User talk:Buster7/Archives/2011/February

WP:NOTAFORUM

I know Sarah Palin is controversial, but please don't discuss anything off-topic on talk pages. The thread was deleted as per talk page guidelines and WP:NOTAFORUM. If you don't object, I'm removing the thread again.Jasper Deng (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

You may also choose to move the thread to your own talk page.Jasper Deng (talk) 01:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

@ Jasper...You are right. I MAY choose that. I may also choose to avoid any and all activities that give me the slightest pleasure so that I forgo any possibility of being second-guessed. But I am reluctant to set aside my own self-interest for the common good of fellow wikipedia editors. It is with that in mind that I admittedly and occasionally do become less rigid and anally retentive than is the norm. This personal conflict between birthright and bafoonery has led me astray on more than one occasion. I realize that it may seem contradictory to be, on the one hand an eloquent scholar and on the other an exceptional wit. But these are the burdens of humanity that some among us must bear. I realize that your chosen editing style may be severe and desolate, somber and melancholy. But those are your burdens. The Dali Llama has said, "Jocularity in all things is a mirror of what is within. Do not allow excessive devotion to propriety to cloak your god-liness". Buster Seven Talk 09:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't for humor and fun like that, you know. Even a light interpretation of these policies makes that thread rather unacceptable. Wikipedia's about building an encyclopedia, not being a forum. So I'm removing the thread again.Jasper Deng (talk) 02:27, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I put a hat over it so that no-one would come by and have a moment of fellowship. Note:They may look under the hat but, hopefully, they will be dull enough to resist.Buster Seven Talk 09:41, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Good enough. Anyhow, I haven't edited the Sarah Palin article for that long!Jasper Deng (talk) 01:06, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I suggest switching to boxer shorts.Buster Seven Talk 14:41, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

The next best thing

And according to to P.J. O'Rourke in a report issued last Tuesday, "Actually there is no way of making vomiting courteous. You have to do the next best thing, which is to vomit in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing." Writegeist (talk) 08:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. It is not often that one can have a dialogue about vomiting and debate the benefits of courtesy at the same time. But, I understand your point. Some things ARE hard to swallow and it is better to purge any distasteful morsel with a consideration of the possibility of, at the same time, having a funny anecdote to tell. Thanks for reminding me that I can always gorge myself with encyclopedic duties while at the same time keeping an ear, and eye, open for burlesque. Cheers! Buster Seven Talk 09:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Ugh...

I'm not going to let him/her disrupt the Super Bowl, however... understanding, of course, that the Bears are sitting this one out! :) Fcreid (talk) 14:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Ugh is right! (as in right/wrong not Right/Left). I'm sorry I created your involvement in the aftermath of your revert. I merely thought you should be informed that an effort was being made to let the user "see the light". It has become fairly obvious that the bulb is missing and any further discussions should take place at one of the inforcement-type noticeboards. I don't usually call the police...in RL or here. As to the BIG game...thanks for reminding me! I will reluctantly support the Packers since it was they that vanquished my beloved Bears. There is no joy in Mudville. Mighty Casey has struck out!Buster Seven Talk 14:56, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

"Stylized apparel!" LOL! Fcreid (talk) 00:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I think even Mr. Godwin would have a chuckle! Buster Seven Talk

Subpages

I noticed your comment to JohnCD, and thought I'd mention a little 'trick' you may not know - a neat way to have links to all your user subpages;

{{Collapse top|Subpages for this user}}

<div>User pages;<br/>{{Special:Prefixindex/User:Buster7/}}<br>Talk pages;<br/>{{Special:Prefixindex/User talk:Buster7}}/}}</div>

{{Collapse bottom}}

Result;

Just a thought, as it might help to keep track :-) Cheers,  Chzz  ►  11:48, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

WOW! TY, Editor;Chzz. Any other tricks up your sleeves?? I've moved the above to my mainpage. Looks great! One of my sub-pages is Buster7/gleanings. I'm gonna experiment with that move. Thanks for the lesson.Buster Seven Talk 12:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

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 Chzz  ►  13:34, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

retrieved from User:Chzz

Thanks so much for your help. Looks (and works) great. I tried to collapse one of my sub-pages, User:Buster7/Gleanings and move it to my Userpage but no luck. Could you show me how or lead me to the tutorial that explains. Also, from the above threads, I see that you might be willing to critique my Page. I'm an artist so I don't mind the "hodge-podge" quality that it has. But there are also some glitches that I can't seem to fix. Run-overs I call them...where threads seem to visually meld. Anything you do in my behalf is appreciated. Nice to meet you.Buster Seven Talk 12:52, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

