User talk:Plastikspork/Archive 5

Park Grill map
I was looking for the pushpin option.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:01, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Will do. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 00:02, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I am not sure what kind of code you are giving me. I do not write templates.  If I want a map like the one Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois)‎ has at Park Grill, what do I do?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:37, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I just realized that it would be easier to show you after I left you the message. Check it now. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  00:39, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Looks good. However, why do Cloud Gate, AT&T Plaza and Park Grill all have different coordinates?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Good question. I just copied the coordinates for Cloud Gate and rounded them to the nearest second.  If you click on the coordinates, it will take you to a few options for maps.  From there you can check to make sure they are accurate.  I used to live in Chicago, but I have since moved, so I can't go over there with my GPS :) Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  00:44, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * All three are spot on. Thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:53, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah I agree with Tony, the parameters eventually should all be made consistent. Even infobox building should be changed to pushpin)map rather than map type. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 08:27, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Another simple template issue
You seem to know templates. I posted a simple template request at Help_desk. Can you do this?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:00, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Plastikspork (talk) 04:29, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes. Both fine. Thanks! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 08:26, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Greenland
Can you replace the infobox. It is only used in a handful of articles. See Qaasuitsup  Dr. Blofeld       White cat 12:58, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I've nominated it for deletion, in the meantime. There are only three (3) transclusions. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 16:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are only 4 such divisions and I converted one, so that would make 3 remaining. There will likely be zero soon. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  16:29, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes aside from Federacy 	Kingdom of Denmark parameter above Greenland that's fine. Thanks. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 16:48, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. They are now all converted.  Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  16:54, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

I likes places with da lego houses.. Tomorrow I may create some montage of these municipalities to pretty up the infoboxes. Alg has taken some fantastic pictures of Greenland.... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 17:22, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Events that never took place
A few favors, can you please put those pages up for speedy deletion, these events never took place for various reasons K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Dortmund, K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Baku.thxMarty Rockatansky (talk) 23:54, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I prodded them. If no one objects, they will almost certainly be deleted in about 7 days.  If someone objects, we can take them to AFD, although I suppose there may be a CSD criteria for such things.  I imagine some canceled events may still be notable, although these clearly are not. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  00:24, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I suggest redirecting, instead, to K-1 World Grand Prix, with a note there that the events were scheduled, but dd not take place. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:08, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Javed Burki
Please unblock "Javed Burki". Kindly look into abuse of authority by YellowMonkey as the material he is blocking is all referencable. Not sure how YellowMonkey gets away with this type of behaviour. Thanks!

TestKhan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2010khan (talk • contribs) 18:37, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You should be able to edit it using your other SOCK account, Testkhan. If you would like report abuse of admin powers, you should do so at WP:ANI.  Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  19:05, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * On second thought, it appears that account is blocked. I will report this for you to WP:SPI.  Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  19:09, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Plastiksport. Please note how YellowMonkey tried to throw people off track by referring to Jaed Burki and not Javed Burki, that way people cannot trace the justificaiton for why he blocekd my account.

00:57, 26 May 2010 YellowMonkey (talk | contribs) blocked Testkhan (talk | contribs) (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite ‎ (Jaed Burki sock) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2010khan (talk • contribs)

burki
please read and verify the section before undoing my edits. The paragraphs removed are personal opinion and therefore cannot be allowed to stay in the History section. Kindly ask the author to provide proof of these opinions. thx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2010khan (talk • contribs) 19:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, your problem was not using the WP:Edit summary. I see you did this in your subsequent edit.  Thank you. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  20:01, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

URL template
Why are you doing ? Urlw is available and working; any future changes will be backwards compatible. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 10:41, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't like it for a few reasons, and I didn't see any discussion, so I boldly reverted it. My primary objections are basically, (1) unnecessary obfuscation, (2) redundancy to other external link templates, and (3) potential to bypass the automatic edit filter (although I would have to experiment with this).  Instead, I think we should work to consolidate these templates, before we start suggesting their wide spread use.  It would be better to have people use already existing methods, rather than adding new ones, unless there is a strong reason to do so.  If you want to add the "class", why not do that at the template level?  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:40, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Have you forgotten that we're already discussing these issues at Template talk:Url? Adding the class at infobox level won't work, because of the number still emitting |Offical website or suchlike. I have no idea what you mean by "the automatic edit filter".  Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:29, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No, I haven't forgotten the ongoing discussion, which is why I said the issues had not been resolved. I do not entirely object to using something like url, but I think there are some technical issues that should be addressed before it is widely deployed.  For example, why do we need three input parameters?  Until the actual input format is settled, it shouldn't be widely deployed, in my opinion.  Otherwise, all the transclusions will need to be changed.  I believe that a solution is there, but I would feel more comfortable if it were being debated by more than just two people. The edit filter is discussed here: Edit filter. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  20:01, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Are you content that these issues are now addressed? If not, what further steps do you think need to be taken? Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:26, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think all the problems are basically resolved at this point. There are some technical problems with using url with some particularly pathological cases (see the testcases page), but these cases are extremely rare.  I don't think we should modify/merge link.  It is an incredibly simple template that does not obfuscate the fact that a URL is being added, and has an important use in template programming when one needs to (1) strip away whitespace and newlines, (2) optionally link or not link text, (3) pass an external link in a way that doesn't break another template (see the current uses).  The branch of the code that uses str right is a bit expensive, but that is more of a technical issue that I think can be addressed later if it is a problem (much in the same way as the other technical issue).  Do you see any outstanding problems?  By the way, I am currently working on replacing, see below. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:40, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Burki
Seems like you only want the "Yemeni" narrative to be seen. Despite the fact that we --the Barakis-- KNOW our own (passed down) narrative. Who are you representing??? Hope its not Al Qaeda and their paymasters! We will WIN this. Amin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Virginiacity (talk • contribs) 16:44, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Stop acting like a gestapo and selectively editing my tribe's history and folklore
 * So, cite some sources, and see WP:BATTLEGROUND. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * BTW...most of the info on this site was provided/written by me

If you are not a member of our tribe and are bent on mischief then I will ask Wiki to delete the site since most of the info writing was provided by me with input from our tribe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Virginiacity (talk • contribs) 16:54, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Go ahead, see WP:OWN, WP:CSD, and WP:AFD. Good luck. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:56, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Volleyball
I have seen that you edited some volleyball articles. Some players articles, most of them looks outdated. I would like to improve players by country. Could you please choose a country to contribute with? Please take a look on Yekaterina Gamova, Hélia Souza, Serena Ortolani and Kenia Carcaces for a model to follow. Please can you please improve some volleyball players with infobox and some addons? References are very important. Let me know. Oscar987 21:40, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Futurama...
...and why it is in two different places. Because I am an idiot, and didn't see it down there when I added to the template... :-( <b style="color:#000">TFOWR</b> 15:04, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. It wasn't put in alphabetical order when it was originally added. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

subst vs. safesubst
Is there a particular reason you're using the hacky when we've got safesubst now? Curious. – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 18:18, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Not really, I was just following what was in the code before. I fixed it.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  18:26, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool. No worries. It's way easier because you don't need the silly subst=subst: bit. – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 18:52, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

en dash template
Hi, you just edited it.

The accompanying text includes no mention at all of where the template, with its spacing on either side, should not be used—the prime example is in year ranges such as "1990–92" (WP:MOSDASH). This needs to be displayed prominently; I have had to get rid of this template in many articles in such instances, which are a breach of the styleguide. Are you able to add this point? Tony  (talk)  06:51, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Image
Thanks men :) - тнєѕαℓχ -  tคlк  -  ¢σηтяιвυтισηѕ  15:11, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Đắk Lắk Province
Hello I replaced the infobox in Đắk Lắk Province. Can you add an Ethnicities parameter to the infobox settlement so you can simply add rather than having to go down the population plank route. I;ve placed them under Demonym until you can attend to it. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 13:26, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * How is that? Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 14:20, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Much better, thanks. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 16:37, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Great. I will convert the rest as I have time. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

The Irish infobox is redundant. Check out Allihies and Cork (city). Now see Naas. Ill add Irish villages to my infobox tasks... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 12:01, 16 June 2010 (UTC) Can you add a |population_rural =  underneath |population_urban = in infobox settlement?  Dr. Blofeld       White cat 14:27, 16 June 2010 (UTC) Grrr.... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 17:49, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Propose it at Template talk:Infobox settlement and if there are no objections I am happy to add it. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:52, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

OK. Well I proposed the black locator a month ago and nobody pbjected and you didn't update it...Could you give it a trial, maybe make the dot a tad bigger. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:53, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * If I forget to update something, add a editprotect to the section and I, or someone else, can attend to it. Otherwise, I have a tendency to forget about things.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:31, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

No worries. Thanks for doing those Viet provinces. Check out User:Nvvchar/sandbox. Bout time those province articles were written properly... PLenty of lush green fields to upload from Viet wiki districts too. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 17:50, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Looks good! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:39, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Burki Edits
Thank you for correcting Virginiacity; Sapere aude6; 198.76.89.7: These are all IDs of one and the same person and should be investigated for Socks Violations.

Kindly remove the following Personal Opinion under the History section as this has no reference and is purely the autors own personal opinion. Thanks!

Just like Elphinstone, Captain Leech was "hypothesizing" about the mysterious origins of the Barakis/Baraks/Urmurs/Burkis based on the narrative probably fed to him by the Barakis/Urmurs. After all, why would most of them trust this feringhee with their "origins," not being able to discern (at face value) what his true intentions might be? This was/is a region characterized by unending warfare and strife, inhabited by xenophobic/self segregating tribes. The "Yemen/Arab" narrative, it can be argued, was an attempt of a "foreign" people to successfully embed/survive, especially after Pir Roshan's (Bayazid Khan)enemies, and orthodox Pushtuns in the north, (Yusufzai, Khattak etc.) regarded him as a heretic due to his "progressive/heretical/revolutionary" ideas. It is rightfully said: "the victors write/disseminate the historical narrative." It can, therefore, be postulated that the Barakis (later "Burki" in the 20th century) were desperate to wipe out any public mention of Pir Roshan's ideas (although many of them privately espoused his views). Thus, their counter narrative to Khushal Khan Khattak's poetic attacks of "Pir Rokhan" (so much for Khattak showing gratitude towards the man -Pir Roshan—who invented Pushtu script which enabled Khattak's prolific writing in Pashto less than a century later!) by some shrewd Barakis/Urmurs (unidentified) to reinvent Bayazid Khan's lineage (and suggesting he was an embed, and not native to the tribe, even though the Baraki have been one of the most reluctant Pushtun tribes to marry outside, let alone a non-Pashtun) as being that of the Ansar! (as in an Ansari from Medina/Yathrib). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2011khan (talk • contribs) 09:10, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Burki
I saw Virginia Citis post and this is not someone from the Tribe. Plesse check IP address and a Tracerout will show who this person is working for

Traceroute to 198.76.89.7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2011khan (talk • contribs) 09:13, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox kommune
Hi. You'd better remove the flag from that infobox. User:Rettetast goes ape s**t over flags. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:20, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

You edited a page of mine...
Hey there. I see that a few weeks back you made a small but helpful edit on a page that I created: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Naparstek.

I'm trying to figure out how to do proper reference citations on this page now. I can't seem to be able to do it. Was wondering if you could advise.

--Aaron Naparstek (talk) 14:57, 21 June 2010 (UTC)


 * edit conflict

Hi Spork,

It looks like you are currently fixing up that reference issue. Thanks. I just encountered an editing conflict as I tried to add one more document to the reference list. I copied your code and came up with this...

But since you are editing it does not seem to want to allow me to add this item to the reference list.

Still figuring out this whole wikipedia thing.


