User talk:Dr ishmael/Archive 5

first non-spam
Ever found a way to make the "RSS" and "Atom" feed options useful? I haven't. I also ask you since frankly I don't understand what they do. :p (T/C) 22:22, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Honestly, I've never seen the point of RSS. Maybe I just don't comprehend it completely, but receiving alerts whenever something changes on a website just seems kinda pointless.  Maybe the concept has matured since I last paid much attention to it (which was when it was brand-new).  Anyway, to answer your question, no, I don't know if/how the RSS/Atom feeds can be made useful.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 01:28, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, so it's basically a redundant recent changes. -_- I suppose if we ever implementent any real-time-based things (auction, contest, etc.) it could be useful. It's strange since it has been there since this wiki began (almost) yet no one I know uses it for anything. So I wonder why it was implemented. Maybe it's just part of MediaWiki. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 03:37, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I believe you're correct, I found a short explanation here. I suppose it could be useful to a person who isn't that much of an RC-vulture, but still wants to know what's going on; or for someone who wants to keep tabs on new pages only - letting the RSS reader sound alerts when new pages are created would be more convenient for them than constantly refreshing Special:NewPages.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 04:39, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * It's nice for pages like Xkcd, which update irregularly (sp?). --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  09:34, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * xkcd is regular, Monday-Wednesday-Friday - it says so on the page, and I haven't noticed him to miss in the month or so since I've been reading. For webcomics in general, I keep all the ones I follow in a bookmarks folder, and I use Firefox's "Open all in tabs" function to check them every day since many of them keep a news blog that sometimes updates on non-comic days.  If I felt like bothering with it, RSS might make that easier (for the ones that offer RSS feeds, anyway), but meh.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 13:31, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * xkcd is regular. The order of the stick, however, is not, so RSS is great for that.  &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  ( talk ) 14:06, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Ugh, I fail :P --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]]-- (s)talkpage  14:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Some wikis (like guestbook.wikia.com) update quite sporadically, so if you want to keep an eye on those, a RSS feed would be handy. --◄mendel► 09:22, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

JavaScript suggestion
If you see any merit in Suggestions/Skin JavaScript, could you take care of that one, please? --◄mendel► 09:22, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't see any merit in it - or at least, not enough merit for me to work on it. Anons who want to use another skin need to register an account, that's the entire point.  And editors debugging skin issues can just set it in their preferences.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 14:33, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

new parser changeover
I would like to upgrade GuildWiki to use the new parser soonish (see the bottom of this suggestion for my reason). Here's the page with possible problems. All we have to do is basically to request it of Wikia, and then fix any templates that may be broken &mdash; I don't expect anything serious, though. However, it would be useful if we both were available to do any fixing that may be needed. When would be a good time for the changeover? --◄mendel► 09:22, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Meh, anytime. I'll be here.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 16:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Unsigned template
Umm.... I don't get the difference between what I did and what you did? --JonTheMon 14:19, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Using subst: on a template, as in ..., replaces or substitutes the template with the actual wiki-code that it generates. If you edit the page, you'll see the difference.  Unsigned is meant to be used in this way, since all it does is insert the username/ip into a pre-defined text string - there's no reason to leave it as a template call.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 14:28, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Aaaaaaah. I have been enlightened. --JonTheMon 14:34, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't you have a custom edit-button which substs in the Unsigned template? That would be nice addition to common edit buttons. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 15:05, 21 October 2008 (UTC)