User talk:Ladywitchthought/Archive 1

Help please

{{helpme}} Can anyone tell me actually how to put my name on the Wiki Project Harry Potter list? It's a bit confusing. If anyone can help I would be very grateful. And can anyone give me any tips about how I can tidy up my user page? Thanks! Ladywitchthought (talk) 04:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
P.S. You know how it says type {{helpme}} and someone will come by? How does that work?

Hello! To answer your first question, it is quite confusing, but here's what you need to do:

1. Click here
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the edit box.
3. Add this code just above the |}, supplying your own responses where indicated:

|-
|{{User|Ladywitchthought}}
| What do you intend to do in the project?
| What House do you want to be in?

1. Save the page.

As for your second question, that's easy. When you add {{helpme}} to your talk page, it gets tossed in Category:Wikipedians looking for help, which users like me check regularly. The reason I came so quickly is because there is a bot in the irc channel #wikipedia-en-help that reported your need for assistance.

Anyway, feel free to put up another helpme if you need more help, or leave me a note on my talk page. Happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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Welcome to Novels WikiProject

Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels".

A few features that you might find helpful:

• Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
• The announcement and open task box is updated quite regularly. You can watch it if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including {{WikiProject_Novels_announcements}} there.
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There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:

• Starting some new articles? Our article structure guidelines / template outlines some things to include.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the members, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! – Liveste (talk • edits) 17:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

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Hello, thank you for becoming a member of The Simpsons WikiProject. The Project has been around for over a year and has seen many Simpsons related articles improved exponentially. The members of the Project have achieved many successes, including getting two entire seasons of The Simpsons promoted to Featured topic status as well as getting many articles promoted to Featured article and Good article status. For a full list of Project accomplishments, see this page. There are currently several drives within the project, including a drive to improve the episodes of season 4 and a drive to improve the core articles of the project. If you would like to work on a page and need help, please see our guide to sources or the style guide. If you require any further assistance, please leave a message on the project talk page, or ask myself or Scorpion0422. Once again, thank you for joining the project, and happy editing. Gran² 14:29, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIII - April 2008

The April 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 22:30, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIV - May 2008

The May 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. SteveCrossinBot (talk) 08:06, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to the Artemis Fowl WikiProject!

So... welcome to the project. If you're looking for articles to write, you might want to help me over at User:Calvin 1998/Paradizo family and User:Calvin 1998/Domovoi Butler. And just ask at WT:AF if you have any questions about the WikiProject (or you can ask me by clicking here). Calvin 1998 ^(t-c) 02:44, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXV - June 2008

The June 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. SteveBot (owner) 02:37, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Calling all active WP:NOVELS members

WikiProject Novels Roll Call

WikiProject Novels is currently holding a roll call, which we hope to have annually. Your username is listed on the members list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active within the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:Novels editor, please add your name back to the Active Members list. Also feel free to join any of our task forces and take a look at the project's Job Centre to get involved!

Next month we will begin the coordinator election selection process. We hope to have more involvement and input this time around! More news will be forthcoming. Thanks, everyone! María (habla conmigo) 18:00, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Novels Newsletter - September 2008

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Help please???

{{helpme}}

I've tried to use the babel grouping system to organise my userboxes, but it's not working! When I try to use this:

{{Babel-X |header=My Userboxes |footer= |align=left|:Wikipediholic|6178|240367387}}|:Ladywitchthought/UserboxN1|:Nihiltres/Userboxes/Friendly|:Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/NewNovelsMember| :User Artemis Fowl|: user WikiProject Children's literature|:Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes/Userbox|:User WP Harry Potter|G|:Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/User Lemony Snicket task force|:Template:User ASUE|:Template:User Narnia-WP }}

template, it turns up like this:

{{Babel-X |header=My Userboxes |footer= |align=left|:Wikipediholic{{!}}6178{{!}}240367387|:Ladywitchthought/UserboxN1|:Nihiltres/Userboxes/Friendly|:Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/NewNovelsMember| :User Artemis Fowl|: user WikiProject Children's literature|:Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes/Userbox|:User WP Harry Potter|G|:Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/User Lemony Snicket task force|:Template:User ASUE|:Template:User Narnia-WP
}}

Can someone help please? Thanks, Ladywitchthought (talk) 02:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello, the problem is that other userboxes aren't intended to be used in the {{Babel-X}} box. That is set up to only deal with "babel" language templates, like {{user en}} or {{user es-1}}, etc. What you can use instead is something like this:

{{userboxtop|align=left|toptext=My Userboxes}}
{{User Wikipediholic|6178|240367387}}
{{User:Ladywitchthought/UserboxN1}}
{{User:Nihiltres/Userboxes/Friendly}}
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/NewNovelsMember}}
{{User Artemis Fowl}}
{{user WikiProject Children's literature}}
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes/Userbox}}
{{User WP Harry Potter|G}}
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/User Lemony Snicket task force}}
{{User ASUE}}
{{User Narnia-WP}}
{{userboxbottom}}

That code will produce the box shown below, and you can easily add more userboxes by sticking them above {{userboxbottom}}. Hope this helps! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:57, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

My Userboxes

This user scored 6178 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 240367387).

This is this user's first home-made userbox!

This user wants to be your friend.

I am a new member of the Novels WikiProject! I have joined because I have a keen interest in novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories, articles about the works themselves and the forms and genres. I am new, so please try and help me as much as you can.

This user is a member of WikiProject Artemis Fowl.

This user participates in
WikiProject
Children's literature.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Userboxes.

HPThis user is a participant in the
Harry Potter Task Force.

This user is a member of the
Lemony snicket task force
of the Novels WikiProject.

This user is a member of the Lemony Snicket task force

NarniaThis user is a member of the Chronicles of Narnia task force.

Thanks so much!!!Ladywitchthought (talk) 03:07, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

A sheepish {{helpme}}

{{helpme}} I've made it so far to get everything in order but there is just a tiny problem. You can see that when you show all the userboxes there is a 'i>' and a '|}' down the bottom of the table. Is there any way to get rid of this? And when the table is collapsed, the box is too big and I can't seem to make it smaller. Thanks, and sorry that I am so fussy! Thanks again, Ladywitchthought (talk) 03:13, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

• Let's see if this works. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 03:19, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

• Nope. Bleah. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 03:22, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Try this out. I've converted the mass of <div>'s into a collapsible wikitable that looks similar and does the same thing without messing up the display for everything underneath it. I've commented out the old code so it stops causing problems. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:27, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

My Userboxes!

This user scored 6178 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 240367387). This is this user's first home-made userbox! This user wants to be your friend. I am a new member of the Novels WikiProject! I have joined because I have a keen interest in novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories, articles about the works themselves and the forms and genres. I am new, so please try and help me as much as you can. This user is a member of WikiProject Artemis Fowl. This user participates in WikiProject Children's literature. This user is a participant in WikiProject Userboxes. HPThis user is a participant in the Harry Potter Task Force. This user is a member of the Lemony snicket task force of the Novels WikiProject. This user is a member of the Lemony Snicket task force NarniaThis user is a member of the Chronicles of Narnia task force.

Thank you so much!!!! Ladywitchthought (talk) 03:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

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