 * Yes, edit conflicts can happen when two people are trying to work on the page at the same time. I am done working on it (for now), so that shouldn't happen again any time soon.  The list of references at the bottom need to be integrated into the text, like I did with the nytimes ref.  Let me know if you want more advice or technical help.  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:22, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox islands
Hi. I noticed you've been doing some islands work. Time for a redesign? Perhaps you could update the infobox and remove the nasty looking mint headers and make it look like infobox settlement? That also goes for formatting location in a proper fashion first not at the bottom back to front... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea. I was starting by sorting out the wonky parameters.  I am going to add better coordinates and location map options in a bit.  I have a boat load of other stuff to do today, so I don't know how much time I will have to spend on WP.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:26, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

infobox road updates and US territories
The plan is to use  where XX is the USPS abbreviations for the states and territories in the US, not a   value for them. LIkewise, with the  and Canada.  Imzadi  1979   →   05:31, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Guam looks fine now. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:01, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * US Highways and Interstates that are written for a single state shouldn't be updated to .  Imzadi   1979   →   20:42, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * So how should they be updated to take them out of the tracking category? Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 20:45, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , where XX is the USPS abbreviation for the state in question. –  T M F 20:54, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Will do. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  20:56, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Is your purge script done? We think we have the categories cleared out, and we'd like to know if other articles will pop in.  Imzadi  1979   →   03:32, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, the first pass finished about eight hours ago. Let me know if you want me to have it make another pass.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  03:54, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Another pass would be great. I added a few more deprecated parameters to the pile (all of which were phased out long ago but never removed from articles) and also eliminated one of the three tracking categories. TIA. –  T M F 06:09, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like we need one last pass for this stage - while fixing the second round of deprecated parameters, I found some more that need to be removed. –  T M F 16:50, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. I will start it again, it takes about 18 hours to process the approx. 12,000 transclusions (mostly due to friendly throttling so as not to overload the servers). Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:53, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Thanks a lot for doing this. –  T M F 17:01, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Hey again. =) We just implemented the last stage of the infobox revamp, and with that brings the last round of transclusion errors. Could you run the purge script one last time for us? TIA. –  T M F 02:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. I started it again, only 12566 articles to purge!  It should be done in about 18 hours. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  03:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Ahhh, those bloody dancers
Did we end up deleting the US version templates? ... and Heather Mills not only danced in the US, she ICE SKATED too!!??? These all strike me as British productions. Are you going to nominate them or shall I? They probably hate me over at TfD, as I just nominated one a bit ago. Wildhartlivie (talk) 23:37, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I just closed the TFD for the US version, and found these while deleting the lot. I don't have that strong of a preference for/against deletion, but figured you might since you nominated the first batch.  I might revive part of the main US template with just the season navigation part.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  23:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look in a bit and if they are as redundant as the DWTS US ones, I'll likely tack them in below the "pros" template you just nominated. I like the dancing stuff, don't get me wrong - they are the only reality shows I watch, but enough is likely enough. Wildhartlivie (talk) 00:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Road infoboxes
This may be outside your field of interest, but just so you're aware: Template talk:Infobox road. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 20:30, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was watching it for a bit. I am glad to see that it appears to be going in the right direction with some very capable admins handling the consolidation. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:19, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

SporkBot
Could you explain the purpose behind ? Thanks. –  T M F 21:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That would be a bug. The list of pages to purge was generated before the bot ran, and this is what happens when it tried to purge a deleted page.  I will update the script to prevent it from creating pages.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok. Just wanted to make sure the bot wasn't on an evil mission to mass create pages with a single digit. =) –  T M F 21:20, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No, it just so happens that "2" is the return code when the page does not exist. I had never seen this before since usually a page does not get deleted in between the time that the list is generated and the pages are purged, but with a list that takes 18 hours to process, this can definitely happen.  Thanks again. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:00, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Jack Lord
Hi. Care to review this? There are threads related to it on the article talk page, User talk:Viriditas, User talk:Maile66, and User talk:Wildhartlivie. Jack Merridew 18:07, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Infobox islands broken
Hi, some recent changes you made appear to have broken this template, by emitting 5 mu's at the top of articles using the template. I saw it on at least two articles, but I assume it may be on many more, or all. As a stopgap measure, I have removed the mu section from the template, which seems to have fixed the problem with no drastic side effect. I leave it to you or others to find a more permanent fix. Thanks, Crum375 (talk) 02:10, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I believe I fixed it. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 02:16, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. Seems to be OK now. Thanks, Crum375 (talk) 03:02, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Infobox islands
See proposal. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 09:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The major problem that I see is the lack of multiple country fields in the settlement infobox. I would say that Geobox is better equipped for that feature.  However, I will see if I can at least make the syntax more similar between the two. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:11, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Couldn't it simply become Country/ies? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:20, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * There are multiple fields for each country claiming part of the island. Also, I am trying to work on Category:Infobox islands using deprecated parameters to at least make the syntax a bit more similar.  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:23, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Spain, etc.
Also I have a request. Can you copy the infoboxes from Spanish wikipedia and add your lovely department infoboxes to Atlántida Department and the rest of the Honduran departments? Meanwhile I'll do the states of Sudan, Sudan is now ✅. I've also kitted out the states with new decent maps like Cambodia see Blue Nile (state).. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:24, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I will see if I can find some time. What is the best way to get a list of Spanish pages to process? Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:11, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

You mean Spain? Category:Municipalities of Spain? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:19, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. I am going on a business trip in a couple days, and won't be back for a couple weeks, so I don't know how soon I will be able to get to it.  There is quite a bit of hand tuning to goes into the transfer process due to the translation of names/words from Spanish to English. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:25, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Well generally it must be said that Spanish municipalities probably need the most TLC on wikipedia for places. Most of them have been neglected like Arrankudiaga. At least the French communes have already had a few rounds of automated edits... German municipalities are also a nightmare in terms of actual content but at least they have infoboxes sorted... Meanwhile I'll sort out Kenyan provinces.. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Right. The Dutch places are surprisingly bad as well.  I wrote a small script to merge the wonky maps and try to update the parameters, but it is going to need some tuning.  The key for me is the more automated I can make, the more likely it is that I will do it, since I just don't have the patience to copy and translate stuff by hand anymore. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:46, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Me neither. If the task is too tremendous I get sidetracked. I can ask some AWBers though to insert infoboxes into articles though. At a later date then maybe a bot can be used to copy the coordinates into the infobox and display the pin. That's a start at least. South Africa had empty infoboxes added the other day. I'll ask Rich Farm, see if he can add maps in the South African infoboxes. I believe Rich Farm was the one who copied many of the infoboxes from Dutch wikipedia for the Netherlands too.. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 16:06, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

UK place
Oh, can you tweak the size of the pin to 6px like infobox settlement? 8 is too fat. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 16:08, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 16:59, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Nice one. Is there a way you can nestle the WHS infobox inside the protected area template for Ngorongoro Conservation Area? Ideally the lovely photo should go at the top. If you can do the one I can start merging the others. ALmost, the whs box though needs to by the same width as the box and neatly aligned....  Dr. Blofeld       White cat 17:19, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Alias template
Aren't you going to nominate Template:Alias character for deletion now? Debresser (talk) 06:46, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, I was going to wait a bit to see if anyone complained first. But yes, that is the eventual plan. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:13, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * When you do so, please drop me a note. Debresser (talk) 18:59, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Infobox Sesame Street character
Hi. Seems to me that this template is inappropriate and that we would be better off using Infobox character. I've not looked in detail, but it seems to support generic fields that could be used for the voiced-by param. Before you jump on this, visit User talk:Moonriddengirl/RfC, which is a sort of workshop for a next RfC (or multiple RfCs) concerning the whole issue of colour, and wikiproject-authority. It's also a tad related to the Jack Lord edits I dropped you a note about the other day. This template was brought to my attention by MRG, but there are heaps more, as I expect you know. Cheers, Jack Merridew 22:01, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree. I have nominated it for deletion. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  23:02, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I see a few more are just up, too. I noticed this and am not so keen on it. It must be hitting all sorts of non tv characters. And I see that the discussion on the talk page of Infobox television/colour is rather derailed by a huge paste of examples. Frankly, I think that whole mechanism and others like it should go. If we can get a broadly focused RfC on colour usage run and a consensus (really the establishment of an enforcement mechanism) re Manual of Style (accessibility) to require solid rationales for exceptions to whatever default colours, we can probably start pruning heavily.
 * There must be a few specific colours that amount to site or skin defaults and we should be centralizing those into common.css (or shared.css, even) and keying ever more stuff off them. As I've been saying in the various discussion re actor filmographies and such, my core concern is all the embedded markup that's gluing things in place. All these spun-off templates are the same sort of mess. By the way, you're doing wonderful work cleaning up the template space. Awesome 'to do' list, too. Cheers, Jack Merridew 00:35, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree that the color choice in the character box is not the best, but I figured at least it was centralized to one location. I am happy the change it to anything, just as long as things are more consistent.  I agree that having it in CSS would be even better and disable the entire color feature. I agree that some sort of a unified discussion is definitely the way to break down the walled gardens. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  00:38, 27 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The lavender, or whatever name it goes by, is likely clashing with stuff; this is the core reason to stick to greys. I'm off for a bit. Cheers, Jack Merridew 00:46, 27 June 2010 (UTC)


 * They're everywhere. I expect the yellow is per Charlie Brown's shirt. He's not on The Simpsons, is he? ;) Cheers, Jack Merridew 00:46, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Now back to the old colour, and I nominated the Peanuts infobox for deletion. Plastikspork (talk) 02:08, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Now back to the old colour, and I nominated the Peanuts infobox for deletion. Plastikspork (talk) 02:08, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I saw the tfd, commented. And MRG's going to launch the RfC sometime this week. I'll nose about the default colours of major elements such as infoboxes and navboxes and see what the current situation is and get my thoughts in order. Much of my unkeenness is due to the notion of tv-default being *the* default. I've a theatre background and there are many 'characters' that have nothing to do with tv; literature, too. I could float some CSS rules by you and then we pitch them at the commons.cs talk. Cheers, Jack Merridew 03:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. By the way, if one wanted to make sure the infobox didn't clash with the navigation bar, one could always use this color, which is generated using class="navbox-title" .  However, it would probably be better to have a separate css class.  Thanks! Plastikspork (talk) 03:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I didn't know about that one. fyi, I have a lot of CSS experience, including fussing with s:MediaWiki:Common.css. I also wrote most of www.wikipedia.org template/css although it was inlined at the time (about a year ago, in history). Cheers, Jack Merridew 04:07, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey, thanks for your work on the Mount Kazbek thing. The map looks great.&ensp;– droll  &#91;chat&#93;  05:47, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It hasn't quelled the complaints. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Alexander Van Zandt
Hey buddy, found a complete bogus page, it needs a speedy deletion.thxMarty Rockatansky (talk) 11:07, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

BCGNIS template
The url for BC Geographical Names I was using in cite bcgnis went dead. I found the new url and updated the template. I then decided to start a project checking all the feature names used by BCGNIS. At first I had to purge every page. I'm thinking the problem is that since substitution is used the links might remain until all the pages are rebuilt on the server. (No sure about this but it seems plausible.) I have waited a day and most of the links have begun to use the new url. There are still some that are problematic.

I am considering using AWB to replace BCGNIS with cite bcgnis while maintaining a list of all the pages on which it was used so that I can continue my project. I'd like your input on this as I'm a bit reticent after the dust-up over cite cgndb.&ensp;– droll  &#91;chat&#93;  21:26, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * P.S. Do you think this needs to be discussed in a broader forum.&ensp;– droll  &#91;chat&#93;  21:29, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * A broader discussion might be good, but I don't know how far it go. I posted notices of the TFD discussion in many places, and what you see is what we got.  If you start another discussion, let me know.  I won't have very much time to spend online over the next several months. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:27, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

help with revert
hi, this editor named "Kintetsubuffalo" keeps vandalising/reverting inaccurate information on Lisa Fonssagrives page by adding "American" categories when Fonssagrives has been widely reported as Swedish. Various editors on Fonssagrives' page has tried to revert "Kintetsubuffalo" edits by reverting the categories back to the proper Swedish categories, but he keeps changing Fonssagrives as "American" when she is not. Also, I have left a question on his talk page as to why he keeps reverting the inaccurate American categories on Fonssagrives page but he deletes my question and provides no source on where he is getting information as to how Lisa Fonssagrives is "American". Therefore, i believe that user is vandalising Fonssagrives page and provides no source of information. Could you revert Kintetsubuffalo edit on Fonssagrives page and prevent him from vandalising? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.251.135.149 (talk) 14:51, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I had a look and started a thread on the talk page. I'm not watching very many pages anymore due to a lack of time to spend online these days. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:24, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Launched
The RfC we've been discussing on color and consensus is launched and located at Wikipedia talk:Consensus/RfC. I am in the process of publicizing. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this is absolutely necessary to discuss. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:38, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

In Template:Los Angeles Lakers and other DWTS articles have colorful templates.
In the subject why Template:Skal vi danse? has to be nominated for deletion I was going to create new articles about the seasons. Other DWTS articles have templates and Los Angeles Lakers has a colorful template. I need to revert the editing back. I chose the colorful template because of the logo of Skal vi danse?. Tell another Wikipedia User to not delete the template if you want my editing on the template back.

