User talk:Ebakunin/Archive

Images

Thanks so much for adding images of some of the most famous BT characters. If you want to keep helping out with biographies, you may wish to join Project Biographies. --Scaletail 19:48, 30 July 2008 (CDT)

Just wanted to add any encouragement; you've done phenomenal work, both in breadth and scope. Good work. I hope you noticed the attribution on the front page. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:17, 7 August 2008 (CDT)

I have information that I need to put up for Doug Chaffee from February that I haven't gotten too. Let me know if you want to help and I can email it to you. BTW, I liked what you did with the artwork for him. Locis 06:38, 12 November 2008 (PST)

Clan ranks

Hi there! Do not get me wrong, I really appreciate the work you are doing. But I have been wondering if the Clan ranks should not be merged into a single article, possibly into Clan military structure. Frabby 07:05, 4 August 2008 (CDT)

Hello. The idea behind keeping the entries separate is simple ease of use for the viewer. The various military ranks are among the most common links in the wiki. You'll see a mention of Star Colonel Aidan in one article, Star Commander Ranna in another, etc. In my opinion, when a viewer clicks on the rank link they want to quickly see what it means, as opposed to a long, detailed article about the entire Clan military structure. In addition, we might want to put examples into the entry – something like "It took ristar Aidan Pryde xx years to become a Star Colonel, during which he commanded yy warriors and was responsible for planet zz". Including an example is something I'll still ruminating about.

BTW, I always appreciate constructive criticism. Thanks for your interest! --Ebakunin 16:12, 4 August 2008 (CDT)

I love the new clan rank template!! I think there should be one for each of the clans. Very cool!! Locis 06:37, 12 November 2008 (PST)

Should we be using the "Moratorium" tag for the Blake stuff? I JUST bought it Wednesday and I'm DYING to put stuff up, but I feel like the moratorium should be more like 6 months not 2 months. What do you think? p.s. It's TOTALLY Hallis... Locis 21:39, 28 November 2008 (PST)

You need to contact Scaletail. He's the admin the instituted the policy and he's the one that would need to change it. --Ebakunin 21:50, 28 November 2008 (PST)

Just a general Thank-you

...for the immense amount of good contributions you have made so far. I think a big pat on the back is in order. Very impressive, and of course immensely helpful in bringing this wiki forward. Keep up the excellent work! Frabby 02:53, 30 November 2008 (PST)

WikiProject Military Commands

I created a new WikiProject to encompass all military commands. Since you've done a lot of work in the past with them, please come over and sign up so that we can improve the coverage of all units. --Scaletail 14:18, 14 February 2009 (PST)

Moratorium

On the 3076 article you added information from a recently published source. While you are not required to undo the edit you made or remove the reference, please be aware that this is in violation of the moratorium policy. This policy places a moratorium on using sources that have been published within the last two months, except in special circumstances. Thank you for your contribution to BattleTechWiki, and please keep this policy in mind when editing in the future. --Scaletail 16:53, 23 March 2009 (PDT)

Sorry, this was just me being stupid. I've commented out the information. Working on getting a brain upgrade now. --Ebakunin 19:05, 23 March 2009 (PDT)

Yearline & Graphics

This look great. Seriously, good idea and great job. It really helps to improve the visual experience, provides information and adds a touch of style and consistency that improves the BTW experience. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 11:09, 15 June 2009 (PDT)

Liberator

I took the liberty (no pun intended) of changing your last edit to italics, which is what I presume you had intended (you used double quotes, which are not read by mediawiki the same way as two single quotes). If I presumed wrong, please let me know. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 11:44, 18 June 2009 (PDT)

I thought the BT convention is to put named ships in quotes, while ship classes are put in italics (much like 'Mechs). Am I wrong here? Thanks. --Ebakunin 11:55, 18 June 2009 (PDT)

