User talk:Alfakim/Archive 3

Linking to Flash-requiring site and Alfakim/Albotim
'''This is a continuation of an archived discussion. See User talk:Alfakim/Archive2'''

''Thanks for taking this up Armedblowfish it's really appreciated. I don't get it though... should I now continue to linkspam the official site? -- Alfakim -- talk  13:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)''


 * No problem. I guess so, though "linkspam" is not really an accurate term. I looked at WP:EL, the style guide Naconkantari cited. Apparently, it is more acceptable to link to plain HTML pages that then link to rich media, so I propose switching to the front page (which offers links to high and low bandwidth version, and a download of Flash). I also suggest directly citing WP:EL and why this is acceptable in the comment. You may also consider a brief explanation in your edit summary. (Note: I also looked for a non-Flash mirror, but could not find one.):

== External links == 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
 * Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8,

Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 23:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

About vandalizing...
I find this whole situation amusing. I haven't been vandalizing Wikipedia, and I didn't leave a message "I am not vandalizing! Stop talking to me!" on whatever that page is. I don't understand why my IP address (I assume that that's my computer, so correct me if I'm wrong) is leaving vandalism. I've never edited any of those pages I keep getting scolded about! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.226.18.30 (talk • contribs) 16:24 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Alfakim: I took the liberty of giving you one less thing to do and I explained to the user about dynamic IPs. — Natha  n  ( talk ) 20:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

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Stargate Story
Hi, I just added to both of your stories. What do you think? Tobyk777 20:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool. Although you put season 10 stuff into the S9 bit.. but no worries :P. I'd like to see many more project members involved with this it could be very cool. --  Alfakim  --  talk   02:37, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Added more to the story
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I added more and it's ready for your portion. This is fun. Also, I have a lot of free time the next few days so ill be able to post quickly. Tobyk777 08:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

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2001
You wrote me

"I also think this is the best scifi ever made and so on, although you simply have to accept that wikipedia wants very certain types of things, and not huge povvy synopses. post it on imdb. --  Alfakim  --  talk   00:38, 23 June 2006 (UTC)"

Uh.. have we corresponded before? Your point is...? Considering that you are referencing what is essentually a "dead issue" I had to ask. TTFN

(Jason Palpatine | speak your mind | contributions)


 * no, no previous correspondence. just saw the issue and was compelled to converse. (also i didnt realise it was "dead") --  Alfakim  --  talk   18:46, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I was just letting them know where I stood. Even though the desision to delete (inspite of the original results) was upheld, I wanted them to know that I had not been swayed.  Even though the matter is a "dead issue", I wanted it clear that i had not changed my mind.  My opinions are my own.  And I was letting them be known.  Thanks.  -- Jason Palpatine 05:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC) (speak your mind | contributions)

For your continued amazing efforts, and for probably being the projects biggest contrbutor, here is another Stargate Award!!

 * holy moly! thank you!--  Alfakim  --  talk   18:47, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Congradulations -- Jason Palpatine 05:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Christmas
I've comprehensively re-edited the Christmas article over the last couple of months. I thought this would be a good time to seek FA status again. Read it and tell me what you think. Kauffner 22:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

On stargate project
I think I've covered this adequately at Tobyk777's talkpage. --Improv 06:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Help with the timeline
Hi, I was just turning the cites into inline citations on our timeline, but when I saved the page it came out completely screwed up. I don't know what I did worng. Could you please take a look. Tobyk777 08:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

your sig
Hi there. I do like your sig with the blue box and I was wondering if you'd be kind enough to show me how you made it. Regards. --RND 19:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Prefs > sig > check "raw signature"
 * Change sig to
 * Edit Special:Mypage/Sig as you want it. See mine at User:Alfakim/Sig. Please dont copy it directly 100%. --  Alfakim  --  talk   17:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. I have created user:RND/Sig with the required code, however Im not sure where I should enter . --RND 18:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No, put --  Alfakim  --   talk   19:05, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * yeah I realised it was :) but couldnt figure out where to put the tag. Is there a box I need to enter it in? --RND 19:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * (prefs) The "nickname" box - remember to check "raw signature" underneath it. --  Alfakim  --  talk   21:45, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * finally! got it working. Its best viewed with firefox as it uses firefox specific code. I hope you approve of the new sig and thanks very much for your patience. -- RND   talk  23:20, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you help me with a template?
I saw you on a list of template experts, so I thought I'd see if you could help me out? Does it help if I'm also a SG-1 fan? :-) I've create an infobox for Jane Austen characters, but for some reason the image is not appearing. What am I doing wrong? Here's the template: JAustenCharacter and here's an example with image not showing :-P

