Personal how to's
editAttack accounts: user talk:Primfeac.
[[Wikipedia:CSD#G13|G13]]: Abandoned draft or [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation|AfC]] submission – If you wish to retrieve it, make your request [[Wikipedia:REFUND/G13|here]]
WP:COPYREQ - best page to point people to re OTRS on images and especially Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission#When permission is confirmed.
Advice: no shouting. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[user:RHaworth/moans#shh|shouting]]</span>
== Pointless ==
Please [[user:rHaworth/moans#noncomm|read this]]. ~~~~
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My rationale for using MiszaBot.
Useful: special:myPage · {{spa|username}} (apparently must be substed) to denounce SPAs at AfD, etc.
m:NTSAMR - the “nothing to tell about myself really” persistent spammer.
Student projects: the right way - Namibia and a not so good way - Hangzhou. In the latter, check the contribs history of Year 1 Class 1 to see what I mean.
If you see a vandal at work, slap {{test}} on to the culprit's Talk page as the first action. Simply realising that they are being watched may be enough to put them off.
Use a leading colon to create a link to a Category table instead of placing the article in that category. Thus: Category:Images of the Geograph British Isles project.
Likewise, use a leading colon to link to an image description page instead of putting the image into the article. Thus: File:Haworth houses.JPG. Similarly for other language links: nl:Wikings.
See Wikipedia:How to edit a page#Links and URLs for links to Special: pages.
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<span style="white-space: nowrap"> is useful to avoid breaking up something like 2013 Oct 24.
Template {{xt}} creates pretty green text like this.
Wikipedia:Offline reports is a page I had difficulty finding - it is not in Special:Specialpages nor in Special:Statistics.
Pathoschild's check of eligibility for Wikimedia elections
Multiple deletions - d-batch link at top right of CAT:CSD page.
Commons and geo
editMy Commons contribs. Now licensing own images with commons:user:RHaworth/mylic. {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0|GFDL|migration=redundant}} was recommended for own images but always to the Commons!
Magnus' Commons upload helper.
0.00001° of latitude ≈ 1 metre anywhere.
0.00001° of longitude ≈ 1 metre on the equator and ≈ 0.68 metre in UK.
0.000015° of longitude ≈ 1 metre in UK.
So four decimal places of lat or long is ample for Wikipedia purposes.
For people still using Babylonian mathematics:
1" of latitude ≈ 31 metres anywhere.
1" of longitude ≈ 31 metres on the equator and ≈ 20 metres in UK.
So using whole numbers of arcseconds is ample for Wikipedia purposes.
- [1] added Shop International Calling Cards
- [2] added International phone card shopping site
- [3] added International phone cards and International phone cards
YelloWikis - suggest move here if spam reposted
Grid refs
editOxford Circus - 529050 181260 (TQ 291813) to:
- SKYport - 508750 176870 (TQ 088769) - 20.77 Km = 12.906 miles
- Lodge Hill - 537990 162780 (TQ 380 628) - 20.53 Km = 12.757 miles
1.609344 Km = 1 mile
- This grid ref has non-breaking spaces: Sutton, West Sussex grid reference SU 976 153
Hull
editCompiler of the Hull list had never seen the official list. Check of split CG's:
- Official name - Hull names
- Knebworth - Stevenage & Ware
- Iver - Slough, Staines & Uxbridge
- Markyate - Luton & Hemel Hempstead
- Colney Heath - Hatfield & St Albans
- Stourbridge - Dudley and Kidderminster
Also Hull has:
- 1761 Mendip s/b Temple Cloud
- 1491 Cholsey not Nettlebed or Henley-on-Thames
Loveden is very interesting
Box sample
edit
| Afbeelding:Ginkgo_biloba_avifauna_alphen_aan_den_rijn.jpg de bladeren van de ginkgo levend fossiel, zo groeit en overleeft Wikipedia een schilderkunstige compositie van een bijzondere stilte |
De tekst op deze pagina valt uitdrukkelijk niet onder GFDL
Wiki CV:
- Lagere school: Cornelis Vrijschool in Amsterdam
- Middelbare school: Barlaeus Gymnasium
Purley
editSettlements on tops cos of flood-prone valleys.
