User talk:YK Times/Archive 2

It's good to talk![edit]

I know its close to Christmas, so don't hurry to get back to me; enjoy yourself and have fun! Now for my question of the day: how do Wikipedia users communicate and collaborate, other than through talk pages? is there a way? Thanks, and have a cool yule! -YK Times 00:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Sorry that I didn't comment on your pages yesterday, I had terrible problems with my cable provider and a faulty PC - both took most of yesterday to put right, hence me being up late right now at the end of this admin shift! Yes, Christmas is nearly here and I will probably be away from WP for the first half of next week, family and friends permitting. Talk pages are the main way that editors communicate with each other about WP-related matters. You can also use e-mail, IRC, Instant Messenger or other things such as Skype. Sometimes, if you're both in a large city/university, you can even meet another Wikipedian and discuss things face-to-face! The 'e-mail this user' is available on the left-hand side of each page, in the list below the search window. You can set this up in your preferences, at the top right-hand side. The recipient will see your e-mail address but they won't see yours when sending you a message. Bear this in mind if you don't have a WP-specific e-mail account set up. The IRC channel can be found at irc://chat.freenode.net/wikipedia. Instant Messenger depends upon knowing the handle that your interlocuter is using and those that use Skype tend to say so on their Talk pages. There also communal areas for communication and discussion, such as the Help Desk, Reference Desk, the Village Pump and also admin-related areas such as WP:ANB. See Help:Contents/Communication for more details. Regards, (aeropagitica) 00:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Graphic Lab and "Requested pictures"[edit]

Hello,
I added some comments on Wikipedia_talk:Graphic_Lab#Merge_with_Wikipedia:Requested_pictures. I now think we don't have to merge them, but to divide the tasks more clearly.

The Requested_pictures page : list of pictures need to be took (such as "please, take your camera and take a picture of a White bear running toward you"). Contribute to this project will need to have a camera.
The graphic lab : list of improvement of picture asked. Contribute to the Graphic lab will need to have a graphic software.

Not the same task, not the same project page.

Moreover, I notice you that I just read quickly all this pages (I don't contribute so much on wiki-english, so I often go too fast), and I can be misunderstanding their functions. But I think it's a good way to go. Yug (talk) 20:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that was sort of my original opinion too. -YK Times 23:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:GA onhold(YKTimes).svg is broken[edit]

Image:GA onhold(YKTimes).svg isn't showing up: see Template talk:GAonhold. I've temporarily reverted back to the old pair of images, but it would be nice if you could explain why it's not working or fix it. Thanks, --N Shar (talk • contribs) 06:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what it was (maybe it was the brackets); it displayed fine on the image page, but not as a thumbnail. Maybe the MediaWiki softawre choked on the brackets. Anyway, I uploaded a new version to Image:GA onhold.svg. It should work fine. -YK Times 23:12, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it was the brackets. Anyway, it now works for me as well. Thanks! --N Shar (talk • contribs) 04:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphics Lab[edit]

Hi! Since you seem to be one of the Graphic's Lab's leaders, I thought I would bring to your attention my response to this Talk post. I would greatly appreciate your feedback on my suggestion. Thanks! MithrandirMageT 16:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Turn off your computer, his can wait the end of your holidays

Wikipedia_talk:Graphic_Lab#Made request; now what? Yug (talk) 21:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC) I don't want to act myself, otherway wikipedians will say that I am a Dictator, even if I'm benevolent ;][reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for helping with the disambiguation link to stress on the Ernest Emerson page! Mike Searson 13:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, no problem, just doing my job with Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation. By the way, thanks for being a true Wikipedia; sometimes it feels like there's less and less WikiLove around here, but you reaffirmed my faith that Wikipedians are generally good people! Thanks a bunch for taking the time -YK Times^talk 00:04, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know exactly what you mean, too many bitter folks hurling insults and making rude comments without ever making a meaningful contribution, themselves! Again, thanks...I'll try to help out with disambiguation whenever I can. --Mike Searson 14:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphics Lab Announcement[edit]

Attention All Wikigraphists![edit]

As you may or may have not noticed, the Graphics Lab pages have gone under a massive cleanup by User:DTR, User:Rugby471 and various others (sorry if I missed you out). Some of the things that have happened are.

All pages in the Graphics Lab have had, where sensible, templates, substituting elements. For example, the main Lab page was a large chunk of around 100 lines of pure code. It was not very easy to edit the main page, so the various sections of it (eg links, welcome) have been separated. Therefore the main page is now only around 20 lines of user friendly text. If you wish to edit the main page, you must look on the main page for the correct template to edit. (Fore example if I wanted to edit the links section, I would go to Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/links and edit the text there). This has been done to all of the pages, in an attempt to make them more user-friendly.

As you were notified of early, the Wikigraphist Abilities page has been set up and has been beginning to get populated. If you haven't already setup your own entry, you are advised to go and do so now.

Due to a comment from User:DTR. A template for Graphics Lab announcements has been created. It is at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/announcement. If you ever need to issue a message to Wikigraphists, please use this template in the form

{{Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/announcement|message ~~~~}}

Where message is the announcement you wish to issue.

On the Images to Improve Page, an issue was noticed where that when requests were completed, people were adding {{Did}} but forgetting to add <!--werdnabot-archive--&gt so that the request would be archived. Therefore a template has been created (yes another one!) to help with this. When a user creates a new request instead of putting the usual code, they shall put

{{Request Title|title=Lorem Ipsum|done=false}}. Now when a request is completed, all you will have to do is change done to true

done=true

and the template will add the {{did}} template and also  to the title, so it will get archived.

As always, if you experience any issues with the new changes, or are just a bit confused, please don't hesitate to contact me or DTR on our talk pages.

> Rugby471 ^talk ⚔ 11:38, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock Request[edit]

Y	Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): It appears this IP is no longer open to outside users. Request handled by: Mr.Z-man 01:54, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your IP address has been blocked as an open proxy (address that can be used, unchecked, by other users); these addresses are often blocked to prevent their abuse for vandalism or by sockpuppets of blocked users. Try re-connecting to the Internet; if you are still unable to edit, try contacting your Internet provider (an address may be left open due to misconfiguration or after a hacker attack), If nothing helps, the address may be softblocked to allow it it used by registered users (but not by anonymous ones, nor for creation of new accounts). Regards, Mike Rosoft 00:40, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]