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The Working Man's Barnstar
Your contributions to the finer details of Wiki markup on various articles, at a rapid rate, is noticed and appreciated by others. Leep up the good work! MezzoMezzo (talk) 06:25, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Re: Template rename

What would the purpose be of adding a colon or quotation marks? The move didn't cause a conflict, and adding punctuation to the template name just makes it harder to remember and harder to type. — Quicksilver 21:13, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
  • I was thinking that "Remove file prefix" suggested something more generic than its (current) scope – and although, yes, "Remove File:/"File:" prefix" would be more tricky, "Remove File/file prefix" would still redirect to it for as long as it wasn't e.g. reassigned to something more generic. Thanks for your response, Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:28, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Recent changes to Template:Infobox company

Your recent changes to Template:Infobox company seem to be effecting headquarters field. See Northrop Grumman, Grumman, and probably others. --Svgalbertian (talk) 21:57, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

WP:Template documentation

Hi, I had to revert your addition, because it had an extra <!-- in it, and if you would place a category there, it would categorize any "other" page into the category, which may not work with certain transcluded pages, for example, if it's on a Misplaced Pages or Help page, and not just a template page. Funandtrvl (talk) 15:06, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Hi sardanaphalus you have some good history and it is nice thanks for doing history and making it look nice. hope we can be friends thanks jalyn.. Jlynn13 (talk) 20:39, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi-hat, hi hat, high hat and high-hat

A tag has been placed on Hi-hat, hi hat, high hat and high-hat, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from an implausible typo, or other unlikely search term.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you believe that there is a reason to keep the redirect, you can request that administrators wait a while before deleting it. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Steel1943 (talk) 12:49, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

  • We already have a clutch of redirects for each individual term. We simply do not do pages, not even redirects, with multiple variants all together. And we do not contest deletion on (article) pages - we use the talk pages. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 13:21, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
@RHaworth: To be fair, the generic {{subst:Redirtypo-warn}} message (as used above) is ambiguous - it says "affix the template {{hangon}} to the page", which is exactly what Sardanaphalus did; it just wasn't clear that the talk page was the place that the {{hangon}} should have been put. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:01, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
  • Apologies. The mistake was not putting it in the wrong place but recreating the page with just an {{hangon}} tag when it had already been deleted. Once a page has been speedied, the correct place to challenge is DRV. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 15:38, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Tanakh

Template:Tanakh has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. JudeccaXIII (talk) 19:54, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I withdrew the nomination because of a redirect error that had me confused with another template. Sorry about that nomination. -- Cheers -- JudeccaXIII (talk) 19:29, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Hatnote templates

Hi. After your moves, there is a circularity in the redirects (and not all are named /doc). Could you take a look? -DePiep (talk) 11:08, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Oops, nothing wrong. I did not understand the Template talk:Hatnote templates/doc redirect at first. But its redirect to the template talk makes all sense. We can forget about this. -DePiep (talk) 12:13, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. Sardanaphalus (talk) 12:20, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Template:Infobox company

Just wondering if there was any discussion which led to the changes to this infobox template? Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:03, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

None that led to the changes; I fear that would've been inviting objection. Now reverted. Yours, Sardanaphalus (talk) 22:13, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
I was not objecting to the change, because I am not sure of the benefits of the change. But I am concerned about the number of changes you are making to highly visible templates without even an attempt to discuss them. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Which other templates do you have in mind..? Sardanaphalus (talk) 12:36, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Well, this is certainly not the first time I have similar comments about your editing practices. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:11, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Template:Abbr

You know better then to redo your edit after you have been reverted, remember WP:BRD? Make you case on the talk page. -- ] {{talk}} 18:38, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Template:Compact ToC

I noticed you made a change to this template. Now everything on the pages which use this template is using centered text, including level 1, 2 and 3 headers, and the reference list. Please double-check your modifications, thanks. --benlisquareT•C•E 12:40, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Template:Startflatlist

What possible "mal-functionality" are you referring to? A redirect will pass parameters as is. Your version only adds transclusion depth, which is why these constructs must be avoided. -- ] {{talk}} 05:59, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