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editWikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a free host or webspace provider contains links to other Wiki hosts.
Multimap
edit- places.cgi TQ 287 654
- places.cgi CR2 7EH
- places.cgi BT1 3NR
- places.cgi J 342 743 - getamap J 342 743
- SE 035 373 at "1:25000"
- mmukscaled grid ref
- mmukscaled postcode
| OS Grid Ref and map link SE … | |
| 039 383 | Oakworth |
| 032 354 | Oxenhope |
Why use templates
editOM
editOS_coord
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| 0.1 km | 100 km | 400 km | 699.9 | ← eastings |
| NW | N centre | N centre | NE | 1299.9 km north |
| NW | N centre | N centre | NE | 800 km north |
| NW | N centre | N centre | NE | 400 km north |
| SW | S centre | S centre | SE | 0.1 km |
Conversion scripts
editConversion? The maths, although tedious, is only algebra and trigonometry. Work your way through this lot:
- Introduction - includes link to a spreadsheet
- convert.c - both way conversions. This converted very easily into oscoor_a.htm (see next link) so would probably convert to other scripts equally easily
- The javascript that template:OS coord calls - converts Grid Refs to lat/long. Includes links to more C code at York and the Ordnance Survey guide to conversion
- Egil's code for what template:coord calls - transversemercator.php is the one of interest. Ie. converts lat/long to Grid Refs
- Ordnance Survey spreadsheet - I have never got into this to understand it
- Geotools - an open source Java GIS toolkit - only 5 Mbytes of source code for you to study - if you speak Java
- My Furl may contain other stuff
Since you like to position your dots precisely, you need to be aware that "coord" and "OS coord" are both likely to give 140 metre discrepancies between their coordinates and those used in other places, eg. multimap - see note in this paragraph.
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- Swansea College
- Rothersthorpe
- Dumbarton Castle
- Inveresk
- Woodsetton
- Cheltenham Racecourse
- Newmarket Racecourse
- Hollingworth Lake
- Garlieston Garlieston Harbour, Dumfries and Galloway. From grid reference NX479462 looking out to sea. Photographed 2005 May 20, 20:30 BST
- Warrington has a list of places including Risley which should become dab
lad
editIt is sung by The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, KCB (First Lord of the Admiralty) with the female chorus of the First Lord's sisters, cousins and aunts echoing the last lines of each verse. (It is almost as though Gilbert anticipated that the operetta would become very popular with amateur companies - such a chorus can provide parts for all females in the company who have not been given a named part and can accommodate all ages!) In the first production George Grossmith played Sir Joseph.
The song viciously satirises William Henry Smith.
External link
editGrim's Ditch
edit- Bradenham (SU831984) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Chambersgreen Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork (SP900073) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Darvishill (SU828995) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Great Hampden Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork (SP835023) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Lacey Green (SP826003) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Longcroft (SP917086) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Parslow's Hillock (SP830015) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Pitstone Hill Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork (SP949142) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Redland End (SP845026) 0 posts
- Grim's Ditch - Woodlands Park (SP891035) 0 posts
Harrow
editThe Pirates of Penzance (near start of Act II) Major General Stanley admits buying his ancestors. It was Frederick Goodall who brought the statue of Charles II to Grimsdyke - see [7] and this Grim's Dyke Hotel page.
knotted cord, rope stretcher, itrw, pes, Image:3kr.jpg
- Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/August 30, 2005
- Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#user:Rktect
- Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Rope stretcher
- Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/3ht
- = Steve Whittet
- Google search for Steve Whittet
- 11,103, to be exact, is the amount of words posted by Steve
Whittet in ANE digest, Vol 1 #25
zopa
editWhat does the Zopa symbol mean?
This shows you whether your offer is in or out of the Zopa – the zone of possible agreement. If your offer is higher than the rate accepted by the last 5 borrowers in that market, then you are out of the Zopa. If your offer is lower than the highest rate accepted by the last 5 borrowers, you are in the Zopa. Being in the Zopa will mean your money gets lent out as fast as possible.
