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Help me!

Please help me with... how do we enable the parameter for "state", i.e. state="extended", to be used with this template, template:Franklin D. Roosevelt? trying to do so. appreciate any help. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 14:41, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

First question, did you try spelling the name of the state as "expanded"? — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:14, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

no, didn't try that. do you recommend trying that step? Sm8900 (talk) 15:16, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Well, it is how it's documented to work. But I'm trying to figure out if this is a simple question of misspelling or if you have a harder question buried in there. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:28, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

hi @Jmcgnh:, actually, I just edited the template parameter at the following edit, and now it seems to be working fine. so perhaps my question was a bit premature. anyway, I welcome any input on this. thanks for your reply!!

Link to edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Franklin_D._Roosevelt&oldid=920083167

thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 15:48, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

@Jmcgnh:, looks like it has been solved now; an editor modified the template to assist with this. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 15:59, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

I'll mark this as resolved, but I'll note that your templatedata addition seems incomplete. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:09, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

I looked at the source for the Navbox module and it appears that only the values collapsed and autocollapsed are recognized and acted upon. It seems that anything else is just treated as if it were expanded, a word that is not explicitly checked for as a value.

All that aside, I recommend that you leave the state as autocollapsed on the federal judges article. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:25, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

hm, ok, if that's your preference, I'm glad to accommodate you. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 16:26, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest

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	November-December 2019
There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thank you for condensing. Your efforts are appreciated. Keep up the good work! El_C 04:06, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

@El C: thanks so much!!! I truly appreciate your gesture and your sentiments above. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 04:08, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

question re barnstar template

I found this template at another user's page. User:Derek.cashman/Barnstar box. it seems to be a useful way to compile all of the barnstars for one user. however, I have no idea how to add it to my own page for my own use. when I try to find the page for this template, I don't seem able to do so. can you please assist? thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 15:49, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

never mind the above; I clicked on that page, and realized it is not a template, but rather a formatted box.

however, now I have another question. can you please tell me which templates allow a user to compile their barnstars together? I recall seeing one or more templates like that, but now I can't find them. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 15:54, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Sm8900, feel free to copy the code I use on my user page: Include {{User:Sm8900/topicons}} anywhere on the page, then copy User:ToBeFree/topicons to User:Sm8900/topicons and modify as you like. Take care to only use "public domain" images. Most icons can not be used in this way, as a link to the image description page is normally required for copyright attribution. Only "public domain" (or Creative Commons Zero) icons can be used in this way.

As this does not directly answer your question, I am not closing this help request. Please replace {{helpme}} by {{help me-helped}} if this is already sufficient. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:23, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

ToBeFree, that sounds good. thanks! I will give that a try. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:25, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome, feel free to ask for help if that doesn't work. Should we close the help request for now? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:27, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

ToBeFree, well, we should leave it open, but I'm only doing so due to your own suggestion above. since this is a general request for any options for templates for barnstars, if you think someone else out there has more any other info, items, or options on this, then by all means, let's hear from them as well. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:34, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Ah okay; if it's just because of my suggestion, then I'm closing it for now. I think the {{help me}} template should mainly be used to ask questions about editing Wikipedia; as there is no issue left and this is relatively off-topic, I think this can be removed from the queue. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:50, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

ok, sounds fine. ok, but now I have another question, ToBeFree; where would be the proper place to ask this question, based on your comment above? Thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:59, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Sm8900, perhaps an off-Wikipedia discussion medium like IRC: See Wikipedia:IRC_help_disclaimer, but after clicking the blue button, remove "-help" from the channel form.

