User talk:Alfakim

[edit] Linking to Flash-requiring site and Alfakim/Albotim

This is a continuation of an archived discussion. See User talk:Alfakim/Archive2#Linking to Flash-requiring site and Alfakim/Albotim

Thanks for taking this up Armedblowfish it's really appreciated. I don't get it though... should I now continue to linkspam the official site? -- Alfakim -- talk 13:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I guess so, though "linkspam" is not really an accurate term. I looked at WP:EL, the style guide Naconkantari cited. Apparently, it is more acceptable to link to plain HTML pages that then link to rich media, so I propose switching to the front page (which offers links to high and low bandwidth version, and a download of Flash). I also suggest directly citing WP:EL and why this is acceptable in the comment. You may also consider a brief explanation in your edit summary. (Note: I also looked for a non-Flash mirror, but could not find one.):

 == External links ==
* [http://www.stargatesg1.com/ Official Stargate SG-1 site]. MGM. Visited June 8, 
2006. Most of site requires [[Flash]]. <!-- There is a synopsis of the episode in there, but it cannot
be linked to directly to our knowledge. Though the URL above contains links to the rest of the site
(which is Flash), it itself is not Flash, in accordance with WP:EL. Even if it were, it is acceptable 
because it is a) the official Stargate site and b) being used as a reference. -->

Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 23:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About vandalizing...

I find this whole situation amusing. I haven't been vandalizing Wikipedia, and I didn't leave a message "I am not vandalizing! Stop talking to me!" on whatever that page is. I don't understand why my IP address (I assume that that's my computer, so correct me if I'm wrong) is leaving vandalism. I've never edited any of those pages I keep getting scolded about! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.226.18.30 (talk • contribs) 16:24 15 June 2006 (UTC).

Alfakim: I took the liberty of giving you one less thing to do and I explained to the user about dynamic IPs. — Nathan ^(talk) 20:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Replicarter1.jpg

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[edit] Stargate Story

Hi, I just added to both of your stories. What do you think? Tobyk777 20:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Cool. Although you put season 10 stuff into the S9 bit.. but no worries :P. I'd like to see many more project members involved with this it could be very cool. -- Alfakim -- talk 02:37, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Added more to the story

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I added more and it's ready for your portion. This is fun. Also, I have a lot of free time the next few days so ill be able to post quickly. Tobyk777 08:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] 2001

You wrote me

"I also think this is the best scifi ever made and so on, although you simply have to accept that wikipedia wants very certain types of things, and not huge povvy synopses. post it on imdb. -- Alfakim -- talk 00:38, 23 June 2006 (UTC)"

Uh.. have we corresponded before? Your point is...? Considering that you are referencing what is essentually a "dead issue" I had to ask. TTFN

(Jason Palpatine | speak your mind | contributions)

no, no previous correspondence. just saw the issue and was compelled to converse. (also i didnt realise it was "dead") -- Alfakim -- talk 18:46, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I was just letting them know where I stood. Even though the desision to delete (inspite of the original results) was upheld, I wanted them to know that I had not been swayed. Even though the matter is a "dead issue", I wanted it clear that i had not changed my mind. My opinions are my own. And I was letting them be known. Thanks. -- Jason Palpatine 05:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC) (speak your mind | contributions)

[edit] For your continued amazing efforts, and for probably being the projects biggest contrbutor, here is another Stargate Award!!

		The Stargate Star
		This user has been awarded with the WikiProject Stargate's Stargate Award, in recognition of his or her valued and exceptional contributions to Wikipedia's articles on Stargate. --Tobyk777 03:25, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

holy moly! thank you!-- Alfakim -- talk 18:47, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Congradulations -- Jason Palpatine 05:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christmas

I've comprehensively re-edited the Christmas article over the last couple of months. I thought this would be a good time to seek FA status again. Read it and tell me what you think. Kauffner 22:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On stargate project

I think I've covered this adequately at Tobyk777's talkpage. --Improv 06:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with the timeline