Ditcham / Denvilles
edit- Ditcham Park Halt known to be missing
- Kelly's Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1898 no mention of Warblington station
york
edit- John MeKinnell, Meg Twycross
- 2006 Mystery Plays - Lewis Outing
- 2006 Mystery Plays - Roger W Haworth
Woolly thinking
editYou shot yourself in the foot by creating Thomas wooltorton and I assumed that Geogre's Law applied. Also, a specific rejection at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/2006-08-21 did not help.
Now why not try again. Create Thomas Wooltorton which already has one incoming link. Flesh the article out a bit more with simple things like his date of birth!, a couple of external links and a category. You will probably find that it sticks without any problem. -- RHaworth 18:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Molyneux
edit1851 erections
editHere is a complete (I hope) list of the points where waterways or railways cross the Metropolitan Police District boundary. Nail numbers are found in this list.
| Nail No. |
Type * |
Grid Ref. | Status | |
| ? | ? | TQ 499 815 | n/e? | Mouth of the Beam River (or wherever the boundary met the Thames) |
| ? | ? | TQ 501 827 | n/e? | Between Dagenham Dock and Rainham railway stations on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, circa 1856 |
| ? | ? | TQ 517 855 | n/e | Between Dagenham East and Elm Park stations on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, circa 1892 |
| 3 | 4a | TQ 490 878 | RWH | image |
| 10 | 4c | TQ 452 977 | ? | Loughton and Ongar Branch of the Great Eastern Railway |
| 20 | 1 | TL 373 050 | RWH | Lea Navigation |
| 21 | 4c | TL 369 051 | RWH | image |
| ? | ? | TL 308 046 | n/e | The Hertford Loop Line did not open until 1871 or later (Nail No. 25, Type 2c is near where the obelisk would have been.) |
| 31 | 4c | TL 243 027 | IoE | |
| 42 | 5 | TL 161 007 | ? | |
| 45 | 4 | TQ 117 966 | IoE | repaired and relocated |
| 50 | 5 | TQ 123 922 | ? | Listed by IoE but no photo |
| 52 | 5 | TQ 092 921 | IoE | |
| 60 | 1 | TQ 047 932 | IoE | |
| 69 | 1 | TQ 048 807 | RWH | image |
| 70 | 4a | TQ 052 801 | ? | |
| 71 | 5 | TQ 052 800 | ? | |
| 82 | 4d | TQ 018 738 | RWH | |
| 83 | - | TQ 032 715 | RWH | The London Stone (Staines) - image |
| 87 | 4d | TQ 036 713 | RWH | |
| 97 | 1 | TQ 116 689 | IoE | |
| 102 | 4b | TQ 140 658 | RWH | |
| 111 | 5 | TQ 148 618 | RWH | |
| 121 | 4a | TQ 193 597 | IoE | |
| ? | ? | TQ 275 578 | n/e | The Tattenham Corner Line did not open until 1893 (Nail No. 160, Type 2* is near where an obelisk might have been.) |
| 165 | 4 | TQ 289 567 | missing | |
| 170 | 4c | TQ 340 581 | RWH | |
| 173 | 5 | TQ 353 570 | missing | |
| 197 | 5 | TQ 463 646 | WSN | |
| 206 | 4b | TQ 505 681 | RWH | |
| 215 | 5 | TQ 524 747 | ? | |
| 216 | 4c | TQ 531 751 | IoE | |
| 217 | 1 | TQ 540 781 | IoE | |
| Count | ||||
| IoE RWH WSN |
Recent images available: Images of England / RHaworth / Wheeler Systems | |||
| missing | RHaworth has looked for these and failed to find them | |||
| ? | No information | |||
| n/e | No obelisk expected - line built after 1861 | |||
Established
editThe criterion for being an "established" Wikipedian appears to be: at least 150 mainspace edits. See this for example.
Available mentors
editTo find an available mentor, click the arrows at the top of the first column (Number of mentees) to order the mentors by how many mentees they already have. That will make it easier to find mentors with available slots.
| Number of mentees | Mentor | Name | Profile | Mentees |
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Copter of the WikiSkies | Hello, my name is WikiCopter (talk · contribs). I have been editing the project for a couple of years, under two accounts: WikiCopter and AirplanePro (talk · contribs). AirplanePro is now retired, and WikiCopter carries his ancient banner onwards in the encyclopaedia, learning more and gaining experience along the way. I have written a couple of GAs,  CAM ship and  Arado E.381. So long!
