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SG for Sorrow
On 16 February 2014, Schon gewusst? was updated with a fact from the translation of the article Sorrow (Van Gogh), which you recommended to me for translation. The fact was: Vincent van Gogh zeichnete in Sorrow eine schwangere Frau, die er unterstützte. (Vincent van Gogh drew in Sorrow a pregnant woman whom he supported) You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (quick check). |
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- And thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:24, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
- typical 9-months pregnancy ;) - I was remembering sorrow when I requested it for German, and was in sorrow when I wrote it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Andy, I have noticed you have been nominating a ton of templates to be merged, and quite frankly, it makes many pages look rather unsightly, particularly when the template appears in the middle of the page (i.e. Andrew Jackson and the cabinet template). Do you know of a way to minimize this negative effect for our readers? It makes the pages look poor and sloppy. Is there a particular necessity in merging the templates (e.g., bandwidth/server space or something?); I am just concerned it is having a net negative effect for the readers – am more than open to discussion. Thanks in advance! Go Phightins! 20:56, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
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Wikidata weekly summary #98
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Template:Infobox football biography
Hi. As you probably know I'm trying to make the football biography template embeddable but when embedded in another template the border and the cellpadding/spacing don't go away. Any idea how to correct this? Davykamanzi → talk · contribs 17:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry; I don't. You might ask on WP:VPT. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:42, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
- Before reverting User:Lukeno94 again, I think it would be worth you examining his (and others') concerns at WT:FOOTY and Template talk:Infobox football biography. The changes made by User:Davykamanzi have dramatically altered the aesthetics of the infobox, and for no reason other than to apply embedding functionality to the infobox – a function that is not currently necessary. Once Davykamanzi has worked out how to solve the aesthetic issue, then the changes should be applied, but not before. – PeeJay 23:04, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
- I would't have reverted him the first time, had he made his concerns clear, instead of using an edit summary to the effect "revert undiscussed changes". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:23, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
- Before reverting User:Lukeno94 again, I think it would be worth you examining his (and others') concerns at WT:FOOTY and Template talk:Infobox football biography. The changes made by User:Davykamanzi have dramatically altered the aesthetics of the infobox, and for no reason other than to apply embedding functionality to the infobox – a function that is not currently necessary. Once Davykamanzi has worked out how to solve the aesthetic issue, then the changes should be applied, but not before. – PeeJay 23:04, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.- Discussions
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- Wikidata's presence: vici.org are using Wikidata identifiers in their data storage
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Jewellery
Hi Andy, please see Talk:Jewellery#Spanish_link_.22In_other_languages.2C.22_leads_to_obscure_article - he's right, the Spanish link should go to "Joya" not "Joyeria" (Jewellers - 2 lines). I tried but failed to fix it. No doubt you know what to do. Thanks I expect I'll see you on the 28th. Johnbod (talk) 15:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
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Please see Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Pigsonthewing for a request that concerns yourself. NW (Talk) 17:54, 3 March 2014 (UTC)