User talk:Soni

It is time to get the Wiki back into Wikipedia

TheOriginalSoni is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia on June 2

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AN/RFC was the wrong place apparently

Hi there. Do you think you might be interested in following through on this? Osiris (talk) 11:32, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I indeed would. What I am doubtful about is how to proceed. Other than that, I am very much willing to (and wanting to) bring the vote for review. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 04:25, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it, we have to post a request on WP:AN for an uninvolved administrator to review the closure. The reasoning you posted at the end is exactly what was wrong with the closure, which demonstrated that nothing more had been used to judge the consensus than a quick count. It's been about a month now since it was closed, but my request on WP:AN/RFC was posted promptly after and wasted away in the backlog. Osiris (talk) 08:45, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I dont think I'll be available in the next few days, but I wholly support, and would want you to ask for a review in the appropriate forum. I'll try to hop into the discussion whenever I can, but my internet speed does not permit me to do a whole lot more. Sorry for that.

Could another uninvolved admin be directly contacted and requested to see if they can review it? Or maybe using an adminhelp? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:17, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You have a new message at Osiris's talk page. Osiris (talk) 07:43, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Concerns about infoboxes

Thanks so much for all you have done to give reliability to the early days of EotW. I see that you have contacted User Amad, which is wonderful. Lets wait and see how he responds. As Editor GoPhightins points out, we have a few options available. The Infobox will not be presented empty. As you well know it takes a bit of research and editing to create. Take Care. ```Buster Seven Talk 12:55, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The empty part I was talking of - I meant you can automate the updating of the Project main page, and some other related pages. All that's required is some cool and simple coding, and the use of subpages. The good thing - It makes one or two things easier, and can help make several others easier too. The bad thing - It can complicate several other things, as well as make problems if the updater isnt punctual enough to make the new box before Sunday. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 13:47, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It can complicate several other things, as well as make problems if the updater isnt punctual enough to make the new box before Sunday.. Can we count on you to create the next userbox? I can help fill it in if you can create it. Even if not by Sunday, Monday or Tuesday will be just fine. Please let me know. ```Buster Seven Talk 18:29, 20 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree.

No. Too busy. Sorry. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 15:23, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Wonderful article on public radio this morning: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/22/177975138/how-coffee-brings-the-world-together

Enjoy! ResearcherQ (talk) 00:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback from Technical 13

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Hello Soni, I do not remember if you had an opinion on this discussion or not; however, I'm trying to find an admin that will tell me if what I have is the correct way to request an RfC as I understand it from WP:RFC. I'm feel confident that you will tell me honestly if that is the proper way to do an RfC and leave any thoughts or discussion of the topic the RfC is about to the RfC itself. Thank you. Technical 13 (talk) 13:21, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Other's Comments

Dear T: I admit that I was in error in altering another users contribution, I will be more careful. There has been new content added to the page in question since I edited it, though, so I am afraid that if I try a revert, it will interfere with the new content.I appreciate you for having informed me where I was in error, though. Best wishes. RCNesland (talk) 03:21, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

No Problem :) Just be careful about it the next time.

Cheers,

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 08:08, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Help me 2

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can ask another question on your talk page, contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse.

Please see User:TheOriginalSoni/sandbox 4 for what I need help on.

Thanks, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 15:03, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added were the class and width. You can adjust the width to whatever percentage of the page width you want. If you need further help, just ask on my talk page or place another Helpme template here. – PAINE ELLSWORTH ^CLIMAX! 17:50, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PS See Help:Table for more tips and links.

PPS TIP: Try to never use the exact same section title on your talk page. I added a "2" to this one so it could be linked without sending the person who clicks to the first "Help me" way above on this page.

Thanks! It worked. I'll ask you again if I have any further problems. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:24, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
A pleasure! Glad I could help. – PAINE ELLSWORTH ^CLIMAX! 19:39, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

April 2013

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to User talk:Miss Bono, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. I appreciate your removal of the userbox vandalism, but please don't remove content without explanation.
Arctic Kangaroo 12:16, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2005 in video gaming

Hey dude the release dates of the launch titles are on Nov 22. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2005_in_video_gaming

Thanks Soni 112.209.247.31 (talk) 16:09, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done TheOriginalSoni (talk) 16:14, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Soni! 112.209.247.31 (talk) 18:19, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Feyd's infobox

Thanks Soni. ```Buster Seven Talk 06:01, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey!!

