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WikiProject Eurovision: Discussion on the use of navigation templates

Hello,

There is currently a discussion ongoing at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Eurovision#Template duplications on the future use of navigation templates (navboxes) within Eurovision articles. The consequences of this discussion could have a large impact on how these templates are organized, named, and used in future, so all project members are invited to participate in the discussion.

You are receiving this message since you are listed as a member of WikiProject Eurovision. If you are no longer interested in contributing to Eurovision articles, please remove your username from this page.

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Eurovision at 15:32, 11 March 2012 (UTC).

I've just noticed that the messagebot never posted the original invitation to engage the Eurovision templates review, therefore I am posting a copy of it manually. It is advisable to engage your concerns and discuss your preferred style on the talk page, before going ahead and wasting time making alterations which is going against a previously agreed consensus. Going about such edit warring activities is very disruptive and may result in a block. Wesley☀Mouse 17:54, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I have also just noticed that you've been warned in the past about altering templates in a disruptive manner, and you've even been blocked for such activities. Please be cautious as you are now going the same actions again, and I have seen users get an indefinite block before now for breaching the same warning more than once. Wesley☀Mouse 17:57, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate that you're helping with fixing the template layouts, but I am in trying myself to get through them all this week, as I was unable to do them over the weekend due to London 2012 Olympics Volunteer training. Now that I'm using AWB to fix these, I keep getting edit conflicts, as you're also making edits to the same templates in unison. Thanks. Wesley☀Mouse 16:15, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

when will you be finished? Frietjes (talk) 16:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

As I mentioned I had a busy schedule last weekend; which if it wasn't for that, I'd have been halfway through them all by now. I'm back on training this Saturday 21 April; and hoping to have the templates fixed by then. But I'm not slave-driving myself to get them all done within a day. I feel more comfortable doing them in stages over a period a time; and in the same process I'm going through each of them with a fine tooth-comb in case there were any spelling/tagging mistakes. I hope I'm not sounding picky here, its just personally I like to fix any errors which I created, and use that as a learning exercise. Wesley☀Mouse 16:21, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

as long as we are not editing at the same time, there should be no issue with "edit conflicts". will you be finished editing for the day in 2 hours, 4 hours? Frietjes (talk) 16:23, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm doing them all in stages, not in one constant workload. So I cannot estimate if my editing will be done in 2 hours, 4 hours, etc. It would be just as easy as to leave it with me to get the errors fixed, and you may continue with any other work that needs doing. But believe me, the templates will be fixed in due course. Rome wasn't built in a day, and it is always better to take time in fixing things, rather than rushing to get them done ASAP. Wesley☀Mouse 16:28, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

yes, but Misplaced Pages is a collaborative project. are you saying that you don't want me to edit these templates at all? Frietjes (talk) 16:29, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I know that Misplaced Pages is a collaborative project, I'm not arguing that. But how is a user to learn from any mistakes, if they are not allowed to correct them in the first place? Are you now denying me of learning from my own mistakes, by not allowing me to fix the templates alone? Wesley☀Mouse 16:34, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

we are both allowed to edit these templates, since neither of us owns them. in the spirit of collaboration, I am willing to not edit them for a reasonable period of time to avoid edit conflicts. since edit conflicts happen when two people are actively editing a page, I asked when you planned to be finished editing for the day, so we can avoid edit conflicts. if you plan to finish in the next 4 to 6 hours, I can wait that long. If you plan to be finished in the next 8 to 12 hours, I can wait that long. however, I don't think I can simply say that I will never edit these templates. Frietjes (talk) 16:40, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I understand where you're coming from there - but I don't know if you're understanding where I'm coming from in respect to allowing a user to rectify their errors, by going back and correcting them. We are, after all, a collaboration team of editors; some know more than others. But we should also be seen as encouraging towards less-confident users, by nudging them in the right direction to become a reasonable member of Misplaced Pages - even if that means stepping back and giving them the benefit of the doubt to fix any mistakes that s/he has made. Would you like me to post your concerns over at the project page? Wesley☀Mouse 16:46, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

