User talk:Risker - Misplaced Pages

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Revision as of 05:12, 21 October 2009 by Tide rolls (talk | contribs) (Reverted edits by 74.133.47.23 to last revision by Tide rolls (HG))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) If you're here to respond to a comment I posted on your talk page, feel free to reply on your talk page so the question and answer are together. I tend to watch talk pages I've posted comments to for a few weeks after my initial post. If you leave me a message, I'll respond here unless you ask me to reply somewhere else. --Risker (talk) 00:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Beware! This user's talk page is monitored by talk page watchers. Some of them even talk back.

Useful things for me to remember or I will never find them again, plus archive links

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Column-generating template families

The templates listed here are not interchangeable. For example, using {{col-float}} with {{col-end}} instead of {{col-float-end}} would leave a <div>...</div> open, potentially harming any subsequent formatting.

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"columns-start" Yes Yes {{columns-start}} {{column}} {{columns-end}}

Columns "div col" Yes Yes {{div col}} – {{div col end}}

"columns-list" No Yes {{columns-list}} (wraps div col) – –

Flexbox "flex columns" No Yes {{flex columns}} – –

Table "col" Yes No {{col-begin}},
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My talk page is also my "to-do" list

No really, I do read all my messages in a timely manner. I also archive fairly regularly once the subject of the message has been resolved. I keep things on my talk page until they've been addressed, so stuff tends to be out of date order. Consider the top half of this page my to-do list. Some things just take time. See also User:Risker/Copyedit Requests. Risker (talk)

Messages below please

Break
A former arbitrator told me once that too much dispute resolution was soul-destroying. I'm going to be spending a short time clearing off my real-world desks and replenishing my soul, soothing my hopeful heart. I'd started to this a few weeks ago and got rudely interrupted, so I'm going to try this again. It may take me a while to respond to any messages left here, and the same for any emails. Risker (talk) 02:27, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Those are very nice lyrics, Risker. I keep The Paradoxical Commandments next to my computer, in plain sight, for days such as these. Enjoy your well deserved break. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:51, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Do take the well deserved break

Hi Risker, you really don't know me but I got brought here following some difs, not important at this time. You have a thankless job being both an administrator and also an arbitrator. Definitely take the wikibreak and stay away from here. It is good to spend some time away, I myself just did this recently. I don't expect an answer so don't worry. Go enjoy! :) --CrohnieGal 19:28, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

RS/N comment about Life University situation

Note section there. -- Brangifer (talk) 20:16, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Requesting a copyedit

I'm working up an article in my userspace. It's not quite finished yet (I'm planning, perhaps, 250-300 more words), but I'd appreciate if you'd take your prettifying brush to it at some point. Unit Anode 19:59, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Gave it a quick going over, a few copy edits and one tag for clarification. Looks pretty good. I assume you will finish up with more details about the assassination and perhaps something about his legacy? Nice work. Risker (talk) 16:26, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a ton! I've actually been thinking about how to approach his "legacy", since it's shrouded in such mystery. There are some historians that view him as nothing more than an opportunistic piece of trash, basically, and others that view him as something of a crusading reformer. Additionally, there's not been a ton written on him, apart from his assassination, but I'm going to see what I can find. I'm hoping for a move to the mainspace within a few days. Unit Anode 16:31, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

I have a quick question, with regards to referencing the work. I don't particularly care much for in-line, as it detracts from the actual prose. I was wondering if you thought it would be acceptable to remove the inlines, and simply have a "Sources" section or some such thing, where I list my source material for the article? Thanks! U A 17:27, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Risker. Thank you for the note on my page. It is precisely the point I'm trying to make (if I can only edit as Outriggr, then my name somehow proceeds me, and the edits can't be much good if the only thing stopping their reversion is my name). I'm not suggesting that my edits under another account were a "test" along those lines (the reality is that I've locked myself out of my main account... and I don't have to tell anyone about wiki withdrawals, not wanting to remain attached to an identity on wikipedia , wanting to help a friend with an article, etc.)
But I came to ask an administrative question: are you allowed to protect my talk page for a week, say, so that I can "get away" from it? I am referring to User talk:Outriggr, and I confirmed in my last edit using that account that the account I am posting under now is 'me'. If you are able to, I'd first like to put the page in a neutral archived state before you do so. Miniature drama queen signing off, Outrigger (talk) 02:49, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Ha. I keep putting up that bloody wikibreak notice, and then never actually manage to get away. Moni's words are very wise. Just take a break for a while, take the dogriggr out on his dates, catch the game and spend a few evenings at seedy bars checking out the new bands. (Not sure which is more important, the seediness of the bar or the quality of the band, but either way the result is the same. I love it when my ears are still ringing two hours later.) Archive your page, go ahead; don't think I can really lock it down, but I will keep an eye. We'll be waiting when you're ready to return. Believe me, I know how hard it is to walk away, even for a while. The email addy still works, feel free to use it. :-) Risker (talk) 03:10, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Check out the new bands. That's good advice. I haven't done that in a while. I love it when you find some band you've never heard of before and just have a really enjoyable night. Jazz is always a sure hit, but every once in a while some rock band makes the night. Cheers, Varks Spira (talk) 03:31, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

To the Arbcom

I have no idea where to place this, as I have never brought a case or made an official complaint (amazing that isn't it) - I normally solve my own problems, but in these days where no-one now knows what is right or wrong - and blocks are for any length of time depending on the whim of the moment completely independant of the crime. Would one of you please look at Mattisse and her mentors (I am told you have passed some resolution concerning her) I am sick of the trolling against me on her page by her and her so called mentors. I avoid her and them as often as possible, but that seems to be no impediment to their continual sniping. Perhaps, it's time for a change of gaoler. Please post this wherever it is supposed to go. Giano (talk) 19:34, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Her mentors have reverted my reply on her talk - so here is my mesage to them, where they cannot revert. . I wish to have no contact with Mattisse or them. There is little to choose between them. Giano (talk) 19:44, 13 October 2009 (UTC)