User talk:BilCat

Su-75

Thanks for pointing out that heading was not new. I thought that was a recent addition during the vandalism yesterday and it seemed like a magnet. I should have used more care; I apologize. VQuakr (talk) 15:47, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Apology accepted. I could have handled the situation better myself. Anyway, thanks for being. vigilant and helping to protect the article from stupid memes! BilCat (talk) 18:56, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

@VQuakr: Looks like there's a backlog on RPP. We may need to ask one of the admins whiw.recently protected the article for help. BilCat (talk) 19:01, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Undid revision 1091401212 by Szagory (talk) unsourced, overlinking for Ramjet -> Soviet Union

(Would have preferred just to send you an email directly instead of posting on your talk page publicly, but I don't know if Wikipedia allows that)

Hi BilCat,

Not sure if undoing my changes in "Soviet Union" section of article on Ramjet was really called for - 9M730 Burevestnik is indeed the cruise missile mentioned in that section (the information in Burevestnik article tallies with what is mentioned in the section; and of the six strategic weapons announced by Putin on 1 Mar 2018 only "Burevestnik" is nuclear-powered cruise missile). With Wiki link to "Burevestnik" added, information in "Ramjet" article would be only improved, IMHO. And the Wiki links I added (for Lavochkin, for example) would be also useful to the reader, at the very least they wouldn't hurt... :-(

Serge Z. (talk), 03:14, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

A brownie for you! (I just would like to say thanks)

Thank you for all of your contributions to WikiProject Aviation, and maintaining order and anti-vandalism on the pages. I really appreciate it! Henry Ingraham (talk) 16:53, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

The Coast Guard Star

		The Coast Guard Star
		I hereby award you the Coast Guard Star for your extensive and continuing efforts to fight vandalism and the posting of misinformation to Wikipedia articles relating to the United States Coast Guard. For your efforts, I hereby award you the Coast Guard Star. Thank you and Semper Paratus! Cuprum17 (talk) 13:10, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Viewing

Hey Bill hope all is well - Am wondering if you can tell me how your phone displays these 2 duplicate articles 1 & 2 - Do you see any difference / issues, other than the images coming before the table on (1) as opposed to the images coming behind the table on (2) - Thanks - FOX 52 ^talk! 20:20, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

I don't use a phone to edit, sorry. BilCat (talk) 20:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Ok thanks so much. - FOX 52 ^talk! 20:36, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

@FOX 52: The layout on the user sandbox page probably will not work that well on smaller screens with the images next to the main table. One or two of the columns in the table would need to removed for an OK fit on smaller screen, imo. This is based solely on viewing the pages on a PC. Regards -Fnlayson (talk) 20:56, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Without a phone you can get some idea on mobile: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FOX_52/sandbox and then narrow your browser down to phone screen width... - Ahunt (talk) 20:59, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

@Ahunt: Ah I see thanks for you help on that. - FOX 52 ^talk! 21:01, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Good idea User:Ahunt, thx! -Fnlayson (talk) 21:05, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

IJN Comment

Could you please explain your editing comment in IJN? Thanks. --91.5.101.3 (talk) 09:37, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

It should have read, "Take the gun, leave the canoli". BilCat (talk) 09:38, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

I figured that, it's still a remarkably unclear editing comment. Please explain. --91.5.101.3 (talk) 09:54, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

It's a line from The Godfather. I probably should have said, "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater." The point is to remove the space, not the note. BilCat (talk) 10:02, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Still not clear, on a different level. Just to recap, you are fine with removing the space, but you want to keep the comment that, in its entirety, reads "space"? And to reach that goal, you put the comments (including the MOS-contradicting space) back in? How does that makes sense? --91.5.101.3 (talk) 10:08, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

I did not put "MOS-contradicting space" back in. BilCat (talk) 10:17, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

In case that wasn't clear enough for you, I did "Check if [the] invisible comment does not change the formatting for example by introducing unwanted white space", and it does not. BilCat (talk) 10:28, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Correct, I missed the fact that you did not revert my change (as described in your edit comment), but modified it. Sorry for that.

So all that's left is the question why you would add this strange comment in the first place. I can see the reasoning behind the formatting comment, what's the point in your non-formatting one? --91.5.101.3 (talk) 20:13, 17 June 2022 (UTC)