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Re: Watch out!

moved to User_talk:Gary_King#Watch_out.21 Gary King (talk) 05:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Do your worst :) Gary King (talk) 00:13, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured list removal candidates/List of Virtual Boy games

Hey, could you check back on the work done here? It looks pretty good, and you said you would revisit. Cheers, — sephiroth bcr 17:02, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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Regarding this and, likely, similar edits, the forward slash following "br" is not needed. →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:44, 1 January 2009 (UTC)"> ">

Thanks for that, but that happens as part of the script I use, not manual. I could individually revoke each of those line break edits, but it would be too much work and it doesn't change anything. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:46, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Can the script be modified to prevent it from adding the forward slashes? →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

It's not my script. User:Brighterorange created it. If the slashes bother you that much, I can revoke those individual changes in the future—the script allows the user to preview and modify the edits. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:55, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

The forward slash is needed. For HTML, it used to be optional, but for XHTML, it's strongly recommended that it be used so that it works with as many browsers as possible. Gary King (talk) 22:04, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Can you direct me to the policy/guideline which says this? It is my understanding that the wiki software automatically converts <br> to <br /> for XHTML compatibility. →Wordbuilder (talk) 22:40, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah; I'm talking about in general. Yes, the wiki software converts them; it's still definitely good practice to include the slashes, though. For instance, I would never recommend that a bot go through articles just to add the slash, but I don't mind seeing the script convert the slash when it's used to convert other things, too. Gary King (talk) 23:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Which is precisely the case here. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:04, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, fair enough. Since the software handles the conversion, it doesn't hurt anything aside from adding some characters, so it's no big deal. Thanks for the info. →Wordbuilder (talk) 23:37, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks Gary. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:10, 1 January 2009 (UTC)"> ">

I know you don't like these messages, but ping

State Route 74 (New York – Vermont)'s FAC needs a recheck on your comments. Thanks!Mitch32 17:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Done.Mitch32 18:13, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Toa Payoh ritual murders FAC

Hi, Dabomb87. Thank you for taking a look at the article and commenting in its FAC. I have tried to address your concerns, though I have further questions for the "then" and the bombastic sentence. The story might be grisly, but I hope you have a good read. Jappalang (talk) 08:53, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi again. I have followed your suggestions and edited the article accordingly. Could you revisit the article when you have the time and deem if it is suitable for FA or if it still requires further work? Thank you. Jappalang (talk) 05:33, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorting and linking of dates

Unfortunately, due to the inclusion of the {{sortname}} template in the list, the addition of the {{dts}} template would cause the template transclusion limit to be broken for that article, leaving much of the functionality of the table and the reference templates in tatters. Sorry. – PeeJay 16:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it in a few minutes. However, I've got an even bigger problem; for some reason, when I have either the Friendly or Twinkle scripts enabled, table sorting does not work for me anymore. I see you are using both scripts; is the case the same for you? Could you try emptying your monobook.js page and just enter the following:

importScript('User:Ioeth/friendly.js');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkle.js');

Do a hard refresh, and see if sorting still works? Gary King (talk) 18:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I posted it here. Gary King (talk) 18:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

They already watch that page, but I'll ping both about it just in case, I suppose. Gary King (talk) 18:12, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

List of English football transfers winter 2008–09. They don't even come close to the template limit. Gary King (talk) 18:15, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Yep, the shortened tab names is new. I don't like them thought so I disabled them immediately after they were introduced. I don't think they are related as that change was made weeks earlier; I think the table sorting problem must have happened today or yesterday considering how both of us probably use table sorting fairly often. Template limits can be found by viewing the source code of any page and finding "NewPP limit report". Gary King (talk) 18:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, fair enough. The thing is that previous seasons' transfer articles had broken the transclusion limit, so I thought it would be best not to risk breaking it on the winter 2008-09 one too. – PeeJay 23:39, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

FAC reviews

Hey, Dabomb87, I just wanted to thank you for your reviews at FAC; with the page so backlogged, and reviewers lacking, your feedback is most appreciated. Happy New Year! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:02, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for all the work you do to keep WP:FAC running smoothly. Best wishes for the New Year! Dabomb87 (talk) 20:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

word removed in Metroid Prime Hunters

Sorry about this. A javascript swear-word remover in my browser (Firefox) removed the word "dang" - i did not. Thanks. --212.139.87.189 (talk) 20:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC) Note: My user name is Ajfweb

FLCs

Is there a good reason? No. I was too busy chasing birds and Matthew was working on articles, so we both forgot. I believe that Matthew is doing some closures right now. -- Scorpion 05:17, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Terrence Oglesby

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Terrence Oglesby, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Jack Kemp

Thanks for the pointers at Jack Kemp. In response to your comment. I think this article suffers from the fact that the politics people don't want to handle all the sports and the sports people don't want to handle all the politics. I am hoping Byron Brown passes GAC soon so my next nominee won't have the same problems.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 13:51, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi 'Dabomb87', List of districts of West Bengal has got promoted to FL. Thanks for your comments/suggestions in FLC review.--GDibyendu (talk) 16:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback can be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback may be removed at any time.

If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! — Aitias // discussion 07:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Your rollback

Congrats on being accept for permission to use the rollback function. Hope you'll use it wisely. Happy new year. -- _{signed by} SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24 _{(spell my name backwards)} at 07:20, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

My Test?

What test was that?

Esperanto Guy EoGuy (talk) 05:46, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks again for all your efforts and patience on High-level radioactive waste management. It was a pleasure working with you, and learning how some things are done here. You were most helpful and responsive to my dumb questions. Hope we have a chance to get together again on another project. And I hope you had a least a LITTLE holiday... Mervyn Emrys (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: List of Colorado Avalanche players

That would be excellent. I am aware that these lists have fallen below the current FL standards, and was already planning to upgrade List of Calgary Flames players as part of my attempt to build a Flames featured topic. I know we have a few player FLs, so yes, a list of anything you feel is in need of improvement would be ideal, and we at WP:HOCKEY will attempt to address them. Cheers, Resolute 23:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

No worries. I'm heading out to a junior hockey game shortly, so I likely wont be able to put any serious work into addressing suggestions until tomorrow at the earliest. And, I look forward to, and appreciate, the review of the NHL history article. Resolute 23:47, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

List of Metroid media

Do you think that it's okay that there are two different table styles; one in "Video games" and another in "Soundtracks" and "Printed media"? I'm working on making the page a featured list. Gary King (talk) 01:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I think its fine. In fact, I like it because it further underlines the difference between video games and the rest. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:11, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Grammar problem

See WT:FICT#Because I fail at grammar. Looks insignificant, but you'd be surprised to what extent people go to wikilawyer this stuff. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, — sephiroth bcr 23:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Arbitration

I've requested arbitration over this date delinking situation and the conduct of those involved. You are named as a party. Please see here. Thank you. —Locke Cole • t • c 03:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)