If you want to simply display the current content of a subpage on another page, then just transclude it - that is, put {{User:YOURNAME/PAGE NAME}}. That will display the whole contents of the page "User:YOURNAME/PAGE NAME" on the page you put it on. You can transclude it in a collapsed thingy, if you want, e.g.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
! My gleanings
|-
|
{{User:Buster7/Gleanings}}
|}

...giving...

My gleanings

GLEANINGS Ask the Universe what you want to know The New Look Don't Criticize...Dale Carnegie You Can Put Lipstick on a Pig...But It's Still Just a Pig We Are Always in the Process of "Becoming" and We Always Will Be [[Think Twice Thrice, Edit Once]] Let Go and Let the Universe Do Its Job! Elvis has Left the Building...and now Edits on Wikipedia Are Vowels really necessary? Where I Fit in the World is Where I Find Myself [["As I go off to spring fishing, I must remember to bring my sketchbook" WINSLOW HOMER]] half of 8 is 0 Perfection is Gods Realm. Excellence is Mans Politeness is Necessary Between Faceless Editors Who is John Galt?...Atlas Shrugged Never Fart in an Empty Elevator. Miss America may be getting on in 5 seconds...B7 Some ideas float, others sink...Editor Corporate Minion. Don't put off a hard decision just becauses it's hard...B7 Speak Softly, But Carry a Big Shtick...Henny Youngman 6,666,666,666 POV's How can we know what information JANE will need to save the Galaxy? Vanquish the Vandals Spend when you have to, Save when you can...Rick A Penny Saved is Still Only a Penny If it looks like crap and smells like crap and feels like crap, you don't taste it to verify what you know Change Your Mind...Change the Results If Love is Blind What's the Point of Lingerie? Just Because I'm Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get Me The Collegial Editing Environment on Wikipedia Would be Just Fine if it Wasn't for All Those Other People One thing is crystal-clear: Our country faces unmitigated disaster if the Other Side wins...Either side.. break Brevity is the Sister of Talent Keep an Open Mind...but Not So Open That Your Brains Fall Out In WAR Your Foe Should Remain UN-Enlightened When in Rome, Dress Like a Roman HINT: Only a Troll Will Call You a Troll Manners are the Lubricants between Editors [["It's all part of the soup"...GEORGE HARRISON]] Fight the Real Enemy--Wasted Time What is Your Role Here? Don't Panic I Didn't Say It Was Your Fault, I Said I Was Blaming You TalkSpace is Even More Educational Than MainSpace If you Do IT Right the First Time, you Don't Have to Do It Again, Twice A Tart is NOT just a Pastry To Fish is To Hope When You Hear Hoffbeats, Think Horses Not Zebras Model the Behavior You Would like to See Pigs Get Fat, Hogs Get Slaughtered Just Because It Kills Your Liver Doesnt Mean It Isn't Medicine When All is Said and Done, All is Usually Neither Said Nor Done We Are Each Responsible For Our Own Reality The Cock May Crow...but...It's the Hen that Lays the Eggs Bad Editors Drive Out Good Editors If I Die of Smoking My Wife is Gonna KILL Me [["I don't seek, I find"...PICASSO]] The Trend is Your Friend Opportunity Favors The Prepared Mind The Foundation of Integrity--Honor Your Word Yes We Can "Make the most of your time on Earth"...ROUGH GUIDES "My job is to Save Your Ass, not Kiss it"...CHICAGO POLICEMAN [[When You Are a Hammer, Everything in the World Looks Like a Nail Pack Your Own Parachute [["I'm always happy with who I am"...PHILIPPE PETIT, a French High-wire walker and Academy Award winner]] It takes Two to Tango...a Bull and a Matador, but Only the Matador has Dinner at Home [[Give Them Who You Are...MISTER ROGERS Channel your Anger in a Constructive Way Be--->Do--->Have Our Brains