Let me say that I'm uncertain. If there is a policy or stated convention here, please point me in that direction. However, based on my own interest in things naval (I'm a naval officer), I lean towards italicizing ship names. Scaletail and I generally lean towards the adoption of Wikipedia policies on areas where we haven't yet adopted a similar policy (especially in regards to references and copyediting). I don't have the time just now to find & check their policy, but this article tells me they lean towards italicizing. Quotes just seem to be an odd way of highlighting a ship's name. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 12:02, 18 June 2009 (PDT)

You're absolutely right. I was basing quotes vs. italics on CBL's conventions, which I was mistaken about. I took a look at Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents where the Invincible WarShip is in italics. My bad. Won't happen again. Thanks for pointing out the problem --Ebakunin 12:17, 18 June 2009 (PDT)

No, not a problem. You've actually given me another reason to write a Manual of Style for the wiki. This is a good one. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 13:05, 18 June 2009 (PDT)

Wiki experience

Hey, Ebakunin. It's clear to me that MediaWiki doesn't scare you. What kind of experience do you have with it? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 12:08, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Dash or Code

Xoid once tried to explain this to me, but it went over my head. Why do you prefer to use the code –, instead of a dash? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:41, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

And why didn't nowiki not work here? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:41, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Usage:

There's three type of dash entities (letter-like symbols), each slightly longer than the previous:

- (standard hyphen)
– (–)
— (—)

In general, the short dash is used for hyphenated words, the long dash ("mdash") for connecting sentence fragments, and the "ndash" for everything else. For example:

• (standard hyphen) "Teaching a pre-teen to drive is a bad idea."
• (–) George Washington, February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799
• (—) "Sarah, no matter what he said—and I know he said a lot—I promise you they were all lies."

Browser interpretation:

Here's where it gets complicated. A "character" is basically a number, letter, or entity the can fit in one letter space. For example, "K" and "Æ" are characters since they take up one space, but "AE" is not. Since there are a lot of characters (©, ¥, ñ, etc.) and a limited number of keys on the keyboard, each character has an HTML character entity reference so the browser knows what to display. It has to be something weird so no one will accidentally type it and get confused, which is why – gives you – and — gives you —.

All the entities I've mentioned are perfectly valid letters/symbols that just don't show up on an American English keyboard. Therefore they are not HTML tags like <div> and <nowiki> won't work on them.

Because they are entities, you can also cut-and-paste them just like any other letter. They're not readily available on my keyboard, though, which is why I type them out the long way. If BTW had a symbol insert list like Wikipedia offers (the one that lets you insert ©, ¥, ñ, etc.) I would use it instead.

That turned out to be a rather long winded response, but I hope it helped. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:52, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

NO! That absolutely helped. It also assuaged my guilt over not using the code, since I knew I could use it incorrectly. I see that is not the case, but that I'm free to use regular dashes. Thanks, Ebakunin. I appreciate it. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:33, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Timeline tags

Having seen the awesome job you did on the yearlist, here's an idea I had: On the Starwars wiki, there is one or more era symbol(s) in each article (where appropriate), denoting during which eras a certain vehicle was used or a certain event occurred. I liked this concept, but totally lack the skills to implement something similar on BTW. You, on the other hand, seem quite skilled in this respect... Frabby 21:11, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I know what you're referring to, but unfortunately the era symbols use JavaScript for correct positioning. Since I don't have access to BTW's JavaScript I can't do the work. Sorry. --Ebakunin 21:14, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Is it a one time code addition or something that would need constant access? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:08, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

To be honest, it would require admin status, as I would need to modify the system messages page. --Ebakunin 22:38, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Wannabe_kate code

Ebakunin, do you feel the editcounter code on this site can be used here, if installed? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:06, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Bump. I was hoping you could see if this is something we could have installed on our server, rather than go thru Interiot's. The tool was very informative (IMO) and I'd love to be able to use it again. Thanks. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:11, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Would you first go here and let me know which editcounter you prefer. Afterward, I'll need to talk with Nic about adding the tool to the site. He will need to do the dirty work. --Ebakunin 05:34, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Technically, its this one, but he offers this code from this page. I'm not even certain the code to run the editcounter is available, but maybe what I provided you only links into the (possibly defunct) master server. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:25, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Banner Placement

