User:Scarecroe/Talk Archive 19

Archive of Scott's talk page.

Slow?
Hey, dude -- Is the site running slow for you today? I've been timing how long "Recent changes" takes to load completely, and it's at about 15-18 seconds. I asked John about it, and he said that it's loading fine for him. How is it for you today? -- Danny (talk ) 20:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I haven't been on much today, but it seems to be okay right now. —Scott ( talk ) 23:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Jerry Juhl Cameo?
Hating my paper and stalled again, so thought I'd ask a question. Last time I rewatched The Cube, it reminded me of an old random thought, whether Professor Kingsley could have been Jerry Juhl. It's a silent role, so unlike his bit in the cocktail party, there's no voice for comparison. But the glasses, hair, and general face, what's visible of it, seem very close to the cocktail cameo, which we know was him. Your thoughts? -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 00:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ooh, good catch. I'd say it's pretty good evidence -- or at least as good as we've used when determining others before. I'll have to take a look at my copy again -- maybe I can get a clearer shot, or see something in the video that doesn't come out in a still. —Scott ( talk ) 23:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome template
Hey Scott. One of the many anons we tag with the welcome template just attempted to answer (I guess it has to happen sometimes), but ended up editing Template talk: Welcome. While I was trying to figure out why I realized that the "Edit" link on the section when the template is used, actually goes straight to the template page, not to the section on the user talk page where it's posted. (check out User talk:64.80.124.132 and click the "Edit" on the page instead of at the top if I'm being unclear). The template of course is editable only by sysop so the anon (apparently) edited the talk there; the history shows that it's happened once before also; I'd guess at least a few people got stymied at the template itself.

Is there some way we can change this? If we could remove the section edit button altogether that would work -- I know you've suppresed those on tables before. Alternately, if we take the section heading out of the template and just remember to put it in ourselves before the template on the talk page it would also work, although it involves changing old habits :o). -- Wendy  (talk ) 00:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I just noticed that today, too. It's got to be a new bug. Until tech can get it fixed, use for the welcome and username templates. That will substitute the code that calls for the template, for the actual code in the template instead. —Scott ( talk ) 00:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandal
I've been using the "welcome" template lately instead of "vandal" when we're blocking an anonymous user. I figure with rotating IPs, the person who sees the template later is just as likely to be someone else. So they might be taken aback when the first thing that happens is that they get a message saying that they're blocked. What do you think? -- Danny (talk ) 15:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * That's not a bad idea. Now if I can ever get that bot working, I can fix the pages already tagged. —Scott ( talk ) 17:26, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Tony Geiss
Yay! We finally have a pic of him! -- Wendy (talk ) 00:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I know, I found it hard to believe we didn't have one yet. For some reason I thought he was dead, then I started questioning what I knew about him and realized I'd never seen his picture. The best I could do was a group shot with him and Danny Epstein and Mike Renzi at a recent Emmy Awards ceremony that required some photoshop work. —Scott ( talk ) 00:22, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Grover's dad
Grover's Daddy is awesome, although there's another reference that needs to get added in. Check out My Week with Grover's Mom part 2: "But then my mommy sat by my bed / And said there was nothing to fear, / 'Cause nothing scary went on in the night / And she and my daddy were near." We also might add in the strong suggestion of divorce in part 3. -- Danny (talk ) 14:23, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, I'd completely forgotten about those. Lemme look... —Scott ( talk ) 15:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Walk in the Parkes
Re your perpetual Images Wanted request, here's a Gerry Parkes headshot. Shamelessly stolen from the Canadian Theater Encyclopedia, and probably the best we're going to get. -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 01:20, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, nice! Too bad it's cropped. It would be nice if we could get the full thing, but this is great for now. —Scott ( talk ) 01:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)