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Question re HotCat

Hi DJ -- Sorry to bother you, I know you're a busy guy. I'm not sure if you've seen the note I posted a few days ago at User_talk:TheDJ/HotCat, but I'd be very interested in seeing your reply. Mostly I'm just wondering what we might expect at some future point, when you have the time to work on upgrading the code. As I said, the edit summary issue is the most immediate concern -- hopefully changing the default would only require a fairly simple tweak. Anyway, thanks again for making it available for us to use. Cgingold (talk) 02:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Nice work (Qui)

Great job with this little tool. I think you'll see a jump in usership over the next couple days, as I've just informed everyone who was using {{Statustop}} that they should use this for the time being due to SoxBot V's untimely demise. Question: is it possible to catch the window while it's being closed and ask the user if they would like to update themselves to offline? xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 14:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, ok :D I'll see if I can put some work into it soon again. Biggest issue is incompatibility with IE atm. And I want to clean up the code a bit. Detection of closing the window is very difficult in Javascript. I don't think that is something to be added any time soon (a window close and a window refresh are basically the same thing in JS). --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

sure thing I will let you know if I think of anything. right now it looks pretty good to me... if the offline-on-window-close isn't possible, perhaps some way to "auto-online"-on-window open? xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 19:54, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Right, I haven't started in with the friends yet... I'm sure it will prove useful though. xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 19:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

So just to clarify; Qui can only show me the status of other users who also use qui? xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 22:21, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

HotCat

Can you please help me with HotCat gadget on sr: wikipedia. Problem is that we have two (three) names for special page "Category", it's default English "Category", Serbian Cyrillic "Категорија" and Serbian Latin "Kategorija". The problem is that when i try to remove category with name Kategorija or Category i got error that category doesn't exit. I put in your gadget code default name for categories is "Категорија" because it's most used on sr: wiki. Can you please change your code that we can be able to use more then one name for this special page names. Thanks and best regards. --Sasa Stefanovic • 06:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Splarka helps me with this, and now works fine. But there is now another bug. When i change or add category, it ads name of special page, egg "Kategorija" at the end of category name. You can check diff here http://sr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teriyaki_Boyz&diff=prev&oldid=1698712 It was supposed to put only [[Категорија:Хип хоп]] but with HotCat it adds [[Категорија:Хип хопKategorija]]. --Sasa Stefanovic • 07:21, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

HotStub?

Have you given any thought to extending HotCat to work with stub templates? Something like this has been on my "to-do" list for a while, but sadly not only has it not been done, nor has the precondition of learning a decent amount of javascript... Alai (talk) 19:04, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Ever-hopeful bump? :) Alai (talk) 18:28, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm a bit busy atm. I'm not even getting around to the HotCat changes that I would really like to implement. So I understand the idea, it's just a tad low on my prio list. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks, no problem. Alai (talk) 19:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for explanation

I am glad you are forcing the trademark issue (WP:BRD). Though I am yet to be convinced of your conclusions, I agree fully with your characterization of the problem. Should we take this up at the Village Pump, or at Meta? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:55, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I just brought it to Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. I guess I should add a link on VPP about it as well. I meant to do this yesterday, but I suddenly got pulled into a meeting after making those changes. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:07, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

HotCat at he.wiki

Hi, I would like to use this cool tool in the Hebrew Wikipedia. I thus coppied the text to he:משתמש:Yonidebest/monobook.js/temp4.js and translated the two button captions, error and notice msgs and the "Category" into Hebrew. I tried to use it, but it doesn't work well. The links and buttons are all there, but the suggestion list doesn't apear as smoothly and fast enough when typing text into the textbox. I tried to lower the hotcat_suggestion_delay parameter, but it didn't help. Any suggestions? Yonidebest Ω Talk‏ 19:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

TheDJ/HotCat

Hi,how can I instal HotCat on project (Polish Wikisource)? Niki K (talk) 16:23, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for...