Are you there?? Miss Bono (zootalk) 12:23, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I won't do that again. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 03:35, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback: you've got messages!

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Teahouse Badges

Hey Soni! How are you? Figured I would let you know that I've modified Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Large to include the "message" and "signed" parameters, and I think it looks great and Ocaasi has already included the change in the WikiLove script. Due to the success there, I've decided to tackle adding the ability to specify a number of badges received in the Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Small template and have set up a series of -sandbox templates (Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Small-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Answer-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Easter egg-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Host-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Question-sandbox) and have been testing the changes on Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host landing#Technical 13. For some reason, setting the value of badges to "yes" or "1" changes the placement of the badge. Also, the easter-egg badge seems smaller to me, and I'm not sure why. I know you are familiar with some of this coding stuff, so I figured I'd have you look at it and see if you can offer some improvements. I'm also asking Writ, Sarah, Heather, and Ocaasi to take a peek at it as well and see if we can't get it working right. Thanks. Technical 13 (talk) 22:22, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And I thought I got a new Teahouse badge! Darn! TheOriginalSoni (talk) 22:36, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I do intend to create the badge givers badge that is listed on the wishlist after I get this small badge thing working. I thought it took some priority. :) Technical 13 (talk) 22:41, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Give me some time, and I'll look into it. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 22:55, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quick question - Whats the change that you've been trying? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 23:05, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see below, the change allows editors to add the number of each badge received to be displayed. It currently does not do this. If a the number is a 3 digit number, it simply displays "+" at this point. Technical 13 (talk) 23:21, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host-sandbox

joined: 12:14, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Is the higher placement intentional? I thought it was a glitch for a very long time. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 23:54, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I dont think it looks good. Mainly because it isnt clear that it is intentional. The same place will be a good idea. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 23:57, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, the difference in height is what I'm trying to get rid of. Technical 13 (talk) 00:00, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Its obvious that difference happens only when a number or the + gets added to your main thing. Let me check why TheOriginalSoni (talk) 00:04, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:TheOriginalSoni/sandbox_4 clearly shows it is because of problems in your Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Small-sandbox template, where the spacing gets auto-increased for the badges in which the characters are added. Appears to be an issue with the original designing. I'll still look for the problem, but being graphics, it might be above my ability. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 00:13, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Ah-ha! I got it! I was setting the top position to -20px, but I wasn't doing anything to where the text was suppose to be created... So, by adding margin-bottom: -20px; I sucked up the whitespace created at the bottom. I'm sure it could be coded better by someone more proficient in css than I, and I can't test other browsers, so If you have another browser to test it with, that would be great. Technical 13 (talk) 01:04, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Firefox, IE and Chrome approve the new design. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 01:06, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We may not require a second digit for most cases, but two digits take too much of the space, and are a lot of problem in seeing it. Could the font size be slightly reduced for them? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 01:09, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and am already working on it. Technical 13 (talk) 01:12, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There, what do you think of that? I got the number to link to the same place as the image as well. Not sure about the mouseover link text though, I wonder if there is any way to make them consistent... Technical 13 (talk) 01:18, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mouseover looks good. I suggest increasing the size of the double digits by about 20% to not make it look less important than single digits. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 01:21, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You don't think the "Great Answer Badge" as opposed to the "Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Answer" on the number is an issue? I decided to shrink the single digit font-size instead of increase the double digit. Right now, 2-9 use 16pt, 10-99 use 12pt, and + uses 18pt. Technical 13 (talk) 01:31, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've notified all of the people on the list above as well as Jtmorgan who let me know on Heather's page to check with him before implementing any live badge changes due to Host bots data collection on the use of these badges. I'm calling it a night and going to bed. I'll be excited to see all of the wonderful comments about it in the morning. ;) Technical 13 (talk) 01:39, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed the font sizes a little bit. It looks fine to me now. And I encountered no linking problems.

