This new version is great! So freaking cool... Anyway, I found a bug. I'm on Firefox 1.0.7, and the tool adds about 2 inches of space below the bottom Privacy Policy/About Wikipedia/Disclaimers bar. Not really important, but whatever. I'll get you a screenshot in a minute. --Rory09616:30, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Found another bug. When there's an edit conflict, and you try to go to the history, it'll try to send you to Edit conflict:Page name's history, rather than just Page name's history. (Personally, I'd prefer it if the history were on its own tab, but that's not really relevant) --Rory09620:56, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sadly, my RfA failed (on my birthday out of all days!), mainly due to it's closeness to the previous one. I hope that in any future RfAs I'll have your support!
Nonetheless, if I can do anything for you don't hesitate to ask me.
It took me a while to figure out what 'cactions' you meant, but yes - number 2 is a huge improvement. It saves heaps of space in the page bar thing. I've only found one thing wrong - whene you're adding new sections to the talk page (such as I'm doing now) - the title of the page is "Editing User talk:Haza-w (comment)" - your script parses the end ("(comment)") too, so the links end up looking like "Special:Contributions/Haza-w (comment)" - just that tiny thing - otherwise very good! Keep it up! PS: And that 2 inch space thing mentioned above, but that's not important at all. +Hexagon1 (talk) 02:25, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I won't have access to Firefox until I get back home on Monday, but there is a minor problem on some pages in IE. When the tabs are very close to the right side of the page and there is no horizontal scroll bar, I can't read the options on the drop-down menu. I can upload a screenshot if you need me to. I have no idea how all this js and css stuff works, but it would be nice if you could write a version of the script that makes the menus display to the left of their respective tabs or something. In any case, this is a great improvement! Thanks. --TantalumTelluride05:26, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Here's what I mean. On your talk page, I can only see the first letter of each option in the menu. I could've used a better file type for this image, but you should get the idea. {Image removed from page.} --TantalumTelluride05:42, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the changes. I like to use old-fashioned low resolutions and/or large text size, so the buttons get cut off sometimes. The new version works great, though, since it reduces the total number of tabs. --TantalumTelluride23:10, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why 76777 AfD?
Hi, was wondering why this occurred.
I proposed the article 76777 for deletion, you de-prod-ed it an placed it up for AfD. I am a bit confused why this course of action was taken as there seems to be no contention to the deletion of this article. Over all it is no big deal as the most likely result will be the same in the end, I am manly interested in why a AfD is better than a Prod in this situation? Thanks. Blue52007:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There is no need to apologise, this way it may be removed faster than under a proposed for deletion. The reason for asking was as WP:PROD is new I thought I may have stuffed up / misinterpreted the procedure or correct Wikipedia etiquette for Prod. Thanks. - Blue52009:59, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My RFA Withdrawal :(
Hello Haza-w, it is my apologies to bring you that I've withdrawn my RFA. Due to the lack of experience, I would go under admin coaching first before trying again later. I would thank you for your vote in this RFA whether you voted support, oppose or neutral for me. I appreciate your comments (if you do have) you made and I hope to see you here in future. --Terence Ong15:30, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Smurrayinchester's RFA
Thank you, Haza-w/Archive4
for voting in my RFA. It passed with a result of 100/1/0. Thanks for your vote! If you have any comments, please say so here.
Problem with your new tool
Hi!
There's a minor issue: Using Firefox under Windows, there's a large whitespace at the bottom of the page, which can be annoying since I often use the END button... Any way to get rid of it easily? Cheers, —Nightstallion(?)Seen this already?14:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The title of this comment could be the subject of some amusement! Anyway, the bug's fixed. haz(user talk)20:17, 20 March 2006
The JS tool
Wow, very nice... Apart from the whitespace that Nightstallion mentions above, it's very useful... Would you be able to add one of the "edit section 0" tabs to the options (to allow section editting of the introduction)? smurrayinchester(User), (Talk)15:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I did have some code which put an edit top button at the top of the page, so that if you only need to edit the first section of an article (section number 0), you don't need to save the entire page (time consuming on long pages and increases the chance of edit conflict). But when they put the stars at the top-right of featured articles, they overlapped with the "edit top" button, so it became a bit useless, so I was whether such a feature could be added to the script. smurrayinchester(User), (Talk)07:36, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just to let you know, when the next block of nominations and judges are completed, I'll be doing the spamming, so there will be no need for you to :) [2] Cheers, — FireFox • T[18:54, 20 March 2006]
No 'watch' option
I'm not sure about Firefox, but certainly IE 6.0 doesn't have any watch option in the page options, even after updating cache. smurrayinchester(User), (Talk)10:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for supporting / opposing / vandalisingmy RFA! The result was 71/3/0 and so I am now still a normal user / an administrator / indefinitely banned. Your constructive criticism / support / foulmouthed abuse has given me something to think about / helped me immensely / turned me into a nervous wreck. If there's any way I can help you in return, please ask someone else / suffer and die / drop me a line! --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian)(talk)19:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Mr Blanning, thank you for choosing the ACME Auto-thanker! Simply strike out the phrases that do not apply and tear off this strip at the indicated line to give all your supporters and detractors the personalised response they so richly deserve. N.B: DO NOT FORGET TO TEAR THIS BIT OFF, MORON!
