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Zocky, your javascript searchbox don't work for me no more. My life is so much worse! :-( Bishonen | talk 18:12, 5 February 2013 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, Zocky. I love your Picture Popups script for Vector, but it doesn't work in other Wikipedias because they use different words for "File". I fixed the script by replacing File: with [^:]+: in line 24. If you decide to change it here we won't have to copy the whole script just to fix this small thing though. Thanks. --V111P (talk) 05:56, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Zocky | picture popups 13:29, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, one more little thing. You can remove the http: part of the css url on line 7, otherwise the script doesn't work in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer when using Wikipedia through https:. --V111P (talk) 09:00, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Starting August 28 all registered users will be using https. That means without the simple modification I described above your script won't work any more. Please, see m:HTTPS#Help! My code is broken!. Thanks. --V111P (talk) 12:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, as you have contributed to the discussion at Talk:Order of the People's Hero, you may be interested in Talk:Order of the People's Hero#Requested move. --Eleassar ^{my talk} 08:25, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please use commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Button_find.png instead of en-file? The file was moved to commons and I do not see the pic at de-Wikipedia. Thank you. --Anka Friedrich (talk) 18:56, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, apologies if this does not really concern you, but I think this tool features some code you wrote?, and in this case you might want to know it conflicts with VisualEditor, or at least it appears so. Regards! --Elitre (WMF) (talk) 15:59, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Zocky, I'm contacting you because we need some Slovenian translators to help with the deployment of the new VisualEditor on sl.wikipedia. There are help pages, user guides, and description pages that need translating, as well as the interface itself. The translating work is going on over on MediaWiki: Translation Central. I also need help with a personal message for the Slovenian Wikipedians. If you are able to help in any way, either reply here, or head over to TranslationCentral. Thanks for your time, PEarley (WMF) (talk) 23:15, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When I click on the middle of a picture, nothing seems to happen. It used to work. I saw my name in the list of users, and clicked, and it went to a page with the document.write command. Cannot recall when it worked last, but it has been "some time". Using Firefox 24. I cleared cache. I re-pasted into standard.js. I don't think I can try anything else. ( Martin | talk • contribs 17:40, 18 September 2013 (UTC))[reply]

I had the same problem, Zocky just needs to include his stylesheet with "//" instead of "http://" as mentioned above (all logged-in users are now on https). I just forked Zocky's script in my own userspace, made the change on line 7 and changed my vector.js to point at my own fork. I hope Zocky fixes it soon so that I can point my vector.js back at his script. - Phorque (talk) 21:46, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed now. Zocky | picture popups 20:19, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray!! ( Martin | talk • contribs 17:47, 8 October 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Thanks! Phorque (talk) 20:14, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Želim ti citirati iz časopisa Vestnik (1997. 22. maj), kaj je povedal prof. dr. Vilko Novak: Po drugi vojni leta 1956 sem prvi prišel uradno na Madžarsko in v Porabje in tam govoril slovensko v našem (beltinskem) narečju, sodeloval sem namreč pri odprtju kulturnega doma Avgusta Pavla, ko sem predstavil delo Avgusta Pavla. Zato sem bil napaden v domačem prekmurskem okolju. Temu je sledila dveletna disciplinska preiskava... Me je pa ovirala (preiskava) pri mojem strokovnem napredovanju. Doncsecz^talk 15:19, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What's the use of Template:Location map/test/rectangle? If it's no longer needed, can you delete it under G7? Thanks, Jackmcbarn (talk) 20:22, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo Zocky,

thank you for your script. I’m very glad that I can use it. But I don’t get the button-images any more. I think, it is because they are loaded in http, not in https, mode. Could you please fix this? --Anka Friedrich (talk) 11:13, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I suppose this makes me active again? Zocky | picture popups 01:38, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It does, welcome back - we'd love your help with anything in WP:ADMINBACKLOG! — xaosflux ^Talk 00:33, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Zocky Would you find me an user to write / translate the article of Isabelle de Charrière (Q123386) for the Slovene Wikipedia? That would be appreciated. Boss-well63 (talk) 21:54, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pogledaj meta:ExPatYUGOdiasporas- možda će ti biti zanimljivo! Dare se pridružio ali se nezna još sam dodati unutar koda tabele, pa ako ste u prilici i dobrom raspoloženju dodajte se!  :-) Zblace (talk) 09:51, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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