-plange 01:38, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for helping me! Argh, keep forgetting this platform is case sensitive :-P -plange 17:59, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

adminship
I've been keeping an eye on you, and have now decided to pop the question; are you interested in becoming an admin? American Patriot 1776 05:00, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * definitely :D .. have you nominated me? --  Alfakim  --  talk   15:58, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Not yet, but I will do so now. I wanted to make sure that you at least wanted it because if  you didn't, it would be a bit awkward.  American Patriot 1776 00:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 American Patriot 1776 would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact American Patriot 1776 to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Requests for adminship/Alfakim. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Signature Suggestion
Your lengthy signature appears to be creating a big effect on your RfA, I strongly suggest you change it as soon as possible, see WP:SIG. It's up to you though, but it's what I'd do.-- Andeh 19:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. -- Alfakim -- talk  21:48, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * heh ive changed mine since we last spoke. Where can I vote for you! -- [[Image:Wikipedia-logo.png|25px]]  RND   T    C   23:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Requests for adminship/Alfakim -- thanks!-- Alfakim -- talk  10:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia awards committee
Check out my comments here, Wikipedia awards committee. Thanks! --evrik 17:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

My 2 cents
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimark2#Improve_table_syntax_first

fr:Utilisateur:Jmfayard 11:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Request for Adminship
It is my regretful task to inform you that your recent request for adminship failed to achieve consensus to promote, and has been closed. Please do not be discouraged; a number of users have had their first RfA end without consensus, but have been promoted overwhelmingly in a later request. Please continue to make outstanding contributions to Wikipedia, and consider requesting adminship again in the future. You may find Guide to requests for adminship helpful in deciding when to consider running again. If I can be of any help to you, please do not hesitate to ask. Essjay (  Talk  •  Connect  )  18:49, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Alfakim, I hope you'll reapply after you get some more of certain types of experience as noted in some of the comments. I opposed your RfA on experience only this time -- you seem like a great potential administrator. (Also, if it makes you feel any better, I wouldn't vote for myself either with my present level of experience.) --A. B. 04:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks A. B. but I'm not the type of person who'd put myself up for adminship someone else has to nominate me, I think that's the better way of doing it all. -- Alfakim -- talk  15:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

re: EasyLogic symbols
Hey there,

Do you have a zip file somewhere I can download with all of the current image files? Seems like a bit of a drag to download each of them separately.

Thanks.

david_wees(AT)yahoo.com


 * Lol i forgot about this. I do have a zip but actually the extension doesn't work yet, it's still in alpha stages. So don't use it. Sorry :S. There might be an easier way for you, what are you trying to do?-- Alfakim -- talk  21:25, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about your RFA
Sorry that your RFA went so badly. With you expirence and skill im amazed it didn't pass. Tobyk777 02:55, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

your edit to DNA Resequencer
Hi, I just reverted the edit you made to DNA Resequencer. Although your edit agruably upgraded the text, It Deleted 3 refs, detsoyed about 20 cites, and disolved sevral pieces of key info. I like what you added and how yo restructured the intro to the article, however it messed up alot of other things so I reverted. Later I will try to incoperate your changes to the text without damaging the refs. Tobyk777 18:04, 23 July 2006 (UTC)


