User talk:Thuglas
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[edit] My talk page rules/requests.
[edit] Do not correct me with a generalized error message
if i have made a mistake take the time to write me a message explaining what improvements I could make or where i have made an error, not a generalized copy/paste message explaining Wikipedia policy. These templates usually do not accurately describe my mistake well, if at all. I will not respond to templates and i will delete them; furthermore, they will not help me.
[edit] Do not paste/duplicate posts from other pages on my talk page
unless it is being used to prove a point on a current thread in my talk page. These duplications are irritating and it is much easier for me to view the page where the thread was originally created. If you wish to draw my attention to an article section, redirect me instead.
[edit] Do not use my user page profile to prove a point.
Its ridiculous and will not prove anything.
[edit] Please assume good faith
even if it is hard. I probably have an issue with this myself but I'm trying hard, so you should too!
[edit] Messages
[edit] Article Tags
Regarding the following post to the Drawing Board:
- I think that Wikipedia:Template_messages, (WP:TM for short), might be what you're after, and from there you can find the templates you need based on what kind of template you need such as Disputes. - cgilbert 01:54, 23 Janurary 2007 (UTC-6)
[edit] Red Ferrari
Hi. On Mixed drink shooters and drink shots you added the Red Ferrari, but the article does not exist, and you did not provide any information about the drink. Are you planning to write the Red Ferrari article? If not, can you provide brief information about the drink? (Use the other drinks already in the article as a guide to formatting the information.) Or, should I just remove the reference? The name of a drink without any information is not very helpful, I'm afraid. :-( Thanks for contributing. Have a good day. --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 22:50, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hello again. Thanks for explaining your plans. I responded to your message on my Talk page. If this is a topical area in which you are interested, you might consider adding your name to the Participants list for the Mixed Drinks and related Drinkware WikiProject. We love to have interested people, like you seem to be, become actively involved. Cheers! --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 00:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
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- I embedded a note for you in the Mixed drink shooters and drink shots. The drink's heading (i.e., the name of the drink) is already bold. I just removed the link brackets. Replace my entire comment (the part including the < !-- and -- >) with the actual information. Use the others as a guide for how to format things (basically, just keep things very brief and to the point; avoid saying "a drink with..." and other words that add length but offer no really useful info). After you finish that one, you can see if there are others that need a bit more information, or take a look at the WikiProject to-do list for some other ideas. I'm not sure what your Wiki editing skills are like (novice, experienced, or somewhere in between), so just pick something that looks comfortably challenging to you, and if you have any questions or run into any problems, feel free to ask. I'm always happy to help. :-) --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 01:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Thanks!
Thank you very much for the Barnstars. I really appreciate them. :-)
Don't feel bad about not figuring out how to get them to work on my main user page, because I couldn't either! Haha. I ended up re-coding that entire section of my user page to hopefully make it a lot easier to add any future awards others might bless me with. My user page is looking more and more like a personal sandbox, because as I learn new Wiki-coding tricks, I try them out on my user page. It then serves as a reference when I'm editing new templates, because I only have to go visit one page to find examples of all my various tricks. It works for me, though I'm not certain how useful it is for other people. :-S
So, how are things going with you these days? Hope you have a good week! --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 10:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks also for the nomination for adminship. After much soul-searching (and a serious look at the nearly obscene amount of time I spend editing here already), I decided to decline at this time. It would be quite an honor, but I'm afraid that it would take away from the time I currently spend working on the areas I am currently supporting. Mixed Drinks are nearing a comfortable level (at least enough for the time being) so that I can start working on other topics under the Food and Drinks scope. If I became an admin, I would feel obligated to give that more of my time, and I just don't have any more time to give to Wikipedia, and I don't want to reduce my efforts on the articles and WikiProjects with which I am currently involved. I really thank you for the nomination, but I hope you understand why I declined. Have a great day! --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 02:24, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Involvement Opportunity
Hi again. Philvarner and I have various thoughts on how to restructure the entire mixed drinks and bartending section of Wikipedia, and that also squarely ties in with WikiBooks. Some of these are pretty sweeping changes. Given your apparent interest in articles within this field, I thought you might be interested, and I would value your opinions.
I realize that you may feel a bit intimidated or shy about diving into the middle of such important discussions. You might even feel that you are too new to make any decisions. Don't believe that for a moment. You have a brain (and a pretty good one based on your editing skills), and you have ideas, and you should have no fear expressing them among friends. And I, for one, am your friend there. So please speak up. Don't be shy.