my concern is that you are telling me that I am never allowed to edit these templates. if that is true, we have a problem that needs to be addressed. if you are simply asking for more time, then I can give you more time, but I am asking for an estimate for when I am allowed to edit these templates again. I am perfectly happy to let you fix the problems, or to let Plastikspork fix the problems (request from over a week ago). Frietjes (talk) 16:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I've just remember that Plastikspork (talk · contribs) said I had to notify him when all the templates had been rolled-out so that he can run some BOT thing on them all (whoops). I best let him know, in case there was a specific reason he wanted to run this bot, before continuing with any error fixing. Wesley☀Mouse 16:52, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Please don't assume that I am telling you not to touch the templates. That is not true. All I have asked is that a user should be expected to correct their own mistakes, without the assistance/interference of other editors. How else are we expected to encourage a high standard of editing, if we are going to prevent a user to correct mistakes? I'm a firm believer in teaching people the correct ways of doing things, even if it means making them go back and correct previously made mistakes. Isn't that a reasonable request for any editor to make? Are we in an authoritarian state, that we shouldn't be encouraging users to work more effectively, by correcting their errors? Wesley☀Mouse 16:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm starting to feel a little bit run-down and getting the start of a cold. Not a good sign. If you need to refer to a full list of the new templates, then please click here. Remember the link I have attached belongs to my user space, so avoid altering it if possible. For now, I am going to dope myself up with anti-flu medication and take a hot bath. Wesley☀Mouse 17:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Bob Peterson

Please do not continue to revert Bob Peterson. The article is legitimized as is, and you should not be reverting good articles. If you can find any reason on why this needs to be reverted, you need to say why. There is nothing wrong with the current content that requires you to remove it for a lesser article. 174.231.68.244 (talk) 00:42, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

{{Catalogs}} OCD Wikiscript Edits

Nice editing of {{Catalogs}}! It's transparent to the average user, but to the average editor...it's much easier to read and intuitively follow the template script when the run-on lines are separated. It made it a lot easier to expand. Thanks! -- Tom.Reding t
 c 04:15, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

My frustrations

Please email me as soon as possible. I don't understand why you insist on making it difficult to make legitimate edits about Ohio politicians. As someone from Ohio who works in politics, you will see that all edits have been legitimate. I have no idea what the hell you have against me, but obviously, my edits have made many articles better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RDDFF (talk • contribs) 05:14, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Eurovision Invitation!

	You are cordially invited to join WikiProject Eurovision!
	You appear to be someone that may be interested in joining WikiProject Eurovision. Please accept this formal invitation from a current member of the project. We offer a place for you to connect with users who also like Eurovision and facilitate team work in the development of Eurovision articles.
	If you decide to join the project, please add your name to this list, and add the project talk page to your watchlist.
	I hope you accept! - Wesley☀Mouse 17:18, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Rail vehicle templates

Frietjes,
Please see my posts at Template talk:Infobox tram#Additional parameters or fields Template talk:Infobox train#Truck or bogie centers as well as Template talk:Infobox locomotive#Truck or bogie centers. Peter Horn User talk 18:47, 21 April 2012 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 18:55, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Infobox AFLretired

User_talk:WOSlinker#Template:Infobox_AFLretired -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:Bakersfield Radio

I was just wondering if you could help me understand the rationale for the reformatting edits you did to the template above? I can see that they don't change how the template renders, but the format behind the scenes is now inconsistent with pretty much every other radio market navbox. Thanks! Mlaffs (talk) 03:05, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

there has been an effort to convert templates from hardcoded bullets to WP:HLIST, which allows the bullets to be set by MediaWiki:Common.css. this effort has been on going for over a year now, and it is preferred since the WP:HLIST format uses html list markup, which is better for wp:accessibility, since these are lists. I can try to elaborate more if you want. As far as I can tell there are hundreds which have already been converted. if you could point me to the inconsistency, I would be happy to work on it, since I have scripts to perform the conversions. as far as I can tell, Category:California Arbitron market navigational boxes is consistent, as is Arizona and Nevada. almost all the television market templates have already been converted as well. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 00:06, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation - I actually saw someone else make a similar set of edits to another navbox today and followed the link they included in their edit summary too. Makes perfect sense. I'd be willing to bet that the navboxes in almost all of the Arbitron market navboxes by state series' need to be converted. I'm actually doing some cleanup work on those right now, so I'll convert any that I came across needing it but if you have scripts, you'll probably get to them before I do. Mlaffs (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Combine/consolidate

