User talk:Tariqabjotu/Archive Eleven

Happy first-edit anniversary!


I noticed it's the anniversary of your first edit today, so thought I'd pop by with a cake I made!

EvocativeIntrigue TALK 23:38, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks a million! I can't believe it's been that long... --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 00:22, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem! EvocativeIntrigue (Managed to mess my signature coding up!) 00:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Mosque
After inclusion of Bat Ye'or the article cannot be neutral any more. As her biasness is well-known. I suggest that this article is removed from feature article/good article status. What are your thoughts? --- Faisal 07:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Happy wiki-Birthday
Hello friend. I wish you a very happy wiki-birthday. BTW, I learnt of the same from Esperanza. All the best for the coming year! --Bhadani 08:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the congratulations. I really appreciate it. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 04:07, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

First edit anniversary
Salutations, Mr. Turner. I just wanted to wish you a happy wiki-birthday, on behalf of all of us at Esperanza! Happy editing, as usual, as well. Regards, M e rovingian { T C @ } 12:17, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Happy b'day mate. Szvest 12:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up&#153;

jaranda page
Obviously it looks ok on your browser, but have you checked others? This is the screen shot from my computer (safari). The problem, in my view, is that by not having a fixed width for the pin image cell then that cell in the table can be of variable size. As soon as it increase from 80 px the all-brown background is visible and it breaks the edge of the paper at the the top, as you can seen in the screenshot. Did the pin image cell remain a fixed size in your own browser? If so, I assume this is because the the 50% width you specified for the neighbouring cells that caused it too remain small. Clearly this does not work in all browsers. After i made the changes did it look wrong on your browser?

Also, on my screen, the colour definitely does not match. the colour i substituted was the exact match according to photoshop. Did it look wrong in your browser? David D. (Talk) 16:44, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The original looks perfect in Mozilla Firefox and reasonably perfect in Internet Explorer, the two browsers I looked at when I originally made the page. Since I made the image, I know for a fact that the background color is in fact the same color as the background color for the pin. The best option may just be to redesign a less complex page. I don't want to divert an unnecessary amount of resources away from the main objective of Wikipedia, building an encyclopedia, to dealing with the inconsistencies in web browsers for a user page. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 16:57, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, re: wasting time. But I am interested, did the changes i made mess up Jorges page in your browser? By the way i think what you did is very creative. David D. (Talk) 19:23, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

It just dawned on me that the differences with respect to colours are due to the limitations of web colors (see figure to the right). Comparing the two shades of brown we were using (D5A96C and CC9956 respectively) neither equate to a standard web colour, although both are similar. The real colour that should be used is #CC9966, and will be universal with respect to different browsers and monitors. i hope you find this useful David D. (Talk) 21:12, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, those changes did mess up the changes in Jaranda's... er... Jorge's browser. Regarding the web colors, I thought that perhaps that may have been the problem, but I perished the idea because the it's 2006 after all; the idea of web-safe colors ought to be outdated. Safari hasn't quite caught up. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 01:34, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Initially it never crossed my mind it was a safe color issue. Anyway at least we are more aware of the imcompatability issues. i had not realised there were such large differences possible between browsers.  David D. (Talk) 03:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * So i just tried it with a mozzilla based browser and the only thing my edits mess up were the colours. The fixed 80px for the pin image cell didn't messup the formatt. i will make that formatting edit again, but this time without changing the colour.  At least that way safari users will see the pinned pieces of paper the way they should be seen, rather than with the unsightly brown gap at the top (see screen shot above. The colour differences are tolerable, so that is a trivial problem. David D. (Talk) 03:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Not quite; it now looks even worse in Internet Explorer (Win XP); it looks very similar to the screenshot you took with the images off-center, but the colors are in coordination. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 03:58, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * It does? Sigh, so mozilla, explorer and safari all look different. I don't have explorer to check.  Before you revert it, could you please get a screen shot?  i don't understand why explorer would reject that code.  I can't guess without seeing the end result.  if you get a screen shot can you e-mail it to me or just upload to wiki, thanks. David D. (Talk) 04:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

thanks for catching that
How did you guess I'm a Mergeist at heart? You convinced me to advocate clemency for Jaranda! -- nae'blis (talk) 19:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

