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Men's tennis templates

I did try at the tennis wikiproject but received no responses. 03md 22:32, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Another Thanks

I was scared to add to this page because there's already so much text. But that makes it fun. Thanks for the Help Desk reply! Jessica D (talk) 16:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

It's time to archive again. In any case, welcome to Misplaced Pages, and I should take my own advice and create an account on Appropedia. --Teratornis (talk) 19:15, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm a Dolt

Please visit the article I wrote on Planeta Verde. There seems to be far too many quirks for me to figure out on it and I desperately need help.The Ent —Preceding undated comment added 22:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC).

Question on help desk regarding ethnicity

Hello, I asked a question at the help desk (which I think I've used once before). I assumed that this being wikipedia that my question would be taken in good faith. Instead, it seems to have become a referendum on ethnicity. That was not my intent. I was simply attempting to use a category which still exists, to my knowledge. I'm sorry now that I attempted to use the help desk for that function. Regards, MarmadukePercy (talk) 01:35, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Broken Coord

Hi. In order to clean up Category:Coord template needing repair, would you mind if I changed an instance of {{coord}} in User:Teratornis/Energy#Windpark_Klettwitz? "{{Coord|51.5302|13.8741|type=landmark}}" should be "...|type:landmark}}".
—WWoods (talk) 19:25, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I corrected this instance. Thanks for pointing it out. I have used {{Coord}} in other places. I'll have to check to see if I have been systematically using the wrong syntax. --Teratornis (talk) 20:33, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Coord is a bit of a pain, with its use of both = and :.

You can tell if a page you're looking at has a problem of this sort if you check "Show hidden categories" in ' preferences > Appearance > Advanced options'.

—WWoods (talk) 21:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Help, reference the same reference more than once, need an abbreviated code for it

OK, my question is this my friend..........on the page John Quinlan (wrestler), look in the profile box. Next to the name John Bagwell there is a How do I get that same next to another sentence in the body of the article. What abbreviated code should be used for this reference? Tried several times and kept getting an which was signifying a mistake making it look like it was separate reference when it is supposed to reference the same thing just another time. I looked at the help page but there is no way alone it can be done. If you type out a quick abbreviated code for this reference it would be very much appreciated.

Thank You Very Much,

Jaderocker (talk) 00:00, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

This problem has just been resolved and is no longer an issue. Thank You Anyway!

Jaderocker (talk) 00:55, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Infoboxes and Images

I'm done with the infobox, come take a look at it. Again, thanks!! Bismarck43/sandbox --Bismarck43 (talk) 20:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Presumably you mean User:Bismarck43/Sandbox. (Page names are case-sensitive, and you must include the namespace prefix User:.) Yes, it looks as if you figured out how to edit the infobox template and include an image. --Teratornis (talk) 20:19, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Simple English Misplaced Pages

Thanks for the link - it inspired me to help out there a bit. (Or is it "help a bit out there", or "help out a bit there"? Ahh, English is too complicated!) simple:User:SebastianHelm 20:28, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Either way would be understandable to this native English speaker. Local preference might vary "a bit" depending on the English-speaking community. (When I read British English, I note some idiomatic differences from my brand of American English, but these are rarely difficult to resolve.) You could remove the word "out" and then you still have a choice but the two choices are nearly the same: "help a bit there" or "help there a bit". You could further remove "a bit" and have no choice: "help there". The words "out" and "a bit" are both modifiers of the verb "help", so the order of modifiers is not too important, although the third modifier "there" can get in the way. This is a problem with English and all other natural languages: the relation between words and their modifiers in a sentence can be ambiguous, and lead to parsing errors. When three verb modifiers follow a verb, confusion may result if one modifier appears to modify another modifier rather than the verb. To write unambiguously we would have to draw semantic graphs rather than force words into a linear order which is artificially too simple.

The Simple English Misplaced Pages is less far along than the (complex) English Misplaced Pages, so I'm sure you can help (out) there (a bit) if not more than a bit. I'm sure your German is astronomically better than mine - which is almost nonexistent apart from a few cognates. --Teratornis (talk) 22:44, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice reply! I'm not paid by word count here, so like the idea to just cut (out) a few words.

I just noticed the discussion pyramid on your user page, and I love the caption! It expresses very well what I was trying to say at User:SebastianHelm/PINOT. Maybe I'll steal it from your page. — Sebastian 03:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

I stole it from somewhere else. Seeing the phrase "ass hat" there clinched it for me. --Teratornis (talk) 06:23, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Reply about Evopod coordinates

Yes these coordinates are correct for the location.

• 54°23′N 5°33′W / 54.383°N 5.550°W / 54.383; -5.550

--Mindelssworker (talk) 10:47, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. That location shows up in Google Maps as being on land adjacent to water, but it's close enough to be better than no coordinates at all on the image. --Teratornis (talk) 22:31, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

It's flattering

I'm glad to see somebody finds WP:UPANDCOMING of value. I got tired of certain phrases recurring, y'know wattimean? --Orange Mike | Talk 21:59, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

It's never fun to disappoint (potential) new users, but that's life in the big Misplaced Pages city. --Teratornis (talk) 23:40, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Ping

I have sent you an e-mail. -- Tenmei (talk) 19:54, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

My general advice is to find another wiki you like better, and edit on that for a while. Misplaced Pages cannot be all things to all people. There are thousands of other wikis that need work. Editing on another wiki will give you a safe outlet for your POV tendencies. Everybody has them. --Teratornis (talk) 06:55, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Australian wind farms

Hello Teratornis. Your views on this proposed redirecting of Australian wind farms related lists would be greately appreciated. Regards. Rehman 01:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

FAs at RFA?

Just saw your response at the help desk to "Readiness for Requesting Adminship", where you spoke of not writing FAs being a negative factor in the minds of voters at RFA. Is this very common now? Nobody mentioned FA writing at my RFA in 2007, which is good, since I've never contributed significantly to a featured article. Please leave me a talkback. Nyttend (talk) 15:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

I saw it mentioned. I have no idea how common it is. It might be important when voters are having doubts about an applicant, and are looking for other things to needle on. Certainly having a few featured articles on one's resume couldn't hurt. --Teratornis (talk) 19:21, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Also, RFAs may have tightened up since 2007. John Broughton did some analysis which finds the number of successful RFAs has declined. --Teratornis (talk) 00:03, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

tks for all you do!!

...Thank you for all that you do here on Misplaced Pages ....Buzzzsherman (talk) 07:28, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Better late than never?

See Template talk:Google translation/doc#I cannot get the old example to work, in case this is still bedeviling you. TJRC (talk) 01:08, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that! --Teratornis (talk) 01:10, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

You were quoted

Hi Teratornis. You were recently quoted in a BusinessWeek news article as saying that Misplaced Pages "sucks less than most of the Web." Good job. Gobonobo 22:35, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I would not have seen it otherwise. It's nice to see the writer searched far enough to see a discussion on the Help desk. I was, however, paraphrasing someone else I read. It might even have been Jimbo. The idea of Misplaced Pages being important for Google's business model is definitely not original with me, but I do find the argument compelling. If Google is ranking Misplaced Pages articles high in its results, presumably Google believes this is giving Google's visitors a satisfying search experience. --Teratornis (talk) 02:24, 22 February 2010 (UTC)