Frietjes,
Please see Template talk:Infobox Lyon Network#Combine/consolidate. Peter Horn User talk 14:53, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

LHOTW Europe

Cheers!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:43, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

That's what I wanted to do, thanks! I copied the one the Template:Serbian Orthodox Church template I'd seen, you might want to fix that one..♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:58, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

okay. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 19:06, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Template images

Per this discussion, you have no consensus to remove the images from the templates you have left them in for months. If you continue to do this, I will report you to the admin involved for vandalism. Fry1989 20:39, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:AtariAge

You could have just asked me about it. I'm very approachable. 28bytes (talk) 00:36, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:X1/sandbox/is not talk

Next time you mess up a template that is being substituted by a bot, inform the operator. Thanks. →Στc. 19:07, 28 May 2012‎

Temaplates

Please to see you using the ISO 3166 templates, as to the reflect templates please do not TfD them without telling me. Rich Farmbrough, 23:33, 28 May 2012 (UTC).

LACMTA Metro Silver Line & Other Metro Rail Line toolbox

Hello,

Can you please explain why the black colored toolbox was erased for all the Metro line toolboxes. Why is the background now silver?

Templates not autocollapsing

I have created

{{Marc Chagall}}

{{Roy Lichtenstein}}

{{Piet Mondrian}}

{{Norman Rockwell}}

{{Winslow Homer}}

{{Marc Chagall}}

{{Edvard Munch}}

{{Marcel Duchamp}}

{{Pierre-Auguste Renoir}}

{{Diego Velázquez}}

{{Frank Gehry}}

They are not autocollapsing.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:58, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

It was a typo autocollapsed vs autocollapse

yes, the way it works internally is autocollapse = autocollapse, collapsed = collapsed, but anything else = expanded. so, you could type uncollapsed for expanded, or frenchfries for expanded. Frietjes (talk) 15:01, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Prerequiste-OpenBSD

Template:Prerequiste-OpenBSD has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 07:42, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Prerequisites sidebar

Template:Prerequisites sidebar has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 07:43, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Tagging a lot of templates for deletion in one day. M'encarta (talk) 21:50, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Redirect of Rag pudding

Hi. Redirecting Rag pudding to Rag Pudding needs tidying per WP:TITLEFORMAT. To save others needing to use {{db-move}} in such cases, you can just move articles (with an appropriate explanation in the edit summary). Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 11:25, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

I wasn't sure if it should be moved, which is why I didn't move it. Frietjes (talk) 15:04, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

MfDing UBXs templates

Instead of listing unused and a malformed userbox templates at MfD, perhaps userify them and then request speedy delete for the redirected template namespace page. That would be a much quicke way to clean up template namespace. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:19, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

sure, I will for the one's which should be obviously userfied. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 15:03, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Template:Fb rbr position fl

Hello. Think the above still needs a bit of work. At 2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season#Results by round, there are trailing blank cells at the end of the 38-game season. And at 2011–12 Birmingham City F.C. season#Results by round and elsewhere, it seems to colour 3rd place as a promotion position (it isn't) and 18th place as a relegation position (22nd to 24th go down). cheers, Struway2 (talk) 08:26, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I fixed the trailing cells. the numerical cut-off for promotion/relegation is set by the |p= and |r=. it was even worse before, since there was no way to change the value, and there were hundreds which were incorrect. I don't think I made it any worse, but I may not have fixed all of them. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 16:13, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing and fixing the typo in 2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season. These three should have been p=2, r=22, rather than 3 and 18 as you had them. I've fixed them. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 07:32, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

yes, that was an oversight. thank you for fixing it. Frietjes (talk) 15:02, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Template:Titleholders Championship championships

I will be converting all golf templates to be like this one if you are for it, since we use templates for everything else!HotHat (talk) 19:19, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

thank you for working on it, but I actually liked it better the way it was before, since the width is automatically adjusted depending on the display size. Frietjes (talk) 15:46, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Does the template meet ACCESS standards?HotHat (talk) 20:47, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

good question. I know that table markup is not the best thing for lists, which is why we have WP:HLIST, but other than that, I am not sure if the whole "NavboxYears" template has been discussed at WP:ACCESS. we should start a thread there? Frietjes (talk) 22:13, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Template:Big Brother France

