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Happy New Year to you too!

File:Happy New Year 2013.jpg Have an enjoyable New Year!
Hello Northamerica1000: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 17:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)



Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2013}} to people's talk pages with a friendly message.

Thanks also for the message on my talk page. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 17:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, and here's to a good 2013 for all! Northamerica1000(talk) 18:17, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
And thanks for designing the template. I was quite surprised to see that nothing like this existed for previous years, so congrats on a good idea! Nyttend (talk) 00:15, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the New Years cheer all! Nyttend, regarding New Year templates, there's also {{subst:New Year 1}} (which was created by another editor). Northamerica1000(talk) 03:13, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 Happy New Year!

 The Steve 

Best wishes (again) for 2013! File:SoleteRayosÑajo.gif PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 01:23, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the message and it's unique design! Best regards, Northamerica1000(talk) 03:16, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
    • Thanks and all the best for a happy and productive 2013 to you too! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 06:27, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Northamerica1000

New Year Greetings

Wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year 2013.Sudhirkbhargava (talk) 13:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

WP:GOCE November Copy Edit Contest Gold

The Guild of Copy Editors' Award
Thanks for your submission to the November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month contest, and congratulations! For your excellent work on Pizza al taglio, please accept this award on behalf of the WP:GOCE. —Torchiest talkedits 15:09, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikify has been deprecated

Hi Northamerica1000! Just a friendly note that {{Wikify}} has been deprecated in favor of more specific templates. Therefore, I removed {{Wikify}} from Emsworth Food Festival. You may want to download the newest SVN snapshot of AWB, which uses {{Underlinked}} instead. Happy editing, and happy new year! GoingBatty (talk) 04:41, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the notification. I've downloaded the new build, and will be trying it out. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:11, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 December 2012

There has been a reply, and your response to it is needed for this nomination to proceed. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:01, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thanks. By the way, you don't need to inform me on my talk page that you've done so: I'll see your replies here and there as well. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:17, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Coooool. It appears that you watchlist stuff. I'll try to remember this for future reference. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:22, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Yup, I watchlist. There's no way I could keep track otherwise. BTW, you have a new reply under the Blood donation in Bangladesh template. :-) BlueMoonset (talk) 21:17, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2013

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Michael Q. Schmidt talkback is wishing you a very happy and prosperous 2013 and another year's worth of Wikipedia editing. Spread the seasonal good cheer by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be a close friend, someone with whom you had disagreements in the past, just some random person, or a newbie. Share the good feelings. - MQS
  • Thanks for everything you do at Wikipedia. You are someone who leaves (excellent) footprints everywhere I go - be it content, discussion or infrastructure.
Just on the offchance that you have not seen this I thought you may find it interestring. Ottawahitech (talk) 15:59, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Go raibh míle maith agat, a Northamerica1000. Agus duitse freisin! "Thank you, Northamerica1000. And to you too!" ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 18:22, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

You may want to have your say.HotHat (talk) 06:00, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Rebellion Beer Company

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Arab television drama

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #39

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Updates for selenium testenvironments (browsers, ruby, selenium-tools)
    • Extended tests for statements user interface
    • Refactored snakview user interface to handle other property-snak types than PropertyValueSnak
    • Layout improvements in the user interface
    • Several minor bugfixes in the user interface
    • Updated Vagrant for Wikidata
    • More work on AbuseFilter
    • Deployed new version of Wikibase and MediaWiki core to wikidata.org and test2.wikipedia (bugfixes - all Wikibase changes here)
    • Fix for bug 43595 which was seen on Wednesday during attempted deployment of the wmf7 version of MediaWiki core. Thanks Marius!
  • Discussions/Press
    • Created prototypes for parsing coordinates and time in Wikidata that need feedback
    • Bureaucrat support requirements
    • Defining administrators
  • Events
    • 29C3
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • We’ve reached item ID 2.000.000
    • You can now enable the SitelinkCheck gadget in your preferences that makes it easier to check if a certain link is already in use in an existing item
  • Open Tasks for You
    • Give feedback on prototypes for parsing time and coordinates
    • Help translate the client extension (especially to Hungarian in light of the upcoming deployment)
    • Hack on one of these
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DYK for Blood donation in Bangladesh

Orlady (talk) 08:02, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

WP:Food Page

Hey, I understand that you want to help with the page but you need to pay attention before you make changes to the page. Twice you have added redundant or duplicate sections to the page, including a second related WikiProjects section and a second categories section.

