User talk:Dank/Archive 61

Reverted?!?!
"Reverted" only in the sense of "dropped something on computer" or "fell over while trying to click in an article about trains" or "is just going completely senile" or something - I'm so sorry - it looks meant and rude and absolutely wasn't intended to be either. Apologies. DBaK (talk) 17:09, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Heh, no problem! - Dank (push to talk) 17:11, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I am still baffled and a little bit furious. Must not click in bad places! Blimey. Cheers DBaK (talk) 17:15, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

FAC reviewing barnstar

 * Thanks Mike. - Dank (push to talk) 21:54, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Mind taking look at a FAC review (if you can)
Hello, Dank. I have nominated University of Washington station at FAC and I was wondering if you could take a look at it. It hasn't been particularly popular with reviewers, so I am reaching out to editors who have reviewed my previous transit FACs for feedback. Thanks.  Sounder Bruce  05:59, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I won't have time. - Dank (push to talk) 12:32, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Zoom
I'm looking at T189564, which proposes making the VisualEditor toolbar another 26 pixels wider. Would that screw up the toolbar for you? It'd be just barely okay for me at triple zoom (and zooming in four times is already too big for me). (Please ping me; I've given up on watchlists.) Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 16:29, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi WAID. For me personally, it's a move in the wrong direction; I need to see as much text as possible to be able to find what I'm looking for and orient myself on the page. I expect those menus will be really obnoxious at 170%, which is what I generally use. But I don't know what design constraints you guys are working with, so I can't say what's best for Wikipedia. While you're here ... I've been looking into software and communities that are involved in designing new proteins, and I think there's room for, and interest in, a new, broader volunteer community ... I have contacts in the protein design community, but I haven't started thinking yet about the problem through the eyes of people who like to set up new volunteer communities. Let me know if you're interested in chatting about this. - Dank (push to talk) 16:59, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * In terms of covering up text, the idea is to make it just two pixels taller, which I don't think is significant. For me, on a 13-inch MacBook Air, 150% zoom can hold the entire toolbar, but 170% makes the toolbar wrap (which is a lot more than two pixels).  Is the toolbar already wrapped for you?  (We've got to come up with some kind of collapsing system...)
 * Ah, I see ... yes, the toolbar wraps for me at 170%, but it doesn't look like the extra 2 pixels will be a problem.
 * Are you thinking about starting a "WikiProteins" project? Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:53, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Short answer: no. - Dank (push to talk) 16:57, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

conflict
Hi Dan, I was edit conflicted in my last spin over the Yvonne Fletcher blurb. No probs about it at all, but I dropped my copy under yours for you to see. Take or ignore what you wish from it. The only query I would have over your version is te introductory link "Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed": there should be a definite article before PO, and while she was a PO, in those days they were called WPCs (Women Police Constables) - I'm not sure that makes much difference, but seeing it bolded and without the def article looks a little odd. I'll leave it to your discretion, although Ithere is a possibility that some Brit will raise the point at Errors on the day it's run. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 14:28, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gavin, always a pleasure to work with you. Should I say Women Police Constable or Police Officer or Police officer, or leave it out? - Dank (push to talk) 14:35, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * "She had been deployed as a constable of the Metropolitan Police" maybe? - Dank (push to talk) 14:49, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks Dan, that works for me, and the rest of the blurb reads nicely. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 15:18, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
 * updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Talkback
Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:35, 24 April 2018 (UTC)