Best Regards, Dungcamed2010 (talk) 06:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)


 * No other DWTS templates use colours other than the default. I would say that your argument about the LA Lakers would indicate that the colouring should be removed from more templates.  What you have created is entirely unreadable.   If you don't feel as though the template should be deleted, comment at the TFD. Thank you. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:36, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

hey!
This edit created a problem with the coordinates of Al Ahmadi Governorate because you added a  parameter with underscores where it should've used colons and vice versa. It looks like you made several similar edits, which I am in the process of correcting.

I know you're a conscientious and well-intentioned editor. Please use more care in the future. Warm regards, --Stepheng3 (talk) 20:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, it happens. I am aware of the syntax but sometimes make mistakes. By the way, if the article is adm1st, but the coordinates point to the capital city (and is so indicated by coor_pinpoint), would you set it to type:adm1st or type:city? Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:37, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I make mistakes too. I wouldn't have made a fuss except it looked like the start of a pattern.
 * For the coord type, I would use adm1st, the logic being that we want the default map scale to reflect the subject of the article, not the pinpoint object. --Stepheng3 (talk) 23:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Slovenia
Use Ajdovščina as a guideline. Some of the data was overboard. It would be best following that example than having a seperate infobox....Besides some of the parameters could easily be added to infobox settlement average age, households etc you;d think would be compulsory anyway... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 17:40, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I actually think it should all be removed (males, females, average age, income, ...). I don't like the use of multiple blank labels. I think this is the best way to isolate it for future removal or merger with the main box. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:45, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Remove it then. Virtually certain it is now out of date anyway... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 17:49, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Will do. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 17:51, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Orphan documentation page
Template:Commonscat-inline/doc was orphaned when Template:Commonscat-inline was moved. Might be a speedy delete but I'm not sure what category it would fit in. Could you handle this for me.&ensp;– droll  &#91;chat&#93;  05:26, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 05:37, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks.&ensp;– droll  &#91;chat&#93;  06:49, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

hi
i wanted to do a page on the obama girls because they are famous celebrities —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilk846 (talk • contribs) 03:54, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I would suggest trying at WP:AFC, rather than creating a template. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:10, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Another IBR purge run
Hey. When you get a free moment, could you run the purge script over Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Infobox_road/length_conversion/mi and Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Infobox_road/length_conversion/km? Both templates were moved to new names, and the templates calling them have been updated to point to the new names; however, for whatever reason the job queue is taking longer than usual to update their transclusion lists. TIA. –  T M F 23:33, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:10, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Fetch
Hey,

Looks like the template's still there, though you closed the TfD as a delete. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:35, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I closed a few but my network connection died before I could delete them. Will take care of it now.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Become a wikipedia administrator
How do you become a wikipedia administrator because I want to become one please leave me a new message on my talk page. Thanks and god blessed! Dungcamed2010 (talk) 19:59, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Will respond on your talk page. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 20:04, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * See here . Sincerely, Jack Merridew 20:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

No chance Dungcamed2010, don't even bother. For a start you seem to think wikipedia a missing persons bureau. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 20:24, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Bot edits
Just incase you are interested, the template replacement being done by your bot at the moment incorrectly links to some featured log not Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_June_18. No biggie, but just thought you'd like to know. <b style="color:#E32636;">Rambo's Revenge</b> <b style="color:#FFA500;">(talk)</b>  22:45, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! It appears the automatic summary message part needs some work.  I have had this problem before, but I usually catch it before I start the job run. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:49, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back!
Good to have you back. Thanks for sorting the Iran province infoboxes. Tomorrow I shall make some new province locators to remove the old luminous green ones. Sound good? You'll also be interested to know the skyscraper infobox has gained significant support to merge at TFD aside from a few belated "keeps". What are you going to do about the hotel articles on my user page though. Convert to infobox hotel? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 20:23, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe the final "end game" is to have them all as buildings, but converting them to the hotel box first is probably not necessarily a bad idea since it will make things a bit more uniform. Making better locator maps is a great idea.  I am still operating at limited capacity right now.  There is a large stack of work on my desk that must be attended to over the next couple days.  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:46, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Good news. I've made a full series of new maps see Yazd Province etc. I also made a montage for Yazd province. The same could be done for the others eventually... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 11:54, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks great. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 14:38, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. There is something about Persian text though that looks very scruffy. Most of the provinces need a lot of cleanup, the counties are in a dreadul state as are most of the cities in terms of sourcing....  Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:07, 9 July 2010 (UTC) When you have a moment can you replace the remaining PNG infoboxes? I did most of them a few weeks back. There's only a handful remaining now... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:25, 9 July 2010 (UTC) I've done a few, only 19 left now.... Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:48, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 17:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Another one bites the dust! Are you going to TFD it? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 19:02, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * On second thoughts, it is now likely to bring on the Aussie backlash. I gather you've seen the persisent reverts from Orderinchaos? I've brought it up at the village pump technical as I can't revert him again otherwise i'll be blocked for 3RR. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 16:22, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea. I personally don't think it's worth the revert war as there are plenty of other articles to work on. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  18:18, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Emailed
I've emailed you today. Please respond by email. You do check your email right? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:04, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I got your email. I do check it, but not always that frequently. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:37, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Template Buffyverse Character replacement
FYI, a heads-up note yesterday at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Buffyverse would have been nice. No biggie, but it would have forestalled the 5 seconds of panic before I figured out exactly what was going on. :-) Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 19:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why the nominator didn't drop a note there. In any event, no information was lost as far as I can tell, just a bit of reformatting.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:52, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Nothing strange about it, it was a simple mistake. Dreadstar ☥
 * Sounds good. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 23:04, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Geobox
I'm considering placing this at AFD as in my view it is cuasing inconsistencies, particularly with river articles. I was wondering your thoughts on it. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:18, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * What inconsistencies? I actually think that while geobox is not ideal, having one in an article is a big step forward from some of the alternatives (e.g., hard-coded table, or some excessively regional template).  Given the amount of things to do on the todo list, and even more to do off wikipedia, I wouldn't be able to offer any assistance.  My personal opinion would be to first work to resolve the inconsistencies.  If the best solution is deemed to be replacement with another infobox in certain situations, then obtain consensus to do so.  However, if the only problem is with river articles, then throwing the whole thing out seems a bit drastic.  The United States settlement articles I have seen with geoboxes seem fine to me. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Inconsistencies with using geobox for rivers or infobox river, using infobox settlement vs geobox (used in hundreds of Czech articles). Yes maybe we could do without using the pin maps for Netherlands if the localised maps exist. They do a pretty good job of showing where the places are I think. If you add a photograph as well then it will look too much with the load of them I think. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 14:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality
See Template talk:Location map Russia--Амба (talk) 16:50, 17 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 19:22, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Location map2
I added the templates Latitude and Longitude at wp:tfd. Maybe they should have be included with Template:Location map2? Take a look if you can. Any tidying up would be appreciated. – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  07:00, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It looks like they have now been nominated. I agree that they are basically redundant.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:19, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Help with tables
I am trying to create diagrams of size ranges of bats with some abuse of table syntax; see User:Ucucha/Diagram (template) and User:Ucucha/Diagram/Testcases (examples). It doesn't quite work yet (see the third example in particular). I previously asked Jack Merridew for help (at User talk:Jack Merridew), who introduced the empty row that is necessary to make the first two examples work, and suggested I ask you for help. Do you perhaps have better ideas? (Feel free to edit both pages.) Ucucha 10:48, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Interesting. The resulting diagram is not going to be of much use to a screen reader, but I suppose if it is just a visual representation of the data on the left, it's not entirely bad.  I have been very busy lately, so I don't know if I will have time to look at it right now, but I will see if I have some time later. You could always try at WP:VPT. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:21, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yes, screenreaders wouldn't be able to do much with a diagram like this, but they would be able to do even less with an image (the other possibility for representing the data). It doesn't have haste, as it'll be some time before I write the article where I plan to include the Miniopterus diagram, and the diagram can of course always be inserted later. Ucucha 19:37, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fix that also makes the Oryzomys one work. It re-introduced a problem Jack had noted, whereby the upper end of the range is off by one. I previously fixed that by adding the +1 and -1 and I think I know of a way to fix it again now, but don't have time for it at the moment. Ucucha 06:26, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox volleyball player
How is possible to the honours list do not collapse? Thanks Oscar987 16:05, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I saw this question here and went and added a yes option to the template. -- WOSlinker (talk) 16:22, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. There are more improvements that I would like to make if I can find the time. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 19:21, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 * ... and I've just added that to Infobox football biography 2, which I cribbed the medal code from. Cheers! Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Chilean micro penis
Hi I noticed that many of the Chilean communes suffer from micro penis. See Ancud. Some even have Nil Peni. There is an editor currently adding them at 175px which is perfect for this particular map, not the 80px that appears in a lot. I was wondering if you could the size of them all to 175px and leave a hidden note inside the table next to it saying Please not make map smaller or larger? Both commune maps and pin maps can be set at 175px.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  - 15:36, 18 July 2010 (UTC) 17:52, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

FYI
Just wanted to alert you about. Already taken care of. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:34, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I haven't had much time to watch these pages. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:20, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Infobox settlement: disestablishment data
Hei. I was prompted by User:Dr._Blofeld to also notify you about the requested changes to Infobox settlement. I have added a request for disestablishment data at the template's talk page. We have also discussed it on mine. Looking for your input ;) Regards, — Algkalv (talk) 18:16, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. I don't see any reason why this wouldn't be a useful addition. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:20, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism on my page
Thanks I appreciate the revert, although I'm a bit surprised that anyone is watching this other than me. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:37, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm just as surprised as you. I haven't been following my watch list for the past month, and I just happened to spot it. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Broken anchors and Template:Dateheader
I have noticed that Template:Dateheader creates automatic anchors on pages that look like. This is consistent with Template:Current events header. The problem is that all of the pages that use this template, such as September 2006 in Oceania, have a nice little calendar you can click on to link to these particular sections, which comes from a template such as Template:September 2006 events. These little calendar templates all seem to have their anchor links written as, so none of the dates link to the appropriate section when you click on them.

I'm not quite sure what the best approach to take to fix this. It would be easy to adjust the Dateheader template so it expects a different order, but this might break any other links that don't come from these little calendars (I don't know how many of these there are, probably very few, I'll try and answer that question tomorrow), and it would be nice to keep Dateheader in alignment with Template:Current events header. The other option is to fix all of those little calendars, which seems like the better solution to me. I think AWB could help, or if something more complex is needed I could perhaps use User:BrokenAnchorBot (this would require a BRFA, but it's closely related to what BrokenAnchorBot does already). There aren't that many, so just fixing them by hand might be the best solution.