...pointing that out to me. Adv was not the intention as links were very relevant. Will keep the advice in mind anyway.

KSC-on-orbit (talk) 12:25, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Your Qui Script

It isn't working. It keeps telling me to blank my /Status page, but it's already blank.— Dæ dαlus^T@lk /_Improve^Contribs 04:41, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

It would really help if I knew what kind of browser, OS and version of those you are using. Otherwise, it's pretty difficult to track down problems with Javascripts. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

In order of question: Netscape 7.0, Mac OS 9.2.2.— Dæ dαlus^T@lk /_Improve^Contribs 19:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I have tried your Qui as well and it works absolutely fine. It's actually an easier way to show your status in my opinion. And it's interesting that you can see friends status as well. You can thank Xenocidic for telling me about this. Best Regards.--Ezekiel ^†alk 17:51, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Complaint

Please excuse me for leaving a message on your Commons page. That was the first message I have ever left there and I thought it worked like Wikipedia. I did not realize that you wanted no comments there.

My complaint: You should not move images from Wikipedia to the Commons when the result is that the image gets deleted from the Wikipedia article in which it was placed. This is what happened as soon as you moved Image:Yarlung Tsangpo river tibet.jpg from Wikipedia to the Commons and deleted the image on Wikipedia. After you moved it, the image was then deleted completely from the article, Yarlung Tsangpo River (Tibet), at Wikipedia by a bot that deletes mention of deleted images from articles. Fortunately I noticed this. I searched for the image on the Commons in order to reinsert it into the article but the search came up empty. Fortunately again, someone at the Village Pump was able to find the image by using Google and put it back into the article. (Good lesson for me - use Google and not Search on the Commons.)

I wonder how many times this has happened and no one has noticed the image deletion in the article and the image is lost forever to the Wikipedia article. –Mattisse (Talk) 16:22, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Is there a way of getting a list of the images and articles you have done this to so as to fix past image deletions in articles that I may have not noticed? –Mattisse (Talk) 16:22, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

This is a mistake of the administrator (Gonzo fan2007) that deleted the image. Most likely he didn't notice the difference in filenames, because they only differed in case, and not in actual spelling. this is a log of all things deleted by this User. Things like this happen, people are not perfect. :( --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Qui script

I'm also getting the "Clear your Special:MyPage/Status" message. I made sure I was not using cache (never have) and ctrl-refreshed the page in my browser. I'm using Windows XP SP2 and Mozilla Firefox 3. My /Status page looks pretty blank to me. Dj HaQ (talk) 02:45, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

^^^ It could be due to using FF3. DJ, just FYI, I just (mostly) depopulated the category "Wikipedians who use StatusBot" with an edit summary suggesting they use Qui. Expect many users beating down your door with questions! ;> –xenocidic (talk) 02:53, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
- So that was you! Thankfully, I haven't had any users with questions about it! Thank you. Incredibly speedy response! –Dj HaQ (talk) 03:00, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

I have changed the system somewhat to be less annoying, but simply blanking or setting another status is still the best way to solve this. It is a small annoyance atm, and I will find a way to deal with it (maybe even today). --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:46, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Qui Bug

Qui is a very cool script, but I found a bug with it. I browse and edit using the secure Wikipedia, which has URLs in the form: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Article ("en" being the language code). Since Qui isn't aware of this, it mishandles some redirects, for example, by sending me to https://secure.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Example, which doesn't exist, instead of the correct https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/User:Example, after I add a contact. A secondary result of this, too, is that https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/User:Example/QuiWatchers isn't created, so those users aren't aware I'm watching them.

I've also noticed it sometimes showing an evil dialog box, with something about JSON and a contact name, when the server returns some error message (such as proxy unavailable, time outs etc.) while checking the status of people in my contact list. So, I've a small feature request: that the script simply retry the page load if an error happens, and that it fail gracefully (no dialog boxes) when the 2nd attempt doesn't work.

