User talk:AlanM1

The WikiEagle - January 2022
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Nomination for deletion of Template:HexColorToLum
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox U.S. county/TZ row
Template:Infobox U.S. county/TZ row has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:11, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply

 * Hi. I'm afraid I've no idea what it was about to begin with, being such a long time ago. I'm pretty inactive on Wikipedia for some time now, so I can't be of much help, except to say that, if you're looking for a primer on references, I believe WP:REFBEGIN is a decent starting point and will point you to additional resources if needed.


 * The key is that the reference code is placed between  tags at the point in the text where you want the [#] to appear. The wiki software then assembles them all at the point where the template is found (usually in the References section), doing additional formatting and setting up the links back and forth to the [#] in the article text.


 * Two good places to ask for help are WP:Teahouse and WP:Help desk. I hope this helps. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 21:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you
Your edit to revert on Kirksville, MO was not made by me. I believe I was logged into my Wiki account and a student took over and inserted the 'god forsaken wasteland' edit. Sorry to have caused that trouble and good looking out. I'll be more careful to log out of my account in the future. From an embarrassed Kirksvillian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toka248 (talk • contribs) 16:29, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:SCOTUS term for US volume
Template:SCOTUS term for US volume has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Nigej (talk) 11:59, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Features for new users coming soon (and mentors wanted)
Hello.

Although you've not been very active at all there recently, I see you're still currently listed as a host at the Teahouse. So I wanted to make sure you're aware of the imminent rollout of new Growth  Team Features which every new account will be getting by default. Each users will soon see a new 'Homepage' tab next to their User  page. It contains two main elements which might impact on your involvement - and you'd be welcome to get  involved and help out directly with one of them. To spread the load on our current list of around 65 mentors, I'm reaching out to ask if you'd like to help out and sign up as one? The workload is relatively small; User  reports receiving four questions a month, on average, all of  which were simple ones of the type we already get at the Teahouse, whilst I've had just one in the last 3 weeks. To view a list of every question asked of all mentors over the last 14 days,  click here. If becoming a mentor and being available to help new users on their first few days here interests you - just as have done at the Teahouse in the past - then please consider signing up at Growth Team  features/Mentor list. But please only do so if you are genuinely willing to be available to help. Existing users can already 'opt-in' to seeing the Newcomer Homepage features via their  Preferences. Thank you! Nick Moyes (talk) 11:30, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Firstly, they will be offered a range of 'suggested edits', and encouraged to make simple improvements to pages that interest them. (Being  aware of this feature would be helpful for all Teahouse hosts if you're  likely to offer advice on tasks for them to start out doing.)
 * There's also a 'Your impact' box to show them how many people have seen the pages they've just edited.
 * Finally, each new user is randomly assigned a 'mentor' from a list of friendly, experienced editors, like yourself. If they get stuck, they can  ask a question directly to them via a Your mentor box, and hopefully get a swift, friendly answer from that mentor.   Currently, this feature is given to 2% of new users, but it's set to  increase to around 10% in the very near future.
 * Thanks for the info, Unfortunately, after some time away from the help platforms and editing in general (due to interference from Real Life$TM$), I don't feel particularly qualified to help any more, as it seems I need to go look up some of the simplest things, and don't really have a feel for what's going on in the project like I used to. I applaud the new features and hope they lead to more/better engagement by new users. —[  Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 00:13, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries. Thanks for letting me know. Hope you’ll be back once you get your feet under the table again. Cheers Nick Moyes (talk) 00:26, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Color list row
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Color list top
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Nomination for deletion of Template:ColorToLum
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Nomination for deletion of Template:RM row name
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Color redirects


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Drake's recent certifications
Hey, have you noticed differences on RIAA's website? When we check the database of each song, RIAA has updated the singles equal to 27M. But on their list of highest digitally certified artists, they have only added 20M. TheWikiholic (talk) 01:54, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * When I've run those down in the past, I usually find it's related to some idiosyncracy in the way they add up the individual awards. I.e., either there are awards in the detailed search that are not included in the total for some reason, or there are awards missing from the detailed search, usually because of a slight difference in the artist name, collaboration, etc.. I'd expect the totals and detailed search have to come from the same underlying data – I don't think they are manually tallied – so there is usually an explanation, and I just let it work itself out in time. I've occasionally emailed them about a problem. Though I've never gotten a direct response, they fix it eventually. :) —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 16:20, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * (more at ) —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 07:31, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi I noticed that you haven’t included many artists like Bob Marley, Oasis, Robbie Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Jamiroquai and many more, is there a reason for this? If you want some more bands contact me at  78.147.230.39 (talk) 19:49, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry I haven’t spoken on Wiki before and should have started a new topic so I hope this reaches AlanM1 :) 78.147.230.39 (talk) 19:51, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries. As you no doubt know, there are lots of different ways to look at music certifications. List of highest-certified music artists in the United States is specifically about just two of the RIAA lists, as published on their website, and cited in the article. The criteria for inclusion are simple, based on the top 100 "Artists (albums)" and top 50 "Artists (digital singles)" ranks in the two lists. There are (or can be) other articles about other top-n lists by RIAA and others. I hope this helps. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 03:04, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Also note that the artists you cited have certs below the top 100 rank (currently 23 MM certs). Bob Marley & The Wailers, for example, have 21.5 MM album certs and Jimi Hendrix has 23 MM, while Oasis, Robbie Williams, and Jamiroquai have less than the 10 MM certs that is apparently the criterion to appear on the RIAA list. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 03:22, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Grammar?
In March 2022, you edited Boron Air Force Station, including "grammar" changes. One was to change "inactivate" to "deactivate" in connection with the operating squadron. USAF units are not deactivated, they are inactivated. (Citations available upon request) Lineagegeek (talk) 23:50, 18 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Re:, both terms seem used according to "de" vs. "in", which even shows a 7:5 preference, though that's not at all scientific. Google's Oxford Languages dictionary entries even specifically mention the specific military use of the term at "deactivate", but not "inactivate". Still, I probably wasn't referring to that change when I put "grammar" in the comment, and I'm a little surprised I made the change anyway; must have been on auto-pilot. I can understand it being either way if inactivate is the preferred military term, though we are supposed to eschew jargon (and words like eschew, for that matter) in favor of more general terminology and usage. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 18:32, 19 February 2023 (UTC)


 * For USAF units "inactivate" is proper and has a different meaning from similar terms, like "disband", "discontineu", and the older "demobilize". So, I view it more as accuracy than jargon. Lineagegeek (talk) 00:03, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

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Template:Wins-losses-pct in table
Hi, I've recently been using Template:Wins-losses-pct in table, which I've found very helpful, and I see you created some years ago. I'm writing to ask if there is any variant that would do the same for wins-losses-ties? I looked but could not find one. Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 07:28, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. See Template talk:Wins-losses-pct in table. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 17:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Glad to hear :P
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June 8, 2024
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