User talk:Adrignola/2011/05

Are you active at Commons...

I'm asking because since we outsourced the images to that project I think that it would be sensible to add some kind of guideline there to inform our own community of deletions that impact our project. This can probably be done by a bot similar to the de-linker, that would post something here about the beginning of the deletion process there. Failing that it would seem necessary to complicate our process by requesting imports to our own project.
I don't know how frequent it is that "our" images are deleted by non-legal motives but this is something that at least I hadn't considered...
The image in question is not significant enough to make an issue out of it, but the problem will still remain. Asking some consideration from that project community seems reasonable.
In any case how complicated would it be to get it back into our repository and how would it complicate our maintenance system ? --Panic (discuss • contribs) 21:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

There's a proposal and a bot up for flagging as described at Commons Notification bot. But that's just for Wikipedia. But it wouldn't be difficult to have it operate here once it's developed. It's just a question of whether or not the operator is willing to do so. As to whether I'm active at Commons, yes I am. In fact I was made an administrator there. So if an image is deleted there I can get a copy of it an upload it here if it qualifies for fair use. – Adrignola discuss 21:38, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

The Commons Notification bot seems to be just a louder de-linker, my point is that the communities would be best served if it promoted participation on the deletion discussion.

I'm looking at the recent deletions of the CommonsDelinker some seem fixable, I will try to do something about it as time permits... --Panic (discuss • contribs) 00:04, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

It will post notices of deletion discussions on the talk pages where images are used. It will also notify for images lacking permission or a license. It's very much like User:CommonsTicker, which is now defunct. – Adrignola discuss 15:58, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

I have an account at commons but I'm not active there. :) Commons:Undeletion_request (generated an admin notice). --Panic (discuss • contribs) 15:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Problem sighting

I'm far more interested in understanding the cause than in sighting the specific page: Wikijunior now has two pending changes, but pending changes doesn't give me a button with which to sight. Nor does a view of the latest draft give me a button to sight, nor does a view of the specific revision give me a button to sight. I also tried viewing its pending changes in vector (I normally use monobook), and that didn't help.

I do note it's configured so only admins can sight. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 12:04, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Not working for me either... I "fixed" it by editing the page stability settings, without changing anything, and selecting to mark the current revision as reviewed QU ^TalkQu 14:11, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Interesting. I would have liked to have seen that myself. If we can reproduce this it would be a good subject for a bug report. – Adrignola discuss 16:02, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

As of this moment, there is an unsighted change pending on Wikijunior. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 03:47, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

I've modified the Common.css. Try bypassing your cache and see if you see the review bar at the bottom when viewing normally or at the top with the diff if you click the review link in recent changes. – Adrignola discuss 04:17, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes. (!)  The review controls are now appearing where they should. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 06:35, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations in order?

This morning's change to your user page would strongly suggest a recent graduation. If that is the case, may I offer my congratulations? Chazz (talk) 15:53, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch! I started applying before graduation and already have an interview this week. Hopefully it goes well. – Adrignola discuss 00:54, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations and Good luck! Thenub314 (talk) 02:39, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Aha - your usual very diligent and prompt assistance has been sorely missed! I was going to ask you to comment on my recent edits, to make sure I am not screwing anything up, and to assist the perm/import requests. But of course your [w:Real World] affairs must take priority! Congratulations on your momentum/momentous steps forward...Geofferybard (discuss • contribs) 07:13, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Subject: Youth Literature

Hi Adrignola! I am wondering if it possible or advisable to start a Subject: Youth literature page within the Subject: Literature fold. It seems to me that the following books could fit into the category: Children's Authors, Choosing High Quality Children's Literature, How to Read Young Adult Literature Like a Young Adult Writer, Writing a Good Book for Children, Writing Adolescent Fiction, and LGBT Young Adult Literature. Thank you for your time, and congratulations on the recent graduation! --Thereen (discuss • contribs) 23:14, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

A good idea. Great catch. I created it and sorted those books in. – Adrignola discuss 02:16, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you and thank you! --Thereen (discuss • contribs) 03:12, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Template:Esperanto/eo-en example

Sorry, not trying to step on anyone's toes here, but the file is pending deletion from commons. Night w (discuss • contribs) 16:35, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Interesting, except that you nominated it for deletion. You also uploaded the UK flag over it (identical to what you tried to change to here) before it was reverted at Commons. If it's deleted at Commons, I'll switch it out myself, but leave the content disputes at Commons. – Adrignola discuss 16:46, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Actually, as you'll see from the deletion discussion at commons, the use of files on other projects is independent of commons, and they don't editorialise other projects. So the use of the file on this project is up to editors here. I dispute the use of such a politically-charged flag to represent language. You seemingly disagree, so where should I take it for further opinion? Night w (discuss • contribs) 11:44, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

You can take it to the reading room. – Adrignola discuss 14:15, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Importing from a book source?

potto.org has three GFDL 1.2 books that deserve to be more widely known... and they keep changelogs and version numbers for them. Maybe we need something like the commons 'batch upload' requests page... Sj (discuss • contribs) 05:46, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, I have other sources for books I'm aware of as well. For these ones in particular, it would have been fine to import them previously, just as the FHSST books were. But following the license change, they need to be under the CC-BY-SA license primarily as well as (technically, but not always followed) the GFDL. Considering that all content was arbitrarily moved over from GFDL to CC-BY-SA without copyright holders' consent, I don't see why we don't simply accept both as apparently the licenses were seen as compatible. – Adrignola discuss 12:32, 30 May 2011 (UTC)