User talk:Buaidh/Archive 2018
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Request for making Userbox
Hey man, a sincere request to you from my side. Please make 3 userboxes for Pearl jam. It should be like- "This user is Super fan of Pearl jam", "This user listens to Pearl jam", "This user loves Pearl jam". It would be really great if you add something really innovative like photo or something in it.Note that its not an order brother but just a request as i am finding problems doing it myself. When you make it please tell me how i can get access to it since i am helping in categorising some bands fans on wikipedia.To reply to me simply leave a message below, i will see it as soon as i get free. Regards2405:204:A281:BCA1:0:0:757:40A1(talk)08:28, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Template:User WikiProject Cheshire
You are aware that the advice is WP:BRD and that you should have discussed my revert on the talk page, rather than just re-instituted your edits. Furthermore, you are supposed to give meaningful edit summaries, explaining why you are making edits, as described in WP:ES. I note that you have done a whole slew of edits without paying attention to providing meaningful edit summaries. I would have expected more than this from an editor with your history.DDStretch(talk)11:41, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- I apologize for not noticing your revert of my edit toTemplate:User WikiProject Cheshirebefore making another edit. I am making hundreds of userbox edits in succession and sometimes overlook things. My edits are primarily to modernize to currentTemplate:Userboxpreferred grammar and to resize to the standard 252x47 pixel userbox dimensions. I could have used the edit summary "Updated.",but I felt the explicit changes made were more useful. You can compare the previous version with the revised version with Template:User WikiProject Cheshire&action=history. The obsolete termImage:should be replaced withFile:.The terms| id-fc = #cd853fand| id-s = 12are meaningless since there is noidtext. Commonweb colorsare usually spelled out. Most userboxes now use| info-a = center.Please seeWikipedia:Userboxes/WikiProjects/alphabetical 03.You can make whatever edits you like to my version. Thanks for your feedback. Yours aye,Buaidh18:56, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the apology, which I completely accept. I think you are doing good work, but that the rather terse edit summaries can lead to misunderstandings. May I suggest the following solution? Describe the reasons for the changes you are making in a short section somewhere on your user space, and in the edit summaries, provide a link to that summary. This would allow people to see and understand more easily what you are doing. However, this is just a suggestion to support your work and to try to avoid any additional misunderstandings that might happen. May be I am unusual, though, and such explanations are not needed for most people.DDStretch(talk)20:11, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- That is a wonderful solution which, I must admit, had escaped me. Thank you so much. Yours aye,Buaidh20:20, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the apology, which I completely accept. I think you are doing good work, but that the rather terse edit summaries can lead to misunderstandings. May I suggest the following solution? Describe the reasons for the changes you are making in a short section somewhere on your user space, and in the edit summaries, provide a link to that summary. This would allow people to see and understand more easily what you are doing. However, this is just a suggestion to support your work and to try to avoid any additional misunderstandings that might happen. May be I am unusual, though, and such explanations are not needed for most people.DDStretch(talk)20:11, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- I'm happy you found it useful, and you are very welcome! Happy editing!DDStretch(talk)20:44, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
WikiProject userbox templates
I am currently updating mostWikiProject userbox templates.My updates are primarily intended to modernize templates to currentTemplate:Userboxpreferred grammar and to resize to standard 252x47 pixel userbox dimensions. Most updates will make little or no change to the appearance of the userbox.
Among the changes being made are:
- Change the image file prefix from the deprecatedImage:toFile:.
- Use the default border width.
- Resize most opaque images tox45pxor less.
- If the image size isx45px,useid-cinstead ofborder-cfor the border color.
- If the image size isx45pxand the image is taller than wide, useid-w = {{{id-w|0}}}.
- If the image is transparent, setid-ctoinfo-cor a contrasting color.
- Do not override the default link colors. If the background is dark, try using#FFFFBBfor text andwhitefor links.
- Useinfo-a = {{{info-a|center}}}where appropriate.
- Spell out commonweb colors.
- Use the proper name of the project.
- Make the project name alonebold.
- Remove unused parameters.
- Order template parameters alphabetically.
- Make all text readable.
- UseTemplate:Ucatto designate user membership categories. If the userbox template resides inUser namespace (NS:2),includingUser:UBX,the ucat template must be enclosed in<includeonly> </includeonly>brackets.
