User talk:Benzband/Archives/January 2014

Happy New Year, Benzband

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December 2013 wikification awards.

		The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring #9 on the leaderboard during the December 2013 wikification backlog drive, Benzband (tied with Depthdiver), you are hereby awarded the Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations, and keep up the good work! :)

Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 01:46, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Thankyou, Wilhelmina Will! ~ benzband (talk) 12:57, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	for your comprehensive and accurate help to a new editor at the teahouse --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Thankyou Demiurge1000! benzband (talk) 22:16, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello User:Benzband...

I got a notice today saying "User:Formerly6697 was reviewed by Benzband" timestamped about 12:28 WP time. It didn't link to anything except my own Userpage. I am not familiar with this process at Wikipedia and the only thing I could find was this article but I am confused since apparently that is supposed to be by request which I did not do. Can you help me understand what this is all about? Why was I reviewed? Is there a report of some sort connected with this review and if so where is it? Did I pass/fail some kind of test? What are the plus's and minus's in all this? Please enlighten me. Thanks. F6697 ^{FORMERLY 66.97.209.215} _TALK 04:18, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

I responded to this here. Newyorkadam (talk) 04:46, 4 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

@Formerly6697: indeed, Newyorkadam has summed up exactly what I did. I was using the curation toolbar at the time; you can find out more about the new page review process at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. benzband (talk) 12:02, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

@Benzband:: Thanks for the clarification. I am curious about everything and I like to understand new stuff. I like the idea of NPP and ER, it looks like a place to do good deeds, and I may just try out my hand at these in time when I feel a little more skilled. Keep up the good work. You might consider, however, that some newcomers are less curious and more paranoidnervous (which is why we have guidelines like WP:DONTBITE) so I wrote a suggestion on the talk page with Newyorkadam. Check it out. F6697 ^{FORMERLY 66.97.209.215} _TALK 21:06, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Titusfox + Chessy!

For Removing This Game From Wikipedia Games

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

@Titusfox: Aye, well deserved! Have replied on your talkpage.

Yummy! Benzband has eaten the trout. It tasted good!

~ benzband (talk) 12:23, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

I shouldn't of challenged Bluecollarchessplayer if it was for the public to play, so I kinda deserve a trout too!

Ben, could you possibly come and make your move or get someone else to do it for you? Regards, TitusFox 08:41, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Sure! I have made a move for Black. benzband (talk) 14:18, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Could You please sign all your moves? I will ask back on the wall to do this aswell. Regards, TitusFox 18:59, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Could You do it again, and please advertise this a little bit. Reagrds, TitusFox 17:28, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

There isn't really much you can do advertise it further than placing a link WP:WPGAMES and your own userpage; and I'm afraid that I'm not that active here these days so I won't be editing your chess page very often. However (and you probably know this) there are websites specifically designed for online chess which you might find more adapted than Wikipedia for the purpose. I'd recommend chess.com as a decent one which I've occasionally used in the past. benzband (talk) 19:16, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Where'd Nommy Trout Go? TitusFox 15:09, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Rudy Buttignol-One line addition & ref to end of career section

Hello Benzband, How are you? And happy 2014.

I haven't contacted you in awhile. However I'd like to add something to Rudy Buttignol's Wikipedia page.

I need to add the following line and Marsha Lederman's Globe & Mail ref to the end of paragraph 1 of his Career section.

Here is the info:

<ref> He has also been sited for making the distinction between the documentary genre and reality-based entertainment http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/a-new-er-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-public-health-care/article16177576/ <ref>

Would you help me please?

Many thanks!

Sofiabrampton

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sofiabrampton (talk • contribs) 16:39, 14 January 2014 (UTC) 

((attempt#1 above, attempt#2 below, I have inserted nowiki tags to keep the unmatched html from busting the talkpage. HTH. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 18:35, 14 January 2014 (UTC) ))

Hello Sofiabrampton. I am fine, thanks! Happy New Year to you too.