Thanks,
--Jeremy (blah blahI did it!) 18:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jerem43. Thanks for the input. Those links on the right-side bar sure are tiny, particularly the statistics box (they're barely readable, due to being reduced in the bar). An idea is to possibly rework the page to make it more easily readable for editors, which would likely facilitate more activity there. No hurry; just some ideas. Northamerica1000(talk) 18:35, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

The RFC for TAFI is nearing it's conclusion, and it's time to hammer out the details over at the project's talk page. There are several details of the project that would do well with wider input and participation, such as the article nomination and selection process, the amount and type of articles displayed, the implementation on the main page and other things. I would like to invite you to comment there if you continue to be interested in TAFI's development. --NickPenguin(contribs) 02:34, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the notification. It appears that many editors are interested in this relatively new project. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Your 2013 wishes

Thank you NA - Heres wishing you and yours all the very best in 2013 . Youreallycan 15:06, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks and my very best wishes too ! Cheers, — Racconish Tk 16:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Cool - lets try and makes this place as friendly as possible in 2013 - Youreallycan 16:11, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
I agree with this philosophy. Northamerica1000(talk) 17:08, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Same here. I have recently been more involved in the French WP but still enjoy the spirit here. Best, — Racconish Tk 17:51, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your wishes, NA. I also wish you and yours all the very best in the 2013. NordhornerII (talk) _The man from Nordhorn 21:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the friendly replies, and again, have an enjoyable 2013! Northamerica1000(talk) 09:32, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your wishes and kind note N.A. I hope you any yours have a happy and peaceful 2013. - ʈucoxn\talk 03:42, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Problem with the search function for past TAFI

It looks like none of the search bars work for past TAFIs, even for the older archived articles. Must be something borked with how the search bars function. --NickPenguin(contribs) 18:18, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Hello NickPenguin. Thanks for the notification. If you have the time, please post this at the Project's talk page, located here Wikipedia talk:Today's article for improvement. Also, I've restored the dated nominations because it appears that they were not archived, and there may be an option of more than one article to be listed or available on the Main page, so it may be best to leave them in place for now. I've initiated a discussion thread regarding this matter at the project's talk page. Northamerica1000(talk) 18:20, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
I've posted a notice at the project's talk page regarding the archive search not functioning. Northamerica1000(talk) 18:29, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Struck part of my comment above. Northamerica1000(talk) 15:10, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Belated Happy New Year with a Toast!

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Here's a toast to the host
Of those who edit wiki near and far,
To a friend we send a message, "keep the data up to par".
We drink to those who wrote a lot of prose,
And then they whacked a vandal several dozen blows.
A toast to the host of those who boast, the Wikipedians!
- From {{subst:TheGeneralUser}}

A Very Happy (belated) New Year to you Northamerica1000 :) Thank you for your Wishes and Enjoy the Whisky! ~TheGeneralUser (talk) 05:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 January 2013

Invitation to join WikiProject Today's article for improvement

Thanks for inviting me to join and I have added my name to the list of members and also added the user box to my user page. Again thanks for the invitation! Sk8terguy27Talk 01:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The TAFI Barnstar
Thanks for all the hard work you have done with TAFI. I haven't really been active there recently and you have done a good job of stepping in and helping to get it going. AutomaticStrikeout (TC) 02:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Yes, I may start to get more actively involved there again. AutomaticStrikeout (TC) 02:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Re: TAFI