- Place template categories, including[[Category:WikiProject user templates]],enclosed in<noinclude> </noinclude>brackets immediately following the template body.
- Create or update template documentation.
You can useView historyto view any changes to a userbox. Feel free to make whatever edits you like to my updated version.
You can view all WikiProject userbox templates atWikipedia:Userboxes/WikiProjects/alphabetical.Please add any new or missing WikiProject userbox templates to this table. Yours aye,Buaidh03:22, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi there, I came across this project of yours from a change to{{User WP ACCT}}which changed the display size of the project's font, and I see you've made that same change to some other wikiproject userboxes. Might I suggest you make this an option in the templates? I don't want to suggest I speak for everyone using these userboxes, but to me it is unusual to have one or two userboxes with different font sizes, and in fact I make a habit of only selecting ones which don't. Cheers.Ivanvector(Talk/Edits)20:43, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your comments. For most userboxes, I use style= "font-size:8pt;font-weight:normal;" for the info text and style= "font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;" for the name of the WikiProject if it will fit, otherwise style= "font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;". This is primarily to promote the WikiProject. Please seeWikipedia:Userboxes/WikiProjects/alphabeticalfor examples. I have convertedTemplate:User WP ACCTto style= "font-size:{{{wp-s|125%}}};font-weight:{{{wp-w|bold}}};" so you can use{{User WP ACCT|wp-s=8pt}}to give it a uniform 8pt font-size. If this will work for you, please let me know so I can apply it to other WikiProject userboxes. Yours aye,Buaidh21:22, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- I just noticed your updates to{{User WikiProject Archaeology}}.It looks much nicer. Good work! – Joe(talk)20:56, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
- You've changed [[Category:WikiProject Foo participants]] to [[Category:WikiProject Foo members]] in a number of instances; e.g.,Template:User WikiProject Illinois(which I've fixed), but there are others still needing edits. --R'n'B(call meRuss)14:00, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. I overlooked these. I'll check for more mistakes today.Buaidh15:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
- You've changed [[Category:WikiProject Foo participants]] to [[Category:WikiProject Foo members]] in a number of instances; e.g.,Template:User WikiProject Illinois(which I've fixed), but there are others still needing edits. --R'n'B(call meRuss)14:00, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Need help on Electrical Engineering Project
- @Buaidh:Hello! As you are experienced in writing Articles related Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) i need your help as i am planning to establish a Program in our EEE Department in University. So i need your guidance. ThanksMohammed Galib Hasan(talk)16:08, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
Southwest Asia
Just FYI - we don't have a category hierarchy for SW Asia -Category:Southwest Asiais a redirect toCategory:Western Asia.Le Deluge(talk)14:26, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
- I think Southwest Asia is a far better term for the area than Western Asia, especially since we all use the term Southeast Asia. If a Wikipedia consensus likes the term Western Asia, that's what I go with. Thanks,Buaidh20:20, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Page mover granted
Hello, Buaidh. Your account has beengrantedthe "extendedmover"user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names andmoving pages.You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind aredirect,and movesubpageswhen moving the parent page(s).
Please take a moment to reviewWikipedia:Page moverfor more information on this user right, especiallythe criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect.Please remember to followpost-move cleanup proceduresand make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects whensuppressredirectis used. This can be done usingSpecial:WhatLinksHere.It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments tosecure your password.As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover statuscan be revoked.
Useful links:
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If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing!TonyBallioni(talk)19:06, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
Long time, no see
As you know,
I got bogged down in outlines. I mean, really got bogged down. I'd like to build 10,000 of them, but at less than 100 per year, that'll take over 100 years. It finally dawned on me that I wasn't going to make it. So...
I switched over to writing programs, with the idea that once I get good enough at programming, I could write programs that write outlines. Then the programs should be able to write 10,000 outlines in a few hours.
Well, not there yet. While learning how to program, I've been building interactive programs to assist editors in building outlines.
One of the programs I've been developing has turned out to be rather general purpose. Which is why I'm here. I thought you might find it useful...
It is a user script calledSearchSuite.jsthat provides a selection of on/off enhancements to search results. I use it for gathering links, for, you guessed it, outlines. But...
