User talk:Purplebackpack89

Hello, Purplebackpack89! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

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I fixed the Whittier table-of-contents problem you mentioned in the Traveller's Pub. The problem arose because some of the <buy> tags in the article weren't closed with a matching </buy>; this seems to break the contents list. Dave.Dunford (talk) 16:23, 17 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Purplebackpack89 17:40, 17 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your cleanups and additions to the various Los Angeles articles. The potential for having a great guide to the LA-area is huge, so every improvement is greatly appreciated. -- Ryan • (talk) • 05:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

My pleasure. Expect to see changes regarding the Los Angeles Eastside in the near future. Purplebackpack89 06:12, 20 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

I commented on Talk:Los Angeles but I'll comment here too - please don't get toooo hasty with moving articles around and redistricting LA - work needs to be done, but sufficient discussion needs to happen first on the talk pages, and a consensus reached. Thanks! – cacahuate ^talk 23:42, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

You reverted this addition [1], but haven't yet joined the subsequent discussion on how to instruct our readers in how to write on the front of an envelope. I'm about to redo the edit, so please join in if you wish to comment. --Inas (talk) 19:58, 31 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

May I ask what you were trying to do with Template:Disambiguation, and why? LtPowers (talk) 18:52, 17 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Your revision is broken. The way you've got it, Template:Disambiguation can't be used as a template because of the excess explanation of usage. The explanation of usage belongs, and has been at long before I made my edit, at Wikivoyage:Disambiguation. The rest of it is already at Template:Disamb, so I redirected it there. There's nothing wrong with my edit, just because you see a minus in the change column doesn't mean it should be undone. As such, I have undone your edit. Purplebackpack89 21:34, 17 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Actually I believe that the old version was correct. The template is invoked via MediaWiki:Newarticletext to pre-populate article types and was used as the template for creating new disambiguation pages. Redirecting it causes the wrong text to be pre-populated when creating a new article. -- Ryan • (talk) • 22:35, 17 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Purple, I do wish you would try to learn a bit about what you're doing (like, say, reading the talk page of the template in question) before assuming I'm an idiot who doesn't know what I'm doing. LtPowers (talk) 01:45, 18 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Why should I do that? You act as I'm an idiot who doesn't know what I'm doing, why shouldn't I do the same Purplebackpack89 01:22, 19 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

I don't believe I've done so, but I apologize if you got that impression. I do think it was extremely intemperate of you to reinstate your change after being reverted, however. LtPowers (talk) 01:44, 19 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi there!

Just so you know, the images we use in our banners here on Wikivoyage need to have a dimensions ratio of 7:1. Sorry to jump in and remove the image - I hope you don't mind! If you want to find out more about our banners you can check out the relevant expedition here. :) --Nick ^talk 18:52, 15 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi Nick, you're one of the member at Banner Expedition. You could crop the banner image rather than removing it again. --Saqib (talk) 19:13, 15 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

I think I fixed it Purplebackpack89 19:15, 15 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Well done! --Saqib (talk) 19:16, 15 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Sorry for not doing it myself! It was just a quick edit on the go earlier (was a bit tied up!), but if you hadn't managed by this evening I'd have done it for you. I just wanted to sort it out before you were told off! Well done on managing to do it yourself! :) --Nick ^talk 19:27, 15 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for starting the El Camino Real‎‎ article - it's a great subject for an itinerary article. Having lived in California for 15 years and having driven most of that route, I somehow had no idea that it connected all of the missions. I look forward to seeing how it develops. One request - if you wouldn't mind, as you're developing the article, if you notice any of the missions are missing or need updating in the corresponding city article, could you add/update them as you did with Carmel (California)? We probably have most of them listed already, but I suspect there are some that need to be added or would benefit from having details updated. Thanks! -- Ryan • (talk) • 17:08, 5 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Sure, no problem Purplebackpack89 17:22, 5 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

I also want to thank you for starting this article. I'm excited to watch it develop. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:15, 5 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi there. I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I don't know what the perfect model to follow would be for this particular itinerary, but I think you've got a good start going in your user space there. Maybe have a look through some of our other guide itineraries and star itineraries for some ideas. Keep up the great work! Texugo (talk) 21:46, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Try to work [2] into ECR somehow Purplebackpack89 15:00, 7 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

I did offer a justification for removal of the routebox several months ago at Talk:Los Angeles#Routebox, so why don't we continue the discussion there? Although I will say here that the difference between our LA article and the NYC, Chicago, and SF articles is that those city articles are confined to the city, while the LA article covers the entirety of Los Angeles County, a region with literally nearly a hundred individual cities and districts, so I don't think it's a very apt comparison. PerryPlanet (talk) 00:23, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Additionally, I've have never seen one example of a routebox on a region page. Could you show this to me? PerryPlanet (talk) 00:35, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

@PerryPlanet:: On the other hand, I can't think of an article that is both a city and a region, which is what the LA article is at present. By virtue of being a city article, it should have the routebox Purplebackpack89 03:41, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Purplebackpack. I want you to know that I've nominated El Camino Real for a feature as Featured Travel Topic of the month. No-one has commented on the nomination so far; perhaps you'd like to comment. Thanks for your wonderful work on the article! Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:54, 6 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Did I put the "when to travel" info in the right place? (It's the edit with the summary something along the lines "I think this is where it goes?)

