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History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Stations/Wireless Institute Qld/Notes
Delete per your blanking?--Jusjih (discuss • contribs) 21:23, 3 June 2019 (UTC) @Jusjih Yes please, accidental orphan--Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 22:37, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Reverts
I dont understand this revert, mind explaining? Because they were only fixes to Wiki makeup and punctuation! Why revert? --Synoman Barris (discuss • contribs) 21:24, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Infact all those reverts, i never changed any content, i was just fixing spacing and punctuation, your edit summary is thin! --Synoman Barris (discuss • contribs) 21:26, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello Synoman, apologies, I should have emailed you to explain the reverts further. I am in the early phase of a major project to text correct and make generally available the early issues of the iconic Australian Wireless Weekly publication from the 1920s and 1930s. This is necessary because NLA's Trove has not enabled text corrections for this work and their OCR is frequently faulty. At this stage I have only entered a few issues and text corrected even fewer issues. When you change (for example) "wave length" to "wavelength," while it is grammatically correct, it does not reflect the original presentation of the page which is the primary objective. Again, if the entire issue has not been text corrected, ad hoc changes may be subsequently overwritten by other changes, so your time is wasted. Note the banner at the top of the page "The text in its current form is incomplete." I would welcome your assistance in this project and if you would like to comprehensively enter and text correct one or more individual issues, I can send you links to the original PDFs and provide further guidance. Regards - Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 21:50, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I am really sorry for this. Sorry for also messing with the books you were in the process of writing. Well also i am not an expert in that area so i may not help much. Please pardon me for my outburst, its just that i have been undergoing some issues in rl so i prefer going about with quiter areas. Best regards --Synoman Barris (discuss • contribs) 07:01, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Not a problem at all, I struggle in Wikipedia doing battle with the policy experts and constantly have my work torn to shreds by people who seem to delight in creating problems. I too love the quiet of Wikibooks. If you would like to come on board with this Wikibook (even as a trial) I can give you lots of interesting material to read, format and text correct!- Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 10:01, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, thanks for the offer, I have actually been skimming through your work on Wikipedia, it pretty good. I have also taken some hours reading your Wikibook, I actually have some interest in History though I am not an expert. I won’t mind if you send me some of the texts I read through at my free time, since I also like reading. If I am ready and interested I will be in touch but for now I prefer going about with things that don’t tire me much( if you read by self requested block on Wikipedia) I went on a break since I am experiencing a post-traumatic disorder in rl. Best regards --Synoman Barris (discuss • contribs) 20:06, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia
Hello. Is it possible to not add in unnecessary & empty sections? A lot of subpages of the book is very long and makes it hard to read. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 12:45, 30 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello Minorax, thanks for fixing up the links to Australian Newspapers in Trove articles, this is really tedious work and your efforts are really appreciated. In respect of "unnecessary and empty" sections, the format of this Wikibook has evolved over about 5 years now. For the "Transcriptions and Notes" subpages for each station and individual (which I assume you are referring to), I found it easier to start with a template of sections for every month, year and decade, sometimes well back into the 1800s. But I agree that several decades with no articles is truly boring to scroll through. In the last few months I have only been adding this template material decade by decade where articles are being added. As every pages banner state "Incomplete", ie "Work in Progress". Thanks again. Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 10:25, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry for being unclear, what I meant was the inclusion of  in every sub-section. It bloats the pages size up by an unnecessary amount (~100k Bytes). --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 03:36, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see, sorry, but it is just so convenient to have it there for ready cut and paste. From my perspective a small space wastage factor, against increased time efficiency. Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 08:59, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I suggest having just one chunk of "the stuff" at the top. It's difficult to load a large page on legacy browsers, I removed it initially and it significantly trimmed the page down by a good 120kB. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 05:03, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
 * If  could be added to the line of helps at the base of every editing page:   then I would have no need for the commented code at all. I have used the blockquote syntax several thousand times in the Wikibook, very important for me to have that code very handy for cut and paste Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 05:32, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I've added it to MediaWiki:Edittools. Can all of them be removed now? --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 03:50, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you so much, works a treat, but would it also be possible to add the comments syntax, its almost trival, but so handy Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 23:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Should be working fine now. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 06:13, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Magic Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 11:39, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/3957718 I suppose this was due to me removing the headers? --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 08:13, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am happy for you to delete only  Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 08:19, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I really don't see a need to actually undo the edits I've made as I'm trying to have an active conversation with you on why it is a need to trim off those stuff. Kindly take a look at Article_size and Template limits. While the latter isn't much of a problem in the pages, the former is and I'm trying to fix it. As I've said before, some users are using legacy browsers, old computers, or are on mobile and having a page >100 bytes will start to strain the device they are using. From that page alone, the amount of unnecessary content is at 116,345 bytes and what I've removed Special:Diff/3957773 is not needed per se and I've it's really a must to have it, only have it commented out at the top of the page. I hope you see where I'm coming from and I'm making no attempt to make a fuss over this issue. --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 12:48, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * To quote what you've said above "a small space wastage factor, against increased time efficiency", this isn't a small wastage factor and perhaps we could seek what has suggested, which is to have an edit notice that'll appear on every single page within the book. This is definitely the best way to tackle this issue from my point-of-view. --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 12:51, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I haven't got any more time to waste on this stuff, thank you for the additions to MediaWiki:Edittools. You can now remove the tens of thousands of instances of, the remaining templates are needed and only total a few hundred. I am also happy with the abbreviated URLs. Now please allow me to continue with content creation, our Australian wireless pioneers deserve this recognition. Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 21:22, 10 August 2021 (UTC)