User talk:Spleodrach

Please leave comments below, if you've come here to vandalise then go away.

Vandals blocked

Hi Snappy

Thanks for the msg on my talk, and sorry to see you having to put up withis :)

I have blocked the two vandal-IPs, and semi-protected Phoenix Park. Would you like me to semi-protect your talk page for a while? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that, BHG, your help is appreciated. Unless the vandals come back again, I think my talk page should be ok. They've probably got bored and moved on by now. Snappy56 (talk) 07:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They was students, so have probably gone off the pub or to facebook, or wherever it is that students go these days :)

Anyway, if there's more hassle, lemme know. Talk page vandalism is a real nuisance, so I'd b glad to help. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nowrap

~~Hi Snappy~~

~~Why are you removing the {{nowrap}} templates from Template:IrishGovernmentDepartments and lotsd of others which have just popped up on my watchlist?~~ --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I should have checked the diffs more carefully! I see you are using the {{Nowrap begin}}/{{Nowrap end}} templates. I didn't know about them before, but they look like a v good idea. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:16, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, they make it easier to read when editing a template. Snappy56 (talk) 05:28, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They do indeed -- easier all round, as well as reducing the number of template calls. Definitely a good idea. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Colours on county templates

I think it's a bit much to say the green is "unreadable", it's been like that for a half year at this stage and no one else has had much trouble! I think at the most, it could be changed to a lighter green, but even that would be pushing it. Also, it's actually quite usual for each US state anyway to have its own colour, eg. the California ones are gold. --Schcambo^{aon scéal?} 11:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC) [reply]

The current shade of green does make it hard to view, maybe not totally unreadable but definitely not easy on the eyes. I don't think it's a good idea for each county to get its own colour, too many variations, it should be a standard colour for all counties. I changed them back to the standard navbox blue, it you don't like that colour then, a lighter shade of green is definitely necessary. I've changed Dun Laoghaire to a slightly lighter shade, this difference is subtle but crucial! Let me know what you think. If you can find another lighter shade of green, please put it in. Snappy56 (talk) 11:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't mean every county should have its own colour, I mean the whole country should have a non-standard (i.e. not blue) one, like how every US state uses one colour for all that state's counties. If you get me!
The DLR colour looks good actually. --Schcambo^{aon scéal?} 11:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I get you now. Well, the colour doesn't have to be green, one third of the national flag is orange; there's no reason everything associated with Ireland must be green! There is also St. Patrick's Blue, lets think outside the box! Snappy56 (talk) 11:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

St. Patrick's Blue is a lovely colour, but it's not exactly a brilliant choice as the background for blue links.

In a lot of Ireland, orange is not likely to be acceptable colour except as part of the flag. So how about a compromise of a green border for the whole box: I mean the thin line around the whole thing, rather than the background to the template header. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if that's possible, actually? Anyways, the new green looks quite nice, I think. --Schcambo^{aon scéal?} 19:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any visible difference in the shades of green between these two versions ... though, to be honest, the std navbox header is really too dark a blue for adequate constrast. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]