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	Merry Christmas
	Hoping you stay warm and have lots of good times and good food this holiday season! White Arabian Filly Neigh

Wishing you a Charlie Russell Christmas, RexxS!

"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw(talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Hindu leader has been nominated for merging with Template:Infobox religious biography. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you once more, Gerda. On balance, they have been five good years. I hope you've found them the same. All the best --RexxS (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I found the same. Not all seeds flourished, so I planned for three Easter DYK items and got one, but well, I have the others in my private wishes, pictured ;) - Looking at some recent TFAs, I see progress almost beyond belief: Piano Concerto No. 24 (Mozart) and Crucifix (Cimabue, Santa Croce). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know that I have today the third DYK mentioning hope, in the title even, - the other two are also on my user page. We hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:01, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello RexxS and Happy Easter. Would you be able to gift me a lift from the train station on Birmingham New Street to Oxford for the Meetup? Cheers, Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 16:37, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Rubbish computer: Yes, of course I can. I'll email you to sort out the details. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 20:05, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers! Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 23:01, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It has been thirty days since the citations needed issue at the Steve Hassan bio was discussed. I have offered a suggested edited version this paragraph taking into consideration the absence of reliable sources to support various unsubstantiated claims.Rick Alan Ross (talk) 13:58, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at Talk:Steven Hassan #Lack of balance. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 22:44, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if it was you, but someone requested a citation regarding quote by Michael Langone. I provided the citation in detail on the Talk page with book page numbers.Rick Alan Ross (talk) 15:11, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No, that was me requesting clarification for runs the risk imposing clarity, however subtly which appears to maybe be missing an "of", otherwise I have no idea what it is supposed to mean. I can't find a page number in the ref. • • • Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 15:46, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for all your help today Teresamac63 (talk) 14:14, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Teresamac63: Good to meet you too. Have a look at what I've done here to send you a WP:notification. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 20:10, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:08, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RexxS, I assume you inserted the inter-language link in Rebreather as a hint that there is an article on fr: which could be translated or used to find material to create an equivalent article on en:? Cheers, • • • Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 12:03, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(watching:) the link is good even before, to make known that a person is notable in a different Wikipedia, coming with a direct link there for people who understand the language. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:19, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Peter. I was actually fixing the direct url to fr.wikipedia.org that an IP from Brittany inserted over our red-link in the previous edit. The {{ill}} template is useful because it displays a redlink and links to other Wikipedias as long as our article does not exist. As soon as someone creates it, the template just displays a normal wiki-link. Have a look at the documentation – you're bound to find a use for it sooner or later.

I used the surname alone because our article has displayed his name as Sieur Touboulic since the text was entered. I moved the reference to the end of the sentence because it's still a reference even when it's a footnote and our convention on the placing of references still applies: if it's not controversial, the end of the sentence or paragraph is good enough.

As ever, none of that is crucial. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 17:29, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I see. It looks like a useful template when there is something on another Wikipedia. In this case the fr: article is supported by a source I can't access, so I don't know whether it would be good form to translate it, as my French is nearly non-existent. I will probably just leave it for now. Cheers, • • • Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 05:50, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I was just reminded of Uebert Angel — you remember? I hope you'll help me keep an eye on it when the semi expires on the 25. The edit requests on the talkpage show Angel's followers as determined to add the wildest puffery about his powers of prophecy, world fame, etc. It may well need to be semiprotected for a year or so (well, actually indefinitely, but one doesn't like to do that formally). I hope you noticed the lion on my page — it doesn't like to do anything. Bishonen | talk 22:46, 12 May 2017 (UTC).[reply]

I'm trying to work out what unpleasant incident might have triggered your memory of young Uebert, but I've restored him to my watchlist. I see that hardly anybody has edited the article since it was semi-protected, but we can presumably expect the floodgates to re-open a week on Thursday. I'm sure that worthies like Jbh will also help keep an eye on it, and I'm heartened by the number of uninvolved editors who have denied the edit-requests on the talk page.

