User talk:Barte/Archives/2016/April

CJ GAR
Hi Barte. I did not know if you noticed, but I nominated Caitlyn Jenner for a Good Article Review (GAR). If you want to participate, that would be awesome. We can start polishing the article now. Also, once the GAR starts, please jump in and fix things, and tag them as done, partially done, or make a comment. I hope you can join in, as you are top shelf in my book. It might take awhile for CJ to get picked up for a GAR or it might get snapped up right away since there is currently some kind of competition going on to secure GA reviews under one's belt. Cheers! 08:03, 4 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi I'm new to the GAR process, but once it kicks in, I'm happy to participate.  Barte (talk) 14:06, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Barte
I do not belive we have been formally introduced before, so I'd like to take this oppertunity to do so! :D Hi! (t) Josve05a  (c) 13:49, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi ! How did you learn about the class?  I interacted with students from the 2015 class while I was editing A Serious Man, and noticed the request for online support. Barte (talk) 15:45, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, I was a campus ambassador on sv.wp last year and applied for online volonteer-rights here on en.wp. I was granted the rights a while back but hadn't done anything, so I looked up current courses and this just caught my eye. The more volonteers, the better :) (t) Josve05a  (c) 15:49, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I've been at this for more than a decade (though way less edits than you), and I'm still surprised how much of the mechanics, infrastructure, and native culture I still have to learn. (Like--what's the difference between and ?).  Barte (talk) 16:00, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Technically there is no difference between and, both results in  , however Ping is used to indicated that you are responding to someone, while u is used in the middle of messages to link to that user. The template Ping Can however be used to "ping"/link to multiple users at the same time, such as.
 * I've been active on Wikipedia for about 6 and a half years (6 years and 1 month on en.wp due to SUL) but you learn new things each day :) (t) Josve05a  (c) 17:21, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for that clear explanation! Another Wikipedia mystery solved. Barte (talk) 17:34, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * . Hi Barte, and . Ha. Ha. I just learned something too. I always bag on ping because of the @, but now I see that @ is a good way to start a reply, and save the template (an alias for the  template) for inline pings. Barte, here are a couple more for your enjoyment:, and . Click on each one to see the parameters. One more tip: You can ping up to 50 users in one message, but you have to break them up into multiple templates.   is limited to 7 per template, and   or   is limited to one ping—‌and IIRC,   can have up to 10 usernames within the template, each separated by a pipe. Check out the doc for that one, as you can also put your first sentence within the ping, and the usernames show up in very small font. One more tip, you can change the output of the   template by piping the output such as this example:  would appear as Bartles and James to the reader, but would still send the ping to Barte. Having fun. Cheers!   07:55, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! My personal Guide to Wikipedia Templates has grown even larger. Barte (talk) 14:12, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

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