Also, do you prefer kepping all those talkbacks in your talk page? If so, I can send you a dozen more; if you'd want. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 01:41, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your font size changes look fine to me. Also, yes, I keep talkbacks on my talk page, punk... As you can see, I've just grouped them all up with signature/date stamps under one tb template. :p Now, good night! Technical 13 (talk) 01:48, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Bad AIV reports

Thank you for making a report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, it appears that the editor you reported may not have engaged in vandalism, or the user was not sufficiently or appropriately warned. Please note there is a difference between vandalism and unhelpful or misguided edits made in good faith. If the user continues to vandalise after a recent final warning, please re-report it. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 17:46, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Specifically you have made a couple of vandalism reports for users that have not vandalized in days and in one case had no warnings. Please read the instructions at the top of the AIV page. Thank you for your attention. -- Alexf^(talk) 17:48, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I wanted to first apologize for the badly made reports. I was checking out WP:Snuggle and reporting through its user interface.

Also, I was under the impression that sufficient bad-faith Vandalism (Such as the likes of most of which I reported) was enough to report the user for blocking. Is this not so? Or is a warning necessary before one can report them.

Very sorry for any misunderstanding and for the extra problems I caused due to any inaccurate reporting.

Thanks,

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:53, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, how long is it after a user's edits before their vandalism will be considered "old", and I will be asked to re=report after next vandalism? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:59, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Read the instructions at the AIV page:

The edits of the reported user must be obvious vandalism or obvious spam.
The user must have been given enough warnings to stop their disruptive behavior.
The warnings must have been given recently and the users must be active now, especially for unregistered users.
Requests for further sanctions against a blocked user (e.g., talk page, e-mail blocks) should go to AN/I, as a bot automatically removes accounts here that are blocked.

Users need at least a level 3 or 4 warning, one that specifically says they will be blocked. In special cases, of egregious vandalism, we can block with less or no warnings but that is rare. IP vandalism has to be no more than a few minutes old, as users may be different. On named accounts (one user), has to be done today, preferably very recently, and certainly after the last lv3 or lv4 warning. Please read the AIV Guide for more details. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:02, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. And once again, Sorry for any trouble I may have caused.

Also, can I know what is egregious vandalism? I would consider some of what I reported to be so, but am not sure what you would do. A diff showing such vandalism could be helpful

Thanks,

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:05, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just what you would think, racism, anti-semitism, homophobia, serious BLP issues and the like. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:08, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not what I was thinking [Did not encounter these yet] but got it. Thanks! TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:09, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Soni, if you are interested, might I suggest signing up for the WP:CVUA academy hosted by Nerdfighter (talk · contribs)? I'm currently doing it myself, and it has helped me understand the differences you were asking about here above. If you are interested, simply leave him a request on his talk page and I'm pretty sure he would be happy to hook you up. Tell him I sent you if you like. I'm going to offer to be his assistant for the program once I've completed it. Happy editing! Technical 13 (talk) 18:13, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Already a graduate :) thanks for the suggestion though!

[I think I need to revise my course though]

Also, what do youu think of Snuggle?? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:22, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't use Snuggle and haven't tried it. Isn't that one of the programs that needs to be installed locally? I don't currently have internet on my main machine at home, and use my laptop/university computers atm (laptop can't handle much more "stuff" at this point) which is why I'm shying away from those applications at the moment. Technical 13 (talk) 18:27, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thats huggle. Snuggle is an online interface, currently in development and testing. Useful stuff for tracking newcomers, and currently in testing mode. You may want to try it, and tell us what can be done. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 19:17, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, okay, I'll do that sometime (probably later tonight after supper or tomorrow) and let you know what I think. Happy editing. Technical 13 (talk) 19:32, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RFC

About this: Editors expect to find a question or summary at the top of an RFC. The bot copies whatever text is in between the {{rfc}} template and the first date stamp into the listings. You will get more responses if your turn your text into a useful question. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:28, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thanks. (Didnt know about it)

Do I re-add the rfc, or just change the summary? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:34, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just change the summary. The bot usually runs every 15 minutes. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:41, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. thanks for informing TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:46, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback from David Levy