Ebakunin, please find an appropriate place to put this on your userpage:

--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:03, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations, and Welcome to the Admin team! Frabby 10:16, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Edittools

I'm constantly forgetting how to use the code and then having to look up how I used it in the past. How would I make use of your editool? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 18:39, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

What code? --Ebakunin 18:40, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Edittools. Maybe I've mis-understood the intent of this page. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:21, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit any page and look under the text box. You'll see the results. --Ebakunin 20:39, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

So, how do you like your steaks? Certain cut? Expensive? Baked Alaska with that? Seriously...thank you!--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:44, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Template:Cite

Ebakunin, do you think you might be able to get the cite tag to work properly? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 19:25, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're referring to. --Ebakunin 23:42, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Belay my last. I figured out what I wanted to get done. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:47, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

blanking pages

I'm going to keep blanking pages. I can't be banned because I'm not logged on. — The preceding unsigned comment was posted by 68.81.95.145 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 16 July 2009 (UTC).

Hi. Would you please be more specific as to what's going on. I logged out and then edited Kell Hound Pilot (CCG - Limited) without any issues. I'm unsure how to recreate the problem you encountered. Thanks. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:36, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Watchout

I'm catching up with you on editcounts. Today i gained 3 to your 1 addition. Only 84 more to go (which equates to about 4,200 more, by that counter's function). Be afraid, be very afraid. :P--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:49, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Ebakunin sig

Re: {{Ebakunin sig}}, I've corrected the timestamps and removed the four calls to it. I guess this means that it is no longer required? (Seems as if you decided against using it.) --Xoid 13:33, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I didn't realize you could customize your signature using wikicode. I need to double back and replicate the template results before deleting the template, otherwise all the signatures will disappear. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:48, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, that's what I did, but it seems you already figured that out.

It sort of surprised me really, most people who use vanity templates store them in the User namespace. e.g., {{User:Ebakunin/sig}}. I used to be a template sigger myself but I changed my ways after seeing a wiki go down in flames when it was vandalised. That, and I finally realised that each signature template tends to be a real strain on the server. --Xoid 02:15, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

BTW, nice to finally meet you --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:48, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

And it's nice to be back. Ah, nostalgia. :P --Xoid 02:15, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

25 Years of Art & Fiction

You put a specific date on the moratorium. Does that mean the print edition is for sale already?--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Nope, my mistake. Fixing it now. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Roger, thanks. My hopes are dashed so easily.--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

-moz-border-radius-topleft

One reason I always shied away from that property is because of its non-universal support. Be careful that in freeing the web from the tyranny of IE's non-compliance with standards that we don't…yada, yada. You get the drift.

That reminds me, would I be imposing upon you if I asked for the horizontal ellipsis to be added to that JavaScript-based monstrosity of yours down there? *points at the "Insert a character:" thingamajig at the bottom of his screen*--Xoid 06:44, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

The only reason the I use the -moz-border-radius attribute is because it degrades gracefully to all other browsers. Don't worry – I never use any nonstandard tags (with the exception of filter:alpha(opacity=XX)). I can't think of any other nonstandard attributes I use either other than "-moz". --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 16:38, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

For what it's worth, you could also add "-webkit-border-radius" to your CSS so Safari, Chrome, etc. have rounded corners as well. More info--Mbear 16:11, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Done. Completely forgot about that . Thanks for reminding me. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:58, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Color

Quick question: what code do I use to change the color of certain text? I thought <color=brown></color> would have worked, but it does not. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Unless you want me to create a template, you should use <span>, one of the few HTML tags allowed in the wiki. Try this: <span style="color:blue">example</span>. It will display example. You can apply other font attributes too. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Aaah-kay. Thanks. It apparently doesn't work within the {{quote}} template, but it does work outside it. Thanks, Ebakunin. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:25, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Transcluded

Ebakunin, requesting a kludge be shoehorned into MediaWiki:Common.js/edit.js: can you ensure that no "{" is next to another "{"? As it is, the templates this script allows you to insert are actually transcluded. While I theorise that there might be other side effects, MediaWiki:Common.js/edit.js currently appears in the categories that those templates bestow.