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Vandalism notice
Joturner... you can imagine my surprise to see a vandalism notice on my talk page. Especially with respect to the United States Marine Corps, as I am a co-coordinator of the Marine Corps Portal. Glad to see that you quickly noticed that your notice was in error. I do appreciate your vandal fighting efforts for all articles, including USMC. &mdash;ERcheck (talk) @ 03:49, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Belated Congrats
For you first edit anniversary. Keep up the good work. GizzaChat  &#169; 04:12, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks it's never too late. I hope I'll still be around for number two. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 04:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

And from me too. Hope to see you next year at the same time.Blnguyen | rant-line 04:22, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you, thank you very much. Please, no pictures; I haven't put on my makeup. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 04:24, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose per Where?
Do you realize that you voted oppose for Benon's nomination but said you concurred with Where, the nominator? --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 02:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I did not say I concurred with Where, that was Lethe who did that. I'll let him know. — Mets 501  (talk) 03:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sorry. That's what I meant. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 03:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. — Mets 501 (talk) 03:26, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

vandalism on your userpage
I just wanted to let you know that I have removed some of the vandalism on your userpage and I have also attempted to remove any personal info that may have existed. In addition I have protected your userpage in order to prevent such vandalism from occuring again. If you have any questions, please let me know. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 04:25, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for protecting my user page (although, for the record, that wasn't my telephone number and 942 is a non-existent area code). --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 04:30, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Birthday thanks
Thanks for the birthday wishes. :) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ /?!  05:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
For reverting the vandalism to my user page :) Viridae Talk 07:40, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment from 210.86.32.50
Why are you reverting changes on the Havelock North High School page? How do you know that isn't true. It is. You are commiting "delete vandalising". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.86.32.50 (talk • contribs)


 * The edit I reverted on the Havelock North High School page fell under Attention-seeking vandalism as it appeared to be nonsense meant to insult Asian students at the school. However, I hope this one incident does not discourage from continuing to edit Wikipedia and I apologize if you were offended by the reversion. If you feel like that kind of information is factual enough and important enough to be in the article, you are welcome to bring up the matter on Talk:Havelock North High School. I would also recommend that you register for an account by clicking on the link in the top-right corner of the screen. Note that because your IP address changes, the vandalism warning does not appear on your IP address. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 17:12, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for awarding me a barnstar and for your offer of help. I created a to do list for the migration here. "Updating the currentevents-url in quickbar" is a non-urgent update required at some point, something I haven't researched how to do yet. Since you were the founder of the WikiProject Current events you might find it interesting to help with that. Thanks again&mdash;Kayaker 22:30, 30 June 2006 (UTC).


 * I'm quite sure an administrator will have to take care of the quickbar change. When the portal becomes ready for its premiere, we could post something on the administrators' noticeboard. Also, take a look at some of the suggestions from the portal's talk page. I don't want to step on your toes, but the current events page is in dire need of a layout change regarding those right and bottom sidebars (the top one looks great). --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 22:40, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I hadn't confirmed the need for an administrator to do it, but I suspect you're right. With respect to your suggestions at Portal talk:Current events, I think its great that you're anxious to engage in that discussion.  If you've been following along on my proposal to move Current events into the portal namespace, you'll notice that I was anxious to minimize any initial layout and look-and-feel changes to Current events because of its maturity.  I also thought it would complicate things to combine the change I proposed with a broader change to the layout.  Once the dust settles on the move, I look forward to adding my $0.02 about your proposals, and I look forward to any mockups you end up creating to illustrate your ideas.  Thanks&mdash; 23:03, 30 June 2006 (UTC).


 * Alright; I'll leave things as-is and just create a mockup in the meantime. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 23:05, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Two issues from my to do list:
 * Resolve issue at Template_talk:In the news
 * Resolve issue at Template talk:Current events box
 * are related to changes you might want to include in your mockup. I haven't done anything abou them yet in order to minimize the side effects from the move.  Just something to consider.  Thanks&mdash; 23:20, 30 June 2006 (UTC).

