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August 2

Captain George Mainwaring

I notice that on the above page there is a list of his supposed family. There is one episode where he plays his own brother. This brother is not on the family list. I have no idea how to edit to change this, can someone do it for me please?85.211.204.94 (talk) 06:56, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

There's a Barry Mainwaring listed as a brother. Is this what you meant, or is there another? I've never heard of the show, myself, let alone the plot. If it's not him, I'll need more info before I can help. InedibleHulk (talk) 08:01, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Nevermind, pretty sure it's him. From the episode "My Brother and I". InedibleHulk (talk) 08:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that is the one alright. Thanks85.211.204.94 (talk) 21:40, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

What is FLOW?

Recently a WMF rep told me about something called "FLOW" to be used on talk pages in the future. What is this FLOW thing exactly? The page he referred me to is still rather bare. Any ideas? Herzlicheboy (talk) 16:46, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

I think it is something that will make the discussions better than they are now. Miss Bono ^[zootalk] 16:50, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

No, see WP:FLOW for an explanation of what it is. Looie496 (talk) 17:22, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Interesting. Though it does seem that one of its core goals is to make talk page discussion easier/better, as Miss Bono has said. I wonder if we will be foreced to switch to FLOW here on ref desks, or if we'll get to argue about whether we want it for a few months ;) SemanticMantis (talk) 18:13, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Do we have an article about designers who cannot imagine that not designing something new might be the better course? Something like, Ohgodnotmoreuselesscrapcreep? Maybe Primum non nocere? μηδείς (talk) 19:16, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

I don't know but... this edit source thing is annoying! Miss Bono ^[zootalk] 19:20, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

You can turn off the visual editor in "Preferences". --Saddhiyama (talk) 10:47, 3 August 2013 (UTC)