While we're on the topic, could you make it so you can insert stuff in the summary field too? (Might be more work than it's worth though…) --Xoid 07:10, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Xoid. I can do both but it'll take quite a while. The problem is that all the content is done via JavaScript, which by definition is a nasty hack. So I'll need to hack the hack for the kludge to not turn buggy. That was fun to write.

On a separate note, I'd like to remove the {{template doc page transcluded}} template from the /doc pages. The reason is that they can be confusing to the average user. The people who want to actually modify a template are few and far between and are likely to know (or figure out on their own) where the documentation is. The vast majority of viewers will just be curious as to how the template works. Words like "transcluded" just complicate things. As an example I modified {{!}}. If you disagree you can always rollback the changes. Thanks. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:19, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Having that lil' link there saves time when you're a lazy bastard like myself, and I'd prefer that they stay. (They're also an easy way to tell whether something conforms to the TDP or not.) Rewording the template itself so that it's easy for people to figure out that the edit link there is for the poor schmucks who have to come in and correct documentation errors seems a better solution. --Xoid 05:17, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

However, when you edit the template, at the bottom of the page you'll see the list of transcluded templates. You can get the link that way without the confusing text. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 15:46, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

References on the edit toolbar

What am I doing wrong here? I imagine...it needs to be referenced somewhere else? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:55, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

The ref templates are actually in the editbar—the last two buttons insert <ref></ref> and <references />. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I knew that! Can I borrow your reality transfer device?--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:28, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hy I see in the timeline 2906 a discrepance... in Battletech 25 Years Art & Fiction they write the Home Defense Act passed was by the FWL....and in the timeline is writen by Capellan Confederation... I dont know..... sorry for my englisch Doneve 15:47, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Doneve. I'm not really sure which one is correct. Communibus locis made the last edit in '08 referencing the Capellan Confederation, but did not cite his source (sigh). We may need to do some research on this one. Thanks for pointing on the discrepancy! --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 02:19, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Jihad Turning Points: Atreus

Hello Ebakunin. Do you know when you or someone else will be posting the article/entry for the new Jihad Turing Points: Atreus that just came out? I was surprised that no one had made something for it yet. I'm not that hot with uploading article pictures, was holding out in posting something about it. It came on PDF in last week of November -- Wrangler 12:26, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Wrangler. I bad oversight on our part. I have created the article, along with a two-month moratorium (because of the moratorium guidelines). However, I haven't bought the scenario pack yet and we still need the attributions added. Would you please handle that section? Thanks a lot for the help! --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 19:50, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Alrighty, I'll start putting in content. I didn't get chance buy the naval scenario they came up with. I only had cash for the Atreus itself. I'll work on it tonight or tomorrow. -- Wrangler 20:11, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Question - Why is the book listed as Last in the Jihad Turing Points? Is listed somewhere? I need added a citation to that. They still need take Terra, Gibson, couple other worlds. -- Wrangler 20:41, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I think I remember CGL stating they were going to publish the Great House capitals in Turning Point scenarios. However, I have nothing to cite and there's no reason they couldn't have changed their minds anyway . Please erase that part. Thanks. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:59, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay then, I'll remove the comment. I will ask the writers if they plan to keep trucking along with the series. I don't know if they can respond to that. -- Wrangler 13:49, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Awards

Ebakunin, I took the liberty of installing an awards board on your main page. Please place it where it best fits your design. Happy New Year! --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:02, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Founders Editor of the Year

Ebakunin - I feel that you've been a tremendous editor on the wiki over the last year (including your map project, the editing tools, and leadership in the year articles), and have thus given you the Editor of the Year award. Congratulations, and thank you for all of your hard work. Nicjansma 06:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

