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[edit] SB_Johnny

[edit] PDF problem

BTW: I noticed the problem when making a pdf and seeing that it didn't follow the "noprint" protocol that the interwiki templates need to follow. That's a big issue too :). --SB_Johnny | talk 13:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] One more template thing

(Way over my head on this one.) Could you see if you could alter Template:Cite web to not require the "title" (in the first few lines)? Seems to me the URL should be sufficient. --SB_Johnny | talk 10:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, maybe set "accessdate" to autofill if not filled in manually too? --SB_Johnny | talk 10:38, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Erm, on second thought, maybe have it autofill the date only if substituted... sorry i'm so demanding :). --SB_Johnny | talk 10:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation templates

w:Wikipedia:Citation_templates has the full list. I'm still not certain that it needs to be consolidated though. --SB_Johnny | talk 13:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Understanding C++

I approve of your idea/brief overview of the goals of this text, and strongly agree that some planning should precede the creation of actual content. Having a good outline up front is key to achieving coherence, even though the Wikimedia medium allows for fixing many things over time.

One of the most fundamental decisions to make then teaching programming using C++ is whether to deal with high-level or low-level details first. My personal leaning, for most beginners, is to start with high-level constructs (e.g., use std::string before talking about arrays and pointers). No doubt there are many people who like bottom-up approaches (and, when learning, I may be one of them), but my experience is that most of those who start learning C++ from a low-level viewpoint never progress to master its high-level aspects too, whereas a good fraction of those who handle the high-level pieces first can fill in the details later (and many never need to). Besides, there are many books that try to teach low-level C++, but relatively few that cover the "modern" C++ style. -- James Dennett 20:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Common phrases

Ok, so what is the best way to proceed? A request for import sounds good, for it to proceed though I would need to temporarily restore the article on en.wikipieda since it has already been deleted. I do strongly feel that this type of thing can make a great book. In fact, such books are in print, so I don't buy the argument that it can't be a book because Wikibooks isn't a dictionary. Of course it's not, but it can be a basic introduction to phrases in a great number of languages. Wiktionary can't take a comprehensive list like that, only individual words and phrases. There is a lot of value in having it in one phrase book. I do agree it needs to be improved to be a good book, with proper introduction and organization, etc, but then that is what Wikibooks and the Wiki process is for. - Taxman 12:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edittolls bug

Hi, JWS told me that you are good in MediaWiki. I would like to ask, if it would be possible to have a look on beta.wikiversity (and probably also on de.wikiversity) on MediaWiki:Edittools. I have copyed this from cs.wikipedia and it doesnt work properly. There is not a roll-up menu. See pictures (or Sandbox on cs: [1]):

Here on cs.wikipedia

not present on beta

when roll up - if it would work I can translate it to English

I would be very lucky if you could help. --Juan de Vojníkov (talk) 10:01, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] JavaScript help needed

Hi Darklama! Please take a look at m:s:yi:Geboyrn in a zaydn hemdl. This page is using two Navigation templates m:s:yi:template:YIVO and m:s:yi:template:IPA. Please look also at m:s:yi:MediaWiki:Monobook.js.
The Yiddish navigation templates are using different scripts / transliterations: the standard Hebrew script as well as the YIVO w:YIVO and IPA transliterations. In order to activate

  • « show » which is there « vayzn · vɑyzn̩ · װײַזן »

and

  • « hide » which is there « bahaltn · bɑhɑltn̩ · באַהאַלטן »

All these options are located at the right.

For visitors of the site which have difficulties to read Yiddish I would like to add also some English, German and Russian text at the left inside the navigation box as follows:

  • « show · ausklappen · показать »

and

  • « hide · einklappen · скрыть »

I hope you can help to solve this wish. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions. If you need sysop rights at an RTL project you can become a sysop at m:wikt:yi:project:Administrators#sysops and / or at test:special:Listusers/sysop (which is LTR only). Thanks for all your efforts in advance! Best regards
‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏Th‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 05:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Hi Darklama

I'm just writing to let you know that I've changed my name from Urbane to Reece. Hope this doesnt cause too much confusion.

Reece (Talk) (Contributions) 15:12, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction to History

A few years ago (2005 to be exact) I tried to start a Wikibook for children titled Introduction to History. My goal was to write about history in a new way, a way that would replace the countless history books from which all students learn about Mesopotamia but many never get to, for example, World War I, history books from which all students learn that Ely Whitney invented the cotton gin, but many never get to the invention of the computer.

