Cup o' Java
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1 Introduction
Hello! Please post your questions, comments, barnstars, and trouts (QCBT) at the bottom of the Talk section. Please remember to explain your barnstar or trout. Use "==" to introduce each new section. For example, "== New section ==" adds a section with title "New section"; add your QCBT below the header. Do not add your QCBT to the Wall section, as it is my section for announcements, apologies, and humor. I will add new Wall posts at the top to make them prominent. Please don't pester me with WP:TOPPOST: I obviously have a good reason for doing this, and I won't let guidelines that weren't made considering the possibility of user walls into account. Also, please don't reply to Wall posts; instead, add a new section in the Talk section titled Reply to wall post "[wall post title]" (replacing [wall post title] with the title of the post), and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for taking the time to read my talk page guidelines. Have a nice day! –Cup o' Java (talk • contribs) 00:05, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
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A belated welcome!
Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Cup o' Java. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:
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Again, welcome! Graham87 04:27, 26 December 2012 (UTC) Graham87 04:27, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Please do check your signature code
[1] - this is what it adds with your edits. Materialscientist (talk) 23:10, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry if it seems as though I've been ignoring you. I've been very busy with work. I will get to cleaning up my signature as soon as possible. Don't worry about it. In the meantime, though, I still have to sign my posts, so here goes: –Cup o' Java (Template:Time ago/core)
- Hi, you either need to do a basic signature (removing all formatting) for now, or change it now (not later), because it adds 1,111 bytes to every page you sign. This adds considerable headache to any conversation you enter. See also Wikipedia:SIGN#Length. Thanks and sorry. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:41, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
- I'm really sorry. I'll manually sign this post. I'll fix my signature by the time I make my next post, but I don't have the energy now to copy and paste my current signature into a document to preserve it. (By the way, don't be sorry! You're doing the right thing by notifying me of my mistake. Thank you.) Cup o' Java
- Thank you. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
- Cup o' Java: your signature appears to contain templates and other markup making it significantly larger than 255 characters; please see WP:SIG#NT. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:26, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hello again. I've changed my signature to simplify its code and improve its appearance. What do you think (both objectively and subjectively)? –Cup o' Java
talk 03:30, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
- At exactly 255 characters it's within the size limit; but there are still two problems. One is the presence of an image, forbidden by WP:CUSTOMSIG#Images; the other is that there is a possible WP:CONTRAST issue between the blue colour of the link and the blue-grey shadow behind it. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
- Alright. I've altered the shadow so it's the opposite of the average link color (normal+active+visited)/3:#21209Aon Wikipedia and provides more contrast for both the visually impaired and the general Wikipedia userbase. I've also removed the Java cup and added a miniature navigation bar. Is it free of defects? –Cup o' Java (talk • contribs) 01:21, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
- I think so. Some people might object to the large font though. --Redrose64 (talk) 09:17, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
- Alright. I've altered the shadow so it's the opposite of the average link color (normal+active+visited)/3:
- At exactly 255 characters it's within the size limit; but there are still two problems. One is the presence of an image, forbidden by WP:CUSTOMSIG#Images; the other is that there is a possible WP:CONTRAST issue between the blue colour of the link and the blue-grey shadow behind it. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
- I'm really sorry. I'll manually sign this post. I'll fix my signature by the time I make my next post, but I don't have the energy now to copy and paste my current signature into a document to preserve it. (By the way, don't be sorry! You're doing the right thing by notifying me of my mistake. Thank you.) Cup o' Java
- Hi, you either need to do a basic signature (removing all formatting) for now, or change it now (not later), because it adds 1,111 bytes to every page you sign. This adds considerable headache to any conversation you enter. See also Wikipedia:SIGN#Length. Thanks and sorry. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:41, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Recent Edit
Your recent edit at Wikipedia talk:Administrators was reverted (undone) because it actually erased a bunch of other users comments in that discussion and other sections on that page. Perhaps it has to do with your signature? Alanscottwalker (talk) 09:26, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
- I don't remember doing that. Another user's editing conflict may have been handled incorrectly, but I don't recall deleting anyone else's content. Can you please link to the diff so I can see what I deleted and redo the edit without removing anyone else's content? Cup o' Java —Preceding undated comment added 13:13, 10 January 2013
- Here it is. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:03, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, none of that content was there when I was editing. I'll try to get to reentering the information. Thanks for letting me know! User:Cup o' Java 2013-01-10T19:33:00
- I can't believe that none of it was there. Your edit was dated 9 January 2013, but you removed significantly older text - some was dated 7 January 2013. --Redrose64 (talk) 00:37, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
- Please take my statement in good faith. Don't assume that I am lying to you and that I have some alterior motive. If the content I removed was there while I was editing, deleting it was just an accident. It is unnecessary to reply to my comment saying you don't believe what I'm saying is true. It is a sign of disrespect, and I believe everyone here on Wikipedia deserves respect whether or not it seems as though he/she is lying. Cup o' Java 2013-01-10T19:45:00
- I can't believe that none of it was there. Your edit was dated 9 January 2013, but you removed significantly older text - some was dated 7 January 2013. --Redrose64 (talk) 00:37, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, none of that content was there when I was editing. I'll try to get to reentering the information. Thanks for letting me know! User:Cup o' Java 2013-01-10T19:33:00
- Here it is. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:03, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor newsletter for 21 August 2013
Both VisualEditor and MediaWiki were upgraded recently. For VisualEditor, this is the long-awaited post-Wikimania update with many bug fixes and enhancements. Work also continues on speed at opening and during use, as well as on the bugs reported here and at other Wikipedias. The full report is at Mediawiki.
References are displaying properly, even when nested (Template:Bug) or in image captions (Template:Bug. Reference lists are now always fully populated with references (bug 50094). Firefox users can insert an existing reference in the first paragraph (Template:Bug). Opera users no longer see corruption of categories when a reference was added (bug 50385).
Stray spaces are being stripped from the start of paragraphs to end one of the common <nowiki> problems (Template:Bug). We also fixed a round-tripping bug that caused desirable whitespace in templates (used to make templates more legible, e.g., by putting each parameter in an infobox on a separate line) to get corrupted (bug 51150).
Wikilink handling was improved. Users are not allowed to create internal links to invalid titles (titles that are actually impossible due to limits on acceptable character combinations in titles, not redlinks) (Template:Bug). You can extend wikilinks, but it won't do so over a wordbreak (like a space) (bugs 49931 and 51463).
A handful of fixes to the user interface were made. The toolbar doesn't float over personal tools after opening a dialog or the inspector (Template:Bug). Toolbars were also re-written to be collapsible/expandable, with room for more icons. Buttons in dialogs can now be activated using the Tab ↹ and ⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ key commands (bug 50047). This saves time for editors, because you don't need to take your hands off the keyboard to click a button. We fixed a handful of bugs that affected only certain articles or certain browsers, including toolbar buttons in Firefox (bug 51986) and dialog panels that didn't always scroll correctly (bug 51739). Bugs with undo/redo getting confused have been fixed (Template:Bug).
Images, in addition to getting references displaying correctly, also saw improvements with a set-empty |link= parameter no longer corrupted (51963). We corrected thumbnail images' display so that they look don't wrong in some contexts (bug 51995). Inserted images no longer explicitly set their alignment, but instead inherit the default position in compliance with the Manual of Style (bug 51851).
More edit notices, warnings, and metadata like information about Pending Changes on an article now appear as appropriate (bug 49699). When new articles are created, users are now shown the <newarticletext> message (bug 51459). VisualEditor now handles templates that set "meta" items (like a category) and nothing else better (bug 51322). If the database is locked when a user tries to save with VisualEditor, they now get a message telling them as such and an opportunity to try again, rather than a silent failure (bug 51636).
When you save the page, having the default preference set to "mark all my edits as minor by default" no longer overrides the setting in the save dialog (bug 51515). If you open VisualEditor from a section edit link, the section's title will be pre-filled in in the edit summary box when you go to save it (bug 50872). The size of the save dialog box in the Monobook skin has been fixed (bug 50058). Also, wikipage content handlers like sortable tables are re-run automatically after saving (Template:Bug).
A very early version of the mathematics equation editor is now available for testing on mw:Mediawiki. If you would like to help improve the user interface for math editor, please test out the extension at mw:Mediawiki:Sandbox and leave your comments directly at the discussion page for the Math Node User Interface at Mediawiki. You should be able to use your regular username and password should to login to Mediawiki.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) 17:41, 21 August 2013 (UTC)