 * S .. took me ages to do all that work. Could you re-revert to the version I did? and then sort out the refs from there? I thought the work i did on that intro was pretty crucial, especially if you're looking for FA. -- Alfakim -- talk  23:04, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I liked the work you did. Tonight, I have some time.  I will try to re incorperate it.  Just wait 6 hours from when i'm posting it.  I appericiate all the work you did.  I will try to make it perfect.  Tobyk777 00:45, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I just spent more than an hour. The text is perfect, and all the cites are in the right places, however, the refs are really screwed up.  Because of it alot of the text is invisible.  I know it has something to do with the ref tags but I can't figure out what.  Tobyk777 03:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Take a look now
I have incorperated my great refs with your text. With the help of Tango and Morph, it looks perfect. Is there anything else that you think could be improved. Tobyk777 23:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The article needs copyediting heavily, it is riddled with spelling and grammatical mistakes :S. Also, your new leadin has introduced elements I tried to remove, such as those going into too much detail or sounding OR, or most importantly being in-universe. I would appreciate it if you could revert as significantly as possible to the version I wrote which removed 99% of what FA guys would object to. for isntance, your descriptions of various events (e.g. anubis and the goauld) in the leadin are far too detailed and in-universe. -- Alfakim -- talk  01:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I copied all of your text into the curent version. I just re-reffed it, and re-added info you deleted.  I didn't revert because your changes were bad, I reverted because they destroyed the refs and deleted info.  The text in your version was the best the text ever was, (except for the info you deleted) If you could copyedit it without destoying refs and deleting info it would be great.  Tobyk777 02:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If you take a look here and here the text in the current version is almost identical to your text, I tried to preserve as much as possible. It is reverted to the version you wrote, just better refed.  (Also, the show never mentioned anything about an army of hokotaurs so i took that out)  Your changes were great, I just reffed them.  Tobyk777 02:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed some of your info because of reasons like: Remember that a leadin is meant to be a brief summary/introduction to an article that doesn't go into detail, and shouldnt take up more than 1 screen. -- Alfakim -- talk  14:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Too much detail for a lead in section
 * Sounded in-universe
 * Repeated elsewhere in teh article

Languages
Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 19:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Template:Xsgcite/2
This has a tag on it, and it seems you are the only contributor. However, it isn't listed at TfD. Do you want it deleted, or is the tagging some sort of test? --ais523 11:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeh it needs to be deleted. Not entirely familiar with tfd though, was hoping someone else could do it :S -- Alfakim -- talk  12:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Template Table
There is something I want to do, but I can't get an answer about how to do it on Wikipedia/MediaWiki sites. I hope you can help: This is best described by example. Consider I have a template named 'house' and it has the fields 'address', 'rooms', 'baths', 'price'. Now, I know how to make that template and use it on each page about a house. But, I want to show the template values of every page in one comparison table, like: Is that possible? I made an extension that does it, but if you update a template value, you have to open/save the page with the comparison table again to update the values. --Kainaw (talk) 17:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * There is no way to do this. The best you can get is a list of all the pages which the template is used on, at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:House.-- Alfakim -- talk  00:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


 * OK. I made an extension to do it.  Now I can avoid having to update every table of info on my wiki.  Just update the template and all the related tables are updated (when the cache clears). --Kainaw (talk) 18:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That is a very clever extension. You should develop it and so on - get it added to Wikipedia i see it being very very useful. -- Alfakim -- talk  18:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Your sad poem
I got to your poem...and I think it also got to me Wolfie001 22:58, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol which poem would this have been?-- Alfakim -- talk  00:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I mistaken you for some1 else Wolfie001 21:34, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

stargate timeline
Just wanted to say that I think you (and all supporters) did a great job on the timeline page (which I have only just found today). I have one little hitch though and frankly, I am a little afraid of trying to make a note directly on the page for fear of somehow managing to accidently erase the whole thing, so I will use this (safer) route instead.

You note that Dr Weir and the Atlantis research team are examining the ruins of the Antarctic base in July 2004(Rising and prelude to it). Presumably, this would also be when Maj Sheppard flies Gen O'Neill to the site and their little mishap with the drone. It is clearly daytime during this episode yet it should be completely dark in Antarctica in July and NO ONE flies in Antarctica in the winter (just ask Dr Jerri Neilsen - the doctor who discovered she had cancer while stationed at A-S South Pole Station during the winter of 1999! the med drop they did in July for her was unprecedented at the time).