Work Best in Community [[Sometimes the Longest Way is the Quickest...EDWARD de BONO]] [[Oz Never Did Give Nothing to the Tin Man that He Didn't Already Have...AMERICA]] [[Results are the GURU]] [[Never Volunteer for Execution...DONALD TRUMP A Basic Rule When Using A Public Toilet:Check the Toilet Roll First! For Those who Understand, no Explanation is Needed. For Those who do NOT Understand, no Explanation is Possible Life is Full of Little Pricks...sign in a Doctors Office The Right Changes at the Right Time for the Right Reasons...Anonymous Editor Some Worship the Cows, Others Eat Them...Editor NVO another break He who Speaks in Anger Makes His Anger Heard, but His Words are Forgotten...WP:Motto "War is a Continuation of Politics - by Other Means"...[[von Klausewitz|von KLAUSEWITZ Revenge Yourself on Your Enemies by Not Becoming Like Them [[The Problem with Socialism is that Eventually You Run Out of Other Peoples Money...MARGARET THATCHER Age Is Mind Over Matter. If You Don't Mind, It Doesn't Matter [[The Show Doesn't Go On Because It's Ready. It Goes On Because It's 11:30 Saturday Night...LORNE MICHAELS In Politics, Bugs Bunny Would Get More Votes than Daffy Duck It Requires far less Skill to Run a Wrecking Company than it Does to Be An Architect I Used to be Indecisive, Now I'm Not So Sure...Editor Writegeist Actual Practice is Always More Complex than Written Policy...Jimbo "Be ever thankful for the two sides, for always between them lies the way. Without the two sides there would be no way, and we would ever wander aimlesessly without a path."...Taoist priest (circa ?)]] He Could Sweet-talk a Dog off a Meat Truck Its Tough to Make Preditions...Especially About the Future I Do Desire that we be Better Strangers...As You Like It [[1/3rd of His Weight is Gravitas]] [["I have told thee often and I will tell thee again and again---I HATE THE MOOR"}}...The Republican Iago from Othello]] It's Tough to Make Predictions. Especially about the Future! Wikipedia is like Crack. Those who like it Can't Get Enough of it, and those who don't like it Think it Should be Illegal...Editor GoPhightins Religion is what Keeps the Poor from Killing the Rich...Napoleon, I think. We can not play innocents in a world that is not innocent...President Reagan People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing...Dale Carnegie 2023 year-end break I will continue to enforce WP:NFC and WP:NFCC as I have done for more than a decade. Editor Hammersoft|29 August 2023 EVERY word we utter is a conscious choice. Even more so when we type it. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda Act as if what you do makes a difference. Because, It does. William James It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. Madeleine Albright We Don't Want Nobody Nobody Sent...Abner Mikva Ek praat 'n ou taal van Vlaams wat baie soos Afrikaans lyk 2024 "Unhockey" - Is that Canadian for people who still have their teeth? (Space4T)February 2022 "The last time...despite knowing every evil he committed, 74 million people still voted for Trump." Don Winslow "Not all those who voted for Trump are Racists, but, all those who are Racist voted for Trump" "Tears In Rain Monologue" fleeting and fragile life truly is for us humans. Everything that I am: my memories, my experiences, my emotions...are all unique to me, and only me. No one else can ever live them or understand them; even if I were somehow able to upload them to a computer for future playback, no one else could possibly understand why I am who I am today. Treasure the life that you have - truly live it Collect the clips of your life that you think are important enough to save...and important enough to share with your future generations