The redirect doesn't appear to pass unnamed parameters. Are you wishing to remove all so-called "wrapper" templates? Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:07, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
It passes them just fine. (In fact, there is nothing to pass.) The only issue seems to be your (incorrect) use of the unnamed style parameter; {{flatlist}} requires it to be named. These wrapper templates serve no purpose. -- ] {{talk}} 16:11, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Apart from your last sentence<aside>which is an opinion</aside> I don't understand what you're trying to say. What "incorrect" use? Please stop your disruptive, destructive editing and unpleasant, bully-like manner. Where is the consensus for this kind of action and behavio/ur? (Are you okay..? Is there something upsetting in your life beyond Misplaced Pages..? If you wish, email me.)
I will now restore {{startplainlist}} and re-restore {{startflatlist}}. Please do not revert them. If you have behaved similarly elsewhere, I urge you to undo such edits before anyone else becomes concerned. Sardanaphalus (talk) 16:59, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
It was not an opinion: there really is no purpose to having wrapper templates like these. The functionality is identical when the template is redirected, and I'm quite surprised that you don't realise this. Please stop edit warring. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:10, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
What MSGJ says... Please revert yourself. Your template edits are close to being disruptive themselves. I may request having your template editor bit removed. -- ] {{talk}} 18:51, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
As for incorrect use; Not a single template I have come across has an unnamed style parameter. It is not something we ever want, so I really am slightly annoyed you want to push such a construct. -- ] {{talk}} 18:56, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
  • not an opinion... edit warring... request having your template editor bit removed... not something "we" ever want... annoyed you want to push...
Well, it's another day and, reviewing this thread, I wonder just how far it reflects the atmosphere of threads elsewhere. Hoping your day is better today, Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:07, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
Sardanaphalus, You shouldn't take it too personally. It is just that many of your technical edits do not work out they way you think they do; that is why they get reverted, especially on high-use templates. However, you do have the tendency to push your edits, and that is not very wiki-like. Discussion is the key, and I would like to see more of that from you. So when you see an edit of yours reverted, just go to the talk page and start a discussion. Simply reinstating your edit while making your point in the edit summary is just plain edit warring. -- ] {{talk}} 11:21, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your message. Don't worry, nothing taken personally. What's perturbing, though, is that I don't feel you followed the advice you've just given. I'm also not sure what you have in mind when you suggest a tendency to "push" edits..? Regards, Sardanaphalus (talk) 08:59, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Template:Punctuation marks/variant

This has got to STOP! I have no idea what kind of hackery you applied to Template:Punctuation marks/variant, but you better fix it without having to use hidden special characters, in this case, hair-spaces. We cannot rely of these exotic hacks! -- ] {{talk}} 09:28, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

My apoligies, I just found these spaces were present before you edited the template. -- ] {{talk}} 09:33, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Same-sex marriage footer

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Template:Collapsible option

Hi, the changes to Template:Collapsible option have made the template columns just a little bit too wide for the page. The 3rd column (Example) is overflowing slightly off the page. Also, please do not use small text, per WP:ACCESS, because those of us over 50 are having problems reading the smaller typeface. Thanks, Funandtrvl (talk) 22:47, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

FYI- I adjusted the font-size for Template:Collapsible lists option, it makes the monospaced type so much easier to see! Are there any other templates out there that may need adjusting? Thanks, Funandtrvl (talk) 23:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
  • It sounds like you'd prefer <code> and monospace's default size to be greater than 100%..? If so, I imagine that's something to seek at a more fundamental level. As regards {{Collapsible option}}, the table-formatted version apparently doesn't work on mobile devices<aside>I've enquired how/why</aside> so, for now at least, it's been reverted. Thanks for your reports, Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:52, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Yes, I had to set the monospace at 115% so that it was the same size (or just a little smaller) than the regular type. Thank you for all your work! Funandtrvl (talk) 17:40, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
  • 115% in the Firefox-based browser here makes monospace too large, relatively speaking – perhaps a "default monospace font-size" setting should be added to the user preferences..? Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:37, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:100%

Template:100% has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. -- ] {{talk}} 09:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)