I'm saying this only because the issue is already solved and this seems to be purely about cosmetical syntax changes to your user page. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:07, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

ToBeFree, that sounds fine. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:37, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with...

hi. why can't I edit by section on the archive pages for this talk page? the edit links for each section do not appear on those pages. I have not encountered this problem on any other page. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 18:42, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Sm8900, this is done by Template:Talk archive navigation, see Template talk:Talk archive navigation#Noeditsection. Not sure how you'd turn it off though. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 18:59, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

The magic word __NOEDITSECTION__ is applied by the {{talk archive}} template to discourage editing, as discussed at Template talk:Talk archive#NOEDITSECTION. While there are certain circumstances where editing a talk archive is the correct thing to do, they are pretty rare, so a general discouragement of editing talk archives is applied. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:58, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

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New Article: 2010s political history

You asked for my opinion on this new article. The article mentions major events in ten or so countries, but there is no mention at all of most of the other 190 or so countries in the world. Specifically, major actors such as China, India, Russia, and the European Union are not included (except in relation to Hong Kong and Brexit), and major events such as the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, & the Syrian Civil War are not included. Equally serious, almost all the articles seem to begin in 2019. Since you link to more complete articles related to the different issues, you could easily shorten the information in each section and include a wider range of topics. For instance, in the U.S. you mention impeachment of Trump, but you start in 2019 when it has roots that go back to the election in 2016. Plus you say nothing about the Obama Administration, nor about other issues (health care, gun control, trade, the Great Recession--which started in 2007 but dominated from 2010-2011). I didn't read the entire article, but you also have to be careful about citations: I noticed you write about Yemen, "...some have labeled it as a genocide" but neither define "some" nor include a citation.

I can imagine contributing to this article, and I think it is useful to have world political history for the entire decade at a glance. With events happening all over the world at a fast pace, it is easy to overlook or forget events that took place even a few years ago. Best wishes--I think you should go for it.Michael E Nolan (talk) 06:19, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

@Michael E Nolan: thanks!! I will do so. I have big plans for this. your efforts have been vital to this.n ow we can move ahead with the kind of ongoing historical record and overview that Wikipedia truly needs and deserves!!! you're right, I didn't cover the whole decade; this was just an initial attempt to get this kind of article up and running. the 2020s are only a fgew weeks away. we should be in great shape for them!! and again, your help and input is really great. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:30, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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See also section on Intentional communities

Hi, I reverted your edit on Intentional community as it is inconsistent with the singular list that I have seen for just about any other See also section. Please see MOS:SEEALSO. Also, it is unclear why the on particular community or region was singled out when there are so many communities. It seems like this particular edit would be better suited to a list article. Peaceray (talk) 05:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

@Peaceray: hi. thanks for your note. ok, let's discuss. the reason I singled out Jinwar is because it is actually a rare and possibly unique example; an intentional community, set up in a zone of conflict, during an active war, in the Third World. so perhaps it is an exemplary example of this concept in action. could we perhaps consider allowing it to remain there? or else, if not, add a paragraph or two to the entry itself, to describe it? --Sm8900 (talk) 14:45, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Further discussion at Talk:Intentional community Peaceray (talk) 19:42, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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change of name for article

To me, a "list" chronicles specific events without providing context or follow-up. While I think lists of events in a given time period and/or place are useful, I also like broader, narrative articles that help the reader understand what is going on. I don't like the idea of changing 2010s political history to a list, even though it goes without saying that it cannot be totally comprehensive.

@Michael E Nolan: thanks for your comments. by the way, could you please add your signature? thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 01:45, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with...is there a template which simply allows me to leave a simple text note in italics in an article, i.e. a note that would be visible within the article itself to any editors or readers? you can view this article section for an example of what I mean: 2019_in_United_States_politics_and_government#History_by_issue.

I realize I could simply type the text in italics, but I wanted to see if there were any other options. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 15:20, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

I'll comment but leave the help request open.

While the 2019 in United States politics and government page may be a special case, a note like the one you mention is not something that should generally appear in an encyclopedia article. Wikipedia offers a blanket invitation to edit, so there is no need to call out for editing in any one place to the general readership.

As to how best to do it, the normal italicization method of doubled single-quotes is going to be shorter and clearer than any template invocation. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

that sounds fine to me. I appreciate your reply. thanks!! Sm8900 (talk) 18:00, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

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