Seeing that you do things so fast, I figured you'd like it because with one of the combinations of its on/off features, you can show search results one per line, with all other extraneous crap stripped away. Showing just the links. Used in combination with the parameters explained atWP:PARAM,it can make for some pretty streamlined navigation. It even has a sort feature, which is especially useful when you use&limit=5000appended to the url to show 5000 search results at a time (instead of the usual 500 maximum).
If I guessed wrong. Simply disregard this message.
I saw your name pop up over atWP:VPT,and thought I'd stop by and say "hi".
Have fun, —The Transhumanist08:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
P.S.:{{ping}}me if you reply.-TT
User box changes
I'm an active member of the US President's project and have been working on US Presidents articles for a good number of years. I appreciate your efforts but thenew userbox,with one solid dark background looks rather skinny and subsequently had a smaller image of the U.S. Presidents seal, which made it almost unrecognizable, while the dark background with white letters posed too much contrast. The previous version has a format that is consistent with most other users boxes and doesn't stick out when stacked in with the rest. With this in mind I have restored the previous version. Hope this doesn't present any issues for you. All the best. --Gwillhickers(talk)02:08, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
- Your revert is no problem. I would recommend that you reduce the size of the presidential seal from 50px to 45px. The standard size of userboxes is 47px by 238px (seeTemplate:Userbox.) An image in excess of x45px tall will force the userbox to exceed standard height and make it difficult to stack with other userboxes.
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For you
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| For your great time and ongoing effort in improving Wikipedia. --Gwillhickers(talk)19:19, 26 March 2018 (UTC) |
- @Gwillhickers:I really deserve a Tired Contributor Barnstar. Thank you very much.Buaidhtalkcontribs19:28, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Upcoming changes to wikitext parsing
Hello,
There will besome changes to the way wikitext is parsedduring the next few weeks. It will affect all namespaces. You can see a list of pages that may display incorrectly atSpecial:LintErrors.Since most of the easy problems have already been solved at the English Wikipedia, I am specifically contacting tech-savvy editors such as yourself with this one-time message, in the hope that you will be able to investigate the remaining high-priority pages during the next month.
There are approximately 10,000 articles (and many more non-article pages) with high-priority errors. The most important ones are the articles withmisnested tagsandtable problems.Some of these involve templates, such as infoboxes, or the way the template is used in the article. In some cases, the "error" is a minor, unimportant difference in the visual appearance. In other cases, the results are undesirable. You can see a before-and-after comparison of any article by adding?action=parsermigration-edit to the end of a link, like this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Foss?action=parsermigration-edit(which shows a difference in how{{infobox ship}}is parsed).
If you are interested in helping with this project, please seeWikipedia:Linter.There are also some basic instructions (and links to even more information) athttps://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2018-April/001836.htmlYou can also leave a note atWT:Linterif you have questions.
Thank you for all the good things you do for the English Wikipedia.Whatamidoing (WMF)(talk)21:18, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
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Deleting "the" from many of your userboxes
Hello! Thanks for all your work on userboxes.
Is there a reason why you removed the definite articles from theuserboxes of the states of Mexico?
They are required in both Spanish and English for the sentences to be grammatically correct. I'm sure that you wouldn't say: "I live in State of Colorado." You would either say: "I live in Colorado State." or "I live in the State of Colorado."