Thanks! -- alexgieg (talk) 13:20, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

I just fixed the issue with secure.wikimedia.org redirects. (I knew that would eventually surface, I was being lazy there :D )
The page QuiWatchers is not actually created for anyone (Although if you want to, you may do so yourself). The only function of that page is to be linked into each and every /QuiFriends page. The link is what counts, since that allows us to use the wikipedia function: "What links here". I just added you to my friendslist, and as you can see, wikipedia now knows that someone has you on his Qui list. The page does not have to exist in order for this to function. I might add that to FAQ, cause I can imagine it might be a tad confusing to some people. I'll also consider just pulling this information straight out of the database and presenting it to the users in a more "user friendly" way.
Hmm, I'll think about how to make that less annoying.

Thank you for the feedback, and let me know about any other issues that you encounter. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:43, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. It seems to be working very well in "secure" now. As for #2, that's a very clever trick. Kudos! :-) -- alexgieg (talk) 13:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Recycling STS External Tank

The following link has NASA info regarding the SCRS Hubble docking device, I agree that the External Tanks would be to difficult to retrofit for living habitats.128.114.71.149 (talk) 16:15, 30 June 2008 (UTC) http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/218655main_SCRS_FS_img1_lg.jpg Jalanp2 (talk) 19:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Qui acting up

Qui just started acting up... It's now showing itself (and rather wide) whenever I hover on the top bar (i.e. try to click "My watchlist"). I think I might have just got an auto-java update, but I'm not sure. Any ideas? –xenocidic (talk) 20:28, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm trying some things with the CSS of the widths to get Qui to work on IE. Shouldn't take too long, before the ultra-wide disappears. I'm also playing with the icons a bit. Shouldn't effect actual functionality. There just might be some funny layout going on atm. :D --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:32, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

ah ok - no problem - I can bear thru it for now. eff IE imo, though ;p –xenocidic (talk) 20:54, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Qui is now working in IE? Nice. I'll have to try it out after I get off work. While I'm in the office I can only edit sporadically. Useight (talk) 23:50, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

How about 1 custom settable paramater?

Would it be difficult to allow for 1 custom settable paramater in Qui? It could be set in monobook.js –xenocidic (talk) 18:28, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

It's possible, but i'd rather avoid kludges like that. A system like this needs to be consistent and predictable, and adding custom settings makes that a lot harder. I'm running some ideas trough my head and I'd like to brainstorm on it a bit more before I pick an approach. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 18:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Either that or maybe add a status called "Around" which means "around -but kinda AFKish" ?. See User_talk:Cobi#WP:HAU.2FU_status for the motive behind this request. –xenocidic (talk) 18:36, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Expect some more bug reports in the next little while, I just pimped out Qui to the entire WP:HAU user base. Have you thought about adding the "Around" status? –xenocidic (talk) 23:20, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- Actually I experimented with making Qui understand more "status" messages, but couldn't get it working as I wanted straight of the bat. I decided to revert for now, and continue experimenting later in a "dev" version of the script. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Cool, I'm sure it will be helpful to others who are using Addshore's status display as well. –xenocidic (talk) 16:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Help with Printing

Thank you for taking the time to assist me with my issue. I really appreciate it. Sweet Pea 1981 (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes in Infobox user

Hi there. I changed my infobox, so you could see the difference that this bug creates. See my note: Userboxes in Infobox user. --Kochas (talk) 01:19, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see the issue now. It's only with the images in the left of the UBX'es right ? I'll take a look later today. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:31, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Not only images. In some cases images, in some, the text in the div next to them. And this is only when you put the userboxes inside the user or person infobox. Phew, hope that won't be much of a CSS drag. Thanks. --Kochas (talk) 14:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I have to agree with the original comments in the discussion. This cannot be fixed without the fixing of all the Userboxes. The other way is to change the userbox not to use the class=infobox for its own table. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Qui problem