Hi, I was just turning the cites into inline citations on our timeline, but when I saved the page it came out completely screwed up. I don't know what I did worng. Could you please take a look. Tobyk777 08:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your sig

Hi there. I do like your sig with the blue box and I was wondering if you'd be kind enough to show me how you made it. Regards. --RND 19:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

1. Prefs > sig > check "raw signature"
2. Change sig to {{User:YOURNAME/Sig}}
3. Edit Special:Mypage/Sig as you want it. See mine at User:Alfakim/Sig. Please dont copy it directly 100%. -- Alfakim -- talk 17:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I have created user:RND/Sig with the required code, however Im not sure where I should enter {{User:YOURNAME/Sig}}. --RND 18:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

No, put {{User:RND/Sig}} -- Alfakim -- talk 19:05, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

yeah I realised it was {{User:RND/Sig}} :) but couldnt figure out where to put the tag. Is there a box I need to enter it in? --RND 19:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

(prefs) The "nickname" box - remember to check "raw signature" underneath it. -- Alfakim -- talk 21:45, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

finally! got it working. Its best viewed with firefox as it uses firefox specific code. I hope you approve of the new sig and thanks very much for your patience. -- RND ^talk 23:20, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can you help me with a template?

I saw you on a list of template experts, so I thought I'd see if you could help me out? Does it help if I'm also a SG-1 fan? :-) I've create an infobox for Jane Austen characters, but for some reason the image is not appearing. What am I doing wrong? Here's the template: {{JAustenCharacter}} and here's an example with image not showing :-P

-plange 01:38, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much for helping me! Argh, keep forgetting this platform is case sensitive :-P -plange 17:59, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] adminship

I've been keeping an eye on you, and have now decided to pop the question; are you interested in becoming an admin? American Patriot 1776 05:00, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

definitely :D .. have you nominated me? -- Alfakim -- talk 15:58, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Not yet, but I will do so now. I wanted to make sure that you at least wanted it because if you didn't, it would be a bit awkward. American Patriot 1776 00:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signature Suggestion

Your lengthy signature appears to be creating a big effect on your RfA, I strongly suggest you change it as soon as possible, see WP:SIG. It's up to you though, but it's what I'd do.--Andeh 19:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. --Alfakim-- talk 21:48, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

heh ive changed mine since we last spoke. Where can I vote for you! -- RND T C 23:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alfakim -- thanks!--Alfakim-- talk 10:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia awards committee

Check out my comments here, Wikipedia awards committee. Thanks! --evrik 17:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My 2 cents

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimark2#Improve_table_syntax_first

fr:Utilisateur:Jmfayard 11:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Adminship

It is my regretful task to inform you that your recent request for adminship failed to achieve consensus to promote, and has been closed. Please do not be discouraged; a number of users have had their first RfA end without consensus, but have been promoted overwhelmingly in a later request. Please continue to make outstanding contributions to Wikipedia, and consider requesting adminship again in the future. You may find Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship helpful in deciding when to consider running again. If I can be of any help to you, please do not hesitate to ask. Essjay (Talk • Connect) 18:49, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Alfakim, I hope you'll reapply after you get some more of certain types of experience as noted in some of the comments. I opposed your RfA on experience only this time -- you seem like a great potential administrator. (Also, if it makes you feel any better, I wouldn't vote for myself either with my present level of experience.) --A. B. 04:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks A. B. but I'm not the type of person who'd put myself up for adminship someone else has to nominate me, I think that's the better way of doing it all. --Alfakim-- talk 15:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: EasyLogic symbols

Hey there,

Do you have a zip file somewhere I can download with all of the current image files? Seems like a bit of a drag to download each of them separately.