RfA thanks
Thank you very much for your support for my recent RfA, which I'm quite happy to announce has passed with a consensus of 67 supporting, 0 opposed and 0 neutral. I'm glad I meet your criteria. Most of all, I'm glad you took the time to evaluate my candidacy, as I believe that's what keeps RfA running smoothly, and I'll be working hard to justify the vote of confidence you've placed in me. Please let me know at my talk page if I can assist you with any admin-related tasks, or just if you have any comments on my performance as an admin. Thanks! TheProject 02:16, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Protection of Main Page img
Done.-- May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91(review me!) 19:34, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Current Affairs Portal
Well done on the work you have done on this. It looks a lot better. Capitalistroadster 23:28, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks; I posed a question on its talk page (a minute after you posted) regarding the archival system. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 23:29, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The archival system looks more sensible too. Capitalistroadster 23:29, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Classy guy
Hey Joturner, I just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that the way you handle yourself on Wikipedia is top notch and that it was a true pity that your last RfA wasn't a success. May a future RfA see you to adminship. Cheers. Netscott 00:42, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Wow, thanks. I really wasn't expecting that (which makes the compliment that much better). --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 01:17, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Fair Use Image on Main Page
Image:Knox Johnston Golden Globe.jpg falls under fair use, and so theoretically, it should not be on the Main Page or the dozens of user pages which transclude the Main Page. Perhaps a free image, like Image:Joshua001.jpg...



...should replace it. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 16:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Changed. --  Zanimum 17:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Am I missing something? The image hasn't been changed. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 17:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


 * To late now, the article's off the front page. However, someone did at least temporarily change the front page image, I believe. Honestly don't know with this one, sorry. --  Zanimum 01:24, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Care to be identifed as a portal maintainer?
Since you are the founder of WikiProject Current events, and will be (I have no doubt) a future admin, and as someone with good ideas about improving the layout and organization of the portal, please consider adding yourself as a maintainer of Portal:Current events at Portal/Directory. While I've been a Wikipedian and regular contributor since it has about 100,000 articles, 99% of what I do is done without logging in and therefore outside of the community. All of these reasons as well as your enthusiasm for current events, portals, etc. lead me to hope you'll consider identifying yourself as a maintainer. Kayaker 18:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC).


 * Thanks for the suggestion; I'll add myself to the list. By the way, would you consider moving the portal to People and Society? It doesn't seem to go along well with the other portals in the History section, which relate to (mostly) ancient history. However, current events seem to deal with issues that affect society today. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 18:53, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


 * My rationale for its present location is that current events are nothing but very recent history (the phrase "current events" could more accurately called "recent past events" though that kind of precision would actually confuse people since everyone knows what "current events" means as a phrase). It doesn't fit in any of the categories perfectly but short of giving it a category of its own, I think its present location is as good as any.  I had to add it to multiple places where that categorization is used so several changes would be needed if you and others became really enthusiastic about such a change.  Kayaker 19:02, 2 July 2006 (UTC).

Moscow
Please do not delete info even if it is unsourced--Nixer 19:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


 * There's nothing wrong with removing information from an article if it's not important or not written well. We shouldn't just keep information in the article just because it was there originally. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 20:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

My Sig
Yeah, I know. But I've been using this name for over a month now, and it's stuck on me now. (not literaly of course). — The King of Kings 21:15 July 03 '06

IRC
If you do it my way, you download a decent browser, then click on the relavent link on IRC channels and follow a few simple steps to set up a chat account. Incidentally, the user involved ('Cousin') has just logged off. Let me know if you need a bit more help (though I'm no IRC expert!). Petros471 21:42, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Alright; thanks. It doesn't seem to be working in Firefox for me (although I don't want to denounce Firefox). I'll go use Opera. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 21:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

RC patrol
Hi, I just noticed this revert - I think the user is correctly cleaning up a number of AfD tags after the AfD noms had been withdrawn. AvB &divide; talk  23:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay; thanks for pointing that out. I'll post a message on the user's talk page. Sorry about that. --  tariq abjotu  (joturner) 23:35, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

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My Birthday Message
While I'm giving a generic thanks on my talk page to all, I wanted to shoot you a personal thanks for the humor in it. The picture really brightened it up. Happy editing to you! T e  k  e  03:38, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:ESP/UPA note
Greetings, Joturner. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Fir0002  for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.

If you'd like to participate in the contest again, check by the contest page in a few days and sign up. See you around.  fetofs  Hello! 12:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

RE: Keeping it Civil
Hi. No you weren't in the group. Cheers TigerShark 19:45, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


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