User talk:Kbolino/Archive 1

tagging articles

Please put semi-permanent templates like {{expansion}} that only are useful to editors, on talk pages (the only exception I can think of would be the different stub templates). This is to Avoid self references as much as possible and make our content more useful to third party users. Thank you. :) --mav 08:56, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Image:UN SG Kofi Annan.jpg

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Win2k registry editor images

Nice! Thanks for assisting here :-) Ta bu shi da yu 01:49, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Preemptible same as interruptible?

I don't think this is correct. I was under the impression that Win2k has an interruptible OS. MS were crowing about this over Linux for quite a while, until of course Linux got this functionality in later kernel releases. Correct me if I'm wrong however. - Ta bu shi da yu 05:05, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

That's cool :-) Ta bu shi da yu 06:04, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Direct links

Sorry. Some times I get overzealous when tidying indirect links. No offense meant. AlistairMcMillan 01:21, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

I'm sure there was something in the Help somewhere about this but I can't find it now. It makes things clearer for everyone (readers and editors) if we don't use a bunch of different names for the one thing. For readers because although we might know "Windows XP" and "MSW XP" and "Windows Whistler" are the same thing, a reader may not. For editors, because aside from anything else it is easier to see dup links. I think it helps with Google Page Rank too, but I could be wrong. Anyway a while ago I went through and tidied up all the links to the Windows pages so they are all direct, and now and again I check back. Sorry again. AlistairMcMillan 01:49, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Sure, no problems :-)

Those are pretty good - well done! - Ta bu shi da yu 06:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Please don't "fix" punctuation this way

$\int _{0}^{1}x\,dx={1 \over 2}.\,$

The final period belongs INSIDE the math environment because on most browers such periods often get mis-aligned when they're OUTSIDE of it. (And besides, the outside kind look wimpy.) For more than two years, I've been routinely fixing lots of these every day. Michael Hardy 22:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

I understand your concerns, but my concern is that the period is very close to \cdot, which is confusing when thrown at the end of a formula. The typographical features of web browsers are rather lacking.

Putting the period OUTSIDE of the math environment usually makes it look MORE like a \cdot. That's what I was trying to say. When it's inside the math environment, then it gets aligned correctly, so that that doesn't happen. Michael Hardy 00:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

XSoD merge

I noticed you commented at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red screen of death. Could you come and comment at Talk:Blue screen of death#Foo Screen of Death merge? - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 00:22, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for drawing my attention to it. I don't know how much my two cents really will be worth. I don't usually get involved in pissing contests here; they tend to involve a lot of viciousness and a compromise that satisfies no one.—Kbolino 03:49, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, I used to avoid it, but I seem to be irresistably drawn to trying to resolve these brushfire wars. Hopefully, something satisfactory can come of this one. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 03:56, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

That makes you either a natural-born mediator or a masochist. Either way, have fun with it. It just gets me all fussed up.—Kbolino 04:00, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

DEFINITELY a masochist. I'm wrapped up in the schools quagmire. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 04:04, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Image on Geneva

Hey, thanks for your cleanup on article Geneva. Just a question, though: any special reason why you removed the image of the Jet d'Eau in the lead (and moved it towards the bottom) ? I agree that it was not very well positioned, but I think it would be nice to have an image at the beginning of the article. Schutz 21:53, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok. I'll try to find a better layout for the image (maybe looking at some featured articles about cities first), but I just wanted to check first that there wasn't an other problem. Thanks ! Schutz 23:08, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Manual of Style (command-line examples)

Hi, forgive me for I mean no offense at all, I am just curious and wondering (okay, I admit, a bit sceptical but that's soon to be resolved) — could I ask where the original discussion is for the command-line examples MoS? Thanks, reply to User talk:Neonumbers — Neonumbers 09:33, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

I meant the discussion before this manual of style was implemented (to show that it had general support among editors). The page doesn't seem to be archived, so I thought you had probably discussed it with several users you knew who edit programming articles. Again, just curious and wondering, not challenging. Neonumbers 04:33, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

That's fine — like I say, I didn't want to be attacking or anything; this does happen sometimes, of course. Establishing standards is a bit of a problem, with unenthusiastic colleagues and the like. There are some issues no-one seems to care about, plainly due to lack of interest.

If you want, you could promote it at the Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) (I couldn't find anything there), or go straight to some users who are active in the field, if you haven't already done so.

I will take a short moment to question its necessity (it does seem very specialised); if there are many articles that would make use of it then of course this question need not be addressed; I trust your judgement on this entirely and will accept your call. I'm not well acquainted with the matter.

I will admit it does seem strange to have a manual that didn't have prior discussion. If you've at least promoted it in prominent places without opposition, I guess nothing can be put against it. Sorry if I was treading on your toes. Neonumbers 02:51, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Greek Characters in signature

I'm sorry if I offend anyone, as I never intended to do that. The reason I never switched to a real equivelant is because some people can't read greek. I'll make a new sig today. Also, I hope you understand that everywhere I've signed before will unfortunately remain as my old sig. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 15:56, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Mosque versus star and crescent

You may not have been aware of it, but we have spent MONTHS arguing about the proper symbol for the Islam template. Star and crescent were actually the symbols of the city of Constantinople and adopted by the Ottomans as an insignia. They are not acceptable to all Muslims. The final choice was the mosque silhouette, which was developed by a dozen editors. Please don't change it without discussion and consensus. Zora 00:46, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Fiat picture

Since you are obviously unfamiliar with computer display screens, I fixed your poorly-chosen image size for the article.

Primetime 02:19, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

If you have a cathode-ray tube monitor, you measure size diagonally across the whole monitor. In that case, I have a 20-inch monitor. If you have an liquid-crystal display, you measure just the screen. In that case, I have a 15-inch monitor.

Before, I had my resolution set at 1024 x 768 and the text size for my browser at medium in the Text Size submenu of the View menu of my browser. Then, it barely fit properly. Now, at its current size, it fits at 800 x 600 with the text size at small (although at this setting the font's still larger than medium at 1024 x 768) or at 1024 with the text set at large. At the right is a picture of the page with the text size set at small and the resolution at 800 x 600.

I think it's a good compromise between our sizes and should cover most users. Nevertheless, I should ask, What settings are you running and what dimensions does your monitor have?

Primetime 07:27, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I'm sorry for being a bit discourteous with you earlier.

Protection requests

I removed your request for protection from WP:AIV, such requests should go on WP:RFP. Web 2.0 probably isn't seeing enough vandalism to warrant protection at the moment in any case. I have watchlisted it and will keep an eye on it for a while. --GraemeL ^(talk) 19:28, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for taking action. It took me a bit to find the AIV page, so I guess I just dumped my entire line of thought there. I apologize for making unwarranted/inappropriate comments.—Kbolino 23:19, 17 January 2006 (UTC)