Thanks.

david_wees(AT)yahoo.com

Lol i forgot about this. I do have a zip but actually the extension doesn't work yet, it's still in alpha stages. So don't use it. Sorry :S. There might be an easier way for you, what are you trying to do?--Alfakim-- talk 21:25, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry about your RFA

Sorry that your RFA went so badly. With you expirence and skill im amazed it didn't pass. Tobyk777 02:55, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your edit to DNA Resequencer

Hi, I just reverted the edit you made to DNA Resequencer. Although your edit agruably upgraded the text, It Deleted 3 refs, detsoyed about 20 cites, and disolved sevral pieces of key info. I like what you added and how yo restructured the intro to the article, however it messed up alot of other things so I reverted. Later I will try to incoperate your changes to the text without damaging the refs. Tobyk777 18:04, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

S .. took me ages to do all that work. Could you re-revert to the version I did? and then sort out the refs from there? I thought the work i did on that intro was pretty crucial, especially if you're looking for FA. --Alfakim-- talk 23:04, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I liked the work you did. Tonight, I have some time. I will try to re incorperate it. Just wait 6 hours from when i'm posting it. I appericiate all the work you did. I will try to make it perfect. Tobyk777 00:45, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I just spent more than an hour. The text is perfect, and all the cites are in the right places, however, the refs are really screwed up. Because of it alot of the text is invisible. I know it has something to do with the ref tags but I can't figure out what. Tobyk777 03:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Take a look now

I have incorperated my great refs with your text. With the help of Tango and Morph, it looks perfect. Is there anything else that you think could be improved. Tobyk777 23:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

The article needs copyediting heavily, it is riddled with spelling and grammatical mistakes :S. Also, your new leadin has introduced elements I tried to remove, such as those going into too much detail or sounding OR, or most importantly being in-universe. I would appreciate it if you could revert as significantly as possible to the version I wrote which removed 99% of what FA guys would object to. for isntance, your descriptions of various events (e.g. anubis and the goauld) in the leadin are far too detailed and in-universe. --Alfakim-- talk 01:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I copied all of your text into the curent version. I just re-reffed it, and re-added info you deleted. I didn't revert because your changes were bad, I reverted because they destroyed the refs and deleted info. The text in your version was the best the text ever was, (except for the info you deleted) If you could copyedit it without destoying refs and deleting info it would be great. Tobyk777 02:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

If you take a look here and here the text in the current version is almost identical to your text, I tried to preserve as much as possible. It is reverted to the version you wrote, just better refed. (Also, the show never mentioned anything about an army of hokotaurs so i took that out) Your changes were great, I just reffed them. Tobyk777 02:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed some of your info because of reasons like:

• Too much detail for a lead in section
• Sounded in-universe
• Repeated elsewhere in teh article

Remember that a leadin is meant to be a brief summary/introduction to an article that doesn't go into detail, and shouldnt take up more than 1 screen. --Alfakim-- talk 14:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Languages

Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 19:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Xsgcite/2

This has a {{tfd}} tag on it, and it seems you are the only contributor. However, it isn't listed at TfD. Do you want it deleted, or is the tagging some sort of test? --ais523 11:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeh it needs to be deleted. Not entirely familiar with tfd though, was hoping someone else could do it :S --Alfakim-- talk 12:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template Table

There is something I want to do, but I can't get an answer about how to do it on Wikipedia/MediaWiki sites. I hope you can help: This is best described by example. Consider I have a template named 'house' and it has the fields 'address', 'rooms', 'baths', 'price'. Now, I know how to make that template and use it on each page about a house. But, I want to show the template values of every page in one comparison table, like:

Is that possible? I made an extension that does it, but if you update a template value, you have to open/save the page with the comparison table again to update the values. --Kainaw ^(talk) 17:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

There is no way to do this. The best you can get is a list of all the pages which the template is used on, at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:House.--Alfakim-- talk 00:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

OK. I made an extension to do it. Now I can avoid having to update every table of info on my wiki. Just update the template and all the related tables are updated (when the cache clears). --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

That is a very clever extension. You should develop it and so on - get it added to Wikipedia i see it being very very useful. --Alfakim-- talk 18:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your sad poem

I got to your poem...and I think it also got to me Wolfie001 22:58, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Lol which poem would this have been?--Alfakim-- talk 00:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I mistaken you for some1 else Wolfie001 21:34, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] stargate timeline

Just wanted to say that I think you (and all supporters) did a great job on the timeline page (which I have only just found today). I have one little hitch though and frankly, I am a little afraid of trying to make a note directly on the page for fear of somehow managing to accidently erase the whole thing, so I will use this (safer) route instead.