I have joined! --Tito Dutta (talk) 00:32, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Hey, thanks, and please feel free to post some nominations, contribute to the project's peer review and in any other areas. Happy editing! Northamerica1000(talk) 00:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
I have posted 1 nomination, 1 vote and 1 comment. I have not read all rules there, if my comment (see at the the second nom) is not applicable there (i.e. one should not include issues there), you can remove the comment! I have been editing for last 13 hours, need a break now. I'll see again later. --Tito Dutta (talk) 00:43, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Your comment is fine, and provides suggestions for how the article can be improved. Please be sure to read the guidelines for the project and use the project's nomination template in the pull-down menu in the future. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 00:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Alright! Did I support my own nomination? I (for some reason) dislike this practice of supporting own content/idea, "likeI-ing own Facebook wall posts! I try to avoid giving "Keep" votes in my article's AFD too, see here. Anyway, I'll read the guidelines and the other pages soon! --Tito Dutta (talk) 01:03, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
It's just the way the template is designed, which in many ways helps to streamline the process. Thanks again for joining! Northamerica1000(talk) 01:04, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Alright! I have read guidelines etc. And gonna make some edits in Medical certificate now before I collapse, 13+ hours edits at a stretch. . --Tito Dutta (talk) 01:10, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Cool, and have a nice rest! Peace, Northamerica1000(talk) 01:12, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
I have found page like this which can be added there. I'll see what I can do here! Fell free to modify or revert my edits--Tito Dutta (talk) 01:21, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
I've made some additions to the Medical certificate article, including some expansion with sourced content, rewriting internal links that had redirects to direct links to articles, and wikification (link to the airman article). Northamerica1000(talk) 01:28, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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Today's article for improvement

Thank you for the invitation, but I am currently in theWikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/January 2013, and with my other activities, that is more than enough for now.--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:09, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Hello Dthomsen8 - thanks for the reply, and keep the invitation in mind for future reference. Happy editing! Northamerica1000(talk) 23:28, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

TAFI

No problems, I am currently working through a backlog of personal mini-projects and stuff I've promised people I'd do, but as soon as I'm free I'll help as much as I can. GiantSnowman 09:38, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy new year!

Thanks for the new year message North, here's wishing a very happy year back at you! Thanks also for the project invites. I probably wont join as Im already a member of 4 projects and I hardly ever do any work for them as it is. But always nice to be invited :-) FeydHuxtable (talk) 14:32, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Hello Feyd: thanks for the note, and please keep the invitations in mind for future reference. Have a great 2013! Northamerica1000(talk) 14:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #40

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Bene* developed a new tool to show existing or missing items for a given Wikipedia category
    • Selenium test-groups for (non)experimental features (bugzilla:43828)
    • Notification for IP edits that IP will be logged (bugzilla:42954)
    • Verified fix & added Selenium tests for broken error-reporting on label/description uniqueness constraint (bugzilla:43301)
    • Label-edit-button links to Special:SetLabel when JavaScript disabled (bugzilla:43814)
    • Updated PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Selenium, etc.. on internal test server and enabled APC + memcached
    • Work on AbuseFilter to make it work with Wikidata content (bugzilla:42064)
    • Implemented length constraint for labels, descriptions and aliases (configurable with a default of 2500 UTF8 characters)
    • Implementing a new mechanism for dispatching change notifications to client wikis
    • Worked more on how Wikidata changes are handled in the client watchlist (bugzilla:43124)
    • Some work went into using Solr for the search. Still very simple
    • Prepared improvements to our puppet files on labs
    • Worked on statements UI (snaktypes/references)
    • Fixed bugs in UI event handling of widgets
    • Put EntityId parsing code into a dedicated class
    • Finished EntityDiff cleanup
  • Discussions/Press
    • Reworked inclusion syntax completely 1 2
    • Updates to time and space model
    • Is there a need for bureaucrats?
    • Planned improvement to the search field
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • Deployment on the Hungarian Wikipedia is still planned for Monday (Jan 14th)
    • Jens writes a bit about Wikidata’s mascots
  • Open Tasks for You
    • Give feedback on inclusion syntax draft version 3, the updated time and space model and the plans for improving the search field
    • Hack on one of these
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Invitation

Hey Northamerica1000. Hey can you please send me an invitation to a WikiProject? Thanks, – CURTAINTOAD! TALK! 00:10, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for trying to keep Wikipedia free of vandalism. However, one or more edits you labeled as vandalism, such as the edit at Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?, are not considered vandalism under Wikipedia policy. Wikipedia has a stricter definition of the word "vandalism" than common usage, and mislabeling edits as vandalism can discourage newer editors. Please read Wikipedia:NOTVAND for more information on what is and is not considered vandalism. Thank you. Psychonaut (talk) 09:18, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the notification. Here's the differences between revisions page: [1]. I'm hesitant to restore the information because 1) I'm unfamiliar with the topic 2) I don't know if it's true and 3) it has spelling and grammar errors 4) it is potentially contentious, and 5) it's encyclopedic value is debatable. I've modified the vandal warning template that was sent to the user at User talk:Eternalarshifan to read as a simple notification, and posted a welcome notice there too. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:28, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
    • I agree the information was unconstructive and shouldn't be restored. I merely wished to point out that it wasn't vandalism and shouldn't be characterized as such. Thanks for modifying the user warning. —Psychonaut (talk) 15:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
      • Thanks for replying. In STiki, the "Good faith revert" option would have been applicable in this case. Northamerica1000(talk) 15:15, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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2013