Why aren't the collapisble option features working at Template:Big Brother France?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:21, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

seems to be working fine? Frietjes (talk) 14:59, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Look at the template page. There is no collapsibility information.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:41, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

oh, I fixed the script. it was sensitive to the upper/lower case of the <noinclude> tag. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 16:49, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Glad you were able to resolve it. I am surprised it was not an issue previously.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:59, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Splitting the Philippine Cinema template

I reverted your edit on splitting the template for not consulting other contributors about their opinions on the split. With just one template, which provides several links about Philippine cinema, you just need to add that one template to an article instead of multiple templates if it is divided. So, instead of seeing just one template below an article, now you have to see multiple templates below the article relating to Philippine cinema. Personally, I don't see a reason for splitting the template, maybe it just need some tweaking. Please initiate a talk, start a vote, or ask for opinions as there should be a consensus first per WP:Consensus. Thanks. Briarfallen (talk) 01:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film#Template:Cinema_of_the_Philippines. Frietjes (talk) 15:06, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

I see no problem. As long they are intact, giving more choices or links available for somebody interested about Filipino cinema from just one Navbox. Thanks.Briarfallen (talk) 16:45, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

MfD

Since it doesn't involve editing whatsoever, either through expressing interest in a topic or revealing anything about the editor in question, userfied the page to User:A520/User BiggestMiniBox.

I didn't speedily close the MfD in case you still want to nominate the page for MfD. - jc37 20:18, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

there were more in the same series, which I userfied, so we can delete the redirects:

Template:User NotBlocked, Template:User NUKEBLOCK, Template:User GIGANTICBOX, Template:User ENORMOUSBOX, Template:User BIGBOX. if you don't think this is uncontroversial, I can take them to rfd. Frietjes (talk) 20:46, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

If you will help fix any links to the above, I'll delete them as housekeeping. - jc37 20:49, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

yes, I had already taken care of the links before I asked to have the redirects deleted :) Frietjes (talk) 21:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

It doesn't look like it when I look at Special:WhatLinksHere/User:A520/User_BIGBOX (for example). Am I missing something? - jc37 22:01, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

I want the redirects deleted, not the userfied templates. Frietjes (talk) 22:03, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Lol, the redirects did me in : ) - jc37 22:12, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Done. Sorry for the confusion : ) - jc37 22:17, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in the 1800s

Thanks for merging these templates! Plastikspork _―Œ 01:42, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Tree list

Are you happy if I close the Tfd on Template:TreeList start now that these are supported? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:16, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Template:Fantagraphics

The TfD just closed as a delete for most of the templates.

Is there a reason why all the templates weren't merged into the one? I can see a 10 group navbox being plausible, without the need for subgroups. Your thoughts? --Izno (talk) 19:47, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

go ahead if you want, but the first step was cutting it from 26 down to around 10. the main template is only used on one page. Frietjes (talk) 14:57, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Aviation accidents and incidents template.

It's been discussed recently. They are for independent articles, not aviators or notable people discussed in plane crashes. Any entry must have an independent article....William 14:06, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

then why not simply delete the template? Frietjes (talk) 14:58, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kenya women's national football team

On 2 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kenya women's national football team, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that women in Kenya created the Kenya women's national football team independent of Football Kenya Federation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kenya women's national football team. 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.

Thank you from the DYK team at English Misplaced Pages. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:12, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

A favor, please

Hi Frietjes, I have a favor to ask of you. I saw you converted Template:German Navy ship types into a sidebar, which corrected the whitespace issues it had in several articles. Template:United States Navy ship types is doing the same thing, and I'm not so good with templates and such, so I was wondering if you could work your magic there too? Many thanks, Parsecboy (talk) 16:05, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

okay. Frietjes (talk) 15:02, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Code change?

