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Japanese phrase

Hi

Your user page says you understand Japanese. I was wondering if you could make head or tail out of a Japanese phrase that has so far stymied both Google Translate and Bing Translator.

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天下布武

I just pray I haven't just posted a Japanese profanity in your talk page.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 22:00, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@Codename Lisa: That is pronounced "tenka fubu", and was originally a personal seal of Oda Nobunaga. It roughly translates to "ruling the world through force of arms". It is also the name of a 1991 video game for the Mega-CD, and a chain of pachinko parlours. Hope that helps. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 01:58, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Yes, I found it very helpful. —Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 08:36, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Adding infobox parameter

Strad, the folks at the museum where I'm the WIR have asked how to add a field — Executive Director — to {{Infobox museum}}, but I'm clueless on the topic. Can you give me the just-the-part-you-need-to-know version of how to do that? Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 00:29, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

@TransporterMan: Sure. :) That would be something like this: add a new label, add the parameter, and then renumber all the parameters below. The sandbox version I made adds both an |executive director= and an |executive_director= parameter. You should probably ask if it's ok on the talk page before adding it, and if you do add it don't forget to update the template docs. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 14:28, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Strad. I didn't know if changing the label numbers on the following items would mess something up, but I now see how you've done it. I appreciate the help and hope all is well with you. Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 20:06, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Template:Unbulleted list

Hi! Your recent edit to {{Unbulleted list}} has, I think, made it display with bullet dividers, not newlines, between the items; in its present from it seems to be superfluous to {{Hlist}}. I imagine that's not what was intended? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:09, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: Hi there. :) I think you might have misread the revision history - my last edits to Template:Unbulleted list and Module:List were both in 2014. Where are you seeing this bullet divider/newline problem? Maybe I can work out what's going on. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 00:26, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Well, yes, so I did – so sorry to have troubled you for nothing! Where I'm seeing it is in the infobox at Geometry of Fear, and it looks as if it's a bug feature of {{Infobox art movement}}. I'll ask at the village pump or something. Sorry again, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:10, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: Yes, that's caused by all the lines that look like | class1 = hlist in {{Infobox art movement}}. It adds the hlist class to the <th> and <td> cells in the infobox. The hlist class is defined in MediaWiki:Common.css, and is what makes all the {{hlist}} templates output horizontal lists. (Without the CSS, they would all just display in the default list style, which has each bullet on a separate line.) — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 02:27, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Infobox official post

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Template talk:Infobox official post. Legobot (talk) 04:32, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Escalation of template disruption by Codename Lisa

With regards to this discussion at ANI, what is your opinion on these actions (1,2,3,4,5,6,7, and 8) to circumvent any pending discussion at Module talk:Webarchive and make the same disputed changes to 7 other templates without soliciting any input from other editors? Note: I originally tried to ask the question at ANI, but Codename Lisa reverted me several times. 2601:5C2:280:8043:F126:B333:2DF4:1FEA (talk) 05:50, 29 May 2017 (UTC)