Frankly, I have also wondered exactly what it is that Maj Sheppard would have been doing in Antarctica for eleven months (short of consuming already very limitted resources) seeing as though a)there are no military bases in Antarctica and b)he would only be useful as a helicopter pilot for 4 or 5 months out of the year?? But, that is neither here nor there.

thanks for your time!!!


 * Umm... thanks! Youve pointed out another plothole - dont worry about it. Anyway yes, glad you liked the page. -- Alfakim -- talk  20:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Stargate disambigs
Howdy! Please stop creating the empty disambiguation pages for the stargate characters, at least until there are actual links for both? You appear to be fixing something that is not currently broken. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 19:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Im in the process of a massive bit of maintenance. I create the disambigs first - write the articles in a second. -- Alfakim -- talk  19:42, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Quantum Templating
I'm trying to get some help on a template I was designing. The goal was the condense a few related templates whose only difference is the inclusion or removal of a few fields. I thought it would be simple enough to add some code that would only include the static parts if the corresponding parameter existed.

Unfortunately, the static part in question is a row in a table. As such, it includes a pipe charater. Template code does not like pipe characters where it expects a parameter, and predictably does not do what I want it to do. Is there any way around this, or should I abandon my quest? --Khaim 16:06, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * There are ways around it. Either:
 * See !
 * Use HTML table markup. So inside your template...


 * -- Alfakim -- talk  16:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you! ! worked like a charm.
 * --Khaim 19:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:cite visual and Stargate episode citations
Hey, I think cite visual might actually be better for citing Stargate episodes than cite episode, because it has more bibliographic information. However, I do think it could use some more variables to make it appropriate for Stargate episodes. For example, a series variable. Also, I am not sure whether MGM would be the "distributor" or "producer", or whether the distributor would be MGM, or a television network / DVD publishing company. The "date" (release date) could also be either the original airdate, or the date the DVD came out. In addition, if the medium chosen is "tv", a "viewed on date" variable could be useful. Anyways, I would appreciate your opinions on what variables would need to be added, and how said variables should be used. Also when I'm done making changes at Template:Template sandbox/Template:Cite visual, I would appreciate it if you looked at my code to see if you catch any bugs that I didn't. (This is assuming you even think it's a good idea.)

The ultimate goal would be to create a list of citations for Stargate episodes, with the variables specific to TV/DVD left blank, so that editors who have seen the episodes can tweak the TV/DVD specific fields, and cite information they have verified with that reference. (If I were to add the citations to the Stargate episode articles, then not having seen most of them, I would have to put them in "Further viewing" sections, not "References" sections.)

— Armedblowfish (talk|mail|contribs) 03:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure I understand. What are you proposing? Cite visual can't replace cite episode because it doesn't cite the episode. Unless you're creating a new, Stargate-focussed or episode-focussed Cite visual? Then what happens to Cite episode? Deprecated? -- Alfakim -- talk  18:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Cite visual is more generic than cite episode - an episode is a type of visual. I don't mean to create a new cite visual, merely to expand it by adding variables that you would want for an episode (like Stargate). Cite episode would still be there, but if I/we did a good job improving cite visual, perhaps people would gradually stop using it. Some of the things I like about cite visual are that it has more fields for the people involved (director, producer, crew, instead of just credits), it pays more attention to the actual source the editor used (medium - this is good to know for the same reason it's good to know what edition of a book was used), etc. Of course, it lacks some fields you might want for an episode (like a series field). Armedblowfish (talk|mail|contribs) 23:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:User_current_age
Did you see last entry on Template_talk:User_current_age? I tested the template today because I transfered it to tr:wiki and noticed the same error: it is okay for today AND someyear but not for tomorrow AND someyear where it should rather read 11 month and corresponding days: Example: &#123;{User current age|year=1950|month=July|day=}}

--katpatuka 10:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Your writing in the wikistory about the stargate universe
I have to say that your writings in the wikistory about the stargate universe are very well written. Keep up the good work! Cristan 13:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey thanks. Well it's not all me :). I'm actually a bit of a writer though - that Stargate stuff there is just some fun its a bit silly. checkout my devart.-- Alfakim -- talk  22:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

