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IE cite issue

See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (footnotes)#Non-breaking space between linked text and ref. Looks like adding a zero-width space &#8203 to MediaWiki:Cite reference link before the [[ would fix this. Please give me a sanity check. Thanks. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 10:29, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A zero width space will show up as a square on older browsers, so we'd be trading one glith for a (IMO) bigger glitch. If the cite link actually works, I see no problem with a misplaced underline. — Edokter (talk) — 10:40, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I am going to pitch a solution to his CSS. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:01, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IE6 and IE7 would actually show a glyph (a tall skinny f); IE8 and above support the zero-width joiner. This isn't really a problem as IE6 and IE7 don't support the :before pseudo-element so that isn't parsed. Are there other browsers that would show a glyph? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 12:11, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I know of. But I do consider this too minor for a global fix. — Edokter (talk) — 17:10, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This has morphed into a different but related issue at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (footnotes)#In-text cite wrapping. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Doctor Who The Impossible Astronaut.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Doctor Who The Impossible Astronaut.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. ╟─Treasury Tag►sheriff─╢ 17:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Vincent-and-the-doctor.png Maybe this is an example of a rationale wanted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.121.110.15 (talk) 19:41, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Who timings

I suggest that you examine all the other 150+ Doctor Who stories which precede Doctor Who (1996 film), all the way from An Unearthly Child to Survival - every single one has the duration given in minutes and seconds. Also, I provided a source for my edit, which both 78.149.228.253 and yourself have failed to do - see WP:V. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:10, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fetured Sounds

Some of the back end is already done here by adam or myself. --In actu (Guerillero) | My Talk 14:01, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice. That will give me some leads. — Edokter (talk) — 14:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The code for that page has a fatal flaw but I don't know how to fix it --Guerillero | My Talk 17:17, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is the flaw? — Edokter (talk) — 17:21, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry its the template. When backtracking to the last sound that appears on the main page it just subtracts a constant from the date.

{{#expr:{{CURRENTDAY}}-5}}

The flaw is that on the first of any given month the computer searches for the -4th of that month. --Guerillero | My Talk 17:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That should probably be something like {{#expr: {{#time:Y-m-d|{{SUBPAGENAME}} -5 day}}. — Edokter (talk) — 17:40, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Best way to proceed is to mimic POTD behaviour; I don't want to reinvent the wheel. — Edokter (talk) — 17:57, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will go look at that --Guerillero | My Talk 18:33, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is the one time that the back end has been utilized link --Guerillero | My Talk 17:19, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am currently in #wikipedia-en if you would like to chat with me. --Guerillero | My Talk 01:30, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page/sandbox/FSL

Sandbox pages aren't allowed to be in mainspace. If it's an incomplete project that you're still working on, then you have to do that in your own userspace, and if it's complete then you have to integrate it into a regular mainspace page — but either way, it can't stay where it is now. Bearcat (talk) 18:28, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please cite the policy. The main page and its sandboxes are allowed in article space. We (not *I*) are currently integrating Today's Featured Sound/List into the main page, so it needs to stay whewre it is. — Edokter (talk) — 18:32, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia logo

Ever since those weird technical changes to monobook in mid-February, the Wikipedia logo on my page would appear and then do a swerve to the right on every single page I opened, slowing down the page's opening considerably. Now there's also a grey bar that pops up every once and a while which I think is connected. That's why I was trying to finally get rid of the logo. However, the code you put in didn't apparently work... the logo is still there, still swerving, on every page. Any help appreciated... All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 20:22, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are you still using Monobook? In that case, it is not suprising the code isn't working; it's in your vector.css. It should be in your monobook.css. I've moved the page; the logo should now be gone. — Edokter (talk) — 20:53, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 21:28, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Main page sandbox

Hello! I strongly suggest that the gradients be presented via a separate proposal. Combining unrelated changes into a package deal rarely goes over well. —David Levy 22:05, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is labelled as a test... (granted, partly to see who would notice first). — Edokter (talk) — 22:07, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I realize. I don't mean to imply that there's a problem testing this now. I just mean that we should be careful to avoid creating the impression that the gradients are somehow attached to the addition of the featured list and sound.

And by the way, thanks for stepping up to handle this. :) —David Levy 22:14, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note

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Today's Featured Lists

Many thanks for an excellent job! No worries about throwing out my code - it was originally only there to give the FL crew something to practise on while we waited for Adam, and to see what was feasible. I agree entirely with the manual requirement for "recently featured". If TFL ever becomes featured seven days a week, then automation is possible, but until then, it's no great burden. I should warn you (heh) that I expect there will be a request for two lists per week in the near future, so your skills are likely to be called on again! In the meantime, I wish you luck with Featured Sounds, and if there's anything I can do to help, you only need ask. Best regards, --RexxS (talk) 02:41, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Query.

My dear sir,
The talk page of Cambridge.sukhwinder seems to be employed as a means of advertising. I was wandering if this was permitted on talk pages?
I,E ^• ^{Wouldst thou speak?} 08:32, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No it is not. Advertising of any kind on any page is not permitted. — Edokter (talk) — 12:45, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your assistance sir. In future I shall handle such matters myself.

I,E ^• ^{Wouldst thou speak?} 15:56, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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