Hey there, Intelligentsium, I saw your name on WP:AIV, I thought to visit and drop a hi. Upon reaching your user page, I found it malformed. Just a notice, and happy wikifying!--EcstacyXtcy3 02:33, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
--EcstacyXtcy302:33, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Malformed how? I know the "fake title" does not always overlay correctly with the real title, if that is what you mean; unfortunately, there is no solution to that. Cheers, Intelligentsium02:39, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On April 6, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Belted cardinalfish, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it 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.
Hello Intelligentsium (...an original and nice name!), thank you for your prompt and clear answer. I'm using this function to display the percentage of articles I wrote on it.wikipedia (about 600), I just don't like all those unnecessary decimals. Greetings from Italy, --Gabodon (talk) 16:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Graveldiver
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For a clever and confusing userpage (which the old hands will appreciate) , and a very helpful talk page notice and preload (which I'm sure the newbies appreciate). Awesome job, on top of everything else you do for Wikipedia.
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Hello, Intelligentsium. You have new messages at Esuzu's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
DYK for Margariscus
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Thank you for your fixing of references in the Nokian Tyres article. I am trying to fix the following references but need help. Most of them are ok (see the article for how it looks). References 9 16 17 18 19 26 57 need repair. Can you help? I will study what you do so that I can learn how to do it. Thank you.
Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 17:47, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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When you revert vandalism, such as at Amy Williams (with your sock), it's usually a good idea to have a quick look at the page history to determine whether you need to revert any further back. In this case, the edit prior to the one you reverted was also vandalism, but I've reverted the page back to the last "clean" version. Just taking a moment to check the history can save further problems later on. :) Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?
Thanks for the help. I should have been more careful, but I suppose that's what I get for trying to squeeze a few hasty reverts in at the end of the workday. I'll be more careful next time. Cheers, Intelligentsium19:56, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Actinoporus elegans
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Thank you very much for signing up for the July Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two and a half years, all the way back to the beginning of 2008! We're really going to need all the help we can muster to get it down to a manageable number. We've ambitiously set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog this month. So once again, thanks for your support! --DiannaaTALK02:30, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Permaban 71.51.135.191.
I just wound up reverting a couple of their edits on the same page, couple minutes apart. Checked their history and they have a consistent pattern regarding this. You were the last person to enact a ban on them, and they are obviously incorrigible. :(
1:57am Eastern 7/15/2010
67.149.104.75 (talk) 05:58, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, but I am not an administrator and thus cannot issue blocks (which is what I assume you mean by "Permaban"; note there is a difference between a block and a ban). I have warned that anonymous user in the past, and have now issued a final warning. If this user continues to vandalize, you can report him or her to WP:AIV, where an administrator will take appropriate action. Intelligentsock14:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Browser spell checking
Hi,
Thanks for your reply to my help request - please accept my apologies for taking so long to answer, I've been on WP rarely of late, and had forgotten I'd asked the question!
I use Opera and the preferences are set to British English, so i'm baffled as to why it checks this in American! I'd assumed that it was the WP editor, but thanks for the info. Having used Opera for longer than i've been a registered user of WP and as I generally don't edit from anywhere but home this had not occurred to me! I'll look for info in the Opera forums. Thanks again. Bertcocaine (talk) 23:40, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now passed the halfway point, so here's an update.
Progress Report - Progress toward the targets has been good. 751 articles out of the approximately 1,600 we would like to get completed by the end of the month were done by July 15, so we will be very close to meeting the target for volume. However, we would like to clear all of the 2008 articles from the backlog, and there are still 892 left to do. Please consider choosing one of these older articles when looking for something to copy edit. If we focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue.
Participation Report - 95 people signed up for the July drive. This is a great result compared to May, when we had 36. However, in May only one person that signed up didn't do any copy edits, and in July only 59 of the 95 have posted any copy edits on the big board.
The task may seem insurmountable but please remember that if all 95 participants copy edit just one article a day from now until the end of the month, we will eliminate 1,300 more articles from the backlog. So please consider participating at whatever level you can! All contributions are appreciated.
Could you clarify what you need? I assume you need to refer to some note more than once, but without knowing which note I can only give generic advice:
On the first note, you need to have the full {{#tag:ref|content|name="name"|group=notes}}. However, for all subsequent references to that note you can simply put
That's got it! Thanks! ...oh, another question. Some of the Notes in the article I'm working on are H-U-G-E. In the wikitext of the article, they make it difficult to keep track of where one should edit the article text. It's confusing. Is there a way I can physically locate the Notes in the Notes section, using named refs so there's a link in the article text, and... here's the thing.. not have the little blue [notes 1]? I know it can be done with <ref> tags (as it is in the Six-day War article).. but how about with group=notes? Tks!!! • Ling.Nut10:54, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There is only one way I know of to accomplish what you ask. I haven't actually used it before but I am familiar with its usage. By using the templates {{ref label}} and {{note label}}, you can bypass the ref tag syntax completely, somewhat like hardcoding the notes. However, this method is a bit complex, so I have implemented it for you on all of the notes currently present (although I cannot seem to locate where note 3 was used to be). Intelligentsock19:38, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Guidance Barnstar
To Intelligentsium/Intelligentsock for guidance above and beyond the call of duty. Now go do something about this whole split personality thing, and you'll be ready for the future. • Ling.Nut01:57, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the star. I'm not logged into my main account right now as I'm on holiday and editing from a variety of connexions (with a variety of security levels) during any downtime. Intelligentsock02:15, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
