User talk:Ben b

Template:Infobox settlement
I noticed that you added the flag icon in the fields for "subdivision_name" on the Leavenworth, Washington article. Please note that Wikipedia consensus is that the flag icons should not be used within those fields, which is why the examples for the template at Infobox settlement explicitly state not to use flags in those fields. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:26, 24 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Please see the discussion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Infobox_settlement#flag_icons_and_templates_in_subdivision_name_.28and_subdivision_name1_through_subdivision_name6.29 and voice your thoughts. I'd say a bot should go through and fix this everywhere as I can find thousands of cities doing it wrong ATM. Also I believe further discussion as to whether the flag is appropriate or not is needed. --ben_b (talk) 06:22, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link, I hadn't been aware of the discussion. I'll take a look and add my thoughts. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:12, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

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 * --Esprqii (talk) 22:01, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

NCAA football rankings template
I really like the template you designed. I have a comment, though. Due to quirks of the calendar, not every season has the same number of weeks. See the 2004 season for example: 2004 NCAA Division I-A football rankings. That year, we would need to have 17 columns (preseason, weeks 1-15, and final ranking). Also, due to periodic changes, when the Harris Poll is released changes some years. In 2009, the Harris poll came out in Week 4 (2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings).

Would it be possible to make the template flexible to deal with these quirks? The 2013 season will once again need 17 columns. And who knows when the Harris Poll will change again. Thanks for your hard work and your contribution to the improvement of college football articles! —Ute in DC (talk) 21:06, 4 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Can you leave these comments on the talkpage for the template and I will see what I can do? Leaving the comments there will allow others to chime in and/or work towards improving the template based on posted feature requests.--ben_b (talk) 01:25, 5 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Ben b, nice work on this template and welcome to WikiProject College football! Jweiss11 (talk) 22:16, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thanks! Glad I was able to make a useful template! I'd love to expend it to include other sports. --ben_b (talk) 08:15, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Template:NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Nice work on NCAA Division I FBS football rankings. Is there a chance that it could be generalized for basketball (and possibly other sports) and for cases when you only have one poll? I.E., could you make it so that something like the following resulted in a valid template?

Also can you add three features.
 * 1) Add the option to pipe row headings to the polls
 * 2) Add a poll size field so that the row headings can be piped like AP Top 10 Poll (note that in some years the AP and Coaches poll have had different sizes.)
 * 3) Add a ref field so that I can add a reference to the row heading.

See 1966–67_Princeton_Tigers_men's_basketball_team to see what I am trying to do.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:44, 6 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I have been thinking about creating a new generalized template for more sports but hadn't quite thought of how to address the issue of varying numbers of polls, poll names, weeks, etc. I likely get started on this Friday but it may take some time. Feel free to leave your comments on the template talk page as well. --ben_b (talk) 19:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I have copied this discussion there and am watching there. My suggestion would be to make a general template that accepts up to 5 user defined polls.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:13, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Are you following the discussion over there?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:42, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I saw you commented at Template talk:NCAA Division I FBS football rankings today. I continue to await some feedback on the other sports discussion.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I am working on it at Template:Ranking Movement but it is not ready yet, getting close but need to do some testing. --ben_b (talk) 04:41, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update. Let me know when it is ready.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:08, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ See Ranking Movements and comments on talk page of NCAA Division I FBS football rankings. --ben_b (talk) 12:30, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * What am I doing wrong at 2011–12_Michigan_Wolverines_men's_basketball_team?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The templates name is Ranking Movements not Ranking Movement. Additionally I was going to create a basketball template similar to the football one that is based on Ranking Movements so that there is a sort of standard amongst basketball programs. --ben_b (talk) 21:32, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I just copied the text from the page. You will need to edit that.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I can't figure out how to hide polls 3-5, how to get the color working and why it is so wide.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:00, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Look on that template's talk page. I have further issues, but figured out some of my earlier questions.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:24, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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CBSB Standings
Ben, thanks for your work on the CBSB Standings, it's something I've had in the back of my mind for a while now, getting tired of converting from CBB to CFB as soon as there are ties! I added ties to the two required templates, and I see already that they work on two current year templates - 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings and 2012 Southern Conference baseball standings. Thanks again! Billcasey905 (talk) 23:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Problem with length templates you edited...
All eight of the Str Letter and Str Number templates that you added the example with a reference to (either directly or by transclusion) now include the message "Cite error: There are tags on this page, but the references will not show without a  template or a tag". Please change your examples to remove this. My suggestion would be adding nowiki tags outside the ref tags on the right hand sides, but I'm fine with changing the example from using to another tag. Naraht (talk) 03:00, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll try and add to them. The whole point is to show the error when passing a string that contains a . Perhaps the template should call nowiki on its input strings. --ben_b (talk) 03:25, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Cool, Thank you. At first I thought the template had a ref stuck in it which would be really ugly.Naraht (talk) 00:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Try Template reference list, it shows a reflist on the template's page without separating references on a page it is transcluded on. Billcasey905 (talk) 01:03, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

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