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Revert of your edit to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition
Hi, I just reverted your edit to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition that removed the DejaVu Sans gadget. I don't use this gadget, but I do recall that although Safari is the only browser to currently support it, the support is based on a World Wide Web Consortium standard that other browsers will probably eventually integrate. There's some documentation here which I believe applies. Cheers, Nihiltres { t .l } 00:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not about enforcing W3C standarts, and I completely support Prodego on this issue. Gadgets have to be useful and popular, they are not for some "technology preview". —AlexSm 02:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * True, a gadget must be useful, but hell, they must not be required to be popular. → Aza Toth 11:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The main point is that you should never again make potentially controversial changes to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition without previous discussion on Wikipedia_talk:Gadget. Seriously. Сасусlе 13:06, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No no no, there is no need to add a button that is useless for 98% of people, and that the majority of the people who can use it will never use anyway. I am willing to bet less then 10 people are using that. It is a waste of space, and clutters the gadget page. Prodego  talk  15:45, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No more edits of the gadgets definition without previous discussion, ok? Сасусlе 16:39, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I can not say that I will not edit it. I have added many of the gadgets on there, and will continue to watch that list. I did not mean to remove WikiED, but I stand by the removal of DejaVu Sans. Prodego  talk  17:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, you got me wrong. Feel free to edit the gadgets definition, but  only after  consensus has been reached on Wikipedia_talk:Gadget if it is an even remotely-controversial change. Even for probably non-controversial changes the least thing the community can expect is a notice on Wikipedia_talk:Gadget. Сасусlе 18:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Gadget changes
Hi Prodego, please could you comment on your recent deletions of gadget definitions on Wikipedia_talk:Gadget I would especially be interested in hearing why you made your changes without previous discussion and what evidence of "crashes way way too many browsers" is. Thanks, Сасусlе 05:21, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, I made a mistake there, I removed the full WikiEd, rather then the just diff version (which was reported on WP:VPT to crash IE6, IE7, and Safari. You can go ahead and readd that one. Prodego  talk

Black/green skin
Can you please add @media print { color: black; ) } or something so that when you print with this gadget that you do not get green text? See also report on VP/T --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I will try, do note that I am not all that great at css, and I am not the original (or secondary) author of the blackskin css. Prodego  talk  01:12, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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Armando Manzanero
Hi Prodego, I would like to call to your attention, that a new editor has been translating into spanish the article Armando Manzanero, that is on the english wikipedia. I would appreciate if you could help revert this mess. Best regards, Uruk (Spanish wikipedia)--200.70.14.40 (talk) 11:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

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In about a week, I will be taking a month off to tour around China. I have recently embarked on a major project, however, and would appreciate if you could keep an eye on it - would you watch the six sub-pages listed on List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area? Cheers! bd2412 T 06:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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Hello, Prodego! Straightly put...may I please have the rollback feature? I'm looking forward to kicking the butt of vandalism to Timbuktu (preferably to the tune of the Fifth Symphony). Feel free to comb through my contribs. :-) (If the edit summaries seem like I already have rollback, I have been using it through User:Lupin's "Recent IP edits" tool.) -- La Pianista!  14:54, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

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Vandal Proof Request Backlog, Can you clear it? Prom3th3an (talk) 11:35, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
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Email
Hey, I sent a message to unblock-en-l a few hours ago. Apparently it hasn't made it through yet. Could you, as a list admin, check the status of it and if nothing came through, send me an email please (g1ggyman@gmail.com). Thanks, dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 11:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, sorted. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 09:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Good, glad that got sorted out for you. I've been somewhat inactive lately, sorry for not getting back. Prodego  talk  16:39, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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VF Backlog
Hi Prodego - there is a considerable backlog at the registration/approvals page for VandalProof. Only a few were recently addressed and most of us have waited for a month. Aside from you, no other moderator seems available. Can you please look into it and address it?  Vishnava talk  22:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Prodego; Edit reverted on B2 article
Prodego, I would appreciate your researching a subject first before removing material. It's helpful to avoiding acts of vandalism.

00:27, 7 June 2008 (UTC)Raryel


 * What exactly do you have a problem with in my edit? My edit made two changes, one, it fixed a coding error you introduced in this edit, and two, it removed information that was uncited (in the case of the F117 info), and that had nothing to do with the B2, beyond a minor trivia like relationship (Pyotr Ufimtsev). I do not see how either of these changes constitutes vandalism. Please explain, Prodego  talk  00:57, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Prodigo, your characterization of Ufimtsev's work as irrelevant to the B2's design os purely a result of your lack of familiarity with your subject. I suggest you read Ufimtsev's bio on wikipedia for starters. Ufimstev proved that a radar reflection's strength is dependent on the shape the beam hits, not its size. This was put to direct use in the F-117's development. The B2, in this sense, is a much more refined application of the concept, and he refinement comes about in part through greater use of computers to design the wings and edge shapes and, more importantly, control flight surfaces. The Russians knew all about stealth back in 1964, when Ufimtsev first wrote his paper. They couldn't put it to use, though, because they couldn't perform the calculations needed to get both wing and flight controls built. By 1977, when the Have Blue prototype, was born, we could get that done, but the Russians still could not.

The B-2 as a flying wing traces its origin back to Jack Northrop's flying wing; however, that's as far as it goes. The B-2 is truly a new aircraft and the way it is flown and how it stays in the air has very little to do with the Flying Wing of decades ago. They are very different animals.

I'll grant you that I should have offered additional references at my point of edit. But the link between aircraft stealth and Ufimtsev is already established in the wikipedia, and linking to Ufimtsev is sufficient.

I have not finished looking for added references. I will add them as I find them.

05:12, 7 June 2008 (UTC)Raryel

Thanks for the clarification. I see your point; thanks. 17:40, 7 June 2008 (UTC)Raryel

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