User talk:UBeR

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[1] really made my day. Thanks for the smile (and the point). --BozMo talk 13:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: user page layout

Hello -

Thanks for the message, and no, I don't mind at all. It's not a one-day job to copy because you'll have to change a lot of usernames and page names from mine to yours, but it's pretty straightforward once you get into it.

It's Gurch's original design. I asked his permission and he said he liked my finished product. Unfortunately, Gurch went a little nutso several months ago, not long after I got my mop, and he blanked his user page then requested G7 deletion.

If you want the status switcher, you need Misza13's status switcher script, a /StatusTemplate page, and a /Status page. I have three status choices but you can have as many or as few as you want - the script will support them all. The script itself is a little tricky to get to work. In the end, I copied Misza13's entire monobook.js page to get everything to function correctly. Misza had the same stuff I had, Twinkle and popups and VoiceofAll's scripts, so my problem must have been in the order they were on my page or something.

If you want the calendar, you'll need both /Calendar and /Templates/Calendarbox pages. My /Calendar page is Gurch's original with a few changes, but I decided I wanted more variety and less "nothing interesting is happening today", so I changed it to /Calendarcurrentmonth. Now it changes on the first of every month, User:KrakatoaKatie/CalendarApril leads to User:KrakatoaKatie/CalendarMay, and so on. (That reminds me - I've got to do CalendarJune pretty soon.) The calendar is all transclusion, no script required.

Let me know if you have questions or need help, and of course, tell me when you've got it completely ready - I'd like to see it! Have fun! :-) - KrakatoaKatie 00:07, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a whole lot! That status things like too much work though, lol. Cheers. ~ UBeR (talk) 02:42, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

It looks terrific! :-) Status switcher isn't any trouble at all once you get the script to work, and when it works it's really, really cool. Calendar is a bit of trouble but I like it, so I do it - and once I've got the whole year done, it won't be any work anymore either. Great job! - KrakatoaKatie 02:55, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! ~ UBeR (talk) 04:33, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting your input at Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive

Since you are a member of WikiProject Economics, I would like to direct your attention to Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Featured Article drive. We are currently deciding on an economics-related article to bring to Featured Article status and we would like your input. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 15:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Really is an olive branch

But, very nice job on some of these glacier articles. I think the Glaciers of Minnesota article is a mess, and I've been trying to contribute some of my non-expert knowledge, but I see your name everywhere on these articles. You don't have to answer me, but I just wanted you to know that these articles are substantially approved over the past few months, because of you. Also, I'm stealing your layout of your user page. If you don't want me to do it, just post something somewhere. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 18:43, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, I steal it from KK, from whom you've adapted your user page.OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 18:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Much thanks. I think the Minnesota article is decent, but it needs in-text citations. The Quaternary article is rather good, and needs some reference formatting and perhaps a few more inline citations. That article is nearly complete and could make GA with few more workers to improve its quality.

The layout I got from KK, which she got from Gurch. I've been trying to find a good color scheme. Best of luck with that. ~ UBeR (talk) 18:56, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, one of my hobbies in North American glaciation during the Holocene. I was thinking of putting together an article on the recent history of the glaciation of the Sierra Nevadas. I don't quite qualify as a global warming denialist, but there some weird evidence that gives me pause, such as most, if not all, of the current glaciers in California are remnants of the Little Ice Age as opposed to the larger scale glaciations of greater than 10,000 years ago. Anyways, do you think a Sierra glaciation article (I can't find one) might be useful? OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 20:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

BTW, a suggestion about your user page, your big red lines are kind of overkill. I like this page for readability. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 20:46, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I've actually been reading some of Muir's work. It's nice. An article on glaciation in the Sierra Nevada could be of use, but I would check Geology of the Yosemite area first.

As for the layout, I've tried a few other schemes that I don't like so much: [2] [3] [4]. I'll fiddle around some more. ~ UBeR (talk) 21:06, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Not too sure about the green lol. ~ UBeR (talk) 22:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Never mind. The red is best there. LOL. Back to the Sierras. Yosemite is fine, but I was thinking more of Glaciers of California or something like that. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 23:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

←Love the blue color matching on your Talk page and User page. Beautiful. I might steal it ;) OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 03:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Hah, yeah took a while to settle on a color. ~ UBeR (talk) 04:32, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Might I swipe this format from you? I really like it. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 00:53, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Feel free. The coding is a bit messy though. ~ UBeR (talk) 01:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Don't let Connolley hold thw RfC page hostage

If Connolley decides to erase the RfC, the page is now found here:

[5] Inclusionist (talk) 06:31, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Suspected Socks

Per this, and accordingly, Raul654's tagging of User:Victor P. Shales and User:Cone of Silence. Hope this answers your question. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 16:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. ~ UBeR (talk) 16:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lead for climate article

Raymond has proposed a structural change for the article which might allow the current length to be reasonable. Even as it stands, throwing one line in the lead per each climate regime could make the lead too long. An editor (could have been Raymond) made a comment during an edit that the lead was too long, due to redundancy, during one of his edits of the article and it was shortened. I'm willing to leave the tag there for the time being...but there needs to be clarification as to what would need to be added to the lead (which is included in the main article) to make the lead a "proper length," so the editors aren't just left guessing. Thegreatdr (talk) 18:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

The template was on the talk page since May 3; I simply moved it to the mainspace where it belongs. Dr. Arritt's edit was simply removing over-specific information from the lead, which doesn't negate the fact that, overall, the lead is too short and does not adequately summarize the main points of the article. To wit, I would personally suggest explaining in more detail the classifications and explaining modern measurements and the current trend of global warming. (After the sentence on paleoclimatology, I think that could be a good spot to discuss current modern recording. After that is the sentence on climate models, which is there already. After the climate models would be a good spot to discuss the trend of global warming.) Furthermore, the way it's currently put together, it doesn't seem very coherent. The flow seems awkward. It's as if each sentence in the lead just summarizes a section of the article but doesn't really put it in any context for the reader. ~ UBeR (talk) 18:34, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested photo

Hello! I noticed that on your userpage you state that you are living in St. Paul. Would you be willing to take and upload a photo of the St. Paul Minnesota Temple? It would be much appreciated. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 01:10, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Mail me a digital camera and I sure would. ~ UBeR (talk) 03:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

 :-P do I look like I'm made of money??? If I were filthy rich I could just fly to St. Paul and take the picture myself!

In all seriousness, if you can't that's fine, but if you get the chance to use a cell phone camera or something, that would be great. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 04:29, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't even have a cable to connect to my computer from my phone. It does not look like I am the one to contact about doing this stuff. ;-) Best of luck. ~ UBeR (talk) 04:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, I see. Thanks anyway. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 04:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)