I think that to stick to the meaning of source the line should include a little more context. Here's an example of what I might suggest:

Rudy Buttignol originated the idea behind the 2014 television series ''Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH''. He stressed the distinction between the genre of the series, which is a [[Television documentary|documentary]], and that of reality-based [[entertainment]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lederman |first=Marsha |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/a-new-er-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-public-health-care/article16177576/ |title=A real-life ER pulls back the curtain on public health care |newspaper=[[The Globe And Mail]] |date=7 January 2014 |accessdate=14 January 2014}}</ref>

Also, if when the series airs it gathers sufficient coverage in reliable third-party sources to assert notability, you could then create an article on it.

P.S.: When using html tags (such as <ref></ref>) but you don't won't them to work, for instance when using them in an example on a talk page, you can enclose them in <nowiki></nowiki> to prevent them from working. Regards, benzband (talk) 19:12, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Dear Benzband, Thanks for reading the Marsha Lederman Globe & Mail article so closely and I agree that the addition of context for the "ER" television series works. I can't top your work. Okay if I post as is at the end of para 1 Career?

Many thanks,

Sofiabrampton Sofiabrampton (talk) 23:33, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

@Sofiabrampton: Of course, please feel free to do so!

Also, I took the liberty of moving your comment down into this section (if you don't mind) as it was clearly a reply to my post. When replying to a comment on a discussion page, it is considered good practice to post below said comment and using indentation (by inserting the right amount of colons :) if needed. Additionally, new sections are usually placed at the bottom of a page (Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions constitutes a rare exception). These are just conventional practices, meant to help maintain the flow and readability of a discussion, and it obviously doesn't matter if you make mistakes (no harm is done as they can easily be fixed should they pose a problem). You can see also Help:Using talk pages and Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Technical and format standards if you haven't already seen those pages and wish to learn more.

As for the brief exchange with titusfox on your talkpage, I thought I'd just make clear that while modifying another editor's comment is frowned upon, every editor is indeed welcome to join an ongoing discussion and add their own comments (no one "owns" a discussion). benzband (talk) 20:02, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

    Hello again benzband.  Thanks for your help with Rudy Buttignol and I will make the addition to the Career section now.  And thanks for the
    Wikipedia etiquette lesson.  I can't understand "(by inserting the right amount of colons :)" and so I tried to indent manually. 
    Sorry about the trout thing.   I was looking for you and it went on the other page by mistake.  I have so much to learn!
    Sofiabrampton (talk) 22:03, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

@Sofiabrampton: The more colons (Colon (punctuation)) you add the more the indentation. Here's a little example:

Comment. ''-- User 1''
:Reply. ''-- User 2''
::Reply to User 2. ''-- User 1''
:::Reply to that and bla bla bla bla bla.
:::Bla bla bla bla bla. ''-- User 2''
:Reply to first comment. ''-- User 3''
::Reply to User 3 with numbered list:
::#Firstly
::#Secondly
::''-- User 1''
:::How about with bullets:
:::*Like this.
:::You see? ''-- User 3''
::::Reply to bullets. ''-- User 1''
::::Reply to bullets also. ''-- User 2''

Which produces:

Comment. -- User 1

Reply. -- User 2

Reply to User 2. -- User 1

Reply to that and bla bla bla bla bla.

Bla bla bla bla bla. -- User 2

Reply to first comment. -- User 3

Reply to User 3 with numbered list:

1. Firstly
2. Secondly

-- User 1

How about with bullets:

• Like this.

You see? -- User 3

Reply to bullets. -- User 1

Reply to bullets also. -- User 2

On the other hand adding spaces in front makes the formatting look like a code box, as you can see on your comment above. benzband (talk) 18:42, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Benzband. I understand the use of colons now. Thanks again.

Sofiabrampton (talk) 20:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter for Janaury 2014

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Titusfox for autoconfirmed

Hey benzband, I just want to let you know that I am requesting for a position as autoconfirmed! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Titusfox (talk • contribs) 17:17, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Hey Titusfox, you already are autoconfirmed! See Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed users. :-) benzband (talk) 19:14, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Now going for rollbacker! TitusFox 16:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Testing

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