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Tami Erin and the definition of vandalism

Hello,

Per WP:BLP, we don't add information about trivial arrests without convictions to BLPs. Removing such tabloid newspaper style content is most certainly not vandalism. Vandalism has a very strict definition here and is a deliberate attempt to damage the encyclopedia. These were good faith edits not vandalism.You really want to add material about a fight between roommates about pizza to a BLP? Really? Make your case on the article's talk page, which I will be watching. Cullen Let's discuss it 03:43, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics

Hi -- I'd like to mildly protest your addition of {{copypaste}} and {{self-published}} to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics. I got the information from both the Emmy website and the IMDB's Emmy award listings, and did not merely cut and paste the information. Trivialist (talk) 02:31, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

There's no perfect tag. Sorry if they sound harsh. But, WP does not allow an article to cite its own material. The cites have to come from a 3rd party source. The Emmy data is ref'd by cites to emmys.com. How about going to the Teahouse and getting a 2nd opinion? Cheers. Checkingfax (talk) 02:45, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

That's why I sourced from the Emmy site and IMDb. Would removing the references from the Emmy site help? Trivialist (talk) 02:47, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Head over to the Misplaced Pages Teahouse and do whatever they tell you. Checkingfax (talk) 03:00, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

I've just replied to Trivialist at the Teahouse, and I'd just like to point out that while it is not preferable, WP does actually allow an article to cite its primary source. Take a look over at my response in the Teahouse, where I've added links to the specific guidelines. Also, the Teahouse probably wasn't the right place to send Trivialist in the first place, the reliable sources noticeboard would've been much more appropriate. Thanks for your hard work on cleaning up articles, Jr8825 • Talk 09:53, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Transclusion

As noted at the Asiana Flight 214 article, transclusion makes no sense at all and there is insufficient support for any mention in the article of the prank at all. Apteva (talk) 07:41, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

thank you for the recent corrections! MichelleLily14 (talk) 14:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

FYI

I've removed most of your tags from W v. Registrar because they did not seem to be correctly applied. If you believe there is a neutrality problem, you are also required to state on the talk page what you believe the problem to be. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 19:50, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Double cheeseburger?

Thanks for your help with corsica account stub - appreciated - it links to so much else, its bit like a coriscan condundrum - clans, clandestine constitutional progressivism 100s of years before its time, and the usual suspects - thanks... sats 08:13, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Alfred Herbert Richardson

Hello Checkingfax. You recently moved a photograph of AHR from the Gallery to the article start. Thank you, that looks a lot better. I have been trying to work out how to do that ! The article I created has had a comment added in its heading that it is an Orphan, which it isn't as "Ernest Frank Richardson" is a link. The link seemed to have got lost at one stage. Could you possibly delete that comment for me? TimothyWF (talk) 16:05, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Checking linkrot

Hi, I saw one of your edits in my watchlist, placing/removing the linkrot template - I assume to access the embedded link to reflinks?

You might be interested in:

1. The WP:REFLINKS page itself, which lists a few methods of using the tool, that don't require adding/removing the template. From user-scripts, to browser-bookmarklets.
2. The Checklinks tool is related, and very useful.

(I tend to list useful tools like that, on my userpage, for easy access :)

HTH. –Quiddity (talk) 07:01, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Likewise, this edit added the template before it was removed in the next edit... that template says the article uses bare URLs when it has full citations. Placing it there, even if promptly remove a minute later is a disingenuous statement about the status of an article. Imzadi 1979 → 22:53, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Please reply, or give Misplaced Pages:REFLINKS#User script a try? It will be faster for you, and won't vex other editors! Thanks. –Quiddity (talk) 00:39, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Just wanted to say thanks for the corrections to my userpage! Keep up the good work! EnglishEfternamn*t/c* 01:04, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Darius McCollum / Typo?

Hi. Regarding this edit: your edit summary says "typo"; which typographical error did you try to fix? See also the explanation about ]b-type links at Help:Link#Wikilinks. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 09:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

link rot

Please check for link rot before you tag an article with the template. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:49, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Barnstar of Awesome

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Bitcoin vs bitcoin

Please see Talk:Bitcoin#Capitalization_:_Bitcoin_vs_bitcoin Chris Arnesen 20:41, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Checkingfax thanked you for your edit on Nelson Mandela.

