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2009-12-28

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[edit] Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Meta-based Help: content templates

Yes that was what I meant and I've changed the wording to clarify it. Hope that helps. Cheers. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 13:33, 22 February 2009

[edit] Alesha Dixon

Hi, we crossed paths a couple of months or so ago on the SCD page.

I'd be grateful for your input regarding a discussion on the Alesha Dixon Talk Page. I raised the issue that this section is largely made up of detailed information regarding ageism charges levelled at the BBC regarding Arlene Phillips - and could be adequately shortened. I've had one new poster who very much disagrees with me - I'm looking for others to comment. Thanks David T Tokyo (talk) 06:53, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments - I agree 100% btw. I'm going and try and get another couple of people to comment and depending on what the consensus is, I'll make the necessary corrections. David T Tokyo (talk) 18:46, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Season's greetings

Thank you for being one of the people who has made 2009 such an interesting and enlightening year for me. It has certainly had its challenges, but also many highlights. I wish you peace and contentment in 2010, and a joyous holiday season to you and yours.

In honour of the season, I hope you will enjoy a little musical token. Your choice: traditional or cheeky.

Best, Risker (talk) 02:32, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Fix required

Ever since your edit, Template:Db-t3/doc shows in Category:Templates for speedy deletion with incorrect formatting, which it didn't before. Can you fix that, please? Debresser (talk) 12:25, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

The problem seems to have been solved without any further edits to either template or documentation page. Beats me. Debresser (talk) 18:14, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh yeah? :P 18:25, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Somehow I ended up on Template:Db doc (which hadn't been edited since 18 December). Thank you for the fix. Another thing is why Template:Db-t3 doesn't use its own documentation page. Debresser (talk) 19:09, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Elections

Many real-world elections provide for the removal of office if a candidate knew of fraud in his favor and did not report it. As for removal after discovery of innocent counting errors or fraud the candidate didn't know about, in most organizations I'm aware of, they would handle it ad-hoc, based on the many factors you alluded to and more. The final outcome would amount to a "sense of confidence" - does the constituency have a sense of confidence that it's best to just live with the seated candidate, or is there a sense that a resignation would be the best thing for the organization. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Exactly; the process has very little to do with the election itself, and everything about how to resolve the situation with a minimum of drama and bad press. The actual error in the vote is little more than a trigger. Happy‑melon 21:42, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Emma Watson

Hello Happy-melon. I've just returned from a Christmas break and noticed that, in the "Emma Watson" article, you have moved a number of full stops from inside to outside of quotation marks. But, in all of these instances, the quoted material forms a complete statement, or series of statements, and so the terminating full stop belongs inside the quotation marks. I haven't changed them back because I wanted to discuss it with you first. Old Father Time (talk) 20:20, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

My understanding was that, if a full stop appears at that point in the quotation in the source, it lies inside; otherwise outside. Please feel free to correct if I'm mistaken. Happy‑melon 21:04, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt response. I have now changed the punctuation.

Relative placing of quotation marks and punctuation can seem complex: Hart's Rules devotes nearly four pages to it. I suppose the general principle can be summed up by their statement: "All signs of punctuation used with words in quotation marks must be placed according to the sense," (their emphasis) i.e. so that the final result is grammatically correct. Old Father Time (talk) 19:41, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Fixes

I saw this edit. Why do you call these parameters deprecated? I saw no discussion about that. Nor did I see anywhere how they should be substituted with the use of "style" and "headerstyle". Debresser (talk) 23:25, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Um. I'm honestly not sure; it was a long time ago! I can guess what the parameters were and why to recommend a more flexible/powerful/intuitive |style=, but not what context I was working in. Sorry. I take it you don't think that the |ta1= etc parameters should be deprecated? Why not? Happy‑melon 23:55, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

I have no opinion, because I don't know how to work with CSS and have no idea what these parameters do. I just noticed that there is a category claiming that they should be replaced, for no evident reason, and no indication in the template itself that they are indeed being deprecated. Debresser (talk) 00:14, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Do these diffs [1] [2] help you remember? Debresser (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Note added to "Neutral" column in Arbcom 2009 results

Hi Happy-melon. This is a friendly courtesy message just to let you know that I've added a footnote to the "Neutral" column in the ArbCom 2009 results table (diff) using the first sentence of your 12:19 19 Dec 09 explanation of the meaning. Please feel free to improve this if you wish—I won't object. Many thanks for all your unsung effort in 2009 and my best wishes for the New Year. - Pointillist (talk) 21:47, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Happy New Year

Best Wishes for 2010, FloNight ♥♥♥♥ 13:05, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

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