User talk:Kentish121/ARCHIVE 1

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Hello...
Hello Kentish121,

Just wondering if I can be of assistance in making your wiki look good, get users, look like most of the main wikis out there, and of course, generate content.

Please look at my trams wikia for an idea of what I can do!

Please also note that for most things I would need at least sysop rights!

In the meantime I will edit away, improving your Main Page/Articles etc - I presume we can have more stuff than just buses?

Thanks,

 BG 7   09:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks a lot.
 * If it's ok i'd like to start with the main page, and also with your Featured Article, would you like Featured (as in Wikipedia standard) or Selected? Also, could I possibly fiddle with your Featured Article banner, especially on the pages it is deployed on, as it screws up the layout!
 * If you would like me to do something in particular, please let me know and I will do my best!
 * Thanks,
 *  BG 7   16:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Great!
 * If i do something you don't mind please let me know and i'll undo it!
 * Also, is it cool with you if we say for tram content to go to the Tram Wiki? It seems pointless to duplicate!
 * Thanks,
 *  BG 7   17:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep sounds great! I'll make up a suitable template.
 * If you want me to change the colours etc of the skin or the template, let me know!
 * BTW what skin are you using as default? MonoBook or one of the others?
 * Finally, have you got a logo/favicon sorted, if not i've got an idea and i'll work on it in a bit!
 *  BG 7   17:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Test

 * THIS IS A TEST!!! I HAVE BLOCKED MYSELF TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF TESTING THE TEMPLATES Thanks - UK Transport Example  Spake 2 me 08:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC) ON BEHALF OF KENTISH121!!!
 * The test worked. Thanks - Kentish121  Spake 2 me 11:41, 11 April 2008 (UTC) ON BEHALF OF NO-ONE

RE: Your WTW messages...
Hi Kentish121,

Thanks for fixing that link - I must have forgotten, as I remember coming across it!

2) I think the template is great - feel free to roll it our across other's userpages (but not mine...), and I actually have a MediaWiki trick that I hope will work which can automatically add it.

Finally, links here. I can't see a sensible place to put a link, so I will do this: Is the above ok?
 * 1) Put a link in our "Related Wikis" section - the same as we have for the language links to the other tram wikis (dutch and german)
 * 2) Where there are links such as bus, PTE, train etc, I will add InterWiki links

Thanks,

Jack

Cutsomisation...
Hi Kentish,

You may have seen some interesting changes over at Trams recently, if you are using the Monaco Skin.

Would you like these implementing here, and if so, with what colours?

Thanks,

 BG 7   19:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

User of the month...
Thanks for awarding me this!

In the next few days, now I have sorted some urgent problems at tram wiki, i hope to do some more, including full Monaco customisation.

What colours do you want? I see blue, black and brown so far!

Thanks,

 BG 7   14:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)