|
Don't ask me... I got convinced to return early.
Archives
Hi Eagle! Sorry, I misunderstood your message. Thanks for tidying up after me. Btw, if you want to try out your gnome bot I have an experiment I want to try. Let me know when you have time. Cheers - Her Pegship 03:30, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, I'm involved (as you know) in both the Books and Films WikiProjects; I would like to get a list of articles which include information about both a book and a film. I'm guessing your bot looks for articles with certain text in the article body, right? So is it possible to search all the articles (gulp!) under Category:Films for the phrase "based on" or "novel"? If that's too big, I can take it one lump at a time, for example Category:Comedy films, Category:Horror films, etc. Thanks for considering it. Her Pegship 03:41, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- No rush, just part of my ongoing obsession with tidiness. :P Can you start with articles that contain both these exact strings: "based on" and "Comedy films"? I want to see how this goes... Thanks again!
- OK, in Category:Films, any articles containing the phrase "based on". Does that make more sense? I don't actually understand programming, so I'm not sure I'm phrasing this right. Cheers, Her Pegship 04:02, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Gotcha. How about: in Category:Films, any articles containing the phrases "based on" and the word "book" (since I'm working on films based on non-fiction as well)? Her Pegship 04:09, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The sub-cats I'm interested in are:
- Children's films
- Comedy films
- Drama films
- Fantasy films
- Horror films
- Romance films
- Science fiction films
- War films
- Western films
(I forgot there were soooo many.) and yes, please go ahead and use both terms.
I'm hoping to augment my List of fiction works made into feature films and List of non-fiction works made into feature films as well as add Category:Films based on books to such articles. Thanks - (until tomorrow!) Her Pegship 05:06, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Good morning! I want to create separate full articles for the book and the film for each one, since invariably the film departs from the book to some degree and is a separate work of art. Splitting them is the first step; then if there isn't much content the article is made a stub, at which point I'll bring the stubs to the attention of the various WikiProjects and begin filling them out. Obviously a life-long project! I'm a librarian, so this kind of ordering appeals to me. Please, ask away. Her Pegship 15:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Nah, I'm just a glutton for punishment. I'll probably pass out when I see the lists, but it's repetitive, mindless, good to do for relaxation, and more useful than playing solitaire. Thanks, Eagle. Her Pegship 21:33, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- What "text" are you putting in the Film article after you deal with it... you will need to make some reference to the existance of the book article. - In the film article, if there isn't one already, I'll make a reference and a link to the written work, and vice versa in the book article. Cheers, Her Pegship 23:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- If you'd like to see a sample of my "split work", take a look at Death on the Nile and Death on the Nile (1978 film) - that's my most recent one; I created the latter article from parts excised from the former. I usually put the book link somewhere in the beginning paragraph, and in the novel article I put a "see also" reference. Her Pegship 03:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 Aha, I see what you're getting at. Something your code will recognize and "ignore" the article. Hm, how about <!--Split film/book article intentional - Please do not remove this comment--> ?
- Yay, thank you! Let us begin with thriller films, please. Her Pegship 01:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
About that redirect page we have... um... I guess you misunderstood me.
Is there a way we can take the "page" NASV, and make it nonexistant, with an "automatic" redirect to the page on NASB? Many pages will have no page on the exact wording, but will instead redirect automatically page to the actual article (e.g. typing "Drift Racing" in the search will redirect to the "drift racing" page but the top left-hand corner will note "redirected from "Drift racing"). I've seen it with other wording too. I also made a page on the "Battle of the Kegs"... but it's case sensitive! ???Colonel Marksman 03:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- THANKS! All of that makes perfect sense.
- And it's working already (was there a data dump last night or something?) NASV now goes directly to NASB. Perfect. And wikipedia is the "one encyopedia to rule them all". Wehaw! Colonel Marksman 12:50, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This one should be refreshed - possibly every month - just so we don't let it get away from us. We'll see how it goes after that. OK :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 14:56, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Having said that this is nearly a month since we completed this - so a new run might be in order. With the new format (10 article headings) might be nice. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
seems to be working well. Bit more complex to work on that the last one. Starting to focus a few on the content of the article as well which is good, but does mean it slows us down a bit. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 14:56, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Good idea (the new format) - although I would do it on our next refresh - some have already made many amendments to the list already and I suspect that these would be lost on a refresh. However all future runs should include you new format (10 titles per heading sould be about right!) Thanks :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:19, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Ok, in the sandbox then! Thanks :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:25, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- That looks very good don't knwo how you do this so quickly, marvelous! Fine go for a full run. Is it possible to put a "Bot Run date" out in the header to the list, thanks :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 18:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Ah, "List last regenerated authomatically - date" - is that clearer. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 18:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Seems great - just added the "generation date" :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 07:38, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have been asked "I notice there is no stub category for horror novels, political novels, or comedy novels"
Could we use the bot to find out if any Book or Novel stubs fit those genre (one at a time I think) - Ideally giving something like a crude character and word count (to give objective stub measurement)
Let me know.
Oh yes the aim being to see if there is a case for such stubs. Yes, if many - No, if there are only a few. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Ok, two ways, Firstly, All {{book-stub}} and {{novel-stub}} where "Horror" is used in the text, or categories - listing should give Character Count and/or Word Count (i.e. article size)
Secondly, All articles in a category ending "*novels" where "Horror" is used in the text, or
categories - listing should give Character Count and/or Word Count (i.e. article size)
Can these be done, and do they sound about right for the purpose intended? :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:32, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- However my experience tells me that many articles are written by novice editors (who don't know too much) and they are often small and are not marked as stubs. Often with no categorization either. Ok what would you suggest then. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:50, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Your reasoning stub category - not quite if it has a stub it "Should" be in the category. If the stub template is configured correctly. However people can add an article direct to the category. Unusual but can happen. Does that help. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 16:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How about a listing of all articles that claim to be Novels which do not have the project notice {{NovelsWikiProject}} in the article talk page. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- start out of "Cat:Novels" Thanks :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 18:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, yes, that happens for me too. "Civil" is a word I wish were put into practice more where I work - at a high school, where the youngsters take manners kind of, um, loosely. :P Her Pegship 18:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Do references have to be websites? Colonel Marksman 18:37, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- No, see WP:CITET for all the details of how to use template:cite etc. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 18:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Howdy! Just so you know:
- Abre los ojos mentions a novel by Philip K. Dick but is not based on a novel, and also doesn't include the words "based on" in the text.
- The Alzheimer Case mentions the novel but has no further details, so there's not enough for even a stub article on it.
More to come... Her Pegship 19:14, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi, I see you are claiming to be updating a Film-->Novels list. Which one is that - new to me! :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 07:27, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Results part deux
Here's the result from the second batch. If you would rather I put these on the work page, or just delete the links without listing them here, let me know. You may have already noted these issues. Cheers, Her Pegship 19:39, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
And thanks for fixing my edit problem on my userpage! Cheers, Her Pegship 21:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Nixeagle! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. AmiDaniel (Talk) 01:03, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi :) I usually do use the warning tags, but sometimes I get lazy and skip it. I'll be sure to use them in the future. Qtoktok 05:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Rebuttal
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oral_Roberts&diff=next&oldid=47366795
But Oral Roberts is 88, right?
- Replied on talk page... (next time sign please)
Reverting of my edit on Lou Dobbs
Hi, you've reverted my edit and i'm not sure why. Please see Talk:Lou_Dobbs#Removed_Dobbswatch.com_.26_Opinion_Journal thanks.
|