J. E. C. E.(talk)14:17, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
- You are absolutely correct, however when working with multiple languages it seems somewhat confusing to have the definite article in one language and the proper name in another. When I first created these templates, I included the article "the". When I updated these templates recently, I thought it better to drop the English "the" rather than use "el Estado". I guess it is a judgement call. Thank you for your thoughtful note. 16:07, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
- I agree that using a non-English definite article would be strange and unnecessary. However, I would still include the English definite article to help readers understand that they are about to read the title or form of government of a territory. In Wikipedia articles, I would expect to read about theRzeczpospolita,theJamahiriya,theKrai,theLänder,theReichskommissariat,theDépartement,theEyalet,theWilayahand theVilayet.Other terms like Oblast, Raion or Arrondissement that are now accepted as English words are also referred to with the definite article. Would you be comfortable with me re-doing the changes to the Mexican states userboxes that I did back on 1 December 2017? I wonder if there is a way to make many small repetitive changes like that that isn't so labor-intensive. --J. E. C. E.(talk)19:00, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- Let me make the changes. It shouldn't take long. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs20:06, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- I think I have them all. I also added categories for options 51 through 64. Let me know if you find any discrepencies. Thanks for your help.Buaidhtalkcontribs23:45, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks! It looks great. You may want to double-check 61 through 64. I didn't dig through a lot of userboxes, but I noticed that they are missing fromTemplate:User in Mexico State.Also, please take a look at my edits toTemplate:User citizen Mexico State/docandTemplate:User from Mexico State/doc.I'm not sure if you wanted to use a redirect instead. Also, please note thatTemplate:User interest Mexico Statedoesn't exist yet, so I undid that change fromWikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Mexico.J. E. C. E.(talk)18:52, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. We have variously used State of Mexico, Mexico State, and Mexico (state) in English forEstado Libre y Soberano de México.Now thatDistrito Federalis officiallyCiudad de México(Mexico City},Mexico Stateseems appropriate. You certainly are an international Wikipedian. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs02:14, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
- OK, thenTemplate:User from Mexico State/docneeds to be changed too, right? I would change it, but I'm not sure what the "f" in "User State of Mexico/doc1|f" means. But yes, ha ha. I'm waiting for the Swiss cantons, Belgian regions and Brazilian states.--J. E. C. E.(talk)16:52, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
- Template:User Mexico State/doc1contains specific documentation forCategory:Mexico (state) user templatesand invokesTemplate:Uir/fdocfor general citizenship documentation used byCategory:Region of origin user templates.Template:User Mexico State/doc1 is currently identical to Template:User State of Mexico/doc1.
- OK, thenTemplate:User from Mexico State/docneeds to be changed too, right? I would change it, but I'm not sure what the "f" in "User State of Mexico/doc1|f" means. But yes, ha ha. I'm waiting for the Swiss cantons, Belgian regions and Brazilian states.--J. E. C. E.(talk)16:52, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. We have variously used State of Mexico, Mexico State, and Mexico (state) in English forEstado Libre y Soberano de México.Now thatDistrito Federalis officiallyCiudad de México(Mexico City},Mexico Stateseems appropriate. You certainly are an international Wikipedian. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs02:14, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks! It looks great. You may want to double-check 61 through 64. I didn't dig through a lot of userboxes, but I noticed that they are missing fromTemplate:User in Mexico State.Also, please take a look at my edits toTemplate:User citizen Mexico State/docandTemplate:User from Mexico State/doc.I'm not sure if you wanted to use a redirect instead. Also, please note thatTemplate:User interest Mexico Statedoesn't exist yet, so I undid that change fromWikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Mexico.J. E. C. E.(talk)18:52, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
- I think I have them all. I also added categories for options 51 through 64. Let me know if you find any discrepencies. Thanks for your help.Buaidhtalkcontribs23:45, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- Let me make the changes. It shouldn't take long. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs20:06, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- I agree that using a non-English definite article would be strange and unnecessary. However, I would still include the English definite article to help readers understand that they are about to read the title or form of government of a territory. In Wikipedia articles, I would expect to read about theRzeczpospolita,theJamahiriya,theKrai,theLänder,theReichskommissariat,theDépartement,theEyalet,theWilayahand theVilayet.Other terms like Oblast, Raion or Arrondissement that are now accepted as English words are also referred to with the definite article. Would you be comfortable with me re-doing the changes to the Mexican states userboxes that I did back on 1 December 2017? I wonder if there is a way to make many small repetitive changes like that that isn't so labor-intensive. --J. E. C. E.(talk)19:00, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
- So far, I just have U.S., Mexico, India, and Pakistan states, districts, and territories; Canada provinces and territories; and UK nations and territories. I would like to get provinces for China, Russia, and Brazil. I may leave that for you as your very own inheritance. I leave tomorrow for Iceland, so I may be available sporadically for the next three weeks. Why J. E. C. E. and not J.E.C.E.? Good luck,Buaidhtalkcontribs18:10, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- It's just a personal style choice of mine to use spaces between abbreviations with periods. It's a more traditional style choice. To be honest, though, I would have preferred to simply use "JECE". However, an English Wikipedia "Jece" account with just a single log other than creating the account already existed when I first tried to set up an account in August 2008 and both a "JECE" and Russian Wikipedia new "Jece" account already existed when I returned to Wikipedia in November 2017. Maybe I should try to claim the JECE username since that account has no edits, but I haven't done so yet. --J. E. C. E.(talk)19:39, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- So far, I just have U.S., Mexico, India, and Pakistan states, districts, and territories; Canada provinces and territories; and UK nations and territories. I would like to get provinces for China, Russia, and Brazil. I may leave that for you as your very own inheritance. I leave tomorrow for Iceland, so I may be available sporadically for the next three weeks. Why J. E. C. E. and not J.E.C.E.? Good luck,Buaidhtalkcontribs18:10, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
Eighth Annual Colorado Wiknic
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Who:All Wikipedia and Wikimedia users and their families and friends are cordially invited.
