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Thank you[edit]

I'd like to apologise for reverting your edit on the page Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq. I was not familiar with the ISO 4 abbreviation standard and my ignorance was reflected in my action. Your revert of my edit made me look into the standard and I shall familiarise myself with the same. In a way, I am thankful to you for making me read up about the standard.

Cheers. -- Indianite (talk) 11:06, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ISO 4 is a bit weird in that something that's not abbreviated can be the abbreviation. That's usually single word titles, but others exist. This is a great site for it. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:28, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help?[edit]

I am working with SafariScribe on an article, but I realize that they cannot see the same thing I see about reference link errors. You know I am not technical, so I hope you can "interpret" my non-precise description of what I need and help us. There is a gadget that one can install in a "skin"? that shows errors in the links to citations and sources in various colors. For example, on the anchor I see this "Harv error: link from CITEREFObi-Young2018 doesn't point to any citation." in orange and in the source, I see "Harv warning: There is no link pointing to this citation. The anchor is named CITEREFOtosirieze_Obi-Young2018." in brown. I have no idea how to find or edit the "skin", much less how to find the name of the gadget or how to install it. Do you understand what I am trying to say and can you help with instructions on how to install the gadget? I very much appreciate your patience with my technical limitations and your willingness to help. SusunW (talk) 17:09, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SusunW: What article is this? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for replying Headbomb. It's Adichie, but we're working in the sandbox. I can see link errors in colors, but Safari Scribe cannot. If we can find the script that lets them see what I see, that would be helpful. SusunW (talk) 20:22, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed most of the errors, MacFarquhar 2018 is still problematic. For the script, see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-08-01/Tips and tricks. It's got instructions on how to install and what things do. You want the one called HarvErrors (likely Svick's version). Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:33, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SafariScribe and SusunW: Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:34, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb, thanks for this. I'm gonna read up and install. I'do hope it's easy! — Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 20:40, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I very much appreciate you always coming to my rescue on technical stuff. I can use a tool if you give it to me, but trying to find it or install it is outside my area of expertise. SusunW (talk) 20:51, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well that's why i wrote the article to begin with! Look at Citation Style Markers, you might like that one too. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:02, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb, that was very technical amd resourceful. Thank God SusunW had someone like you. I will always drive-by when I have technical issues like that. Thanks! — Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 00:20, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SafariScribe and SusunW: BTW, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie already exists... don't know if you were aware of that. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 01:42, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. If you look at the page history, it reads "copied from ..(main article)." As I speak, it's been reviewed and for better purposes, being the sandbox to avoid drive-in edits that may cause disruption. Thanks for seeing that too Mr. Technical 😂 — Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 01:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, we know Headbomb. Safari Scribe wanted to take it to Featured Article. I agreed to help them prepare it and wanted to change the structure of the article, but felt we couldn't do that with it being live, thus the sandbox draft where we are working on it. Safari Scribe has proved to be a fast learner, and while I can help with research, writing and organization for it, the technical things elude me. I told them of my limitations before we started, but promised I could "phone a friend" to help us with technical stuff. SusunW (talk) 14:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change references?[edit]

Hello Headbomb, I noticed your recent edits at Taxonomy of Protista. Are there any reasons I should know to prefer that reference format instead of Template:Cite Q? — Snoteleks (talk) 09:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First, Cite Q is a blight on the world, making it nearly impossible to fix, cleanup and maintain citations so they are consistent between one another. They also prevent bots from improving them.

For example, in [1], you can't edit Wikidata to flag the DOI as a free-DOI. Most citations also follow a "Last, First" name order, whereas Wikidata's often follow a "First Last" name order. And many many other things. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:22, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see... is this a common opinion among editors? I thought it was very convenient because of its easy usage, since it is a centralized system — Snoteleks (talk) 19:28, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See the note at the top of {{Cite Q}}: "Until the matter of transcluding Wikidata on Wikipedia is resolved (most likely with a huge and contentious RFC) usage of this template should be extremely vetted to ensure that all of the transcluded information is accurate."

There is convenience in Cite Q, if you're OK with citations with minor inconsistencies. But the more you want to polish things, the more Cite Q gets in the way because if you edit Cite Q to be in one style for one article, it messes up all the other articles using a different style for the same citation. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:34, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see... I think I'll stop using it then. I agree so far. — Snoteleks (talk) 21:55, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sun FAR[edit]

I have nominated Sun for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. 750 h+ 01:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted your revision of my edit[edit]

Hey there, I see that you have done a lot on here and I have not, therefore a little hello from my side if I allready have the gall to just revert your reversal.

I am now here asking you why you would have reverted my edit? www.technology.matthey.com is a dead link, which is the only reason I started editing the page. Further, over half the sources in the article are plain wrong, which is what I have started to ameliorate as well.

Thank you for your input, I am looking forward to your response! OnlyAQuestionOfTime (talk) 12:43, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then fix the dead links, i.e. [2]. Don't remove valid sources. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:48, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ISSN error?[edit]

Sorry to bother you again with a technical issue, but you know I have no idea how to fix it. On my draft for Grünberg I am getting an error message on the ISSN, which I cannot figure out. You can see it in the journal on p 2 and in worldcat, so I can't figure out what to do about the error message. Can you help? SusunW (talk) 18:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SusunW: Long story short, ISSN 0140-7340 does not follow the standard rules of an ISSN. The ISSN should be ISSN 0140-7341, but that's not what some bureaucrat decided to rubber stamp a while back. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:41, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Honest to pete, I cannot figure out how you know this stuff. I believe you just have magic.

Thanks so much for your help. SusunW (talk) 19:50, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Magic. And loads of Ms Vickies chips. But also it's in the documentation (see Help:CS1#ATAWM). Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. Next time I'll send you some chips. I am sure there will be a next time because those help pages are completely baffling to me. I appreciate you. SusunW (talk) 20:23, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]