User talk:SMcCandlish/Archive 60

=November 2011=

Cite4Wiki and Jetpack
I saw Cite4Wiki mentioned on foundation-l and, on downloading it, noticed that it wanted me to restart and hadn't been updated to the latest Firefox. I'm going to go look at your code, but I thought you might be interested in Jetpack to help you with maintaining the extension since it would mean you wouldn't have to worry about Firefox versions or force people to restart Firefox to get it to run. I happen to be good friends with the guy who runs the project, so even if you aren't interested, I'm going to see what it would take to get Cite4Wiki ported to run there. — ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 16:44, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds good! It needs work.  For one thing, it needs a proper settings window that allows you to set options like whether to use vertical or horizontal formatting. I never did figure out how to do that (previous author apparently didn't either). — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 23:43, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you have a source code repository somewhere? I'd like to work from that if I could. — ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 00:18, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Not yet, but good idea. I still have a SourceForge account, so I guess I can use that. Is everyone using Git these days?  They offer Git, SVN and Mercurial but not CVS any longer.  Looks like I need new version control software...  Any preference? — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 00:43, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If you don't have a preference and don't currently use a VCS, then I'm going to say git. Not that it is easy (Torvalds isn't know for creating easy-to-use software), but it is pretty good. And we can pull from each other.  I think I can get a repository set up in git hosted by the WMF.  I'll probably end up putting it there anyway, unless you have some objections — ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 01:07, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * But, now that I think about it, would you mind if I put it in the SVN repo hosted by WMF? I can do that right now.   I'm not sure if I can do gerrit right now.
 * Sure. I honestly don't even use SVN yet; I've been using CVS since the dawn of time.  Which of the post-CVS alternatives to use isn't something I have a set mind about. :-)   IIRC, the version that's publicly available is stable but missing some stuff I've added to it.  I guess I can commit that stuff later as a beta.  I haven't touched it in 6 months, so I don't remember where I left off anyway. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 01:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, committed. Now, to understand Jetpack. — ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 14:53, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, you should apply for Commit_access. — ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 15:08, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay. And vice-versa, you should register as a Mozilla add-on developer, so I can give you access to the "official" distribution channel. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 15:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Cite4Wiki4Chrome...
Hi there! I was just wondering if a Chrome port of Cite4Wiki was on the cards at all? I tried messing with the source code but I have no real knowledge of JS, XUL and the rest so can't really do anything about it. &mdash; Joseph Fox 15:39, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I hadn't thought of one, since I just use Firefox. Maybe after the stuff mentioned above is done a port will be easier. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 00:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Documentation headings
May I - again - draw your attention to Template talk:Documentation. I can't believe this is still dragging on..! Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:50, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Noted, thanks. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 14:26, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Snooker leagues
Category:Snooker leagues, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview  13:23, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

US Open USTA Wheelchair Tennis Championships
Instead of gobbing off please do some research. As you can see the tournament takes palce in St Louis not New York, has nothing to do with the Grand Slam event and just for you information is the oldest wheelchair tennis tournament in the world and is a Super Series event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.3.77 (talk) 22:40, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Replying at your talk page; this is about your edits, not whether or not I know as much about tennis as you. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 01:15, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Non-free files in your user space
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Hyphenation of "wholly owned" to "wholly-owned"
I noticed that you have tried to exempt Valley National 8-Ball League Association from the guideline on hyphens. However, it appears that the hyphen in "wholly-owned" is far from universal in legal circles:


 * A US Supreme Court reply brief that notes the phrase as used bu the US Congress


 * A report from the Office of General Counsel of the American Hospital Association

Besides, in the WP article, the phrase is not within a quotation, so it seems proper to use the typography that WP recommends. The guideline is very clear and quite specific. Chris the speller  yack  18:06, 30 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Don't be melodramatic. I did no such thing, and it has nothing to do with any particular article.  I exempted -ly constructions when they are terms of art, i.e. words and phrases with definitions much more specific and limited than the possible range of interpretations suggested by the incidental modification of one word by another. When used as a ding an sich instead of as a simple phrase, there's less room for ambiguity than there is if "owned" is simply modified by an adverb indicating wholeness or completion, with no hyphenation (e.g. it could be interpreted as "not subject to a lien or garnishment", when the intended meaning is "owned with no co-owners, not shared").  I never said it was always hyphenated in legal writing, only when used a particular way; for the same reason as in the article, "wholly-owned subsidiary" is in fact frequently hyphenated as a term of art in legal and financial writing (see examples below), despite WP's own use of it unhyphenated at Hyphen.  It has nothing to do with quotations, either, and I never made any claim about quotations. If your position has to rely on three blatant straw men like that, that's a strong sign that it has problems.  Also, finding a counterexample or two never disproves a general rule; name any rule in English grammar, in any field, and you can trivially find it broken, via Google, in seconds.  I really don't care. If you Google "wholly-owned" you'll find multiple recommendations of hyphenation and multiple recommendation of non-hyphenation.  Clearly there's no "real-world consensus" on the issue, so it's pointless to argue about. If you want it unhyphenated, I'll hardly editwar over it. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 19:29, 30 November 2011 (UTC)