User talk:Quebec99/Archive 2

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Cites with both "page" and "pages"

I noticed this edit of yours. When both are provided, please keep "page" rather than "pages". Happy editing Paradoctor (talk) 22:39, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Got it, thanks. I thought that I usually did that anyway. Quebec99 (talk) 15:09, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Water justice

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A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for fixing my references in the Cub Swanson article. I am new to Wikipedia so I make silly blunders. 张雨涵 (talk) 11:44, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome. I still feel pretty new to Wikipedia as well. Quebec99 (talk) 13:17, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Merchandise Giveaway Program

I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project. I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation!

Thanks! I got a Wikimania 2017 t-shirt this morning in Montreal. Quebec99 (talk) 18:20, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Opel Gemini Teksi

Ridzuan cakap: Saya nak jadi pemandu teksi la....

Te Yuna Teksi, Bai Tton Teksi. 175.136.225.54 (talk) 12:06, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, but I have no idea which language this is in. Quebec99 (talk) 13:46, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Google Translate says: Malay: "Talk: I want to be a taxi driver. Te Yuna Taxi, Bai Tton Taxi". – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:50, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

I just realized that I never thanked you (Jonesey95) for the translation help. A sincere, belated, thanks. Not sure what I could do to help in procuring work as a taxi driver, as I live in a (very) rural area of Northern Vermont, USA. Quebec99 (talk)

You're welcome. Rural Vermont sounds like a lovely place to be a taxi driver, at least outside of mud season. Maybe I'll give it a shot myself. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:55, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

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Void html elements

hi Quebec99 - just a warning that I reverted a few of your recent changes because you removed the end spaces in HTML_element#Void_elements. I don't know how strictly this is required in mediawiki source code, but it's probably better to follow the standard.

I don't have any arguments against the removal of the other spaces - for editing of a reference, I usually, using emacs, do a generic replace of the pipe symbol to include an end-of-line, and then remove the end-of-line's after editing. Boud (talk) 17:24, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Uhhh, ok. Not sure what that means. I looked over HTML_element#Void_elements and couldn't figure out what that had to do with "|first= missing |last=" errors, and changing it to "|author="... should I use "|author1=, |author2=" instead?

Quebec99 (talk) 17:32, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Sorry :). Our two conversations crossed - these are unrelated, but I guess we can keep them complementary. I reverted your edits in which void elements such as <ref name= "dismissed" /> became <ref name="dismissed"/>. It would be fine (as far as I know) to put <ref name="dismissed" />. Boud (talk) 17:43, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

OK, I think I see what you mean... XHTML requires "a spaced trailing slash is required before the last angle bracket"... I didn't know that, thanks. HTML works either way.

Quebec99 (talk) 17:48, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

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Fix duplicate ref names: may I have your advice?

hi there @Quebec99: I have been a recent contributor to the Andrew Hastie (politician) article and I note you've placed it in the "Fix duplicate ref names" category. I've gone and checked that out. It sounds like the problem is there's a lot of references have the same extended citation, where, really, all but one reference should have a shortened format. (I'm still trying to work out what <ref name="foo" /> means, and how I'd do that, but I just wanted to see if I've understood what the issue is first.)Erasmus Sydney (talk) 21:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

When you add a reference with <ref name="foo">contents of the reference, url, title, date, etc.ref</ref> you only need, and can only have one full reference with that name. All other places that you want to use the same reference must use the shortened version <ref name="foo" />
If you have two references with the same name, a citation error will be displayed.

Is that what you needed?
Quebec99 (talk) 00:14, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks @Quebec99: - I think I get it. Could you possibly point me to a page you know that does this well?Erasmus Sydney (talk) 02:50, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Sure @Erasmus Sydney: check Tesla Factory. Scroll down and check reference #108. "How Its Made Dream Cars Season 02 Episode 10 Tesla Model S". How Its Made. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
The small letters after "108" (a b c d e f g h i) mean that the same reference is used in 9 places.
Open the file for editing and search for "How Its Made Dream Cars Season 02 Episode 10 Tesla Model S" (with the quotes). There are 9 occurrences.
If you step down through each reference, you will see that 8 of 9 have <ref name="How Its Made Dream Cars Season 02 Episode 10 Tesla Model S"/> and only 1 (the 6th) has the full reference <ref name="How Its Made Dream Cars Season 02 Episode 10 Tesla Model S">{{cite web |title=How Its Made Dream Cars Season 02 Episode 10 Tesla Model S |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzV7Y9B0tk |publisher=How Its Made |accessdate=2015-04-02}}</ref>
Every reference on the page takes you to the full reference, but there is only one complete reference in the code (this one is the 6th, but it can be pretty much anywhere... the rest are the shortened version with just the name and the ending />. See [HTML_element#Void_elements]] for more on that.
Quebec99 (talk) 10:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@Quebec99: makes sense! thank you! Erasmus Sydney (talk) 10:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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	You make Wikipedia a lot more like the collaborative project it's meant to be. Erasmus Sydney (talk) 23:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Quebec99 (talk) 01:25, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

cite document?

Thanks for fixing duplicates in Energy in Turkey, but why was I wrong to use "cite document" please? Chidgk1 (talk) 13:35, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Not "wrong"..., but the "document" template requires a "journal=" entry with it. Quebec99 (talk) 16:29, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

access-date

Please check the documentation of any citation template you like, but "accessdate" is officially called "access-date". I mention it because in this edit I was you make the opposite change. Debresser (talk) 20:12, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

No problem... but I've never seen anything that says that "access-date" is anything but a substiture for "accessdate"... Quebec99 (talk) 21:00, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I never asked myself why, but "archiveurl" and "archivedate" were changed to "archive-url" and "archive-date", and so was "accessdate" to "acces-date". Debresser (talk) 22:31, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

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Hello

I need a help Sekkyfly (talk) 18:37, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

No problem. What's your question? Quebec99 (talk) 21:23, 24 November 2020 (UTC)