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L.A. event on November 11 CANCELED

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Due to health issues affecting one of the organizers, the third Wik-Ed Women editing session (originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 11) has been canceled. We expect the series to pick up again sometime in December. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you in the near future! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.|}

Refname rules

Latest comment: 10 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Hi. I'm here with a question about a sentence that you added to {{Refname rules}}:

If a name is quoted when defined, it must also be quoted for additional invocations (i.e. name="something" is not the same as name=something).

On first glance, this doesn't seem to be true. Gadget850 says that Sanitizer.php automatically adds quotes, so they should be the same, which matches my experience editing, namely that it doesn't matter if the definition or later invocations have optional quotes or not. But before changing anything, I was wondering if there is some rationale that we don't know about, in which case it should stay. Thanks. – Margin1522 (talk) 06:07, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

@Margin1522: Here is an unquoted example^[1] and a use without quotes^[1] and a use with quotes^[1].

Here is a quoted example^[2] and a use without quotes^[2] and a use with quotes^[2].

And an attempt to redefine "quoted" as quoted, which silently uses the existing definition of "quoted" instead.^[2]

Looks like it works. I'm sure that it did not at some point, but this must have been fixed, so feel free to correct it. Thanks. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:59, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

^ ^a ^b ^c Definition without quotes
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Definition with quotes Cite error: The named reference "quoted" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

OK, thanks. I think you're probably right, that at one point this was true. But since it apparently works now we'll just go ahead and change it and keep an eye on it. – Margin1522 (talk) 01:34, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Straw Poll

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

There is a straw poll that may interest you regarding the proper use of "Religion =" in infoboxes of atheists.

The straw poll is at Template talk:Infobox person#Straw poll.

--Guy Macon (talk) 09:19, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for inadvertently deleting your vote

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I apologize for mistakenly deleting your vote in the Infobox religion discussion. I was caught in an edit conflict, and I somehow erased your contribution. I did not mean to. Sorry. Plazak (talk) 14:26, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

L.A. edit-a-thon this Sunday, December 14

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

L.A. meetup: December 14 edit-a-thon at the California African American Museum

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

East of Borneo's "Unforgetting L.A." edit-a-thon series continues this weekend at the California African American Museum! Please join us this Sunday, December 14 from 11am to 4pm. Beginners welcome! You'll learn to create new articles that improve Wikipedia's coverage of African American art in Los Angeles, past and present. Please click here for full event details and to RSVP if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:25, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.