User Talk: Lincolning

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Colors

Lincolning, if you're going to do this ↗, please use <code>|border=0|color=white}}</code> or <code>|border=0|color=black}}</code> after the team name. A majority of the colors were not compliant with :WP:CONTRAST ↗. Another option is to use {{tl|NCAA color cell}}, which doesn't add a border and automatically takes into contrast of either black or white font. You can see my example here ↗. If you want to use a secondary color, use {{tl|NCAA secondary color cell}}. Thanks, Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 18:27, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
: I understand what you are saying and do use {{tl|NCAA color cell}} when appropriate Corkythehornetfan. However, as you can see from this ↗ the colors were already similar, I just used the {{tl|CollegePrimaryStyle}} instead of simple colors. FYI, this is a rampant issue on these pages. I originally used only used {{tl|NCAA color cell}}, but had it repeatedly changed by other users. Lincolning (talk) 19:44, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
::'''EDIT:''' Using the Colour Contrast Analyser ↗, East Carolina's {{tl|CollegePrimaryStyle}} meets the WCAG 2 AA Compliant requirements and WCAG 2 AAA 18+. I believe this is sufficient, but let me know if you disagree. Lincolning (talk) 20:02, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
:::That's fine... UCF is "sort of... compliant ↗" as well as East Carolina ↗. UCF is easier to read than East Carolina (it's too bold and can hardly be read). I like consistency (it's an OCD thing {{smiley|3}}) and tend to use {{tl|CollegePrimaryStyle}} but keeping the fonts in black/white (just my personal preference). I believe Frietjes has fixed the issue now with NCAA color cell. Before, it wouldn't do automatic contrast but now it does. I'm game to leave them with the secondary color font. I did change Cincinnati's color to the secondary color to separate from UConn's closely-related colors. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 22:36, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
::::The compliance protocol states that it should reach at least WCAG 2.0's AA level, and AAA level when feasible, which UCF meets. I note that {{tl|NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}} for Illinois is not compliant and does not show white as on 2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season#Rankings ↗. Can't get it to change no matter what. Lincolning (talk) 22:49, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

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Hi Lincolning, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3ALincolning added] the "{{mono|autopatrolled}}" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers ↗. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled ↗. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! TonyBallioni (talk) 21:19, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
:Thanks! Lincolning (talk) 21:23, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

junk citations

Today I find myself following you and cleaning up your messes. For example, at 2025–26 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team ↗ with this edit ↗ you wrote:
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">{{Cite web |last=Kyle BonaguraOct 15 |first=2024 |last2=football |first2=Covers college |last3=in 2014 |first3=Joined ESPN |last4=University |first4=Attended Washington State |date=2024-10-15 |title=Hawai'i to join Mountain West as full-time member in July 2026 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/41814799/hawaii-join-mountain-west-full-member-july-2026 |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</syntaxhighlight>
::{{Cite web |last=Kyle BonaguraOct 15 |first=2024 |last2=football |first2=Covers college |last3=in 2014 |first3=Joined ESPN |last4=University |first4=Attended Washington State |date=2024-10-15 |title=Hawai'i to join Mountain West as full-time member in July 2026 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/41814799/hawaii-join-mountain-west-full-member-july-2026 |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
in particular these parts:
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|last=Kyle BonaguraOct 15</syntaxhighlight>
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|first=2024</syntaxhighlight>
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|last2=football</syntaxhighlight>
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|first2=Covers college</syntaxhighlight>
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|last3=in 2014</syntaxhighlight>
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|first3=Joined ESPN</syntaxhighlight>
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|last4=University</syntaxhighlight>
:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">|first4=Attended Washington State</syntaxhighlight>
Really? Please pay closer attention to the contents of the various parameters that you choose to include in citation templates. Making a mess for other editors to clean up is not a good look.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:07, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:This was an automatic generated citation. I did not notice that was an error in it. Lincolning (talk) 20:48, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
::Do not trust anything 'automatic' at en.wiki. 'Automatic' or not, if you are using some sort of tool to create citations, {{em|you}} are responsible for whatever new is in the article when you click the '''Publish changes''' button. '''Show preview''' and '''Show changes''' can help you identify and fix this sort of automatically generated content so that other editors don't have to follow you around doing cleanup.
::—Trappist the monk (talk) 21:03, 11 March 2026 (UTC)