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ANI re your DR

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaijin42 (talk • contribs) 21:05, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

QSMM and ICE

QSMM:As you see I have knocked of Piece-rate lists, and this opens a potential series of articles relating to unionism, early Labour history. Enjoy. We still have the outstanding issue of copyright in LCC museums- any developments? I am waiting to upload some Helmshore material still. Looking at the Misplaced Pages:GLAM/Queen Street Mill Museum/event it would be very helpful to me to have a report on what happened. (Zero short term memory). Particularly the names of the attendees and their emails. There were items that came up in discussion that should be noted- particularly the concerns of new editors- even a photo of the event. Could this be thought about? ICE:I can come along and assist if that is helpful, either with new editors or with a camera but I don't fancy coming along cold with out a briefing of what we are attempting to achieve. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 11:21, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

I'll get back to you once the issue below is resolved. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:11, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
No urgency- I have sent you Harle Syke Mill as a get well soon present. I was thinking that LCC could use this article to contact the Briercliffe Society to show them what we are doing. In particular it would be nice to have Roger Frost on board- and negotiate with him whether he would like to donate his collection of pre-1923 postcards to commons. I will be leaving for France about 22 August and will have limited Internet access until September. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 15:27, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Eye

Pigsonthewing is suffering from physical health issues. This may affect his ability to work on Misplaced Pages. Consequently, he may not be able to respond to talk-page messages or e-mails in a timely manner. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately, I have a second detachment of my retina, requiring emergency surgery tomorrow. After that, I shall probably be unable to edit Misplaced Pages for one or two weeks. I shall be reading email, on my phone. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:11, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Best wishes for good care, Andy, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:16, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Good luck with that, and best wishes. De728631 (talk) 16:36, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Say if there is anything we can do to help -- Clem Rutter (talk) 20:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Good luck, man! oknazevad (talk) 04:21, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
Good luck with that Andy. We'll miss you here. Secondarywaltz (talk) 04:58, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
Only just spotted this. Best wishes from me, too. Tim riley (talk) 21:16, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you again to everyone who expressed kind wishes. My surgery went well and the eye is recovering slowly, as expected. I still have a gas bubble, which will last for about two months. I shall then have another operation. I am no longer required to lie prone, so can use my laptop again, albeit with one eye. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:37, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Eeks, I wish you a speedy recovery Andy.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 08:56, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Good to see your sign again on my watchlist" - Who will be first to expand Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus for me? - joking, take it easy, Andy, I will post to opera now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:06, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 July 2013

Wikidata weekly summary #65

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This Month in GLAM: June in the UK

Hello Pigsonthewing, Today the newsletter this month in GLAM will be send out in about three/four hours. On outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2013/Contents/UK report is mentioned that you would write about the GLAM activities in the past month. Can you do that? Thanks! Romaine (talk) 14:50, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2013


This Month in GLAM – Volume III, Issue VI, June 2013

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Template:Did you know nominations/Portrait of Kitty redux

Andy, I hope you're recovering well. Whenever you're able—no rush; take it easy and don't overdo—please stop by and answer Froggerlaura's question (or take care of the McGregor/quote attribute issue she raised). Once that's done, the nomination should be ready for approval. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:16, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

In a later development, Froggerlaura makes a troubling find. I am far from certain this will be approved now, and would appreciate your engagement on the page when it is feasible. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:05, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

template:Ga.legis

may need some microformats since it's not using {{infobox legislature}}. Frietjes (talk) 16:28, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll await the TfD outcome (and will comment there shortly). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:41, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
okay. I will watch for your comments there. reading the code for that template is a step back in time before infobox. Frietjes (talk) 14:20, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 July 2013

Wikidata weekly summary #66

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Template merge

Regarding your proposal to merge Template:Infobox royalty with Template:Infobox monarch, you do realise that most royalty (e.g. members of a royal family) aren't monarchs? AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:02, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

The former template is also used for Monarchs. We don't need two. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:04, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Possibly, but that doesn't alter the fact that e.g. Prince Charles is Royalty, but he isn't a Monarch. I see you have revised your proposal, and will comment there. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:10, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

RFAR

your name was listed at WP:RFAR (here). I'm not sure who listed it, but just letting you know. — Ched :  ?  13:57, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Infobox/nav box disputes

You are invited to comment at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (technical)#Infobox/nav box disputes.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 09:36, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

TFD template for infoboxes

Hello Andy. When tagging infoboxes with the {{subst:tfd}} template, can I please urge you to use the |type=sidebar parameter? This will ensure the TFD banner appears above the infobox in articles, rather than across the entire page (which is very confusing to readers). Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by This, that and the other (talk • contribs) 10:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

I use Twinkle; suggest you ask for that to be included in its logic. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:35, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps you shouldn't be using Twinkle until this is fixed, out of courtesy to other users, and since you nominate so many templates for deletion,essentially causing so many of these issues, perhaps you should suggest it for the same reason. --AussieLegend (✉) 21:36, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
Nothing is broken. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:53, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
We could say that about nearly every template you nominate for deletion, but whether or not anything is broken is irrelevant. It's a simple request to do something to help avoid confusing our readers any more than they need to be confused. --AussieLegend (✉) 04:50, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
I am one of the maintainers of Twinkle, so I will ask myself to implement it :) In the meantime, please edit the template manually to add this parameter after using Twinkle. (Sorry for leaving an unsigned comment, by the way.) — This, that and the other (talk) 00:22, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Sophie Fedorovitch

Updated DYK queryOn 16 July 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sophie Fedorovitch, which you created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sophie Fedorovitch. 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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The sound that Peter Bazalgette makes

Hmm, I've not had much experience of audio on Misplaced Pages, and can't find any obvious policy on where it is and isn't appropriate, but skimming the pages that include the {{listen}} template, they all seem to be musicians, poets and other performers, and animals and instruments. Isn't it confusing for the reader to have a voice clip on the biography of a person who is in no way known for his voice? It seems like having an uncaptioned photo of someone wearing a football strip and kicking a ball, on an article about someone who isn't known for playing football. Or, at best, a sound clip of a teaspoon stirring some tea, on the teaspoon article - it wouldn't be misleading, the sound just wouldn't be important to someone wanting to understand teaspoons to an encyclopedia level. Let me know if there's a policy or precedent I'm missing here. --McGeddon (talk) 11:04, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Why would it confuse people? How else will people know what the subject sounds like, or how they pronounce their name? Although we haven't been soliciting such recordings for long, we already have a couple of dozen or more. there's more information on Misplaced Pages Commons, which you can reach via WP:VoiceIntro. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:13, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Aha, thanks, that context makes it a lot clearer. It's confusing with no explanation, because if an article just contains a box marked "Bazalgette's voice", the reader doesn't know why it's there, and can only assume that it's somehow important; the same way that a photo captioned "Bazalgette's cheese grater" would suggest that it was somehow a significant part of his life or career. Have you thought about using something more like the {{Spoken Misplaced Pages}} template, that tells the reader what they're going to get? (Knowing how to pronounce a name is certainly useful, but the current template doesn't tell the reader that the clip includes the speaker pronouncing his own name.) --McGeddon (talk) 11:27, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
We could perhaps expand the caption, to something like "Bazalgette introduces himself". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

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Hello

This looks fantastic lets have a beer

Sizerr (talk) 13:00, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Hello

This is fantastic please buy me a beer PaulGordon1979 (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

hello

Well done I owe you a beer. Nonameatall (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

hello

Well done I owe you a beer. Nonameatall (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi

This is fantastic. Have an orange juice. Neilglover (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Hello

This is fantastic, can I buy you a beer?

Editorcj (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)