User talk:Adrignola/2011/10

Lentis: The Social Interface of Technology wikibook will be getting active again, and I think you should know
Adrignola: you were both very active and extraordinarily helpful when my students wrote The Social Interface of Technology a year ago. Therefore I want you to know that it will be growing again. Students will be improving some of the old chapters and adding new ones, beginning about 10 days to two weeks from now. I'll be making sure that all the chapters are appropriate to the book. I don't want to cause you or other wikibookians any headaches, so please feel free to tell me anything I should be telling them, or to do anything else that will make your life easier. Unfortunately I'm going to be on the road for the next two weeks, and unable to watch closely, but I will be checking in as much as I can. And after that, I'll be watching closely. There will probably be fairly little activity before I get back anyway; most of the work will go on in late October and in November. Appreciatively, Norton (discuss • contribs) 16:18, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. It's a win-win.  Both your students and Wikibooks get something out of the process. – Adrignola discuss 16:36, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

The Blacklist
I was shocked and saddened to find Blogspot on the blacklist. Is there anything you can do? My arguments: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist#Blogspot leighblackall (discuss • contribs) 03:10, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Far be it from me to disagree with respected colleague QuiteUnusual on this. I'd say that his arguments are pretty convincing.  Aren't we looking to have Wikibooks be a reliable source of information and not the ugly stepchild of Wikipedia?  And you remember that while Wikiversity permits original research, Wikibooks does not?  What about the fact that specific Blogspot blogs can be added to the whitelist after vetting? – Adrignola discuss 03:34, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Bots
I remember noticing you editing a list of useful bot functions. Hethrir seems able and interested in expanding his bot capability, you should make him aware of special requirements we may have in that department. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 01:49, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much
Hi Adrignola. Thanks very much for the help. I logged in globally first, then came over here and was automatically logged in (since I was logged in globally). I checked my crosswiki contribs and everything was fixed, so I don't need an usurp. I ran a few tests just to make sure everything was OK, and all seems fine. Thanks very much for the help. I really appreciate it. All the best - Hydroxonium (T•C• [//en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&limit=1&amp;username=Hydroxonium V] ) 17:54, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Bookcat - noinclude
Is noinclude needed ? --Panic (discuss • contribs) 05:36, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You actually don't need to add BookCat at all on that page. It's included on the page in the Data Structures/ChapNav template.  That also means you don't want the direct category addition below the template, which will upset the sorting that BookCat provides (would sort on D rather than H). – Adrignola discuss 12:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I will turn your reply into a comment to be added there. Thanks. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 21:09, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Template::Equation
Hello,

The Spanish version of Wikibooks has a really nice template here (roughly translated [here]) that numbers, spaces, and aligns equations. I was going to try to create a equation to reproduce that behavior here, but the system informed me that a template by that name had previously existed and was deleted. The deletion log showed that you had deleted it over 2 years ago because it was unused. Do you happen to remember what that old template was? Is there an existing template that you are aware of that has similar functionality to the Spanish version? Thanks! --Greenbreen (discuss • contribs) 21:59, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The following is the content that was on that page:


 * w:Template:Equation is similar to the one at Spanish Wikibooks, though not quite the same. – Adrignola discuss 23:28, 31 October 2011 (UTC)