URGENT
hi I did something REALLY stupid. I uploaded and image named Nemesis.jpg for a page about a Greek writer Anestis Keramidas and I think I might have replaced one of your images. Do you think you could see if I did any damage and fix it. (if I did sorryyyyyyyyy) if I can help let me know.

user:Panosfidis


 * Don't worry. Yes, you overwrote an image I uploaded and spoilt some articles, but I quickly fixed the problem. Please re-upload your image to a new filename. Thanks for letting me know -- Alfakim -- talk  00:02, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Wraith
Hallo, wo kann ich mehr Infos über die Wraith bekommen??? Schnuckelchen22041980@yahoo.de


 * I'm english, but from what I can understand.. .. : Wraith (Stargate) -- Alfakim --  talk  22:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikiversity
We're working on solving this problem, as you would have known if you would have joined the discussion at the Wikiversity:Colloquium. Wikiversity is brand new, so keep your pants on; we'll get this fixed when we can come up with a good solution. Hopefully that will happen within the week. It may not, however, as "defining" Wikiversity is a complicated affair. One way or the other, a greater explanation on the front page, all are agreed, is in order. The Jade Knight 04:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Template:No wiki
I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on a template I made. It's like your Nowiki template, except it's for templates. Here's what it does: Leaving this code when substituted: Here's how you use it: Here's the page for it: (The template I'm talking about was used to make this.)
 * Type  TemplateName  and replace "TemplateName" with the template of your choice.

What do you think? Any suggestions? Take a look at my user page for examples of its use. Chris53516 16:32, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry mate, but people have beaten you to this! see tl.-- Alfakim -- talk  11:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Darn. :( Chris53516 17:52, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

linkless
Well, subpages are not supported in the main namespace for a reason, see Subpages. It's my positition that pages like that aren't really articles, and should be templates instead, since they only exist to be transcluded. --W.marsh 14:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The Animals of Farthing Wood
I will do my best to summarize the Animals of Farthing Wood over the next little while. I hope this will keep you posted. Please respond on my talk page MelicansMatkin


 * How is the summary for the first book so far? Its still a work in progress, but I have homework to do (as usual) :S  Please respond on my talk page MelicansMatkin

Template coding question
Hi,

sorry to bother you, but your name was one of the few in the "adept template coder" listing linked from the help page. Could you have a look at the question I asked here?

Cheers, TeraBlight 19:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. I'll probably code it with single parameters for now and, once the stable MediaWiki release includes the StringFunctions parser functions, change it to a more elegant version then.


 * Much obliged, TeraBlight 18:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Template help
Hi. I'm making a user page template, in the hope that it can be useful for users other than myself, and I'm currently testing it. Unfortunately I've hit a few snags which I can't fix. The template is User:Markdarb/Userpage001, and I'm testing it at User:Markdarb/Sandbox. On the left of the template are three user boxes. When calling the template I use the parameters 3 to 8 to control what's in the user boxes (3 title, 4 content, 5 title, 6 content, etc). However, it isn't working for all of the user boxes. In the first user box I'm trying to use Template:User en and Template:User fr-1, but it isn't working. In the second user box I have a list of contact details which isn't working either. In the last box I have some bulletpointed sub-user-pages. The last box works, but because some other parameters are being ignored it appears in the second user box instead. I hope I've explained everything clearly enough! Your help or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Markdarb 08:14, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Your template looks overly complex from the start - not in a syntactic way, but just in its formulation. Why do you need to be making this template anyway? Please first tell me the purpose, and I'll suggest a better way of doing it. -- Alfakim -- talk  14:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * It's an experiment. I'm trying to make a good looking and simple-to-use template for user pages. The idea is that anyone can use the template so they can put in the content without having to worry about the difficulties, complications, and clutter in the coding of a complex design. An idea sort of along those lines was mentioned in June at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject User Page Help. I mentioned my idea there, and said I'd have a go at it.


 * One of the reasons the template is so complicated is that I'm using a table to make a gradient effect at the top and the bottom, although that's probably not what you were referring to.


 * One parameter is for the user name, the next is for the main content to appear on the page, and then each other parameter is for either the title or the content of a user box table.


