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DYK for Luis García (pitcher)
 | On 9 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Luis García (pitcher), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Luis Garcia spent two years out of baseball working as a barber before returning in 2013 and making his major league debut? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:07, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Another request for a technically inclined editor
Hello talk page stalkers, I have another request for one of you. I am looking to change the automatic date insertion in the cite toolbar (RefToolbar 2.0), so that it enters dates in the format MD,Y (i.e. January 1, 2013) for the access date. Presently, it inserts dates in the format 1 January 2013 (DMY). Since I edit mostly American topics, that is not what it should read, yet it is what I use, as I don't know how to change it and am too lazy to type it out, for the most part. I read this, but am more confused than when I started. I don't think anyone other than myself is able to fix it (other than admin), as I am guessing an edit to my js or css page is necessary, but if someone could tell me exactly what to post, I would be grateful. Thanks in advance, and have a great week. Go Phightins! 02:18, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- It took me forever, but I figured it out. Add the following to your common.js page
$('head').one('reftoolbarbase', function() {
CiteTB.UserOptions['date format'] = "<monthname> <date>, <year>";
CiteTB.UserOptions['autodate fields'] = ['accessdate'];
});
You'll probably want to add something to remind you what it is, so:
// Changing reftoolbar autofill to MDY
$('head').one('reftoolbarbase', function() {
CiteTB.UserOptions['date format'] = "<monthname> <date>, <year>";
CiteTB.UserOptions['autodate fields'] = ['accessdate'];
});
// End reftoolbar customization
Ryan Vesey 03:15, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Well, if it took you forever, it would have taken me centuries. Thank you very much for your trouble, Ryan. Go Phightins! 10:33, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
September 2013
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- Edit conflicted with you =p. Thanks. Go Phightins! 01:40, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
a couple of things ...
1. Nice work on the 2013 Penn State football page page during the first 2 games of the season. You have a way with the words in addition to the data. (I'm more of a data man.)
2. Speaking of being addicted to the data, I just finished the Game Log for the 2006 Phillies page. I learned much about shortcuts as I worked through it. Take a look and make any suggestions. If I decide attack the 2005 Phillies, I'll need to remember those shortcuts. But first,
3. I want to put in the game log for the 2014 Phillies (the schedule was just released). Notice the red ink; so the page must be started. The blank game log will be immensely easier than what I just tackled for 2006.
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Bob305 (talk) 02:55, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Bob, thanks for the encouragement! My end state with the 2013 season page is to bring it to good article status, and it is easier for me to put in a lot of data at the time and edit out what proves unnecessary than to try to go back through and fill holes when a reviewer has a question. I don't have much grasp of templates, but luckily the Good Lord blessed me with a pretty good writing ability, which I can apply. For the 2014 season, I saw the schedule was just released, looks like a pretty tough one, back and forth between home and road a lot. Anyway, for now, I would suggest creating the schedule in a sandbox, as some people get cranky when season pages are created prematurely. Why, I don't know, but they do. Yes there is WP:CRYSTAL, but already it more than meets WP:GNG, but I digress. Thanks a lot for your work on those schedules - talk about a tedious task. It's always nice to have a fellow PSU/Phillies fan around :-) Any predictions for Saturday? Go Phightins! 03:00, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- I don't know why the material posted 2X... Thanks for the advice. Bob305 (talk) 03:08, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- Prediction for Saturday: 24-21 PSU, Sam Ficken will have a FG early and then the teams will trade TDs and the lead for the rest of the game.
Okay, the 2014 Phillies schedule/game log is completed and in my sandbox. It was much easier to create when I'm not trying to insert winning and losing pitchers, etc. The sortable schedule on the Phillies site allowed me to create it opponent-by-opponent rather than working day-by-day. Bob305 (talk) 01:22, 13 September 2013 (UTC)- That's convenient - I find MLB websites rather intuitive, especially compared to the NFL websites, but I digress. I am going to go 27-17 PSU for Saturday - I think Hackenberg will struggle in the first half, but the running game will carry the team, and the defense will play well as always. We can hope, at least. Go Phightins! 02:48, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
- Prediction for Saturday: 24-21 PSU, Sam Ficken will have a FG early and then the teams will trade TDs and the lead for the rest of the game.
