User talk:SomeStranger/Archives/Archive-Jun2006

helpme
I am looking for functional if/then/else templates. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SomeStranger (talk • contribs) 02:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * User:Mboverload/AWB, and User:Mboverload can answer questions on his talk ... -- &infin;Wirelain 03:17, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah I know .. and i'm looking .. as are others, i suspect it's on meta but no real links yet ... &infin;Wirelain 03:35, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Aha, still under development Extended_template_syntax ... no wonder everyone was clueless. &infin;Wirelain 03:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * This was a trail of discovery to find 'See Wikipedia's Cateogory for If templates, which offers a fair array of "if defined"'s, "if parameter = value"'s, and so on.' -> stilllooking for where that is ... &infin;Wirelain 03:52, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * nevermind; Category:If templates and ParserFunctions should do ya! &infin;Wirelain 03:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


 * For if/then/else functions, see ParserFunctions. There's also a list of generally-deprecated templates serving similar purposes at Category:If templates.  Parser functions are preferred, mainly for reasons of database load. Of course, Template:If should probably be deleted now.  (The equivalent deprecated template is Template:Qif, for historical reasons.)  You may want to add db-author to your new template. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 04:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you think that I should put the template on Template:if? I did not technically create it and I guess it is not really my responsibility to remove. Should I list it under regular speedy deletion instead?-- SomeStranger  ( T  |  C ) 11:15, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I doubt it makes much of a difference. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 22:44, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for reverting vandalism on mortgage. Kimchi.sg 07:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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Thank you for fixing it! It looked weird when it said ... Parliament of Owls 02:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for all your help. There's a lot of stuff to learn! Parliament of Owls 03:51, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Gurch's RFA
Hi, I think you are mistaken. I did not mark your vote was duplicate. The vote below your's by User:Digitalme was the duplicate vote & so I indented it & marked it as a duplicate. I also indented the neutral vote you struck out (not as a duplicate but to exclude it from the tally). Relax, you haven't violated any policies but in fact have done almost everything right. But do remember to indent by adding a : in front of the hash symbol when you strike out or change your vote. This indents your cancelled vote & doesn't include it in the tally. BTW Good to see you taking part in Wikipedia's activities. If you need any help in the future, please feel free to contact me. Cheers. Srik e it ( talk ¦  ✉  )  17:07, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Vestigial structure
It is indeed supposed to link to the sentence I added in the introduction. I'm not very good at doing references and didn't want to muck the article up. I must confess that it is a second hand reference; it is cited in the talk.origins page, but I doubt that it wouldn't say the words that they say it says (if you can follow that...). If we can get hold of it, it's probably a good reference for the whole article as well. Skittle 11:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The book reference was what I was referring to above ^ since I didn't want to just include talk.origins. It is a source used on a talk.origins page that said:


 * Vestigial Organs and Structures
 * Vestigial organs and structures (also called vestigia, rudiments, or remnants) are reduced body parts or organs, often without visible function in the derived bearers, that were fully developed and functioning in earlier members of that phylogenetic lineage. These structures, sometimes described as atrophied or degenerate, are usually small in comparison with their relative size in ancestral generations or in closely related species. ... vestigial structures may have acquired new, less obvious functions that differ from the original ones. Hence, a vestigium should not generally be considered without function, or only with respect to its ancestral, adult roles.


 * apparently on pp 1131-1133. It seemed a better source for the statement than a talk.origins page. The whole section is probably a good source too. Skittle 11:50, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks! G .H e  02:24, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

GA nomination
Thanks for helping me in assessing articles. Just a minor thingy, articles can not be failed on the sole purpose of not following the WP:FOOT notation. Thus, if the article has enough references, it will qualify no matter how the references are formatted. Lincher 18:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Really? I guess I was holding my standards too close to that of the Featured article nomination process. Instead of just passing that article through I would rather have another user review it. I feel that my opinion is now invalidated, as I was a bit blinded by the lack of inline references.-- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 18:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's all good, I placed it in the disputed GA nom. Lincher 21:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

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JATS
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Thank you for your attempts to help.

We have a few users, who insist on reverting or edits without susbstance or discussion or any knowledge of the subject.

I do not know why they do not use the discussion page or the specilaist discussion forums on the subject, to sort out their views

Let us keep trying!

Ravi Chaudhary 14:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem, I do my best =)-- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 15:59, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch
Thanks for the support; yes, I'm working on the edit summary usage – Gurch 16:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Congratulations!-- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 16:54, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Nltowninfobox
Yes, please. I figured out how some things work, but there's obviously a lot more I don't understand. I'm really just trying to simplify things, since the vast majority of towns in Newfoundland and Labrador are very small and information on them is likely very scarce. It would be great if I could rip out the whole header section and replace it with a simple Image=, for display of a town symbol, be it a flag, a coat of arms, or a logo. Oz Lawyer  17:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I basically finished it. If there is anything I left out let me know.-- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 18:46, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for your work. And I hate to be a bother, but... could you put a section underneath the motto for a map of the location?  Also, what's the format for coordinates, and will they link to a coordinates page like in other infoboxes?  And finally, I can't link to a website in the website section by putting single square brackets around the site name.  Can that be fixed?  Again, thanks for all your work. Oz Lawyer  19:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, now it is completely finished. I suggest you move it to "Template:Infobox NLTown" to keep in line with the rest of the Infoboxes. If you want I can still make the timezone and governing body slots optional.-- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 23:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you yet again. I have a few tweaks I'd like to do, but instead of doing them yourself, maybe you could explain why things don't work when I try to do it myself.  I know that's probably more of a pain, but then I won't have to ask you again.  I was trying to tweak the top image to show the image smaller.  How would one do that?  I tried adding a |XXXpx bit in, but that didn't work.  I was also wondering how one would tweak the motto text to make it small like the word "Motto".  If there's a tutorial page instead that you could direct me to, that would also be good. Oz Lawyer  00:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Let's see if I can explain how I did the template. To sum it up quickly I used ParserFunctions to simulate conditional statements and inside of those conditional statements created the table and formatting.

The rest of the template is repetetive parserfunction use. If you want the "if" parserfunction to function as a check to see if the template is blank then you should do as follows:

I hope that covers everything. If you ever have anymore questions feel free to ask :). -- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 00:55, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar Thanks
Thank you. :-) Anonymous  _Anonymous  14:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem =)-- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 22:26, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Pro Milone
This now has an image (a bust of Cicero from the main Cicero page) and in my mind is now a very good and fine article. GA now, perhaps? Moreschi 12:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I had not actually reviewed it before (when I was requesting an image be added). After reviewing it I have determined that it is still not GA quality, and therefore have failed it. If you want to try to fix it up, I left my reasoning on the talk page of the article. Regardless of the actual text of the article, the image does make it look a lot better.-- SomeStrang  e  r ( t 13:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)