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Your Bot I noticed your bot has been inactive since August, I was wondering what happened with it? -- Nn123645 (talk) 16:42, 22 December 2007 (UTC) Gah - It can be a pain running it, and I have been a bit busy anyway. Sorry for the slow response, I've been off-wiki for a while. I'll see if I can get it running again. :-) Stwalkerster talk 15:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC) Joyeux Noël The composer of my favorite Christmas carol. I just want to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Merry Christmas! Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 21:39, 24 December 2007 (UTC) Merci! Et un bon nouveaux annee! (Have a happy new year - apologies for my shocking french :P) :-) Stwalkerster talk 15:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC) Hi! My card tab is there but is not working when I click it...Oh well, I'll keep trying! Thank you! --GalaxyGuy (talk) 16:26, 31 December 2007 (UTC) Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Have a great year Stwalkerster. Let the fireworks light begin! Love, GalaxyGuy --GalaxyGuy (talk) 17:02, 31 December 2007 (UTC) Re: Card 2 I don't understand...I did have the tab called bdcard now I don't...can you tell me what and where to type what needs to be typed? --GalaxyGuy (talk) 19:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC) OK, the code below should work. function bdcard() { document.editform.wpTextbox1.value = document.editform.wpTextbox1.value + "\{\{subst:User:GalaxyGuy/HBC\}\}\n"; document.editform.wpSummary.value = "Have a happy, healthy, and great bday!"; //Make a descriptive edit summary document.editform.wpMinoredit.checked = false; //Make it a minor edit document.editform.wpSave.click(); //Submit it! } function addbdcardTab() { { addPortletLink('p-cactions', 'javascript:bdcard()', 'BDCard', 'ca-reset', "Send BD Card"); } } addOnloadHook(addbdcardTab); I have changed every time it says "card" to "bdcard". I hope this works, :-) Stwalkerster talk 20:12, 31 December 2007 (UTC) Best Word Book Ever Help! Aren't you wonderful! This page means a lot to me. It was my favourite book when I was a kid and I was getting emotional trying to get it right! —Preceding unsigned comment added by IceDragon64 (talk • contribs) 00:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC) Glad I was able to help Stwalkerster [ talk ] 00:16, 3 January 2008 (UTC) I have put in a list of improvements I would like to see. If you feel like joining us, we would be grateful IceDragon64 (talk) 00:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC) I'll have a go, but I'm not really an article-writing sort of person. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 12:11, 3 January 2008 (UTC) Girltrash Article you tagged me for reposting data but I had to since the original data was deleted completely without allowing me even a minute to contest the deletion. It is unfair that I be tagged again just for following the rules of contesting! —Preceding unsigned comment added by PhilosopherSocrates (talk • contribs) 14:46, 3 January 2008 (UTC) It needed to be re-tagged, as it was reposting, and also for your contest to work. Before receiving this message, I have actually changed the tag to not notable. This should allow you to contest the deletion properly, especially as I have left the {{hangon}} tag there. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 14:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC) Happy new year Thanks for helping me last year —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr kc (talk • contribs) 18:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC) Re: Help me with table format Hi! I've fixed it for you. You did not need to use 2 tables, so I've merged the tables for you, which has solved questions 1 and 3. Question 2 is different, and can be complicated - also I'm not sure how to do it. Also, you have to consider the manual of style - about looking the same as the rest of the site. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 20:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC) Hi. Thanks for the help. I actually already know how to create the table that you revised my original table into. That was, in fact, how my table originated. For reasons not relevant to this discussion, I wanted to break the table apart into the two separate tables as you saw in my Help Me question. (One table as a "header" and one table for the "body".) In trying to do so (break the one table into two separate tables), that process raised the other questions that I posted in my Help Me request. So, I actually still need Question 1 and 3 answered. Do you know anything about Question 1 or 3? Also, I did not know what you meant when you said that I need to be aware of looking the same as the rest of the site. What did you mean by that? I was unsure. Was there something in my table that differed from MOS or the rest of the site? Thanks. Please reply at my Talk Page, so that I will be sure to see your reply. Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 22:12, 6 January 2008 (UTC)) Calum Sanderson I've declined the speedy tag you placed on Calum Sanderson. The reason is: marginal significance as writer of the film The Ghost of Molly Brown For your information, עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 14:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC) Same goes for Northern Lights Spirits Films. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 17:10, 7 January 2008 (UTC) I guess I was a little too trigger-happy earlier. I'll try to step more to 'inclusionist' than 'deletionist' over this. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC) I need help changing a page title Hi, thanks for answering my call! I am trying to chage the title of a page but when i go to 'edit this page' section at the top of the page it only allows me to edit after the main title. I can edit sub headings, but not the overall one. The company where I work has chanegd names and really needs to be refered to in another way. Please help! (NatalieABC (talk) 16:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)) Replied on user's talk page. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC) You have made a mistake Please do not slap warning templates on my page without actually reading what happened, you blamed me for the vandalism on User:Nick, when actually I was reverting a disruptive page move, please be more careful in future, reguards. Blueanode (talk) 19:23, 8 January 2008 (UTC) I know - I realised that the moment I clicked the button on Twinkle. You'll find I've already commented on it on your talk page. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 19:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC) My entry has been slated for speedy deletion - what now? Hi there, I've just uploaded an entry which is too commercial, apparently. What steps do I now need to take to revise it so that it fits accordingly with the criteria under which it was judged as being too commercial? Thanks for your advice in advance. Cheers, Rob. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clippernolan (talk • contribs) 23:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC) Hi! I have moved this to the bottom, which is the standard way Talk pages work on Wikipedia. The easiest thing to do is to place the {{hangon}} tag, stating you intend to fix it, and then make it more from a Neutral Point of View. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 23:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC) Hi again and thanks for the reply. I am very new to wiki (as you may be able to tell). Where do I place the hangon tag? My entry is gone. I am worried that if I try to upload a new version without knowing precisely what part of my entry is being interpreted as "blatant advertising", that my topic will be blocked permanently. I've not added anything to my entry which I consider to be spurious or "non-neutral", so I don't feel like it's the best bet for me to decide what needs changing. Thanks for your advice so far, but I'm still a bit lost as to what to do next, seeing as my entry has been deleted entirely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clippernolan (talk • contribs) 00:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC) Help me number 6: Forced typing of blank spaces {{helpme}} If you use the following "code" ... & n b s p ; ... this forces Wikipedia to "type" a blank space within the text. So, if you want (say) 25 blank spaces ... do you have to type that code 25 separate times in a row ... or is there some short-hand? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 01:43, 11 January 2008 (UTC)) Yes. However, the colon (":") can be used to insert spaces at the beginning of a line. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 09:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Yes, to what? Yes, I have to type that code 25 separate times in a row ... or, yes, is there some short-hand? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 09:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)) The short hand for the beginning of the line is a colon, which inserts a tab (more or less). Anywhere else in the line, you would have to use the non-breaking space, denoted by the code  . Stwalkerster [ talk ] 09:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Thanks for your help, but I am still not following you. So, let me re-phrase my question. Ignoring (for now) the whole concept about "the beginning of the line" ... let's just say that I want to print the letter "A" ... followed by 100 forced blank spaces ... and then the letter "Z". What is the exact code that will do so? Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 09:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)) Hi! it's the following (you might need to look at it in edit mode, between the code tags): A                                                                                                              Z I hope that clarifies it for you. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 11:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Thanks for all of your help. Now I understand how this works. Geez, you would think that "they" would make it easier and have some short-hand ... as opposed to making us type the blank space code 100 separate times. Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 01:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)) Bug the Developers - WP:BUGS - they might do something about it. Alternatively, create a template to do it. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 01:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for January 2nd and 7th, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 1 2 January 2008 About the Signpost WikiWorld comic: "John Lasseter" News and notes: Stewards, fundraiser, milestones  Wikipedia in the News WikiProject Report: Scouting  Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News  The Report on Lengthy Litigation Volume 4, Issue 2 7 January 2008 About the Signpost From the editor: Stepping in after delay  New Wikipedia discussion forum gains steam WikiWorld comic: "Goregrind"  Wikipedia in the News Features and admins  Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News The Report on Lengthy Litigation  Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 09:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Barnstar for you. The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For going above and beyond the call of duty by protecting against vandalism even in the most obscure of articles, like dorkish essays. Zenwhat (talk) 23:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC) Barnstar The Original Barnstar For your valuable contributions to wikipedia Phoenix-wiki 16:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC) Help me number 5: Table format {{helpme}} Is there anyone out there who is good with formatting tables and can help me achieve what I am trying to achieve in this first table below? Thanks. the first row (all of the column headings) --- leave that as it is the first column (all of the row headings) --- leave that as it is all other cells (the twelve cells that have names and numbers in them) ... is it possible to format them in such a way that each cell is cut in half into two separate cells ... so, for example, the Spencer Tracy - 2 cell would be cut into a left half that says only "Spencer Tracy" and a right half that says only "2" ... but both of those split half-cells are still under the column of Best Actor? ... Is this possible? See the second table below for an example of the output I am trying to create. Thanks. Superlative Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Most Awards Spencer Tracy - 2 Walter Brennan - 3 Most Nominations Laurence Olivier - 9 Jack Nicholson - 4 Oldest Winner Henry Fonda - 76 George Burns - 80 Oldest Nominee Richard Farnsworth - 79 Ralph Richardson - 82 Youngest Winner Adrien Brody - 29 Timothy Hutton - 20 Youngest Nominee Jackie Cooper - 9 Justin Henry - 8 Example of Output I Am Trying to Create: Because it is hard to describe in words (above), below is a sample output of what I am talking about. So, in the questions above, what I want to achieve would look something like this (below) ... except that I would not want to have that very top, first, pink-shaded row ... Superlative Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Most Awards Spencer Tracy 2 Walter Brennan 3 Most Nominations Laurence Olivier 9 Jack Nicholson 4 Oldest Winner Henry Fonda 76 George Burns 80 Oldest Nominee Richard Farnsworth 79 Ralph Richardson 82 Youngest Winner Adrien Brody 29 Timothy Hutton 20 Youngest Nominee Jackie Cooper 9 Justin Henry 8 Ultimately, the question is this ... is it possible for a single column heading (like "Best Actor") to span across two different columns (like the column of names and the column of numbers) ... and, if possible, how do I do it? Is it possible to achieve this? Can anyone help? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 01:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)) I believe that that has fixed it. I just put the width and colspan parameters together. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 09:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Thanks! That was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks ... you have been very helpful! Much appreciated! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)) That's OK, glad I could help! :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 10:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for January 14th, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 3 14 January 2008 About the Signpost From the editor: A new weekly feature  Special: 2007 in Review Wikimania 2009 bidding ends, jury named  Controversial non-administrator rollback process added Supposed advance draft of Jobs keynote surfaces on talk page  WikiWorld comic: "The Nocebo Effect" News and notes: Fundraiser ends, $500,000 donation, milestones  Wikipedia in the News Tutorial: Fundamentals of editing  Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News  The Report on Lengthy Litigation Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 09:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC) Toolserveraccount Hello Stwalkerster, please send your real-name, your wikiname, your prefered login-name and the public part of your ssh-key to . We plan to create your account soon then. --DaB. 00:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for January 21st, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 4 21 January 2008 About the Signpost Special: 2007 in Review, Part II New parser preprocessor to be introduced  Commons Picture of the Year contest in final round WikiWorld comic: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"  News and notes: Freely-licensed music, milestones Wikipedia in the News  Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News  Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 00:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC) "Rollbacker" Which administrator did you contact? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by StrixStruma (talk • contribs) 21:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC) WP:RfR :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for January 28th, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 5 28 January 2008 About the Signpost From the editor: New feature  Special: 2007 in Review, Part III Signpost interview: John Broughton  New parser preprocessor introduced Best of WikiWorld: "Truthiness"  News and notes: Estonian Wikipedia, Picture of the Year, milestones Wikipedia in the News  Tutorial: Reporting and dealing with vandals WikiProject Report: Molecular and Cellular Biology  Wikipedia Dispatches: Banner year for Featured articles Features and admins  Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News The Report on Lengthy Litigation  Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 04:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC) Another parser question. Since expressions in Wikipedia are case-sensitive, any idea on how I could disable the case-sensitivity, without using a switch containing every possible form of capitalization? To understand what I mean, one of my parameters is a switch of the parameter {{5}}} If Unexpected use of template {{5}} - see Template:5 for details.} is "active"-->output active template wrapped within botstatus template If Unexpected use of template {{5}} - see Template:5 for details.} is "inactive"-->output inactive template wrapped within botstatus template If Unexpected use of template {{5}} - see Template:5 for details.} is "discontinued"-->output discontinued template wrapped within botstatus template etc.. ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 23:54, 2 February 2008 (UTC) Sorry, I'm not that good with it. If it was Visual Basic, I'd say use the ToLower funtion but I'm not sure such a thing exists in this. You might get an answer at the technical village pump though. Sorry I can't be of more help. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 16:27, 8 February 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for February 4th, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 6 4 February 2008 About the Signpost Special: 2007 in Review, Part IV Tensions in journalistic use of Wikipedia explored  Best of WikiWorld: "Calvin and Hobbes" News and notes: Milestones  Wikipedia in the News Tutorial: Adding citations  Dispatches: New methods to find Featured Article candidates Features and admins  Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News The Report on Lengthy Litigation  Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 08:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for February 11th, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 7 11 February 2008 About the Signpost Petition seeks to remove images of Muhammad Foundation's FY2007 audit released  Vatican claims out-of-context Wikipedia quote was used to attack Pope Best of WikiWorld: "W"  News and notes: Working group, Wik-iPhone, milestones Wikipedia in the News  Tutorial: Basic dispute resolution Dispatches: Great saves at Featured article review  Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News  The Report on Lengthy Litigation Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 14:01, 14 February 2008 (UTC) Thanks! Thanks for helping me with my talk page! Voyaging (talk) 18:53, 23 February 2008 (UTC) Thanks! Thanks for the answer! --Cubed³ (talk) 22:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC) Thank you for your help! Thanks! I'll try to get my userpage a bit less dull, when and if I can. However, I could use an adoption... Chimchar monferno (talk) 22:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC) Thanks Thanks for the barnstar! :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 21:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC) Cheers Thanks for the barnstar :) Astral (talk) 00:34, 26 February 2008 (UTC) Thank you! Dear Stwalkerster Thank you for your help on the Brandworkers International page! KSKathleenslamon01 (talk) 19:34, 26 February 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for February 18th and 25th, 2008. 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If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 07:49, 27 February 2008 (UTC) Thanks! Hey Stwalkerster! Thank you for the barnstar! :) --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:40, 28 February 2008 (UTC) Re: Barnstar Thanks :D Martinp23 19:50, 28 February 2008 (UTC) Ditto - thank you! :) Jacek Kendysz 22:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC) Why are you threatening to ban me? I'm trying to upload better content (which is widely available and free on the internet) to enhance a page. How are the covers I'm trying a violation and not the covers on any other movie, comic, book, or media page that are freely and widely available via the internet? And also, please don't threaten my expulsion when I'm spending a lot of time and energy just trying to make wikipedia better and more informative. Isn't that our mutual goal? :)