Someone just deleted that edit, what should I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaakovaryeh (talk • contribs) 23:42, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Was it written to be impartial? If so, put it back up. Checkingfax (talk) 20:53, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Bitcoin

Hello Checkingfax, Please be careful when edit, you've removed the "Ƀ" symbol from infobox and not restored it. That's all, happy editing :)--Rezonansowy (talk • contribs) 16:28, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

User:Rezonansowy, User:Chrisarnesen removed the ฿ symbols and replaced them with '?'. I fixed a couple of them but missed the third one. Thank you for fixing it. See here. Checkingfax (talk) 17:10, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Oh, sorry for mistake. BTW thanks for fixes. --Rezonansowy (talk • contribs) 17:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

@Rezonansowy: My bad. I guess my text editor must not have been in utf8 mode. I'll be more careful in the future. On a related note, I almost never see people use either "Ƀ" or ฿. I'd argue we should remove those from the article or at least feature them in a less prominent place than the infobox. Cheers, Chris Arnesen 17:24, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

There's a better idea, let's use an appropriate template for it - {{Special characters}}. The currency symbol is for weird UTF thing like this, see US Dollar or Euro infoboxes for example. --Rezonansowy (talk • contribs) 17:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello, that's me again. Maybe you have errors in your text editor, like Chrisarnesen. Please see your last edit. BTW, what 'phantom box' you mean, can I help you? --Rezonansowy (talk • contribs) 23:10, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Bitcoin categories

Checkingfax, please read Help:Categories, you see that your category has been already added to Category:Bitcoin. --Rezonansowy (talk • contribs) 17:46, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Bitcoin Reception - Recentism

Hi - The reception towards bitcoin is an extremely rapidly evolving space and more so now than ever before - While it might appear slanted towards recent events, most nations haven't made comments on bitcoin until recently. Poland, Iceland and Norway all made their first comments this week. This part of the bitcoin article is likely to continue to avoid rapidly as more nations "weigh in" - In my view recentism shouldn't apply here :-) VinceSamios (talk) 22:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Odd section edit summary

Your edit had an odd edit summary in the part which is usually prefilled by MediaWiki when a section is edited. The section heading was ] but the edit summary instead contained <a href="/LeSean_McCoy" title="LeSean McCoy">LeSean McCoy</a>. This is the html code produced by ], but it shouldn't end up in the edit summary. Did you just click the "edit" link at the section and type "response" after the prefilled edit summary? Are you using any special editing tool? If you now click the edit link at Misplaced Pages:Teahouse/Questions#LeSean McCoy then does the prefilled edit summary say /* LeSean McCoy */ (as it should), or the wrong /* <a href="/LeSean_McCoy" title="LeSean McCoy">LeSean McCoy</a> */, or something else? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:46, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

I clicked on the button labeled: "<<Join this discussion" ... then I filled out my reply, put in the four tildes, and hit the: "Add my response" button. I did not use the Edit-source method of replying. There was no box for the edit-summary. Checkingfax (talk) 01:55, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I never use the "Join this discussion" link. I guess it goofs up when the section heading contains a wikilink. I will investigate further. Thanks! PrimeHunter (talk) 02:01, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

I never noticed it before and thought I'd give it a try. Cheers. Checkingfax (talk) 02:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

I have posted to MediaWiki talk:Gadget-teahouse/content.js#Section headings with a wikilink. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:22, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for cleaning up the bare url's. Your help is much appreciated. PhillySportsGuru25 (talk) 02:25, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. I made some other edits too. I hope you find them to be satisfactory and helpful to your end of getting a Good-Article status. Checkingfax (talk) 02:39, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Random reversion bot

Good job reverting Grover's material out of the knockout game page! That is exactly what one of your two revisions accomplished. The other left in the stupid sentence in the last paragraph of the lead. Even better job ignoring that the page is anything but informative or neutral. Three thumbs up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.225.252.201 (talk) 20:25, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Moraga, California

In this edit, I'm curious why you chose to delete those two links while leaving the rest? davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:29, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

There's probably fifteen churches in Moraga, several grocery stores, dozens of dry cleaners, etc. Do they all get an External Link? There's probably a less spammy way to do it. Checkingfax (talk) 04:38, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Typo

Lol. Thanks. --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:33, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm Chris Arnesen, well-intentioned editor with a niche interest

I notice that you directed me to the Misplaced Pages:Single-purpose_account page, which implies you think I may be in violation of Misplaced Pages:Advocacy or Misplaced Pages:COI. I read all three of those articles, and I'm here to assure you that instead I fall into the category of "well-intentioned editors with a niche interest". Is there something I did specifically to raise your suspicions? Is there something I can do to allay them? Cheers, Chris Arnesen 21:52, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Hey, Chris, you're doing a lot of heavy lifting on the Bitcoin articles. Good on you. I just wanted to point out that Bitcoin is the only thing you're doing. LOL. Have you ever thought of signing up for Suggestbot? Take care. Checkingfax (talk) 05:41, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Fast & Furious 7