Hi, I know it is too late to respond. But anyway, I also wish you a happy new year. Thanks. BTW, do we really know each other ?!!! lol In fact 11:38, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thanks! I remembered seeing you around, so I sent you some Wikicheer! Northamerica1000(talk) 19:03, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, North

Thanks for the invitations, North. I don't know much about horticulture but I joined the Wiki Articles for Improvement project. I appreciate the vote of confidence, and all the best for 2013. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 23:07, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

  • North, on another (altogether convenient!) matter -- could you visit Victoria Leigh Soto a minute, and do your magic on citations 20-28? Nelsondenis248 (talk) 23:17, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello Nelsondenis248: Thanks for signing on with Today's article for improvement. The bare urls in the Victoria Leigh Soto article have been converted using Reflinks. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:14, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
North as always, thanks again for the help! Nelsondenis248 (talk) 10:37, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 January 2013

GOCE mid-drive newsletter, January 2013

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Wikidata weekly summary #41

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • We are live on the Hungarian Wikipedia \o/
    • We have an intern for a week, Marius aka User:Hoo man. He’ll be working on the wizard for linking a new Wikipedia article to an existing item or creating a new item for it if none exists yet. (the first two stories here)
    • Refactored sites code to improve design
    • Changed item datatype to use entityid as datavalue rather than string
    • Added lots of new Selenium tests
    • Changed AbuseFilter so Wikibase can hook into it
    • Implemented new change dispatcher script
    • ~=[,,_,,]:3
    • Working on combining successive changes to avoid watchlist clutter
    • Claims error handling (i.e. they now show error messages when needed)
    • Implemented initial version of Solr-based search for Wikidata in extension WikibaseSolr
    • Started investigating use of Lua/Scribunto for the Wikibase client
    • Updated the Wikidata Vagrant development machine
    • Improved the setup via puppet on Labs
  • Discussions/Press
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • Congrats to our sister Wikivoyage on their official launch
    • There’s now a manual for using the Pywikipediabot on Wikidata
    • Deployed new code on wikidata.org
    • Community Portal got a rework
    • Tried to drop www from Wikidata URLs but that was more difficult than expected. Sorry for the issues it caused. We're working on resolving the remaining ones.
  • Open Tasks for You
    • d:Wikidata:Press coverage needs some love and attention
    • Hack on one of these
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Thanks!

Hey NA1000 - Thanks for dropping a Happy New Year note on my talkpage. I took a bit of an unscheduled wikibreak over November and the holidays to focus on job hunting. But it's good to be back! I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 20:56, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 (2nd nomination)

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 (2nd nomination). Michaelzeng7 (talk) 00:51, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

  • I have provided some input at the discussion. Thanks for the notification. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:42, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

My first try at an essay/WikiProject -Tell me what you think

User:TheOriginalSoni/Rolling Ball.

Do leave your feedback on the talk page. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:51, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Pretty cool idea. Seems to be a functional forum for people to communicate about general Wikipedia topics. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:39, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

List of electricians

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A barnstar for you!

The TAFI Barnstar
Thanks for your contributions to WikiProject Today's article for improvement, which have served to expand the project and increase participation and collaboration there. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:49, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I just saw that one of our most active editors at the TAFI didnt get this barnstar! Here is yours . We havent forgotten you!!! Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:49, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 January 2013

Article rejected. Pointers?

Hello, Northamerica1000!

My first article submission, MVIBO.com was rejected because of the lack of credible resources. I do have other 'credible' sources, but they are in Korean, not English. How should I go about adding that source? Can I even add a foreign source to the English wikipedia?

Please help me as I am still fairly new to wikipedia! I've learned a great deal, and it'd totally make my day to see my first submission be approved!

