Thanks for leaving a copy-edit template on inline skates. But it's not clear what you think needs immediate attention. Perhaps you have not looked at the history page of this article. I've been rewriting this article for months almost everyday. There is plenty left to fix. Namely everything below the "diameter and profile" subsection. I am going to remove that copy-edit template for now. I invite you to post your ideas on the Talk page to get started helping with this rewrite. See my frequent updates on the Talk page as well. You'll find the plan for eventual splitting when done. Cheers. Fred Hsu (talk) 01:15, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Fred Hsu. I tagged the page as one of many with typos which were listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Database Report. If the specific issues ("soulplates", "soulplates", "soulplate", "shell.A", "soulplate", "soulplate", "soulplate", "soulplate", "soulplates"; I presume that "soulplate" should be "soleplate") aren't corrected, the page will just show up again on next month's report. {{Copy edit}} isn't a badge of shame :-). Thanks for your help and all the best, Miniapolis01:46, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah. I see. "soulplate" is in fact correct. It was derived from "sole plate". But the extreme skating folks liked the word "soul". Let me look into how to make this not get flagged again. This made-up word is cited. But I need to figure out how to get this into the lexicon that the report uses. Thanks! Fred Hsu (talk) 01:52, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry about it; I'll inform Beland (who compiles the report) that soulplate is a technical term, and "shell.A" has apparently been fixed with the addition of a space. All the best, Miniapolis01:57, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I now understand why Beland made this edit a few day ago. They created a redirect page for "soulplate", and wikilinked an occurrence of "soulplate" from the Inline Skates article this way, to Aggressive inline skating#Hardware. Will this make the report ignore this word next time? Thanks again. Fred Hsu (talk) 02:01, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's correct; moss derives its lexicon from the list of Wikipedia articles (including redirects) and Wiktionary entries. This should also help anyone trying to figure out what this word means. -- Beland (talk) 03:41, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Would you mind explaining why you believe Eurovision Song Contest 1984 is in need of a copy-edit? I have worked hard on this article to bring it up to GA status, and is currently pending review, and personally I do not believe adding the copy-edit tag is justified here. Of course I'm open to feedback, and if you see any particular issues with the article please let me know. However for now I have removed the copy-edit tag, as I do not want anything to jeapordise the GA review, which could start at any minute, and any clean-up tags could lead to a quick fail. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 08:48, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, sorry, I should have used mw: not m:, as in mw:Recommendations for night mode compatibility on Wikimedia wikis. Depending on what you are trying to achieve, the problem might be solved with something like "color:var(--color-emphasized); background:(--background-color-neutral-subtle);" in the CSS of the main div, instead of the hard-coded values. There's a full selection of mode-dependent colors at [2]. -- Beland (talk) 20:58, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I finally found the page, and didn't know (still don't) that I had a problem. My skin is Legacy Vector (2010), and I don't have a "Reply" button; I have an "edit" link next to each section header, which I click to reply – it takes me to the edit window. You're the first person who's mentioned a problem, but I may have to tweak the CSS for this page. Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis22:44, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I use the current default skin, Vector 2022. Dark mode is definitely in use by only a minority at the moment, as it's still in Beta and has to be explicitly opted into even if one's operating system or web browser is already set to dark mode. I'm taking the opportunity to fix or at least notify authors about every dark mode problem I see so that when it comes out of beta and more people start using it by default, there won't be a lot of broken functionality and a flood of complaints. 8) Anyway, thanks for looking into this! -- Beland (talk) 22:55, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I changed it to what you suggested ("color:var(--color-emphasized); background:(--background-color-neutral-subtle);"), and it's fine. Thanks for making me learn something new! All the best, Miniapolis23:31, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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I chose this article as my first 'major edit' for the GOCE, and firstly think I need to ask you to delete Keatley Creek archaeological site and move my edit there. I was wary of getting into an edit war about this but believe my prospective opponent is no longer active! Thanks. AndrewTeal (talk) 06:10, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your help, but you marked a major edit (removal of content) as minor. We don't delete entire articles and replace them with edits. I don't know who your "prospective opponent" is from the page history, but this is a collaborative project and we don't have "opponents". You changed the number of pit houses; although you don't have to cite that in the lead, you need to do so when the change appears in the body. Everything in the lead has to be in the body. All the best, Miniapolis14:01, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, sorry, I wasn't clear. I think I need, please, 'Keatley Creek archaeological site' to be deleted and 'Keatley Creek Archaeological Site' moved there in order to correct the capitalisation of the title. I hope I've understood that correctly. Point taken about deletions, I hadn't realised that automatically made it a major edit. Bad choice of word (prospective) — I was in fear of being challenged by forthright (now blocked) user:Skookum1, who thought that 'Keatley Creek Archaeological Site' was correct. Definitely not going to war! Point taken about not needing citing in the lead. Thanks for the help. AndrewTeal (talk) 14:54, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the delay ... Searching for references to "Keatley Creek Archaeological Site" is inconclusive but indicates a majority for the lower-case version, however, I was actually basing my request on the MoS injunction to use sentence case rather than title case. So (in my opinion!) the page name and the redirect need transposing, and I can't do that. I don't understand "no logged page move", I'm afraid. AndrewTeal (talk) 08:48, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
