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Again, welcome to Wikipedia! I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 18:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Thank you. FourPi ( talk) 16:18, 20 May 2024 (UTC) reply

@ I dream of horses First question, what's the difference between notices and alerts? The bell and the other thingy in the top right? FourPi ( talk) 16:23, 20 May 2024 (UTC) reply

Notices seem to only notify me of two things:

1. People thanking you
2. Links that are created to articles you've created

Alerts seems to notify me of everything else (reverts, people pinging me, talk page messages, etc.) So, basically, the gist is, alerts notify you of more, and notices are more specific. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 07:27, 22 May 2024 (UTC) reply

@ I dream of horses, thank you.

So, am I correct to deduce that the alerts are more urgent and the notices are just nice things that can wait? Where do talk pages messages fit in that hierarchy?

FourPi ( talk) 05:34, 23 May 2024 (UTC) reply

You are more or less correct, but there's always a slight amount of everything being situation dependent.

Talk page messages greatly vary in how urgent they are; it can range from "Hey, [insert further greeting and/or compliment here]." to "You are blocked/about to be blocked from Wikipedia." I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 17:02, 23 May 2024 (UTC) reply

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How do I make the pdf icon show up on references? It is on some but not others in United States Patent and Trademark Office. Is it automated? The refs I'm trying to add it to don't have ".pdf" in the URL. FourPi ( talk) 13:05, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi FourPi. I'm pretty sure the PDF icon on the sources is automated, though it seems like only one source on United States Patent and Trademark Office is missing that icon since they show up on the rest of the PDF sources for me. I'm not quite sure why it doesn't show up either. The Night Watch (talk) 19:48, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi FourPi. You can use the format=PDF parameter to indicate the file type. Unfortunately, it does not render the icon, which only happens when the template automatically detects that the source is a PDF. It's still worth it, I think, so that readers know what will happen when they click on the URL. Firefangledfeathers ( talk / contribs) 20:51, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

thank you. FourPi ( talk) 13:47, 15 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks! Bsoyka ( t • c • g) 02:17, 4 August 2024 (UTC) reply

A lot of my large edits are just formatting multiple refs that were bare links. I think I usually write "refs" or similar for that, but I probably forget sometimes. Other times I'm not sure what to say, but I'll try to write at least a couple of words from now on. I'll turn on the reminder, thank you for telling me how to do that. FourPi ( talk) 03:10, 4 August 2024 (UTC) reply

No worries—I don't mean to make a big deal out of this! It's just something helpful to other editors whenever they come across your edits one way or another, either through your contributions page or seeing your changes on an article's history. Without any note, it's hard to tell what you've done without opening the edit itself and looking through it. I appreciate that you'll try to work on that! Please don't hesitate to reach out to me (or your mentor above—she's a great person to ask!) if you ever have any questions about contributing to Wikipedia. Thanks for your many contributions, have a great day, and happy editing! Bsoyka ( t • c • g) 04:33, 4 August 2024 (UTC) reply

hello

your recent edit was reverted https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip&diff=prev&oldid=1238698621

it is causing issues with visual editor

it also reverted my change and you did not provide a reason Astropulse ( talk) 07:21, 5 August 2024 (UTC) reply

Sorry. I didn't intend to revert yours. I think we must have been editing the page at the same time, I only intended to move the boxes, not change that bit of text.

The boxes and sidebars etc. going thin-wide-thin, made the text a strange shape, that was particularly awkward on narrow screens. But if it caused a bigger problem elsewhere I don't mind my change being undone.

FourPi ( talk) 09:58, 5 August 2024 (UTC) reply