User talk:Rich Farmbrough/2012

bot?
Hey you have been making a few edits that look like they're botted. If they are, I'd like to ask you to check your edits before submitting them, using a semi-automatical system, as in some of those edits there have been quite some mistakes. Thanks, 21:40, January 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * WTF? Ichray |Armbroughfay, 21:52 7 January 2012 (UTC).
 * In other words, which edits look remotely botted. Rich Farmbrough, 22:39 11 February 2012 (UTC).

Template:Infobox non-player character/testcases
What is the purpose of that page, and is it still needed? 07:19, February 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a standard method of developing templates. You create a /sandbox version and a /testcases page to test the sandboxed version on.  Often you can regression test the new version alongside the old. We don't do it much on RS Wikia, because the site is relatively small, and it's easy just to "revert self" if you make a mistake. However it is a useful discipline, especially if theres a tricky bug (as in this case) and encourages less confident template editors to "have a go" without breaking anything.  It  can be left usefully, or it can be deleted. Ichray Armbroughfay, 22:33 11  February 2012 (UTC).
 * I deleted it anyway. Rich Farmbrough, 22:37 11 February 2012 (UTC).

Random Edit?
Hey, I saw this under the recent activity, Is this just a mis-spell or?

http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/King_Black_Dragon/Strategies?diff=5520666&oldid=5480598

Synph 17:18, April 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes a typo in typo fixing! Happens... I fixed the fix, thanks. Rich Farmbrough, 19:25 22  April 2012 (UTC).

Your name appeared on the Recent Updates in green. Therefore i love your face <3 :] //Goreflex


 * As good a reason as any! Rich Farmbrough, 23:58 21 June 2012 (UTC).

Template:Break
What makes you think people are going to know that Template:Break exists? 04:03, September 18, 2012 (UTC) 's, but instead use something such as , since that is the w3 way! 04:14, September 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * I just looked at this template, and oh my goodness, someone shouldn't use 15
 * Yes, thank you for that. Rich Farmbrough, 13:54 18 September 2012 (UTC).

RE:On every project...
Seriously? "Has fun undoing the work of others"? It's called upholding one of the simplest of wiki policies. I'm not doing it for fun, and it's not my fault if you're not familiar with this. Honestly... 01:20, October 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * You should perhaps read over all the policies, since most of them have changed since you had gone inactive. 20:11, October 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Where to start&hellip;
 * There was the option to make me aware of this new policy. After I discovered that my page had been broken I went and searched and found it.
 * There is a question as to whether it applies, since it is intended for the type of template which will only be used by on one user page. Clearly these templates had wide applicability.
 * This "simplest of all polices" seems to have never been cited anywhere but here (by the what links here) and so is hardly a bread and butter policy.
 * The question of what harm was done by leaving the templates and what good was done by deleting them was not asked. The answer in both cases seems to be "none".
 * The sarky edit comment does not help either. Clearly there were only 4 templates required, of which 3 were created.
 * I am sure this was done with the best intentions, but the key point is that the idea behind a wiki such as this is to collaborate in producing something, not to act as "enforcers" for "policy".
 * Rich Farmbrough, 21:38 2 October 2012 (UTC).
 * In hindsight I could have moved it to your userspace, or told you about it, but I was annoyed at the fact that you had no idea of this and decided to delete it and change your userpage myself.
 * I'm not sure how a template with three check marks and then a cross mark (for example) have "wide applicability". If the need ever comes that a large amount of users need this, it can be recreated.
 * Actually I didn't know if it was a policy or not until I found it before making my reply here. I thought it was an unwritten rule, and it is well known. It's so old that I remember seeing some of Tarikochi's templates deleted for being of personal use years ago.
 * I'm not going to get into an argument on why we have policies and why we try to uphold them. I don't know what you intend to accomplish by taking that stance.
 * I don't know what "edit comment" you're referring to?
 * 01:33, October 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * OK I understand you were annoyed, so we'll say no more about it. Rich Farmbrough, 16:41 6 October 2012 (UTC).