User talk:David Kernow
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[edit] Infobox
Hey David, could you please update the infobox at Hungarian people? Thanks! Khoikhoi 20:56, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- Done! Best wishes, David (talk) 12:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Blush! Someday I'll return to the ethnic group articles, but for now I'm glad there are folk such as yourself whose fine work includes them. David (talk) 14:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Indonesian issues
Thanks for your work on Indonesian related articles - I am embroiled in real life and a few other things as well - but would like to put my hand up as someone who was trying to WP Indonesian tag all articles I could find, as well as do a big category sort [...]
- Whenever you're able!
[...] please dont be suprised when I actually get lots of spare time in the next week or so - that I send a long series of questions! SatuSuro 13:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'm no expert on Indonesia; only passing by some related articles having found {{Indonesia-related topics}}. Before starting, I hadn't seen {{Life in Indonesia}} (which looks like a compact version of {{Indonesia-related topics}}), so I'm not sure which folk would prefer (if not both). I've decided to forge on, though, since I can try polishing some of the formatting here and there. Thanks for your message, David Kernow (talk) 13:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cat tagging templates
re: your email directing me to {{CMS}}Template talk:X5/DK...
- See flow in , where it begins with (once upon a time... Meta defined) .Css reference...
which turned out to be not so portable afterall, so is expressed: {{Interwiki class-sisterproject|<div class="infobox sisterproject">}} creating a div style and box structure...
'X5' is JUST THE NEW GUTS logic and display lines for inside that box structure... just replaces the if-then-else in the top ten-twelve lines between the div style= ... and final /div commands. It is not (yet) a template by itself. - Then continue by examining:
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- and in mirror application.
- then Ping for the rest of your answers.
Cheers // FrankB 15:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
This page/changewill make a good live fire exercise. // FrankB 22:01, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RobertG
I thought you might like to know:
- jc37 10:33, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Jc37,
- I thought you might like to know...
- Thanks for your note (without which I'd probably still be unaware of the event) which I received but then forgot about until now, so my apologies for this delayed acknowledgement. I'm genuinely surprised if RobertG's departure is solely due to CalJW's unpleasant comments at the CfD review (I note CalJW doesn't appear to've been involved in the original CfD) so I'm wondering if there's more to this story than is on record; do you have any further, more recent insight...? It's certainly a blow for CfD and category maintenance if RobertG doesn't return, let alone any other areas where I'm not aware of his contribution. Do you know if anyone's able to contact (or has contacted) him outside Wikipedia...? Thanks again for your message, David (talk) 22:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, besides the WP:AN, check out CalJW's talk page, and RobertG's talk page (and check out his "parting gift"). It's starting to look like he doesn't plan to return in the near future... sigh. - jc37 03:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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- FYI, I've been given access to the code for RobotG, and he'd made a cryptic mention of being a former Admin, to which I've queried him about. I've been otherwise occupied too often these past couple of weeks to follow up here, alas. I just saw the email from him night before last. // FrankB 16:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
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- PING (Your Commons talk) here and see your email (Flagged Hi-Pri) on a related matter. // FrankB 16:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] AfD nomination of Types of pocket sandwich
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[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Ugandan topics
Template:Ugandan topics has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Ezeu 04:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking the trouble to post the above. Rather than deletion, perhaps a review of the template's contents might be timely, with reference to similar templates; it would probably also benefit from addition of one or more links to Category:Uganda / Portal:Uganda / List of Uganda-related topics. Hope all well, David Kernow (talk) 19:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Listification
