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::::: I understand. No really, I do, :) because when writing plain text (e.g. emails) I also use double-space after sentences, for much the same reason (and the --uniform-spacing option of {{wp|fmt}}).  But elsewhere that is frowned upon (e.g. Word squiggles them) or has no visual effect (HTML), so I don't bother.
 
::::: I understand. No really, I do, :) because when writing plain text (e.g. emails) I also use double-space after sentences, for much the same reason (and the --uniform-spacing option of {{wp|fmt}}).  But elsewhere that is frowned upon (e.g. Word squiggles them) or has no visual effect (HTML), so I don't bother.
 
::::: While we're deep into formatting nitty-gritty, I also noticed the lack of '--' in your signatures. You don't use the easy button? --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 03:08, 11 February 2016 (CST)
 
::::: While we're deep into formatting nitty-gritty, I also noticed the lack of '--' in your signatures. You don't use the easy button? --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 03:08, 11 February 2016 (CST)
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:::::: IME the ease of those buttons is outweighed by the tedium of going back and forth to the mouse each time and targeting.&nbsp; ([http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Doom_Wiki%3ARFC%2FStyle_guideline_proposal&diff=104572&oldid=104536 I'm no doubt in a small minority]; some contributors have used mouse-aim in FPSes every day since gastrillation.)&nbsp; My browser not supporting them until 2010 may also be relevant.&nbsp; If I start misspelling stuff like '''{{c|<nowiki>{{wp||}}</nowiki>}}''' and not catching it in preview, I suppose I'll reconsider.&nbsp; :>
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:::::: Much bigger tangent: OMG THANK YOU for dmpsmu.&nbsp; I'd never have beaten Doom II without it!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] ([[User talk:Ryan W|talk]]) 10:13, 11 February 2016 (CST)

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Welcome

Thrilled to have you contributing here. I have given you "editor" status so that your changes will automatically go live w/o waiting for review, as I trust and respect your long experience in the community in regards to the "deep history" from the 90's. I've done my best trying to document that stuff, but a first-person perspective is always going to be superior. Happy editing ;) --Quasar (talk) 11:32, 29 January 2016 (CST)

Re: Welcome

Thanks, that's very kind, as was your presidential reference when creating my steward page. :-) I have some prior experience editing a simpler wiki (TrackMania) but am new here, so you may still want to keep an eye on my edits for a while, in case I make an accidental faux pas against content policy, style, or somesuch.

I'm not sure how long I'll be active here, but for the time being I won't run out of pages to read (and perhaps contribute to). ;)

Btw, is it possible to tie this Xymph page to my Frans_P._de_Vries one somehow? --Xymph (talk) 13:21, 29 January 2016 (CST)

Your person article is considered the encyclopedic one about you, while User:Xymph is free for you to use to describe yourself in whatever terms you like, without restrictions on content above our terms of service (you might see User:Quasar versus James Haley (Quasar) to see the difference). If you would like for your person article to be named Frans P. de Vries (Xymph), like most other person pages, I can do that as a move and leave a redirect in place. At the time I created your article I wasn't aware that you had a handle. --Quasar (talk) 13:31, 29 January 2016 (CST)
Ok, starting to get the hang of these discussion pages. Yes, then please rename my person page, thanks. --Xymph (talk) 16:15, 29 January 2016 (CST)

Archive links

Hello!  Wow, lots of mop-up; I like it.  :D

I think you have changed a few external links referred to here.  Are you doing this systematically, and if so, would you mind dropping a note somewhere when you finish?  I'm planning to scan a database dump to find removed links, but if I do that right now, I'll waste people's time if some cases get fixed by you simultaneously.  Hope that makes sense, thanks.    Ryan W (talk) 17:20, 9 February 2016 (CST)

Hi, you're welcome. :) No, the method to my madness ;) is not related to that list. Rather I went back to pages where I fixed archive links earlier the old-fashioned way, after Quasar showed how to use the template. I may fix more archive links as I encounter them, but am not specifically looking for the Romero ones. Are you saying this will be addressed a more systematic way? Then I won't bother. --Xymph (talk) 02:27, 10 February 2016 (CST)
Please don't stop fixing links if that's what you want to do right now.  My idea wouldn't make changes, only define the scope of the issue (addressing is a longer-term prospect, to judge by Quasar's example suggestions).  By "systematic" I just meant "intended to eventually encompass all topic areas/categories".  If you don't have a to-do list of pages left to check, then I guess I can proceed.  Thanks.    Ryan W (talk) 06:27, 10 February 2016 (CST)
Been here less than two weeks – I don't have a to-do list. ;) Mostly I'm reading up on historical stuff that I know about, and try to contribute/fix what & where I can. I am also using search and Linksearch when I encounter one bad link to find related others. Considering the size of the wiki, I'm not sure when I'll be done with that.
Btw, why do you like nbsp's so much? :) Or are they inserted automagically somehow? --Xymph (talk) 06:56, 10 February 2016 (CST)
Gosh, no one's ever asked me that so calmly.  :>   I think it started because I had never edited a wiki before and wanted every post to be perfect; the sentences just looked jammed together on the screen.  (I've since been assured the latter indicates senile dementia [1]).  Nowadays I think it's an anti-gestalt exercise, forcing myself to reconsider each sentence individually so I don't copypaste them into drivel.  The extra spaces are for discussions only, never "reader-facing" content.
And you're right — a link often implies the use of similar links in related articles!  That sure wasn't the case when I joined.    Ryan W (talk) 18:04, 10 February 2016 (CST)
I understand. No really, I do, :) because when writing plain text (e.g. emails) I also use double-space after sentences, for much the same reason (and the --uniform-spacing option of fmt). But elsewhere that is frowned upon (e.g. Word squiggles them) or has no visual effect (HTML), so I don't bother.
While we're deep into formatting nitty-gritty, I also noticed the lack of '--' in your signatures. You don't use the easy button? --Xymph (talk) 03:08, 11 February 2016 (CST)
IME the ease of those buttons is outweighed by the tedium of going back and forth to the mouse each time and targeting.  (I'm no doubt in a small minority; some contributors have used mouse-aim in FPSes every day since gastrillation.)  My browser not supporting them until 2010 may also be relevant.  If I start misspelling stuff like {{wp||}} and not catching it in preview, I suppose I'll reconsider.  :>
Much bigger tangent: OMG THANK YOU for dmpsmu.  I'd never have beaten Doom II without it!    Ryan W (talk) 10:13, 11 February 2016 (CST)