User talk:MC10/Archive 7

Template in signatures
According to WP:SIG, I'm not allowed to transclude templates. However, I have a  |  in my signature. I'm currently using !. Is this allowed? Or do I have to use  |  ?  M C  10  |  Sign here!  17:44, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It isn't allowed as it causes massive server lag, as it is still a template. If you are using !, you need to change it to what you suggested.  This is because every time the signature is used, a template call is issued.  I suggest you find all instances of this that you used and change it to something that will not cause lag.—  Dæ dαlus Contribs  17:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Daedalus is correct, using a template will cause drain on the server, no matter which template you are using. I suggest you just use another character to accomplish almost the same result if you think the |  is too long for the sig. Regards  So  Why  19:15, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * How about this? "׀" I'm using it in my sig.  - down load  ׀ sign!  19:22, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

MathCool11 (talk · contribs)
This account was created today. Is it you? GT5162 (我的对话页) 10:24, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I believe it is not MC10's account.  -  down  load  |   sign!  21:45, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it is not me.  M C  10  |  Sign here!  21:53, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd report this username to WP:UAA or carefully keep track of its contribs to make sure it doesn't do anything bad.  -  down  load  |   sign!  00:38, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * He made this comment about you so he probably knows you. GT5162 (我的对话页) 11:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I do have an idea of who this is. ;)   -  down  load  |   sign!  19:52, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * He claims to be Science117, who is blocked. GT5162 (我的对话页) 10:35, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, looking at his editing style, it wasn't who I thought it was at first.  - down  load  |   sign!  17:57, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Editing others' user pages
As has been addressed to you at Simple wiki, please stop editing others' user pages without their consent to do so, especially to add links and interwikis like you did here. Majorly is active on a few projects, so if he doesn't have the interwikis given, that's probably because he prefers not to. I'm sure other users are this way, too (I don't have my interwikis listed, and I would revert someone who added them to my user page). either way (talk) 20:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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User:MC10 Chess
You created an account simply to play chess on your talk page? - down <font color=#9966CC>load <font color=#7B68EE>׀ <font color=#8A2BE2>sign!  03:23, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

My RFC
Please remove my RFC from the approved RFC list. My RFC has not yet been certified by two users, so, therefore, cannot be listed as approved. Thanks, either way (talk) 10:40, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Two people have certified it: the creator of the page and download.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  22:04, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, only one has. See Requests_for_comment/Either_way.  either way (talk) 23:08, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There are now two users certifying it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Download (talk • contribs) 02:50, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, there is still only one. Neutralhomer only supported the view, he did not endorse it.  FMAFan1990 was out of line to move his comment to somewhere other than where Neutralhomer placed it.  If Neutralhomer wishes to certify, he should add evidence and place his signature in the certification section.  either way (talk) 03:06, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi
I noticed you edited my guestbook putting in the summary box subst: or something like that. What did you actually do? I don't notice any changes and I just wanted to know.  Ross Rhodes (  T   C  ) <sup style="color:teal;">Sign!  16:57, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I substed the signature template as templates are not allowed in signatures.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  02:00, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Template:uw-delete1
What exactly were you trying to do here? -- Smjg (talk) 10:14, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If the <tt>|subst=</tt> parameter was used incorrectly, the template won't screw up.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  02:01, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * But with your change, the templates didn't work anymore when left unsubsted, which should still work. Amalthea  13:19, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

ref changes
I saw you made some changes to the refs in some articles. As far as I can tell, had no effect and  had no effect except unnecessarily indenting the references. What are these intended to do? Bubba73 (talk), 05:20, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I use the reflist series to fix references. <tt> </tt> makes the book title look better. Basically, I like the smaller text for the references.  M  C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  01:05, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * As far as I can tell, the "small" didn't change the size of the references and the reflist only indented the references when there was no need to. Bubba73 (talk), 01:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There, fixed using reflist.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  01:51, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism template
Hi,

I noticed that many (all ?) vandalism templates (uw-vandalism 2, 3, ...and uw-delete 2,...) are broken when you put them directly with. They still appear ok when you substitute with Test.

Let me show you what happens (you can also check by yourself in the sandbox) :

No subst : Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, {#if:Test|as you did at Test,}} you will be blocked from editing.

With subst : Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Test, you will be blocked from editing.

Since you're the last one to have edited theses templates and i don't understand the language used to code them, could you check why is this happening ?

Thanks in advance, Regards, Ksempac (talk) 11:29, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry. You can revert my changes if you want to. My changes force you to subst: but the <tt>|subst=</tt> parameter will work if something wrong is imputed.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  02:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. I wasn't accusing you of anything. I just asked for help from the person most likely to know how to fix this, meaning you. Anyway, it's a moot point now, others complained on the discussion page, and your edits have been reversed. Regards. Ksempac (talk) 09:03, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

You have new messages?
Hi What's You have new messages for? Amalthea 13:20, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * And Fullurl? An unused wrapper for a parser function that doesn't appear to add any functionality? Amalthea  13:24, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * You have new messages should be deleted, as it's already located at MediaWiki:Newmessages. There's also no functionality of the template.  <font face="Papyrus"><font color=#9966CC>- <font color=#7B68EE>down <font color=#9966CC>load  <font color=#7B68EE>׀ <font color=#8A2BE2>sign!  00:21, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete You have new messages if you want to, but the reason I created fullurl is because some people might forget it is a parser function.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  02:14, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh well. Those people will notice quickly enough, and routing it through a template anyway has an unnecessary performance impact. In similar cases, like NAMESPACE where we previously only had a template which was then turned into a parser function, the then superfluous template was deleted as well. In this case, I could understand it if there were a huge number of transclusions already, but since there aren't I'd rather not tempt people to use the template. Amalthea  09:13, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

