User talk:Baa/Archival Quality/January 2009

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Chowder

No, not me, the article on the cartoon. I think the list of characters is starting to get a little long and could stand to be forked back off again. At the very least, it'll remove most of the primary sources from the main article, which is my biggest concern — that we're citing Greenblatt's blog too much. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 02:00, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

It's never been forked off before (heh, forked off) so sure, split it off if it's all of a sudden overlong. We'll run a sweeps against how long it'll take to get it semi-prot'd, it'll be super fun. Thing which I don't get is why now is it overlong and need a split-off? Been alright so far, length has been reduced by you recently and I doubt there are any secondary sources which can cover the parts where we have a blog cite. With the episode list, that was a clear fork issue and was longer than the character list by the middle of the first season but this doesn't seem to require a fork just yet as the list won't suddenly explode in size and is fairly stable in terms of content. Did I mention the semi-prot thing? treelo _radda 02:13, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

This AfD proves that the list was once split off. I just recently thought of it as a way to remove the blog cites from the main article, if nothing else. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 02:26, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Even if we do fork, we can't lose the cites because without it most of what we have is baseless conjecture. Rip that out and you may as well not fork it due to the section being so small. How much of the blog cites are you looking to clear? If it's a main issue with much of the content having one primary source then a split might work better but I won't feel good about it if it's about cites which are hard to find as secondary. treelo _radda 02:35, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

So it was done whilst I was typing... hm. I didn't object but I don't feel right about it either because it means the work just went up a notch and the fork just doesn't strike me as a requirement right now. It's OK, I won't go and revert you but I hope for a quick and painless semi-prot within the first three months. treelo _radda 02:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Know your way around a parser function?

{{helpme}} Simple or hard, depends on your expertise in this field. Now, I need some help integrating a task force notification into {{Cartoon Network}}. The code which displays the required elements is there, the issue is with making sure it only appears when using the adultswim= parameter. treelo _radda 03:15, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

You'd do that with an #if statement. I'm not sure what you mean by task force notification, but whatever the code for that is, just place that in the 'true' portion of the #if. So something like {{#if:{{{adultswim}}}|yes|taskforcecodegoeshere|}} should do it. // roux   04:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Late night, when I say notification I mean that below the usual assessments there's text to indicate that the task force works on this article. The code has the right #if statement from what I can tell but what I'm trying to figure out is why my code is getting parsed incorrectly. Can you take a look at the code itself and see where the problem lies? As before, the code is there and commented out right now so it doesn't end up showing up randomly on non-task force articles. treelo _radda 14:07, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems Roux is busy and I don't want to bother him further if he's caught up elsewhere. Any other takers? treelo _radda 23:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Roux isn't busy, and if I don't null this it'll ping #wikipedia-en-help for days because Roux and I are the only people who answer helpme tags. I'll bug Roux until he answers (kidding); seriously, I'll ask on IRC and see if anyone else knows. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:15, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Just you and Roux huh? That's particularly crappy for a community so large especially when none... sorry, neither of the people responding to these tags have an op bit and most galling, the worst part of it all is that only one of these gewgaws knows something about parser functions! Yeah. Null it if it'll keep pinging the IRC chan and tell Roux to put more grease on the axle, whatever that might mean. I really did figure there were more people than just Roux and you who bothered to respond to those tags, that's pathetic. treelo _radda 23:42, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey, sorry, I have been busy with RL stuff; I've only been at the computer for 5-10 minutes at a time, away for a few, back for a few. There are in fact quite a lot of people who answer {{helpme}} tags; everyone has their specialties, and parserfunctions aren't a popular subject amongst most wikipedians. I only know a little bit about them myself. I think I understand what you're asking now, will have a look. // roux   10:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

It's not just the two of them, others answer requests too. I've been told you are a bit tangled in parserfunctions, so I'll take a look at the code for you. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 10:40, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Fixed! (Finally). Your problem was bad syntax really. The correct syntax (for future reference is) {{#if:<test>|<true>|<false>}}, where <test> is usually a check to see if a parameter exists, and <true> and <false> are the wikicode to show when the test is true or false respectively. You also missed the closing }}, and I fixed the category link for you. (diff) :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 11:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Aha, score! Twice! Knew it was going to be something annoyingly obvious and of course it was syntax as usual but it works. Really do need more gys who know this stuff Also, more than two do check and respond to those helpme tags after all, at least it won't always be that purple one who greets me each time I add it, that kid and his water animals. treelo _radda 12:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Should Adult Swim task force cover anime and off-network programming?

Comments? Please visit this discussion. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 21:19, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Good point...

Given the fact that there is no shortage of really bizarre people on this planet, you may well be right about our little monster. Mercifully, he's been quiet lately. Don't know for how long, though. We'll see. Thanks as always for the insight.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 19:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok to what you said

What is Master Deusoma ? Wartortle28 (talk)

There's a user here called Master Deusoma, don't know what it is outside that context. Why, what's up? treelo _radda 18:20, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jewel of Four Souls

I have reverted your attempted closure of this AfD as the closing result you gave wasn't a result at all, just saying the name of the series (misspelled) and didn't really follow proper AfD closures. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 01:44, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me, didn't really think I did it right myself. treelo _radda 01:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Cartoon Network:Clash with Nicktoons

Any idea if this article's creator is a sock of anyone? This type of hoaxery seems familiar. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 17:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Most likely a sock as there's been two hoax Cartoon Network/Nicktoon game articles to my knowledge so far and this is just another. Who it is though still doesn't ring any bells. I'll go through a few AfDs and see if I can pick out who it is. treelo _radda 17:31, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

This is where my pleb powers fail me because I can only get one username attached to this, Scenelnner (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). I'll have to ask an admin who created the last bunch so I might be able to get a case moving at WP:SPI but it's definitely sock activity. treelo _radda 17:38, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Treelo, if I can't upload any SVG files at this time...

...then what am I going to do with the Nick Jr. article? The article's logo image is a short JPG format file.
~~LDEJRuff~~ ^{(see what I've contributed)} 21:34, 21 January 2009 (EDT)

Um, leave it alone? treelo _radda 09:58, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

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WP:SPI

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I reverted your addition of a SPI quick case to the SPI mainpage. For cases that involve violation of 3RR you will need to file a actual case. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 03:46, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, yeah, picked up on how it wasn't actually a quick CU case after I added it and was about to revert before you caught it. Anyway, full case now filed. treelo _radda 03:50, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

No worries, also I went ahead and endorsed the case. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 03:51, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Marcus2

Your post on my talk page is considered flamebait, and has been removed with the whole other bull.

P.S.: I'm sorry that I called you guys morons. It was out of anger. To learn more about me, see my page: User:Marcus2 for a better understanding. Marcus2 (talk) 13:46, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Can't really call it flamebait if incivillity is an issue you've had for years, you might not agree but calling us morons and telling me to get a life doesn't help even with the followup apology. I know what psychological issues you have but to me they're not a free pass to being a jerk and POV pushing which you are incredibly prone to doing and neither is apologising afterwards. If you can't keep your anger and personal opinions to yourself when dealing with certain subjects then stay away from them, if you can't then please don't complain if someone whacks the banhammer in your direction. treelo _radda 14:00, 31 January 2009 (UTC)