User talk:Breenland
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Here's an important trick from Mediawiki
Open the edit window and compare these two:
That latter is why we don't bother with redirects for plurals. --Talvin (talk) 16:46, 13 July 2022 (EDT)
- Thanks! Besides noticing that, I've picked up a bit on how to make redirects a little cleaner looking using pipes, so sorry about that. --Breenland (talk) 15:52, 13 July, 2022 (CDT)
- We were all new once. Just figured you might appreciate knowing that one. There's a lot of Help docs in "Help & How-to" under Editing BTW to the left. Template Gallery is also a big help. When I first started I spent a lot of time in there poking around, and I still refer to them regularly. Good luck!--Talvin (talk) 16:58, 13 July 2022 (EDT)
- Oh, and for a demonstration of pipes I put up for someone else, check this out (which will go away next time I need to stage a project for deployment or something): User:Talvin/Sandbox--Talvin (talk) 16:59, 13 July 2022 (EDT)
- Minor addendum/clarification: Redirects for plurals are not verboten per se. They are just unnecessary when simply appending a plural s to the link will suffice. They can be very useful for plural forms that change the word (eg. man —> men, mercenary —> mercenaries). And generally, I'm a big fan of having redirects of all sorts and for all possible spellings in place to make life easier on the wiki.
- Oh, and Hi and welcome to Sarna, Breenland! :) Frabby (talk) 01:55, 14 July 2022 (EDT)
Proper noun capitalization project
Medium lasers have already been properly capitalized (per this note : Medium_laser#Notes), as an early part of the Proper Noun Capitalization Project. There's no need to make them capitalized. Thanks. --Revanche (talk|contribs) 21:11, 22 July 2022 (EDT)
- I see you been capitalizing a number of them today. Would you please revert those changes, so they are not improperly capitalized. Thanks. --Revanche (talk|contribs) 21:12, 22 July 2022 (EDT)
- Ugh, so weird. I'll go see what articles I was reading yesterday and go about adjusting them. Breenland (talk) 06:10, 23 July, 2022 (CDT)
- Does that include medium laser variants like X-Pulse, Pulse, and others? Breenland (talk) 06:20, 23 July, 2022 (CDT)
- Okay, I took a look at some other articles and it looks like that applies to just medium lasers and their variants, not Pulses or stuff. Sorry about that! (talk) 10:17, 23 July, 2022 (CDT)
- Yes, all common objects are being reverted to lower-case format, but there are only about 3 of us and it takes a lot of manual effort & time. Right now, the terms that have been completed are here. You can absolutely de-capitalize those you listed, and any others to which you feel the "common object" appellation applies, as you come across them. Thank you for your understanding.--Revanche (talk|contribs) 18:19, 23 July 2022 (EDT)
Random Act of Appreciation Award
Thanks for the de-capitalization you've done today. I appreciate any and all help on such an extensive project.
I took the liberty of installing your awards board, along with the other two automatic awards you've earned. Thanks again. --Revanche (talk|contribs) 09:54, 27 July 2022 (EDT)
- -Aww, thanks! Glad to help, just trying to make things match up and fix any mistakes I've made where I can, haha. (talk) 09:02, 27 July, 2022 (CDT)
Signature
Morning, Breenland. Please remember to use your signature when finishing a statement on a discussion/talk page. Refer to your welcome message for details on how to easily add it. Thank you.--Revanche (talk|contribs) 10:26, 11 August 2022 (EDT)