User:Hoof Hearted

Hoof Hearted – aka Sean is a regular contributor to WikiIndex, and uses the MonoBook skin ┓(´ `)┏
 * my e-mail
 * my edit count



Hi, a warm welcome to my user page. I'm Hoof Hearted (not my real name . . . it is merely a cryptic nickname I gained as a result of producing excessive wind (or 'gas' if you are left of the pond!), due to a genetic disorder, which also makes me allergic to many strong flavours in vegetables. ;-( I am from  in the  (UK), and my mother christened me with my first name of Sean (with the correct spelling :p ).
 * Who is currently online?

I'd like to think I am here on WikiIndex, although sadly I'm also prone to taking an odd sabbatical occasionally. :-/ In June 2011, as a reward for my hearty efforts here on WikiIndex, I was 'promoted' to an, and a short while later to bureaucrat – one of the members of a truly great team! If you'd like to talk to me, please leave me a message on my talk page, thanks.

My ToDo list – feel free to dive in and help me out if you wish :-p

If I've gone AWOL, you might find me here, and you'll find a little more about my username !!

Wikitext / syntax / markup
For examples of unsorted columns, peek at category: Gamepedia.com (more examples to add).


 * — at Wikibooks
 * — at MediaWiki.org
 * – some light reading!
 * — at English Wikipedia
 * — at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki
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 * — at MediaWiki.org
 * Maps MediaWiki extension — at GitHub
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 * Maps MediaWiki extension — at GitHub
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General stuff

 * En.OxfordDictionaries.com — was great for English, not so good for :-p
 * En.OxfordDictionaries.com, the worlds original and most English language  owned and hosted by Oxford University Press (OUP), was previously sold to an American commercial company, Lexico.com, and whilst Lexico originally continued to use official Oxford English Dictionary (OED) s (and listed both  and  variations); in August 2022, Lexico.com is now owned by Dictionary.com, LLC.  Sadly, all OED definitions have disappeared from Dictionary.com, and it frankly has some very serious errors.  Its entry for aircraftsman is factually incorrect (it is categorically NOT a 'noncommissioned officer in the RAF').  Its entry for RAF lists some blatantly incorrect example uses of 'RAF'!
 * Dictionary.Cambridge.org — from Cambridge University Press. Now our  English language  dictionary, listing definitions in both British English and American English variations (where applicable); this has an interwiki, use  *** , replacing s with actual word (usually  leading letter).  Now also has an interwiki template:.
 * https://www.SSLlabs.com/ssltest/index.html — test the strength of security config
 * OverlordQs whois — use this link to lookup IP addresses (sadly vanished)（*⌒ヮ⌒*）
 * TransIP.eu WHOIS
 * EurID.eu WHOIS
 * IP information re service provider
 * CIDR utility — Classless Inter-Domain Routing, an IP addressing scheme that replaces the older system based on classes A, B, and C
 * RIPE Database Query — another IP address lookup
 * RobTex IP Reverse DNS — reverse IP address lookup
 * WhatIsMyIPaddress.com
 * WHOIS Lookup - IP-Adress.com — find domain and IP address details (notice the incorrect spelling!)
 * infoSNIPER IP address lookup — displays geolocation on Google map
 * StopForumSpam.com/downloads
 * — at MediaWiki.org
 * En.Wikipedia.org/robots.txt
 * www.MediaWiki.org/robots.txt
 * WikiIndex.org/robots.txt
 * — at MediaWiki.org
 * WikiIndex.org/api.php
 * https://WikiIndex.org/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=extensions&format=xml

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 * Our local WikiIndex interwiki table is able to show how experienced MediaWiki users can create links to external wiki sites (and also general non-wiki websites which are relevant to 'wiki'); and crucually, these 'interwiki links' look visually very similar to the standard default internal wikilink which is used to link to other pages on the same wiki site.

Wiki tips

 * if a subject wiki site specifically uses a lower-case leading letter – maybe on a subject such as iPad, iMacros, iOS, or eBay, use  at the top of the article edit box to display the article name correctly with its appropriate lowercase leading letter.  You can also use   on any related talk page, and the similar format for all namespaces and their talk pages.
 * an alternative method -  </tt>
 * the  magic word will display the actual number of pages within a category, ideally in prose

Internationalising

 * On all File: pages
 * for the 'Summary' heading, use:  </tt>;
 * for the 'Licencing' heading, use:  </tt>, or  Category:License </tt>.