User talk:Headbomb/Archives/2010/July

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I hope you're able to contribute to the discussion. PL290 (talk) 10:20, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Template deletion

I placed a Speedy-deletion template at {{Elementbox/Sandbox}}, because there is a (lower-case) sandbox at {{Infobox element/sandbox}}. As the creator of this (UPPER-CASE) Sandbox, I thought you should know. I also left a comment on this discussion page: Template talk:Documentation#/Print
 —  Paine (Ellsworth's Climax)  10:21, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

British Prime Ministers

Hi Headbomb. Thanks for your edits to the book, the names look much better with the piping. Just one thought though. Shouldn't we distinguish between the two William Pitts? Perhaps we could retitle them Pitt the Elder and Pitt the Younger or something like that. TheRetroGuy (talk) 11:47, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

I didn't notice their were two Pitts. How about this (which might not make sense if Pitt the Younger is not the 2nd earl)? Other possibilities exist (such as the one you mention the Elder/Younger). I'm completely neutral on the issue of which is best so I guess pick whatever sounds best to you. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:02, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. I'll go with the Elder/Younger option as they tend to be known that way. Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 12:26, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Speed of light- feedback

Hi. Regarding your recent comment – I thought the first sentence was relevant to the topic of that talk page section but the rest seemed to be a disruptive personal attack, albeit unintentional I presume. I feel that an article talk page should be used for discussing the article, rather than discussing editors. If you have some useful criticism to make of an editor, perhaps it is best to first make it on the editor's talk page, and if that is not sufficient, then pursue the appropriate dispute resolution process. Regards, --Bob K31416 (talk) 14:27, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Pp-book-cover

Wow, that is just plain ugly. Not your fault of course, but what self-respecting publisher would set up in that fashion? Perhaps we should strive for a somewhat more attractive look? No reason to be bound by Pp's flaws...any user wanting a print will see how the printed cover will look before they buy it. — Huntster (t @ c) 10:32, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't think it's ugly or a flaw. See for example [1] which looks quite nice IMO. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 10:35, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

To each their own, then. I just think we as a site can do better than that non-standard mess. — Huntster (t @ c) 10:43, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Newton's flaming laser sword

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Sorry Headbomb, Alder seems like a cool guy though! Melchoir (talk) 04:31, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

...Why not? Melchoir (talk) 17:18, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello? (Just making sure you didn't miss this message among other edits.) Melchoir (talk) 17:32, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

...Well, I wanted to get your opinion in person, but I'm going to put the article on AfD now, because if I don't do it soon, I'll forget. Melchoir (talk) 05:07, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Newton's flaming laser sword

An article that you have been involved in editing, Newton's flaming laser sword, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newton's flaming laser sword. Thank you.

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Book:Black Sabbath

HB, hi, well the sole tour listed should be shown last, and as far as I can see with videos and documentaries - which, by the way, you are correct - we can fix this up to standard form like the others are. I can fix it if you like. Best, --Discographer (talk) 19:18, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Exotic matter

See Talk:Exotic matter#Moving content. --antiXt (talk) 07:46, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Beyoncé Knowles

Hi HB, this might sound silly, and I've already asked you about this, but I'm unable to get this accented letter é shown in her name for the book title on my cheap non-American computer. I was about done with this the other day, and had to abort it all because I'm unable to do anything with this. So, I want to ask if it's possible that I create the book as Beyonce Knowles and as soon as I'm done, to let you know so that you can fix it up - move/redirect it, or something. Please respond back. Thanks! Best, --Discographer (talk) 20:31, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Alt+130 will produce the é, or you could copy-paste her name from somewhere else. But if it doesn't work, just create it at Book:Beyonce Knowles and I'll redirect things as needed. (There should be a redirect anyway since many will look for "Beyonce Knowles".) Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 05:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Wildbot and books

Thanks, but I'm still confused here. The FAQ is not helping. If I have a book with :[[Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)|Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)]] and one with :[[Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)]] then why is the former superior? Generally speaking, links of the sort :[[A|A]] are redundant; is this a bug with Wildbot or am I missing something here? Please respond on my talk. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:23, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Ah Reading Book talk:The Offspring helps. I guess that does make sense... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Usually books are compiled through the Book creator, which can't tell what's a good parenthesis, and what's a bad one. So WildBot checks for parens, and let's you know that they might be unneeded in the case of something like Matrix (mathematics) → Matrix in a book on mathematics, which are the majority of cases. In other cases (mostly songs), these parens are actually wanted because they aren't there for disambiguation, they are part of the title. So to let WildBot know these are fine, you pipe them :[[Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)|Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)]]. It's not superior or inferior as far as the book is concerned, but it let's the bot (and people) know that these have been checked and are intentional. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:23, 30 July 2010 (UTC)