User talk:The Herald/Archive 28

Thanks
I hope now the picture will get updated by itself and I won't have to manually update it. You only changed the capital P to small p-- Cosmic Emperor  (talk) 08:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * My pleasure..-The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 14:22, 24 March 2015 (UTC)


 * once again the same problem . As if everyday someone has to edit and refresh my userpage to show the latest images. Why this is happening to me only ?. --  Cosmic Emperor  (talk) 09:34, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I have edited it..Plus, please donot ping me when you edit in my talk page. I am already notified..-The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 12:41, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

It didn't work, once again : so i tried this Cosmic Emperor  (talk) 04:38, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

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FC History
Edit conflicted just after I finished the rough setup. Overwrote you. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:28, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Good Adam. Cest fine. I don't think I can do all that stuff this week. Good to have you back...-The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 03:48, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Just to warn, I have three more performances of the Pirates of Penzance yet, so I wouldn't consider myself back yet... =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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Please stop
The April Fools' XFDs are disruptive and waste a lot of administrative time. Please stop. Nakon 03:17, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????---The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 03:17, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Which one is which?
Hey Herald: Is your user name about a newspaper, a herald, a messenger, a harbinger, a moth, a proclomation, Herald (disambiguation)? It's so confusing...which one is it? What's up with that? North America1000 03:31, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * @North America,Is this a joke or if not, see User:The Herald/Subsidary Userpage..BTW, thanks for the image (your selfie, I presume)....-The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 03:51, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Nice. Gotcha! North America1000 04:46, 1 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Wait an hour to wish you the same..-The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 04:51, 1 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Ajax-loader.gif. North America1000 04:55, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

dlareH ehT North America1000 12:49, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

 * Thanks Atsme. I'm good. Just a bit busy with WikiCup..-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 02:30, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * @Atsme, BTW can you please run a copyedit on Nirmala (novel)?? -The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 10:21, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure. <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em; color:#A2006D;">Atsme  &#9775;  Consult  10:25, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Question - I just tightened up the syntax in the lead paragraph and will work on the rest, but first I wanted to propose some additional changes to see what you thought regarding the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs:

Lemme know...<span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em; color:#A2006D;">Atsme &#9775;  Consult  12:45, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Anything which will do good will be great. -The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 12:56, 30 March 2015 (UTC)


 * She's ready to roll. You might want to give it a quick read.  <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em; color:#A2006D;">Atsme  &#9775;  Consult  19:05, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Clarification
Hi, I just received your message on BigV Telecom edit. It said my edit was disruptive. I was following the wikipedia guideline that i needed to add a code to request a change in article name (page moving). Ofcourse now i managed to change it myself (iam new here), but i just wanted to know what exactly prompted the "disruptive edit" ?

Thank you.

Best regards, Raj — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajroy816 (talk • contribs) 05:55, 28 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Raj, welcome. Its good to move the page but your edit was found disruptive because,
 * This is how an article is moved
 * This is how a file/media is moved
 * You tried the second one, right? I am a file mover and saw it that you actually made the request to move a file, not an article. Well, that's not the big deal. But I prefer you to see one more whether such a move is necessary and if you find it good, just do it. Cheers!! Happy editing..-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 15:14, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-15
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Problems
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 * Labs was broken several times this week.

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 * Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed.
 * You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people.

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Legobot misplacing GA notifications by sending them to User:example?
Legobot has been sending GA notices to User:example. I set, so the notices should stop, but then I noticed that the nominations were not made under the name of User:example, For example, this notice was sent to User talk:Example, but the nomination on Good article nominations was by User:Czar, who didn't get a notification. I am not sure what is going on. Could you please look into it? --Guy Macon (talk) 23:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
 * @Guy Macon, I have notified Czar myself. But with the issue of the bot, I am helpless. May be the bot user can be of help...-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 11:16, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Tribuna of the Uffizi
Could you close this one for me. Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 20:35, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅..-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 03:49, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

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ITN credit
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Happy Easter!