 * The main problem I've had with the template is the content in some of the user box tables. It seems it mucks up if I actually try putting userboxes in it, and some other content.


 * A few other ideas which have now occured to me are to not have the template make three user boxes tables, but to have one parameter where people can put a user box if they so choose; and to have three templates instead of one (only the first one needing any parameters), so that the content can be put between the templates (like with userboxtop and userboxbottom). Anyway, I'll see what you have to say!


 * Hopefully I've given you a better of idea of what I'm doing. Thanks for your interest and help so far. Markdarb 20:46, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

There are just simpler ways of doing this. First off, interesting as it is, scrap all the complex code, gradients etc (there are easier ways to do that anyway) - esp. as not everyone wants that gradient on their page (and it makes it impossible to customise the template's colour). You need to work up from SIMPLE. By the way, one of the parameters can simply be: |userboxes=

Currently your template code is quite impenetrable due to all its complexity, but your problem is in the userboxes and the above is a better way of doing it. -- Alfakim -- talk  02:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Quads FC
Hi there was an entry left for Quads FC that was deleted on November 27th. Is there any chance that this article can be restored please? Quads FC is a small local football team but has quite a large cult following on the Wirral in England. It would be much appreciated by the management and supporters of Quads FC is this can be restored. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BigDunk1982 (talk • contribs)


 * I'm afraid I'm not an administrator, im just a regular user. I have no power over this. You are looking for WP:DRV. -- Alfakim -- talk  02:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Templates and parameter for external link, problem with "=" in URL
Hi, I've recently upgraded the Template:Infobox Hospital and have run into a problem with a Website parameter that takes external website URL links. In essence the passed value is the full URL address with an optional (hopefully) short description to which is added " Homepage" (to ensure meaningful text is always shown, rather than perhaps an inline link number: ), and then the complete extression is linked by enclosing in a single square bracket.

The relevent bit of the template coding will show unknown if the parameter is not defined, 'none' if the hospital has no web presence: {{#SWITCH: {{{Website|}} | N/A | n/a | None | none = None | [ Homepage] }} | Unknown}}
 * {{#if: {{{Website|}}} |

Hence http://www.hospital.com        -> markup Homepage       -> outcomeHomepage Whilst http://www.hospital.com Trust -> markup Trust Homepage -> outcome Trust Homepage

Now for most pages this works as intended. Yet have a look at this version of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where no website is displayed - the question is why not ?

The article defines the parameter thus: | Website   = http://www.cht.nhs.uk/index.php?id=53 Trust

Mark up, in this talk page of: Trust Homepage gives: Trust Homepage - yet the template is showing nothing.

It is not the "/" or the "?" of the passed URL value, but the "=" which seems to be the critical problem. I presume the expression is somehow being evaluted as a conditional expression for the presence of "53" ? My question is therefore can one define the whole parameter value in some sort of literal expression, a little like enclosing in "quotes" in most programing languages ? David Ruben Talk 04:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * To your last question, no. The problem seems to be the spaces, actually. Before i get all complex, you might want to try the following:

|Website=http://www.cht.nhs.uk/index.php?id=53 Trust|


 * i.e. absolutely no spaces at the beginning, middle or end of the parameter, except preceding "Trust". Also watch out: parameter "Website" is different to parameter "website" (case). -- Alfakim -- talk  16:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, this did not seem to work - see this removal spaces which fails to pass any parameter value apparently, yet removing the "=" seems to allow the parameter passing to occur (just not jumping correctly within the target website as the "=" is missing from the full URL). David Ruben Talk 19:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've found the mediawiki meta help-page re templates and it has a section M:Help:Template which advises "When a parameter value contains an equals sign, the parameter name must be stated explicitly, otherwise the part of the parameter value before the equals sign is taken as the parameter name. " - however I am expicitly stating that the parameter name as being "Website", so I'm still none the wiser :-) David Ruben Talk 19:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay i looked at your code and found the problem. Ive suggested a solution, but im not sure whether it works. whether it does or not, that IS the problem i can guarantee - this may just be a fault in the software, if you cant find a working solution. -- Alfakim -- talk  22:59, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I've fixed it.-- Alfakim -- talk  00:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Wow - thanks. It works, but what a complex bit of coding :-) I'm not entirely sure I understand why this now works - I presume it is the assigning of the value to the internalised parameter 1 that then allows it to be explicity used later in the coding ? David Ruben Talk 03:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't working originally because your URL had an equals, which was passed into a #switch default parameter (which cant contain an equals). So I changed the default to a "1", then used a switch on THAT to say "1=(what would have been the default before)". -- Alfakim -- talk  17:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Stargate font
I grabbed the font off of and redid image:Stargate-title.svg, how about now? I'm using Inkscape as my vector graphic editor, quite a nice little thing. Bryan 01:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Perfect. Can it be a little larger so that it can be scaled up in places? -- Alfakim -- talk  16:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Not sure what you mean. It's a scaleable vector graphic, so you can scale it up as large as you want. Try this: [[Image:Stargate-title.svg|1000px]] Bryan 07:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Oooooooh!!! Nice one :P -- Alfakim -- talk  16:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Parameter values through nested templates
Hi, i've found you on the Category:User template coder listing, and since i have a question concerning this subject i hope i can clear it with you :)

I'm testing a template A which uses a parameter M to specify a value Z. Inside this template A, I also use a parameter N through which I call repeatedly a template B. Inside this second template, I specify other parameters but also the same parameter M from the parent template. But I don't know how or if it's possible to "pass" the parameter M's value Z, in the parent template (A), to this nested template (B). Basically what i want is:

I'd want the parameter M, defined as Z in template A, to also carry the value Z inside template B. I'll also be calling template B oftenly and i can't have it becoming part of template's A content. Have i made myself clear? I hope I won't be a burden with this. Thanks in advance!  Parutakupiu  talk 19:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * With odd things like this, the best solution is: you're overcomplicating things. There just IS a better way of doing what you're doing, and I know that before I even know what you're doing. However, your best bet is this:

Code for Template A: blah blah

blah blah


 * i.e. stop calling the Template B from within your call to Template A, just nest Template B inside Template A and use parameter N for extras. But seriously, you're overcomplicating the issue. Tell me what you're trying to do. -- Alfakim -- talk  20:49, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

:)
Since my name is 'Iakim' ot 'Yakim', depends on the point of view, I was struck by the ressemblence between your nickname and my name:) Maybe a coincidence, but I like the Stargate series also. If you are asking yourself the question why the f*** am I writing to you, you should answer it yourself, 'cause honestly - I don't know:) Just wanted to know someone from the UK and of course to have the opportunity to write to somebody, who speaks the language properly, not like my.

P.S. If you find any spelling mistakes, please tell me so I can work on them.

See ya


 * Hello Iakim, I'm from England. Where do you live? Alfakim isn't actually my name :)
 * Here is your message with corrected errors:
 * Since my name is 'Iakim' o r 'Yakim' (depends on the point of view) I was struck by the res s embl a nce between your nickname and my name :). Maybe it's a coincidence, but I like the Stargate series as well . If you are asking yourself the question "Why the f*** am I writing to you?", you should answer it yourself, 'cause honestly - I don't know :). Just wanted to know someone from the UK and of course to have the opportunity to write to somebody who speaks the language properly, not like m e .
 * If you'd like to get in touch, you can email me :). -- Alfakim -- talk  16:25, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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Help with Hell.com Article
After through extensive searching on Google for Hell.com, I've stumbled upon something that you've written:

