[edit] You're welcome.
I responded with: :You're welcome. How many reverts do I owe you now, two? Three? :) Acalamari 02:38, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- By the way, Troyrocks! has been blocked indefinitely. He's now realized that the only page he can vandalize is his own talk page. Acalamari 02:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Heya!
In reguards to your question, I'm creating a new prototype search page for when there is an internal error (and wikipedia reccomends you use a search engine
symode09 14:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, forms are one of the things that have had to be disabled for security reasons. I think your best option would be to just link to the search engine itself, or have a search box on an external website. Another option is to put it into the page using javascript by requesting that the script is put into MediaWiki:Common.css but this will have accessibility problems. Tra (Talk) 14:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
hi, me again. I have been trying to produce a search page. My prototype is available [here] tell me what you think
symode09 14:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- The prototype looks like it could be really useful!. If you're thinking of implementing this directly into Wikipedia, then I would suggest that since the search box seems to be primarily javascript-based, it probably would be best to add it into the Wikipedia page via javascript. What you would want to do is go to User:Symode09/monobook.js and type in some javascript code that checks to see if an error has come up on the search and if so, put in the search box. That way, you will have this functionality available to you but not to anyone else, which will allow you to make changes without messing up other people's user interfaces. Once you have it working properly, you could then submit the code to somewhere like WP:US where it will allow other people to reference the code and have the search box appear for them when the Wikipedia search breaks. Tra (Talk) 14:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
heya,
I can't workout what you meant when you were getting me to work with js and all that, could you help? I can make pages byt had no clue what to do, even after visiting wp:us
symode09 22:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- What I mean is that the text in User:Symode09/monobook.js will be loaded as an external javascript file every time you view a page on Wikipedia, but not when someone else views a page on Wikipedia. For example, if you put
alert('Hello world'); into there, you would see 'Hello world' pop up every time you load a page. Obviously, you would not want this, as it would be very annoying. However, the code if (wgPageName == "Special:Search") {alert('Hello world'); } would make this message appear only on search pages. What you would want to do is extend the wgPageName check to also look for if there has been an error in the search and instead of alerting the message 'Hello world', add in the search box. Tra (Talk) 23:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Thank you very much for the Barnstar, I've put it on my user page. Tra (Talk) 23:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Schedule on Village Pump
Tra! Thanks for your input on the Village Pump regarding my questions on editing tables. You mentioned that I could enter a section header between rows of the table. How would that look in wiki. I have tried a few unsucessful attempts on my wiki, but I can't get the code to work out. Thank you!!! --Shelton1234 21:53, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar
What, it was the least that I could do to my new wiki-friend. LOL :) Richardkselby 23:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
- Two Barnstars in two days? Good for you! Acalamari 23:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Users Signing Up With Your Name.
Why have a lot of users in the last couple of days been signing up with the name "Tra?" I look through the automatically-generated list of new users, and I keep seeing something like "New user: Tra: created new username of {{examplename}}." Are these sockpuppets of the same person trying to sign up as you, or are they different people who all simply happened to choose your name? I'm asking because it's odd. Acalamari 23:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
- Take a look at Wikipedia:Request an account. Basically, what's going on is that users who cannot read the captcha when signing up for an account have to use this page, where another user can create the account for them, and e-mail them the password. Those log entries you saw (apart from TraBot (talk • contribs)) are the accounts that I have created for these people through that process. Tra (Talk) 00:07, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, that's what they were. I didn't know; thanks for clearing that up. Acalamari 00:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- I also got a message about signing up users on my talk page. It's a good thing these users see such behavior which looks wrong, and ask about it. Od Mishehu 12:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't think Tra was setting up sockpuppets; I actually thought it was somebody trying to sign up as Tra, and deciding to create other accounts in the process. Tra clearly explained the situation. Acalamari 17:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for all your help! In particular, I appreciate greatly the summaries and formatting you do for the administrator attention required request. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 09:28, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, thanks for handling those requests! By the way, I was wandering what you thought of the idea of changing the username-is-too-similar-to-existing-account message to point to WP:ACC? I've discussed it with Ral315 (talk • contribs) at Wikipedia talk:Request an account#Usernames too similar to existing accounts but that discussion seems to have been abandoned. Do you think it would be a good idea, and if so, what should the message be changed to? Tra (Talk) 14:18, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 4000 Edits.
Congratulations! Acalamari 18:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! Tra (Talk) 22:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] User watchlist
Um.. Users in my watchlist made about 10-20 edits yesterday but its not showing up as any edits made during that time. --Darkest Hour 16:02, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- I know. This tool often goes a bit weird. It works for some people but not for others. All I can suggest is that you make sure that you have your date and time settings set correctly, you are using Internet Explorer, and you will also find you have better results if you live to the west of the Greenwich Meridian. Tra (Talk) 22:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Would you like to be an admin?
Since you've been helping out so much with WP:ACC, I think I want to nominate you as an admin - so that you can deal better with users who want names similar to existing accounts. I noticed you create several a day - we need an admin there who will do a lot. This will also allow you to deal better with vandalsm - which I see you do some of. Od Mishehu 13:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Since I already offered, I would definitely agree you should be nominated. Majorly (o rly?) 13:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with Majorly; you should be nominated. Acalamari 15:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for all the support, probably not at the moment though, since I am a bit busy, but I might consider it in about a few weeks time. Tra (Talk) 17:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- For what it's worth (and this is pile-on), I do think you could use the tools. Provided you don't become a vandal between now and then, I'd support. alphachimp 07:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
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