It seems like you're in agreement with me now that removing the links in unnecessary. However, Dwayne Johnson isn't credited as 'Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson' in the Fast & Furious films: since his first appearance in Fast Five, he's only been credited as Dwayne Johnson. I can't revert any of your edits without violating the three revert rule, but would you be willing to undo your edit? Thank you Corvoe (speak to me) 16:58, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Checkingfax (talk) 17:56, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Third trial of David Camm

Thanks for your input. Can you give me more information on what you mean? What is a lead? Do you have any other suggestions? edit: gah! I'm messing up your page trying to post this. sooo sorry about that :-( Bali88 (talk) 05:25, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Bali88 and thanks for stopping by. See: WP:LEAD for an explanation of what the lead is. Also, go to any article and you'll see that all articles start out without a heading. They start with a "Lead". Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 05:38, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! I think I figured it out. Do you know much about how they require the citations? I have all the information cited but I was worried that somehow I messed it up. For instance, If I get three paragraphs out of one news article, can I put the citation at the end of those paragraphs? Or do I need to put a citation following every single fact in those three paragraphs? Bali88 (talk) 05:49, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

You can do what's called citation grouping. You give the citation a group name and then you use that group name in subsequent instances of the citation. Then, the citation is shown as an a, b, c ... etc. instead of a 1, 2, 3 ... show me where you want to do that, and I'll try to show you how to do it. Checkingfax (talk) 05:57, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Oh gosh, I'm sure that would be a better way to do the citations! Do you think they will reject it the way it is? What I was asking about is if I pull 10 different facts from a single article and post all of those facts in a couple different paragraphs, if it's okay to just put the citation at the end of the paragraphs or if I need to cite each individual fact. I'm not sure how picky people are about that. Bali88 (talk) 06:51, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hey, you had mentioned too many subheaders, is this a problem? I thought it made it more readable. Is this something they pick on when they review it for submission? Do you have any suggestions? Also, thanks for fixing all the little bugs on my page! Also, do you or anyone else think you can read through it and tell me if the article gives a clear picture of the case? I mean, it makes sense to me because I've been studying the case for awhile but I want it to be written so that someone without any knowledge of the case has a clear picture of what went on. Are there are any other helpful people that you know here on wikipedia who wouldn't mind reading it over? Bali88 (talk) 22:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I just feel like it has too many subheadings. Maybe I'm wrong. Checkingfax (talk) 00:43, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for all your help with my article. I appreciate it so much. What do you think of the style of the article? I attempted to merge this information with the "David Camm" article and all my work was deleted citing "unencyclopedic style" without any advice as to how to make it work. It was more than a little bit disheartening. Any advice? Bali88 (talk) 22:31, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Ping this guy: User_talk:John_from_Idegon. He's pretty helpful and knows how to edit. Checkingfax (talk) 01:25, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Just a quick thanks for the heading correction info. I'm new to Misplaced Pages, so I'm still getting my legs. Strudjum

Thanks a bunch. Strudjum (talk) 03:56, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome. You pulled it off quite nicely. Checkingfax (talk) 04:01, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Fixing esoteric link in Asiana 214 article.

Thanks for fixing the link I installed, which led to the NTSB release of the CVR transcript. That one really stumped me. Much appreciated. EditorASC (talk) 08:03, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

No problem. You're welcome. Checkingfax (talk) 09:06, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your inquiry . . .

Thanks for your inquiry about my problem staying logged in to Misplaced Pages. I don't switch back and forth from PC to iPad. I use my iPad exclusively. Thanks again. StrudjumStrudjum (talk) 22:22, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Feedback needed on using special characters

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I believe I have substantially addressed your concerns in relation to the page, and so have removed the tags. Hope this is OK.

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Nomination of Frank Somerville for deletion

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Jake Gyllenhaal edit

Seems Rendition (2007) was left off filmography list. I can't edit, seems you can. Chenry64052 (talk) 04:14, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

 Done Checkingfax (talk) 05:57, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Thanks!

