User talk:Arjuno3
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Again, welcome! -- billinghurst (talk) 12:48, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Gday. This body wouldn't be considered an author which is usually a person, so I have moved the page to the Wikisource: namespace, and amended all the linking files accordingly. billinghurst (talk) 23:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hi, Thanks for taking care of that. Arjuno3 (talk) 04:45, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- This page has been moved to the Portal namespace as that is where we now keep our topical indexes. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 01:51, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Thoughts on the use of Template:UN document[edit]
Just wondered on your plans for this template. Generally with another document, we would just place a wikilink in place, rather than reference it. From my quick look, it is not evident what assistance we would get from this template. billinghurst sDrewth 04:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Direct links to the UN document repository (e.g. http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?OpenAgent&DS=A/56/391&Lang=E ) are not accepted, as described in the template documentation: "At the moment, for technical reasons, these links redirect through a webpage called www.undemocracy.com. When the United Nations webpage becomes able to serve these essential deep links itself, then all wikipedia links can be moved to point to their proper place." UN document codes must be submitted to undemocracy.com which then provides a link to a PDF source file from the repository. This is where this template would seem useful. Arjuno3 (talk) 04:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- I meant a local reference to a document, not an external link. There is the obvious difference between WS and WP, in that WS is not making interpretation nor would we normally need to reference many external documents. billinghurst sDrewth 04:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I must admit I am temporarily placing external references in the project page just to get a better idea of what has been covered and what not. I am planning to move all external references from the project page to the corresponding wikisource documents. On hindsight, I guess I could have used a sandbox page for that purpose as well. I assume that referencing to the actual source text of a wikisource document is preferred or required(?), though I couldn't find anything on that topic in the Help section of wikisource. Perhaps you could point me in the right direction? Thanks! Arjuno3 (talk) 05:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- I guess I can just as well make use of the Notes field in the document header for reference purposes, e.g. "Source: [http://www.undemocracy.com/A-56-391 A-56-391]". If this is an accepted way of referencing in wikisource, then I guess there is no need for the UN document template. Arjuno3 (talk) 06:22, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Two options. You can use source that way, or in the notes add {{edition}} (links to talk page) and then use the {{textinfo}} on the talk page. billinghurst sDrewth 06:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- I see! Have opted for {{edition}}/{{textinfo}}. Thanks for your help! Arjuno3 (talk) 07:02, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Two options. You can use source that way, or in the notes add {{edition}} (links to talk page) and then use the {{textinfo}} on the talk page. billinghurst sDrewth 06:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- I guess I can just as well make use of the Notes field in the document header for reference purposes, e.g. "Source: [http://www.undemocracy.com/A-56-391 A-56-391]". If this is an accepted way of referencing in wikisource, then I guess there is no need for the UN document template. Arjuno3 (talk) 06:22, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I must admit I am temporarily placing external references in the project page just to get a better idea of what has been covered and what not. I am planning to move all external references from the project page to the corresponding wikisource documents. On hindsight, I guess I could have used a sandbox page for that purpose as well. I assume that referencing to the actual source text of a wikisource document is preferred or required(?), though I couldn't find anything on that topic in the Help section of wikisource. Perhaps you could point me in the right direction? Thanks! Arjuno3 (talk) 05:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- I meant a local reference to a document, not an external link. There is the obvious difference between WS and WP, in that WS is not making interpretation nor would we normally need to reference many external documents. billinghurst sDrewth 04:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
The mysterious Header toggle button[edit]
When proofreading in the Page: namespace and you have your toolbar turned on in "my preferences" (Show edit toolbar (requires JavaScript)), then you will see the button 
in your toolbar, and clicking it toggles the header/footer on and off. In this space we put the relevant components for top and bottoms of pages, usually by use of the template {{RunningHeader}}, so for example {{RunningHeader|Stanhope|3|Stanhope}} produces
Stanhope 3 Stanhope |
Personally, I have my header/footer set to open in the Page: namespace and I achieved this by activating that option in my preferences (Show header and footer fields when editing in the Page namespace.) — billinghurst sDrewth 04:36, 2 February 2018 (UTC)