User talk:Coinman62

Hidden text in Wikipedia

Okay, Chochopk, I will take you up on your offer to help. Is there a code that editors can use to place hidden text on the edit page -- for the purpose of notifying other editors why I did something -- but which will remain hidden from view on the article page? I thought there is such a code, but I cannot find it in Wikipedia help. Thanks,Coinman62 14:54, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can do something this:

The euro (currency sign: €; banking code: EUR) is the official currency of the European states . The euro is not used in all of the European Union as not all EU members have adopted the currency.

That is usually called "comment". Note that if you have the comment as a separate line

The euro (currency sign: €; banking code: EUR) is the official currency of the European states

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The euro is not used in all of the European Union as not all EU members have adopted the currency.

Then the comment line is as good as a blank line. So the text that follows will start as a new paragraph. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 20:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to say, there's a live example at Foreign exchange market, at the "External links" section. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 20:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changes to "peso" article and "Spanish dollar" article

Thanks, Chochopk, for your advice on the hidden text. It worked great. A friend of mine is one of the most respected numismatists in the entire world, and I consulted with him today about the "peso" article and the "Spanish dollar." He offered quite a bit of assistance and suggested some resources. So I made some clarifications on those two pages, based upon his advice and what the published resources said. You might take a look at the changes and see if they are consistent with your knowledge of the two subjects. Coinman62 20:31, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I made some minimal changes to Spanish dollar. You are obviously an expert on dollar/peso coins. Anything before 1900 is out of my reach. However, I made User:Chochopk/Latin Monetary Union unit as a quick reference to myself. Since you're interested in uploading coin image, I thought these 2 templates can be useful to you:

{{Coin image box 1 double}}
{{Coin image box 2 singles}}

They were made at the request of User:Curtius and have been applied to Roman Republican coinage extensively.

I see that you uploaded Image:Carlos IV Coin2.jpg and at the same time update Image:Carlos IV Coin.jpg. Now that these two files are identical. I know this is a sensitive topic, but do you think one of them can be deleted? --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 05:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Chochopk. Thanks for adjusting the boxes on the Spanish dollar article. Yes, I have been reading on Wikipedia how to delete the first image of Carlos IV coin.jpg -- I think you place a delete tag somewhere on the image file. The more recent upload of Carlos IV coin2.jpg is an improvement over the first. I tried to upload the second as an overwrite of the first. When I made the attempt, it seemed to upload and overwrite, but the page containing the image did not change to the new image. So I don't know what step that I left out. I must admit that I chuckled at your comment that this was "sensitive," but I don't mind a deletion if there was some improvement made. Thanks again. Coinman62 13:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you have successfully overwrite the first image. If you look at the file history at Image:Carlos IV Coin.jpg, you will see 2 revisions. The newer one has exactly the same number of bytes as Image:Carlos IV Coin2.jpg. And on my screen they look identical. Perhaps it was your browser's or the server's cache that prevented you from seeing the effect on the real articles. You can do the following to force a refresh:

Mozilla/Safari: hold down Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R), Internet Explorer: press Ctrl-F5, Opera/Konqueror: press F5.

If it's just a cache problem, then I believe it is image 2 that should be deleted.

Have you thought about uploading images to Commons so that the same image can be used on Wikipedias in different languages without re-uploading to each different server? The policy on commons is stricter than on en because it has to meet requirements in all countries. However the images you have should have no problem because they qualify as commons:Template:PD-old on the coin design itself, and you made the image yourself. I often find these copyright rules on Wikipedia annoying. They can be a blocking stone for spreading knowledge. But trust me, sooner or later, we will run into one of those copyright crusaders. If you choose to re-upload the images to commons, the duplicate copy on en can be deleted. I can help doing the tedious job of tagging the duplicate if you want. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 02:06, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]