Do you have any thoughts on the best way to proceed? I'm no template guru, and I've been looking closely at scores of them tonight...my brain is rather fried right now. Thanks. Winston365 (talk) 07:02, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I changed the format for the anchor. One could always add a second anchor if necessary. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  18:15, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There don't seem to be any other pages that link to any of these anchors, so the anchor template isn't necessary. Thanks for fixing this for me. Winston365 (talk) 22:51, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Municipalities of Puerto Rico
His forkster. I've psent most of the morning creating and uploading 78 new municipal locator maps of Puerto Rico. I'm exhausted now! I was wondering if you would kindly add them to the infoboxes and clean them. I've noticed the paramters are a mess for Puerto Rican municipalities, back to front, backwards, inconsistent parameter dividers etc, besides having the old horrid blank locators like File:Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Moca.svg. Can you clean them and add the new maps, I think they'll look best at 300px given the relative small size of the island to the overall map so you may need to make the photographs 300px to aline. You'll find all of the map are in plain english names without Spanish lettering. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 12:39, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah they are typos, I was reading from a small map. I'll ask Julian Colton if he could do it. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 09:24, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Great. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 18:16, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

He's absent right now, i've asked Calliopejen to do it. If she is busy I'll do it tomorrow. The commons have such fuddy duddy ways of runnings things. You can't even db-author an image after uploading it there. When you do so you end up being drilled "unlicensed" image warnings. Many thanks for sorting those infoboxes, they look much betteer now, a few thousand sources in total for the set wouldn't go amiss. Most of them should probably be swiped and started from scratch...  Dr. Blofeld       White cat 19:54, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Great. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Côte d'Ivoire
AAArggggh I've encountered a big problem with Category:Populated places in Côte d'Ivoire. They were all sub stubbed even without proper department/region details and see Category:Côte d'Ivoire subdivision templates. The templates are far from complete most are empty like Template:Communes of the Marahoué Region as I found it too difficult to do it manually. So I have a number of requests for sorting this out in the next few weeks whenever you have a mo. First of all a bot needs to copy the coordinates from the top and insert them into the infoboxes to feature the maps. Second or first, whatever you find easiest, I need you to draw me up using "what links here" maybe for each department from French wikipedia or using some sort of reader to organize this list of communes by the region and department given in the article to give me an organized list of communes by department. Once that is done I can add them to the nav boxes like Template:Communes of the Agnéby Region and get an AWBer to split the category by region/department and sort them. Once that is done I'll see a bot to display the relative region/department in the infobox. You follow? If possible we can split the workload between you, me and Ser Amantio if he could help out with applying the navboxes/categories at a later date. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 19:54, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I've been so busy lately that I haven't had much time to parse what needs to be done. You are basically asking for a regional breakdown of all the populated places in Côte d'Ivoire, organized by their region, subregion, etc.?  It looks like the information for many is in the infoboxes, so you would just need a script/bot to parse these and generate a list? Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I need those communes broken down into a list by department of Cote d'Ivoire, organized by region. In every article on French wiki they either have the name of department and region in the infobox or in the beginning of the text. I just need you to be able to read of the text and create a parser list. Then I can begin organizing the nav boxes and at a later date can be sorted by automation. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:50, 21 July 2010 (UTC) You'll find that most of the article on fr: don't have infoboxes but are all consistently formatted like http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blapleu. I think you could probably read the department and region off of that by article. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:54, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Puerto Rican Award

 * Thanks, and thanks for giving Blofeld an award. He did most of the hard work. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:24, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

University of Birmingham Guild of Students
Since I am not up on Template editing could you look at making a change for University of Birmingham Guild of Students - it looks like they have more than one VP so can you add a option to Template:Infobox Students Union for either a single vice president or multiple vice presidents ? Codf1977 (talk) 07:39, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Done, and I formatted some of the references while I was there. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:17, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Codf1977 (talk) 16:16, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Real World/Road Rules Challenge - VANDALISM
Hello Plastikspork. Some IP vandalism has recently occurred on the Real World/Road Rules Challenge page. Certain headers/sections keep getting removed, then restored, then removed again, and anonymous users keep inserting random & nonsense subtitles (in the Seasons table) for the upcoming 20th season of The Challenge (i.e. "Battle of the Sexes III", "The Gauntlet IV", "The Battlefield" and "Cut Throat"). We don't know for sure yet what the format of the next challenge will be, so I thought that it's better to just keep it (Season 20) as "TBD", and surrounded by hidden text commands, though it's likely that some idiot will mess that up. In order to curb the vandalism and nonsense edits, I think it would be good idea to semi-protect this page for the next three months. DPH1110 (talk)
 * Done. I just haven't had the time to be able to watch these pages as much as I used to. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:17, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Next step
Can You explain deletion policy and how it decided delete/keep?--Амба (talk) 13:34, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Some uninvolved admin should come along and close the discussion. I believe there is strong consensus to merge the improvements to Location map.  I'm not sure what will happen with the Ukrainian template.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:18, 21 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank. I do not know, how to merge the improvements to Location map. I only know how to replace existing code of Location map with code, for example, user:Амба/Location map2. Is this operations different?--Амба (talk) 22:38, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Deleted templates following template:source list
Following Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_June_22, I see you deleted the sub-templates and replaced the links the articles. However, all those were edits reverted thusly per this rationale. Not being fixed, they remain as such today, I having changed this one but I thought I'd ask you if you've resolved the issue. I asked xem as well but you might know what the issue is. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:01, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I have no clue why redlinks are better than sources. It looks like it's cite doi which is the crux of the objection.  I am more than happy to replace them all with the complete citations instead if that is more desirable.  I would need a list of all the articles where my replacements were reverted, which I could generate, but would take some time. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:06, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Uk place
HI. An editor has created maps for each welsh county see the discussion on the talk page. Can you update this infobox so whatever village/town in wales display the county locator rather than the welsh one? E.g Template:Location map Wales Gwynedd, Caernarfon etc. You may wish to move all the welsh ones to Location map United Kingdom ... if this is easier for the template.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  - 15:36, 18 July 2010 (UTC) 16:18, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Malaysian roads and expressways infobox template
Hi Plastik,

I don't think there's anything wrong with Malaysian roads and expressways infobox template as such; in some contexts these templates can be useful, e.g. on route diagrams. I'm not saying the implementation as it currently stands is perhaps the best it could be, but I've no objection to there being a bit of colour in an infobox. But in general for accessibility reasons of course, colour/graphics should not be the only way of putting in informaton – this template seems to be OK there though.

But definitely it is named wrongly: it really needs to be in the template namespace, not Wikipiedia namespace, and probably split into two (the doc for the infobox template itself, and that for the list of templates). As discussed for, a template listing templates is in any case probably redundant, that's what categories are for. In my view there is a weaker standard for finding templates than for articles generally, because I think we can assume a better familiarity about Wikipedia namespaces etc. by editors than general readers. (That being said, it is often quite a sod to try to guess the template.)

However, if it's just used in the Infobox template, yes, the "subtemplates" which are not subtemplates should probably be moved, such as. I expect with that particular case the intent was to add the golden arches logo; it may be that this can't me done for copyright reasons. (Depends on fair use etc I suppose; McDonald's don't usually seem to mind having their logo splashed everywhere, but Wikipedians probably do.)

I think the consensus on the talk about was that it was unnecessary because we shouldn't have graphics in running text, and that  contraverted usability guidelines.

Your argument about it being easier just to type the link out, and you are not the only one to make this, I have some misgivings with it as a general argument. I have made a few template such as, for example, which I imagine some people would think excessively long-winded (to write for example, instead of just a little image and Austrian Empire). Others have argued that indirecting templates like this serve no useful purpose above redirects (which is not quite true if they include images.) However, the reason for its existence is that in going through the infoboxes of all the battles in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 I saw that there was a great deal of inconsistency, and so by indirecting to a template they could be assured of consistency; it also means that if, by consensus, we were to change the display "Austrian Empire" to "Habsburg Empire" for example, it need only be changed in one place: a redirect does not accomplish that because it doesn't change the actual displayed text in the article. However, I do know that other editors feel that this level of indirection obscures things rather, and that templates should not be substitutes for redirects. (At one time there were eighteen redirects with minor variants to Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, and other similar inconsistencies, so I maintain I did right by bundling them all together in one template; even if they are later SUBSTed, it's a stepping-stone to assuring consistency).

A long reply to your short note! Thanks for all your hard work. Si Trew (talk) 06:17, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I've spruced up that documentation and moved it from the Wikipedia namespace to be documentation for Category:Malaysia_expressway_and_road_infobox_templates. It's probably too long as category documentation but I don't know of a better place to put it. I moved the infobox documentation out into the templates for the infoboxes themselves. (one of those is at TfD anyway).


 * A lot of these do seem rather useless, yes. I suppose it comes down to whether there's any expectation they will change to be more useful. I'm not sure that's really covered by WP:CRYSTAL, since we're not discussing articles here but templates. 11:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure, I just thought it was interesting how many templates were in the category, and how many seemed somewhat pointless. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 16:19, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Emailed
You have an email. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 13:05, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. If only I had more time at the moment.  We shall see. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:20, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Uk place
HI. An editor has created maps for each welsh county see the discussion on the talk page. Can you update this infobox so whatever village/town in wales display the county locator rather than the welsh one? E.g Template:Location map Wales Gwynedd, Caernarfon etc. You may wish to move all the welsh ones to Location map United Kingdom ... if this is easier for the template.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  - 15:36, 18 July 2010 (UTC) 16:18, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:Location map~
Location map~ was edited on 20 July 2010. The edit added some functionality that I can't find any documentation for and introduced the use of the templates Latitude and Longitude after those templates were marked as being being considered for deletion. The editor has no edits before 20 July 2010, day the edit was made. All the contributions of this user are to template space and all concern Location map and its various incarnations. I cannot help but suspect sock puppetry. I realize this is a strong accusation but I think it is the only concussion reasonable. The two templates in question are now transcluded by more pages than Location map~ transcludes. I'll try to figure that out before I turn in for the night.

I'm starting this process here because I know that you have considerable experience with templates and because you are an admin. If I should introduce this discussion in a different forum please leave a note here or on my talk page. – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  05:42, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The template Location map many was edited on the some day by user in question and also transcludes the two template mentioned above. – droll   &#91;chat&#93;  05:47, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * User:Uwe Dedering might also be a candidate. – droll   &#91;chat&#93;  05:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Notice that only two users have edited Location map/Info/. – droll   &#91;chat&#93;  06:12, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Interesting. I wish I had more time to look into this.  If the "latitude" and "longitude" templates are redundant to other templates, you could always replace the latest additions and see what happens, or revert the edits entirely.  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:18, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * This morning I looked over the map templates in question and revert User:Testter's edits. I checked for any functional differences first. – droll   &#91;chat&#93;  18:34, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Favonian
In your enthusiasm you've voted twice! regards  SilkTork  *YES! 17:22, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, that was a first. Thanks for letting me know, and sorry for the mistake.  At least I was consistent :) Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:24, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Scott Baio/Wrong Hole
Hello mate, why did you delete the Wrong Hole paragraph in Scott Baio's article? while it's a minor play in his career, it's his latest appearance (and gained much attention thanks to the viral spread of the video), I guess it's worth mentioning it! let know :) --Wiki Kiwi (askme) 09:59, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I found it to be somewhat trivial in the greater context, and the placement to be rather disjointed from the rest of the article. However, if you feel otherwise, feel free to add it back and/or start a thread on the talk page for the article.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:12, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Added a section to the article talk page, I leave it to the community :) --Wiki Kiwi (askme) 02:21, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox settlement/ukr
Hi Plastik,

Could you drop in at the WP:TFD and add your view? Since an edit you made on 18 July may have affected one other user's comment, even though it predates it by a week or so, I have a feeling he hadn't seen your change. I hope this is not regarded as canvassing, just letting you know it's there (I've reffed the edit there but not mentioned you as the maker of the edit). Si Trew (talk) 15:18, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I had been delaying making comment since I am somewhat indifferent to the template, so long as it uses the main template as a backend. That particular edit was made in the course of discussion with the author to demonstrate what I meant by using  as a backend.  Creating such subtemplates is not necessarily a bad thing, since it could assist with uniformity and standardization while reducing duplication.  I'm still not convinced it's necessary.  I suppose I could comment at the TFD in question since I can't really close it now that I have voiced an opinion or lack there of. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:24, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Transferring infobox data
Hi, if you look at this thread on my talk page, you'll see Dr. Blofeld is asking that I help out with transferring infobox data from Spanish articles, and suggesting that I ask you regarding what's already been done (and presumably what's still to be done). So - can you fill me in? Thanks, --Kotniski (talk) 18:36, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Template:WPC copyright guide
Hi there, I just noticed that this template has been deleted without even notifying me as creator that it was up for discussion. This was not an exact duplication of Template:WPOCopyright despite their visual similarity. This would have been evident if anyone had bothered top check all the links. Note also that it was not unused. It was transcluded here. They contained different links for Online research in the Guides section. Template:WPC copyright guide linked to a different Guide which was written for the needs of Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers. What's done is done, and I've got round the problem by linking the two different Guides in Template:WPOCopyright, although cumbersome. But I would greatly appreciate it if you would please not delete or propose for deletion Template:WPC online research. This one likewise is especially adapted for WikiProject Composers despite its visual simlarity to Template:WPO online research. Thanks, Voceditenore (talk) 14:43, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I was just the admin who read the discussion and closed it as delete since there were no objections. However, I did not realize that you had not been notified, which is not supposed to happen, although it does when the nominator does not follow all the steps.  Let me know if you want me to provide you with a copy of the deleted template, or if I can do anything to help.  I will be sure to double check to make sure the author was notified in the future, and I will watch out for "WPC online research", although I am not the only admin who closes discussions at TFD.  Thanks for letting me know! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:47, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's OK for now, although I may reconstruct the Template:WPC copyright guide once I get back from my summer travels. I've also got Template:WPC online research on my watchlist now, so I'll see any TfD banners. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 06:14, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Aevilness
This might just affect the next elevator you step into. Watching out for hidden piranha tanks Meester.