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RHaworth (talk · contribs) | I am Roger W Haworth from Croydon, south London. I have been an admin here for five years. I spend a lot of time on new page patrolling so I have a very good idea of what turns deletionists on - or I can advise people how to avoid those pitfalls. You can contact me on my user talk page or I am happy to be contacted by telephone. |
Haweswater Aqueduct
edit- NY 451 218 - Ulswater
- NY 495 205 - Heltondale
- NY 495 187 - Gill Beck
- NY 495 178 - Cawdale
- NY 503 157 - Haweswater - dam location
- NY 505 145 - Naddle Forest
- NY 525 150 - Rosgill
- NY 516 132 - Swindale - intake location
- NY 535 129 - Ralfland Forest (Keld Gill?)
- NY 553 115 - Wet Sleddale
- SD 530 981 - Watchgate Treatment Works
AfC purgation
editWikipedia talk:Articles for creation
edit- 2013 Oct 30 - 47,129
- 2013 Nov 01 - 46,091
- 2013 Nov 04 - 44,644
- 2013 Nov 08 - 43,274
- 2013 Nov 17 - 41,855
- 2013 Nov 21 - 40,070
- 2013 Nov 25 - 37,978
- 2013 Dec 05 - 30,182
- 2013 Dec 09 - 28,104
- 2013 Dec 11 - 26,777
- 2013 Dec 20 - 22,019
- 2013 Dec 26 - 19,650
- 2013 Dec 31 - 17,972
- 2014 Jan 02 - 18,690
losing ground - 2014 Jan 10 - 17,422
- 2014 Jan 16 - 15,164
- 2014 Jan 20 - 13,841
- 2014 Jan 27 - 11,503
- 2014 Jan 29 - 9,789
- 2014 Feb 02 - 7,156
- 2014 Feb 07 - 4,590
- 2014 Feb 11 - 3,216
- 2014 Feb 17 - 2,539
- 2014 Mar 24 - 4,212
- 2014 Apr 26 - 4,950
My personal coal face - as at 2014 Apr 26 contains ~330 entries. Max. per page appears to be 345 - I suspect this is a limit of 400 but applied before hideredirects is applied
Stale drafts
editUsing this tool. See also MusikBot's stale drafts report.
- 2016 Jun 02 ~ 4000
- 2016 Jun 03 - 2500
- 2016 Jun 03 - a lot more now I am using a proper last edit measure
- 2016 Jun 12 ~ 6660 for 200+ days old
- 2016 Jun 20 - completed scan of 600+ day items
H4 heading for CSS testing
editNothing to say.
Browser comparison
editHow does browser handle a link to a PDF?
| Desktop | Tablet | |
| Chrome | embeds | downloads |
| Internet Explorer | embeds | n/a |
| Firefox | embeds | downloads |
| Asus browser | n/a | downloads |
| Safari | embeds | n/a |
| Opera | embeds | downloads |
| Lynx | downloads | n/a |
But note that some websites may frustrate this. For example, this page sends an HTTP header of "Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=John Barlow.pdf" which forces Opera to try and save it. Firefox offers the choice of open with Adobe Reader or save it.
Jo Rowntree
editThe current list gives:
- Dr Tony Stoller CBE - Chair
- Professor Dianne Willcocks CBE DL - Deputy Chair
- Don Brand MBE
- Steven Burkeman
- Dame Mavis McDonald DCB
- Graham Millar
- Gillian Ashmore
- Jas Bains
- Will Haire **
- Maureen Loffill **
- Karamjit Singh CBE **
** new - replacing:
- Dr Ashok Jashapara
- Bharat Mehta OBE
who are still visible in this list.
- Pam Alexander was a Research Committee member
Timanne
edit- 1°16′02″S 36°54′54″E / 1.2671°S 36.9149°E - Timanne Secondary School
- 1°16′10″S 36°54′57″E / 1.2695°S 36.9157°E - Timanne Junior Academy