User talk:FourPi

Welcome, FourPi!


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Again, welcome to Wikipedia! I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 18:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you. FourPi (talk) 16:18, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @I dream of horses First question, what's the difference between notices and alerts? The bell and the other thingy in the top right? FourPi (talk) 16:23, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Notices seem to only notify me of two things:
 * People thanking you
 * Links that are created to articles you've created
 * Alerts seems to notify me of everything else (reverts, people pinging me, talk page messages, etc.) So, basically, the gist is, alerts notify you of more, and notices are more specific. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 07:27, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @I dream of horses, thank you.
 * So, am I correct to deduce that the alerts are more urgent and the notices are just nice things that can wait? Where do talk pages messages fit in that hierarchy?
 * FourPi (talk) 05:34, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You are more or less correct, but there's always a slight amount of everything being situation dependent.
 * Talk page messages greatly vary in how urgent they are; it can range from "Hey, [insert further greeting and/or compliment here]." to "You are blocked/about to be blocked from Wikipedia." I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 17:02, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * @DPL bot: Is there an efficient way to know if I'm adding disambiguation links? The way to be sure would be to follow every link I add, but is there a way to quickly spot errors? FourPi (talk) 13:08, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

pdf icon on references
How do I make the pdf icon show up on references? It is on some but not others in United States Patent and Trademark Office. Is it automated? The refs I'm trying to add it to don't have ".pdf" in the URL. FourPi (talk) 13:05, 14 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi FourPi. I'm pretty sure the PDF icon on the sources is automated, though it seems like only one source on United States Patent and Trademark Office is missing that icon since they show up on the rest of the PDF sources for me. I'm not quite sure why it doesn't show up either.  The Night Watch     (talk)   19:48, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi FourPi. You can use the format=PDF parameter to indicate the file type. Unfortunately, it does not render the icon, which only happens when the template automatically detects that the source is a PDF. It's still worth it, I think, so that readers know what will happen when they click on the URL. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 20:51, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you. FourPi (talk) 13:47, 15 July 2024 (UTC)