Editing User talk:Jon

Want to leave me a message? Just click edit, and type it in below. At the end of your message, please include the following text as your "signature": <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>. It will automatically get converted to your signature, including your name and the date. That's two dashes, followed by four [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde#Tilde_with_keyboards tilde characters]. Thanks! --[[User:Jon|Jon]] 17:33, 10 July 2009 (MDT) ==New spambots== Jon... we seem to have a major spam bot attack [[User:Crosley|Crosley]] 06:23, 4 May 2011 (MDT) :Thanks, looking into this. --[[User:Jon|Jon]] 09:28, 4 May 2011 (MDT) ::'''also....''' I now see how to locate this talk page for you. Link was right in front of me... it is rough getting worn out , old and being a tech idiot :::No problem, that's an easy one to miss. A user page is for info about the user ("Hi, I'm Jon...", etc.), and the user "Talk" page is for discussions with the user. It's definitely very different from a discussion forum. --[[User:Jon|Jon]] 10:10, 5 May 2011 (MDT) Jon, I have been watching the "who's online'' page. I see user names that were banned some weeks back. I guess the spam bots can visit , but no posting. [[User:Crosley|Crosley]] 22:34, 8 August 2011 (MDT) :Interesting, thanks, I'll look into that. I made another adjustment today that should cut down on the spam bots, but we'll see.--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 23:01, 8 August 2011 (MDT) ==Category tags removed== Jon ... I have noticed on some edits I make to articles, there seems to be some parts of the articles that disappear without me doing it. Recent edit on "Thermostats Explained" as an example. I removed some words in ALL CAPS. A few days later I notice the listing tags at the bottom of the page had disappeared. The tags that would place the article in "good article" list and the "cooling" tag for that list, both had disappeared. This will happen when I am on the Mac Mini with Safari browser. [[User:Crosley|Crosley]] 22:49, 30 September 2011 (MDT) :That's strange; if you look under that page's "history" tab, there's [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/index.php?title=Thermostats_Explained&diff=19574&oldid=17324 this edit], which shows you as having fixed the all caps, and deleting the category tags. Browser glitch maybe?--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 22:59, 30 September 2011 (MDT) Jon... that is the edit that caught my eye on the disappearing category tags. I would not remove the tags from an article unless it was an obvious item that needed attention. I went back later and corrected(I thought) the article till I saw cobalt327 added back another category tag I edited an article weeks back (I forget which one)... I then recheck my edits and about 3 paragraphs had disappeared below grammar and spelling corrections I had made. Perhaps a glitch in Mac software I guess. I am a tech idiot. [[User:Crosley|Crosley]] 07:26, 1 October 2011 (MDT) Jon, I appreciate your article on keeping your stove bolt in your hotrod! I purchased a 1948 chevy fleetmaster last fall. I drove it home and it is original except the orange paint. It needs some body work but it is not bad at all. I have been strugglin back and forth with keepin the stove bolt 216 or swappin out with a small block. I have wrestled with it because I plan to make this an everyday driver. It was this week infact that I decided I wanted to keep the stove bolt but It needs the babbit bearings replace and I hope to do that this winter. I need advice on how to go about it. I am working out of my garage on my home so this is a shade tree machanic here. No lifts or all the goodies found in a speed shop. I also want to go to double or triple carbs and dual exhaust. I agree this is a cool way to go but my only concern is right now is 55 mph seems to be the max this old girl wants to put out. By the way Dewey here from Iowa '''Jon..''' Coblat327 did some editing on the main page. The driveshaft link he added does not look correct when I clik on it. I may be incorrect and I am not gonna try any edit myself. [[User:Crosley|Crosley]] 15:10, 29 January 2012 (MST) :OK, thanks, I fixed it. That link color is for links to pages for which there is no content. When a new category is created, if there's no text on the category page, links to it will show in that color. I added "Driveshaft articles." to that page, so now the link is the correct color.--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 15:52, 29 January 2012 (MST) ::'''Jon''', I thought when I finished the "Driveshaft measurements" page that it was linking to the new "Driveshaft" category correctly- I added "Category:Driveshaft" inside two brackets to the page to link it to the title page. Did I not do this correctly? I clicked on "Driveshaft" before I logged out and it was showing the "Driveshaft measurements" page then... unless that was due to what you did. :::It's tricky with categories. On the wiki, you can create a link to a page by enclosing a word in double brackets. If the page already exists, the bracketed word gets turned into a link to the page, in blue link color, like this: [[Rust]]. If the page '''does not''' already exist, the bracketed word gets turned into a link to a blank page, in red color, like this: [[How to change your blinker fluid]]. You can click on the red link, and start editing a page from there (some people use this method to start a new article). For example, you can click on your username in red text on this page, and start making your user page. Now, when you start a new category, even if you put pages in the category, the category page itself is blank, so the link shows as red. So, you have to add any text to the category page, like: "Driveshaft articles.", and then links to that category will turn blue. However, the category will still work fine, even if it's a red-link. Here's another example of a page with a bunch of red, undeveloped links: [[Quadrajet]].--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 11:10, 30 January 2012 (MST) ==Using this talk page== BTW- Would it be better to add new responses to this page at the top so it would be the first seen, or continue to add to the bottom, or does this page get refreshed every so often? And should I even be using this page or is there a preferred way of messaging you other than this page?--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 05:09, 30 January 2012 (MST) :This is the preferred method of messaging me about wiki issues. I get a notification when someone alters my talk page, so it's easy to stay updated.--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 11:03, 30 January 2012 (MST) ==Uploading photos== '''Jon''' Is it possible to upload photos from my gallery at Hotrodders to the 'Upload file' page or does it have to come from my computer? Is using the 'Upload file' page the best/only way to get a photo into a CC Wiki article? I still struggle w/the formatting... Kudos to Crosley for dealing w/all the BS that finds its way on to the Wiki. Never knew how much of it there was. Thanks, --[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 07:00, 30 January 2012 (MST) :No, you currently can't upload directly from the gallery at Hotrodders.com. Of course, you can always download an image directly from the gallery to your computer (right-click on image, then choose "download file" or something like that), then upload from there. The image formatting is more complex, yes, but much more powerful. After a few dozen images or so, it becomes second nature. Be sure to check out the [[Help:Images|Image help section]] for details if you haven't already.--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 11:03, 30 January 2012 (MST) '''Jon-''' I created this page- [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Six_cylinder_engine_parts_and_info_sites Six cylinder engine parts and sites]. I then saw a similar page on Chevy engines exists already (I had even contributed to it): [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Chevrolet_and_GMC_Inline_/_Straight_6_Engines:_Guides_and_Resources Chevrolet and GMC Inline / Straight 6 Engines: Guides and Resources]. The websites linked to are now the same in both, even though several have info on engines other than GM. Up to you if the newest page should remain. BTW, why do the two links above appear differently? The second link lacks the arrow icon thingy plus has a space after the link before the period that I didn't put there. Odd...--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 07:06, 1 February 2012 (MST)

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