Regarding "Run off" problems, I'm not sure which page you want me to look at - your user page, or this 'Gleanings' one? But anyway...I think you mean the problem with images and section-headings and things. A simple answer is to put {{clear}} after an image - that means, any further content will not begin until the entire length of the imagine has been displayed.

[[Image:Lake whitefish1.jpg|120px|right]]
[[Image:Lake whitefish1.jpg|120px|right]]
[[Image:Lake whitefish1.jpg|120px|right]]
This text will be along-side the fish,
{{clear}}
...but this will be after the last one.

This text will be along-side the fish,

...but this will be after the last one.

---

Having multiple images along-side each other is...more complicated. It's best done with a table (the lines of which can be transparent), or with use of DIV.

{|
!Three fish
|-
|[[File:Saaur u0.gif|120px]]
|[[Image:Atlantic cod.jpg|120px]]
|[[Image:Lake whitefish1.jpg|120px]]
|-
|[[File:Saaur u0.gif|120px]]
|[[Image:Atlantic cod.jpg|120px]]
|[[Image:Lake whitefish1.jpg|120px]]
|-
|[[File:Saaur u0.gif|120px]]
|[[Image:Atlantic cod.jpg|120px]]
|[[Image:Lake whitefish1.jpg|120px]]
|}
{{clear}}

Three fish

---

For the moving images at the end, it's probably best to use a gallery.

<Gallery>
File:Pi-unrolled-720.gif|Describing [[Pi]]
File:Straight Square Inscribed in a Circle 240px.gif|Construction of a [[Square]]
File:HexagonConstructionAni.gif|Constuction of a [[Hexagon]]
File:Using the caliper new en.gif|Using a [[Calipher]]
File:SierpinskiTriangle-ani-0-7.gif|Creating a [[Sierpinski Triangle]]
</gallery>

• 
  Describing Pi
• 
  Construction of a Square
• 
  Constuction of a Hexagon
• 
  Using a Calipher
• 
  Creating a Sierpinski Triangle

I hope that helps; have a play around, and of course shout if you need help. Nice to meet you, too.  Chzz  ►  13:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Howdy.

I was just going to tell you, I'd 'archived' the above stuff from my talk, into User talk:Chzz/Archive 28#Gleanings - but I see you made a copy anyway, so that's all cool. No problems. Hope you have fun with it all; no, there won't be an aptitude test, hehe. Shout, if you have any questions. Oh, and Using a Calipher (in the gallery) - should be Caliper, I think, BTW. Cheers.  Chzz  ►  10:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Fiat US

I cant find the place where it says like this "Marchionne recently announced" I can only see general speaking of Fiats return, is there such writing somewhere.? -->Typ932 ^T·C 12:50, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I get Ma-a-ad, I get ma-a-ad, I get mad...

Whenever I get angry or someone gets angry at me, I just try to remember the Mad Goat Song. That always cheers me up. "It ain't ba-a-ad to get mad." Zaereth (talk) 02:17, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

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Association

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 Chzz  ►  16:00, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Great poem

	Valued Contributor Award
	You have been identified as a valued contributor and your efforts are appreciated. We are honored to present you with the Valued Contributor Award and we thank you for donating your time, expertise and effort to Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Thanks. (more details)

I have to thank you for your post at the Wiki Guides project. Also, a special thanks for the great poem. I had to put a link to it on my userpage. I hope you don't mind. I just wanted you to know that I valued your contributions and am thankful for your help at Wikipedia. Thanks. - Hydroxonium (H₃O⁺) 01:34, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

When I left this message I had a feeling of deja vu. I like to read and learn, so I have been reading a number of your essays just now and it hit me. I've been here before. Since January, I have been researching the problems with Wikipedia in the hopes of learning what the basic problems are and to try to devise solutions. As part of that, I have been reading a lot essays in userspace. I came across yours several weeks ago and they struck me as particularly insighful. I have to say, you are one of Wikipedia's most valuable users. Not only do you understand things here, but you articulate them for others. But most importantly, you fix things and lead by example. You are very couteous and helpful and able to understand things from new user's perspective. Wikipedia and the world are very lucky to have you here contributing. I really want to thank you for that. Thanks kindly. - Hydroxonium (H₃O⁺) 04:04, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello. You have a new message at Hydroxonium's talk page. Hydroxonium (H₃O⁺) 07:05, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hello Buster7

Hello Buster,

I got inspired to contribute to Wikipedia for two reasons: (1) reading recently that there are not enough women contributing; (2) working on a project of Yiddish and Polish theater music in Poland between the wars (with Beth Holmgren, chair of the Slavics Department at Duke University), and realizing that some people who are described as 'very famous' in my Yiddish reference books do not exist at all in Wikipedia. It distressed me not to see them there.

I don't know how many more of these I'll want to do but it's been fun to give it a shot. One question is: when I used one reference for much of the information, how do I show that? ref seems to imply the reference material proves one assertion, but I wouldn't want to be putting a bunch of footnotes all pointing to the same document.

Thanks Jane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jane Peppler (talk • contribs) 05:20, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Assoc

I replied, but I've - just now - moved the reply into my archive - User talk:Chzz/Archive 29#Association. Sorry about that; my talk page gets v. busy.

Feel free to start a new section on my talk page though, if you need more help or anything. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  18:06, 28 February 2011 (UTC)