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if there is a reasonable Latin translation for "People are dumb, persons are smart." Well, that is a terribly subtle turn of phrase, and no immediate equivalent springs to mind. I'm sure something equally clever could be hammered out if I thought about it, but these days I'm not sure I can put enough
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Okay. Both 300px and {#if:} don't work properly if substituted. They affect the size, but the code remains and it's super sloppy. However, we can't have hundreds of template calls for something as simple as a 3-view image - that'll get the template nazis on our asses again for sure. You'll have to be
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tag because {| creates an extra linebreak in conjunction with the WP:Air header comment (just one of those inexplicable Wiki quirks). Our options are either to keep the table tag which will not tolerate expr within it or to edit all pages using the infobox so the box code starts on the same like as
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and others. There may be multiple aircraft involved in a crash, hence the need for multiple incarnations of the aircraft infobox, rather than just filling in the blanks for one aircraft in the crash template. The emphasis here is on identifying the particular aircraft, including tail number, model,
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I am honored by your support in my recent successful request for adminship. As an administrator, I am your servant, ready to help however I can. (In your case, since you've had the tools longer than I, my best use might be menial labor!) My talk page is always open; should you need anything, or
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This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an
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AzaToth's bot has been renaming "airtemp" to "aircraft specification" (singular) in the articles. I asked him to hold... is "aircraft specifications" (plural) ready? Can we make the singular a redirect to the plural? You might want to drop him a note on his user talk page. -
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article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Knowledge because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
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of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended.
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PLEASE STOP. You did not adequately test 300px, and that code (not 300px) is being pasted into the entries you're editing. I'm fixing this with {#if:} now, but hold on until I'm done. I'm having to follow you around and clean up.
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Of course, any changes to the crash and aircraft templates to make them better would be appreciated. I whipped them up by copy and paste and bang them into shape, and I'm quite sure that they could be worked on!
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should you see me making a mistake -- probably a common occurrence -- please do let me know. I will depend on the good sense of the community to keep me from making a complete fool of myself! :) In gratitude,
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She seriously screams for four and half minutes before they shut off the camera. Make sure to keep the speakers/headphone loud to hear what the people in the background are saying. Share with your friends!
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If you wish to thank me for something, I appreciate it greatly. However, I rarely take the time to respond, as I am usually engaged in other activities. My apologies, and you're welcome (in advance).
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That page exists only because someone else who also thought it would work created it. It is kept because, when (and if) the developers decide to add support for it, it'll work as expected. --
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When you made a redirect, it screwed up all the aircraft crash articles. Luckily this was easily fixed. You may wish to check your work if you have done anything similar recently.
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The output is really messy if you use alt units unless you enforce specific column widths or a very large image. Writing main units (alt units) is a much simpler solution. -
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I've reverted your redirect from Aircraft infobox to Infobox aircraft. Please note that the Aircraft infobox template is used as part of the Crash infobox, as seen in
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Learning suppressing all the warning notices has been a nice trick to learn, because by now I know the policies well enough that they just take up space.
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energy into the task to help you. I will let you know if I come up with anything, and if someone else gives you a translation let me know. --
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There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:
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is updated quite regularly. You can watch it if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including
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Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
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rather than use any other method. To edit the synchronised threads, just use the link at the top of each section. See
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know that editing that file does nothing, right? Only monobook-derived skins have these editable JavaScript files (see
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are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
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Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that
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I find your comments rather surprising. Do you mean to say that those pages exist for no real purpose?
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are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
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Note: I am implementing the use of synchronised threads on my talkpage, identical to those used by
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-901817593001531987&q=illegal+photography&pl=true
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content with manually controlling the size. I'm removing the size code from the template.
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for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
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is working on rating the quality of every military history article in Knowledge.
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As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on
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and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on
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Interested in a particular area of military history? We have a number of
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for the infobox. Please chime in. I also re-nom'ed myself for RfA. -
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As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the
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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006
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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006
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handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to
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the WP:Air header comment (boring but very easy with AWB). -
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Happy Easter/Zombie Jesus Day. Hope you're having fun.
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Interested in working on a more complete article? The
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points to most of the useful pages within the project.
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