User talk:Tariqabjotu/Archive Fifty-Two

The Signpost: 9 May 2011
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News page balance
Hello, I'm not quite sure I understand why you reverted my recent change to the news page. There is more to a balance in the news feed than a simple geographic balance. Currently more than half of the articles in the feed are sports-related, and that is a poor balance of topics. I removed the other football story in particular because it hardly feels well balanced having two of them in the news feed at the same time. Owen (talk) 15:25, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Once again, you seem to be demonstrating how out of touch you are with the section. I guarantee you that at least 95% -- at the risk of saying 100% -- of the references to "balance" in the edit summaries in the recent history of ITN refer to balancing the left and right halves of the Main Page. By removing that item, you are introducing a large gap at the bottom of the right column (in OTD, obviously). I personally object to removing stories just because there are too many similar ones next to it, but even if I were in the same boat as you, there's nothing we can do here because the last story removed (presumably the one that'd replace the football item) was also a sports-related story (a Spanish sports-related story, no less). --  tariq abjotu  15:41, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 May 2011
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RE: "This must be an American thing..."
1 2 3 4 5... 狐 Déan rolla bairille!   20:07, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 6, 7, 8, 9, 10... Indeed, our article on AmEng/BrEng differences suggests hyphenation issues between the two variants are equivalent, and that hyphens should be used in compound adjectives. Long story short, "must be an American thing" (rarely do I read the inverse) is the last resort of grammar disputes, and often -- particularly when it's wrong -- sounds haughty. --  tariq abjotu  20:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Still reads exceptionally strangely to me. But I've too sore a head to argue such trivial matters; revert as you will. 狐 Déan rolla bairille!   20:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 May 2011
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The Signpost: 6 June 2011
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The Signpost: 13 June 2011
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Continued problems of the same stripe, following your close of a report
Hi. I'm appealing to you because you closed out this prior baseless 3RR Report. By his response to your close, he apparently disagreed with you and the other two editors who commented, rejecting your unanimous conclusion. The same editor, on the same article, is now intimidating me with the same baseless complaint -- now via warning -- on the same article. This, in addition to edit warring against consensus in a slow edit war, on the same issue for some days now. In addition, Off2 has warned him (as have I and others) against editing against consensus and edit warring. How can I have him stop? I've tried ignoring him, but this is now proving very disruptive. Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:35, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

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In The News for 2011 Egyptian revolution


Should we use the picture to try illustrate the numbers of the protesters? -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 00:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 July 2011
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The Signpost: 18 July 2011
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TFA blurb
Has paragraph removal been discussed? Do you realise that the removal of the paragraph was previously reverted? Also the blurb with a paragraph passed through WP:TFAR without comment. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 11:23, 20 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Please revert the para elimination. That was a deliberate experiment.  Yes, you've never seen it, but also yes, it's better writing.  Since you are an admin and I am not, you can edit my TFA's blurb boldly, but I cannot revert.  It's already been approved by the TFA director.  It's not an error, but an editorial choice.  Let's try something new once in a while...there just might still be things Wiki can learn...and I can contribute.TCO (reviews needed)  15:40, 20 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Peace bra. Appreciate your changing back to my version even when you disagree with it.  That shows a fairness.  Maybe we can work on the ring rodent some time.  ;-)TCO (reviews needed)  17:18, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

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Update Norway bombing and shooting blurb
Since you added the blurb to the main page for ITN regarding the bombing, I was wondering whether you could update it to include the shooting as well. See the proposed update here. Thank you. Hello32020 (talk) 20:59, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Just as I added this it got updated, sorry. Hello32020 (talk) 21:00, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

In The News for 23 July March in Cairo


Should we use this picture to try illustrate the numbers of the protesters? -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 14:28, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 July 2011
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ITN blurb
FYI, I've just posted this comment in relation to a blurb that you posted. -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 02:07, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 August 2011
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Template:Convert
Thanks for pointing out the "abbr" parameter. It struck me as odd to abbreviate one measurement unit and not the other. —David Levy 20:38, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Incidentally, if the desired plain text output is known, is there an advantage to using the template instead (e.g. the ability for users to implement custom display settings via CSS)? I didn't bother to pursue an in-template solution because I assumed that it didn't matter. If it does matter, I'll make it a point to retain the template in the future. —David Levy 20:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

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