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New Siggy
New sig, i'll just put it on your guestbook to replace it with my old pice o' shit one...
PS; I'm number 39
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Look again please. I've done nothing "unconstructive". Your warning is unmerited. 75.161.222.150 (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
- My mistake I clicked revert for the wrong edit, my mistake Alexfusco5 16:28, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
- No problemo. Thanks for the speedy response. 75.161.222.150 (talk) 16:39, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Straw poll
The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll in selecting five proposals before an RFC in which it will be against the current main page. You're input would be appreciated. ChyranandChloe (talk) 04:01, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the note
:) Alexfusco5 16:10, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Account creation
I've just denied a request, but it was actually because I'd just misclicked with my mouse and I haven't looked into the case yet. Could you undo please? It Is Me Here (talk) 15:30, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
- Don't worry, I've fixed the problem. Just note from now on you can click "Reset Request" and fix it yourself ;) Alexfusco5 23:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
- OK, thanks, I'd figured as much but thought it would be best if I stopped touching anything just in case. It Is Me Here (talk) 09:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
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Date autoformatting
WRT to your comments at MOSNUM, you may be interested in reading this, which did the rounds some time ago:
Disadvantages of date-autoformatting
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- (a) It works only for registered (Wikipedian) users who have set their date preferences and are logged in.
- (b) To our readers out there, it displays all-too-common inconsistencies in raw formatting in bright-blue underlined text, yet conceals them from WPians who are logged in and have chosen preferences.
- (2) Avoids what are merely trivial differences
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- (a) It is trivial whether the order is day–month or month–day. It is more trivial than color/colour and realise/realize, yet our consistency-within-article policy on spelling (WP:ENGVAR) has worked very well. English-speakers readily recognise both date formats; all dates after our signatures are international, and no one objects.
- (3) Colour-clutter: the bright-blue underlining of all dates
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- (a) It dilutes the impact of high-value links.
- (b) It makes the text slightly harder to read.
- (c) It doesn't improve the appearance of the page.
- (4) Typos and misunderstood coding
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- (a) There's a disappointing error-rate in keying in the auto-function; not bracketing the year, and enclosing the whole date in one set of brackets, are examples.
- (b) Once autoformatting is removed, mixtures of US and international formats are revealed in display mode, where they are much easier for WPians to pick up than in edit mode; so is the use of the wrong format in country-related articles.
- (c) Many WPians don't understand date-autoformatting—in particular, how it differs from ordinary linking; often it's applied simply because it's part of the furniture.
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- (a) It's more work to enter an autoformatted date, and it doesn't make the edit-mode text any easier to read for subsequent editors.
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- (a) It's incompatible with date ranges ("January 3–9, 1998", or "3–9 January 1998", and "February–April 2006") and slashed dates ("the night of May 21/22", or "... 21/22 May").
- (b) By policy, we avoid date autoformatting in such places as quotations; the removal of autoformatting avoids this inconsistency.
Tony (talk) 03:49, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for your comments, but some editors may prefer to see the date the way they want. Those who don't care and are against it can always turn the preference off. Alexfusco5 20:18, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
arbcom vote
I noticed your edit summary - was your vote in the right section? 220.240.24.119 (talk) 02:43, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Yes it was, that was a typo but thanks for your concern considering I already voted wrong on 2 of them Alexfusco5 02:55, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