What's the plan for Infobox Skyscraper? Would it be best to tackle the hotels first maybe? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 18:42, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I was dragging my feet a bit due to the complexity of the merge. Are we changing skyscraper hotels -> infobox hotel or infobox building? Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 19:34, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeha its a daunting task I agree. Mmm, First of all perhaps you could copy the desired grey headers from infobox skyscraper into the building infobox. Would it be possible to have a different colour design for hotels. I mean I support merging the infobox hotel but I am particularly fond of the gold on maroon which looks very hotelish if you know what I mean. Also doesn't infobox building not have a standard pushpin map thing doesn't it read map-type or something. That would all need to be changed if this is the case so every infobox building as pushpin_map= rather than map_type. It will require some thought and discussion I think and then some consisderable edits to make the transition as you are undoubtedly acutely aware of, but the infobox building can at least be updated with the grey parameters from infobox skyscraper in the meantime. I believe infobox religous place has a different colour shceme for each building type. Perhapos we could introduce a similar system to prevent it from becoming bland for each building type, like yellow for lighthouses. Whatever you type into the infobox for building type it will display the colour code. What do you think? Template:Infobox lighthouse should probably also be merged. It doeshowever have a lot of parameters which would need to be added to infobox building but simple enough. In terms of long term maintenance I think it would be better to redirect both hotel and lighthouse infoboxes into infobox building but code it so the color system for hotels remains. What do you think? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 20:48, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't think you will find much consensus for merging, but I could be wrong. I don't plan to touch hotel at the moment, but I agree it would seem sensible to merge that one in due course.  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  20:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Also see my new comment on Kotniski's page. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 20:56, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, will do. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 20:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Well I'm not too bothered either way, I just thought of it when discussing the color coding thing. I quite liked the yellow infoboxes I saw on Italian wiki. Another thing see Trelew. A lot of the Argentine town articles have these infoboxes. I'm not sure how they work, I gather they work in the same way as geo boxes in that each article will have to be attended to individually? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 22:07, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Interesting, I had not seen before.  This would be very easy to replace in a nearly completely automated way.  I would just need to compile a list of all the components. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:14, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Never understood those. i believe King of the Northeast replaced most of the Buenos Aires ones with standard but he didn't get around to most of the other provinces, especially western and rural Argentina. Wonder if it would be possible to read how many articles that placebox is being used in and how quickly it could be replaced.. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 22:17, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Just check the transclusion count of [ these]. Or, better yet, Category:Placebox templates. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 22:20, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Any reason why you've stopped using flag| ? There are a few who disapprove of them like Rettatast and pretend there are guidelines WP:FLAG (when in reality they are used in thousands of articles all over wikipedia, in sport, geogrpahy whatever) but I actually think the infoboxes look barer without them, they seem to look more wholesome and complete with flags than without I think. The argument against them is that they are decoration I guess. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 09:45, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No reason. I typically just go with whatever is currently being used on the articles in question.  I will add the Argentina flag, since the placebox was using it. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:05, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Emailed. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 20:17, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Caprice Bourret
Hi, trying to update Caprice's page as some of the information is inaccurate. Also the current picture is very dated. The headshot used is my own- I own the rights to it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laura154154 (talk • contribs) 13:55, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The main problem is that the image appears to be copied from a source on the web, and the information you are adding sounds very promotional and has no sourcing. You should discuss the specific changes you wish to make at Talk:Caprice Bourret since you are currently violating WP:3RR with your continuous reversions.  Thank you. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:00, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Damn those red boots are hot. Please don't change the pic. Women on cars make the bald one turned on. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 17:14, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Re: Location map
I replied on my talk page.

On another front would you comment on If all. It does a lot of nesting but I can't think of a better way. – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  23:21, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, I will have a look. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 13:58, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Location map locname Quebec strip
Hello,

sorry for taking so long to reply, I haven't been around for a while. I no longer intend to use this, so it can indeed be deleted. Thanks. --70.55.118.250 (talk) 04:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Previous message was me who mysteriously got logged off. And I see the template is now gone, so it's all perfect :) --Yannzgob (talk) 04:29, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 13:58, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for going the extra mile in response to my question at Template talk:Nutritional value and doing some example edits at Okra. Cheers, BanyanTree 05:53, 30 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Great. I'm glad it works. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 13:58, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

BCGNIS
I removed the substitution from BCGNIS (that you added). It seemed to me that there was no way to track which articles transcluded the template since, when a page was rebuilt, BCGNIS was no longer transcluded and the the page was dropped from the category. I also did a serious job on the documentation.

I feel strongly that substituting PAGENAME is a bad idea. At one time I went through hundreds of articles that used this option and found more than a few problems. I will patrol what transcludes the template in the article space and do the substitution using AWB. – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  07:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, and I agree about PAGENAME. There is always a chance for another round at TFD once some time has passed. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  13:56, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Javed Burki
As Admin, kindly check recent updates to Javed Burki, else YellowMonkey will once again embark on Admin Abuse. thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2011khan (talk • contribs) 17:10, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Bot?
Auto-ed is great, and I've never seen it make a change that wasn't an improvement. Why doesn't it run as a site-wide bot, cleaning up every article, say, weekly? If that is too broad, it could just run through the Wikicheck errors that indicate Auto-Ed. It seems like an obvious solution to a lot of little problems, I'm not sure why it hasn't happened already. Thanks. Ocaasi (talk) 22:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I am glad to hear you have so much confidence in AutoEd. We did try to make it as robust as possible, and try to fix bugs when possible.  However, the same could be said for the general fixes in WP:AWB, and running that in bot mode (without doing anything else) has been generally denied.  If you want to see if there is more support for this sort of thing, try posting a note at WP:BOTREQ or one of the WP:VP.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  02:11, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Infobox civilian attack
Hey, how's it going? I'm curious if this edit might have something to do with why Infobox civilian attack is broken on e.g. here? (Someone instituted a workaround in the latest version. I'd appreciate it if you could take a look and apologies for bugging you if they're not related.  Peace,  delldot   &nabla;.  22:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, it was more likely the recent change to Location map China. I will try to sort it all out. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:57, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing it! I appreciate your help, I was completely lost.  Peace,  delldot   &nabla;.  15:35, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem, we didn't see widespread problems since only a handful of templates are using a combination of the China maps with Location map+. Most are using the more standard Location map.  Let me know if you see any more problems. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:13, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

India maps
Thanks for tuning up the maps in my sand box, cheers. -- KenWalker | Talk 17:10, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you approve. Hopefully the pins are all in the right locations. I was cleaning up a tracking category and decided I would try the few sandboxes as well.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:12, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Unseen data for record tables
Hi, in recent times, I've noticed re-additions of seemingly useless and counter-productive data in record tables. I'm not sure if all of them can be attributed to you, but I found a recent example in this edit. Obviously, the ref filling helps a lot, but the data below in the record table seems to me to be completely useless as the record table works without it, is easier to understand and without the added data, loads quicker due to the article being smaller in terms of kbs.

Could you perhaps explain to me why these changes are being made, so I can understand a little better? Thanks. Paralympiakos (talk) 16:44, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I was using WP:REFLINKS, which coverts table parameters to the newer CSS format. I agree it doesn't appear to be necessary, and I wish I knew how to turn that feature off in REFLINKS, since the automatic reference filling is quite useful.  I don't know if there are other bots or automated editing scripts that are doing this as well.  I actually do the same thing that you did in the subsequent edits, removing the excessive "left" alignments when the default is left. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  03:35, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah! I suspected that might be a reason for it. It's just a little amusingly frustrating that I've removed the data, only for reflinks to readd it. I'm a little confused why a reference program would fix tabling. Oh well. Cheers for letting me know! Paralympiakos (talk) 08:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Caprice Bourret
I am Caprice Bourret's assitant and am acting on behalf of her in regards to correcting said information on her Wikipedia page. I have either edited information that is incorrect, such as stating that her birthplace is Whittier, California, or updated her information, such as with regards to the timeline for her lingerie line. All of this information can be correctly and legitimately sourced and referenced. If this correct editing continues to be rejected then Caprice will be involving her lawyers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bycapricelingerie (talk • contribs) 16:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

What's bugging me today
Do you know of any project or other organized effort to improve wiki markup on wikipedia. I seems to me that lack of consistency in template parameter names, even within the same template, is bothering. Why is tag notation used when template notation might be more understandable to new editors. Why is ifempty allowed to stand when if empty is more comprehensible. I keep running across stuff like this. Any thought's. Do you think it would be taken seriously if I started a project named (i.e. would you be interested in such a project if you had the time). – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  02:50, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea. You should inform Rich Farmbrough,  Jack Merridew, Thumperward, Pigsonthewing, ...  I know Rich has being going around fixing missing spaces in template names, camelCase, etc.  The lack of a consistent name for lat_deg/latd/lat_d/... is somewhat problematic.  I just wish I had more time to help out more.  I will very likely be semi-retiring in two weeks due to a dramatic increase in off-wiki commitments (moving to a new city, starting a new job, selling the old house, buying a new house, ...).  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  03:41, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for you answers here and at Help talk:Template. – droll   &#91;chat&#93;  18:59, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * It is a good idea. Such things are a mess because we let anyone edit; it is not really possible to get them all on the same page, although I'd support a lot of such efforts.
 * re Caprice (↓↓), I saw that the titles needed tweaking and would have been back. Thanks. And re the other (↑↑), sleep is overrated ;) Best wishes, Jack Merridew 19:01, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

please help
Plastikspork, I tried to add links to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewitt_Consolidated_Independent_School_District page that you did so much work on, but I messed it all up. Can you put it back to the edit before mine. Then I promise I will leave it alone. I have edited before, but something went way wrong this time. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.184.106.241 (talk) 17:38, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. If you click on page history, there is an undo button next to the latest revision.  You may have to view the diff to get the undo button for older revisions.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:44, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Template edit request
(since I'm horrible at creating templates) Could you update Template:Infobox university chancellor to include 2 university3, and university4, along with the predecessor and successor, and tern_start and term_end fields? Thanks.  Connormah  talk 16:16, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * To clarify - I'd like 2 more places to list any other positions (some chancellors/presidents have served at more than 2 universities). Thanks!  Connormah  talk 00:17, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Let me know if there is a problem. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  18:24, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, much appreciated.  Connormah  talk 21:15, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

IIHF World Championship winners
If you didn't notice I brought up substantial evidence against deletion, yet you continued anyway (on what grounds? did you read the discussion?). In any case, please proceed with all of the FIFA counterparts I listed or this is nothing but selective deletion. Slaja (talk) 06:01, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERSTUFF is generally not considered to be substantial evidence. You can always try WP:DRV if you feel the deletion should be reviewed.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:45, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Others:

Slaja (talk) 22:51, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I will join these to the current nomination. If you feel strongly about these, you should voice an opinion at WP:TFD.  Thanks. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:33, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:TIMESTAMP
Template:TIMESTAMP has been nominated for merging with Template:Currentdate. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.  Set Sail For The Seven Seas   270° 5' 0" NET   18:00, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

