User talk:Fred Bradstadt

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Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference

Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse (consensus discussion, guidelines for use at WP:MINOR). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was true. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to false in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and all users will still be able to manually mark their edits as being minor in the usual way.

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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 20:35, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Plone-logo-2008.png

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Changing colors

Hi Fred, I see that you have changed the colors of a number of templates. I had used blue color to designate water related templates (rivers, peninsulas etc.) which seems logical (standard map style). Although I don't like to start an edit war (per WP) I want to know your rationale to change the colors. Happy editting. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 01:40, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Nedim. Thanks for your comments.

I hadn’t seen that WP page before, but thanks for linking. That was an interesting read :-)

I agree that template colors aren’t the most important thing in the world, but I my rationale for changing was to get more consistency. I changed 4 different blue nuances (#00BFFF, #87CEFA, lightsteelblue and #bbccee) into standard colors. Using a darker blue (as long as the color contrast is good enough, per WP) is fine by me – but I think it should be the same darker blue on all water/river templates then.

Keep up the good work. –Fred Bradstadt (talk) 20:12, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Template:Danish Golden Age

Hi there Fred. Back in August, you made some adjustments to Template:Danish Golden Age but you seem to have made some kind of mistaking so that it is now far too broad at least for my screen. Since you don't seem to be very active around here currently I will just undo your edit for now but since you obviously seem to know what you are doing with these templates I am sure that you have had something constructive in mind so you may want to have a look at it again. Chears.Ramblersen (talk) 02:55, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. I cleaned up the spacing around the {{·}} templates and other stuff, but left a few {{·w}} templates in there, which messed up the line breaks completely. Sorry about that. I and someone else have fixed the problem now. –Fred Bradstadt (talk) 18:22, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Acorn computers template

You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Acorn computers#Proposed move/new title. Trevj (talk) 07:22, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Cinnabon

Hi Fred, I am a new user on wikipedia doing a project for my Online Communities class at Cornell University. I noticed you had edited the Cinnabon page? Do you have any advice about where to get more information on nutritional value?Onlinecommedits (talk) 23:29, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Time Persons of the Year 1951–1975

Hi there. I know you have contributed to the templates for Time Person of the Year in the past. It would be great to have your opinion on an ongoing RfC at Template talk:Time Persons of the Year 1951–1975, regarding how entries for 1960 and 1975 are listed. Thanks. - HIGHFIELDS (TALK • UPLOADS) 15:21, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Premier Pageants states

Template:Premier Pageants states has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Dravecky (talk) 06:19, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:00, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Fred Bradstadt. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Fred Bradstadt. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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