Please visit the Restructure Section to read, discuss, and hopefully help plan these important changes. Thank you. --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 12:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rating the ToK
Hi. I'm trying to get members of the Psychology Project to get together and rate the both the quality and importance of the Tree of Knowledge System. Hope you're interested. Have a great day! EPM 22:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Adoption
Hi there, Zazzer said that you were looking for an adopter. If this is true, I'm available. Just leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Alex43223 Talk | Contribs | E-mail | C 02:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re:Re:Adoption
Sure, I'm willing to adopt just about anyone. So wenever you're ready to get started, I'm in no rush, just leave me a message. Alex43223 Talk | Contribs | E-mail | C 09:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hello again
Sorry. I didn't mean to ignore you. I've just been sort-of computerless for the past week. Now I am heading out of town to visit relatives, and then I have to get caught up on all the work that has backlogged. Mainly I just wanted to tell you not to feel guilty about not helping with
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[edit] Expand, Merge, or Delete BacklogThere is a very large backlog of articles that need to be expanded, merged into the various mixed drinks lists, or nominated for deletion (if there is nothing worth salvaging). Thanks! Please see Cat:WikiProject Mixed Drinks merge-delete candidates for articles already classified as candidates using the Other articles needing work can be found linked to the old {{WPMIXMergeDelete}} template (which was previously named {{Cocktail-micro-talk}}). Please do not use these old templates, and use [edit] WikiProject Name ChangeFollowing several positive comments and unanimous consensus in favor of the proposal, the name change of this WikiProject was changed from WikiProject Cocktails to WikiProject Mixed Drinks. There are many pages that need to be moved, and red links may appear until the transition is complete. Please leave the actual contents of any templates for Willscrlt to update, but if you spot other broken links or any of the following changes, please feel free to make the changes.
[edit] We have an infoboxPlease visit {{WPMIXInfobox}} for examples of how to add our new infobox to all of the articles within the scope of our Project. This will really help! Thanks. [edit] To-Do ListA WikiProject To-Do List has been created. Please refer to and update the list as you work. Thanks. [edit] On-target articles
[edit] Off-target articles
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[edit] Ways to Contribute
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Tasks
When one of these tasks is completed, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log. Our more experienced WikiProject editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit articles - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy.
To Merge
To Merge or Delete - Either merge into an existing, related article or integrate any useful information into the List of cocktails or one of the other similar lists as appropriate. Transwikiing to b:Bartending might be a good additional step, too.
To De-orphan
To De-stub - (see also Cat:Mixed drink stubs)
To Create - (see full list and instructions)
To Clean up - please add articles needing cleanup to this list.
To Expand - (see also adopt an article)
Images Wanted - If you provide a photo, please remove the {{Reqphoto}} or {{Reqfreephoto}} tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list.
Lists to complete
To Improve to Featured standard
To Nominate at WP:FAC:
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[edit] New Articles
Below is a list of new articles created by WikiProject Mixed Drinks members, please take a look and give feedback. Article notices will be kept for one month:
Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 5-day time limit from the creation of the article. Major improvements (such as from stub to full article status) with over 1,000 character improvements also qualify.
Please feel free to list your new mixed drink or drinkware related articles here (newer articles at the top, please).
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- The second in a the series of "cocktail family" articles.
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- The first in a new series of "cocktail family" articles highlighting the various traditional classes of cocktails.
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[edit] Deletion Proposals
Deletion sorting is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for Votes for Deletion by major categories. The WikiProject Mixed Drinks-related articles at VFD should be listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Mixed Drinks, but are more likely to be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Food and drink.
Click Here to goto the Deletion Sorting section for food and drink articles listed under Articles for Deletion.
Please list any articles or categories listed for deletion here so that they may be discussed.
[edit] Merge/split Proposals
Please list any merge or split article proposals here.
[edit] Projects
Some Project Participants may enjoy working on special projects. One such special project is taking good-quality photographs (original works that are freely licensed) of the various drinks listed. Another special project is temporarily adopting one stub and becoming a super sleuth, tracking down as much information as possible about a drink, writing a good article, and documenting all sources used within the article. See Special Projects below for more information.
[edit] Cleanup
Please visit the Cleanup Project page for all the details and information on what you can do to help.
Starting in December 2006, the primary project of the WikiProject Mixed Drinks is a Wikipedia-wide search, identification, categorization, cleanup, merge, and purge of all cocktail-related articles (which also includes beer mixes, wine mixes, shooters, non-alcoholic mixed drinks, and cocktail mixers). It is a very big job, but it would be so much easier for everyone if you could help a little. Find out how.