You replied on the talk page that, from my perspective, you wrote the whole thing. And because of that, I ask of your help in fixing the Hell.com article. I've visited the site itself, and I've also done a bit of reasearch myself in order to improve the article. If you don't mind at all, could you help me in the process? I'm having a tough time just trying the delete the unimportant sections and sentances and citing sources for much of the article. If not, I'd just like to ask for tips on how to improve it. Thanks for reading ^_^ DiamondDragon  contact  08:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Hell.com is a private parallel web - like an intranet, available only to its internal users - so it will be almost impossible to work out what it's really about. The entire article was written by me, yes, and it's ALL WP:OR and should really have been deleted years ago. I've spent hours trying to work out what Hell.com is, and this Wikipedia article is the best I was able to do. I'll keep helping if you have any leads though, because I'm determined to have a Wikipedia article that details exactly what it's about, so that all their stupid "pay us to get in" is worth nothing on the curiosity front. -- Alfakim -- talk  15:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I see... and I see why it would be called original research; there's hardly any concrete information to identify the site. Like I stated above, I spent a large amount of time on research on Hell.com and I've found many sites that I would think be leads:
 * - some time ago, Hell.com linked to no-such.com (another "parallel web"); contacted webowner, got access to no-such.com, found "a list of 70 artist sites from 19 countries around the world, including the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan." Kenneth says “This is a doorway to somewhere else. When people come to Hell they have no expectation of what’s there. What they do find is indefinable.”
 * - It “is a private non-commercial project devoted to establishing an alternative reality.”
 * - Ctrl + F look for Hell.com, "Hell.com has rarefied net.art by selecting its kings and queens, by creating an artistic pantheon. Yet when queried, Hell's representatives are very clear about their status as an arts organization: 'we don't do net.art. we don't do art.'"
 * - Aspiring artists (web-designers, musicians, multi-media artists, etc.) could only be introduced to the inner sanctum when invited by a hell.com member, and further proceedings were shrouded in mystery and secrecy.
 * - look for Hell.com, condensed info and some speculation.
 * - an attempt to "hide"?

That's all the good ones I've got... are they even good enough to be "leads"? And just to note, I got all of this from pages 1 to 24 on searching Hell.com on Google by weeding out the news of its sale and other junk... and there's still more results. DiamondDragon contact  20:19, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

EDIT: And also, they stopped the making-you-pay routine; Hell.com's almost barren (except for index and e-mail pages, rest was replaced by Google search boxes). However, Aronson made a new website (to seemingly raise more money): Funny, don't you think? And one more thing, Kenneth Aronson's portfolio is back with more pages... DiamondDragon contact  20:34, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

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could you help me with something?
I am trying to make an infobox template. I was wondering how to turn it from this:

into the template format like this:

Thanks for the help, if my question needs clarification don't hesitate to leave me a message. feel free to delete this post after you read it. TommyMoullet 04:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * As far as I understand, basically you just need to create the template. Create the page Template:Infobox Summer Camp by clicking that link. Put what you have there. You will then be able to, on any other page, use your "template format". -- Alfakim -- talk  23:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Help with template coding
I noticed you're quite good at Wikimarkup and templates. Could you help me with a couple welcoming templates I'm designing? The templates are Rswelcome and Rswelcomeip. The purpose of these templates is to welcome users who show an early interest in contributions to RuneScape articles. Basically, I already have the first parameter set to list the page, but I'd like to have the talk page and new section on talk page links automatically use the username of the person posting the template, rather than having to manually input your own username as a second parameter. If you could tell me how to fix this, it would be very helpful. Thanks, Pyrospirit  Flames  Fire 01:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You mean this, right: You post this template on a user's page, and it automatically comes out with the message followed by your own name and talk page and post link? Sorry but this isn't possible without having a parameter for your username. You could, of course, just sign your name. -- Alfakim -- talk  16:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks anyway. Actually, it's not to sign my name, but to have a link to create a new section in my talk page within the template text. It works fine the way it is now, actually. Pyrospirit  Flames  Fire 14:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm new, Could you help me?
I'm trying to get info on non renewable resources but I don't get this site very well. The help page is giving me a headache, I don't like reading lots of words, I'll read it of course, but none of it registers. I reckon your really good at wikipedia, and If I talk to someone, it helps me understand it, better than something that is made for everyone, I get a message to me. So could you hit me back just to check? yeah, and could you leav the message here? I don't no how to get a link to my talk. Connor_is_cool 17:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi. I have 2 questions for you:
 * How did you come to ask ME this question? How did you find me?
 * Could you tell me in lots of detail what you were trying to do, where you tried to look, where you went, what sucked about the site, what was confusing, etc? I can get it fixed.
 * You'll find info on non-renewable resources at the page non-renewable resources, which you could have found by typing "non renewable resources" into the search box on the left. -- Alfakim -- talk  16:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)