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WikiProject Software Announcement

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Announcement
  • Software Wikia is a wiki specialised on software using semantic extras. If a nice article does not have the required Wikipedia:Notability, simply export it and ask an admin for an import there.
  • WikiProject Free Software is now merged with WikiProject Software. The link to WikiProject Free Software is Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Free Software.
  • To better serve Wikipedia, WikiProject Malware is now under the parent of WikiProject Computer Security. All Malware articles are currently being transferred over to the new project. In any case, you are welcome to join at WikiProject Computer Security!
  • All members of WikiProject Software are urged to install the Centralized Announcement System on their talk page.
  • I have changed the participant (members) table by replacing the Task column with Area of Expertise. I also introduced a new template based status system so as to "arrange" the members according to whether they are active, semi-active, inactive, or retired. Please update your entry accordingly.
  • New IRC server! The old channel on Freenode is not used anymore. See See here. Manual for using IRC can be found here for why. Find us at:
Server host irc.libera.chat
Port 6697
channel #wikipedia-en-software
quick access https://web.libera.chat/?#wikipedia-en-software

Tasks to finish

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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:


WikiProject Software to do list

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Installation instructions (click show to view)
To install the WikiProject Software Centralized Announcement paste the following code to the top of your user talk page:
==WikiProject Software==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Announcement-u}}<!---->



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Integrated banner for WikiProject Software

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Greetings,I have made a proposal for a integrated banner for the project here . I invite you for your valuable comments in the discussion. You are receiving this note as you are a member of the project. Thanks -- Tinu Cherian - 11:13, 7 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

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CSS, HTML, and stuff like that

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I noticed your questions on the reference desk. If you would like to learn this kind of stuff, I'm a big fan of Head First HTML. There's a sample chapter link on that page to show you their approach. I guarantee that you'll learn all kinds of stuff, if this is the kind of thing you want to learn. --- OtherDave (talk) 04:08, 13 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:L4rgelogo.jpg)

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Image:Firefox problem.JPG

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One notice would be enough. I really don't need two. I may be a bit thick but I can usually get it the first time. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 21:44, 10 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Ah, humour/humor don't come across that well and neither does the fact that the image was being used. I had forgotten that if you use [[:image:Firefox problem.JPG]] then you get a link to the image but the image page doesn't show where it's being used. You need to drop the leading colon and add 20px to keep it nice and small.

Nathaniel N. Davis

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Why do you say that someone that is a CEO/President of a private company is a notable person? There is no evidence of the company size or stature in Google. In addition, there is nothing about the person in Google.

:/ I guess you're right. He's not notable at all. I just saw the word "CEO" and assumed he had some importance in life. flaminglawyercneverforget 18:43, 23 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Hey, you may have noticed that I have been mass removing instances of your image ChristmasTree.jpg. I have been doing some digging, and it is blatant that you did not make the image, or at least derived it from a source that you did not specify, did not attribute, and wrongly licensed. Do you have any explanation? neuro(talk) 17:08, 8 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Sure thing, makes sense. :) neuro(talk) 10:58, 9 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
Oh, and by the way, here are some suggestions for pictures in the absence of that one (not a terribly big fan of the new one):
neuro(talk) 11:02, 9 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
Great stuff. And to think you had been imitated at one point! The cheek of it! :P neuro(talk) 11:54, 10 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free media (Image:PR-screenshot.jpg)

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Account Creation Tool

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A question

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How come you link to User:CheeseDreams, User:-Ril-, and User:Account created to post on Reference Desk in your signature? --Dylan620 Contribs Sign! 01:21, 21 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

I'll echo Dylan's query. If there isn't a response, I'll have to bump the issue over to the Administrators' Noticeboard. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 21:13, 21 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

<copied from Dylan's talk, which was posted before Ten's notice>
I link(ed) to those users in my sig because they got blocked, but they were good users (except for the fact that they're indef-blocked) and I linked to them so they wouldn't be forgotten (hence the words "never forget" that linked to them). If you've seen any of my recent posts, however, you'll see that I have discontinued my links to CheeseDreams and Account created [...] Reference Desk. I have continued linking to -Ril- because he shared an interest with me: He got banned for having his signature set to ~~~~ , which had links to his name. Well, that's actually just one of many reasons he got blocked... But anyway, I also had that signature, but someone told me to stop and pointed at -ril- as an example. I stopped immediately. -ril-, on the other hand, didn't. He kept on going for a while, then (when he was told to stop for like the 50th time) he stopped - but changed his signature to read "Victim of signature fascism." I admired this boldness, and his interest in the same signature as me, and so I link to him still today. flaminglawyerc 02:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Merry Christmas!

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  Merry Christmas!
Flaming, here's hoping you're having a wonderful Christmas, and here's also hoping that all your family and friends are well. Lets all hope that the year coming will be a good one! If we've had disputes in the past, I hold no grudges, especially at such a time as this. If you don't know I am, I apologise, feel free to remove this from your page.
Come and say hi, I won't bite, I swear! It could even be good for me, you know - I'm feeling a little down at the moment with all of these snowmen giving me the cold shoulder :(
neur ho ho ho(talk) 00:04, 25 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Merry Christmas!!!

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Merry Christmas to you too! Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 05:19, 25 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

I Saw Your MC2008 template

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Since Christmas has passed, I decided we needed something similar for January- so I made it, here. How'd you get anonimoty to work- I forgot the Special page for that. I you know it, can you tell me, please? Thank you! Resident Mario (talk) 17:22, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

I don't think we need one for just generic January. I only do them for 2 holidays out of the year. If you're looking for just a general "have a good day!" message, see Template:GivePie or Template:Cookie or similar. flaminglawyerc 22:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

[[10]] Done. You're right, it's not for greetings, an oversight on my part (oops). Actually, I intended it to be a friendly banner for use on a User page. It's not only for January, though. I planned to update it monthly- it's called "2009", after all!.

PS:Why'd you stick a vandal's account into your sig?Resident Mario (talk) 19:27, 29 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

-Ril- was a sock, not a vandal. For reasons on why he's in my sig, see the #A question. flaminglawyerc 22:30, 29 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Ok... You know, you're probably going to get asked this question again a million times... RezMar Yell at me! —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC).Reply

And I'm OK with that, because I already have my response typed up and posted on my talk page (or one of its archives). flaminglawyerc 18:25, 1 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Happy New Year!

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A cat to ease all of your troubles
Happy New Year!
Hey there, Flaming! Happy new Gregorian year. All the best for the new year, both towards you and your family and friends too. I know that I am the only person lonely enough to be running this thing as the new year is ushered in, but meh, what are you going to do. I like to keep my templated messages in a satisfactorily melancholy tone. ;)

Congratulations to Coren, Wizardman, Vassyana, Carcharoth, Jayvdb, Casliber, Risker, Roger Davies, Cool Hand Luke and Rlevse, who were all appointed to the Arbitration Committee after the ArbCom elections. I am sure I am but a voice of many when I say I trust the aforementioned users to improve the committee, each in their own way, as listed within their respective election statements. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to update the 2009 article, heh.

Best wishes, neuro(talk) 00:47, 1 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for template

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Thanks for creating the Template:Keypresses. It makes really makes keys stand out. rCX (talk) 23:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Actually, it's no different than the current Template:Keypress. I just made it able to make more keypress-buttons with one template. But thanks for noticing :) flaminglawyerc 03:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

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