[edit] Ongoing projects
- Cross-referencing cocktails, beer cocktails, and wine cocktails by liquor used as well as alphabetical by drink.
- Alphabetical lists are better handled by creating a category and tagging all related articles with the category tag. Manual lists have to be constantly maintained or the list becomes quickly outdated. Categories are self-generating. I see the same is already being done with some of the liquors. --Willscrlt 04:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Expanding List of cocktails.
- Rather than adding every cocktail known to man, work on expanding the number of quality articles available from the list and merge very tiny stubs (essentially recipe-only entries) back into the master list. --Willscrlt 04:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Creating a useful list of reference guides.
[edit] Special projects
The following names are informal, but designed to be fun. You can participate in any or all of the projects. If you like, you can add the special project designation after your name in the Participants list above.
- BUILDER: Construct a usable Infobox template, other templates, userboxes, etc. for use by the Project and its Participants.
- CATEGORIZER: Tag all Project articles with appropriate tags so the articles are listed in the appropriate categories.
- DETECTIVE: Temporarily adopting one stub or creating a new article and becoming a super sleuth, tracking down as much information as possible about a drink, writing a good article, and documenting all sources used within the article. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
- IDENTIFIER: Tag all Project articles' talk pages with the Project banner. Tag articles that do not meet the Project's standards for length and quality as stubs. Tag unreferenced statements for follow-up by Project Detectives.
- PHOTOGRAPHER: Take good-quality photographs (original works that are GFDL licensed) of the various drinks listed.
- RENAMER: Rename all project articles to match the type of mixed drink: Name (cocktail) (which includes cocktail shooters; must be made primarily with distilled alcohols), Name (mixed drink) (which includes cocktail-like drinks that are not made primarily with distilled alcohols), and Name (beverage) (for non-alcoholic drinks and soft drink mixers).
[edit] Articles
[edit] Hierarchy
The hierarchy for mixed drink articles at Wikipedia within this Project is explained on the Hierarchy of Articles and Categories page.
[edit] Structure
Ideally, each Project-related article should include much or all of the following information: one or more photographs representative of the drink; suggestions for when and how the drink is commonly enjoyed (e.g., special occasions, after work, at sporting events, etc.); popularity and distribution of the drink worldwide; interesting (sourced) bits of trivia related to the drink; a list of ingredients and briefly the methods used to properly prepare, mix, and serve the drinks; the origin and history of each drink, including the (sourced) creator and date of creation; the mixed drink supplies (including drinkware) used to prepare the drinks; and anything else (sourced) that enhances the reader's understanding of the drink.
[edit] Priority
The highest priority is given to general informational articles on the topics of mixed drinks and the various lists of mixed drinks the Project maintains. Secondary priority is given to highly notable drinks, such as the IBA Official Cocktails, which are popular worldwide, along with the drinkware used with such drinks. Also at that priority are articles that do not focus on drinks directly, but expand into people and places notable for their contributions to or connections with mixed drinks. Third priority is given to less notable drinks, drinkware, people, and places. While at a relatively lower priority, the workload is high, because these articles usually require additional investigation to determine if there is enough information to justify an entire article, or if the article should be combined with another topic, only listed in passing on one of the mixed drink lists, or omitted entirely.
As of January 7, 2007, the highest priority within the Project is building a usable Assessment Department to assess and identify articles within the Scope of the WikiProject. Another high priority is to complete the Project Style Guide, which establishes standards that articles within the Scope of this WikiProject should meet. Helping to bring all such articles into compliance with the standards, along with assessing them, is the goal of the Cleanup Project that runs from December 2006 through February 28, 2007.
[edit] Model mixed drink articles
These are some of the best articles within the scope of our Project.
[edit] Good mixed drink articles
While not quite model articles, these incorporate many of the preferred features.
[edit] Good alcoholic beverage articles which include cocktails
In certain cases it makes sense to combine the few notable mixed drinks along with their primary alcohol.
[edit] Templates
- UserBox templates
- Special templates have been created for use by Project Participants and other Wikipedians.
- Food and Drink Templates
- 34 different food and drink related stub templates
[edit] Useful References
DYN (Did you know?), article improvement drive, collaboration of the week, deletion sorting, featured articles and candidates, featured pictures and candidates, featured lists and candidates, and peer reviews.
