User talk:EveDK
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[edit]copyedit on Viking Raid of Seville
[edit]Hi! Thanks for your excellent copyedit on Viking raid on Seville (844). I just thought I should point out one thing: the Manual of Style discourages the use of ordinals in dates (e.g., September 25th) (see MOS:BADDATE). It's not as poetic, but it's felt that dates should be in a standard format for clarity. Just letting you know so you don't spend too much time changing them the other way.
Oh, I like your "No ellipses" userbox! That's one of my pet peeves as well, you'll see them a fair bit on the old copyedit-tagged articles. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:29, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- @Reidgreg: Thank you for pointing me to that page! I will make sure to write dates properly in future edits. — EveDK (talk) 07:29, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
Userbox requests
[edit]If you'd like me to make a specific userbox, please outline your criteria within this section. I'd appreciate if you would start with a level 2 header bearing the name by which you'd like me to call the userbox. You can watch my talk page so you'll be notified when I respond here regarding your userbox request. Thanks!
Time_plus_time_zone
[edit]Hi, EveDK! I would like for you to create a userbox, like Template:Time userbox, only with a time zone number added (offset from UTC), and without the (Purge to update) text. Thus the text would look like this:
It is approximately H:M AM/PM in this user's locale. (+/- H:M)
Or, as an example:
It is approximately 3:53 PM in this user's locale. (-05:00)
There is already a userbox which looks like this, only with a different image, and with the actual location. This userbox is: User:Arjun G. Menon/Userboxes/My Time
I consider this to be too personal (as it discloses where I live, or where I say I live, at least). Also, I think that the time zone difference is important, so people know how far off you are from the default time (UTC).
Thank you!
Noah Kastin (talk) 06:36, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Hi, Noah Kastin! I'd be happy to make this for you. Do you have a preference as to what image I use? Here are a few I like:
- I really like that first picture! Could you use that one? Noah Kastin (talk) 07:37, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Oh, and thanks for noticing my post and responding. Noah Kastin (talk) 07:39, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- How's this?
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- EveDK (talk) 08:18, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Actually —
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- That second one looks great! I'll use that. Noah Kastin (talk) 08:30, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you for creating the userbox! Unfortunately, when I tried using it, I discovered three problems:
- When there is no plus or minus sign, time appears 2 hours behind. For example, when entering -05 should change the time to 4:07 AM, the time is changed to 2:07 AM.
- There is always a minus sign before the time difference, so adding a minus sign results in a double minus sign (--), and adding a plus sign results in a minus sign, following by a plus sign (-+).
- Adding a colon after the hour number of the time difference (e.g. 05:00), even if the other two problems have been avoided, results in the time which it is for the user turning into the words:
- Error: Invalid time.
- in red. For example, a message might read: (substituting underlined words for red words)
- It is approximately Error: Invalid time. where this user is editing. (-05:00)
- Thank you again for creating the userbox! It already looks amazing!
- Noah Kastin (talk) 09:21, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you for creating the userbox! Unfortunately, when I tried using it, I discovered three problems:
- Thank you for reporting these issues. I think I've fixed them:
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{{User:EveDK/Userboxes/Time plus time zone|-5|-05:00}} | Usage |
- This now takes two arguments, the first being the number of hours to be added to/subtracted from Greenwich time (ex. "-5"), and the second being what appears in the parentheses (ex. "-05:00"), as shown above. I realize using two arguments is slightly less convenient than using a single one; however, it ought to work, and when and if I figure out how to make it work with a single argument, I will update the userbox and notify you here.
- EveDK (talk) 00:59, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for updating the userbox! I have now added it to my user page, and
after I figured out how to make it work,it works perfectly! Again, thank you so much for tweaking it until it was what I wanted and it really worked! Noah Kastin (talk) 08:43, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for updating the userbox! I have now added it to my user page, and
- By the way, the text in the previous comment was struck through by me, as it gave a mis-representation of what I meant to say. There was nothing wrong with the explanation for how the userbox works, I just forgot to look at the explanation before trying to use the userbox. Sorry for any confusion that may cause. Noah Kastin (talk) 05:12, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
No_ellipses
[edit]Hi, EveDK! I would like for you to make a userbox for me. This userbox would, ideally, have an icon showing something like this:
•••
and would have text like this:
This user deletes unquoted ellipses.
I know another userbox already exists with the same general message (this one), but I would prefer a somewhat friendlier userbox.
Also note: The dots used are not periods (.), but are instead this sign (•), because strikethrough on periods looks like this:
...
which is not the effect I would like.
Thanks!
Noah Kastin (talk) 05:22, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Further requests: Can you make the icon box D1FFFF, and the text box 5C5C5C? Thanks! Noah Kastin (talk) 07:29, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Noah Kastin,
- Sorry for the wait. How does this look?
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{{User:EveDK/Userboxes/No ellipses}} | Usage |
- EveDK, this userbox looks great! I have now put it on my user page. Thanks for making the userbox! Noah Kastin (talk) 04:36, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
knowsNotableIRLIndirectly
[edit]Hi, EveDK! I would like if you would make either a userbox or an extension of User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL. This userbox or userbox extension would look like User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL, except that it would end with (through X other users/people) or something like that. This would make text appear like so:
- This user knows Person in real life (through X other users/people).
X should be an adjustable parameter, where the number you enter replaces X. There should also be something you can enter instead of X to avoid disclosing how many people are involved.
The way I imagine that this userbox could be an extension of User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL would be if the (X) parameter were added to the User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL userbox in such a way that, if left out, it would omit the (through X other users/people) text.
If you can make this userbox or userbox extension, I would greatly appreciate that!
Thanks!
Noah Kastin (talk) 21:01, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
- @EveDK: Thinking again, this userbox would probably be unnecessary, as User:EveDK/Userboxes/knowsNotableIRL would probably be sufficient for my purposes. Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 23:10, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
- @Noah Kastin: I apologize for not making this userbox for you earlier. If at some point you decide it would actually be useful, feel free to let me know, and I will do my best to create it promptly. EveDK (talk) 01:36, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
- @EveDK: It's ok, and thanks for the offer! Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 02:14, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
- @Noah Kastin: I apologize for not making this userbox for you earlier. If at some point you decide it would actually be useful, feel free to let me know, and I will do my best to create it promptly. EveDK (talk) 01:36, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
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March drive bling
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This barnstar is awarded to EveDK for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2017 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 17:20, 3 April 2017 (UTC) |
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This barnstar is awarded to EveDK for copy edits totaling between 1 and 1,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE April 2017 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC) |