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River

2007-10-22T23:57:30Z

Dookytester4: /* Origin */

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'''River''' is the poker nickname for [[Raye Crews]].

==Origin==
(need the origin of this nickname)
The name Blackjack was somehow not working as a poker name especially since I seemed to never be able to win with it.But it seemed that if I waited til the last card something good(sometimes
bad would happen).And a character from the series Firefly was named River and she could kick butt.So "The river" seemed like a good poker name.After I changed it my luck changed also.
[[Category:Poker Nicknames]]

Talk:Main Page

2007-10-22T23:39:55Z

Dookytester4: Talk:Main Page moved to Talk:Bio

==Disambig Template==
Do you already have a disambiguation template loaded? If not, might it be time for one? I'm specifically thinking of search terms like "Khai Tam," "Reddick," "McNulty," etc. Thoughts? --[[User:Tai|Tai]] 10:36, 24 September 2007 (CDT)

These may be useful: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Otheruses here] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:For here]. --[[User:Reddick|Jon]] 12:30, 24 September 2007 (CDT)

Indeed. But I have no idea how to load or use templates. I was guessing you had to load them as the official Keeper of the Wiki. I suppose I should read up on Wikipedia about how to use them, eh? Where do you get your Wiki know-how? --[[User:Tai|Tai]] 13:56, 24 September 2007 (CDT)

Heh. I get my wiki know-how by going to Google and typing "mediawiki ''thing-I-don't-understand''" and looking for the hits at the official mediawiki.org homesite. We're only using templates right now as static variables, but they can also accept variables before spitting out their content. If you are editing a page and scroll to the bottom of the edit page, you'll see what templates are in use and how to edit them. You can create them in the same way. Like for "bluebox" I just typed "Template:bluebox" into the search window. It didn't exist, so it let me create it. Now I just insert <nowiki>{{bluebox}}</nowiki> where I need it and the bluebox style will get plugged in. --[[User:Reddick|Jon]] 16:07, 24 September 2007 (CDT)

==More formatting & Lists==
I noticed something today on Wikipedia: military ships are formatted as "USS" in plain type and "Shipname" in italics, as is grammatical, and I think I have been following that. The part I think I blew it on is that when they ''link'' ships, the includ the "USS" in the link, and I think I have just been linking the "Shipname" portion. Can you do global search/replace on the Wiki? Do you care about this particular formatting?

Also, how do you want to handle lists? For example, the Clan McNulty page is getting pretty rife with them and making for a long page. I could do some of them (like the family members, pets) in a table with columns to shorten the page and fill up some of the space to the right of the list, or I could make separate articles of the lists like Wikipedia does in some cases and just link to them. Do you think either is necessary/desirable, and if so which? -Tai

Can't necessarily do a global search/replace, but it should be pretty easy to search where it appears & fix them. I'll get to it if I get enough downtime.

As for lists, I don't think a table is necessary, but spanning into columns is, IMHO, a pretty nice cosmetic solution. See [[Jon Reddick|my bio]] in the affiliations section and snarf that DIV code if you like. --[[User:Reddick|Jon]] 09:59, 25 September 2007 (CDT)

Apparently, whatever code you used doesn't work in IE (I'm at work) because there is nothing in columns. There is only a list of four bullet items. ??? Also, I really like the wrap-around TOC code, but is there anyway to give the text a wider birth around the context block? --[[User:Tai|Tai]] 10:48, 25 September 2007 (CDT)

I'm sure that lives in the CSS somewhere. I'll put that on my to-do list to investigate. Also, I tweaked with the sizes for h2 & h3 stuff. Any better? --[[User:Reddick|Jon]] 08:02, 26 September 2007 (CDT)

Yes, it does look better, thanks. --[[User:Tai|Tai]] 09:56, 26 September 2007 (CDT)

==Centering==
When you centered everything on the main page, something funky happened to the middle block "Featured Article" because it is not the same height as the others. It looked great before the centering (whole page did ). --[[User:Tai|Tai]] 10:44, 12 October 2007 (CDT)

Oh, the disdain I have for IE... I'll tweak it; thanks. --[[User:Reddick|Jon]] 11:41, 12 October 2007 (CDT)

What browser are you on? --[[User:Reddick|Jon]] 11:52, 12 October 2007 (CDT)

Main Page

2007-10-22T23:39:54Z

Dookytester4: Main Page moved to Bio

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