Last night the code started adding {{state|}} to some pages. Did the code change?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:07, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

the last change was mid-June. if you can provide me with an example, I can address the issue. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 16:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

See this--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Also see this as welll.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

in the first example, it added {{{state|}}}, not {{state|}}. this is the expected behaviour. alternatively, it could have added {{{state|autocollapse}}}, since the default is autocollapse. the reason why I usually have it add {{{state|autocollapse}}} is to make it clear how to change the default behaviour, and to make it clear that this is the collapsed state, and not the name of some geographic location. I have see "state = Illinois" before. in the second example, it preserved the already specified default state of open by changing state = open to state = {{{state|open}}}. the following edit, here, was an editor objecting to allowing one to change the collapsible state of the template (see below). Frietjes (talk) 15:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Collapsible option

Hello,

Tony has pointed me to you as the person behind the bypassing of the navbox's function of collapsing if more than one collapsible template is on a page.

Could you please point to the consensus where it was decided that this should be an article level paramater? Otherwise, can you please stop and undo your changes until such a consensus is reached?

Thanks,

- J Greb (talk) 22:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I am not "the person behind the bypassing of the navbox's function of collapsing if more than one collapsible template is on a page". if you check the edit history of the Torchwood template, this has been the case since the template was created (e.g., this version). I am also not the person who decided that "this should be an article level paramater ". if you check my edit history, I am not the one who is going around adding this en mass to templates. currently, the {{collapsible option}} template has over 15,000 transclusions. you can check what links to that template to see how the option was added. there are just as many templates which have this option, but using a different method, like {{Kansas}}. if you have a problem with one of my edits, then please let me know which edit. I did create a script for Tony to facilitate adding the {{collapsible option}} to groups of templates, but I am not the one who decided this was a good idea. however, I have seen some cases where it is a good idea (e.g., U.S. state). for example, if you have many templates wrapped inside of a {{navboxes}} and you would like one of them to be uncollapsed (e.g., see Washington, D.C.). or if you have a very long template, and you would like to have it collapsed by default in very short articles. if you would like to debate the merits of {{collapsible option}}, then I would suggest taking it to either template talk:collapsible option or template talk:navbox. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 15:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

There is a difference between having the navigation box it self set to collapse or not and moving that decision to the article level.

But maybe it is a moot point since since collapsible option appears to be an old by pass. Or maybe it is something that should be discussed on a template-by-template basis.

- J Greb (talk) 01:24, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for filling in the details on the Olympian articles I am working on. :D Saves a fair amount of time as I prep them for the main page. :D If you feel ambitious, any help prepping the articles at User:LauraHale/Paralympians would be appreciated. :) Loads of DYK credential potential for you if you do. ;)

LauraHale (talk) 21:44, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

thank you. I am happy to hear you appreciate the help. if I have some spare time, I will try to help with the others. Frietjes (talk) 15:29, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Los Angeles Kings templates

Really, what's more readable than black and white? What was wrong with how we had it before? (And before you say "we went over this," you never went over it with me, so please fill me in) Tom Danson (talk) 08:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

see the threads at WT:HOCKEY (thread 1 and thread 2). it's not so much about the contrast in the LA Kings template, but using a color scheme which works for all of them. Frietjes (talk) 14:47, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Merge discussion for P.S.N.A.College of Engineering and Technology

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A question

You made an edit at Rock Creek Park, Colorado recently. Your explanation was "per tfd of cto and ports". Could you please tell me what that means and where I can read more about it? Thanks a bunch. Gtwfan52 (talk) 05:40, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

that would be per the merger of template:ports with template:portal. Frietjes (talk) 16:37, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Louise Bawden

On 15 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louise Bawden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Australian Olympic beach volleyball player Louise Bawden also represented Australia in indoor volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louise Bawden. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Infoboxes

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TfD

"link to moved location since it was moved there through a sequence of 4 moves" What? You didn't like my trail of breadcrumbs? Thanks -- Selket 15:54, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Cowsay

Hi. When nominating a template for deletion as you did in this edit, you really ought to notify the template's creator (and any other major contributors). I had no idea this template was listed at TFD. Common courtesy and all that. I don't really care about the template (I'd forgotten about it, actually), but it would've been nice to be able to weigh in at the discussion. Oh well. --MZMcBride (talk) 03:31, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Infobox aircraft program