Hi and thanks for the berries. The last time I was doing this kind of thing, it would take hours to dig through journals, hand write the references, take them back and type them, and then you would find a missing comma or period, have to go back! It's so easy with the computer, the hard part is finding ones that Wikipedian's will accept... (there's a lot of poor quality ones out there). Anyway thanks for the encouragement... See you around the 'pedia.... --Cityside189 (talk) 01:32, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Cityside189, I remember the pre-Internet days of going to the library and poring through that green book that had lists of topics and the periodicals they were mentioned in and then having to go find the periodicals. Usually the library would only have a couple of choices in stock. Now with Google, fast typing, and knowing how to construct a Google search we could all be a "phone a friend" on Who Wants to be a Millionaire! I learn something new every day from the Internet and I especially benefit from the knowledge pool of Misplaced Pages. Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 02:00, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Ow! the green book!!  ;)--Cityside189 (talk) 03:17, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Content requires sources

You seem to be mistaken on who is editing improperly. Per policy, claims that have been challenged must NOT be restored without appropriate inline citations that verify each claim made. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:37, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

TheRedPenOfDoom, You need to figure out a consensus method to incorporate your edits without tearing my alphabetizing edits down. Putting a list in alphabetical order is not improper and those edits should not be continually deleted by you. Checkingfax (talk) 04:15, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Required Valuable Feedback on My Created Article

Greetings Rwadhaawa, Are you aware of their umbrella page Shriram Group? It is only 245 words. I would suggest expanding that article first. Checkingfax (talk) 11:19, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Reply: Yes, I am aware of their umbrella page Shriram Group, but i have collected these information and sources about "Shriram Automall India Limited". so, kindly let me know what is the right procedure if i create the page with same name or if i go to edit Shriram Group Page, what are the requirements to edit a previous page? can you please help me out? Rwadhaawa (talk) 09:36, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Dear Rwadhaawa, Just go to the Shriram Group page and click on the Edit link, or the Edit-source link, or if you're in Mobile-view click on the pencil icon to edit the page. Then, click on the Preview button, make sure the page looks good, then click on the Save button. Hope this helps. Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 09:49, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Reverted/Rolledback pending-review stuck in review-queue

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can ask another question on your talk page, contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse.

I reviewed the Macaulay Culkin article and Reverted the 2 pending-changes but both stayed in the Pending-changes queue so I tried a Rollback but the rollbacker reported "there is nothing to do". Macaulay's article still shows the 2 reviews as "pending".

Here is a link to the diff page:
Macaulay_Culkin&diff=cur&oldid=680295614#
Here is a link to the queue:
Special:PendingChanges
Please help. Thank you. Checkingfax (talk) 03:17, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

It might be because the editor made a change and then reverted it. Since it was accepted as a revision, it counts as an edit, not a pending edit. I tried to un-accept the edits and put them back in the pending change queue to reject them but it didn't work. Something's not going right but in any regard it was reverted. Mkdw 03:49, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Questions if you have the time

Hi Checkingfax, I was looking at the tip you gave me for ProveIt, and I like it. But is it supposed to fill in the fields automatically with other information embedded in the web reference (is that what you mean by meta-data)?

Is a URL the website http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/flowers/growing-petunias/ or is the URL and web citation different?

I'm giving you a nice thank you gift on your talk page for all your help and especially for the prove it tool. --Cityside (let's talk! - contribs) 19:39, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Cityside189, the URL is the complete URL with the http://. There are different kinds of Cites: Cite web, Cite book, Cite journal, etc. My recollection with Proveit is you populate the fields in Proveit by copy/paste (or by typing them in) from the metadata of the source into the respective Proveit fields. Then Proveit puts a properly dressed reference at your insertion point cursor. Checkingfax (talk) 21:01, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. When you use the term "metadata" do you mean the additional information that I can garner from that web source, (i.e, the author's printed name, the date of the article, etc.) or does metadata refer to some hidden/behind the scenes coding that is stored within the reference web page? --Cityside (let's talk! - contribs) 21:05, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, you can garner the the meta information by visually scanning your source for meta data such as date, author, work, title, etc., but tools like reFill garner it from meta tagged data. Checkingfax (talk) 21:21, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

A well deserved break

--Cityside (let's talk! - contribs) has asked you to join them for a nice cup of tea and sit down here.

Thanks for all your help, especially the ProveIt! function, much appreciated!

Thank you very much, Cityside189. I really appreciate the kind words. How are you getting along? Are you going to craft the other 31 Petunia articles? Petunia integrifolia is very beautiful. Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 16:23, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Lots of "meatspace" stuff going on so I'm finding a bit less time in WP space... funny thing how users come and go, probably will be sporadic for a while... thanks for all your nice back and forth... --Cityside189 (let's talk! - contribs) 22:04, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

George Foreman

Hi, Checkingfax. If you look more carefully at my edit in the {{Infobox boxer}} for the above article, you'll see that the conversions are retained, but done automatically rather than by additional, crufty sub-templates. Cheers.--173.35.178.65 (talk) 22:38, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

