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[edit] RE: The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
In answer to your query, it was not a "guess". It was merely a factual observation. From a corporate point of view, a non-threatening phrase is "preferrable" to a controversial one. Period. I didn't say that it was necessarily the ONLY innoffensive phrase, just that it was better than many others. If you want to see what I mean, check out the other pangrams and you'll note that some of them are simply too offensive or aggressive to be included in any piece of mass-market software. Note that I wasn't making a specific statement in regards to a *specific*, documented decision that you can point to. It is just a very simple statement made on basic marketing principles, meant to modestly educate the reader so that they can understand the coporate standpoint that Microsoft was coming from. LearningKnight 20:37, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Kanji: "Good Enough?"
I think you must have been joking when you suggested nominating Kanji for featured article status in November last year. The article is apallingly written. I've cleaned it up a little, but it's still not "featured article" material. Bathrobe 04:34, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
Thank you, Dcljr, this is the easiest to follow tables reference for wiki markup that I've found. >>sparkit|TALK<< 22:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] MediaWiki:Prefs-help-email
You recently changed MediaWiki:Prefs-help-email to read (added text in bold):
- * E-mail (optional): Enables others to e-mail you from your user or user talk page, without revealing your e-mail address. It will be revealed when you use the "E-mail this user" feature. Please note that if you change your e-mail address, you will need to reconfirm your address.
When I read this recently, I thought it was a mistake because it seemed self-contradictory ("will the address be revealed or won't it?"). A better wording might be something like:
- * E-mail (optional): Allows us to e-mail your password to you if you forget it. If you also "Enable e-mail from other users", then others can e-mail you from your User or User talk page by using the "E-mail this user" feature. Note that the sender's e-mail address will be visible to the recipient. If you change your e-mail address, you will need to reconfirm your address.
It's more wordy, but less susceptible to misinterpretation, I think. - dcljr (talk) 04:46, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, it's better. I changed it to your suggestion. I knew my changes did not have a good enough wording, which is why I asked on the Village pump for a better wording before doing the change; unfortunately, nobody suggested any change. --cesarb 16:08, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Well, the old text is back which totally confused me so I found this discussion and by reading the revised text above I am now more secure about entering my email address. Tonyfv 00:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moving Peanuts to Peanuts (comic strip)
Hi. I think anyone can do this move and swap the two ends of a redirect, but only if the target has a trivial page history: Help:Moving a page#Moving over a redirect. LambiamTalk 20:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] conan.wikicities.com is now conan.wikia.com
Soon enough? I think I got them all. --Ant 21:46, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wording issues again
A user left a message on my talk page about the wording of MediaWiki:Emailforlost (I figure that's what he was talking about, even though he's following up on our discussion of MediaWiki:Prefs-help-email, the wording of which hasn't changed since you took my suggestion back in April). So I'd like to suggest a change to MediaWiki:Emailforlost, also (my edit in bold): "* E-mail address is optional; no confirmation is required. However, giving your e-mail address allows other users to send you mail, and enables you to request password reminders. We won't reveal your address to anyone, unless you use the "E-mail this user" feature to send mail to another user." A little redundant, perhaps, but I think it drives the point home a little more clearly. - dcljr (talk) 05:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
- While I'm also not sure what he's talking about, I've implemented your change. It's not redundant; someone might interpret "using the feature" as "enabling the reception of email", and not only as "sending email", and your change clearly points to which of those two interpretations is what is meant. --cesarb 15:34, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Elyse Sewell quote
You "uncensored" the profanity-laden rant in the article on Elyse Sewell. I believe it was originally added in censored form because that's how the show presented it. Is it publicly available anywhere in uncensored form? (The DVD release, perhaps?) If not, we may want to keep the censored version. - dcljr (talk) 09:08, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
- I "uncensored" it purely based on what was extremely likely to have been bleeped, given the letters that were provided. I haven't actually watched the DVD release, so I suppose it would be better to keep it censored. Coltonblue 01:29, 18 June 2006 (UTC)Coltonblue
[edit] Wikipediae
Fixed, thanks. Ral315 (talk) 12:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Signpost RSS
Ral315 set up the RSS feed, so he's the one to talk to, I believe. I don't have access and wouldn't know what to do anyway, so that's part of why it's not on the current issue, since I've had to fill in for him this week and possibly next. Sorry I can't help, hopefully he can straighten it out when he's back. --Michael Snow 16:50, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Color images
I responded to your question here: [1]
[edit] html tables
I would find it helpful if you showed the what the pipes stood for in html in your first table Sweecoo 23:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Why's the Mobile phone article protected -- a guess
I don't know the answer for sure but I'm guessing it's because that article has been a spam magnet. Just a guess. --A. B. 01:54, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- Mobile phone has been unprotected, lets see what happens. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:28, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Changes to Taxi
I've modified the changes you made to the disambiguation page Taxi, and just wanted to let you know why. The Manual of Style for disambiguation pages describes how disambiguation pages should be laid out, and standardizes this. The introductory line should be bolded, not italicized (see MoS:DP#Introductory_line), and when there are longers lists of things, such as on this disambiguaiton page, only the subject need be bolded (see MoS:DP#Longer_lists). If you have any questions about the changes or about disambiguation pages in general, feel free to ask! -- Natalya 18:51, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