You note that Dr Weir and the Atlantis research team are examining the ruins of the Antarctic base in July 2004(Rising and prelude to it). Presumably, this would also be when Maj Sheppard flies Gen O'Neill to the site and their little mishap with the drone. It is clearly daytime during this episode yet it should be completely dark in Antarctica in July and NO ONE flies in Antarctica in the winter (just ask Dr Jerri Neilsen - the doctor who discovered she had cancer while stationed at A-S South Pole Station during the winter of 1999! the med drop they did in July for her was unprecedented at the time).

Frankly, I have also wondered exactly what it is that Maj Sheppard would have been doing in Antarctica for eleven months (short of consuming already very limitted resources) seeing as though a)there are no military bases in Antarctica and b)he would only be useful as a helicopter pilot for 4 or 5 months out of the year?? But, that is neither here nor there.

thanks for your time!!!

Umm... thanks! Youve pointed out another plothole - dont worry about it. Anyway yes, glad you liked the page. --Alfakim-- talk 20:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stargate disambigs

Howdy! Please stop creating the empty disambiguation pages for the stargate characters, at least until there are actual links for both? You appear to be fixing something that is not currently broken. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 19:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Im in the process of a massive bit of maintenance. I create the disambigs first - write the articles in a second. --Alfakim-- talk 19:42, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award for your hard work with the lists

		The Stargate Star
		This user has been awarded with the WikiProject Stargate's Stargate Award, in recognition of his or her valued and exceptional contributions to Wikipedia's articles on Stargate. --Tobyk777 00:02, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quantum Templating

I'm trying to get some help on a template I was designing. The goal was the condense a few related templates whose only difference is the inclusion or removal of a few fields. I thought it would be simple enough to add some code that would only include the static parts if the corresponding parameter existed.

Unfortunately, the static part in question is a row in a table. As such, it includes a pipe charater. Template code does not like pipe characters where it expects a parameter, and predictably does not do what I want it to do. Is there any way around this, or should I abandon my quest? --Khaim 16:06, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

There are ways around it. Either:

1. See {{!}}
2. Use HTML table markup. So inside your template...

--Alfakim-- talk 16:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! {{!}} worked like a charm.

--Khaim 19:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:cite visual and Stargate episode citations

Hey, I think {{cite visual}} might actually be better for citing Stargate episodes than {{cite episode}}, because it has more bibliographic information. However, I do think it could use some more variables to make it appropriate for Stargate episodes. For example, a series variable. Also, I am not sure whether MGM would be the "distributor" or "producer", or whether the distributor would be MGM, or a television network / DVD publishing company. The "date" (release date) could also be either the original airdate, or the date the DVD came out. In addition, if the medium chosen is "tv", a "viewed on date" variable could be useful. Anyways, I would appreciate your opinions on what variables would need to be added, and how said variables should be used. Also when I'm done making changes at Template:Template sandbox/Template:Cite visual, I would appreciate it if you looked at my code to see if you catch any bugs that I didn't. (This is assuming you even think it's a good idea.)

The ultimate goal would be to create a list of citations for Stargate episodes, with the variables specific to TV/DVD left blank, so that editors who have seen the episodes can tweak the TV/DVD specific fields, and cite information they have verified with that reference. (If I were to add the citations to the Stargate episode articles, then not having seen most of them, I would have to put them in "Further viewing" sections, not "References" sections.)

