User talk:Webaware/Archive 4


 * Archives May 2007 - June 2007

Dear sir, please help a fool with titles
Hello there! I figured I'd pester you since you seem to know what you're doing. How does one go about requesting a title be changed? Cookbook:Lime and Marscapone Cheesecake ought to be "mascarpone." I've looked in the style guide, etc., but am missing it. Help? Jessicapierce 23:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * To change the title of a page, you need to move it. Click the "move" link at the top of its page, and change the title as appropriate. You can also move recipes from the "main" namespace into the Cookbook namespace by doing the same thing.
 * NB: when you move a page, a redirect is created at the old page name so that any links to that page will still find the page at its new name. If there were already redirects to the old name, they won't be updated, and they won't work (because double redirects are not supported in the software.) You need to then update the sources to point at the new page - luckily the page move tool gives you a link to help you track them down.
 * As for "seem to know what you're doing", well, appearance is everything, isn't it? :-) Webaware talk 23:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It's done. Webaware talk 14:45, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Aah
Missed you! Hope all is well? A friend of yours has returned! Cheers -- Herby talk thyme 15:32, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


 * And it all makes work for the working man to do... Webaware talk 15:37, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Jet Database Wikibook
Thank you for your work in this regard. While I don't like having to deal with JetSQL, your reference is useful. If I have anything to contribute I will gladly do so.

Please check out my Open Source project PlaneDisaster.NET for dealing with Microsoft Access databases. DO you think that this and other projects such as JetSQLConsole should be bentioned in the WikiBook?

--Zippy1981 17:44, 20 May 2007 (UTC)


 * G'day, and thanks! The book has stalled, but I'll get back to it soon - and I would certainly appreciate any help you can offer. I also don't like having to deal with JET SQL, which is why I want to have a decent reference to the bugger somewhere handy. The little bugger just won't die!
 * As for PlaneDisaster.NET and JetSQLConsole, yes, by all means. Perhaps we could have a page dedicated to tools useful for manipulating JET. I've currently spec'd a page for "Integration and migration", but there's really more to it than that - the two tools you've mentioned, and others of a similar nature, should have a "Utilities" page or something, and there should also be a page on working with design tools like Visio and MySQL Workbench (just from the JET perspective).
 * Whatever you think, just be bold and jump in, or if you'd prefer, run it past me first if you're unsure about something. Webaware talk 23:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Great job fixing my translation job on the Kibbah
people like you make me want to help contribute my knowledge and skills to wikipedia. keep up the good work.

Barak.


 * No problem, and thanks for the great recipe! I really love kibbe, and look forward to trying to make it. Somehow, I'll have to try to make a gluten-free one though - maybe with brown rice, or buckwheat? Webaware talk 15:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Potential cookbook page?
Hey webaware, I was messing with random books and stumbled across this module, I'm not sure if this fits in any of the current modules but do you think it'd be interesting to put stuff like that in there, or is it better just to leave the organization as it is? Regards, Mattb112885 (talk) 15:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * G'day, looks more like a How-To than a Cookbook recipe or technique, and not really Bar Tending either. I'd leave it where it is - although, I did stumble across a food-related category the other day, so perhaps it ought to be listed in that too. If I remember where I saw it, I'll add it to that cat. Webaware talk 15:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Sounds good, BTW you guys are doing great, googling cookbook here brings up the wikibooks cookbook as the second choice (even above the wikipedia entry for "cookbook"!), keep up the good work! Mattb112885 (talk) 15:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, mate. When I looked just now, it came up as first result :-) (google.com.au). Webaware talk 23:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

The usual
No glory, no stars - just thanks for the help, hope all is good -- Herby talk thyme 12:15, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * And thanks for yours, also sans-stars. At least it's a distraction from shitty bugs and stupid requirements... :) Webaware talk 12:49, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

hei there..
could you help me out fixing up the latest recpie I translate? Cookbook:Roasted eggplant. thanks in advance. --Barak4wiki 22:13, 30 May 2007 (UTC)


 * G'day Barak, I had a crack at it - see if it still matches what you intended. I wasn't sure what you meant by "chopper" - a chopping board, or a chopping knife (like a cleaver, perhaps?) Webaware talk 01:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Images
Hi, I am pretty sure the images in question were from the source given on Cell Biology. Unfortunately, the pages do not seem to be accessible anymore, so I cannot prove this. The Wayback Machine apparently has no copy of these pages either. I am trying to find Mark Dalton, who apparently put that page up in the first place. I'll keep you informed. --Magnus Manske 18:09, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Good news : I found Mark, and he mailed me permission to "une them under any license I like". So, I'll put them under GFDL and CC-BY-SA. I know there's a mail-permission-to system somewhere, but where? --Magnus Manske 19:53, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * G'day Magnus, that's good news. Just post a copy of that email as a sub-page to your user page (e.g. User:Magnus Manske/Mark Dalton images) and link to it from those image pages. cheers, Webaware talk 00:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey Webaware. Thanks for being my guardian angel with these recipes I put up. Still havent learned really where to put them and how, and so am grateful someone does it for me. Its such fun putting them up ! I'm under no illusion that anyone actually tries them, but you never know. Are you a good cook ? What are your favourite recipes ? Peter


