User talk:SunCreator/Archive 2

Re: Chess Opening Theory/ECO_index
I just finished section "A" of the ECO index. I did not realize how many lines there were in the Dutch Defence.

Anonymouse--nerd and proud of it (talk) 23:22, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello
I just popped up here after seeing who edited my half-done book on chess strategy, and just thought I might like to tell you that I'll be around every once in a while to work on the project.

re: Hello
hi ChessCreator, Thanks for your welcome! Actually, I've been involved with this book since 2005 but repeatedly gave up out of frustration at apparently being the only one here, so I'm extremely glad to see some new names on board. As you'll see from the main discussion page, it was me that turned Opening Theory in Chess into a stand-alone book. My contributions so far have been mostly in the Ruy, also the first few moves of the Frankenstein-Dracula and the intro page. My plan now is to bring the Sveshnikov up to scratch.

Maybe I'll also make a general survey of the book that tells us which main lines are here already and which urgently need adding. Chi Sigma (talk) 17:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent news to learn of your desire to contribute. I've been gradually upgrading a number of things and only recently finally got all page put into the Chess Opening Theory category. So now you(or anyone else interested) can watch for new edits by clinking here.
 * There are some of my thoughts, questions and idea on the organisation page. It would be good if we could converse there about how we go forward from here. ChessCreator (talk) 18:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Votes for deletion
Please sign your name like this: ~ on discussion pages like the VfD page. Thanks! Laleena (talk) 13:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

This template should be subst'ed. Instead of, use. I will go back and change this. The difference is that the message on people's talk pages won't change when the template is edited, and its easier on the servers. Keep up the good work and good luck getting that project off the ground! – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 21:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, I really like your idea for a WikiProject-sort of thing. I think I'll create one for History. Very cool idea. Νεοπτόλεμος ( talk &#124; email &#124; contribs ) 17:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

English Defence
This currently redirects to a page which doesn't exist; would you fix that? I don't know where it should point. – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 12:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I think it would go to either English Opening or English Attack. To the best of my knowledge there is no such opening as the English Defence (de Firmian, MCO-15)


 * Anonymouse--nerd and proud of it (talk) 01:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Redirects
Hey CC, I deleted those redirects, could you see if there's anything I've messed up? Also, let me know and I'll be glad to delete/fix any more stuff if you need admin help. Νεοπτόλεμος ( talk &#124; email &#124; contribs ) 01:48, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject
I don't want to be overly discouraging, but it might not be worth it. Just something to think about if you haven't already. – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 01:36, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, why did you move it back? It doesn't matter terribly, but the edit history is now in the wrong spot, and it is inconsistent with the other WikiProjects... – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 23:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Bot Help
Actually, the number of pages is 533 :). I've got the page list loaded up, let me set up the bot and I'll get it running. Just for clarification, you want it to say

==Theory table==

with no spaces between the "==" and the text, an uncapitalized second-word? Ie, my bot is going to print out exactly that text that you see above, is that correct? --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 14:53, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is correct. Looks like you've bot has started. Thank You! ChessCreator (talk) 15:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Started and finished. I did some random checking, and everything looks right. Let me know if you find any problems. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 17:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, all looks done. Thank you. ChessCreator (talk) 18:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Queen's Indian Defense
I saw it written that way somewhere, I should have copied down my source and left a proper reference. I can't, for the life of me, find that page again.

I was trying to look up an opening, or more specifically a response to an opening. An opponent of mine played 1. d4, Nf6 2. c4, e6 3. a3?. This move, apparently, is such a bumble that i can't find it listed anywhere. While trying to look it up in the chess book, i saw the page in question and thought the choice of name for that was a little odd. I may be mistaken, I'm certainly no grand master! --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 22:52, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

List of chess topics‎
The list of chess topics page looks like to me like an article that would be written on Wikipedia. On Wikibooks this isn't really appropriately because its not a book. This should really be either an appendix inside one of the chess books or moved to Subject:Chess and cleaned up to list only the book titles and perhaps link to the related categories for each book for a complete listing of pages for each book. Subject pages sort of function as lists for a specific topic and should in my opinion also function as the Wikipedia equivalents of disambigious pages for books rather than articles, as Wikiproject pages for books rather than articles, and as Portals for books on a subject. --dark lama  13:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Bot Help
I'm not able to use my bot right now, but I should be able to make all those changes by monday night. Also, my bot is not currently able to move pages, although that is functionality that I've been meaning to implement for a long while now. Maybe next week I can start writing up a mass-move bot to help with this kind of task.

Keeping the Chess and Chess Opening Theory book separate is probably a good thing. Imagine trying to merge together the ECO and Nimzowitsch's "My System". One discusses openings, the other discusses gameplay. We don't need to force mergers about books that are about a single subject but which are distinct. Of course, if you believe that they are better merged together, that's fine too.

I'll set up and run my bot on monday evening, possibly tuesday morning. I'll also see what I can come up with for page moves, in case you still want to go through with that change. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 14:08, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you double check my work?
Its my first time doing a ton of work using templates, and I started at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Opening_theory_in_chess/1._e4/1...c5/2._Nf3/2...Nc6/3._d4/3...cxd4/4._Nxd4/4...Nf6/5._Nc3/5...d6/6._Bg5 and added two pages (the top move of the top variation) Sentriclecub (talk) 20:49, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Ahoy
If you're still around, I've posted something on the front page's discussion page that I hope will get folks thinking. Chi Sigma (talk) 23:42, 22 September 2008 (UTC)