— Armedblowfish (talk|mail|contribs) 03:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand. What are you proposing? Cite visual can't replace cite episode because it doesn't cite the episode. Unless you're creating a new, Stargate-focussed or episode-focussed Cite visual? Then what happens to Cite episode? Deprecated? --Alfakim-- talk 18:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

{{Cite visual}} is more generic than {{cite episode}} - an episode is a type of visual. I don't mean to create a new cite visual, merely to expand it by adding variables that you would want for an episode (like Stargate). Cite episode would still be there, but if I/we did a good job improving cite visual, perhaps people would gradually stop using it. Some of the things I like about cite visual are that it has more fields for the people involved (director, producer, crew, instead of just credits), it pays more attention to the actual source the editor used (medium - this is good to know for the same reason it's good to know what edition of a book was used), etc. Of course, it lacks some fields you might want for an episode (like a series field). Armedblowfish (talk|mail|contribs) 23:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User_current_age

Did you see last entry on Template_talk:User_current_age? I tested the template today because I transfered it to tr:wiki and noticed the same error: it is okay for today AND someyear but not for tomorrow AND someyear where it should rather read 11 month and corresponding days: Example:

{{User current age|year=1950|month=12|day=16}}

--katpatuka 10:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your writing in the wikistory about the stargate universe

I have to say that your writings in the wikistory about the stargate universe are very well written. Keep up the good work! Cristan 13:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey thanks. Well it's not all me :). I'm actually a bit of a writer though - that Stargate stuff there is just some fun its a bit silly. checkout my devart.--Alfakim-- talk 22:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] URGENT

if I can help let me know.

user:Panosfidis

Don't worry. Yes, you overwrote an image I uploaded and spoilt some articles, but I quickly fixed the problem. Please re-upload your image to a new filename. Thanks for letting me know --Alfakim-- talk 00:02, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wraith

Hallo, wo kann ich mehr Infos über die Wraith bekommen??? Schnuckelchen22041980@yahoo.de

I'm english, but from what I can understand.. .. : Wraith (Stargate) --Alfakim-- talk 22:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiversity

We're working on solving this problem, as you would have known if you would have joined the discussion at the Wikiversity:Colloquium. Wikiversity is brand new, so keep your pants on; we'll get this fixed when we can come up with a good solution. Hopefully that will happen within the week. It may not, however, as "defining" Wikiversity is a complicated affair. One way or the other, a greater explanation on the front page, all are agreed, is in order. The Jade Knight 04:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:No wiki

I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on a template I made. It's like your Nowiki template, except it's for templates. Here's what it does:

• {{nowiki}}

Leaving this code when substituted:

• <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:nowiki|nowiki]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>

Here's how you use it:

• Type {{subst:no wiki|TemplateName}} and replace "TemplateName" with the template of your choice.

Here's the page for it: {{no wiki}} (The template I'm talking about was used to make this.)
What do you think? Any suggestions? Take a look at my user page for examples of its use. Chris53516 16:32, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry mate, but people have beaten you to this! see {{tl}}.--Alfakim-- talk 11:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Darn. :( Chris53516 17:52, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] linkless

Well, subpages are not supported in the main namespace for a reason, see Wikipedia:Subpages. It's my positition that pages like that aren't really articles, and should be templates instead, since they only exist to be transcluded. --W.marsh 14:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Animals of Farthing Wood

I will do my best to summarize the Animals of Farthing Wood over the next little while. I hope this will keep you posted. Please respond on my talk page MelicansMatkin

How is the summary for the first book so far? Its still a work in progress, but I have homework to do (as usual) :S Please respond on my talk page MelicansMatkin

[edit] Template coding question

Hi,

sorry to bother you, but your name was one of the few in the "adept template coder" listing linked from the help page. Could you have a look at the question I asked here?

Cheers, TeraBlight 19:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I'll probably code it with single parameters for now and, once the stable MediaWiki release includes the StringFunctions parser functions, change it to a more elegant version then.