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Chess
That's a nice position you got there. <font face="Papyrus"><font color=#9966CC>- <font color=#7B68EE>down <font color=#9966CC>load <font color=#7B68EE>׀ <font color=#8A2BE2>sign!  02:48, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It sure is.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  02:50, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * P.S.: I don't like your Helpmes, Messages, and Warnings system. It would cause great amounts of trouble.  <font face="Papyrus"><font color=#9966CC>- <font color=#7B68EE>down <font color=#9966CC>load  <font color=#7B68EE>׀ <font color=#8A2BE2>sign!  03:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Editnotices for User: and User talk: subpages
How do I create an editnotice for a subpage of a User: or User talk: page? Thanks.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  17:28, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * See WP:EDITNOTICE (surprisingly enough). Amalthea  17:31, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I just noticed that it didn't really elaborate on the point, I was convinced it did. Anyway, only sysops can create editnotices for userspace subpages. If you feel you have a good reason for one in your userspace, go the appropriate talk page and make an editprotected request, along with the exact code using editnotice, and an explanation why it's necessary. It's usually enough if you go the talk page of the page you want an editnotice for, and let the admin figure out where it needs to be placed, but you can also directly request it at the right spot. For example, for a subpage User:MC10/Foo, the request would go to Template talk:Editnotice/Page/User:MC10/Foo. Amalthea  20:46, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks
Thanks much! Granted, I have no clue what that is supposed to do, but oh well...  21655  ταλκ / 01ҁ 19:52, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It prevents the colon from showing up when viewing the page but keeps it working when transcluded.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  03:53, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

WP:MOBY
Sorry to revert you (I'm tired - normally, I'd have come here first and asked you to revert yourself). The page works better as WP:MOBY because it's a parallel and retort to the much-quoted WP:DICK. See the text - and the history. Sorry again - discourteous of me to undo a colleague's tool use. --Dweller (talk) 08:35, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. I just thought that all-caps looked odd.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  18:16, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:Fullurl
Template:Fullurl has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Amalthea 07:47, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

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De facto
I'm not sure that's true. I'm communicating with that editor, and I think there's a good chance he'll be able to meet sufficient conditions to be unblocked. Thus, your edit - made in perfect good faith, and sound judgment - may turn out to have been premature. I'm not necessarily suggesting you undo it, nor do I intend to revert you; I'm just giving you a heads-up. -GTBacchus(talk) 18:52, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with you; however, the community seems to have a consensus to indef block.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  18:56, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I think that's likely to change. I don't think such a consensus can be accurately gauged while the iron is still hot. The community consensus is that they're mad at him, now. -GTBacchus(talk) 18:59, 31 May 2009 (UTC) By the way, this talk page is confusing. My usual way of watching a page and knowing where I am seems to be somehow... disoriented. -GTBacchus(talk) 18:59, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Why is this reply not showing up when I click on your talk page, and what's on my watchlist? -GTBacchus(talk) 19:01, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh heck, now I've broken something... -GTBacchus(talk) 19:02, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) Try the page. You should [ watch] User talk:MC10/Messages.  M  C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  19:04, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * This is very confusing. I can't use the "discussion" tab at the top of the page to get from a diff to the real thing, the way I usually can. Why is it like this? -GTBacchus(talk) 19:06, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Then after I hit "save" I get dropped at a soft redirect! Why? -GTBacchus(talk) 19:07, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The soft redirect is because the messages only show up at User talk:MC10. Very unneccessarily complicated, but oh well.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  19:10, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I often track changes using the "hist" link from my watchlist, then clicking to the diff of interest, and then clicking "discussion" to see the page where the conversation is. That just doesn't work here. -GTBacchus(talk) 19:13, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm getting it fixed — could you help me delete some of the pages? Thanks.  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  19:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No prob. -GTBacchus(talk) 19:20, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * This can be fixed very easily, you don't need a subpage in order for the new message link to work properly. If you allow me to, I can fix it.Please reply on my talk page.—  Dæ dαlus <sup style="color:green;">Contribs  22:07, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Final warning
You have been edit warring on User:DougsTech (until it was protected by me) and then you continued edit warring on User talk:DougsTech — your latest revert has been reverted by admin. Please note that users may freely remove comments from their own talk page (cf. Talk_page_guidelines). In case of any further reverts from you, you will be blocked due to persistent edit warring. Regards, — <span style="font-family: 'Georgia', serif; color: #20406F;">Aitias // <span style="font-family: 'Georgia', serif; color: #20406F;">discussion  23:31, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * A few notes:
 * I was not edit warring on User:DougsTech; I made only one edit (in three edits).
 * I reverted User talk:DougsTech because there were unfinished conversations that are important to the case.
 * Cheers,  M C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  23:36, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, it appears to me that you actually reverted twice. Also, if DougsTech, or any other user, removes messages other than an unblock template while they are still blocked, let the be.  It's their decision what content they want on their own talk page.  <font face="Papyrus"><font color=#9966CC>- <font color=#7B68EE>down <font color=#9966CC>load  <font color=#7B68EE>׀ <font color=#8A2BE2>sign!  00:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)