Could you please help to transform Template:Infobox aircraft program to use {{Infobox}}? -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:03, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

that will be a bit difficult, but I will see what can be done. they are using a strange format where the infobox only generates rows, and now top or bottom. it may be possible with the "child" option, but it's not clear. Frietjes (talk) 15:05, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I think we can also change the format. It should be a typical image, caption, parameter name, parameter value infobox. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:19, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

okay, I updated it. hopefully there are no complaints. I tried to keep the format visually identical to before the update. Frietjes (talk) 19:01, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. No worries. I left a note to the WikiProject Infoboxes too. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:07, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I could easily do {{infobox aircraft}} as well, to match, if you want. however, I will need an admin to copy the code over to the template when I am done. Frietjes (talk) 19:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, please do it and then I'll copy the code for you. Just leave me anote here. -- Magioladitis (talk) 19:14, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

now in the sandbox, you can check the testcases. Frietjes (talk) 20:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I left a message in infobox's talk page. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:43, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done Thanks! -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:07, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:GOCE Copy Edit of the Month

		The Minor Barnstar
		Thanks for adding that information to the template. Very good idea! —Torchiest edits 18:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:SRO Cinemaserye

What is going on with Template:SRO Cinemaserye?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

the <noinclude>...</noinclude> for the category was inside the template. while this is not functionally a problem, it does mean that anything else put in that section will appear in the template on the template page (but not in the article since it is inside a <noinclude>...</noinclude>). it looks like this was fix in the subsequent edits. Frietjes (talk) 18:13, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Infobox Greek Dimos

Please could you take a look at: Misplaced Pages:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2009_January_11#Template:Infobox_Greek_Dimos and see whether you think that template is now ready for merging with 'Infobox settlement', or what needs to be done before that could happen. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:08, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Inés Rodríguez Girón

Can you translate the sources on Inés Rodríguez Girón? Thanks.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 03:25, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

no problem. I just wrote 'User:Frietjes/citetrans.js' since this seems to be a common task. Frietjes (talk) 16:14, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you do María II Díaz de Haro and Leonor Rodríguez de Castro?--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 22:45, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

yes, just one click of the mouse. if want to install my script, I can show you how. it gives you a button to translate the citations. Frietjes (talk) 23:27, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Infobox townlands

Hi,

Please could you finish and/or deploy your work on {{Infobox townlands}}, per its talk page? Cheers, Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:57, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to wikiFeed

Hello Frietjes,

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Thanks! MarchionessGrey (talk) 21:04, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Gotras of Jats

Template:Gotras of Jats has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 10:29, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Becchara Palmer

On 28 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Becchara Palmer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Olympic beach volleyball player Becchara Palmer of Australia won 20 of 31 matches going into the Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Becchara Palmer. 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.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jade Neilsen

On 29 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jade Neilsen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jade Neilsen and Brittany Elmslie were selected for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics as members of swimming relay teams? 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.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:06, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brittany Elmslie

On 29 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brittany Elmslie, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jade Neilsen and Brittany Elmslie were selected for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics as members of swimming relay teams? 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.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:07, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1900–1909

Now that the TfD has closed, see this thread. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 18:34, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Krystal Weir

On 30 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Krystal Weir, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Olympic sailor Krystal Weir sailed in the 2008 Summer Olympics because she took the place of another sailor who got injured in a mountain biking accident? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Krystal Weir. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hayley Chapman

On 31 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hayley Chapman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Australian Olympian Hayley Chapman is part of her country's first father/daughter pair selected to compete at the same Olympics? 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jessica Ashwood

On 1 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jessica Ashwood, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Olympic 800 metre freestyle swimmer Jessica Ashwood started swimming when she was four years old? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jessica Ashwood. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Robyn van Nus

On 3 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robyn van Nus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Australian Olympian Robyn van Nus took up her sport of shooting to help deal with chronic fatigue syndrome? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robyn van Nus. 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.

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Olia Burtaev

On 4 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Olia Burtaev, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that trilingual Olia Burtaev and South African-born Jenny-Lyn Anderson were selected to represent Australia in synchronized swimming at the 2012 Olympics? 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) 00:02, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jenny-Lyn Anderson

On 4 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jenny-Lyn Anderson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that trilingual Olia Burtaev and South African-born Jenny-Lyn Anderson were selected to represent Australia in synchronized swimming at the 2012 Olympics? 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) 00:03, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alethea Sedgman

On 4 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alethea Sedgman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Alethea Sedgman was selected over her boyfriend for the 2012 Olympics because national selectors wanted to send a female competitor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alethea Sedgman. 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) 00:05, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bianca Hammett

On 4 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bianca Hammett, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Australian Olympic synchronized swimmer Bianca Hammett became interested in the sport after seeing a newspaper advertisement for it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bianca Hammett. 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.

