User talk:Mr. Absurd

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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg 03:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Pericles's Funeral Oration
Pericles's Funeral Oration looks good! John Vandenberg 04:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

For bonus points, create Author:Richard Crawley with whatever information you can find. John Vandenberg 04:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

stars
This looks a bit odd. You have replaced two sets of stars with only one image of the stars. Should the image be added a second time as well? John Vandenberg 06:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It was at the end of the chapter, and I don't have the original version (no stars are in mine at all) so I left them out. I'll add them back in for now and perhaps put a note in the talk page (or I'll find an original edition to look at). Thanks. Mr. Absurd 06:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

CotW
If you die in the coming week, you shall go straight to Heaven. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: e. e. cummings‎. 03:28, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! There is one problem though: some poems from the edition I'm using seem to have been revised (by Cummings) later in his life—most online version of "This is the garden" don't have capitals and have completely different punctuation. Do we just go with the original version then, even if it was later revised? Or do we just leave it unless we have a later, verified version? (i.e. from an actual published book, not online)? Also, at Page:Eight Harvard Poets (1917).djvu/18, there's a typo of "be" as "ba"—I changed it in my transcription—is that right? Thanks for your help! Mr. Absurd (talk) 03:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, we use the old uncopyrighted version of his poem, not his later revisions :) Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: e. e. cummings‎. 04:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, right, duh. Thanks. Mr. Absurd (talk) 04:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

hotcat
Hi, you can find hotcat in your Special:Preferences in the "Gadgets" section. The automated header preloader gadget is also really handy. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I had seen it but it said something about images, so that's why I added the .js, though I see now that it works for pages too. Thanks for the tip. Mr. Absurd (talk) 05:43, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I have addressed the misleading explanation at MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat Thanks for pointing it out. -- John Vandenberg (chat) 05:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Nice work
Nice work with the pages related to Author:Edward Estlin Cummings. Cirt (talk) 08:30, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I mostly edit on Wikipedia but I've also spent some time here on Wikisource occasionally and I think I might prefer it. Mr. Absurd (talk) 08:38, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I am having some difficulty trying to figure out the templates and sub-templates and transclusions you are using for these pages, I guess I prefer the plain 'ole way of just creating a new page with a poem on it. :P -- Cirt (talk) 08:41, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it took me a while to figure it out too—but it's much better to have the DjVU files because it makes proofreading much easier (and anyone can easily go look at the original source to make sure it's accurate). If you're wondering how to use DjVU, try Help:DjVu files, Help:Side by side image view for proofreading, or commons:Help:Creating a DjVu file. It was also helpful for me to look at existing DjVU files to see how it's done (a good one to use is The Wind in the Willows, which is a featured text. Mr. Absurd (talk) 08:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will look into this. Cirt (talk) 09:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)