Looks fine to me. I don't think there's a standard place to put that in itineraries. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:05, 7 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hello, would you be willing to update your signature? The use of the depreciated/obsolete font tag is no longer recommended as they are not HTML5 compliant and obsolete tags are one of the tracked syntax issues here on Wikivoyage.

The following is an HTML5 compliant equivalent to your current signature: <b style="font-family:Verdana">[[User:Purplebackpack89#top|<b style="color:#3A003A">Pur</b><b style="color:#800080">ple</b>]][[User talk:Purplebackpack89|<b style="color:#991C99">back</b><b style="color:#CC33CC">pack</b><b style="color:gold">89</b>]]</b>
and displays as this: Purplebackpack89

Thanks and best wishes, Zinnober9 (talk) 13:47, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Zinnober9: Have I fixed it now? Purplebackpack89 18:22, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yes, thank you! Zinnober9 (talk) 02:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:05, 8 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the improvements you have made to various articles. Here are some formatting tips to improve your contributions:

1. In addresses, we do not include the city (if it is the same as the page title), the state or zip code. See Wikivoyage:Listings.
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Ground Zero (talk) 20:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Ground Zero Thanks for letting me know, I think I made the needed corrections to the "Sleep" section Purplebackpack89 20:15, 14 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you for creating new articles. Please use the full article template from this list even if you are leaving some sections blank. Do not omit headings that you are not using as you did in Bridal Veil and Corbett. Thanks. Ground Zero (talk) 16:49, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

My friend, you don't have the right to delete other users' comments from talk pages, including the user talk page for you. Instead, you might reply. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:57, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Ikan Kekek What? On other projects, users are permitted to delete or archive comments on their own talk page as they see fit. I also find @Ground Zero incredibly patronizing, and it's not the first time either. Instead of leaving comments on my talk page, it would have been better for him to just make the fixes to the article. Interestingly, going through discussion about user talk guidelines, GZ seems to be one of the louder voices saying comments can't be deleted; in part because he thinks it's job to patronizingly coach everybody else. Purplebackpack89 17:01, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

I did fix this mistake on the Clackamas article you created, and then you made the same mistake on Bridal Veil and Corbett. I assumed that you would want to learn how to improve your contributions to Wikivoyage. Most contributors do. I know that I have become a better contributor by having my errors explained to me by other contributors. Like you, I am a volunteer. It is not my job to fix your errors, but I am willing to help you learn. Ground Zero (talk) 17:08, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Ground Zero If it's not your job to fix errors, why is it mine to fix them? Why is it your job to boss me around? Why are you making such a BFD about adding some headings that are currently unused and could always be added later when needed? Why did you spill so much ink talking down to me when you could have spent that time adding in the headings? @Ikan Kekek, again, GZ comes off as patronizing, and I am troubled that he seems to be more concerned about maintaining an unequal relationship than he is about fixing errors. Purplebackpack89 17:19, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

I don't consider explaining Wikivoyage policies to be bossing you around. I fixed your error the first time. I am surprised that you don't think it is your job to fix errors. I fix my errors when others point them out. I am also surprised that you are not interested in learning about Wikivoyage policies. Ground Zero (talk) 17:43, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Yes, different Wikis have different policies. You are permitted to archive comments on your user talk page but not delete them (unless they are vandalistic remarks like "you suck" and the like, etc.). Anyway, however you believe his tone to be, you should follow the guidelines he tells you about. Thanks. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:10, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Ikan Kekek Alrighty, now I've figured out how to use the preloaded templates. Never noticed them before. Purplebackpack89 17:33, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Super! Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:35, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

(Wikivoyage:Using talk pages#User talk pages, for the record) //shb (t | c | m) 23:17, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

@SHB2000 It somewhat surprises me that a handful of editors here would decide to buck the trend of most other projects that a user's talk page is his castle. Purplebackpack89 23:56, 16 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Well I think this is one of those cases where most projects are just objectively worse. It's never fun trying to dig through old discussions via page history and just less transparent overall. //shb (t | c | m) 00:10, 17 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

@SHB2000 I feel like its a shift that benefits the "gods" and hurts rank-and-file users. Especially since one of the main reasons given for enacting it was that rank-and-file users need "coaching" from "the gods" (they don't) Purplebackpack89 00:11, 17 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Transparency benefits everyone, not just the "gods", though. //shb (t | c | m) 00:43, 17 September 2026 (UTC)Reply