Help needed!
Hi, I was editing, reverting and patrolling new user's contributions. When I came across a page Open world recently edited by. The edit was made without a source, i.e., a reference tag was placed but the reference was not a link, rather a copy paste (I guess). So, I reverted the edit and in his user talk page I mentioned what to be done. My best bet is he did not read my messages on his talk page ( which clearly mentioned how to add citations). Then after some messages back and fro, he understood what a link was. Then he edited the page mentioning the link. Now, the problem was the content. The edit he made was not actually a good content to start an article with with and the previous one was better! So, again I reverted. I'm now baffled by the response of the user in my user talk page User talk:Jaaron95- "Not good way to start an article!? Well now I learn from you that Wikipedia is a fictional source and here the style is more important from information. I edit Open world because I find better source of information. And you are censorship you have not right to be. In fact I do not need the link if I cited a book, but I find and provide a link. I tried my best, but you literally say 'fuck you'. Now I'm not sure shall I even ask the administration of the site for help, I do not know, maybe you are one of the administrators. But what you are doing is terribly wrong.--Ikcen (talk) 10:39, 7 April 2015 (UTC)" You can go through my user talk page history to find some of his replies. Also, the link he mentioned is not working. And now I'm staring at the screen not knowing what to do...! Can you help me? Should I feel guilty? --Jaaron95 (talk) 11:05, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm. While looking through the issue and the page, your talk page I mean, its pretty simple. You won the bet. He/she have not read your reply and hence just make him/her read it. Paste the reply in the talk page and wait. The bait ) must work. Make him read it and I am sure that it will do good. The defamatory content is offensive, which I'll take care. -The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 11:16, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will type in a reply stating that he should read the guidelines Citing sources. And I'll notify you if he makes the same changes in Open world. Thank you once again.--Jaaron95 (talk) 11:24, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep a calm head to all and yours is the world and everything in it, and you will be a Wikipedian my son....-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 11:32, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * All looks fine... eh? Didn't I tell you that the bait will work. Happy editing..-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength  19:08, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh, no...
Please don't tell me I've done something that made my mentor angry with me. SMirC-worry.svg <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em; color:#A2006D;">Atsme  &#9775;  Consult  01:13, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Never with you Atsme. It was an accidental rollback of the barnstar which I noticed now only. BTW, you are someone who goes to any limit to prove your say. Cest good. I don't even remember when I last edited at WP:ANI. -The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 02:17, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't like having to edit in those places, Herald. I'd much rather collaborate with kewl editors like you and so many others I've had fun working with, believe me.  Sometimes integrity gets in the way of having fun, and for me it's a call to duty. SMirC-super.svg <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em; color:#A2006D;">Atsme  &#9775;  Consult  02:58, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta.

Problems
 * Some wikis had issues on Wednesday.

Changes this week
 * The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
 * Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis.
 * All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias.

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Why did you revert a GOCE request?
Hi The Herald. I'm wondering why you did this? I've restored that request it for now, pending knowing the reason. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 09:36, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The page is in my watch list and was scrolling down on my newly acquired tablet to cause an accidental rollback. Thanks for your revert. A similar incident took place where I myself reverted my edit on the talk page of a user. She was given a barnstar by me..Scroll up to see her reaction..-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 09:40, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah OK, thanks. (No need to send me talkbacks, by the way, as I watchlist any talk page I post to. They are also unnecessary if you use Ping or Replyto.) Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 09:44, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Just like me. I too watch list my talk page posts. As a result, I have over 350 pages in the watch list. Its my character to send a talkback because you may not know whether the recipient watches you or not. Happy editing...-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 09:49, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Parent Trigger Entry
Just made edits and cited sources for the Parent Trigger entry. This is my first time so let me know if it's good now. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.89.0.47 (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Now that's good, I think. -The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 03:20, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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Featured Content
We would like to have a group discussion on Skype text chat with everyone on the FC team. In a few days, User:Go Phightins! will contact you privately to coordinate this. Please let him know about your availability if you are willing to participate. Thank you. Gamaliel ( talk ) 16:11, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Cest Great. But remember that I am in India and will sleep (only) after 1:00 AM IST.:-) -The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 16:26, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

A new reference tool
Hello Books & Bytes subscribers. There is a new Visual Editor reference feature in development called Citoid. It is designed to "auto-fill" references using a URL or DOI. We would really appreciate you testing whether TWL partners' references work in Citoid. Sharing your results will help the developers fix bugs and improve the system. If you have a few minutes, please visit the testing page for simple instructions on how to try this new tool. Regards, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:48, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Question
Stumbled across a GA PP article, Black Stone. GAs have stewards - hard to edit unless a collaborative edit to get promoted to FA. <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em; color:#A2006D;">Atsme &#9775;  Consult  00:19, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh! Dear me, I never meant Black Stone. I meant Taj Mahal.-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 08:25, 12 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh!! I have sooooo wanted to see the Taj Mahal, and it is still on my bucket list.  I came within a few months of being there, but the trip got canceled. SMirC-cry.svg I read the story - such a beautiful, romantic story.  I will joyfully give it a look. <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em; color:#A2006D;">Atsme  &#9775;  Consult  13:03, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Copyedit is most essential for the article, I presume..-The Herald <sup style="margin-left:0.5px">the joy of the LORD <sub style="margin-left:-47.5px">my strength 15:12, 12 April 2015 (UTC)