 * G'day Peter, always happy to help. To start a new recipe page, just type the name into the search box (on the left) but prefix it with "Cookbook:", e.g. "Cookbook:My New Recipe". If you miss, I'll watch out for them anyway and move them to the right place :-)
 * Does anyone actually try your recipes? Or mine? Who knows! But they're up there in case someone wants to. I see a lot of comments left on recipe talk pages, as well as minor corrections / additions left by anonymous users as they try a recipe out and just have to add their little tweaks, so yes, I'd say that someone is sure to try your recipes!
 * Am I a good cook? Observational bias suggests that I am, but also that I'm an above-average driver just like the other 70% of drivers who think they are! I'm good at throwing together a meal out of what's in the fridge and cupboards, and making it taste good. It's often not "authentic", and I often take shortcuts that would have restaurant chefs shaking their heads, but I'm cooking for me and mine, so it doesn't matter. I have the added challenge of making it taste good and keeping it safe for my wife, who has food intolerances and is very demanding. We have a wide range of spices and herbs to suit a wide variety of cooking styles, as a substitute for the frequent restaurant visits we had been used to before her diagnosis.
 * Favourite recipe? Hard to pick. I very much like mapo doufu, either with tofu or black-eyed peas; chole is a regular favourite; we usually fit our own slap-dash version of paella into a fortnight somewhere (although our style might be closer to a chicken/seafood risotto); roast whatever is going with lots of roots and tubers, which inevitably leads to a hearty soup made from the leftover roast veges, perhaps a bone broth from the bone pressure-cooked with some beans; stir-fry whatever, especially chicken, tofu, or tempeh; ratatouille, very nice with lamb chops and mashed spud; oh, I could go on and on, but I won't. I must rush off now to make some dosa to go with boiled eggs for what is now a very late breakfast (late night last night!)
 * What are your favourites? Webaware talk 01:34, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi There
I will be reading the wikibooks guidelines in scrutiny, especially for POV and original research. I will be re-editing the rough drafts I am currently placing as time goes bye. If there is any violation that requires my immediate attention, please let me know. thanks. --Ohadaloni 03:48, 19 June 2007 (UTC) []


 * Thanks, I will note this on the VfD page. Realise that listing your books for a vote for deletion doesn't mean that they will be deleted, just that I think they may need to be reviewed for such. cheers, Webaware talk 03:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Reggy
Thanks. I have many questions with no definite answers you can probably give me, so I cluttered my own talk page with these thoughts. Please respond to anything you believe you can help me with. If it seems I am in some material breach of some guidlines, I prefer saving much effort by taking a break and re-visiting and re-organizing my wikibooks goals. More unhashed thoughts that are related can be found on my wikipedia [|talk page]. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ohadaloni (talk • contribs) 2007-06-19T21:12:23.


 * The best thing I can suggest is that you take a look at WB:WIW and WB:NPOV. Webaware talk 13:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Category:License tags
Webaware, I know I originally created Category:License tags and then we both proceeded to migrate copyright tags into that category. In retrospect, I think that Category:Image copyright tags would be more appropriate (I know the latter category was used prior to the former category)); some of the templates in there (in particular, the non-free ones) do not denote that the image is used under a license, which the current category name implies. This is merely a difference of semantics, but I would like to change the categories (which I could do with a semi-automatic installation of AutoWikiBrowser).  Do you have comments?  Cheers, Iamunknown 19:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)  Oh, and thanks for doing all those GFDL-presumed tags!  :)


 * Sounds reasonable. But should it be "Media copyright tags", or even just "Copyright tags"? We use them on sound bites, PDFs and various other media too, right? Then again, Commons just has "License tags", why should we be any different? Webaware talk 00:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm, more semantics. ;)  Well, the namespace where all media are stored is called the "image" namespace, Wikipedia uses "Image copyright tags" (as opposed to "License tags"), so who knows...  I'd be comfortable with "Image copyright tags".  --Iamunknown 23:33, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't really see the need for the change, given that we currently shadow Commons (which I respect more than WP on these matters). If we do change, I'd prefer we went to "Copyright tags" so that someone with a PDF doesn't think they're looking in the wrong category. Webaware talk 23:53, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * "Copyright tags" sounds good to me. I'll see what I can do.  --Iamunknown 21:47, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Kudos to you
I just wanted to say that i've seen alot of your edits recently on the RC feed: welcoming new users, tagging unlicensed images, etc. I just wanted to let you know that I think you are doing an awesome job. Keep up the good work. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 03:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Ta mate, and kudos to you too on your more estimable efforts! If it's worth doing, ... Webaware talk 04:10, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Images
Webaware, make sure you put in the right image copyright tag; Image:UzbekPlov.jpg isn't CC-BY-SA-2.0, it is CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0 which is not free. Same with Image:Uzbekistan Architecture.jpg. --Iamunknown 23:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

That said, thanks for all the cleanup. :) --Iamunknown 23:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Ack! Thanks for the catch, I honestly didn't notice. Must stop trying to do stuff like that after 1am! cheers, Webaware talk 01:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Deep sorrow!
& Apologies - you tagged a spambot page & I hit the wrong button - early, need coffee. Gone to block the IP & will mail you later -- Herby talk thyme 07:56, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Ta, and no worries - I figured it was a caffeine deficiency error. cheers, Webaware talk 08:13, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Adminship
I've been lead to believe by an anonymous source that If you were nominated for adminship again, that you would accept the nomination? I sincerely hope this is so, I've been watching the RC feed the last few days and i see that you've done alot of  good work around here. On top of that, the work you have been doing, such as finding and marking spam, reverting vandalism, etc, is the kind of work that can really benefit from having the extra buttons.

Anyway, I want to nominate you because I really believe you are the most deserving non-admin right now, and because I think you are an asset to this project. What do you say? --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 01:26, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


 * G'day Whiteknight, yeah, I would accept if nominated again. I can see a use for those extra buttons now - if only to reduce the work for others cleaning up after my speedy delete tagging. I'm not sure about blocking, but I guess I'd pick it up as I went along. I declined last time because I didn't want to expend time learning new "sysop" stuff, but that isn't so much of an issue this time. Besides, my actual contributions are lagging regardless... Webaware talk 01:53, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 02:08, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, have accepted. Webaware talk 02:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)