I did notice the lion on your talk page! and I was considering creating a modified carousel script to make it display a lioness 10% of the time at random - just to see if anybody noticed. The female lion, of course, is the one who does all the work, while the male lies around all day thinking about maybe doing some jobs, mañana. And so it was for me and the script. --RexxS (talk) 12:18, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's an easy one: I've had the article on my watchlist the whole time, very little has happened, as you say, and then recently a, hum, telling edit request turned up on the talkpage and thus on my watchlist. I thought somewhat of commenting there, because I felt I understood what the IP wanted to happen, which the person who responded did not (but then I've seen these characters before, and the commenting editor perhaps hadn't): they wanted for the text they had typed to replace the text currently in the article, preferably all of it. Don't you think so? But in the end I didn't comment; you know how admins are supposed to "de-escalate". (Tell that to Bishzilla.) About a carousel: well, that would be nice, but I'd want a lazy lioness as well. Asleep, perhaps? Because the stretching lion is supposed to represent a bishounen returning from a wikibreak, slooowly deciding it's time to work for maybe an hour. Not actually hunt, you know, but possibly roar at another lion, or so. Kill a few cubs, maybe. (Newbies.) (I think they do that.) Bishonen | talk 13:12, 13 May 2017 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, RexxS, if you have a spare second, would you be so kind as to take a look at this to find out what is wrong? Thank you for your time. (see also How do I feel today if you interested in why I intend to achieve.) Lotje (talk) 14:12, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) I've fixed the switch at the top. Regarding the entries, they need to be in Wiki markup (i.e. [[File:Junge Frau mit Taubenpost.jpg|300px]] not File:Junge Frau mit Taubenpost.jpg. ‑ Iridescent 14:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you every so much Iridescent, it looks great. Lotje (talk) 15:31, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Lotje: Please excuse me editing your user page; I just fixed a couple of tiny errors and I hope it's working for you now. It does look wonderful. @Iridescent: Thanks for your help - if you're interested in Lua solutions, I made a Lua module at Module:RexxS which has a 'carousel' call - you can see it in action at User talk:Bishonen/Editnotice which displays a different picture every 12 hours for anybody who comes to edit 'Shonen's talk page. There's a call in there that returns a random insult as well: {{#invoke:RexxS|sandyrock}} → Using you for Arbitration Enforcement is like employing King Herod as a baby-sitter..

I know enough coding that I can usually figure out what does what in a given bit of code even if I couldn't write it myself, but Lua to me may as well be in Japanese—there's something about it I find totally incomprehensible. ‑ Iridescent 17:34, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@RexxS, Yes, that looks great. If need be, would you create one for me as well? I'd be much obliged. Lotje (talk) 16:36, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Lotje: Sure! I've made one at Module:Lotje. You just use {{#invoke:Lotje|randimg}} which gives

Script error: No such module "Lotje".

I hope you can read the module code, as it's really quite simple to add to the list of images. I've set it up so that you give the full image syntax (so you can set the size as usual). Let me know if you'd prefer a different behaviour. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 18:08, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

RexxS, I made a real mess of all your good work. sorry. Lotje (talk) 07:04, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Lotje: You haven't made a mess at all. I fixed the User:Lotje/1 page for you. Anywhere you want your images you just put {{#invoke:Lotje|randimg}}. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 10:18, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you every so much RexxS, so glad y're hanging around. Lotje (talk) 10:23, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ow! Yes, Lua is incomprehensible! Why does it look right in edit mode, what went wrong, and will it work? Bishonen | talk 20:53, 15 May 2017 (UTC).[reply]

Hmmz, for something that's incomprehensible, you seem to have acquired the skill of editing it quite quickly. It looks right in edit mode because it is right. Nothing went wrong, and it will work. I've moved it up so that it will be the next picture on your page. Feel free to move it again once you've assured yourself that it has worked. --RexxS (talk) 21:07, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RexxS. Thanks for your work today on WikidataIB. :-) I'm not sure if it's related or not, but a date I've added to Solar Submillimeter Telescope that is on Wikidata as "April 1999" is showing up in the infobox as "0 April 1999". Not a big issue, but it would be nice to fix it if possible. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:48, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Peel: It's related. I needed to manually check the precision and decide on whether to assemble DD-MMMM-YYYY or MMMM-YYYY or just YYYY. Should be done now, but flush your cache to see the change. Thanks for spotting that. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 21:37, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RexxS,

At the last Oxford meetup, we discussed the possibility of using a template to present an overlaid pair of images. I've finally got round to my first shot at writing a specification for such a template – it's at User:Maproom/Overlaid_images. I'd be grateful for your comments. Maproom (talk) 21:57, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maproom. I've made a first stab at User:RexxS/Overlaid images, using a couple of images I found on Commons. The combined image is in the Overlay section and it has 8 numbers to set the height & width of the combined image, and the width & both offsets of the two component images. I'm pretty sure I can do the arithmetic required to calculate those given the input parameters that you specify. I'll save that for tomorrow, unless you beat me to it. --RexxS (talk) 23:31, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Valoem. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, it's important to be mindful of the feelings of your fellow editors, who may be frustrated by certain types of interaction. While you probably didn't intend any offense, please do remember that Wikipedia strives to be an inclusive atmosphere. In light of that, it would be greatly appreciated if you could moderate yourself so as not to offend. Thank you. Don't do it again you would stand change against me at ANI. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 23:56, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]