User talk:Cactus26

What was the symbolism of the crystal palace??? 74.78.232.31 (talk) 17:44, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure why you ask me this.--Cactus26 (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Amending recent citations

Your Bot has amended several Allmusic references I recently made using the Cite / Template / Cite Web drop-down.
Am I entering the information into the Cite Web template incorrectly? or can't the Cite Web template cope with this new format?
Are there other sites I need to alter my references for, or is this just Allmusic
Arjayay (talk) 15:18, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't made anything wrong, all ist specific to allmusic. The goal of bot action ist to encapsulate all external links to allmusic site. This leads to template in template construction when link is coded using {{Cite web}}. This ist somewhat uncommon but you can code external links in the same way the bot does if you want. You can also think of using {{Allmusic}} directly (w/o {{Cite web}}) using the parameters label and accessdate and omit parameter pure_url in this case.--Cactus26 (talk) 17:08, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CactusBot Allmusic edits

Hi, while it's nice that CactusBot is converting old Allmusic URLs into the template form, it is unnecessary because a bare URL will suffice. Additionally, I had recently updated the URLs for some articles, but the bot replaced the links with the template anyway. WesleyDodds (talk) 13:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We deicieded to convert all Allmusic urls to template form. Using a template offers more flexibility concerning future changes at allmusic site. Also it's easier to analyse existing links to allmusic if template is used in any case.--Cactus26 (talk) 13:29, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Who decided, if I may ask? Additionally, Allmusic isn't the only website that has updated URLs in its existence--it would seem more useful to update defunct Allmusic URLs to current ones and leave it at that, allowing editors on individual pages to decide whether or not to use templates (especially in the case of inline citations, where many editors do no use templates at all). WesleyDodds (talk) 13:47, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We discussed at disc. of template Allmusic. I think it's disadvantageous not to encapsulate external links, the common use of {{cite web}} without actually encapsulating the url is no good pratice. I compare this with dewiki where it is more common to encapsulate external links. This leads to greater flexibility avoiding to many defect external links.--Cactus26 (talk) 14:04, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This overlooks the fact that retrieval dates are not altered when the links are changed. Editors will need to view the links themselves in order to verify information, and the bot subverts every time it changes the link. WesleyDodds (talk) 02:24, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was worried about this concern too. But besides it would be rather complicated to change the retrival date of an embedding {{cite web}} updating the date would be the bigger subversion. Actually the bot doesn't change the link it was redirected to the exactly the same url before the bot edited the page. The link possibly changed it's meaning due to the reorganisation at allmusic, not beacause of the bot edit.--Cactus26 (talk) 07:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Barnstar awards

		The Rock music Barnstar
		I hereby award you this barnstar for your outstanding work on the migration of the Allmusic URL syntax to the new format and the related works on the {{Allmusic}} template. – IbLeo ^(talk) 18:30, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

		The Template Barnstar
		And I second the Rock music Barnstar and hereby thank you very much and award you one more barnstar for your work and cooperativeness in adopting {{Allmusic}} to the new URL syntax! BNutzer (talk) 19:52, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the nice barnstars! Almost more than I ever got in dewiki, where I have spent much more of my time :-)--Cactus26 (talk) 12:06, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is this?

What is the dashed line supposed to represent? I do not understand this graphic at all. --TimL (talk) 00:24, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The dashed line ist the axis of the shadow cone. Hope this helps.--Cactus26 (talk) 05:31, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

CactusBot requests?

Does CactusBot take requests? Could you use it to replace links to the defunct ourbrisbane.com with an archive copy at Wayback? - Shiftchange (talk) 22:03, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I did not discover your question until now. Sorry again, I'm busy this time. If your concern is not solved and if you want I will come back to you when I'm unengaged. Regards --Cactus26 (talk) 12:29, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Needle ice or Ice lens?

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See my further reply! User:HopsonRoad 14:17, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eislinse aus Kammeis geht gut--es ist idiomatisch! I have replied a little further, as well. User:HopsonRoad 00:23, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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@Boleyn: No. But the other two exist. And it's not ovious which one is the most imported. It would be missleading to leave the disambig page out. In dewiki we would never do so. But do what you want.--Cactus26 (talk) 08:29, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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