User talk:Jsharpminor/Archive 2

Categories and lists
helpmeWhen looking at categories and lists, I keep seeing the message "the list may be slightly out of date." There's a help file that cryptically says something about how to fix this, but I can't really make heads or tails of it. Could someone break it down into plain English? Is there a special way you're supposed to format lists, or a template to use, to avoid seeing that message on a category? Thanks in advance, Jsharpminor (talk) 15:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The short answer is that if an article gets blanked, it gets removed from its category. Even if it is immediately reverted.  It takes some time (or another edit) for the article to show up in the category again.  You'll always see that message in a category.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 15:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Another thing: If a category is added to a template, all pages using the template will be added too, but it will take awhile.--Res2216firestar 15:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I've just created a disambiguation page for Sauternes, because a wine region, a wine variety, a steamship, and a commune all linked to the same page. With over 500 links, it seemed appropriate. However, I can't figure out how to put the appropriate disambiguation link on the page about the town. I want it to say, "This article is about the commune in France. For other uses, see Sauternes (disambiguation). I think that's easy to do, I just don't know how to do it. Thanks in advance!! Jsharpminor (talk) 11:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you want otheruses. // roux   11:59, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you're right!! Thanks! Jsharpminor (talk) 12:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * (edit conflict) :You use templates; the documentation in WP:DLINKS should give you a comprehensive answer. Cheers!  Chzz  ►  12:02, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Watchlist numbers
I see the following on my watchlist:

mb Gunfight at the O.K. Corral‎; 13:43. . (-43) . . CmdrObot (talk | contribs) (Compact Amazon URL; sp: innacurate→inaccurate)

I'd like to know -- what does the (-43) mean? And in some cases, the number is quite different -- in one case, it's (574). What does it all mean?

Additionally, is there a better place to ask random questions like this -- a forum or some such thing? I did browse the Watchlist help pages, but I didn't find any answers to this question.

Thanks in advance for any answers/help, Jsharpminor (talk) 05:19, 16 April 2009 (UTC) helpme

I'm working on the "United States Presidential approval rating" page, and I've now noticed vandalism by this IP-address editor. What do I do?
 * Vandalism is often extremely quickly reverted. If you want to help out, check out this page in the future :) &mdash; Deontalk 05:32, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You can revert it or edit it out. The vandalism page has a section about how to respond to vandalism. If appropriate, you can also leave a warning on the user's talk page.
 * Looking over the edits, the changes don't to my eye appear to be blatant vandalism, though, I admit I find the diffs of tables to be hard to read, especially when only numbers are changed.&mdash;C45207 &#124; Talk 05:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I think you're right: I was a tad hasty in screaming "Vandal!" But he does only use an IP address, and the data changed does reflect a party affiliation... but I will just go ahead and attempt to inform him that he's not getting the numbers from the right spot. It may well have been a good faith edit. Thanks for your help!

Moving pictures
There are a few pictures that are named incorrectly (misspelled) and should be moved. Where's the best place to go for help on that subject? "Gallup" is spelled with 2 "L"s, not one.
 * File:Galup_Poll-Approval_Rating-Gerald_Ford.png
 * File:Galup_Poll-Approval_Rating-Bill_Clinton.png

Redirects with possibilities
Hi, just saw your undo on my edit. In the museum category cleanup I've been doing, when there's a large article about an airport, and a small portion about the airport museum, I've been putting in redirects from the museum name to the section in the larger article and labelling it with "R with possibilities" which means it might get expanded out to a separate article at some point. This also has the good side effect of putting the categories associated with the museum in the redirect so the museum name shows up in the lists, etc, not the larger article name which doesnt indicate its a museum. Hope that explains the edit. Thanks dm (talk) 20:20, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Helpdesk
Thanks for your post on the helpdesk, I'll be searching for this template, I think one may already exist. Also, please remember to sign your posts... Tiggerjay (talk) 00:48, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Your edits
This is not a disruptive edit. Please assume good faith. --William S. Saturn (talk) 23:50, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You are correct, that one edit is not disruptive. It is also one edit that I did not bother to revert. I understand that David1982m is editing in good faith, but there is a limit to good faith: "editing in good faith" is not an excuse for ignoring community consensus and undoing productive edits. Please assume good faith on my part; read more of the discussion on the approval ratings page, and corroborate this with the editing timeline for the associated page. David1982m has repeatedly gone against the community mandates, removed valid information, posted original research, and otherwise made a fairly simple page into a complicated ordeal. Looking at his user page, it seems to be a pattern. I do believe that David1982m is attempting to help the community, but he needs to understand how to do so with the help and guidance of that community.
 * Placing a warning on his talk page, and threatening a block, is only inflaming the situation. --William S. Saturn (talk) 03:51, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I have warned him in the talk page. I have warned him on the Administrators' noticeboard. I have warned him on his own talk page. After all that, he still refuses to stop being disruptive. I know that there's an "assume good faith" policy, but it ends somewhere. If the page is changed again, he will be reported and most likely blocked. That's not threatening -- that's fact. Jsharpminor (talk) 04:26, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Jsharpminor, this was a bit more than overreaching. David was discussing the changes on the talk page and trying to come to an agreement. Giving him a final warning for vandalism was far from appropriate. Please discuss the issue with him civilly on the article's talk page rather than edit warring. Tim meh  ( review me ) 03:52, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Jsharpminor, Thank you for your edits they help tremendously. A few editors either have their own agenda for the data or they are just ignorant of simple mathematical skills. 70.234.210.65 (talk) 23:11, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

President Obama Gallup Graph
Could you please update the President's approval chart? It only goes up until the end of July. I would do it myself but I don't exactly know how. Thank you, 76.205.95.167 (talk) 02:18, 24 September 2009 (UTC)