My hope was that after I set up the framework, many people more expert than myself on individual eras would contribute. That hasn't happened. You suggest that the book needs a better name. Any thoughts you have I would appreciate. Rick Norwood (talk) 13:19, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't suggesting the book needs a better name exactly. Originally the book was called "Learning History - Beginners", I changed the name to "Introduction to History" thinking it might me a potentially better name, but I wasn't completely sure if it fit because the scope/intentions of the book seemed unclear to me. The summery of "better name?" was due to my uncertainty as to whether the name change fit with the intention of the book. So the questions I really had was "is this a good change?" and "Does the name better convey the intentions and scope of the book?". If the answer is no then sure it could probably use a better name still, but I have no suggestions of what. I think the scope and the intentions of the book need to be clarified, which could also be why its not had much contributed to it in all this time. --darklama 17:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] X Windows Books

Hey Darklama, I picked up a stack of 5 books about X Windows programming. the books are called:

  • Motif Reference Manual
  • X Toolkit Intrinsics
  • XLib Programming Manual
  • X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual
  • Motif Programming Manual

4 of the books are shrink-wrapped, but the one that is open is from 1992. The books are currently in my office, and my advisor wants to throw them away. I thought that you might be interested in them, and wanted to ask you about it first. Let me know if these are interesting to you, I might be able to send them to you if you wanted them. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 16:17, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll gladly have them. One of them I think I have already though so I need to check to see which one. --darklama 16:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
It's a set of numbered books, I have books # 1, 4, 5, 6a, and 6b here. That may help you in determining if you have any of these or not. I'll talk to you on IRC sometime tonight or whenever about it. I never like throwing books away, so I'm glad to find somebody who wants them. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 16:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your invited!

Hello,
As a previous contributor to Chess topics, I'd like inform you of the creation of a new project called Wikibooks:Chess
Recently this project page has been created and it is hoped that you will join.
To overcome issues of communicating, the project has it's own central page and talk area along with navigation system of useful pages and many new features to make communication among users much slicker and easier, including a public chess watchlist. No need to have your own watchlist anymore, one click and you can see all recent Chess edits!
Also added recently is a new opening navigator(See below), a chess diagram upgrade(looks nice), and a chess stub category. All the Opening theory in chess pages now have this built in, that's over 500 pages upgraded.

Hope to hear from you. Regards ChessCreator (talk) 19:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

This box: view • talk • edit
Chess Openings
1. e4 e5 Open Game·King's Gambit·Bishop's Opening·Vienna·Petrov·Latvian Gambit·Scotch·Giuoco Piano·Two Knights·Ruy Lopez
1. e4 c5 Sicilian Defence·Closed Sicilian·Taimanov·Sveshnikov ·Kan Sicilian·Sicilian Dragon· Scheveningen·Najdorf
1. e4 other French Defence·Caro-Kann Defence·Pirc Defence·Alekhine Defence·Modern·Scandinavian·Nimzowitsch
1. d4 Nf6 Indian Defence·King's Indian Defence·Nimzo-Indian·Queen's Indian·Grünfeld·Benoni·Budapest·Catalan
1. d4 d5 Closed Game·Queen's Gambit·Queen's Gambit Accepted·Queen's Gambit Declined·Chigorin·Slav·Semi-Slav·Marshall
1. d4 other Dutch Defence·Old Benoni Defence·Englund Gambit·Owen Defence
1. a3 · Na3 · a4 · b3 · b4 · c3 · Nc3 · c4 · d3 · d4 · e3 · e4 · f3 · Nf3 · f4 · g3 · g4 · h3 · Nh3 · h4

[edit] The_Hawk

It now uses cloaks instead of nicks to decide who it listens to. There's probably no real need for you to be able to issue commands, but if you want to you'll need a cloak.  – Mike.lifeguard | talk 19:39, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Fair use rationale

Just wanted to check that this won't break any uses of the template that already exist, as I can't tell.  – Mike.lifeguard | talk 14:47, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I was in the process of fixing anything that broke from my changes. FWIW I changed the color from orange to a light green to indicate that its good. I was about to add another parameter which would effect the color if something is missing that needs to be added. --darklama 14:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
As can now be seen in Image:ManUtd Logo.jpg. --darklama 15:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, the red makes text illegible. But I do like the idea of switching colours... Yellow for good (no change, so less work to update), black & white (matching {{copyvio}}) for bad? Regardless, all the fair use templates (and there are lots) should match when everything is ok. Good eyes on the category names too.  – Mike.lifeguard | talk 16:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Book important.svg

Would you mind terribly if I revert this? The perspective on the current version is wonky, and doesn't match the other icons. If you're not happy with this icon, you might find something already done in the same style as the other icons we use at Commons.  – Mike.lifeguard | talk 01:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

There wasn't any icons on Commons with an exclamation mark and a book theme, which is why I created this and other images to begin with. I'm just trying to make it look better then it was. I've uploaded another change in perspective. Maybe that perspective is better? --darklama 04:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of chess topics

Changed to Chess/Index of chess topics. Main purpose is as a useful watchlist. SunCreator (talk) 14:24, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thx

Hey Darklama, thanks for deleting that page, dunno why I wasn't sure about that one... hope you've been doing well. Mattb112885 (talk to me) 23:29, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

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