References & Bibliographies

Hey, Ebakunin. Welcome back. In regards to my use of references & biblios (Imperial City), it was decided by consensus a while ago that the reference section should be reserved for direct citations of text within an article, while biblios would be used to document complete titles (as well as other sources) that can be reviewed for further information. This was a decision (again, thru consensus) to more adequately meet the citation requirements of real word serious scholastic methods. No one has yet gotten around to adding this req to Help:References, but since I've launched BattleTechWiki:Project Unfinished Book's first mission, I decided I had better start working towards that standard. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:54, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Bad me. Very bad me. Ok, let's try this again. Is this the correct format? Thanks. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:05, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

No, no: not bad you. It hasn't become 'policy' yet, but I shall endeavor to complete it. I made this change to your favored article. Note the biblio entries are alphabetized and no information needs to be added to them, since that info is only a click away. Also, I didn't get to the cites for the references, but they don't need to be wikilinked anymore (since the biblio entry will be wikilinked). Hope that helps. Good night! --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:08, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

SlickMap CSS

Mbear introduced this idea. Is this something that could liven up Dmon's trees? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:19, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

You're referring to his Military Rank Insignia tables, right? They are well done and I wouldn't mind rolling out the theme elsewhere. However, that brings up the whole site look/makeover issue, which is a whole different ballpark. I'm not sure of the best way to handle it. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 02:04, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I was a bit in a rush and wasn't complete. Mbear suggested this in regards to Dmon's table trees. When you say 'site lookout/makeover,' I recall our long range discussions of the site, but checking: are you saying that including the capability of adding these in would necessitate (i.e., force, due to code use) such a change? --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:49, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

You gotta love it when everyone needs to spend most of their time clarifying themselves. By site makeover, I was referring to unifying the style of all the templates. For example, having his CSS look apply to both the novel template and the unit template. Applying his styling to Dmon's table trees should be fairly easy. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 19:38, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

I took another look at it. It says it only goes three deep level-wise, which wouldn't be too practical for family or unit trees. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:49, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

That's something I can fix. Adding more levels shouldn't be a huge problem.--Mbear 17:54, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

CCG

Thanks Ebakunin for adding the missing text, on the CCG, i forgot to add the text, on many cards.Doneve 00:03, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Just trying to help. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:13, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Hy you install CCG Template. I have some cards there not listed on the wiki, good work.Doneve 02:18, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

The template's always been there; in fact, it's what we've been using the whole time. I just made a few changes to the spacing. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 02:24, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Hy can you please take a look of the Banshee BNC-5S CCG Commanders site, i cant find my error.ThanksDoneve 11:48, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. You had an unclosed double-bracket (i.e. "...the [[Banshee served to..."). Thanks for the good work! --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 14:11, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Hy Ebakunin, thanks for fixing my litte errors , i load some support cards but i have some problems i cant see it? Doneve 21:05, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Can you give me an example link? --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:20, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Hy can you give me please a link for the CCG Template, there are so many cards are not added, in the wiki, and i cant find the link,thanksDoneve 17:35, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Here ya go: Template:CCGUnit --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:37, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Hy Ebakunin i give you the award for your support about the CCG section, thanks a lot.Doneve 19:44, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Viability of Mbear's Suggestion

Hey, would you weigh in on this discussion? Thanks. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:15, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Userbar

Good morning, Ebakunin. You once offered to help with graphics, in regards to the awards program. I was thinking we could use a userbar with similar dimensions to these for the position of Editors. Afterall, the Editors are the primary reason we can have a site like the one we have today. Is this something you can swing?--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 11:15, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Revanche. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about this request . When Skuggi originally created the bars he used one (or maybe two) layer templates. If I could get a hold of those templates making new ones would be easy. However, Skuggi's personal site is gone. There are other bar artists -- I assume they must have the .PDF file(s) as well. Do you know how to contact them? Thanks. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:02, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Just to keep you informed, I asked Mbear to take a crack at it too, and he's returned with these so far, which have impressed me. As far as I'm concerned, we shouldn't turn away artists, so if you have some designs (for Editors or whatever), please add 'em. We can create a gallery for BTW userbars.