There are some categories ready for listification on the working page. I know you've done some in the past, is there an simple way to do this? - jc37 13:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- The few I've done were by copy-paste then search-replace in a plain-text editor (to remove whitespace, create links, etc) from the category page, i.e. manually, followed by subst:ing {{Ctlf}} to create a basic "List of" page. Whether this is the simplest (or even a simple) method, I don't know; there may be a technique/template/macro or the like that automates the process entirely... perhaps something like WP:AWB could be (or has been!) coaxed to do so... In a nutshell, I guess my answer is an incredibly useful "maybe", although if there isn't an automated technique/template/macro/AWB/etc setup, it's something to add to a to-do list somewhere! Yours, David (talk) 20:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
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- I totally agree, especially since so many categories (especially fiction-based) are being listified latey. And thanks for the link to the template, I would never have thought of that : ) - jc37 12:17, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Template review
Hi, David! If you have time (and, more importantly, inclination), could you take a look at the {{Russian district composition}} template? This template will supposedly make the task of creating district composition tables a bit easier. A usage example is available in the Giaginsky District article. If you don't want to disassemble the code (which is perfectly OK, because it is kind of heavy, repetitive, and unintelligible), I would still appreciate any generic advice you might give. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:19, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- I see what you mean about the "heavy" code! – although it seems this is mostly due to the parameter names. Normally, I reckon unabbreviated (or only slightly abbreviated) names are a good idea, but perhaps {{Russian district composition}} is an exception (so long as an explanation/key is given in the documentation/code's comments). How about:
| Current | Suggestion |
| DistrictName | name |
| SelsovietTypePlural | selsv_plural |
| Selsoviet_1_[en/ru] | selsv1_[en/ru] |
| SelsovietRuralSettlement_1_[en/ru] | selsv_rs1_[en/ru] |
| SelsovietRuralSettlement_1_RuralLocality_1 | selsv_rs1_rl1 |
| etc, etc...? | |
- Re the template's formatting, how about removing the repeated "khutor of"/"selo of"/etc within the "Rural localities in jurisdiction" column along these lines (using Ayryumovsky as example):
| Rural localities in jurisdiction³ | |
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| Settlements | Novy |
| Khutors | Krasny Khleborob, Progress, Sadovy |
| Selos | Nizhny Ayryum, Obraztsovoye |
- ...or is the order in which these places appear significant...?
- Best wishes, David (talk) 23:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- PS Spotted Rarelibra's new version of the Adygea map, which looks the best yet; I'm tempted, though, to (re)insert Krasnodar's location and rotate the map back to its previous position (or was that incorrect...?)
[edit] Barnstar
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| Thanks for all your sterling work maintaining templates. It might not glamorous work but your efforts are appreciated. Valentinian T / C 20:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC) |
The barnstar is well deserved for your work in general, but you deserve an extra thanks for your tweak of {{Danish overseas empire}} which has been on my to do list for ages. Happy editing. Valentinian T / C 20:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your generosity! Another tweak I almost applied was to enlarge the title's font-size a little, as {{Navbox generic}} titles are slightly smaller than {{Navigation}} titles (see, for example, the "International membership" group of templates at the end of the Greenland article if you don't already know what I mean). However, a general debate as regards templates is being suggested here, so I'm waiting to see what happens there before suggesting (say) a tweak to the {{Navbox generic}} code. Thanks again, David (talk) 20:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Glad you liked it. I was thinking the same thing about the font size, but your tweak today fixed the template's biggest issue. Perhaps it will need some redesigning to blend in better with the other templates. Cheers. Valentinian T / C 21:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Another barnstar
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| I noticed you just got one, but I had to come here and give you a barnstar. {{·}} is quite an innovative template; thank you so much for creating it. ShadowHalo 15:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC) |
- Thanks for making the barnstar stereo! I've been away a couple of days, so sorry not to've sent this earlier. {{·}} seems to work best on the handful of screens and printers I've seen it on; ideally, though, I reckon there could be a "set separator character" preference option (which also uses the
formatting). A couple of people said it was tricky to input, which I guess is true if you're not keen on pasting, macros or key combinations, but the "middot" character seemed appropriate for a short template name. Anyway, happy to know some folk like it! Best wishes, David (talk) 04:35, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