- I don't know why the material posted 2X... Thanks for the advice. Bob305 (talk) 03:08, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
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Grant input
Hello! I wanted to let you know that I've prepared a good portion of the grant over at meta:Grants:IEG/Reimagining WP Mentorship, but I'd really appreciate your review and input as soon as it is convenient for you! Feel free to just make changes, especially in regards to budgeting (unsure of prospective values), additions, and changes in wording. Thanks! --Jackson Peebles (talk) 02:52, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
- I am unsure of the dollar amounts as well ... not sure what the "going rate" for that is these days. I will take a look in the next few days. Go Phightins! 21:15, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
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- Hi Steven, I will try to get over there in the next few days. Thanks for the reminder! - Go Phightins! 16:41, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
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See you are online and i would realy need some professional help. Would you pls so kind to have 5 minutes for me? kind regardsAdniim- (talk) 06:54, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
What can I do for you, Adniim? Go Phightins! 10:33, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for reply. I got a problem. I wrote an article and then there came a personal motifated 1 edit account witch did vanadlism to this article and did AFD to it. Also it seams he got some friends witch supported him a bit. This all happens when the article was still under construction and had a notice - do not change this article. its about this article Michel Von Tell
the afd seams to be going unfair and not very objectiv and nice. maybe you be be a bit more objectiv and open. here my arguments why this should stay. WP:BIO says
1 .Has been featured multiple times in notable mainstream media. DONE MMnews (alexa rank 500 of germany), Russia today (after cnn biggest news tv of the word), paraguay television and some more. see in article.
2 Has had significant roles in multiple films, shows, or other productions. DONE Films, audio books, shows, books, interviews, articles, big blogs etc see in article (witch was/is still under construction).
3 Has a large fan base. DONE
It of course has! you see about 1 million views on YT. His politic documentation alone got about 100 000 views. and this is quite a lot if you keep in mind it is a documentary about geopolitics!! also it is SWITZERLAND - less people then NYC! and this 7 million people their got 4 diffent languages! finaly you see he had very much highly notable guests. and i also showed their the YT channel of the 2 biggest TV stations of the country. www.youtube.com/user/sfr/videos this the offical channel of the 2 biggest tv stations of switzerland SF1 SF2 Schweizer Fernsehen.
have a look at how many views they got and compare please!
are this not quite many good arguments to keep this article? special if you keep in mind how small switzerland is, this article is just under construction? i mean hey. u know as good as me. 30% of Wikipedia got much less sources then this. would be nice if you could think about your voteing or let me know what exactly yor argument is. also i could show you hunderet of journalists witch are listed in wikipedia witch got WAY less sources and notablity then this article. here just some examples. Osaremen ehi james Larry Izamoje Chief Olu Oyesanya Meir Javedanfar Óðinn Jónsson Juan Bautista Rivarola Matto Leopoldo Ramos Giménez Luis Ruffinelli Alfredo Seiferheld Adriano Irala Fulgencio R. Moreno Sali Nivica Ludmilla Pajo Bedri Pejani Skender Temali Mirko Gashi Mirshahin Agayev Aslan Aslanov Kurt Thyboe Monica Ritterband Henrik Qvortrup Hans Pilgaard
now tell me pls - why they are in and this article is not good enough? what is missing they got? would be nice if you could help me a bit. but anyway thank you for takeing time. Adniim- (talk) 03:14, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Bryan D. Brown redux
Referencing back to our conversation a month ago... the article finally got copyedited by the guild, huzzah. However, during that time I forgot all about expanding the lead. 
Facepalm
So shortly here when I do go back and fix that it will have missed the nice copyedit job. I will probably have to look at other well-known generals with good assessments to get a feel for their leads. Shucks, anywho.. once I fix that up how do I go about submitting it for a GA nomination. :3 Up until this point I've only made B-class work. Is it as simple as going to WP:GAN and listing it or is there anything else I should do? Thanks much, — -dainomite 05:17, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- Good morning, Dainomite. To nom for GAN, simply follow the instructions located at Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations/Instructions#Nominating – though I have a dozen GAs under my belt, I still have to read them every time to make sure I don't screw something up. Article is looking great, should be worthy of GA once you flesh out the lead. Happy editing, Go Phightins! 10:38, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hey GoP. Check out my talk page where today Gwillikers thanks me for nominating him. If there is a glitch somewhere, userlinks, or ((u|_______)) for example, all our nominations are getting advance notice and the surprise factor is ruined. Not sure what to do or how to find out HOW gwillickers found out. Any ideas?```Buster Seven Talk 17:50, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
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