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New quote & pic

Carl Jung
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart ... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Child laborer, 1910

Ten-year-old Rose Biodo, carrying two pecks of berries, an example of child labor. This was her third summer working in Browns Mills, New Jersey, approximately 36 miles (58 km) from her hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken on September 28, 1910, four weeks into the school year, and she was expected to stay on the job for another two weeks.

Photo credit: Lewis Hine
Archive - More featured pictures...



"Arts & Culture" vs. "Culture & the arts"

I'd appreciate your participation in the discussion I'm having at User talk:OhanaUnited#Portal:Contents/Types layout. Wdfarmer (talk) 03:36, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Y Done. RichardF (talk) 04:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Excellent, thank you. I was seeking uniformity among the portal names and references, and I think you're doing very well in your proposal towards that. Wdfarmer (talk) 05:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Indiana

Hey, I've started Portal:Indiana/Attractions. I plan to finish it in a day or two. I modeled it after Portal:Texas/Attractions, so you know what to expect. Please have a look at both and lemme know of anything wrong or missing from them, Thanks. Joe I 04:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Pretty impressive! :-) RichardF (talk) 12:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Alright, finished it up. It seems alittle long to me, but I hate cutting up my own creation, so if you wanna remove a few things, that'd be ok. Joe I 03:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
It almost asks for it's own tab, but I'm not going to suggest it. If I don't see any complaints, I'm not going to mess with it. :-) RichardF (talk) 17:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

?! Please bring me up to speed...

Was a bit of a shock to find the contents of the contents lists missing.

Took me a few minutes to figure out where the data was located.  :)

What's going on with the contents lists, megaportals, etc.?

What's the plan, man.

(Good to see you're still going strong).

The Transhumanist 02:58, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm waiting for "the community" to weigh in on Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Contents. I said my piece, but I'm not going to do anything about it without some form of consensus. RichardF (talk) 04:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
You'll be waiting forever. The approach that is favored by WP:CONSENSUS is to be bold, and continue to develop until you are objected to. If nobody objects, silence implies consent.
Isn't the defacto structure now a 2-pronged approach? With contents (page-type) lists and (subject-based) megaportals? If so, I'd suggest going forward with that. I built two of the megaportals (based on your and Azatoth's thread), using the same subpages used by your new contents page design. It shouldn't be too hard to build the rest. First build the megaportals that don't step on any toes, and then tackle the rest pausing on for discussion on those for which there is objection. We need to take the discussions to the various portal pages that may conflict with the megaportal concept as we proceed. In other words, proceed until we meet an obstacle, and deal with each obstacle as we come to it. Waiting for a consensus on the overall design on an out of the way discussion page hasn't been very fruitful. Besides, you're one of the most hands-on developers I've met on Wikipedia. "Do it, fix it, try it" has worked on most everything we've applied it to so far, so we should just proceed. As the Megaportal set takes shape, the project may pick up momentum.
The Transhumanist 00:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiLove

Grrrlriot (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Portal:Criminal justice

Your friendly neighborhood portal contributor here, feel like giving some input on Portal:Criminal justice? It's up at WP:PPREV. Cirt (talk) 16:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe, some day. I'm trying to catch up on a number of virtual/corporeal projects right now. >;-o) RichardF (talk) 18:13, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
No worries. If you can, you can, if you can't, you can't. Cirt (talk) 00:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the tweaks! Cirt (talk) 01:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
You're welcome. I'll comment after I look at everything. RichardF (talk) 01:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Separate issue

Any chance you'd know how to make the "Show new selections" function in Portal:Oregon stand out more? A comment about this was raised at the WP:FPORTC for the portal. Cirt (talk) 16:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

The best I could come up with was a hack of the {{purge}} template. The margins are goofy, but if you can live with that, you can play with the font color. RichardF (talk) 18:13, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Wow, how'd you do that? Cirt (talk) 00:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, nevermind, I see it, thanks! Cirt (talk) 00:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Human geography

A tag has been placed on Template:Human geography requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:33, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

If no one wants it anymore, then nuke it! >;-o) RichardF (talk) 00:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Request

I'm looking for someone to host the User page design center. May I move it to your userspace?