Much obliged, TeraBlight 18:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template help

Hi. I'm making a user page template, in the hope that it can be useful for users other than myself, and I'm currently testing it. Unfortunately I've hit a few snags which I can't fix. The template is User:Markdarb/Userpage001, and I'm testing it at User:Markdarb/Sandbox. On the left of the template are three user boxes. When calling the template I use the parameters 3 to 8 to control what's in the user boxes (3 title, 4 content, 5 title, 6 content, etc). However, it isn't working for all of the user boxes. In the first user box I'm trying to use Template:User en and Template:User fr-1, but it isn't working. In the second user box I have a list of contact details which isn't working either. In the last box I have some bulletpointed sub-user-pages. The last box works, but because some other parameters are being ignored it appears in the second user box instead. I hope I've explained everything clearly enough! Your help or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Markdarb 08:14, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Your template looks overly complex from the start - not in a syntactic way, but just in its formulation. Why do you need to be making this template anyway? Please first tell me the purpose, and I'll suggest a better way of doing it. --Alfakim-- talk 14:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

It's an experiment. I'm trying to make a good looking and simple-to-use template for user pages. The idea is that anyone can use the template so they can put in the content without having to worry about the difficulties, complications, and clutter in the coding of a complex design. An idea sort of along those lines was mentioned in June at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject User Page Help#Templates. I mentioned my idea there, and said I'd have a go at it.

One of the reasons the template is so complicated is that I'm using a table to make a gradient effect at the top and the bottom, although that's probably not what you were referring to.

One parameter is for the user name, the next is for the main content to appear on the page, and then each other parameter is for either the title or the content of a user box table.

The main problem I've had with the template is the content in some of the user box tables. It seems it mucks up if I actually try putting userboxes in it, and some other content.

A few other ideas which have now occured to me are to not have the template make three user boxes tables, but to have one parameter where people can put a user box if they so choose; and to have three templates instead of one (only the first one needing any parameters), so that the content can be put between the templates (like with userboxtop and userboxbottom). Anyway, I'll see what you have to say!

Hopefully I've given you a better of idea of what I'm doing. Thanks for your interest and help so far. Markdarb 20:46, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

There are just simpler ways of doing this. First off, interesting as it is, scrap all the complex code, gradients etc (there are easier ways to do that anyway) - esp. as not everyone wants that gradient on their page (and it makes it impossible to customise the template's colour). You need to work up from SIMPLE. By the way, one of the parameters can simply be:

|userboxes=
{{user en}}
{{user de}}
{{user etc}}

Currently your template code is quite impenetrable due to all its complexity, but your problem is in the userboxes and the above is a better way of doing it. --Alfakim-- talk 02:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quads FC

Hi there was an entry left for Quads FC that was deleted on November 27th. Is there any chance that this article can be restored please? Quads FC is a small local football team but has quite a large cult following on the Wirral in England. It would be much appreciated by the management and supporters of Quads FC is this can be restored. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BigDunk1982 (talk • contribs).

I'm afraid I'm not an administrator, im just a regular user. I have no power over this. You are looking for WP:DRV. --Alfakim-- talk 02:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates and parameter for external link, problem with "=" in URL

Hi, I've recently upgraded the Template:Infobox Hospital and have run into a problem with a Website parameter that takes external website URL links. In essence the passed value is the full URL address with an optional (hopefully) short description to which is added "<space>Homepage" (to ensure meaningful text is always shown, rather than perhaps an inline link number: [1]), and then the complete extression is linked by enclosing in a single square bracket.

The relevent bit of the template coding will show unknown if the parameter is not defined, 'none' if the hospital has no web presence:

| {{#if: {{{Website|}}} |
{{#SWITCH: {{{Website|}}
  | N/A | n/a | None | none = ''None''
  | [{{{Website}}} Homepage]
}} | ''Unknown''}}
|-

Hence  http://www.hospital.com        -> markup [http://www.hospital.com Homepage]       -> outcomeHomepage
Whilst http://www.hospital.com Trust  -> markup [http://www.hospital.com Trust Homepage] -> outcome Trust Homepage

Now for most pages this works as intended. Yet have a look at this version of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where no website is displayed - the question is why not ?

The article defines the parameter thus:

| Website    = http://www.cht.nhs.uk/index.php?id=53 Trust

Mark up, in this talk page of: [http://www.cht.nhs.uk/index.php?id=53 Trust Homepage] gives: Trust Homepage - yet the template is showing nothing.