UK place
HI. An editor has created maps for each welsh county see the discussion on the talk page. Can you update this infobox so whatever village/town in wales display the county locator rather than the welsh one? E.g Template:Location map Wales Gwynedd, Caernarfon etc. You may wish to move all the welsh ones to Location map United Kingdom ... if this is easier for the template.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  21:09, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I recall trying to parse the map section of that infobox awhile back and it gave me a serious headache. I can take a look again, but I'm not sure if I have time to unravel the nested switch statements. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:05, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * FYI, I believe it goes in Template:Infobox UK place/local, trying to read the code takes some serious effort and concentration. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 22:08, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Now if they used infobox settlement....<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  11:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)


 * True. The issue isn't so much with the template, but with complicated automatic map selection.  This is nice in that the user doesn't have to choose the location map, but the current implementation is a bit hard to parse. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Issue with biographical infoboxes
Please note this issue with biographical infoboxes. No action required, I know you're busy ;-) Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 11:59, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Mapping WikiProject pages by coords?
Hello, I have a question and am not even sure where best to ask. I thought I'd just ask you since you seem actively interested in the basic topics (coord templates, etc). At least perhaps you could point me to a better place or person to ask. It occurred to me that it would be very useful for WikiProjects such as WikiProject Rivers to be able to automatically map articles (those with coordinates anyway) by various things like assessment class, "importance", and other parameters. The River template, for example, can contain things like mapneeded=yes, needs-infobox=no, etc. Do you know if it is possible to make maps showing pages by parameter/WikiProject like this? It would be a useful tool for other projects too. If nothing else it would be interesting to see the results--just how US-centric is WIkipedia, etc. I was going to ask at the Help Desk, but figured it might be more productive to ask someone specific who might know or know who to ask, and I thought of you. Thanks! Pfly (talk) 22:26, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Good question. This sounds like something that would require either a bot, which would be filed at WP:BOTREQ, or more likely searching a database dump, in which case I would ask Svick if he has any ideas.  I suppose the first step would be to generate the list of coordinates in each category, and the second step would be to map them.  These are two fairly separate tasks.  In general, you could always query WP:VPT and see if there are any existing tools.  Mapping could be accomplished using Location map+, if one had the list of coordinates.  I'm not sure if it would crash if you tried to feed it say 1000 pins.  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:45, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for the leads! I figured it would take multiple steps, probably a bot and/or coding, and might be hard for technical reasons. It's beyond my ability, I'm sure, but I'd love to see what might result. I'll keep looking into it. Thanks for the leads. Pfly (talk) 18:37, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I suggest asking at WT:GEO, too. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:31, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll post over there right now. Pfly (talk) 17:51, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Apollonia
Any idea why the coordinates are not working for Museum of Apollonia. If you click the external link you'll see the coordinates yet they don't work...<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  14:50, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Plastik one. Not quite can you convert 40 43 13.2 N 19 28 18.2 E into decimal that should be more precise. <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  15:42, 7 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I just copied the coordinates from the Apollonia article. Google maps indicated there is a museum in that location. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

DId you look on google maps and find that your coordinates were located ina field slightly south of the actual museum. I gave you the precise coordinates, don't worry I'll tweak it.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld 
 * You gave me no coordinates, so I copied the coordinates from the Apollonia article. I'm glad you were able to figure it out. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  23:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

No probs it was just about 100 metres south of the building that's all. The coordinates on the website were not precise enough...<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  11:52, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Various Cup Winners TFDs
Hi. In regards to the Templates_for_discussion, could you please add "Template:East Asian Football Championship winners" and "Template:ASEAN Football Championship Winners" to the list as well for the sake of comprehensiveness. There are probably alot of similar templates out there as well. I'm not sure how to do it myself and am also undecided on the issue. Cheers. Transaction Go (talk) 15:21, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 15:37, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! A few more to be added though. Cheers. Transaction Go (talk) 17:24, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * "Template:SAFF Championship Winners"
 * "Template:AFC Challenge Cup winners"
 * "Template:Arab Nations Cup Winners"
 * "Template:Gulf Cup of Nations Winners"
 * Done. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 23:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Ukraine templates
Hi

I know you have already done quite a bit of work on this matter and that a simple "Can you just fix XXX" is not normally that simple lol.

WE have this though - the simple template used with just pushpin coords is giving the result "Location of XXX in the Ukraine" when it should be "Location of XXX in Ukraine".

I have been bold and changed the pushpin_map_caption in the template - can you just give it a check though to ensure I was correct :¬)

Chaosdruid (talk) 15:49, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Your change to Infobox settlement/ukr looks sensible. If the caption is not specified, it should be fine, since I believe the default is to use the name of the location map.  The only way to make sure you got them all would be to run through all the transclusions of Location map Ukraine, which would probably be best to do using a bot (see WP:BOTREQ).  To find even more, one could search one of the database dumps for all instances of "the Ukraine".  It sounds quite tedious. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:58, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that - I leave it to AWB when I do cat sweeps - It is set to search out any Regex "the Ukraine" and change to "Ukraine" - it seems to get it done, if a little more slowly than a specific bot
 * Hope all goes well with the move Chaosdruid (talk) 19:08, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. There are fewer than 250 transclusions of the location map, but that would only be one possible instance of such usage. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:09, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Flash Gordon (serial)

 * WP:AUTOED

Hi. If I run Auto Ed across Flash Gordon (serial), oldid it breaks the formatting. In the Synopsis section, there are secondary lines indented with: <tt>#:</tt> and they get a spaced added, which makes the ':' into part of the prose. I've seen other sorts of formatting that it's not handling properly, too, such as the same with '*'. The mix of these can actually get quite complex. Any chance this is an easy enough fix, at least the common forms? Cheers, Jack Merridew 21:16, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I should be able to fix it. Can you add a simple example of something that is being broken to User:Plastikspork/Test AutoEd, and I can work on it.  By the way, if there are any other transformations you don't like, or want to add, let me know. I was planning to reduce the aggressiveness of the white space removal inside of infoboxes, which de-aligns the aligned equals signs. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I went looking for stuff, and had trouble finding more. I think this has been improved since prior experiences with stuff not working. I did add an example of stuff it does not add whitespace to, but could; ordinary indenting. I'll occasional use this on talkie pages (I know;), and the mishmash of colons, asterisks and hashes people mix-up there often had trouble. I also have a hacked-up version of some of this in User:Jack Merridew/monobook.js from about a year ago, and I should probably revisit that. I also added an over-long example about '%' and '.' encoding that could be improved. I've occasionally seen some change that it made that showed red in the diff but that really seemed the same; I've been thinking they were Unicode encodings of plain ASCII that were being simplified; this is stuff that worked either way and they were involving the extension of images, i.e red ".JPG".
 * I'll think on new ideas and let you know. The backing-off on infoboxs would often be useful, as I typically will keep a before copy in a text editor and paste that back after manually applying tweaks. Consider doing the same with citation templates, too, as I've given up on trying to indent them for this reason. It would still be good to be adding spaces l/r of the '=' and to the right of '|' at the beginning of the line. Reflinks does handle the encoding fixes w/'%' && '.', and is smart about multiple pipes in infoboxes and will move them from the end of a line to the beginning of the next line. Ya, I know, this is all akin to tabs vs spaces and true-braces styles. Cheers, Jack Merridew 01:09, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I've got an example of the "jpg" issue I mentioned; see this edit to Tina Fey. Just below line '75' it shows a change from:


 * Amy Poehler and Tina Fey by David Shankbone.jpg‎ at the premiere of Baby Mama in New York.]]
 * to:
 * Amy Poehler and Tina Fey by David Shankbone.jpg at the premiere of Baby Mama in New York.]]


 * I copied the above two lines from the editbox of the two old versions. There's something invisible that's different and the tool saw it. I assume it's right, but am wondering what the issue is and where it's coming from. Cheers, Jack Merridew 03:13, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * It could be something in AutoEd/fullwidth.js, but I didn't think that was enabled anymore. It doesn't appear to break anything as far as I can tell.  Hopefully I will have more time to look at this soon.  I'm still "in transit" (looking for housing for a couple days before going back home to finish packing).  I had no idea changing houses would require so much time. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll look; and I may have an old copy in my monobook.js... Try moving 17,000km ;) But I came by about the following... I poked Chris, too. Take your time, get settled... Cheers, Jack Merridew 03:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I'd be interested in comments concerning how a template arg might be parsed into two chunks; typically some data and then a ref are being passed as a piece and it's resulting in poor rendering due to a unit being glued onto the end. Cheers, Jack Merridew 03:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * a template arg parsing issue...
 * WT:WikiProject Astronomical objects
 * Thanks. I will have to say I agree with Chris on this one. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:11, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for cleaning up those Template:Interwikitmp-grp parameters. I didn't realize that it wouldn't automatically detect the template's name. Axem Titanium (talk) 19:23, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * No problem. Luckily there weren't very many, but happened to be on pages that I was watching. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Discussion about the template IUCN
I'm involved in a discussion about citation formatting at User talk:Innotata. It might eventually lead to a request for a template to be deleted. I authored the template Cite database to deal with the issues discussed. I won't repeat the arguments here. I wrote the template to provoke this discussion but I have not been able to convince the first user who questioned its use. I hope you have the time to read the discussion and share you opinion. I've written a number of citation templates and have become dissatisfied with the output generated by cite web in certain cases. – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  19:19, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * My time on WP has been severely limited recently due to a off-wiki commitments. Basically, I am anticipating having no more than a few hours a week of free time in the near future, and probably even less in the immediate future.  I am starting a new job in a new city and I have to find a new house, sell my old house, pack, move, unpack, ...  It also seems quite likely that my new job will be far less flexible in terms of hours and work load, although there are substantial benefits for the increased time commitment.  I still plan to pop in when I can to help out, but it won't be the 3 or 4 hours a day that it used to be.  So, in summary, thanks for thinking of me, but I'm not sure I have the time to comment in any great detail. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:35, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for considering it and responding. Best wishes in your new life. And thanks for all the wiki work you have done. – droll   &#91;chat&#93;  21:28, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hopefully I will have more free time in a couple months. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank You!
Thank you so much for reverting user:CBM undo's of my edits.

I feel they are good edits, and improvements over the articles. He wants to keep otheruses4, for whatever reason, which I haven't touched, so I left it as is.

Thanks again for helping me, and helping everyone else improve articles. I do hope to contribute constructively and I hope you can revert his bad faith undos if he continues.

Thank you199.126.224.156 (talk) 22:52, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


 * You can see what I mean about how your edits are simply enabling this banned user. When I reverted the edits today, I looked at the ones marked "pov" and they, as usual, have no real POV issues. Here are two . The peacock language is certainly not serious enough to justify editing while banned.


 * I also started an ANI thread about the banned user.


 * I just noticed the note that you're moving; I hope everything goes well. I hope that, once you get back, we find a resolution to this thing and put it behind us. &mdash; Carl (CBM · talk) 11:31, 13 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I personally don't mind "enabling" helpful editing, but I also firmly believe in not encouraging violation of community restrictions on editing. I agree that in this case the editor was clearly testing his/her limits.  I would have personally had another editor look at it and decide whether or not to revert.  I believe the accusations of 'wheel warring' are over dramatic to say the least, since there is obviously no warring going on here between admins. Thanks for the well wishes, and I hope that I will have more time to edit in a couple months. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Burg
Thanks for your help in tidying up this template. I will need to understand "subst" and "safesubst" better. However I have now learnt how to set up these templates to make use of existing English Wikipedia templates, which is a big step forward. Thank you. I hope your moves goes well. Regards. --Bermicourt (talk) 06:19, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * There is some information about this at Help:Substitution. Basically, safesubst is generally better in that it should only execute the substitution if the template is being substituted. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:11, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Infobox nobility
Hey, your help would be appreciated here. I, for one would like the places to display like Infobox person (below the dates), and for a "Coat of Arms" field to be added. Thanks,  Connormah  talk 00:12, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Partially done. I wasn't sure where to place to COA. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 23:13, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Under the noble family field should work. Thanks. Connormah 19:02, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I will try to have a look soon if it isn't done already. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 21:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, much appreciated. Connormah 03:57, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox power station
The code of the old UK power station infobox is here. Beagel (talk) 19:11, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Infobox actor
Hi,

Aside from a few minor parameter naming differences, and one other issue, Infobox actor is a subset of Infobox person, with no extra parameters of its own and is thus redundant. Would you like to make the latter call the former; redirect and add the different spellings to ; or shall I raise the matter at TfD?

