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copyedit on Viking Raid of Seville

Hi! Thanks for your excellent copyedit on Viking raid on Seville (844). I just thought I should point out one thing: the Manual of Style discourages the use of ordinals in dates (e.g., September 25th) (see MOS:BADDATE). It's not as poetic, but it's felt that dates should be in a standard format for clarity. Just letting you know so you don't spend too much time changing them the other way.

Oh, I like your "No ellipses" userbox! That's one of my pet peeves as well, you'll see them a fair bit on the old copyedit-tagged articles. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:29, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Reidgreg: Thank you for pointing me to that page! I will make sure to write dates properly in future edits. — EveDK (talk) 07:29, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Time_plus_time_zone

Hi, EveDK! I would like for you to create a userbox, like Template:Time userbox, only with a time zone number added (offset from UTC), and without the (Purge to update) text. Thus the text would look like this:

It is approximately H:M AM/PM in this user's locale. (+/- H:M)

Or, as an example:

It is approximately 3:53 PM in this user's locale. (-05:00)

There is already a userbox which looks like this, only with a different image, and with the actual location. This userbox is: User:Arjun G. Menon/Userboxes/My Time

I consider this to be too personal (as it discloses where I live, or where I say I live, at least). Also, I think that the time zone difference is important, so people know how far off you are from the default time (UTC).

Thank you!

Noah Kastin (talk) 06:36, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Noah Kastin! I'd be happy to make this for you. Do you have a preference as to what image I use? Here are a few I like:

Clocks alone

Clocks with globes/maps

EveDK (talk) 07:32, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I really like that first picture! Could you use that one? Noah Kastin (talk) 07:37, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and thanks for noticing my post and responding. Noah Kastin (talk) 07:39, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How's this?

Code	Result

EveDK (talk) 08:18, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actually —

Code	Result

EveDK (talk) 08:18, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That second one looks great! I'll use that. Noah Kastin (talk) 08:30, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for creating the userbox! Unfortunately, when I tried using it, I discovered three problems:

When there is no plus or minus sign, time appears 2 hours behind. For example, when entering -05 should change the time to 4:07 AM, the time is changed to 2:07 AM.
There is always a minus sign before the time difference, so adding a minus sign results in a double minus sign (--), and adding a plus sign results in a minus sign, following by a plus sign (-+).
Adding a colon after the hour number of the time difference (e.g. 05:00), even if the other two problems have been avoided, results in the time which it is for the user turning into the words:

Error: Invalid time.

in red. For example, a message might read: (substituting underlined words for red words)

It is approximately Error: Invalid time. where this user is editing. (-05:00)

Thank you again for creating the userbox! It already looks amazing!

Noah Kastin (talk) 09:21, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reporting these issues. I think I've fixed them:

Code

Result

It is approximately 7:23 AM where this user is editing. (-05:00)

Usage

This now takes two arguments, the first being the number of hours to be added to/subtracted from Greenwich time (ex. "-5"), and the second being what appears in the parentheses (ex. "-05:00"), as shown above. I realize using two arguments is slightly less convenient than using a single one; however, it ought to work, and when and if I figure out how to make it work with a single argument, I will update the userbox and notify you here.

EveDK (talk) 00:59, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for updating the userbox! I have now added it to my user page, and ~~after I figured out how to make it work,~~ it works perfectly! Again, thank you so much for tweaking it until it was what I wanted and it really worked! Noah Kastin (talk) 08:43, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, the text in the previous comment was struck through by me, as it gave a mis-representation of what I meant to say. There was nothing wrong with the explanation for how the userbox works, I just forgot to look at the explanation before trying to use the userbox. Sorry for any confusion that may cause. Noah Kastin (talk) 05:12, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No_ellipses

Hi, EveDK! I would like for you to make a userbox for me. This userbox would, ideally, have an icon showing something like this:

~~•••~~

and would have text like this:

This user deletes unquoted ellipses.

I know another userbox already exists with the same general message (this one), but I would prefer a somewhat friendlier userbox.

Also note: The dots used are not periods (.), but are instead this sign (•), because strikethrough on periods looks like this:

~~...~~

which is not the effect I would like.

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) 05:22, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Further requests: Can you make the icon box D1FFFF, and the text box 5C5C5C? Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) 07:29, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Noah Kastin,

Sorry for the wait. How does this look?

Code

Result

This user deletes unquoted ellipses.

Usage

EveDK (talk) 04:17, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

EveDK, this userbox looks great! I have now put it on my user page. Thanks for making the userbox! Noah Kastin (talk) 04:36, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

knowsNotableIRLIndirectly

Hi, EveDK! I would like if you would make either a userbox or an extension of User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL. This userbox or userbox extension would look like User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL, except that it would end with (through X other users/people) or something like that. This would make text appear like so:

This user knows Person in real life (through X other users/people).

X should be an adjustable parameter, where the number you enter replaces X. There should also be something you can enter instead of X to avoid disclosing how many people are involved.

The way I imagine that this userbox could be an extension of User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL would be if the (X) parameter were added to the User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL userbox in such a way that, if left out, it would omit the (through X other users/people) text.

If you can make this userbox or userbox extension, I would greatly appreciate that!

Thanks!

Noah Kastin (talk) 21:01, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@EveDK: Thinking again, this userbox would probably be unnecessary, as User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL would probably be sufficient for my purposes. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:10, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Noah Kastin: I apologize for not making this userbox for you earlier. If at some point you decide it would actually be useful, feel free to let me know, and I will do my best to create it promptly. EveDK (talk) 01:36, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@EveDK: It's ok, and thanks for the offer! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 02:14, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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