My user page was hacked by a sysop imping me

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Somebody imped a sysop to create two unflattering categories, imped me, and added the two categories to my user page with this edit: . Please investigate. Checkingfax (talk) 00:17, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Are you saying that edit was not made by you? An admin (sysop) would not be able to falsify the log entry showing who made an edit. Are you sure no-one else had access to your account? I suggest you change your password, and use a strong one. JohnCD (talk) 09:00, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

JohnCD, thank you for the reply. Nobody has access to my account, nor my system, nor would have the knowledge or motive to imp/harass/vandalize my user page. How does somebody create bogus Categories without them being redlinked? That's why I stated it had to be a sysop. I have a strong password but I shall change it per your suggestion. What is the next step to find out who was able to create bogus blue-linked categories, and hijack my identity? Thank you. Checkingfax (talk) 09:28, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Category:I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Category:Information technology articles needing expert attention are both pre-existing categories, they didn't have to be created. All we know is that someone editing from your account added them to your userpage. I suppose, if you are worried, a Checkuser might be able to determine the IP address the edit came from, but I don't know that that would help much. JohnCD (talk) 09:44, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Materialscientist, your email to me was blank and I have not received a subsequent email. Please run a Checkuser on the Editor that hacked and vandalized my account. Please email me the results. Please put another YGM here when you reply by email. Thank you. Checkingfax (talk) 19:59, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Materialscientist, Here is the diff for the User that hacked my account that was protected by a strong password. Please run a Checkuser as WP has a security hole. Checkingfax (talk) 03:38, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Nerd

Checkingfax -- the nerd quote for which you asked a page number had already been posted with "page 105." Not sure why you are asking. Contact me at bsutton@alum.mit.edu even if you leave the change as is, it seems to be appropriately referenced with book, publisher and page number. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.45.78.71 (talk) 19:26, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Andrew Hurley

Please refer to my close at Andrew Hurley (disambiguation)'s nomination for a possible resolution for the disambiguation page situation. As it currently stands, there is no primary topic for "Andrew Hurley". Also, I removed the "two dabs" cleanup tag you had placed on Andrew Hurley since it was invalid; the tag would only apply if the phrase "Andrew Hurley" applied to a primary topic, which it currently doesn't since Andrew Hurley is a disambiguation page. Steel1943 (talk) 23:27, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Correct order of sections

Please see WP:LAYOUT for the correct order of sections:

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• Navigation templates

Peter coxhead (talk) 17:26, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Peter coxhead. Thank you for the refresher. Sister project links, portal links, and navbox links are wikilinks (internal links). Internal links are normally placed in the See also section if one exists. What is the logic behind moving sister project internal links and navvbox internal links down in to the external links section? Is WP:LAYOUT an AGF/use-common-sense guideline or is it a rigid policy? Thanks again. Checkingfax (talk) 16:38, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Well, links to sister projects aren't strictly "internal" links. As for navboxes and portals, when expanded they push down any text below them, so are, in my view, rightly placed at the end. It's useful for readers for there to be consistency in layout, apart from the more "professional" appearance this creates across the English Misplaced Pages, so there would have to be something exceptional about an article to depart from WP:LAYOUT. Peter coxhead (talk) 21:37, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

In use misuse

Hello, in the future please just do multiple smaller edits, like everyone else. This use did not justify locking out other editors, even for only 12 minutes. The In use template is for major rewrites. Thank you. ―Mandruss ☎ 07:21, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Mandruss

Misplaced Pages does not have page locking. On the other hand we do have {{in use}} tags, which can be used to alert people that you are in the process of making a larger edit. The article remains open to editing, but courteous users should leave it alone until you're done.

Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 07:45, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

I understand. I didn't mean that anyone was locked out in a technical sense. But, since we are all "courteous users", we might as well have been locked out. Cheers back! ―Mandruss ☎ 07:49, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Mandruss, yes, the intent is to create a courtesy soft page lock to avoid edit conflicts. That {{in use}} template needs to be on the fly modifyable to reword it from "major edit" to simply "edit". Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 08:01, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Sigh. I guess you are not getting the point, and never will. Cheers! ―Mandruss ☎ 08:08, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Mandruss, In nearly 8,000 edits I have only used {{in use}} twice but after losing four edits in a row to the hyperedited UCCS article I envoked it with a reasonable cap. It's permissable to leave it up for a couple of days if you're that actively editing, but I don't go there.

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Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 08:36, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Do not revert this edit

Hi, just a quick heads up. No editor can order others not to revert an edit, so that just makes you look silly, not to mention combative. Cheers,―Mandruss ☎ 01:20, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Mandruss, I hear you. The gentle approach does not seem to work on this article. Next time I'll open with a "please". Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 01:28, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Less combative, just as silly. Cheers,―Mandruss ☎ 01:30, 9 October 2015 (UTC)