User talk:Benzband/Archives/October 2013

October 2013 Wikification Drive
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Help test better mass message delivery
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Zine
Would you like to publish the third issue of the zine sometime this month? -- Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  04:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure! Is there (and if not, should we create) a page listing recipients so that they can subscribe/unsubscribe easily? That way we could use a bot too. benzband  ( talk ) 17:21, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I need to look. If there isn't a list, we need to make one -- Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  18:33, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Found our last list -- Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  19:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I have created WikiProject Punk music/Zine/Recipients. I have go to run now but I'll get to WikiProject_Punk_music/Zine/3/Deliverable later. benzband  ( talk ) 10:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * All set to go, shall I ask EdwardsBot to deliver it? benzband  ( talk ) 13:17, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks great. Thank you for all of your hard work on the zine. I set EdwardsBot to the task and it appears to have worked well. -- Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  04:35, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Verdi's mottos line-break
Hi Ben, I hope all is okay and goes well for you! I'm going to approve the two Verdi's mottos for 9 and 10 October 2013. What do you think? Is it better to separate the two mottos by a single blank line (as per wikipedia): Motto #1

Motto #2 or by two  HTML TAGs: Motto #1

Motto #2 or in another way? Thank you in advance & happy editing! –p joe f (talk • contribs) 09:10, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

 tags (because they don't break the ===headlines===), so I suppose they're the tried-and-trusted option, but I don't see why a blank line would be a problem. Wouldn't either be fine? benzband ( talk ) 11:32, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't really see what the difference would be. When we have line breaks in mottoes we usually use 
 * Okay, thanks!!! –p joe f (talk • contribs) 11:52, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

The Underground: Issue 3 (October 2013)


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benzband ( talk ) &  Guerillero  &#124;  My Talk  04:31, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

BACKLOG OF THE WEEK Category:Pages with broken reference names
Hello - some editors fight off the vandal hordes, as I do repairing pages with citation errors. If I didn't - there would be a large backlog in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting and in Category:Pages with missing references list as in Category:Pages with broken reference names (more than 1500 yesterday). But it is impossible to work it alone. Do you know how to do a "Blitz" (excuse the comparision) to find willing editors to work on it. It is much more easier to repair references if you do it one hour, one day or one week ago after the errors were made instead of months and years after the error was done. Very, very difficult to find these errors.

Only with WikiBlame Search it is possible to find and repair such errors.

Best wishes --Frze > talk  08:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
Since you commented on my previous message there, here's a follow-up to the script I'm considering writing for WP:RA ~ Matthewrbowker  Make a comment! 16:07, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Hola, quisiera hacerte una propuesta de trabajo en la wiki!
Hi, I'm JD3rulo. I read you are able to write articles in Spanish, so I hope you could undestand the headline. The thing is that I'm a huge fan of Jessie J, I have made changes in her page, but other users have removed them, replying that the links I referred to don't belong to reliable sources. So I'm wondering if you could dedicate part of your time in helping me to fill some topics that are abandoned, such as Jessie J's vocal type, range and also writing updated news about her career lately. Espero que puedas ayudarme a mejorar su pagina, pues tal parece que la han dejado en el olvido. Si necesitas ayuda en la redaccion de algun articulo o busqueda de informacion, puedes contar conmigo, esto es solo lo que puedo ofrecerte: mi amistad y compañerismo para hacer de la wiki un sitio mejor y actualizado. Chao, have a nice day! JD3rulo (talk) 07:21, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter on 16 October 2013
VisualEditor is still being updated every Thursday. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at Mediawiki during the previous week. If you haven't done so already, you can turn on VisualEditor by going to your preferences and choosing the item, " ".

The reference dialog for all Wikipedias, especially the way it handles citation templates, is being redesigned. Please offer suggestions and opinions at mw:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. (Use your Wikipedia username/password to login there.) You can also drag and drop references (select the reference, then hover over the selected item until your cursor turns into the drag-and-drop tool). This also works for some templates, images, and other page elements (but not yet for text or floated items). References are now editable when they appear inside a media item's caption (bug 50459).

There were a number of miscellaneous fixes made: Firstly, there was a bug that meant that it was impossible to move the cursor using the keyboard away from a selected node (like a reference or template) once it had been selected (bug 54443). Several improvements have been made to scrollable windows, panels, and menus when they don't fit on the screen or when the selected item moves off-screen. Editing in the "slug" at the start of a page no longer shows up a chess pawn character ("♙") in some circumstances (bug 54791). Another bug meant that links with a final punctuation character in them broke extending them in some circumstances (bug 54332). The "page settings" dialog once again allows you to remove categories (bug 54727). There have been some problems with deployment scripts, including one that resulted in VisualEditor being broken for an hour or two at all Wikipedias (bug 54935). Finally, snowmen characters ("☃") no longer appear near newly added references, templates and other nodes (bug 54712).

Looking ahead: Development work right now is on rich copy-and-paste abilities, quicker addition of citation templates in references, setting media items' options (such as being able to put images on the left), switching into wikitext mode, and simplifying the toolbar. A significant amount of work is being done on other languages during this month. If you speak a language other than English, you can help with translating the documentation.

For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:36, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Jessie J
Hi, it's me JD3rulo. I read your message in my talk page, thanks for trying to help me to upgrade her page. I can't find links to reliable sources neither, but I won't give up, sooner or later I will make it. Thanks for spending your time in trying to help me, I appreciate it. If you need some help for updating any article, you can let me a note anytime, that I'll do my best to help you. Hasta pronto!JD3rulo (talk) 20:22, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Backlog template made by User:TheJJJunk
Best wishes --Frze > talk  04:27, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

New REFBot
There is a suggestion on Bot requests for a new REFBot working as DPL bot and BracketBot do. I beg politely for consideration. Please leave a comment if you wish. Thanks a lot in anticipation. -- Frze <tt>> talk </tt> 04:27, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Herbst mono strauss .JPG|130px|thumbnail|center|Thanks! Ein Dankeschön!

<tt>Frze</tt> <tt>> talk </tt> ]]05:12, 23 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I already posted there :) benzband  ( talk ) 12:13, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

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The Biggest Prize in Sport
Thankd for creating the page for The Biggest Prize in Sport. Did you see this? :D It is not ready at the moment and there is not much material on the subject but&hellip;. Bestest! –p joe f (talk • contribs) 13:26, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter
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A Dobos torte for you!

 * You're welcome! Thanks for the cake :) benzband  ( talk ) 19:12, 28 October 2013 (UTC)