As for contact: no. I grabbed most of the ones I added for forums off the forums or links of pages.--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:40, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

FWIW, I tried to find contact info for Skuggi and couldn't. So I basically recreated the userbars from the ground up.--Mbear 11:38, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Year page headers

Another topic (more important): as we firm up the Year page redesign, MBear has inquired into using CSS to plug the headers into the sheets. A) is this feasible? B) Would it complicate manually transitioning the actual data into the consensus format?--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:20, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Depends on whether you want a template or a bot. A template is easy and completely configurable, but would have to be added by hand to each year page. A bot does everything automatically but would require actual coding (no wikicode). I'm unsure whether a bot would work in this case, though, since it would have to know where to place the banners in the page. That really requires human intelligence (or a massive amount of programming). --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:00, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Roger. I'm rather resigned to a long-term effort to clean up the pages by hand, anyway. Thanks.--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:26, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Since my name was mentioned (and not taken in vain) I thought I'd just drop in here and comment. The proposal was to add CSS classes on the three headers on the year pages. Updating the template for the year page to include those class names automatically wouldn't be a huge problem. Since we'll probably end up doing the updates by hand anyway, I thought I'd just put the idea out there. (I'm in favor of automating as much of the boring drudge work as we can.)--Mbear 17:59, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Chiming in: Four headers, not counting the yearlist template and the category tag. However, though I know nothing about this CSS stuff ya'll are throwing around, I do want to say I too am for automatic efforts as much as possible, as long as it doesn't erase data currently published on the Year pages AND we do it before getting too far into the manual overhaul of the pages.

I'd also like to give a hearty "screw you" to Ebakunin for this idea of fixing the (broken) elephant in the room. It needed to be done, but I had been able to ignore it until he suggested a reasonable fix. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 18:48, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

All Purpose award

Ebakunin, in lieu of the unreleased Community Service award, I present you with the All Purpose award:

...for not only identifying a serious impediment towards helpful information (in regards to the Year pages), but suggesting and crafting a visual solution. The Year pages will be that much better because of your dedication. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 19:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Missing copyright information

Hi Template:Person's name here: welcome to BTW. While we appreciate your attempts to improve the wiki with images, you failed to complete the image summary, to include the necessary copyright information for: File:Assumption of Risk.jpg. Please do so. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:04, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

So just kidding, dude. Good job, all around with the image summaries. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:04, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

I'd be happy to include a summary if I knew who the hell the people are on the cover! --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:08, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Slash

Hey, morning: what does the slash after 'BR' do? Is there a different effect?--Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 16:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

It's a preference thing. Several years ago the specs for HTML were updated. The old way is <br> and the new way is <br />. The new way indicates that the tag is self-closing, for what it's worth. Since HTML is backwards compatible it doesn't really make a difference. I just prefer the more "correct" version. --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Got it. Just wanted to educate myself, and that did it. Thanks. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 01:01, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Image Import Award

Gave you the award for your good job with the covers! Just out of curiosity, where do the pictures come from? Frabby 06:23, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank ye kindly. The covers come from all over the Web, which is why the quality is so variable --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:34, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Just realized I didn't explain myself well. I haven't been uploading images lately but rather applying the {{image summary}} template. However, I did upload all the covers over a year ago, so I'll still accept the award --Ebakunin ^{(talk|contribs)} 17:41, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Adding more info to media Library

Hi Ebakunin, i had question. Recently some Experimental Technical Readouts have published using older sourcebook covers. Example, such as Experimental Technical Readout: Boondocks. I uncertain if media gallery should include artist re-used cover art from that TRO. Though i don't even know how it could be added to it. -- Wrangler 01:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)