What:The Eighth Annual Colorado Wiknic.
When:Sunday afternoon, July 15, 2018, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm MDT.
Where:The Wiknic will be held atour home in Arvada.Please contactBuaidhfor further information or assistance.
Please add your username to ourattendees listso we know how many folks to expect. You can subscribe to ourWikimedia Colorado e-mail listto receive e-mail notice of future Wikimedia Colorado activities.
Sponsors:The Wikimedians of Colorado&WikiProject Colorado
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Wikipedians by ancestry
Hi Buaidh,
I noticed that you recently created a significant number of categories for users by ancestry. Some of these arerecreate categories that were deleted previously,and in general ancestry/heritage user categories have been deleted as not facilitating collaboration—see e.g.here,here,here,here,andhere.I do not see how ancestry user categories are appropriate underthe user category guideline,but I wanted to have a discussion with you first instead of going directly toWP:CFDin case I am missing some aspect of how these categories "aid in facilitating coordination and collaboration between users for the improvement and development of the encyclopedia".
Thanks, --Black Falcon(talk)17:10, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Ancestry is a subclass of ethnicity. With vastly increased world migration, many Wikipedians have interests in the lands of their forebearers. This is particularly true of nations and regions that have been subject to diaspora. TheAfrican diaspora,theJewish diaspora,thePalestinian diaspora,theArmenian diaspora,European emigrationto theAmericasandAustralasia,andSouth AsiaandEast Asiamigration have created large communities of people with mixed ethnic identities. Some of these migrants maintain the full ethnic identity of their forebearers, while others maintain a lesser identity. In the United States, we have many citizens who consider themselveshyphenated Americans:African-Americans,Anglo-Americans,Franco-Americans,German-Americans,Irish-Americans,Italian-Americans,Mexican-Americans,etc. These ancestry categories allow exploration and exposition of the effects of emigration on the emigrants themselves, the region of immigration, and the region of emigration. These are increasingly important subjects for Wikipedia. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs17:53, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
New Zealand
I see that you have a second time tried to createCategory:New Zealander Wikipedians.The term "New Zealander" is a valid demonym, but it is not an adjective. It is valid to talk about a "New Zealander", but not to talk about a "New Zealander person". The correct term for the latter is "New Zealand person".-gadfium01:30, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. I will be happy to revert this to[[Category:New Zealand Wikipedians]]if this will make all Kiwis happy. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs01:35, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
- Great, thanks. I am in the process of nominatingCategory:New Zealander ancestry Wikipediansfor renaming, but if you are willing to change it toCategory:Wikipedians of New Zealand ancestry,or a similar name (Category:New Zealand ancestry Wikipediansis grammatically correct but seems very clumsy) I will abandon the nomination.-gadfium01:41, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
- I'll take care of it. I'm doing all nationalities at once and I'm afraid I bungled the Kiwis. Thanks,Buaidhtalkcontribs01:43, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletionnomination ofFile:Flag of eSwatini.svg
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Do not make edits against consensus per discusions atTalk:Czech Republic.