Yngvadottir (talk) 08:04, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tarren Otte

On 4 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tarren Otte, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tarren Otte, the oldest member of Australia's 2012 Olympic synchronized swimming contingent, has struggled to stay involved in the sport because of the financial costs of competing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tarren Otte. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tamika Domrow

On 5 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tamika Domrow, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Olympic synchronized swimmer Tamika Domrow of Australia works as an apprentice kennel technician and her teammate Francesca Owen is a model and photographer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tamika Domrow. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Frankie Owen

On 5 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frankie Owen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Olympic synchronized swimmer Tamika Domrow of Australia works as an apprentice kennel technician and her teammate Francesca Owen is a model and photographer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frankie Owen. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

NZ parlbox‎

Hi Frietjes, I don't know enough about it so I'm not 100% but I think the changes you made to the NZ parlbox‎ family of templates has resulted in the templates always being left aligned and not wrapping anymore. See Grant Gillon and Rodney Hide for examples. Are you able to fix this? Mattlore (talk) 20:46, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

yes, sorry about that. I checked several pages, and it looked fine, but I didn't check enough. Frietjes (talk) 20:50, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Would you mind leaving a short edit summary when making edits? I'm getting a bit worried when I see something marked as 'minor' and when I then open the diff, a whole lot has changed. Schwede66 21:02, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

This one is a splendid edit summary. Thanks for taking my feedback on board - top marks! Schwede66 04:52, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Samantha Reid (synchronized swimmer)

On 8 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Samantha Reid (synchronized swimmer), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2012 Olympic synchronized swimmer Samantha Reid is a "Mermaid"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samantha Reid (synchronized swimmer). 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) 16:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Colors in navboxes

The colors are there because they relate to the series. Please see Template:90210, Template:24, Template:Desperate Housewives, Template:Awake (TV series), Template:The Simpsons, among others. It is very common for navigational boxes to have eligible colors that relate to the series' theme look. They are not random colors, they are associated with the series. I could understand if they were distracting from the text, but they're not. Articles/templates with a visual appeal actually draw readers in; which is why they are so commonly used. Also, are you familiar with WP:BRD? After you erased the colors, and I reverted, it would have been polite for you to start a discussion. Continuous reverting constitutes edit warring; and after a look at your block log, it appears you had a fairly recent block for edit warring across templates. Nevertheless, I'm open to hearing what you think is so damaging about colors. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

You've been actively editing, so clearly you have seen this message. I will be requesting input from project members if I hear nothing back from you. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 05:10, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

I am assuming you are talking about template:Grey's Anatomy and Template:Private Practice. I don't buy the whole "visual appeal actually draw readers in" argument, since you have provided no citation for a scientific study. I do, however, buy the argument that we should try to keep the look and feel uniform across articles. I am not the only one who has been removing the deviating colour schemes from templates (see a few of the examples in your list). we don't need a bag of skittles at the bottom of each article. the focus should be on content, not rainbow colours and garish icons. Frietjes (talk) 17:11, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough; standardization is good. But please, remove it from The Simpsons template if they none of the rest have colors. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 17:55, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Template:Fb rbr t pos

Hey, there's a situation in the following link: 2012–13 Segunda Liga#Positions by round. As you can see we have a league with 22 teams and the template colours is adjusted to 20 teams so instead of having the 20th, 21st and 22nd placed teams in red, we have the 18th, 19th and 20th placed teams in red. Could you help out in fixing this issue? Secretaria (talk), August 12, 2012, 22:17 (UTC)

yes, the names are bad, but you probably want Template:Fb13 rbr t pos. Frietjes (talk) 17:29, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Infobox airline

Sandbox version is now live. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

great, thank you. Frietjes (talk) 17:16, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Need help to convert files to bare filenames

Category:Infobox automobile image param needs updating. If you have any handy tool please use it or tell me how to use it. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:59, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

I created User:Yobot/Automobile but it needs adjustments. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:15, 15 August 2012 (UTC)