User talk:Alan

Alan is a developer! This means that Alan primarily adds new features to the wiki, but also has some admin powers. If you have an idea for the wiki, or want to learn about some really complicated stuff, don't hesitate to visit my talk page!

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What have you got that stops us from editing the user page, cause you'll need to to everyone else's opinion.

I know that you mean well but this isnt wikipedia and we dont nessecerly need the exact same words for templates throwing a new word into the mix will make sorting out all these small articles a nightmare. Thanks Camponhoyle ^{Your Friendly Neigbourhood Admin - Me!} 19:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I've just archived your messages, just to clear up your talk page. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 13:14, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

And all these templates are good but the system worked fine with what we already had and having hundreds of templates doesnt make our job any easier but very confusing. And although hese new templates are well and good wouldnt it be easier to just do some editing yourself. According to your contributions you have only edited your own page.Camponhoyle ^{Your Friendly Neigbourhood Admin - Me!} 16:37, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Admin Review

What I've done good

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Some brilliant templates that are attractive to the eye and your what to do page. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 20:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

What I've done bad

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Maybe a few too many templates for my liking, just a bit confusing thats all, I'll get used to them though. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 20:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

What could I improve on?

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Nothing really, pretty good at your job so far. You'll be put to a test when a vandal arrives and you have to sort it out correctly. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 20:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

What would you like to see me doing more?

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Adding a bit of content to pages rather than just creating templates and categories, whether it be about teachers or students. Also to look at pages that others have edited on recent changes and clear up spelling and grammar errors, as well as anything potentially offensive or content just not worthwhile. Don't be afraid to delete pages if they lack content! Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 20:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Just a note, I'm away for the next few days with school so you will have to watch the wiki a bit more than usual, putting the idea above into practice. Chris can add his comments on top of what I've put. All the best, Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 20:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

I'd pretty much agree, I'd say you're doing fine. I think the point about only using a couple of templates is valid, we probably have enough now. Also, as you're currently at school it'd be good to get updates on which teachers are still there etc. Otherwise, good job! Chris ^{talk - mod} 08:01, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Complaints

How can I improve if I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Well here is the place to tell me:

Your not doing anything wrong... you've just not had to fight a vandal yet, so we will assess you on that when it happens. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 15:44, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Your pages

09S was deleted by Magical Trevor, not me but I would side with you and restore it. Touch seems to lack any description useful for the wiki, to save it from deletion please explain in more detail! Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 15:44, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

To add... Magical Trevor has the credit for creating that game, and is just a little annoyed that you have kind of said you invented it. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 15:45, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

No credit for chair jumping. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 16:05, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

HOW DARE YOU TEMPLATE MY PAGE!!!!

!!!! AN ANGRY MAN! 15:44, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Very, very angry lol. Sorry, But I didn't know that you didn't want the welcome template. Your talk page doesn't have worthwhile content anyway. Alan 15:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome template

Hi Alan, just thought I'd let you know to place the welcome template on the TALK page of a new user, that way the user will get a 'you have a new message'. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 21:12, 27 September 2010 (BST)

Touch

Calm down with the references to homosexuality, it is a clean site. Any other help? Let me know! Thanks BRGSMan ^{talk - contribs} 20:08, 3 February 2011 (GMT)

Why should all memory of Touch be destroyed? Just because some people think it is boring doesn't mean that everyone does or that no-one wants to read about it. Dangerousx 17:31, 4 February 2011 (GMT)

Room Template/Dev: Namespace

Hi there! I really like your work with the room template, and I was wondering if we could expand the template design to different areas like Teachers and Subjects? I think the unified design would work really well, rather than the infobox recreation I started (and hopefully is still active on some teacher pages!) Of course, I'd be happy to help with the different forks of the template.

Also, I noticed that you've listed all your major BRGS Wiki contributions on the Alan Doherty page. I was wondering if you knew that there was a dedicated namespace for developers (ie me and you) :-) ) that you can use to list all your contributions and use as a playground for new templates and ideas before releasing them on the community as a whole. Your namespace would be Dev:Alan, with any project pages underneath that being in the form of Dev:Alan/example etc. etc. If you want an example of how this works, visit Dev:1885 and Dev:1885/BadEdit.

Thanks once again for your contributions to wiki templating. ¹⁸⁸⁵