The one oddity is the way the actor iBox handles URLs. I presume there's a way round this? Perhaps a bot-job to clean up the various parameter names in use, and facilitate use of Url would be best? Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 20:38, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I could see having the actor box call the person box, but I don't think a TFD would go well. The main reason being that they seem to be very resistant to "creep", trying to keep the number of fields in the box to a minimum.  However, having the actor box call the person box wouldn't necessarily add any new fields (or subtract any old ones).  I have a very limited amount of time these days due to a pending move to a new job in a few weeks, which involves fixing/selling my house, finding a new house, and starting a new job with far less flexibility.  I still plan to edit a bit in my spare time, but I have no idea how much time I will have. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. the fact that there's a "they" is, as usual troubling; as is the existence of a template solely, in effect, to prevent another template from being utilised fully. But you're probably right. Even so, I'm minded to TfD it; I'll try its talk page first. Congratulations on your new job; it must be both an exciting and a stressful time for you. What is it and where will you be moving to (feel free to email a reply if you don't want to say so publicly)? If your Wikipedia input is - understandably - reduced, you'll be missed. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 11:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Good idea to start on the talk page and/or WT:ACTOR. I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be receptive to switching the backend, which would make maintaining the various class statements easier.  They would also most likely be receptive to some sort of tweaks to make the field names match up (e.g., Infobox dancer).  I recall they removed the awards section at one point, along with "children" and "parents".  As far as the new job goes, I will have to think about how much I want to disclose and send you an email. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If you did; I didn't receive it. Hope it's all going well. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 00:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Now at TfD. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 08:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Boston Harbor Hotel
This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log for the page are provided below for reference.

03:48, 7 August 2009 Plastikspork (talk | contribs) deleted "Boston Harbor Hotel" ‎ (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.bhh.com/about.htm)

Please explain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.105.154.20 (talk) 20:23, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Large sections were cut and paste from the hotel's website, which is indicated to be under copyright. I restored the lead section, but the rest has too much similarity with the hotel's website.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:18, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

EC at WP:TFD
Thanks for removing that edit conflict at WP:TFD. I,m not sure why I didn't notice myself, I guess I just checked the edit had been accepted and looked OK without checking what was above it. Yeah, with the section number editing, I've seen the same problem at T:TDYK – it's probably more common there as that page gets edited more. I can understand why WP goes on section numbers (in case there are duplicate section titles) so I suppose we have to live with it.

I am sure my comments were most interesting anyway. Si Trew (talk) 05:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)


 * By the way I hope you enjoyed your real-life break and your WikiBreak (since I am assuming you won't read this until you are back). Best wishes and thank you for all your hard work – I do notice it, even if I sometimes disagree with you, you are a superb Wikipedian and a downright credit to everything it stands for. Si Trew (talk) 00:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

TFD/H removal of Template:Infobox TransLink (SEQ) train line colour
Why did you pull the template from the holding cell? I am in the process of orphaning it. All usages of the template on other templates have been pulled 3 days ago, and I am waiting on the job queue to update the list of articles. &mdash; Train2104 (talk· contribs· count· email) 19:38, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I pulled it due to the fact that QR color didn't exist at the time that the discussion was closed. However, since it is a simple replacement of one template with another, which seems a bit odd, I suppose it's not that controversial.  I will go ahead and deleted it after I purge all transclusions to make sure it is indeed orphaned.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  00:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * QR color should not have a documentation page, it is a color template intended to be used with Rail color box and S-line, and usually should not be used on its own. I already orphaned the old one. &mdash; Train2104 (talk· contribs· count· email) 00:15, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * All templates should have documentation. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 00:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

US-president-row
Might you have some time to help with US-president-row? If so, I can explain what's needed. If not, no worries! Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 16:03, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, I can probably help, although I suppose that depends on how much time it will take. I will send you an email per the thread above.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  01:52, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Editing
I would appreciate you NOT reversing my edits. There is no clear and/or concise reason for you to delete outside links to the pages in which you are revising. If this continues to be an issue I will have no other choice but to report you and you may be removed from future editing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Losangeles22 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Did you actually read the message that I posted on your talk page? It provided several helpful links about thinks like WP:MOSBIO and WP:REFERENCES.  You may also be interesting in learning about how to sign your posts.  You just use four tildes, and it automatically signs and dates your post for you and you won't need some bot to come along and do it for you.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  01:52, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Krista White Stats
I absolutely agree that unsourced BLP violations are without a doubt something we should avoid like the plague. I did put a comment in the acceptance that I had double checked the figures on the Wilhelmina New York portfolio |here and |here. As such, I didn't see it as a violation, just not having an appropriate source, which I have been looking for. If you'd still say that that was a violation, then I apologise, and will be more strict in future. -- WORM  MЯOW  06:37, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * So long as the text is immediately followed by a WP:RS inside say a couple <ref ></ref>, then I am more than happy to have it in the article. Thanks for the feedback. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:02, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank semi-spam
Thanks for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. I hope to be a net positive! Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 15:09, 24 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I was happy to support. I'm sure there is some appropriate Spider-man quote about great responsibility. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:02, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Julie Stoffer
Could you please remove pending changes from Julie Stoffer? It appears this was in response to one bit of vandalism and such protection doesn't appear to be within the scope of the pending changes trial as it currently exists. Hobit (talk) 11:52, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, I will remove it. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 16:02, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Depending on how the RfC goes, this might end up being a good candidate for pending changes! Hobit (talk) 20:18, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for helping me with the Template:Infobox television episode/sandbox code. I'm completely lost when it comes to these things. All seems to be working now. Thank you very much.–FunkyVoltron talk 14:46, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. I responded further on Chris's page. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 14:48, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you think it's ready to be implemented now? The image thing will certainly mess things up in a lot of articles, but I suppose it's a necessary transition.–FunkyVoltron talk 15:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * What is the image problem? I can see if I can fix that as well. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:57, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Images will appear like this because most, perhaps all, television articles call on images in that fasion.–FunkyVoltron talk 16:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You're fast. That almost solved it. The Image size field is not included though. [[Image:Through the Looking Glass.PNG|250px]] is how most articles call on images. Isn't there some bot that can take the number before "px" and add it to the "Image size" field while moving the file to "Image". That would solve everything.–FunkyVoltron talk 16:06, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Image size foo does nothing in the live template. It is a dummy parameter that does nothing.  The size of the image is currrently specified at the level of the transclusion. Thanks for the additional season list example.  I will work on it as well. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, I should've looked that up. Do you think the Previous/Next fields will work like that without errors? I tried to make the box more dynamic than the current.–FunkyVoltron talk 16:17, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't checked that yet. What we should do is create a "testcases" subpage with as many possible examples as possible, and do a side-by-side comparison of the sandbox with the live template (e.g., what is done at Template:Infobox settlement/testcases or other templates).  Once folks are satisfied that there aren't any problems we can roll it out.  I can help out a bit more but not for a few hours.  I have another appointment soon. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  16:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * All right, I added three test cases to the testcases page. As you can see, I've moved the "directed by" field above the writer fields. I did this subconsciously because I was using Infobox film. That is easy to change, obviously.–FunkyVoltron talk 16:45, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Using a stripped-down season list works well with the sandbox template, I've discovered. I've added a fake season list to the second test to try this out.–FunkyVoltron talk 16:57, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I've been experimenting, trying to get it to hide the season list. Is there a way to make one header collapsed but not the others?–FunkyVoltron talk 20:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * All right, I found a half-decent way to display season lists in one header, overriding the header's default color with white. The snag, of course, is that it only works with season lists that are as simple as my little guinea pig.–FunkyVoltron talk 21:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I got it to work, using your code, although a border is clearly visible. I do think it should be contained in one field.–FunkyVoltron talk 21:09, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The collapsible feature is a nice touch, but might be better to have inside the template for the season list, rather than in the main template? The outer border is not so good in my opinion, and it would be better to split this field back into two.  As a general point of procedure, I think we should start by making something that is as close as possible in appearance to the original.  That should be relatively uncontroversial, and easy to get consensus for implementation.  Once that is achieved, we can look into adding more features or tweaks.  There are some exceptions in that we should "bend over backwards" trying to get the CSS tweaked so that it matches exactly if the default value (without any custom CSS) is reasonable.  We should strive for simplicity, and try to reduce the number of hacks.  This is just my opinion.  Thanks for all the hard work. I think we are getting close. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I tried that. It looks like this: either an empty space or a redundant header text, though I suppose it makes for nice, clean code. Of course, I was just experimenting with a possible improvement. As it is, it closely matches the current infobox. What else do you think is in need of overhauling?–FunkyVoltron talk 21:40, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean about the redundant header text. That could be fixed by using something else within the episode list, like say a date range, or something.  Or it could be fixed by removing the header entirely from the box.  The only other minor difference that I see is that Infobox uses a hardcoded value of cellpadding=5, where the current template does not.  This leads to some extra whitespace and some unexpected line wrapping (last example).  However, could be dealt with by modifying the season list templates on a case-by-case basis (in my opinion).  It seems like it is fine the way it is right now.  We should have Chris have a look as well.  I can't really do much more with it due to time constraints at the moment. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:26, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

UK place
We now have a full set of locator maps of Wales and Scotland. See the bottom of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scotland. Given that you said parsing the UK place infobox would be difficult I've made a suggestion for both Scotland and Wales to have a seperate infobox to make programming it easier. Other than that I propose a converison to infobox settlement for Scotland and Wales.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  13:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for creating the maps and the pointer to the discussion. I think forking the box would be a bad idea.  The better path forward would be to "refactor" the nested case statements in the subtemplates, perhaps splitting them into multiple ones.  All this would happen in the backend, rather than making a new frontend.  I agree that converting the backend to call the settlement infobox would also be a step forward.  Now if I only had a bit more time at the moment ...  Thanks again! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:14, 26 August 2010 (UTC)


 * No need to worry about it now. I've updated Template:Infobox UK place/local to show the new Scottish and Welsh maps. -- WOSlinker (talk) 19:07, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Your efforts are appreciated.  You have more patience than I do when it comes to spaghetti code. Plastikspork (talk) 21:11, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks incredibly complex. I thought you said is was complicated stuff Mr. Plastikspork? The programming looks relatively straightforward compared to others I've seen. Beyond my templating skills though!! <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld 
 * I can't tell if you are being sarcastic. If you are, please use the sarcasm tag, or indicate otherwise.  If you aren't, then I'm not sure why you would place such a post on my talk page.  The diff you provided is quite large, and includes several nested case statements.  As you said, it is beyond your skills, which I would classify as being "complicated".  Regards. Plastikspork (talk) 21:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Aw lighten up. I wasn't certain if you were genuinely bafflied by it or were genuinely too busy to attend to it thats all. I didn't think there was any coding that ever tested you!! I was surprised how quickly WOS did it that's all but I believe he had something to do woth the UK template anyway so is very familiar with how it works.<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  18:27, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It sounds like you found someone with more time and patience I have at present. I'm glad you were able to resolve your issues. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  18:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, I think it is his programming anyway so has a bit of an advantage... Sorry if it seemed like I was "rubbing your face in it" so to speak. Nobody has been a greater help with templates ( or impressed me as much as you with them) than you on wikipedia.. Moving house eh? Must be extremely stressful!! <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  12:54, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is stressful. Thanks for the note. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:53, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:Infobox park
Good to see that you've been active. I had to clean up one article because of your modification to the <tt>park</tt> parameter as the page name was no longer available if the park name was not specified. I fixed it so that the <tt>park</tt> parameter is now required. I checked all articles that transclude the template. I also edited the documentation. I agree that the default values are generally adequate but I think there is too much the top and bottom padding of rows. I might reintroduce that change. – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  20:18, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree, removing the whole is the best.  I was trying to keep the functionality the same.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

TfD removals and edit summaries
When using SporkBot to remove or edit templates in accordance with TfD discussions, can you please tweak the edit summary so it links to the actual TfD discussion instead just generically linking to WP:TfD? Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 15:49, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, I will do that. Normally that is the default case, but it appears it didn't work this time. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:50, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you! ElKevbo (talk) 16:21, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