It's most appropriate in userspace, and I fear what would happen to it in project space.

The Transhumanist (talk) 20:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

What's the difference between me hosting it or you hosting it? I'm not interested in becoming involved with it. RichardF (talk) 23:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Apparently none. Nevermind. The Transhumanist 03:59, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikis and development

See my reply at Talk:Appropriate technology #Use of wikipedia to facilitate development work - see my reply there. If you're interested in the content that doesn't fall in Wikipedia's scope of encyclopedic content, feel free to get in touch via my talk page or use (myusername) at appropedia dot org. Or just check out Appropedia.

Either way, keep up the good work! --Chriswaterguy talk 00:10, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Right now, I don't have any new content to add, encyclopedic or otherwise. RichardF (talk) 00:49, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
No prob. Keep it in mind though, especially when there's disputes over whether certain content is suitable for Wikipedia. Good content sometimes gets deleted, when it would be better for it to be transwikied.
I knew your username was familiar - you're the sustainable development portal guy, and the Kivapedia guy. Would be good to chat or email sometime (I like voice chat - my fingers can rest. I have the same username on Skype.) --Chriswaterguy talk 01:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I'm that guy! ;-) Thanks for the offer, but I'm pretty low-tech in that regard. The other place you can send me a private message is to Richard F @ Change.org. RichardF (talk) 01:44, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Indiana's portal nomination

The portal you nominated at featured portal candidates on January 25, 2008 has been promoted to featured portal status. Well done. You can view eventual comments at the nomination page. Best regards, Rudget. 16:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Happy Valentine's Day! ;-) RichardF (talk) 18:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Contents/Categorical index/Religion and belief systems

Can you tell me why the link to in your text for this was diverted to? The fact that the link was correct in another page you did a minute later suggests it's not you fault. Did you copy from somewhere? The country category is full of wildly inflated figures for numbers of Buddhists taken from Buddhist propaganda sources. Peter jackson (talk) 11:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Some of the above doesn't come through in your format. Please refer to edit text. Peter jackson (talk) 11:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry Peter, I really don't understand the question. If you see something that needs fixing, please, by all means, fix it. RichardF (talk) 16:15, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Bogus "copy edit"

Please don't use the phrase "copy edit" when you make a crucial change in the meaning of a sentence. That's what you did here. list of mathematics articles and lists of mathematics topics are TWO DIFFERENT lists, of very different kinds. Michael Hardy (talk) 22:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I saw a red link and I fixed it. Watch you accusations when they have no basis in fact. I have no need for your insults. RichardF (talk) 23:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Wrong. It was not a red link. It was a working blue link. You changed it to a different working blue link in a way that drastically altered the meaning. Michael Hardy (talk) 23:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry dud, but you created the red link! [1] Somehow, you fixed it before I got to it. My point that your're a jerk still stands, so beat it!@&*&$% RichardF (talk) 23:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

So someone who points out that you made a mistake is therefore a jerk? I fully stand by my initial comment. Michael Hardy (talk) 23:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, when someone contacts a stranger with a, self-riotous, confrontational "bogus" accusation, they're a jerk. RichardF (talk) 00:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Help??

Can you figure out what is screwing up coding at Portal:Musical Theatre ? Cirt (talk) 08:15, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

This, if you don't mind my wikistalking... Миша13 21:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Hehe, thank you. Cirt (talk) 21:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I only charge half my usual fee for hosting free advice from wikistalkers! ;-) RichardF (talk) 23:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Cirt (talk) 04:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Indiana_state_flag_detail.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Indiana_state_flag_detail.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. MECU≈talk 17:11, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

This image is a U.S. state, federal district, or insular area flag. Such flags are in the public domain. RichardF (talk) 22:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Norway

