User talk:Coemgenus/archive2009-2

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It was announced a few moments ago on the Phillies-Mets post game on WPHL-TV that Eric Bruntlett's unassisted triple play did indeed, end the game. NoseNuggets (talk) 5:25 PM US EDT Aug 23 2009.

• ESPNews is now saying that it was the first walkoff unassisited triple play since 1927. I'll go out there and fix the UTP entry. NoseNuggets (talk) 4:45 PM US EDT Aug 23 2009.

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		For going above and beyond the call of duty; for keeping up with the Phils) 14:19, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply ]

Hello Coemgenus... I noticed that you are the one who added the automatic date math to the
"List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by time in office".

(cur) (prev) 10:34, February 23, 2007 Coemgenus (talk | contribs) (inserted parser functions to make current justices' numbers accurate each day, moved up kennedy, thomas, ginsburg, robetrs)

I've tried to look up the terms/functions that you used, but have not been able to figure out the ins and outs. Where did you look to find the terminology you used?
Examples of what I'm trying to do can be seen at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LP-mn/Sandbox#Justices.
LP-mn (talk) 05:20, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, first off, as someone who looks at aesthetics first, that list is gorgeous. That said, I have a couple of quick suggestions that I noticed and would have mentioned at FLC:

• FLs don't start with "This is a list of..." any more. I would look at
  some recently promoted featured lists
  for examples. In fact, the second sentence, explaining what a triple is, would be a great start for this list.
• Talk a little more about why triples were more common in the dead-ball era to expand the lead.
• All colors need to be accompanied by a symbol (usually the dagger – † – is used to represent Hall of Fame in the baseball context). This means that you will have to replace the {{legend}} template with a table.
• Since there are no current active players in the table, you don't have to include that color in the key. You can keep it for "just in case", and hide it with a comment, but it shouldn't be shown unless it's used. It needs a symbol too (preferably an asterisk).
• FLC people will probably insist on sortability (I know I would), so you'll have to fill in the blank cells with actual numbers. This list will probably end up being a precedent-setter for massive changes to most of the other lists in this genre. This also means the list needs to be one column.
• Each player's row needs an inline citation. Baseball Reference is the easiest place to get those.
• I wouldn't call the "List" section "List". It's redundant to the title. "Leaders" is probably better. "Closest Active Players" needs to be removed from title case ("Closest active players").
• You should have one picture in the closest active players, since they have images.
• Each player in that section needs a reference.
• References in the lead for all statistics.
• "See also" section should be above notes. The "Notes" section should be entitled "References", and should be last.

Let me know if there's any other way I can help. I'll look it over again for you before it goes to FLC, if you'd like.

That's exactly it;

Phils) 18:03, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply

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It looks really good; the only suggest I have is one that will come up at FL anyway. Only the name of the player needs to be highlighted, since his place and his number of triples aren't in the Hall of Fame.

Phils) 15:15, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Prose schmose; it's important, sure, but I've seen what happens when the game logs get neglected. One of these articles can go to hell in an awful hurry when people don't pay attention. There are a lot of old ones out there that really look junky just because people don't pay attention.

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Hi Coemgenus! Thanks for your edit summary. After I read it, I did a quick search and found this at

• Alt text is meant for readers who cannot see an image.
• It summarizes the image's appearance, not its meaning, and typically has little in common with the image's caption.
• Every image should have alt text, unless the image is purely decorative and does nothing when you click on it.

I never would have thought that since on most websites the alt text so often just repeats the caption. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Happy editing! — SpikeToronto 23:45, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that we do. Baseball-Almanac generally hasn't been considered reliable in the past.

For the revert to my talk page  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:50, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• No worries. Coemgenus 23:56, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did you actually read the second version I posted? The NY Evening Enquirer was charged under the Smith Act for sedition, see [1] and [2] 64.229.203.43 (talk) 16:31, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • They're sourced. The edit is also accurate if you care to read it or the sources. If you think it's biased then rewrite it rather than mindlessly reverting it. 64.229.203.43 (talk) 16:34, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • • Again, have you actually read the sources? Please rewrite instead of reverting. 64.229.203.43 (talk) 16:36, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • • • So then rewrite what I wrote in a manner that pleases you but includes the sources instead of mindlessly reverting it. 64.229.203.43 (talk) 16:37, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Following feedback about the length of Inner German border, a featured article candidate which you supported, I've revised the article to spin content out into six daughter articles with summary versions in the main article. Please take a look at the results (which are summarised at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Inner German border/archive1#Article size update) and let me know whether you are content to maintain your support for the article being featured. -- ChrisO (talk) 22:30, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Coemgenus! Thanks for fighting

Why'd you comment them all out? - Denimadept (talk) 21:51, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering the same thing. Coemgenus 22:16, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid clutter. Didn't imagine it could possibly be controversial, esp to experienced users. Anyway, here are the applicable §§

"A full citation is also required in a References section at the end of the article. In addition, providing an access date for the link in a comment helps editors recover a link that has become unavailable. for example:

*Plunkett, John. [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying"], ''The Guardian'', London, October 27, 2005. <!--accessed June 5, 2008-->

"Citations for newspaper articles typically include:

• name of the newspaper in italics (required)
• date of publication (required)
• byline (author's name), if any
• title of the article within quotation marks
• city of publication, if not included in name of newspaper
• the date you retrieved it if it is online, invisible to the reader: <!--accessed: date-->
• page number(s) are optional"

"Citations for World Wide Web articles typically include:

• name of the author(s)
• title of the article within quotation marks
• name of the website (linked to a Wikipedia article about the site if it exists, or to Website's "about page")
• date of publication
• page number(s) (if applicable)
• the date you retrieved it (invisible to the reader if the article has a date of publication: <!--accessed: date-->)

Majorite (talk) 00:20, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I appreciate your edit of my incorrect usage of "authorlink" in citing a news article. I'm becoming more familiar with the template usage but overlooked the "example" in Template:Cite news#Examples which makes its proper use much more clear. I corrected a 2nd misapplication as well. Thanks again. JakeInJoisey (talk) 03:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Coemgenus, I'm sorry to have reverted some of your edits in

"President of the United States" may deserve to be upper case if it is viewed as a "standard or commonly used name of an office" as per the

MOS. It is not a title, which is "a prefix or suffix added to a person's name"; in this case that means the word "President" followed immediately by the name of the individual in question. Please refer again to the MOS: "De Gaulle was a French president" is lower case, even though it refers to a specific president of France, while "President De Gaulle" would be upper case. A great many errors commonly make it through featured article candidacies, so I don't think these are as rigorous as they could be. It may be that some editors believe the issue of upper vs. lower case is too trivial to merit much attention. WolfmanSF (talk) 16:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply

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