It is not the "/" or the "?" of the passed URL value, but the "=" which seems to be the critical problem. I presume the expression is somehow being evaluted as a conditional expression for the presence of "53" ? My question is therefore can one define the whole parameter value in some sort of literal expression, a little like enclosing in "quotes" in most programing languages ? David Ruben ^Talk 04:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

To your last question, no. The problem seems to be the spaces, actually. Before i get all complex, you might want to try the following:

|Website=http://www.cht.nhs.uk/index.php?id=53 Trust|

i.e. absolutely no spaces at the beginning, middle or end of the parameter, except preceding "Trust". Also watch out: parameter "Website" is different to parameter "website" (case). --Alfakim-- talk 16:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, this did not seem to work - see this removal spaces which fails to pass any parameter value apparently, yet removing the "=" seems to allow the parameter passing to occur (just not jumping correctly within the target website as the "=" is missing from the full URL). David Ruben ^Talk 19:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I've found the mediawiki meta help-page re templates and it has a section M:Help:Template#Equals sign in parameter value which advises "When a parameter value contains an equals sign, the parameter name must be stated explicitly, otherwise the part of the parameter value before the equals sign is taken as the parameter name. " - however I am expicitly stating that the parameter name as being "Website", so I'm still none the wiser :-) David Ruben ^Talk 19:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay i looked at your code and found the problem. Ive suggested a solution, but im not sure whether it works. whether it does or not, that IS the problem i can guarantee - this may just be a fault in the software, if you cant find a working solution. --Alfakim-- talk 22:59, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed it.--Alfakim-- talk 00:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow - thanks. It works, but what a complex bit of coding :-) I'm not entirely sure I understand why this now works - I presume it is the assigning of the {{{Website}}} value to the internalised parameter 1 that then allows it to be explicity used later in the coding ? David Ruben ^Talk 03:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't working originally because your URL had an equals, which was passed into a #switch default parameter (which cant contain an equals). So I changed the default to a "1", then used a switch on THAT to say "1=(what would have been the default before)". --Alfakim-- talk 17:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stargate font

I grabbed the font off of [2] and redid image:Stargate-title.svg, how about now? I'm using Inkscape as my vector graphic editor, quite a nice little thing. Bryan 01:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Perfect. Can it be a little larger so that it can be scaled up in places? --Alfakim-- talk 16:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean. It's a scaleable vector graphic, so you can scale it up as large as you want. Try this: [[Image:Stargate-title.svg|1000px]] Bryan 07:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Oooooooh!!! Nice one :P --Alfakim-- talk 16:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parameter values through nested templates

Hi, i've found you on the Category:User template coder listing, and since i have a question concerning this subject i hope i can clear it with you :)

I'm testing a template A which uses a parameter M to specify a value Z. Inside this template A, I also use a parameter N through which I call repeatedly a template B. Inside this second template, I specify other parameters but also the same parameter M from the parent template. But I don't know how or if it's possible to "pass" the parameter M's value Z, in the parent template (A), to this nested template (B). Basically what i want is:

{{Template A
| parameter M = value Z
| parameter N = {{Template B|...|...|parameter M}}
}}

I'd want the parameter M, defined as Z in template A, to also carry the value Z inside template B. I'll also be calling template B oftenly and i can't have it becoming part of template's A content. Have i made myself clear? I hope I won't be a burden with this. Thanks in advance! Parutakupiu ^{talk || contribs} 19:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

With odd things like this, the best solution is: you're overcomplicating things. There just IS a better way of doing what you're doing, and I know that before I even know what you're doing. However, your best bet is this:

Code for Template A:
blah blah
{{Template B|parameter M={{{parameter M}}}|{{{parameter N}}} }}
blah blah

i.e. stop calling the Template B from within your call to Template A, just nest Template B inside Template A and use parameter N for extras. But seriously, you're overcomplicating the issue. Tell me what you're trying to do. --Alfakim-- talk 20:49, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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