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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "Peter Farago" to "April Arcus"

2020-04-11T01:54:11Z

Text replacement - "Peter Farago" to "April Arcus"

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	:''Copied from [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum#Requested Articles]]''		:''Copied from [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum#Requested Articles]]''
	I've noticed Shane has been creating a number of new articles recently using the {{tl\|requested}} template. I personally think that unless we're going to had at least a brief description - that is, a {{tl\|stub}}, it's better to leave such articles empty, so that the red links alert other browsers to the need for such articles. A casual browser seeing a yellow link to one of these new pages would probably never follow that link to see that it's essentially empty, nor realize that their contribution could be valuable. --[[User:~~Peter Farago~~\|~~Peter Farago~~]] 00:22, 17 May 2006 (CDT)		I've noticed Shane has been creating a number of new articles recently using the {{tl\|requested}} template. I personally think that unless we're going to had at least a brief description - that is, a {{tl\|stub}}, it's better to leave such articles empty, so that the red links alert other browsers to the need for such articles. A casual browser seeing a yellow link to one of these new pages would probably never follow that link to see that it's essentially empty, nor realize that their contribution could be valuable. --[[User:April Arcus\|April Arcus]] 00:22, 17 May 2006 (CDT)
	:'''[[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks]]''' would be listing the "Requested" section. I just need to get back on the bot code so it works and then get joe to set it up so it runs every few hours to keep the Open task page updates. --[[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 20:38, 6 June 2006 (CDT)		:'''[[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks]]''' would be listing the "Requested" section. I just need to get back on the bot code so it works and then get joe to set it up so it runs every few hours to keep the Open task page updates. --[[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 20:38, 6 June 2006 (CDT)
	::I'm not sure how this addresses my point about red links being a useful cue. --[[User:~~Peter Farago~~\|~~Peter Farago~~]] 20:46, 6 June 2006 (CDT)		::I'm not sure how this addresses my point about red links being a useful cue. --[[User:April Arcus\|April Arcus]] 20:46, 6 June 2006 (CDT)

April Arcus: /* Requested Template */

2006-06-07T01:46:01Z

Requested Template

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	I've noticed Shane has been creating a number of new articles recently using the {{tl\|requested}} template. I personally think that unless we're going to had at least a brief description - that is, a {{tl\|stub}}, it's better to leave such articles empty, so that the red links alert other browsers to the need for such articles. A casual browser seeing a yellow link to one of these new pages would probably never follow that link to see that it's essentially empty, nor realize that their contribution could be valuable. --[[User:Peter Farago\|Peter Farago]] 00:22, 17 May 2006 (CDT)		I've noticed Shane has been creating a number of new articles recently using the {{tl\|requested}} template. I personally think that unless we're going to had at least a brief description - that is, a {{tl\|stub}}, it's better to leave such articles empty, so that the red links alert other browsers to the need for such articles. A casual browser seeing a yellow link to one of these new pages would probably never follow that link to see that it's essentially empty, nor realize that their contribution could be valuable. --[[User:Peter Farago\|Peter Farago]] 00:22, 17 May 2006 (CDT)
	:'''[[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks]]''' would be listing the "Requested" section. I just need to get back on the bot code so it works and then get joe to set it up so it runs every few hours to keep the Open task page updates. --[[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 20:38, 6 June 2006 (CDT)		:'''[[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks]]''' would be listing the "Requested" section. I just need to get back on the bot code so it works and then get joe to set it up so it runs every few hours to keep the Open task page updates. --[[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 20:38, 6 June 2006 (CDT)
			::I'm not sure how this addresses my point about red links being a useful cue. --[[User:Peter Farago\|Peter Farago]] 20:46, 6 June 2006 (CDT)

Shane: /* Requested Template */

2006-06-07T01:38:28Z

Requested Template

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	:''Copied from [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum#Requested Articles]]''		:''Copied from [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum#Requested Articles]]''
	I've noticed Shane has been creating a number of new articles recently using the {{tl\|requested}} template. I personally think that unless we're going to had at least a brief description - that is, a {{tl\|stub}}, it's better to leave such articles empty, so that the red links alert other browsers to the need for such articles. A casual browser seeing a yellow link to one of these new pages would probably never follow that link to see that it's essentially empty, nor realize that their contribution could be valuable. --[[User:Peter Farago\|Peter Farago]] 00:22, 17 May 2006 (CDT)		I've noticed Shane has been creating a number of new articles recently using the {{tl\|requested}} template. I personally think that unless we're going to had at least a brief description - that is, a {{tl\|stub}}, it's better to leave such articles empty, so that the red links alert other browsers to the need for such articles. A casual browser seeing a yellow link to one of these new pages would probably never follow that link to see that it's essentially empty, nor realize that their contribution could be valuable. --[[User:Peter Farago\|Peter Farago]] 00:22, 17 May 2006 (CDT)
			:'''[[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks]]''' would be listing the "Requested" section. I just need to get back on the bot code so it works and then get joe to set it up so it runs every few hours to keep the Open task page updates. --[[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 20:38, 6 June 2006 (CDT)

April Arcus at 01:35, 7 June 2006

2006-06-07T01:35:34Z

New page

==Requested Template==
:''Copied from [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum#Requested Articles]]''
I've noticed Shane has been creating a number of new articles recently using the {{tl|requested}} template. I personally think that unless we're going to had at least a brief description - that is, a {{tl|stub}}, it's better to leave such articles empty, so that the red links alert other browsers to the need for such articles. A casual browser seeing a yellow link to one of these new pages would probably never follow that link to see that it's essentially empty, nor realize that their contribution could be valuable. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:22, 17 May 2006 (CDT)