User talk:Thuglas/right panel
|}, and to just help as and when you can. As you can see, we all have life come up. :-) Take care. --Willscrlt (Talk) 07:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] whiskey vs. whisky
The most common convention now is: whisky in Scotland and Canada, whiskey in Ireland and US. See [www.thebar.com] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Philvarner (talk • contribs) 22:44, 21 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Alright
Then I WILL SUPPORT!!! Dark Ermac 22:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar
Thanks! You were right--looking at all the different anonymous vandals just in the last three hours, sprotect is the right thing to do. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 03:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re:Formatting
Sure, I'll help you format it. I'm gonna check it out, so just tell me what it is you need help with. Alex43223 Talk | Contribs | E-mail | C 01:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, I can assume it's the box you need help with. If you want it to be something like all the others, it would look like:
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The Neuroscience Barnstar | |
| The Neuroscience Barnstar is <your text here>. |
For this, the size will automatically change depending upon how much text you want to use. If you want to change any colors, just modify them. For the background, where you see"#fdffe7", just replace that with an HTML color code. Anyway, the code is:
{| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|#fdffe7}}};" |rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[Image:Neuronew5.png|100px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Neuroscience Barnstar''' |- |'''The Neuroscience Barnstar''' is <''your text here''>. |}
Hope you win support! Alex43223 Talk | Contribs | E-mail | C 01:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Whoops
Sorry about that, but I messed up the above coding. Anyway, just click edit this page above and copy what I typed in between CODE STARTS HERE and CODE ENDS HERE, because I can't display the whole text here without going through a long, boring process.... Alex43223 Talk | Contribs | E-mail | C 05:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Adding Sprotect to Lesbian
Hi, Thuglas. Adding an Sprotect banner to an unprotected article (such as you did to the Lesbian article) causes real confusion. The template by itself doesn't actually change the page status--that's done by an admin in an area of the board that we can't get to--but it can make an admin who's in a hurry not check and say "Hey, it's already protected." Sprotect and Protect banners should only be added by Administrators. Thanks, and Cheers! :D Justin Eiler 00:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] barnstar
hey, thanks for the recognition :) - digfarenough (talk) 01:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The rules
The rules are not hard or fast. Something may be archived after two weeks if it is seen that things are slowing down. I would appreciate it that after we worked with you to get your design approved you don't kick the ladder of those that follow. --evrik (talk) 17:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- Oh yeah ...
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The Neuroscience Award | |
| The Neuroscience Award is yours for the keeping. --evrik (talk) 23:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC) |
Enjoy the star. --evrik (talk) 23:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] California
We could post the california award, but the original proposer has gone away ... I think we sould let it sit for a few more days. --evrik (talk) 23:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
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f u thuglasT|C 11:06, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image:WPCF.png
Svg - Dunno how. thuglasT|C 12:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- Since it's a combination of Image:Red star.svg and Image:Flag of California.svg it should be no problem. Just use an program like Inkscape or Sodipodi to edit the file. // Liftarn
oh well im not doing it again man if you wanna do it go ahead. I dont even have the programs. Ill download them for next time. thuglasT|C 13:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I'll put it on my list. // Liftarn
- FYI, I created the SVG version of the award as Image:WPCF.svg. Thanks for the design. Mike Dillon 01:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request for peer review
The article Clinical psychology has just been listed for peer review. You are invited to lend your editing eyes to see if it needs any modifications, great or small, before it is submitted to the Featured Article review. Then head on over to the peer review page and add your comments, if you are so inspired. Thank you!! Psykhosis 20:34, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Awards Coordinator referendum
There has been some conflict at Wikipedia:WikiProject Awards. Please vote on the Coordinator referendum. --South Philly 20:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry to see you go, especially under these circumstances. --South Philly 14:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Congradulations
For finally getting your award up. Dark Ermac 14:12, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] FYI
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The California Star | |
| I award this award to you for your great contributions to California articles. --evrik (talk) 23:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC) |
[edit] Hi there!
I just dropped by your talk page to let you know that I'm still alive and well. I also wanted to thank you for the greeting on my talk page. I'm sorry to see you are no longer editing. Hopefully it's not a permanent decision. I know how life can creep up on you at times. Please keep in touch by e-mail. Take care! --Willscrlt (Talk) 11:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Adoption
Hello! If you already have an adopter or if you have decided that you no longer wish to be adopted, please remove the adoptee's userbox from your userpage. If you have any questions or still need to have someone adopt you please contact me on my talk page. Thanks, hope to hear from you soon! Matthew Yeager 03:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Douglas_Myers.JPG listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Douglas_Myers.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 23:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