AtTalk:Czech Republicthere have been at least 6 discussions on naming conventions on Wikipedia in regards to that nation and the conclusion was thatCzech Republicwas theWP:COMMONNAMEand preferred for usage across Wikipedia. Discussions also reached the conclusion that in articlesCzech Republicshould remain andnotbe changed toCzechia.Your edit atWikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Czech Republicwhere you renamed it toCzechiaand moved it and proclaimed that it is"preferred name"is not valid. Please do not make these edits anymore as they are against a clear consensus on Wikipedia using our existing policies. For the major discussions see here:
-R9tgokunks⭕17:41, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
- Czech Wikipedians disagree with your consensus. Please seecs:Česko.This was the basis for my change. But, you English-speakers know so much more than the Czechs. As you wish. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs18:34, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
User citizen templates
Hello, could you pop over toCategory:Pages using duplicate arguments in template callsand help with the clean up following your edits to the user citizen templates please. I've managed to clear 200 articles out of there, but there are just too many for one person to fix. Thanks. -X201(talk)08:09, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
Error in template
Would you please fix the duplicate "title" parm inTemplate:User in Daman and Diu.Thanks.Davemck(talk)00:18, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- Got it. Thanks for the catch.Buaidhtalkcontribs00:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
Template request
Hi Buaidh, can I request a userbox template off of you.scope_creep(talk)11:00, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- Surely. What do you want?Buaidhtalkcontribs16:35, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject calledAfroCine.This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on theproject page here.
Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged:The Months of African Cinema.If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this eventhere.In preparation for the contest, please dosuggest relevant articlesthat need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!
If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers(talk)20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Duplicate params
Just a heads upthis editof yours introduced a duplicate argument and dumped a ton of pages intoCategory:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls.--Zackmann(Talk to me/What I been doing)20:58, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
- Looking back I'm now seeing that you have been warned about this a number of times before. Please start using the preview function to make sure you aren't introducing duplicate parameters and check that category on a regular basis. --Zackmann(Talk to me/What I been doing)21:07, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
- You have inadvertently edited substituted code. I restored the original substituted code and removed the second parameter invocation. Thanks for trying to help.Buaidhtalkcontribs21:12, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!
Greetings!
The AfroCine Projectwelcomes you to October, thefirst out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contentsthat centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember tolist your name under the participants section,if you haven't done so already.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:
- Overall winner(1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
- Country Winners
- Diversity winner
- High quality contributors
- Gender-gap fillers
- Page improvers
- Wikidata Translators
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest pagehere.For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around:).--Jamie Tubers(talk)22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:User WP Earth science
Template:User WP Earth sciencehas beennominated for deletion.You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.©Tbhotch™(en-2.5).17:19, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Annual archives
Template:Annual archiveshas beennominated for deletion.You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.–BrandonXLF(t@lk)21:54, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Category:WikiProject Earth science templateshas been nominated for discussion
Category:WikiProject Earth science templates,which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with thecategorizationguidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments atthe category's entryon thecategories for discussionpage. Thank you.Pkbwcgs(talk)15:12, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Category:Wikipedian descendants of combat veteranshas been nominated for discussion
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Uncompaghre County is really Uncompahgre County
I stumbled acrossUncompaghre_County,_Coloradoand I saw that you defended its existence on the talk page. I wondered about the non-standard spelling. It turns out to be incorrect, and the citations are also incorrect, at least according to the "Laws of the Fourth Session of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado", which I have cited. I made the changes I could, but I don't know how to change the name of a page.— Precedingunsignedcomment added byDNF1963(talk•contribs)07:14, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for catching this spelling error. I've moved this article to the proper name. I hope you will register with Wikipedia and help us more. Thanks,Buaidhtalkcontribs14:16, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
UBX
Generally speaking, when creating a userbox it's a good idea to have that userbox display on the page itself. There are some users who are getting confused by your UBX creations because they don't actually know what they're supposed to look like!Primefac(talk)22:54, 9 November 2018 (UTC)(pleasepingon reply)