Thank you, Hanyoon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanyoon (talkcontribs) 02:37, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Hello Hanyoon: Per WP:GNG, "Sources may encompass published works in all forms and media, and in any language." There is no language limitation. By all means, feel free to add and utilize non-English reliable sources in the Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/MVIBO.com submission. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:25, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #42

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Updated demo system
    • Improved design of sites code in core
    • Fixed SQLite compatibility
    • Worked on implementing references handling in statements user interface
    • Useful error messages will be shown in statements user interface in case of data value mismatches
    • Switched the demo system to Labs’ puppet
    • Selenium tests for length constraint, claim edit-conflicts
    • Setting up dispatcher script on internal test machine
    • More work on wikibase.getEntities() function for Scribunto/Lua-Templates
    • AbuseFilter is now working with Wikibase
    • The change dispatcher script is now ready for use on the WMF cluster
    • Initial implementation of {{#property}} parser function for the client
    • Created a widget for the client to connect a page to a Wikidata item and add interwiki language links to a page
    • Preparing a page to list unconnected pages on the clients
  • Discussions/Press
    • VIAF
  • Events
    • InfoLunch at Hasso-Plattner-Institut
    • Deutscher Sprachtechnologietag
    • upcoming: FOSDEM
    • upcoming: talk about MediaWiki groups
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • Reconfirmation of temporary admins
    • Next deployment (Hebrew and Italian Wikipedia) still scheduled for 30th of January as planned
    • Planning for Wikimania in Hong Kong
    • Wikimedia data center move went rather smoothly
    • Request from the Bosnian Wikipedia community to be among the next to use Wikidata
    • Project about paid editing that might also become relevant for Wikidata at some point
  • Open Tasks for You
    • Hack on one of these
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TAFI random article generation for Main Page

I've been trying to fiddle around with your code here and I cannot get it to display properly on my sandboxed version of the Main Page. Maybe you can look into it, that seems to be the final obstacle left to be overcome for the project rollout. --NickPenguin(contribs) 20:07, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

  • The fix for this is likely this: the code at Template:Random component main namespace needs to be utilized in user space, as it appears to not be transferable between various namespaces. In other words, you have to create a page as Template:Random component main namespace exists in your user space, from which the page reads from.

E.g. Template:TAFI Main page: {{Random component main namespace|max=7|header=|subpage=Main page queue}}
 <small>(To view another selection, {{purge|purge}} this page)</small>

Reads from Template:Random component main namespace:

<includeonly>{{{{{rootpage|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}/box-header
| {{{header|subpage}}}
| {{{rootpage|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}/{{{subpage}}}/{{#expr: {{rand| {{{max}}} | {{mod|{{#time:U}}|{{{seed|17}}}}} }} + 1}} }}
{{{{{rootpage|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}/{{{subpage}}}/{{#expr: {{rand|{{{max|1}}}|{{mod|{{#time:U}}|{{{seed|17}}}}} }} + 1}}}}
{{ #ifeq: {{{footer|}}}||<div style="clear:both;"></div></div>|{{/box-footer|[[{{{rootpage|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}/{{{subpage}}}|{{{footer}}}]]}}}}</includeonly><nowiki><noinclude>
{{documentation}}
{{purgepage}}
</noinclude>

This code above performs the randomization, and is transcluded on the top page using: {{Random component main namespace|max=7|header=|subpage=Main page queue}}.

Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 05:16, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Here are some additional pages that were created in order to make Template:TAFI Main page functional:

The random component pulls information from these pages randomly:

Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 05:55, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

One last thing, be sure to check out: Wikipedia:Today's article for improvement/main page placement, a test page for TAFI's presentation on the Main page. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:16, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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Crashplan / Code 42

Hi North. I didn't notice until now that you were the AfC reviewer of the article I helped write on Code 42 Software. I wanted to let you know I requested the article on their product Crashplan be merged with it using {{request edit}} on the Crashplan Talk page. Since the product and company combined don't exceed WP:LENGTH, I think they should be together and the merge was already proposed in a template. Cheers! CorporateM (Talk) 00:18, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the notification. Since it appears that the developer of CrashPlan is Code 42 Software, a merge would certainly be functional to combine all of the information in one place. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:39, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
Cool. Cantaloupe2 performed the merge, but the products section will now need substantial condensing and the lead updating, so I'll help continue improving it from over there. CorporateM (Talk) 18:19, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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