 15:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok, then. Sorry for the misunderstanding, let me know if there's anything I can do to help correct the error. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 18:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

The Avenue of The King

I am not sure how to communicate with you, I hope this works. How much time do I have to avoid deletion? Is the page ok now? (Yoradler5 06:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC))

Yep, this works just fine. Usually speedy deletion happens fairly fast, although it appears your article has been edited enough to meet notability standards. Sorry for adding the tag so quickly, if I'd known you were adding more I wouldn't have tagged it so quickly. But yes, the article looks fine now, and it contains enough content to qualify as an article. Good work! Hersfold ^(talk/work) 22:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I have just translated the back cover of the book, which explains a lot. can I add a section "The back cover" or "tranlation of the back cover" ? <Yoradler5 12:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)>

I searched before but couldn't find it, I just found at amazon.com the English translation of this book and the title is "The King's Way". Is it possible to change a page title, or do I make a new one? <Yoradler5 12:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)>

You should never make a duplicate copy of a page. If you need to rename a page, you can move it. At the top of every page is a small link that says "move". Click on that, the type in the new name you want, in this case, "The King's Way". I'll go ahead and do this one for you. As for the back cover, I wouldn't recommend copying word-for-word the back cover's translation, although you could use that to write your own synopsis of the book. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 12:59, 28 February 2007 (UTC)with the

1) If there was going to be a Section with the name "The book cover" It would have to have in it the exact translation, it some how make sense to me, so are you saying there shouldn't be this kind/name of section? (2) I wanted to ask you also why I cant copy/paste a picture to the French page of the one I translated to english, for the author of the book? (3) I tried to change the name of the link at the author's page but it couldn't<Yoradler5 15:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)>

1. You shouldn't post an exact copy of the book cover's text, as that would violate the copyright held on that cover and cover design. So no, I'd recommend against such a section.
2. Not sure what you're asking. Image links need to match up with a file uploaded here - if you were trying to use a picture on the French Wikipedia, it won't work. You'll have to upload the file here, with a new fair use rationale if necessary (as it probably will be).
3. Ok, I'll take a look at that. Note after fixing link: The title of the article is The King's Way (book), so any links you create have to include that extra (book) tag at the end. That's to keep it from getting confused with King's Way, which is some hiking trail in England, apparently.

Anything else? Hersfold ^(talk/work) 22:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Your Reversion of my edit to Jimbo Wales

Well, I responded where you commented, but you don't seem to have noticed, so I'll copy it over here.

I referenced what I added, actually -- it's in the Times article that's already on the page. Near the end of the article, you'll notice the line "The site was described by Wikipedia contributors as "softcore pornography" or "erotica"." I don't see how it's unreferenced there. The way I worded it didn't describe the quote as fact, either. It simply stated that it had been described as softcore pornography by some. Maybe I'm just not understanding the rules here, though (I'm new). --Dookama 22:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah. Ok, then, I apologize. I'll remove the warning template I added to your talk page. I'm still not too sure about adding that information into the article, as it could be interpreted as an attack despite the referencing, but I'll leave that up to you lot to debate. Sorry for the misunderstanding, and for not responding on your talk page. I'll go remove that template now. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 02:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC)