User talk:Dirtlawyer1/Talk Archive: How To

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WP:DATE compliance

Hi. Please see WP:MOSBD for the correct way to format lifespan brackets. In particular, and in relation to Ray Graves, Locations of birth and death are given subsequently rather than being entangled with the dates. Thank you and Cheers, CP 17:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

So let it be written; so let it be done. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:43, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:Hornbook -- a new WP:Law task force for the J.D. curriculum

Hi Dirtlawyer1/Talk Archive: How To,

I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".

Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.

• Each casebook will have a subpage.

• Over the course of a semester, each subpage will shift its focus to track the unfolding curriculum(s) for classes using that casebook around the country.
• It will also feature an extensive, hyperlinked "index" or "outline" to that casebook, pointing to pages, headers, or {{anchors}} in Wikipedia (example).
• Individual law schools can freely adapt our casebook outlines to the idiosyncratic curriculum devised by each individual professor.

• I'm encouraging law students around the country to create local chapters of the club I'm starting at my own law school, "Student WP:Hornbook Editors". Using WP:Hornbook as our headquarters, we're hoping to create a study group so inclusive that nobody will dare not join.

What you can do now:

1. Add WP:Hornbook to your watchlist, {{User Hornbook}} to your userpage, and ~~~~ to Wikipedia:Hornbook/participants.

2. If you're a law student,

• Email http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Hornbook to your classmates, and tell them to do the same.
• Contact me directly via talk page or email about coordinating a chapter of "Student WP:Hornbook Editors" at your own school.

(You don't have to start the club, or even be involved in it; just help direct me to someone who might.)

3. Introduce yourself to me. Law editors on Wikipedia are a scarce commodity. Do knock on my talk page if there's an article you'd like help on.

Regards, Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 20:45, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Additional information needed

Re. Florida Gators golf

This help request has been moved from Talk:Florida Gators golf to the user talk page.  Chzz  ►  04:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

{{help}}

1. This page has a major malfunction within the drop-down outline menu. It has ceased to work. Help!

2. This page has several malfunctions within the information box, including the failure of the "NCAA Championships" header to appear. Help!

Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:25, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Could you please explain in more detail what is wrong - perhaps link to an old version which 'works'? I have looked at the article, and I don't know what you mean. If you mean the four drop-downs at the end of the article, they seem to be working fine to me. And the information box is displaying the years of the NCAA champ years - is it supposed to do something more?

I have looked at a version from a few days ago, and cannot see anything much different.

Please give more information.

Also, please start to use edit comments. Because you have not done so, it is impossible to tell (in the article history) what type of changed you have made, without analysing each one. Edit comments make these things much easier, that's one of the reasons why they are so important.  Chzz  ►  04:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Chzz. Another helpful editor already appeared to fix the info box problem. The other problem is with the Show/Hide function in the "Contents" box. It is permanently stuck in the show/open/drop-down function, and will not hide/condense. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:44, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

I've fixed the first problem also. It too was due to Template:Infobox college golf team being incorrectly written, but I won't bore you with the details, unless you really want to know. ∙ AJCham talk 04:59, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, sir. No details necessary----I'm a scribbler and a wordsmith, not a code writer. I have, however, encountered the same problem on the Florida Gators soccer page. Would you mind taking a look at it, too? I did not create either of these pages, but the malfunctions have been driving me nuts! Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:02, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorted - exact same problem. ∙ AJCham talk 05:32, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you----Happy to see the surgery was a success, doc. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Orphan Articles

I don't think of myself being particularly adept with layouts, templates, etc., but I suppose I get by pretty well. Post the articles you need help with here and I'll see if I can help you; I'd be glad to help. (I'm part of WikiProject University of Florida as well, by the way).--Porsche997SBS (talk) 00:35, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, sir. Now that I know you're available, I will dial you up for layout and info box help when needed. Always a pleasure to make the acquaintance of another Gator. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:40, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

University of Florida archival materials release

Generaly we look to get a release along the lines of this one. Actualy getting such a release can be quite a trick mind although universities tend to be better than some. Good luck.©Geni 17:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Geni. I have three things going for me. One, we are only asking for the release of about two dozen post-1923 photos (primarily, former university presidents and the like). Two, the University Historian (actually, a full-time paid position) wants to help improve the quality of the primary University of Florida Wiki articles. Three, one of my '97 law school classmates is the university's deputy general counsel. That sounds like a trifecta. Afterall, it's not like we're asking them to release the Area 51 photos or anything that has any commercial value. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:16, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Creation of Talk subpages

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How do I create an archive page for previous talk page conversations?

Well, there are numerous methods; WP:ARCHIVE outlines them in full. You could either move your talk page to an archive page or manually copy-paste the text from here to another page. The full pros and cons are cited in that page. Feel free to ask on my talk page if there's anything else you require! :) Cheers, Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 00:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)