Would appreciate any input you might have, at the portal's ongoing peer review at WP:PPREV. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay. RichardF (talk) 03:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. I put a note at the talk page for WP:FPORTC that some of the other reviews at WP:PPREV could use some more input, hopefully a few experienced reviewers will bite. Cirt (talk) 04:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help! Cirt (talk) 22:03, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :-) RichardF (talk) 22:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you weigh in at the WP:FPORTC discussion? I am not asking for you to support/oppose/comment, though you are free to comment however you wish - but specifically a comment was raised about the idea of rotating images in the Intro section - and in response I referenced some of your work at other Featured Portals. Cirt (talk) 07:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I'll take a look later. RichardF (talk) 11:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Cirt (talk) 12:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Help needed

I have used the codes on Wikipedia:Tutorial/TabsHeader to create Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/Deshipidian tabs. But, I can't get the edit tag to show along with headers on the pages I used it in. Can you help? Aditya(talk • contribs) 17:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyedit. How can I keep the sections editable, without opening the whole page for edit (like ordinary Wikipedia pages)? Wikipedia:Tutorial/TabsTopWithEdit supposedly helps to have that. But, I couldn't figure out a way to use it. Aditya(talk • contribs) 17:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
I didn't make that template and haven't used it. I was just trying to figure it out myself. I'm guessing two different editors made changes (This= & edit section) to the original tabs that aren't compatible. If I figure it out, I'll make the changes to the project pages. RichardF (talk) 17:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay, that should do it. I had to create Wikipedia:Tutorial/TabsWithEdit to get both features to work together. :-) Does that take care of it? RichardF (talk) 17:52, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
You see, on Wikipedia you get little "edit tags" ([edit]) on the right hand side of every header and sub-header. It makes editing much easier, especially for longer pages. But, when I use the tab codes, that [edit] tag vanishes. Wikipedia:Tutorial/TabsWithEdit supposedly should help at that, but I couldn't figure out how to make that work. It could be a bug in the codes. I don't know who created the codes and can't get directly to that person. Would you take a look at the problem? Oh, and thanks, really, for the effort to help another user. My conviction in the community has got real boost last night (it was night in parts I come from). Aditya(talk • contribs) 03:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Maybe we're crossing messages. It looks fixed to me after I created and added Wikipedia:Tutorial/TabsWithEdit to Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/Deshipidian tabs. RichardF (talk) 23:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, now I see that other editors keep messing with Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/Deshipidian tabs. It worked when I left it and it appears to work again now. :-) RichardF (talk) 00:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, I hope this makes everyone happy. I created Template:PageTabsWithEdit and used it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/Deshipidian tabs! >;-o) RichardF (talk) 01:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Portals

I saw this and thought it was something that is right up your alley and that you might want to help out with - creating a subpage for the WP:DYK contributors to instruct them on how to add hooks to portal subpages (though those subpages are sometimes organized differently per portal), and also suggestions on some main portals to update and how to navigate to find other portals. Cirt (talk) 21:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

At this stage in my wikicareer, I'm more interested in bots doing the heavy lifting on this one. I added a comment on where that stands. RichardF (talk) 03:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for commenting. Cirt (talk) 04:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Textile Arts

Recently put this portal up at WP:PPREV, as always your feedback would be appreciated. This is a collaborative effort with members of the Textile Arts WikiProject. Also, is it okay that we have (9) articles in the Selected biography section? Cirt (talk) 09:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

The number of selected items is just an arbitrary rule of thumb. It just depends on the moods of whomever participates in the nomination process. The better everything else looks, the smaller the the deal one particular section will be. :-) RichardF (talk) 10:43, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your review comments and the color changes. Cirt (talk) 03:19, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

The portal is top-notch, as usual. RichardF (talk) 03:27, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Cirt (talk) 05:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Textile Arts

You are better at color-formatting than I - could you respond to Espresso Addict (talk · contribs)'s point about the gallery display of the Featured pictures in the "Quality content" section? Cirt (talk) 11:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)