Every time I'm in the Special: namespace, I get the following Qui error: Qui encountered an unknown status. Please blank your Status page. I blank it, but it still shows. Help. Dagoth U r , Mad God 02:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Which browser and version ? --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

IE7. (Sorry, forgot to log in) Dagoth 05:13, 10 July 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.2.115 (talk)

A Qui wasn't tested yet under IE7 specially, since I do not have IE7 myself. Thanks for the report. It might be some days before I have it fixed, since I'm busy this week, and I also need to search a machine with IE7. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:51, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Template for QUI changer

Hey. I was just wondering if you would like to add a link to the Template:UserStatus on your QUI page as this is a very usefull template for what your script does. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 07:02, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Also I was just wondering do you think it would be possible to customize it for a user and add more statuses such as at school at work e.t.c ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 16:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

That is on my TODO list, but I don't want to clutter it all too much, so I'm taking it slow on that front. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Antarctic temps.AVH1982-2004.jpg

Hey. I have noticed you work a lot with NASA pictures at Wiki Commons. Can you help me with an issue? The picture Antarctic Temperature Trend 1982-2004 was tagged by an user in a way that I consider a clear WP:OR violation, as the picture is still posted in the NASA Earth Observation site, the original source, and I do not think any editor has the right to "censor" images in this way. I try to re-upload the original image (check the pic history) but the tag is superimposed in such a way that my effort was worthless. Can you give a tip of what to do. Thanks. Mariordo (talk) 15:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Update: it seems there was a time lapse before the re-loaded image would appear. Now it is showing the original NASA pic without any tag. Thanks anyway. Mariordo (talk) 22:53, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

QUI timer?

I had an idea, and User:Xenocidic recommended I ask you... do you think there is any way to build a timer into the QUI code that checks the date/time of your last edit and changes your status automatically?
e.g. check every 2 minutes...
last edit less than 5 minutes ago = online,
last edit 5-30 minutes ago = busy,
last edit 30-120 minutes ago = sleep,
last edit >120 minutes ago = offline
- Adolphus79 (talk) 19:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, Qui is Javascript, and as such works entirely within your own browser. So the above would be highly unreliable, because it would depend on you keeping your browser open all the time. Also, it needs to make an edit to change your status. I don't really feel comfortable automating such a thing. Lastly, excessive editcount due to often changing status was what got StatusBot banned. If I would implement the above, then it would basically become statusbot, but even more intensive on the servers than the original. That would likely be the end of Qui for the same reason as Statusbot was banned. So although theoritically, I van program about anything I want, I won't, because the larger community would object to it too much. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 00:05, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Also note that people who use Qui and have you as a QuiFriend, can see in their QuiFriendslist how long ago you made your last edit (independent from their Status). --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 00:07, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

I guess that answers my question, nevermind... LOL... I'm just too lazy to remember to change my status between here, actively editing, and when I get lost and wander off to do chores/work/watch TV... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:14, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Qui and FF3

Is support for Firefox 3 planned? If it is planned, do you have an ETA for it? Happy editing! Atyndall93 | talk 10:25, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Qui is working for me on FF3. I use it regularly. If you have a more exact problem report, I might be able to investigate. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:33, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, well it used to (about a month ago) throw up not found errors and such, but its good now. Happy editing and good tool! Atyndall93 | talk 02:53, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Friends!

- Diligent Terrier (and friends) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I like this edit! :) - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 18:34, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Qui not quite right

The button in my upper left screen works, but when I tried to fix the part where it says "TheDJ is ___" I can't get it to work right. Also can you adjust mine so it doesn't interfere with my fex hat and wikitan? Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Qui

Hello TheDJ, I was taking a look to Qui and I'll like to make a translation for the Spanish Wikipedia. However, the "dot" that appears beside the "log out" link does not appears; it appears below the "A Wikimedia project" logo on the lower-left corner. Is there a reason why it doesn't works on Spanish Wikipedia?