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WP:BRD

Please be aware that according to WP:BRD, after someone makes a Bold edit, which is Reverted by another editor, the next step is Discussion. While discussion is ongoing, the article stays in the original state, the Bold edit is not to be restored to the article. Given this, I have restored the article to the status quo ante, please do not restore the Bold edit. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:12, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The bold edit was yours, and not the TAFIs. We have linked you the community wide RFC. You choose not to read it. Please note you may be close to violating 3RR. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, the Bold edit was the one that changed the state of the article. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:15, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That is incorrect. The template was implemented AFTER an overwhelming discussion and a lot of consensus. You do not choose when consensus occurs and when it does not. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:21, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at TAFI talk

There's a discussion occurring that you may be interested in, since you've been replacing the TAFI template that has been removed from articles. See Wikipedia talk:Today's articles for improvement, section "Bot was reverted earlier today on run, so {{TAFI}} tags are not on articles". Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:16, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Seen it. Will be commenting on it soon. First I need to revert a few edits. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:20, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would ask that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on WP:AIAV. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Alex2564 (talk) 06:08, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Alex2564 (talk) 07:04, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Elephant

Good idea. As a TFA delegate I have scheduled it at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 5, 2013. Bencherlite ^Talk 20:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'll ping you directly if I find further Vital FAs which can be added. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:03, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Currently there are 3 Star Trek movies as FA but not TFA. It could be interesting if we had one of them as our TFA in the run up to the release of the new Star Trek Movie [May 15th to 17th]. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:11, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Test

Test Ryan Vesey 20:26, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Works perfect Ryan. Thanks. TheOriginalSoni (talk)

test

— Ched : ? 00:48, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ched. As you see above, the test already succeeded. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 00:50, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At least it went better than my test on ASO's talk. Zappa O Mati 00:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ignatz, it doesnt. Only direct mentions in the page, not in edit summaries. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dennis Brown, does it come under WP:BEANS if I request someone to reconsider/look into the Echo mentions given the many ways it can be misused? (GoP's talk page was just jokes, but others might not be.) TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:08, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

- Some people will just turn off the notification when their name has been used in the preferences. It is actually a handy tool to be notified so I'm likely to keep it active, although the greatest negative side effect is mischief rather than abuse (we already have examples of that). As for BEANS, I don't think that would apply, for if there are ways to abuse it, they want to know sooner rather than later. The only downside I see is that people want to use it like a pager instead of putting a TB notice on their talk page, but you don't know if they have that features active in preferences. The guy who really knows is user:okeyes , who I will be kind enough to NOT page here. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 10:45, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - But Dennis, isnt that potential problems you're speaking of? Maybe not most non-solvable of problems, but they do have potential for loads of abuse. I can so well see blocked users immediately using this to raise a horde of supporters/irritate a long list of users (esp admins) who cannot afford to turn it off? It looks dangerously like a supplement to talk and user page vandalism already.

P.S. I have no idea what a pager is. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 10:52, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pager, you young whipper snapper. Any new feature has the potential for abuse, and honestly, the best way to determine the potential is trying it out. By our very nature, we try things, keep what works and get rid of what doesn't. It is the wiki way. Time will tell if this feature stays or goes away. If a blocked user uses this for canvassing, then they can get their talk page access revoked, or they could implement a feature that would block notification for blocked users. Trial and error. Your using it here lets me know when you have replied, making the discussion quicker, so that is an advantage as well. How much depends on the person doing the paging. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 11:04, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. Thanks for your time Dennis. I understood. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 16:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LOL What! TOS doesn't have a pager? ZOMG! Anyways... I agree that it will likely be abused by people who understand how it works when they are blocked. Perhaps it should be requested/suggested that ECHO ignore comments by blocked people or that the talk page of a blocked user doesn't trigger the alert? Technical 13 (talk) 11:38, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And no. TOS does not have or know what a pager is. He grew up in a time when pagers werent very much in vogue where he lived,T13. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 16:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Awww. Oh, if that was a test linking my name with an alternative text, it worked. So, you could echo someone else like dick... How abusive that could end up being... Technical 13 (talk) 17:21, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked forever and ever for paging me non-stop with the new WP:Notifications feature. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may use the same paging feature on every admin in the list WP:List of Admins until one of them takes away your talk page access. ;-) Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 17:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My Afc proposal

Dear TheOriginalSoni:

On the Village Pump proposals page you suggested that I get the scripting done. Do you know how I would go about this? A user called Petrb said that he could work on it if we made up our minds and it didn't take too much time. Also, mabdul, who seems to have some technical knowhow, has made some comments. Should I ask one of them? Although I have done C++, Java and HTML programming, I haven't done any tech stuff on Wikipedia, and I wouldn't want to start on something that could mess up a lot of new users, even if the admins would let me. —Anne Delong (talk) 19:31, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That is what sandboxes are for! Technical 13 (talk) 20:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Anne

As T13 said here, that's what sandboxes are for. If you plan on giving a hand yourself, you can always start trying at a sandbox, which is cerrtainly safe.

