User talk:Zocky/2010

A new version of "Replace all" js script for OCR post elaboration

Dear Zolky, I'm an Italian wikisource user, I saw that your js scripts are used into it.wikisource. Unluckily, I can't write js, while I can write python scripts. One from my scripts is very useful as "post-OCR manipulation", t.i: it replaces lots of typical "scannos", with a series of string search-and-replace-all, always the same series. So, I imagine that it would great to have a button to launch the series from edit box.

What I'll need, is a js engine, called by a simple script containing the couples search-and-replace strings, so that it can be mounted into personal monobook and customized adding a sequence of strings to search and replace. Do you think it would be interesting? Possible?

Examples of typical mistakes to fix:

" ,"  -> ", "
"1'"  -> "l'"
"ehe" -> "che"
"'"   -> "’"
"-\n" -> "" 
"'"   -> "’"

and many other, sometimes very general, sometimes specific for a specific OCR result for a whole book (t.i. hundred of pages, usually). This means that there's no need to have a box or an user interface: dealing with a book, an advanced user could edit and personalize directly, as needed, the list of strings to replace editing his own monobook.js, IMHO.

Thanks for your attention!--Alex_brollo Talk|Contrib 11:03, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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Moving versus deleting

Why wouldn't you move a sourced critique from a reliable source FIRST, rather than delete it? Niteshift36 (talk) 05:05, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Because I think that it doesn't belong in the article at all. Oh, and do look up the definition of vandalism, and watch your language in edit summaries. Zocky | picture popups 05:15, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

I have a better idea......you look up vandalism. When you start removing sourced material without a vaild reason, that is vandalism. It could easily be moved to another section if you don't feel is belongs in the leade, but there is no reason to keep it out of the article. The NY Times is a reliable source and their critique is perfectly valid to include in the bio. Niteshift36 (talk) 05:19, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

NPOV is a very valid reason. Zocky | picture popups 05:23, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

If you want the leade to be more neutral sounding, then you can move the quote. But the quote is from a reliable third party. It is neutral. You are confusing complimentary with POV. If a third party says something complimentary (or critical), that doesn't immediately exclude it from use. There is no requirement that every comment be neutral. The requirement is that their POV be neutral. A third party critic can say something nice (or critical) and it can be included. The only issue at that point it WP:UNDUE weight. Again, there is no reason to delete it. If you think it belongs in another section, and have a good rationale for that, then move it. But deleting it not appropriate. Niteshift36 (talk) 05:29, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

First, can you please try to use standard indenting for talk pages, so that I don't have to fix your comments? Thanks.

Second, just because something is from a reliable source doesn't mean that it should be in the article. If you trawl a reliable source long enough, especially if it's a newspaper, you can find a quote that says practically anything. This particular quote isn't even from a proper review of her album. It's simply not notable enough to be included in the article, let alone as the only critic quote. Zocky | picture popups 05:36, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure, don't actually respond to what is said. Worry about window dressing. Well, I guess we can consider the discussion a failure. Niteshift36 (talk) 05:49, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Look, you can't even be bothered to follow a simple request to type the appropriate number of colons instead of an asterisk, so why do you expect people to bother responding to your rehashing of arguments that you've already stated? Zocky | picture popups 05:52, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

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Can I ask for help here?

For some reason, picture popups isn't working now. I did re-edit my monobook.js after the fail to try to fix it, but nope. I have reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled XP as part of a virus-removal, but I don't think that is relevant. ( Martin | talk • contribs 18:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC))
It's fixed now. I assume that it was fixed by the latest change I made: selecting monobook rather vector (which was somehow checked) as my preferences/appearance/skin option. ( Martin | talk • contribs 20:11, 6 March 2010 (UTC))

Picture Popups userbox

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SearchBox and vector skin

Hello!

When we activate "Enable enhanced editing toolbar" from vector skin in the preferences, the User:Zocky/SearchBox.js doesn't insert the buttons for search, because the toolbar has different "id=toolbar"...

If you have the time, coul you try to adapt the code for better compatibility with vector?

It is available a "how to" about the enhanced toolbar at usability:Toolbar customization and usability:Toolbar customization/Library if you find it useful...

Helder (talk) 17:01, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll look into it when I get around to it. If it's not very hard to do, could you copy-paste the code somewhere and fix it? Zocky | picture popups 14:03, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to second and encourage the Vector-version request: the regex search-and-replace has been a very valuable tool and is one of the biggest hindrances of the Vector skin for me. Perhaps the WP:RefToolbar 2.0's implementation is of help here? Cheers, Quibik (talk) 14:48, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi!! Could you update the script as here? This makes it more compatible with the new enhanced toolbar (the only thing missing when using the new toolbar is the accesskey for the search button , but clicking in the buttons works as before). Helder (talk) 18:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Picture Popup . . .

. . . doesn't seem to work in the vector skin. kcylsnavS ^{screech} 12:27, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Now it does. Check out installation instructions for vector skin on the picture popups page. Zocky | picture popups 14:04, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

You could make the original version switch on skin and import the vector version in case. Cheers, Amalthea 14:24, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Good idea. I'll try to do it today or tomorrow. Shouldn't be hard at all. Zocky | picture popups 14:46, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

I've hacked it in so that I feel comfortable removing the section from the skin bugs page. :) Hope you don't mind.
Cheers, Amalthea 15:29, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to interrupt. Popups doesn't seem to work for me (all of a sudden). 1.Of course, I am logged in. 2. Would a new browser version break it? 3. I am still listed as a user, and clicking on the xref to me goes to my page "User:MartinGugino/monobook.js" (??) Magically, its fixed. ( Martin | talk • contribs 05:42, 3 April 2011 (UTC)) The magic explained: when I click on the "boxes" in the lower right, I don't get the popup effect. When I click on the picture, I do. Who knew. ( Martin | talk • contribs 19:53, 5 April 2011 (UTC))

Special Linking

Zocky, I'm trying to get a better handle on both images and tables. The table on the upper right of my user page has images with the link= parameter set for each of the images in the cells, but the page won't open with either a left click or a context menu click (the menu doesn't even come up). Do you suppose PicturePopups may be disturbing the intended linking to the articles? Any suggestions for me? kcylsnavS{^screech_harrass} 02:16, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Yep, it was an oversight on my part. Fixed now. Zocky | picture popups 03:16, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

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Hey, Slavs

re [1] You completely missed the point. I was quoting a sentence from the lead in response to the previous editor's summary claiming that the Polish lyrics had no relevance. "Its melody is based on Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, which has been also the anthem of Poland since 1926...". That's relevance. -- œ^™ 03:57, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

A related song with different lyrics is the anthem of Poland. That doesn't mean that the lyrics of this song in Polish are relevant. And the article has a talk page. Zocky | picture popups 19:23, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

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SearchBox

Hi! Did you notice my previous comment above? (at section #SearchBox_and_vector_skin) Helder 19:00, 7 December 2010 (UTC)