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• 25% of people will be mad at you (or unteachable) no matter what you do, so don't waste your time trying to change them.
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If you've stopped by to DS Alert me.... I already know about the following....NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)18:34, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@NewsAndEventsGuy110.168.224.246 (talk)23:50, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This user is aware of the designation of the following ascontentious topics: climate change post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people articles aboutliving or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour article titles and capitalisation the Balkans or Eastern Europe Theyshouldnot be givenalerts for those areas.

Entirely by accident, I just stumbled across this when I saw it on someone else's talk page. I would have contributed in the "consultation" phase, but I was wikihibernating and didn't know about it.Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions/2021_review. In case anyone else doesn't know about it and happens to come by my talk, I thought I'd put this here and invite you to start following that process also.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)00:48, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say please forgive my blathering. As you might suspect, we wandered into an area of interest for me. All the same, you make good points, and as I say, happy to go wherever consensus takes us. Cheers.Dumuzid (talk)23:46, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't apologize, it was much more valuable than many (most?) content discussions I have here! There's nothing more boring as an occassional so called "nontraditional" (read=old) student that to sit in a potentially awesome class with a bunch of dullards who won't ever speak or raise their hand. If we disagree then I'll learn in the process, so the only apology I'm willing to accept is if sometime you realize you had something constructive to add, even if to disagree, but didn't.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)00:04, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Very well said and worthy of being framed and hung on the wall. --Valjean (talk) (PING me)06:29, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmm.... dartboard? Face of a faux coo-coo clock? My the ideas are endless. When my kid was in gradeschool one day I used a big 10-penny nail to hammer a walnut to the kitchen wall. I mean, where ELSE would you store your walnuts?NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)10:09, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

LMFAO! If your kid had a strong philosophical streak, that nailed walnut might have been the trigger to a great work of philosophy. A hook to hang ideas on. --Valjean (talk) (PING me)10:37, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You know how things like this become familiar and sort of disappear in our awareness? The mangled nut with the two inches of nail shank protruding captured their attention a couple years later. Shaking their head they said, "Even when I wasreally little I knew you were a nut, but MY GOD you have truly cracked up!!"NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)10:43, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Chuckle. --Valjean (talk) (PING me)10:52, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for this edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard&oldid=1095216173), I didn't see it that you unarchived it yourself in the edit summary. Somehow, my browser was still at an older version which I opened hours ago and somehow didn't update. Thanks and sorry for the mistake!VickKiang (talk)07:27, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Heh... I didn't even notice until you said something. No worries, it was MY mistake after all.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)03:43, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At the bottom of every page there's a toggle button to go back and forth between mobile and desktop.Moxy-17:07, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, who knew? Next time I lose my keys I'll scroll down and see if those are lurking down there, too. I've since realized my desktop browser (firefox) has a built in "responsive design mode" allowing one to make the monitor behave like a long list of mobile devices. By combining both that link and this feature I'm able to do what I had hoped.

I'm curious.... I see the info box atDonald Trump behaving like you recently described, i.e., pretending to be on a iphone it appears after the lead first paragraph. However, atUnited_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_January_6_Attack_public_hearings the similar box in the lead simply does not appear, at least it doesn't intefere with the lead. does not behave that way. The box on Donald Trump derives from

• {{Infobox officeholder | (many parameters)}}
• {{2021 United States Capitol attack|expanded=Investigations and charges}}

From the user's point of view these two boxes look pretty much alike. So why doesn't the code treat them the same?

And last, is there a place in wikiworld where one can get training or help to be better a better responsive design savvy editor?

NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)17:42, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

sidebar ‎Navboxs are not seen in mobile view because they just spam overlinking...but an infobox has real data that is usefull to readers. In Canada articles we use{{if mobile}} alot. SeeWildlife of Canada orCulture of Canada in both views.Moxy-21:13, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is really useful, thanks Moxy :).Femke (talk)16:47, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As of Aug 3, 2022, discussion of the underlyingpotentially life-saving issues has migrated toWikipedia_talk:Resonding to threats of harmNewsAndEventsGuy (talk)20:14, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied to your email.--Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe)10:01, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Great I'll take a look in a few hours.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)10:17, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Replied.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)23:32, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My goodness, what has happened?-- Deepfriedokra (talk)19:38, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please elaborate, or just delete this whole thread.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)19:41, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering what prompted the DS alert. As you say, please elaborate-- Deepfriedokra (talk)19:48, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, for the sake of 3rd party lurkers, the DS Alert is a no-fault FYI and nothing more. I'm sure you know that.... incidentally I detest Okra UNLESS it is in my gumbo recipe that is so super secret I haven't been able to duplicate it, but that one batch was...... to die for. Anyway.... C. Fred was editing a political candidate's BLP and that's all it takes to get a DS alert. Just sticking one's toe in the water of a topic to which DS applied. When the old fault-based WARNING system was overhauled in 2013, I unsuccessfully lobbied for a bot to auto-issue the DS alert wheneveranyone made an edit in articls/talk pages that were tagged as belonging to the topic. My sense is that the no-fault system best works without drama or battleground templating when there isubiquity. In this case, I confess, I got lazy and didn't include the other involved eds. I would ordinarily point you to the article edits and associated talk page edits but with the intent of doubling down on the no-fault nature of the DS Alert I choose to not do that. Instead, I want to re-emphasize that by issuing the FYI alert I am in no way suggesting any transgression, so if you really really want to know for intellectual curiosity and acknowledge that it was just an FYI template, then I will provide those diffs. I just want to dot these i's and cross those t's so we're all on the same page.... it was just an FYI nothing more. But itdoes start a 12-month clock of "awareness" as to the ARBCOM decision on US politics. If you want to figure it out on your own, use the editor interaction tool. But I'll share those details, if we document there's no sparks, just an FYI.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)20:02, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was worried. There are some subjects I wish we auto-alerted for. Sigh.-- Deepfriedokra (talk)20:14, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If the ARBS feel they must issue edicts, then I share your desire on each and every of those topics.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)20:47, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion atWikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Anythingyouwant (talk)02:44, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pinpoint link for convenienceWikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:NewsAndEventsGuyNewsAndEventsGuy (talk)11:54, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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voorts (talk/contributions)02:19, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's so nice to see you around still! I saw you giveout an old DS notice. You may have missed the conclusion of the recent DS reforms. The wording DS is now replaced with the more intuitive CT (contentious topic). The way notifications are done is changed in two ways too:

1. We only have to give a notice once per topic (no more yearly renewals)
2. The very first notice somebody gets is different and has much more info. You'd use {{alert/first|cc}}, which gives you the long text you can read at{{alert/first}}.

Cheers!—Femke 🐦 (talk)19:44, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate you saying hello and the howto tip. To be honest, it was momentary relapse, only. Carry on.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)19:31, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I just sawthis and it's something I'd like to have. Did you ever find an answer?—Vchimpanzee • talk •contributions •22:43, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

NopeNewsAndEventsGuy (talk)03:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk)17:25, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you find an answer tothis question, which I saw in the archives? If not,WP:VPT might be the place to ask.—Vchimpanzee • talk •contributions •00:24, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nope.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)03:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I wonder if you have me confused with someone else? I did poke around a bit with respect to categories viz-z-viz events of January 6, 2021, but near as I can make out I havenever been involved with the cat you are talking about,as evidenced by the version history for that cat.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk)19:30, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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