User talk:Ilikepie2221/Archive 7

DRV notice
User:EricV89/TeenWiki Cabal is currently at deletion review on Deletion review/Log/2008 October 8 and I'd like to ask if you could clarify your support in the MFD. Basically, we are wondering if you felt the page violated WP:MYSPACE. -- Ned Scott 02:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

2007-08 Pittsburgh Penguins season
Thanks for your GA review on this article. You said it needed some work before it could pass for FA. Have anything specific in mind? Thanks,  Grsz  X  20:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Lets see.
 * Expand note 1 to explain Recchi.
 * Ref 71 is missing accessdate.
 * In the Personnel section, you might want to get rid of the view talk, and edit buttons. They link to a template isn't the same thing. In the staff box, Ken Sawyer, and David Morehouse should be blue-linked IMO as they seem notable enough.
 * Names after first mention should only state the last name, unless it seems like 5 sections from the last mention. Don't do this in the infobox.

Pie is good  (Apple is the best)  00:01, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

help
I wonder if you could help me with the sandbox article we discussed last month on exopolitics.

I've been trying to follow wikipedia processes on this (see my talk page), asking for help, which has largely been confusing and am about to give up.

Just writing here as of all the folks I've talked to at Wikipedia, you've been the most helpful.

Jbuchman (talk) 19:55, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Anglo–Zanzibar War
Hi, the above article is currently at WP:FAC and it has been noted that a page no is missing for the Guinness World Records book ref (which you added). I do not have access to this book but wondered if you still did. If so please could add the page number to it? Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 13:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I bought the book, so I do have it. However, my dog bit off the table of contents so it may take awhile to find the page. I'll get on this ASAP. Pie is good   (Apple is the best)  19:07, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding the page - Dumelow (talk) 20:43, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Oops
I created a new section in the country lists, which threw the links above off. I've fix them, so they should work again.

'Sorry about that.

Nice job on the population figures so far.

The Transhumanist 23:08, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Status report on the Country outlines (Around the World) project
Penubag has been hard at work developing awards for this project. He has completed a very professional looking medal, and is almost done with a trophy that is truly awesome - both of these awards are visually stunning.

I and a few others have been working steadily on the country outlines - one for every country of the world! They're shaping up nicely. So far, 28 of them have been moved to article space - these aren't complete, but they are complete enough to be made available for readers to benefit from them. The rest of the set still includes temporary data that was generated by template (because it matched most but not all of the countries), and before the lists can be moved to article space, all the temporary data needs to be checked for accuracy, and if incorrect it needs to be replaced with correct information.

The effort on the lists has been on 3 fronts:
 * 1) Working on the lists in article space to complete them so they will be good examples for editors working on the rest of the set.
 * 2) Adding or correcting other data (fixing redlinks, filling in blanks, etc.).  The main type of work participants in "the contest" will be doing.  The reason we're doing this is to get a feel for it, to develop the fastest methods for each type of task, etc.
 * 3) Improving the overall design and implenting changes on all 247 pages, whether in article space or not.

There has been some opposition to us running the contest based on edit counts or iterations. The concern is that we should reward quality work and not quantity, for fear of crappy edits done quickly without thought. I pointed out that the collection of pages are drafts in the Wikipedia namespace (therefore posing no danger to article space) and that most of the work needs to be done with power tools like AWB and Linky (which are specifically designed for repetitive work), but the reply was that we shouldn't set the precedent of rewarding barnstars for numerically-based tasks, and implied the threat of continuously MfD'ing the contest if we attempted to do so (like they did with the Awards Center - I was very surprised and disappointed that participants didn't step up to defend it). So we need to be careful in determining what exactly the awards will represent, and how they will be awarded.

Since rewarding iterations (passes with AWB on all of the pages in the set) are out, we really don't need the globe in stand anymore. Two awards should suffice.

Once we get started with the contest, I'd like to kick the whole thing off with a round of medals for those dedicated few who have worked hard on the project so far.

What do you think of all of this?

Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

The Transhumanist 23:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Nitpicky
A tag has been placed on Nitpicky requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Sheep NotGoats  (Talk) 14:25, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

hey
just a shoutout. I noticed stumbled upon your userpage and discovered we have a lot in common!   Vinson   00:32, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Your feedback is needed - what do you think of this...


What was your initial impression when you saw the above image?

Please look at it carefully. What is wrong with it?

In what other ways can it be improved?

I look forward to your reply (on my talk page, please).

The Transhumanist 00:20, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the wording on the stand looks a bit unnatural. I think that it should be a different font that I know, but I can't seem to recall its name. Pie is good (Apple is the best) 01:51, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Copied from The Transhumanist's talk page. Pie is good   (Apple is the best)  01:52, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * What about font like this ? -- penubag  (talk) 06:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That font seems better, but is there a way to blur it so that it looks more realistic? Pie is good   (Apple is the best)  22:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Copied from The Transhumanist's talk page. Pie is good   (Apple is the best)  22:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Want power?
See this: Linky tutorial

The Transhumanist 05:26, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

We can use bots on the country pages!
I requested bot approval at Bots/Requests for approval/Worldbot and was told that bot tasks on page sets like this don't need bot approval - we can just go ahead and create and use bots on 'em!

That just improved our tool set by a magnitude.

So, we can go ahead and automate the insertion of the population and size data, if we can figure out how.

There's a macro program called AutoHotkey that may be powerful enough to handle this.

I don't currently have access to a computer upon which I can load programs (I'm accessing Wikipedia from a library these days), so would you look at AutoHotkey and see if you can get up to speed on it? As far as I can tell, it appears to be as powerful as the macro program I use (Macro Express).

Basically, all you need to get started is learn how to record and playback keystrokes.

I look forward to your reply.

The Transhumanist 02:32, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Pie is the greatest thing ever
That's all I needed to say Schnarr  05:40, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

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