G.R.I.N.D. page
I'm in the process of making this new page, give me a little time. It is the first new page I've made, I have only edited before. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlespotenza (talk • contribs) 22:58, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I am giving you more time, which is why I didn't delete it yet :) By the way, if you want even more time, we can move it to your own user space for you to work on it at your leisure.  When it is ready, it can be moved back.  In fact, if someone does come along and delete it, just let me know and I can restore it in your own user space for you to continue working on it. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  23:01, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Would you be able to help me a little with it? I'm trying to upload the cover of the single to be the picture, but I'm a little confused as to how to upload it since there are so many restrictions. I don't think there is a copyright issue because the cover picture is on a lot of websites. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlespotenza (talk • contribs) 23:06, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Limited resolution album covers do seem to fall under WP:FAIRUSE. You will probably want to place Album cover fur on the file page. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  14:54, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

How do you upload the pictures though? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlespotenza (talk • contribs) 20:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If you check the toolbar on the left side of the screen, it should have an option for "upload file". This is the link to uploading.  If you need more pointers, you can try reading Uploading images.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

History merge of Ann XXX templates
Since you've history merged Template:Ann manga into Template:Ann, shouldn't the same be done to Template:Ann anime, Template:Ann company, and Template:Ann name for the exact same reasons? —Farix (t &#124; c) 22:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If all four were developed in parallel, then I can only history merge one of them. Otherwise, if you try to follow the edit history it would be all jumbled.  Is the one that I merged the best choice?  Or would you like to merge a different one instead?  Currently, the history of the others appear to be preserved by looking at the history of the redirects.  If you would prefer for me to split this off and undue to the history merge, I can do that as well.  Just let me know.  I only closed one of the discussions, so I wasn't aware of the potential for history merging the others.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  22:34, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * All four were developed in parallel with each other, so one template isn't "better" than the other. When Template:Ann was created, it merged the code form all four templates at the same time. Personally, I don't think it is appropriate to history merge only one of them. Either they all should be history merged or they all should not. —Farix (t &#124; c) 22:43, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, in that case I will reverse the merge and place the history behind the redirect as it was before. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  23:16, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Noindex
Looking for some clarification, but is there any reason in particular to not use a template in another template, such as here? Not that I expect the software to change from using noindex, but if it does at some point in the future, wouldn't it be helpful if it references a template instead of being hardcoded? I'm sure you have a reason for what you are doing, I'm just wondering what it is. Thanks, -- Terrillja talk  04:33, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * All transclusions of the magic word are already available in a category, so they are no harder to find than with "what links here". Substituting the template reduces the number of templates being transcluded on a page, which improves rendering speed, and reduces the chance of hitting the Template limits.  Given that this template is currently has over 600k transclusions, it would seem like a good idea to just simply bypass it and use the magic word instead.  However, some may disagree, and feel free to revert me.  Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  04:37, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Season list
Hey. I've opened the discussion of the handling of the season list here.–FunkyVoltron talk 17:40, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * No, you beat me to it by a couple of months.–FunkyVoltron talk 17:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Infobox Futurama episode
Thanks! I admit I was a bit confused and had to basically just try something until it worked. Thanks for streamlining that.  .: Alex  :.  05:40, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

A request
Hi Plastikspork,

I would like to ask you to deliver Yopie this warning message as an uninvolved administrator:

The Arbitration Committee has permitted administrators to impose, at their own discretion, sanctions on any editor working on pages broadly related to if the editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. If you, you may be placed under sanctions including blocks, a revert limitation or an article ban. The committee's full decision can be read at Requests for arbitration/.

The user has been caused me a lot of chagrin by wikihounding and trolling, for which I promised him to be reported at ArbCom and that I am ready to redeem. Of course I am able to prove my assertions by diffs if needed. However, the process requisites a prior warning by an uninvolved administrator and that is why I need your succour. Regards,--Nmate (talk) 14:22, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm currently extremely busy moving at the moment, but I will see if I can get to later today or tomorrow. If you want more speedy action, then you should feel free to ask another admin. Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  15:27, 6 September 2010 (UTC)


 * No rush at all. My problem is not urgent, howevever, it is persistent, unfortunately. If you would be so kind as to devote some meagre amount of your time to my case tomorrow afternoon, that would be fine for me.--Nmate (talk) 15:57, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Look, there is a user whose English is very very "puny". While I readily admit that my English is yet far from perfect, it is juttingly obvious that Yopie is unable to fill even a sketch type of vandalism or 3RR report in correct English. I am not telling that his English is absolutely undecipherable but he is unable to make substantial edits to the English Wikipedia. So that it is safe to say that here on English Wikipedia, the only thing that he can be adept at is nothing more than POV-reverting. But that should not be a problem yet in itself, however, he also has a strong penchant for wikihounding and making personal attacks aimed at Hungarian users. And because I am also Hungarian, it is a problem for me, unfortunately. I am often obliged to deplete my supply of 3RR when editing Wikipedia at articles in which he has never ever been interested beforehand because of his perennial wikihounding. And when I am trying to exhort him to stop wikihoundig, the user keeps denying that his acts were wikihounding. By the way, his opinion about Hungarians is outcryingly obnixious and the way in which he conducts towards Hungarians is ghastly spiteful and it glaringly displays  both when interacting with Hungarian users and when trying to edit Hungarian related articles or their talk pages with his tarnish English. The user often sends me  "vandalism warnings" on my talk page and his presumptuousness is culminated in sending me a warning about non English communication on my talk page.A user whose English is jumbled grammatically, warned me about non English communication. Also, the user twice denounced me on Wikiquette alert because I called his deportment sickly and that I told him that "rv wikistalking. It looks that Yopie needs to be humiliated by a community ban from editing wikipedia for indefinite time" in an edit summary while I was beseted with wikihounding and false vandalism messages by him.Interesting to note that he made a personal attack on me even in his Wikiquette alert-report. The user has more than a year of history of wikihounding by now. Right now I have no time to dredge up the diffs from his editing history, but if you so wish, I will do it tomorrow afternoon.--Nmate (talk) 19:23, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The movers just showed up early and are packing up my computer, router, etc. so I most likely won't have more than "smart phone" access to WP for the next 6 to 7 days. I have put in a request for another admin to have a look.  I am terribly sorry, I really thought I would have time today.  Thanks. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  13:26, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I issued the notice. --Selket Talk 16:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your time, Plastikspork--Nmate (talk) 17:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * You should thank Selket. Sorry I couldn't be of more help this time.  Best regards, Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:05, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Skyscrapers
Hi. I've moved the hotel list to User:Plastikspork/Skyscrapers. Any idea when you will convert them? When you are resettled perhaps?<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  21:43, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. I should have home Internet service set up within the next week.  Whenever that happens, and I am no longer depending on the kindness of coffee shops, I should be able to start on it. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  21:45, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Can you shade in the header background from white to the very light grey used for the col headers for Main Page alternative (encyclopedia). Can you also change the text font to something posher, the sort of elegant writing you'd see in an old encyclopedia providing it is legible.. I decided to create something a little different as an option with a knowledge theme..<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  12:03, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

hello...
i'd apreciate if you could not insult my subjects as everything i wrote about them is true... example is Andre Birleanu.... all it is written is written on a neutral point of view... i am not here to argue for endless hours, just asking for a human being to another to read material before you disect everything with your idee of what truth is...i added over 50 links so there is no problems... please take your time and read them... this guy, this Andre Birleanu is a supermodel... thats who he is, that's his job !!!so why is deleted and repleced by model... there is a diference you know... it's not just a word to these people, it's their career, please respect it... and again, read the links for better understanding of the subject... if you dont understand the subject or the nature of this industry then my friend, please do not ruin my work by deleting vital things just to cut the form you like... i dont see you cutting Brad Pitt's article to pieces.. tell me why is that... if someone is the best then he is the best... why do i have tosay he is just ok... ? when article in 23 languages say so ?

again.. please, i dont want to fight .. ijust want to read a true article that we all contributed too with links from all over the world.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andre Birleanu (talk • contribs) 19:17, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your feedback. You called him "your subject", but [ here] you claim that you are Andre.  So which is it?  You should probably change your user name if you are not Andre, since it has triggered a WP:COI and WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY flag. In any event, you will want to read WP:OWN, since it is not "your subject".  I have cut language per WP:PEACOCK.  The sourcing is not very good per WP:RS.  Far too many blogs.  The term supermodel is discouraged as it is not a well defined term.  Who certifies a model as a "supermodel".  I do understand WP:BLP quite well.  I would suggest you read that as well. As far as Brad Pitt is concerned, I don't see how that applies.  Brad Pitt is an actor, Andre Birleanu is not an actor.  I edit thousands of articles, including many biographies of living people.  You can check my contributions.  You can check your contributions as well. Apparently Andre is the only thing that you are familiar with, and you don't edit any other articles. I am happy to have another editor have a look as well, but I am afraid that WP:PEACOCK words such as "strong" and "strongest" and "supermodel" will not last long in this article.  Thank you. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:35, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Just wondering, but do you live in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania? --UnknownFork (talk) 22:05, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * No, you must have me confused with another spork. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 01:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

ECPI Post should be deleted
Criteria_for_speedy_deletion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.78.139.60 (talk) 16:14, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a link to the article? Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 02:20, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

m to ft in
Hey, thanks (I knew the bug would be something stupid like that)! I'm a bit surprised that convert is having problems with the conversion this basic (which is why I never bothered to fix this template), but I'm glad you caught it and made it usable once again. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 13, 2010; 13:13 (UTC)
 * Yes, it turned out to be more complicated. Now if only we could figure out why  has the occasional hiccup. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

New dates conversion script
This is merely a courtesy note to inform you that I have written a script, whose objective is to render article dates compliant with WP:MOSNUM. I have integrated code directly copied from you. -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 05:36, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Great. Let me know if you want me to help with anything. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Rayons of Azerbaijan
Hi. I've noticed a lot of the rayons either have crappy infoboxes like this or none at all. Can you add decent infobox settlements to them?<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  21:34, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That should be possible. I am still waiting for my home web access to be set up. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

First priority of course though is to ensure you have adequate cutlery... Don't want you running out of utensils now.[ Oh I noticed Dogana and San Marino has dodgy infoboxes too, luckily there aren't too many articles for it though..<em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black"> Dr.  <em style="font-family:Calisto MT;color:black">Blofeld  11:25, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Tracking category in Template:Infobox person
Hi, I'm just wondering what the purpose of is and whether or not it is still required. Regards. PC78 (talk) 11:14, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It was being used at one point in time, but it could probably be deleted or repurposed. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 19:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

The Challenge: Cutthroat spoiler leaked
Hello Plastikspork. On The Challenge: Cutthroat page, I was unfortunate to notice that SOMEBODY recently dropped a spoiler in the article, as well as in the Revision History section (it was reverted shortly after). I WILL NOT say here what that spoiler is, and I thought I'd forewarn you that if you DO NOT want to know what that spoiler is, then you may want to shield your eyes (from the right half side of your computer screen) from the Revision history of The Challenge: Cutthroat section for the date of September 18, 2010. Because of this, I recommend semi-protecting the Cutthroat page for a period of three months (which, assuming the season has 10 episodes and a reunion special, will cover the duration of the season) before someone else decides to spoil things again for everyone. I know that it will happen, just like the previous Challenge season (Fresh Meat II). Thank you. DPH1110 (talk) 05:15, 19 September 2010 (UTC)DPH1110
 * Done. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 01:57, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage
Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:44, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

A task for SporkBot
When you are done doing Do not delete, can you run the bot through all of the entries on this list? There are 4000 entries on the list, but only 407 have more than 10 transclusions, 26 over 100. The first one (WPBannerMeta/collapsed) is similar to in that there are very few true uses (i.e. null edits will be needed). Also, Pending deletion has no true transclusions at all and can be skipped.

Note: Many of these are userboxes and other things that are not mainly used in the articlespace.

Thanks! &mdash; Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 18:55, 12 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, I will have a look in a few days. I am still in the process of moving, with no web access from home. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  19:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Now started. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 05:12, 22 September 2010 (UTC)