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Template:Timeline-links

Hi Andy. I see that {{Timeline-links}} (and {{UF-timeline}}) does not appear to function and does not appear to be supported any longer. Also, the site it links to (http://siatec.net/siatec/timeline/index.php) returns a 404. I thought it polite to raise the matter here initially as you may know what exactly is going on with it. Blackberry Sorbet (talkcontribs) 09:31, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. It's a pity that the siatec service is defunct; it would be good to find an alternative. Or perhaps someone might recreate it on our toolserver? The RDF link, though, still functions, so there are no grounds to say that the template "does not appear to function and does not appear to be supported any longer". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:06, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Yes, my mistake: I'd forgotten that I recently switched browsers and my current browser doesn't support rdf without adding the required widget. Blackberry Sorbet (talkcontribs) 11:35, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

A Boy was Born

Regarding your edits to A Boy Was Born there is a section on the talk page already, please make your case there rather than continuing to revert. Callanecc (talk - contribs - logs) 01:13, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

You appear to have neglected to castigate the editor who reverted me with a bogus claim in his edit summary. No doubt you will rectify that shortly. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 01:28, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
The editor who reverted you took it to the talk page. Callanecc (talk - contribs - logs) 02:12, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
Would you care to address what I wrote? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 02:15, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Summer Leys

Updated DYK queryOn 22 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Summer Leys, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Summer Leys (pictured) is a nature reserve of international importance for wintering wildfowl? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Summer Leys. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Request input

There is currently a content dispute at Pink Floyd. Your input would be appreciated.

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Template:Infobox settlement and Mexico City

Hi! I notice Mexico City is now saying its ISO code is invalid in its infobox settlement. But "nah" should be the correct ISO code for Nahuatl. Do you know what's going on? WhisperToMe (talk) 22:43, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Does it not have an ISO 639-1 (two letter code)? That should work. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:54, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Nahuatl language only has 639-2 and 639-3 WhisperToMe (talk) 23:26, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
First case of that I've ever heard of. I suggest we ask Mr. Stradivarius to add an exception to the template. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:31, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Gave him a message: User_talk:Mr._Stradivarius#Exception_needed_for_Infobox_settlement_and_Mexico_City_for_three_letter_language_codes WhisperToMe (talk) 23:33, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
I've reverted the change to Template:Infobox settlement for now, as there are probably more pages like Mexico City out there. There are about 150 639-1 codes in existence, but there are about 6000-7000 natural languages, so you can do the math. :) What we need to do now is work out exactly what language codes we need to support. I can think of the following possibilities:
  1. All of 639-1 and 639-2.
  2. All of 639-1, 639-2 and 639-3.
  3. All MediaWiki language codes.
  4. 639-1, falling back to 639-2 if necessary.
  5. 639-1, falling back to 639-2 if necessary, in turn falling back to 639-3 if necessary.
Once we know which one of these it is it shouldn't be too hard to code up, but I have a feeling that finding out which one it is might be the hard part. — Mr. Stradivarius 01:12, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Update: I've gone through and reverted all of the additions of {{Check ISO 639-1}} to infoboxes, as it looks like it was causing problems across the board. — Mr. Stradivarius 09:57, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Thank you; and apologies for this. I was under the impression that the HTML standard specified ISO639-1, but the situation is more complex, as this paper explains. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:45, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Officeholder

All the infoboxes with zh-hk are now messed up. See Tam Yiu-chung, Miriam Lau, Albert Ho etc. Anyway you can fix it? Thanks in advance.Lmmnhn (talk) 08:50, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

I've reverted for now, as it looks like we will need to rethink our approach. See the thread above for my thoughts on the matter. — Mr. Stradivarius 09:55, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 25 December 2013

Embedding infoboxes

Hey Andy,

Regarding the discussion of adding | relative as a parameter for the artist infobox you suggested that one could embed the artist infobox within person infobox until the | relative parameter was added. I've searched for the documentation regarding embedding infoboxes but cannot seem to find it. I was wondering if you might be able to help me out with that?

Thanks & Best, Alex Hollender

@AlexHollender: I have made the necessary change, by way of an example, in your sandbox. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:59, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
@Pigsonthewing: Thanks so much Andy - I really appreciate it! Been coding for a while but fairly new to Misplaced Pages editing. AlexHollender (talk) 22:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

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Infoboxes

Hi. Magioladitis says that you might be interested in the discussion, here. Cheers, Acabashi (talk) 05:23, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

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Well done once again Pigsonthewing

I agree with your merger proposal as unnecessary templates that are way too short are 'shunned', not used, QED I suggest also breach WP:ORG and WP:ADVERTISING so are as you point out incorrect. Since 24 December 1000+ articles with the template NHLE in are getting cluttered a wee bit with merger messages. Is it now time to stop notifications on so many pages that the NHLE template is subject to a merger debate? - Adam37 Talk 18:53, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

I've disabled the notifsaction on articles. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:21, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of C-Band All Sky Survey

Hi Andy, nice to bump into you again! Your submission of C-Band All Sky Survey at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Pgallert (talk) 20:39, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

@Pgallert: Thanks; I've replied there. Good to hear from you too, How're things going? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:07, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Ag, things are rather difficult. Apart from real-life trouble my outreach activities in the second half of the year were disappointing. Maybe 2014 will be better. --Pgallert (talk) 21:18, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
@Pgallert: Sorry to hear that. I don't suppose there's much I can do to help at this distance, but if there is, please let me know. Good luck! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:11, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 January 2014

Birmingham Rep Training - 'Homework' Review

Hi Andy

I've added more detail to the page I created for the first stage of the training at the Birmingham Rep held in December (page title: "Bunker Spreckels"). I've focussed more on practising linking to other Wiki pages, other websites, and the use of bold and italics (rather than the quality of the writing!).

If you have a few minutes to spare would you please have a look and let me know any areas I ought to update or correct please? Otherwise will hope to discuss at the next training session on Wednesday.

Thanks and Happy New Year.

Jonnierocketuk (talk) 16:44, 4 January 2014 (UTC)


@Jonnierocketuk: Looks good. Just needs some references, on the paragraphs that don't yet have them. See you soon, Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:53, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Magistrate of Brussels

Updated DYK queryOn 5 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Magistrate of Brussels, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the true painter of Magistrate of Brussels (pictured) was only identified in 2013? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Magistrate of Brussels. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 08:02, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I tried to see a less "naked" article next time: Amendment request: Include infoboxes in new articles which they create, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:30, 5 January 2014 (UTC)