P.D. I use Mozilla Firefox. —doña macy [talk] 21:08, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Qui on another project...

Hi there... Just wanted to make sure if it's alright if I'm using Qui on another project (Wikinews in this case). I copied over qui.js and qui.css. It wasn't too tough to get those pieces working, and status is updating and reflected fine. Thanks for your amazing work, by the way. user:j (aka justen) 05:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Qui userbox

I made a Qui Userbox at User:Laptopdude/Sandbox.

This user uses Qui to display their status and work with other users.

What do you think? Laptopdude Talk 03:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Getting the Advisor.js to help remove low-value links?

Hi, theDJ. Er... I'm no good with this stuff. The simplest way of making my request is to ask you to take a look here. I thought I was asking about a bot...which just shows you. Turns out I was really asking about a JavaScript tool. Regards, Bishonen | talk 12:30, 22 August 2008 (UTC).

A possible bug found in apipopups

Under IE (not tested in other browsers yet), when pointing the cursor to the "Contributions" link of a user with username containing chars other than alphanumeric chars, it fails to load the contribution list. --Moonian (talk) 14:29, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Look at you!

Wow, I get back after a forced (computer fall down, go boom) break, and look at you! You're uber .js coder, with a cool status script! Good job! I'm going to have to have a look at that. I'm a little reticent to change mine, as Misza got it working for me and it seems to be working perfectly ever since, lol. But man, yours is nice! Congrats on that, dear! Ariel♥Gold 14:43, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Canadian Space Agency logo.png)

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Motto of the day

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem

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All restored. MBisanz ^talk 22:11, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Frankenstein meets The Wolfman, Lon Chaney Jr..jpg

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Testing wikEd under Safari

Hi TheDJ, a while ago you have helped making wikEd more Safari-compatible. After the last update wikEd seems to run fine under Google Chrome. Because they have similar internals I have now enabled wikEd for Safari. Please could you check if there are any problems left that need to be addressed? Thanks in advance, Cacycle (talk) 00:16, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Omroep logo.gif)

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A hopefully simple .js request - new tool

Hiya. I've had an idea for a useful tool: a little popup (without having to install popups) that contains shortcut links for within WP. For example, I could mouse over the WP logo and up would pop a list (defined by me in a subpage in userspace) of the links I use daily. I suspect it would be relatively trivial to code this, but I know approximately less than nothing about writing js. Would this be simple, and if so would you be interested in doing it? Cheers. [ roux ] [x] 06:44, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

That indeed would be relatively simple, but I'm quite busy and have little time to spend on Wikipedia. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:42, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough, I shall take my begging elsewhere :) Alms, alms for the poor... [ roux ] [x] 16:28, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

"Breaks the preview"

Hi,

Rather than undoing multiple template revisions, please raise the issue with me first in future and I'll try to fix it. I don't agree that having a "preview" in the template page is actually necessary if the documentation if written properly, but it's trivial to accommodate this, and I've now done so. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 14:34, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree. WP:BOLD --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

I didn't say you were doing anything against the rules - what I asked was for a bit of good faith. Having edits undone with four-word summaries tends to reduce one's enthusiasm for editing and isn't conductive to a good editing environment. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 14:50, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Well I don't always feel like writing essays. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:57, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

And I don't always feel like asking people nicely to take their trigger fingers off the undo button, but I do it in the interest of having a harmonious community. As I said, it's just a request for next time. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 15:08, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Portal Canada

REply to your comment about at Miscellany for deletion. Updates have been made to the Canada portal re current events tab and wikiquotes and header colours. Additions have been made to the suggestions automated input form it can be tried out now. I am not sure how else to keep the current events page up to date besides the note left on the Portal Canada talk page. What thinks you? SriMesh | talk 03:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Doh

LOL! Thanks for cleaning up after me, I'm not sure why I've got the two mixed up, I was thinking SS=Space Shuttle, and S=Station. Sort of stupid it isn't that way, makes more sense, lol. Sorry! Ariel♥Gold 13:42, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

topicon template!

Ohhhh I like it! But is there a way to change where they "sit" on the invisible line? Like, check mine, the Commons one, and the "Girlie" icon are sort of off-center with the others. I used to set the z-index to compensate for this, but not sure if there's a way to do it with the template. The offset field seems to be for horizontal spacing, not vertical. (And of course I don't mind if you test stuff like this, you're a super coder, and you've made that page so much easier to add things! Thank you!) Ariel♥Gold 18:58, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

The positioning problems are mostly due to the presence of CSS for topicons that is live for the duration of the sitenotice (for donations). Once the sitenotice is gone, the icons should return to their normal position. (and i'll add some more tweaking options for it soon) --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 22:08, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

There's a sitenotice? lol. Two years ago I permanently hid all of those things in my .js, so I didn't even know. *giggle* Not a big deal, I doubt anyone really pays attention to topicons on my userpage anyway. But your new template thingie rocks! Ariel♥Gold 17:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Template talk:Topicon

Please check the discussion when you have time, thanks. Gary King (talk) 22:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

International Space Station orbit simulation

For the International Space Station#Sightings section, I made the commons:Image:Iss.ogg movie with Starry Night Pro. It is not a copyrighted movie made that Imaginova Corp. made.--Geremia (talk) 14:06, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the clarification--Geremia (talk) 16:56, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

The Citation Barnstar

		The Citation Barnstar
		In recognition for your fantastic work in clearing up the references on International Space Station, I hereby award you this Barnstar! Thanks for all your hard work! Colds7ream (talk) 18:37, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion

I appreciate your contribution on my talk page. You are endowed with a biting wit and a keen sense of humour.

Topicon

You said that people should use class=topicon but that makes the coordinates static - what if people don't want them on top of the horizontal line but below? -- Menti sock 15:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Then it's not a topicon, but a belowicon :D This should also be standardized, but it's a different case. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 18:36, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey again. I thought you said that after the notice goes away topicons et. al. will return to normal. Well, they didn't on my page. Or did you mean a manual reversion? -- Menti sock 15:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I took a look, and it seems that even though the banners are disabled, the sitenotice itself is still active. The javascript is therefore assuming the banners are still there. I'm asking around as to why this is. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Yay, it returned to normal. Thanks! -- Menti sock 09:24, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, yes, as you know the formatting issues returned. Is there no permanent solution besides waiting for the notice to go away? -- Menti fisto 20:36, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Lupin

Hello, Do you know why User:Lupin has been off Wikipedia for a year? Wikipedian2 (talk) 20:30, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

No, we can only speculate. Like many people on Wikipedia, he likely just became tired with all of it. His contributions were diminishing for several months prior to his disappearance, so likely he is just busy with other things now, and does not feel like, or does not have the time to spend on Wikipedia. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Qui in Google Chrome

My browser of choice when I'm not using IE is Google Chrome. Does this new browser support Qui? - Mgm|^(talk) 08:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Qui was developed for Safari initially. Safari is based on WebKit and so is Google Chrome. So I think it should work. I have not tested, because is not my primary Operating System. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:19, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I replied to you in my talk. --Nicoliani (talk) 11:38, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

		Merry Christmas!
		Christmas medley A chiptune medley to annoy Ironholds :D Problems playing this file? See media help. TheDJ, here's hoping you're having a wonderful Christmas, and here's also hoping that all your family and friends are well. Lets all hope that the year coming will be a good one! If we've had disputes in the past, I hold no grudges, especially at such a time as this. If you don't know I am, I apologise, feel free to remove this from your page. Come and say hi, I won't bite, I swear! It could even be good for me, you know - I'm feeling a little down at the moment with all of these snowmen giving me the cold shoulder :( — neur ho ho ho^(talk) 00:13, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

The Qui

I copied onto a monobook.js (which I have no idea what that is) page, but nothing happened. Now what?

P.S. I didin't use the "nowiki" tag because the page was designed to be read in HTML (stupid idea, I know). I guess it was a stupid idea anyway, so just forget I ever asked about it. I blanked the page anyway. No one on Wikipedia seems to understand "simple" and "humor" anymore, although I suppose the "dieheart grammaticals" was a wrong thing to say. Don't hold me over for the blunder, I'ver only been round for less then a month, was just blowing off some steam thre at a clunky "Introduction" interface that was too complicated for newbies (like I was very recently). Resident Mario (talk) 20:27, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, it wanted me to purge my /status subpage. That thing you made is one cool gadget. 24.185.37.213 (talk) 16:13, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Hey there, TheDJ! Happy new Gregorian year. All the best for the new year, both towards you and your family and friends too. I know that I am the only person lonely enough to be running this thing as the new year is ushered in, but meh, what are you going to do. I like to keep my templated messages in a satisfactorily melancholy tone. ;)

Congratulations to Coren, Wizardman, Vassyana, Carcharoth, Jayvdb, Casliber, Risker, Roger Davies, Cool Hand Luke and Rlevse, who were all appointed to the Arbitration Committee after the ArbCom elections. I am sure I am but a voice of many when I say I trust the aforementioned users to improve the committee, each in their own way, as listed within their respective election statements. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to update the 2009 article, heh.

Best wishes, neuro^(talk) 01:01, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

List of spacewalks and moonwalks

Hi DJ!

I've been working a bit on the spacewalk list article, in hope of returning it to featured list status. A few days ago you made a big edit to that article. That edit was helpful, and I was planning to do something very similar in a while. But the your edit increased the size of the article. It is now one of the 500 largest articles on Wikipedia. I do not think a very large article will be allowed become a Feature List article. I wonder if you would like to help bring this article back to Featured status? I started a discussion on the article talk page, perhaps you could add to the discussion. Do you think the article will have to be split?

Thanks, WVhybrid (talk) 23:26, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

A Qui Thing

You would know. Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Qui I am experiencing problems with Qui, such as that it does not display the green circle next to its position on the menu, and most especially that it refuses to shift from "Offline". Crud- just becuase I use Explorer! (the newest version, i think). Sigh, and it was such an awesome-looking gadget...Resident Mario (talk) 20:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

A RfC you participated in is being discussed

Laws are like Sausages Ikip (talk) 13:43, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		This Barnstar is awarded to TheDJ. For his wonderful assistance on village pump (technical), helping other users make wikipedia even better. Thank you.Ikip (talk) 14:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Template:ARS-userpage Thank you! It works now!

QuiFriends and QuiWatchers

Hey DJ, something that's struck me as "off" about Qui ever since I started using it is the fact that it uses two different pages for the friends functionality: QuiFriends is populated with the names of those you've added to your friends list, and QuiWatchers is what it links to. Wouldn't it just be simpler to use QuiFriends for both roles, and thus eliminate one page, or do you have something else planned for QuiWatchers? 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{(Dinoguy1000)} 23:00, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

QuiFriends lists YOUR friends. QuiWatchers is only a link, and it is used by all the friends that have your QuiWatcher link on their QuiFriends page. Theoretically, I could have used one page for it, but from a design perspective (not knowing how it would evolve), and because the QuiWatcher pages are not actually created, I decided that two pages would be better. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:31, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

ejuclation

why would the identity not be known? i would like to hire that person as an artist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.173.4.87 (talk) 09:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Speed skating

I am absolutely sure the facts are correct, and the passage is relevant as an explanation of a rule that has since been abolished. Falk-Larssen did win three distances, and that was why he won the championship. He also had more points. Had he not won three distancs, he would have had to have less (!) points to win. (Note the rest of the ranking in the source I gave. You should be able to find the same thing at [1]) (oops, I meant [2]) So he won despite more points. This is not possible under today's rules.--Gamlevegen (talk) 11:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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