User talk:Tempodivalse

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Greetings!
Hey, look at that. I thought I recognized a big name in the WMF universe in the recent changes. Feel free to ask me anything if you need assistance. Using Wikibooks is our own little in-house guide to Wikibooks culture, but otherwise you'll find things are very open here. It's quite a bit different than Wikipedia or Wikinews where you'll have a style guide bearing down on everything. Heck, even Manual of Style is incomplete and not approved as a guideline. I have to say that I've always found it amusing (no offense) that Wikinews has an ArbCom, while many of our policies and guidelines aren't even approved and probably don't cover every single situation. But that's what you'll see here at Wikibooks: a small-town atmosphere where we try to solve problems congenially without having to resort to wikilawyering or arbitration. I hope you'll find it as cozy here as I do! – Adrignola talk 14:56, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the welcome, Adrignola! (I'm considered a big name?) I've been drifting from wiki to wiki lately looking for a good new home project. I'm beginning to think I'll stick around here because of the friendly and un-bureaucratic community - quite a refreshing pace. Looks like you could use a little extra help. Cheers. :-) ~Tempodivalse 15:54, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Babel
The Babel template is somewhat deprecated, but it's recently been recoded to use the content of the user language template system with similar coloring like what the standalone "User xx" templates used (babelold). So many people from other projects expect it to be there and work, so it allows people to have the old-style look they expect while allowing easier administration with the one template per language system adopted from Meta.

If you wish to use other userboxes without built-in floating, you can use userboxtop and userboxbottom. The current Babel template will also direct any non-language "user xxxxx" calls to the standalone templates seen at Userboxes, just as the original version did. So the choice as to whether to use babel or user language comes down to aesthetics. Calling user en would be deprecated for sure, though. As a side note, I adapted the system for programming languages too, with programming language. – Adrignola talk 17:16, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for the clarification; that's sort of what I suspected. I think I'll use the user language because it looks cleaner. Tempodivalse 18:39, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit History
Hi, do you want the inappropriate rantings of the vandal on this page hidden (i.e., revision deleted)? QU TalkQu 20:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm, it appears Adrignola did just that while I was away . Thanks for offering to help though. :-) That vandal was a nuisance. Tempodivalse 00:43, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Which was the nuisance, Adrignola fixing it or QuiteUnusual asking you about it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whoop whoop pull up (discuss • contribs)
 * Neither, actually. I meant the vandal was the nuisance. Sorry if that wasn't clear [now clarified]. :-) Tempodivalse 16:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

RE: Bicycles
Hello! I think I prefer the two sections. Additionally, I am thinking of separating Bicycles/Maintenance and Repair into two pages under Bicycles/Maintenance and Bicycles/Repair, and grouping them into a third section with the Modification page that might be named "Caring for Your Bicycle" or something of the sort. --Thereen (talk) 05:03, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay. I was sort of leaning that direction too, but it's good to have another opinion on the matter. (I like your idea of a third section too). I'll revert back to the old arrangement momentarily and try to create some short stubs for the new sections. Tempodivalse 16:26, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Scrabble
I imported the "Scrabble board" template from Wikipedia. I threw one in on the Scrabble/Playing the X page. Nice. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 17:18, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, I noticed that, it will be useful. I was thinking we could use the template to set up an exercise section where we provide a sample board and rack and challenge the reader to come up with the best play (with answer key, of course). Any thoughts? Tempodivalse 17:27, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * A great mind thinks alike. I had the same thought. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 17:32, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Yet another help request ;)
Hi! I've wrote Croatian Chess book, placed it in Public Domain, and uploaded it at WikiMedia Commons here: Croatian_chess_2nd_ed.pdf. Local admin, Adrignola, suggested that you might be willing to wikify it, and, if so, I'd really appreciate it. TIA!
 * I'll have a look and see what I can do. It's interesting, but I'm not sure what is best way to implement it. Are you suggesting it be made into its own book, or added to the existing Chess section? In any case, thanks for contributing it! :-) Tempodivalse 19:47, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! While I'd certainly like to have material referred in the book to be presented in THE chess book (official one, backed by FIDE, or derived from there), because that would mean it's widely adopted and played in tournaments, obviously this is not the case yet. There are also numerous other variants as well, please see here Chess variants Wiki. So, it might be better to have it retain its original form as a separate book, among other things, not to confuse newcomers to chess, don't you think? --Mmlacak (discuss • contribs) 00:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The simplest solution would be to simply create a subpage in the existing Chess book named something like Chess/Variants, although some of the proposed variations in the book are so radically different that it might not be appropriate. I'd say a new book is better, maybe titled Chess Variants or similar. (I'm not sure how much I can help out wikifying the book in the near future. I'm working on a lot of projects right now. Maybe user:Whoop whoop pull up can help more.) Tempodivalse 01:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, the book can wait ;). I asked user:Whoop whoop pull up for help as well, but, so far, he didn't respond. --Mmlacak (discuss • contribs) 19:27, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

WCI 2011 : Accelerating Wikibooks : Would like to discuss!
Hello!

I will be delivering a Talk at the Wikimedia Conference India 2011 on the topic of "Accelerating Wikibooks".

Over the next few days, I aim to make the proposal more and more wholesome and relevant. I'd like to discuss with you about the proposal and hope you can recommend me a few names on Wikibooks with whom I can discuss this.

I'd be very happy if you could discuss the proposal at User:Thewinster/Accelerating_Wikibooks

--Thewinster (discuss • contribs) 08:20, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Summary of the proposal
This is not a summary of the final talk, only a tentative guideline.


 * Create Roadmaps for a book
 * Define Learning Outcomes
 * Annotate and Discuss new content available from around the web.
 * Minor tweaks and fixes which concentrate on crowdsourcing.
 * Identifying Small Contribution that advance a book and designing good UIs and triggers according to B.J. Fogg's Behavior Change Model, 8 Step Design Process. The paper can be found here at Persuasive Design : Eight Step Process by B. J. Fogg


 * I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier. I'm busy with my own wiki projects right now. Tempodivalse 18:11, 4 October 2011 (UTC)