User talk:Timl

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Re:Adoption

I'm not applying for adoption. Another user wanted me to adopt him and left a userbox for the project on my main page. I guess I should remove it. Thank you for calling me an experienced editor by the way. Bernstein2291 ^{(Talk • Contributions • Sign Here)} 16:43, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I just decided to delete it. I already posted on his talk page, no need to keep it. Bernstein2291 ^{(Talk • Contributions • Sign Here)} 16:55, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!. --TimL (talk) 16:56, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi!!

Hi! I just entered Sharif University of Technology! I think I will contribute to Wikipedia more... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irrational number (talk • contribs) 17:51, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations! That is awesome! --TimL (talk) 23:58, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

thanks!--Irrational number (talk) 21:16, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

problem

Hi! there's a problem with the article I translated (my only article, actually). the "cubane" word links to the name of a river in russia (which is not what it means)... what should I do with it?--Irrational number (talk) 05:43, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

The format for specifying what a wiki links to is [[article name|article text]]. So you would need to find the article name for cubane and then change the link to link to the molecule instead of the river. I'll take a look and see if I can show you. --TimL (talk) 23:56, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

OK, according to Wikipedia there is no article for cubane on the Persian Wikipedia, so you would have to make one up, following some convention, like "Cubane (chemistry)". You don't have to create the article, just a link to it (which will be red and that is fine). Also if the article for the river in Russia is not appropriately named you may want to have it moved. The best solution requires some forethought, when somebody types cubane in persian, what are they likely to be looking for? If the answer is not obvious than a dismbiguation page should be created, with links to both articles. If one or the other is more likely what people are looking for it should get the name "Cubane" with a disambiguation link to the other article of the same name.

Here is an example of a disambiguation page: saros

Here is an example of a page with a disambiguation link at the top: iPhone

Note that you do not have to point to a disambiguation page, you can point directly to an article instead, something like "This article is about the chemical compound. For the river see Cubane (river)".

So in summary you can rename the article for the river to "Cubane (river)" and create a link to either "Cubane" or "Cubane (chemistry)" or some such. If you rename the article for the river and think that the article for the compound should just be "Cubane", you will want to remove the redirect that is created after the article for the river is moved to another name. If both the river and the compound are a bit obscure then you should have the river article moved to "Cubane (river) and create a link to the uncreated article "Cubane (Chemistry)". Sorry for the long and complicated answer, but this is one of the more complicated areas of Wikipedia :) --TimL (talk) 00:25, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

thanks a lot, I'll do something right now...--Irrational number (talk) 10:56, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I did it!!!BTW the river is called kuban--Irrational number (talk) 11:05, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Office Hours

Hey Timl! I'm just dropping you a message because you've commented on (or expressed an interest in) the Article Feedback Tool in the past. If you don't have any interest in it any more, ignore the rest of this message :).

If you do still have an interest or an opinion, good or bad, we're holding an office hours session tomorrow at 19:00 GMT/UTC in #wikimedia-office to discuss completely changing the system. In attendance will be myself, Howie Fung and Fabrice Florin. All perspectives, opinions and comments are welcome :).

I appreciate that not everyone can make it to that session - it's in work hours for most of North and South America, for example - so if you're interested in having another session at a more America-friendly time of day, leave me a message on my talkpage. I hope to see you there :). Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:30, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry not to see you at the session; the logs are here. In the meantime, the Foundation has started developing a new version of the tool which dispenses with the idea of "ratings", amongst other things. Take a look at WP:AFT5 and drop any comments, criticisms or suggestions you have on the talkpage - I'd be very grateful to hear your opinions. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:36, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: Why I reverted your changes to Saros (astronomy)

Ah, heck. My bad, units are important! -- Kendrick7^talk 06:09, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

toolserver

Hi Timl2k4, your (?) toolserver does not work. Greetings --217.246.209.222 (talk) 19:13, 26 July 2012 (UTC)