But if you want me to suggest someone who can help you (apart from Petrb and mabdul), they will be Technical 13, Writ Keeper, Theopolisme and some imaginary friends I have.

And the best thing to do is to ask one (or more) of them, and ask them how they think we should proceed [based on the discussion], and then if they can help in making it.

Hope you got what you wanted to ask.

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll see who I can ask. I don't mind admitting that I have no idea how this Wiki works underneath; I've been too busy editing to look. I understand HTML, and I did a little serverside Java programming, MySQL and C++ stuff some years ago, but I'd be willing to bet that this is considerably different. I know how badly project can go if the designer doesn't know the system well enough. I am looking forward to watching this "thing" being built and seeing the process unfold so that I will have something to emulate in the future, starting small. —Anne Delong (talk) 00:52, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I was going to write more, but just as I started typing, my bus home showed up and I had to shut down. I'd be happy to help you put together a sandbox and some testcases. I'm heading to bed for tonight and look forward to seeing what you have in mind exactly in the morning. Feel free to link my user page, effectively pinging me with echo instead of using a talkback. ;) Technical 13 (talk) 00:58, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

From what I hear Anne, these are the most useful languages here- Php, javascript and python. I dont think java or c++ helps. [I myself know only java - Heart it from other people] TheOriginalSoni (talk) 01:23, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I took a course with some PHP, but then never had a use for it, so it fell out the other ear... I do know that knowing one language makes it easier to learn another. Goodnight.—Anne Delong (talk) 03:49, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Feluda Table

Could you help to expand this table User:Titodutta/sandbox1? You can find the list of the stories in the article Feluda.In case you need, I can send you Complete Feluda collection digital copy! --Tito Dutta (contact) 06:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I could, Tito, but I am neither Bengali, nor have read anything about Feluda. So I would not be able to help by any prior knowledge, which I think is why you asked. And thanks for the offer, but my Bengali is rusty enough for me to not be able to enjoy the collection. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:40, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if Pratyya could help. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

His exam is going on! --Tito Dutta (contact) 06:53, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. So do you want my help or not? I might not be of good use, but I can try. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:55, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Right you are Soni. I know about feluda and I have read most of the stories more than 10 times. Honestly I read them every night. So I can help Tito.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 11:07, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

By the way Soni you know Bengali? Pratyya ^(Hello!) 11:07, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pratyya, I live in Kolkata. So I have a passable command of Bengali [enough to read, and say 'Ami Bangla jaani na'] TheOriginalSoni (talk) 11:48, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You live in kolkata? How many years? Or from birth?--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 11:59, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Was in a nearby town until 6. Been in Kolkata ever since. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 12:09, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your EotW nomination

Hey Soni. Please fix your nomination at EotW. Ther is no reason stated, no reason given Thanks. ```Buster Seven Talk 06:15, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Soni. I can't figure out what happened. It looks like you did some testing and forgot to clean up after yourself. The nominees were already u-linked. why test them again? Anyway. V-9 needs some text in order to make it to the Q. ```Buster Seven Talk 06:44, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Scheduled tasks

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Help

Hi Soni,

I had submitted an article on 'Cullen Investments', which was declined on 17 April 2013. Here's the link for your reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Cullen_Investments

Previously the article was declined on 31 March 2013 due to insufficient references considering which the reference list was updated considerably.

This time the reason for rejection is 'promotional stuff'. I'll be grateful if you can help me with the editing and successful submission of the same article. Additionally it will be good if you can point out a few lines in the article which sounds like promotional stuff.

Thanks Ingoddess2805 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ingoddess2805 (talk • contribs) 09:48, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]