Script thingy
Hey Haza, how's it going? :) You said I could use your old script by placing "{{subst:User:Haza-w/Interiot2.js}}" in my monobook but its not working right :( Its like ..not converting {{subst:User:Haza-w/Interiot2.js}} to the code stuff. Let me know if you have any suggestions, thanks! --Naha|(talk)02:12, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Makemi RfA
File:Stick insect02.jpgThank you for voting on my RfA. It passed with a consensus to promote of 45/7/1. To those of you concerned about the fact that I am a relative newcomer, I encourage you to poke me with a sharp stick if I make a mistake. Or better yet, let me know on my talk page, and I'll do my best to fix it. Makemi05:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My RfA
Thank you so much for supporting me in my recent RfA, which passed with a final tally of 56/1/0. I thank you for your confidence in my abilities. If you ever need anything or find that I have made an error, please let me know on my talk page. — Scm83xhook 'em21:14, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My RfA
Seems like your talk page is filled with these, but for good luck, here's one more. As you may know, my RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance by an admin, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again. Pepsidrinka18:06, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience:
"No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
The Stress alertsprogram aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!
Thanks Haza-w/Archive4, thank you you so much for supporting my RfA, which passed successfully 49/6/3. I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have taken people's suggestions to heart. I will do my best to live up to people's expectations. If I can ever make any improvements or help out in any way, please feel free to let me know! Thanks again for your much appreciated support.
Thank you for supporting/opposing/commenting on my request of adminship, sadly the result was 54/20/7 an thus only 73% support votes, resulting in that the nomination failed. As many of you commenting that I have to few main-space edits, I'll try to better my self on that part. If you have any ideas on what kind of articles I could edit, pleas send me a line. :)
I'll have to admit, I was quite reluctant to change to the new caction tool. But now that it's all said and done, I love it! However, it may be an inconvenience to older browsers. But anyway, good work! Keep it up. Эйрон Кинни (t) 03:23, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date:
"Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
The Stress alertsprogram aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Information
Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!
The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Thank you! Hello Haza-w/Archive4. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- Fang Aili說嗎?
Thanks for the support on my RFA. Unfortunately, it did not achieve consensus. I look forward to your support in a couple months when I apply again. Holler at me if you need anything. ⇒SWATJesterReadyAimFire!01:19, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service.
This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
Note from the editor
As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct.
Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
I just have a few general announcements to make to all members of the Birthday Commitee:
First, I will be going on a Wikibreak from June 13 to Semptember 10. I really hate being gone for that long, and have to choose someone else to run the committee for those few months. I've asked Mr. Turcotte, and he agreed to it, and knows who to ask next if he changes his mind.
Second, I've decided to make some membership requirements. They're pretty easy to comply to, so pretty much anyone who asks will get in. New members now need 100 edits, to have not been blocked at all over the last 3 months, and to not have been blocked for anymore than 48 hours total since joining the site.
Third, if you still haven't posted your birthday on the project page, please do so.
Fourth, if you'd like to make some new "Happy Birthday Templates," feel free to do so, but I'd like to see and approve/disapprove of all of them first. I'll probably say yes to all of them, though.
Fifth, the WP:BDC project page needs to be cleaned-up a little. I'll get working on that, but if anyone else has changes they want to make, feel free.
Finally, we need a new template to welcome new members with. If I have time, I'll do it. Please use the name "Template:Birthday Welcome" for it.