Hi Buaidh. I'm just curious as to why you undidthis editbyPrimefac.Is there some kind of coding reason for doing so with respect toTemplate:User Commonwealth?The syntax you're adding is essentially hiding the template (i.e., making it unable to be seen by the reader), so anyone looking at the page cannot see the userbox. This doesn't seem like a good idea, so I'm not sure why it's being done. --Marchjuly(talk)22:55, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
- I apologize for leaving the following nine user templates without documention for so long:
 | This user is a citizen ofNigeria,amember stateof theAfrican Union. |
 | This user is a citizen of theCommonwealth nationofIndia. |
 | This user is a citizen of theCommonwealth realmof theUnited Kingdom. |
 | This user is a citizen ofGermany,amember stateof theEuropean Union. |
 | This user is a citizen ofEgypt,amember stateof theLeague of Arab States. |
 | This user is a citizen of theUnited States,amember stateofNATO. |
 | This user is a citizen ofBrazil,amember stateof theOAS. |
 | This user is a citizen ofChina,amember stateof theUnited Nations. |
- I've been focused on updating theUser in XXXtemplates and neglected these templates. I should have their documentation completed within 24 hours. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs02:58, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Done.Buaidhtalkcontribs16:53, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- I also created and documented the following four user templates:
 | This user is a citizen ofIndonesia,amember stateofASEAN. |
 | This user is a citizen ofSwitzerland,amember stateof theEuropean Free Trade Association. |
 | This user is a citizen ofPakistan,amember stateof theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation. |
 | This user is a citizen ofSaudi Arabia,amember stateofOPEC. |
- Buaidhtalkcontribs02:34, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
- File:Flag of ASEAN.svgisnon-free content,which means it cannot be used in templates, userboxes, etc. perWP:NFCC#9,WP:UP#Non-free filesandWP:UBX#Caution about image use.-Marchjuly(talk)02:40, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for catching this. Yours aye,Buaidhtalkcontribs03:01, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
- File:Flag of ASEAN.svgisnon-free content,which means it cannot be used in templates, userboxes, etc. perWP:NFCC#9,WP:UP#Non-free filesandWP:UBX#Caution about image use.-Marchjuly(talk)02:40, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
- And two more:
 | This user is a citizen ofJapan,amember stateof theCPTPP. |
 | This user is a citizen ofBangladesh,amember stateofSAARC. |
Category:Wikipedians in Punjab (Pakistan)
Hi Buaidh,
I was curious why you createdCategory:Wikipedians in Punjab (Pakistan).There was aCfD discussing this categoryfrom 2012 that resulted in renaming the category toCategory:Wikipedians in Punjab, Pakistan.I see that a few months ago youunilaterally changedthis back into a category redirect, essentially reversing the results of the consensus of the CfD. I have looked at "what links here" for both categories and cannot find any discussions that would suggest consensus has changed from the first CfD. The whole reason for the change in the first place was so the category name matched the titled of the article, which is standard practice. The article is still namedPunjab, Pakistan.So, may I ask why this was done? I would also request that you undo this unless and until a new CfD or DRV reverses the decision made previously, and please place {{db-g7}} onCategory:Wikipedians in Punjab (Pakistan)once it is empty. Thanks,VegaDark(talk)20:09, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- I'm sorry. I get confused by many of these debates.Buaidhtalkcontribs20:18, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- All memebers have been moved toCategory:Wikipedians in Punjab, Pakistan.Thanks,Buaidhtalkcontribs23:54, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletionnomination ofTemplate:User from Czechia
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Speedy deletionnomination ofTemplate:User citizen Czechia
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Speedy deletionnomination ofTemplate:User interest Czechia
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Category:Wikipedians in regions seeking membershas been nominated for discussion
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Long time, no see
Hi,
The Transhumanist here. It's been a long while since I've said hi, so I decided to stop by.
I'm still working on WP's navigation systems, and currently I'm involved with revitalizing the portal system.
We're doing some interesting things with that, and I thought you might be interested in checking it out, as it involves reformatting content in creative ways.
We've got lots of new templates for you to play with.
If a subject has pictures in its root article, and a like-named navigation template, a portal can be made for that subject almost instantly, by placing{{subst:bpsp}}on the new portal page.
With some tweaking of a portal's internal search parameters, we can also get pretty good "Did you know..." coverage, and if the subject is mainstream, news coverage as well. For example, see theTrump News Tracker.
Portal components also work well on user pages.
I hope you like what we've been up to atWP:WPPORT.
Let me know if you come up with any ideas.
Sincerely,—The Transhumanist12:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
- Good to know. I'll check them out. Thanks,Buaidhtalkcontribs03:32, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Nomination ofList of places in Canadafor deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the articleList of places in Canadais suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according toWikipedia's policies and guidelinesor whether it should bedeleted.
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.Cobblet(talk)08:16, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
Yyend listed atRedirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirectYyend.Since you had some involvement with theYyendredirect, you might want to participate inthe redirect discussionif you have not already done so.Stefan2(talk)22:16, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
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