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The October 2008 newsletter for WP:ALM is ready for delivery. It can be found here. Thanks. WesleyDodds ( talk) 02:00, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering is this page needed? (asking you as you created it) ·Add§hore· Talk/ Cont 11:31, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
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You keep reverting my edits when i did no thing wrong. Reliable♪Forever ( talk) 12:10, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks!
A lot of the images I uploaded during this time aren't FURry. I fixed one of two I had to deal with; thanks for the other! Raymie Humbert (TrackerTV) ( receiver, archives) 22:34, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Can you let me know why you blocked this user? They're obviously the same person as Energy & Environmental Research Center ( talk · contribs), whom you username blocked - but the instructions there state that it's OK to create a new account with an appropriate name and continue editing. The copyvio issue is another thing, but I think that's solvable with education, rather than a block. Please advise. east718 // talk // email // 22:45, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey. Can you approve my Mentifisto account on the server? I can't edit its talk page logged in the account itself so I thought of manually asking here (I intend to create accounts with this username as long as I can't easily log in my main account, but ultimately with both accounts. 'Mentifisto' as my ts acc username would be better I assume, though). -- Menti sock 12:35, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
I really do like your userpage, it's very creative and unique. I wish I had all those barn stars!! :) EnDaLeCoMpLeX ( talk) 04:53, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Think we should withdraw the FLC? I totally forgot there's a MoS for discographies. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 17:59, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Soxred I mean X! :P, I just noticed that your
Admin Bot made an error, when it uploaded
Image:Yasser-arafat-1999.jpg it did not add the license tag to the image as required by policy (I only noticed it becuase my bot (
User:MifterBot) which checks recently uploaded images for license tags, kept crashing and sending me an error report saying that "
Image:Yasser-arafat-1999.jpg lacks a license but the Image page is protected tagging is not possible", and being that my bot does not know how to handle protected images it just shut down on me when it saw the Image :P), I think that this may have something to do with the fact that the Image page had existed prior to your bot locally uploading the Image, because in the upload comment box, this appears:
({{C-uploaded}} This image was copied from da.wikipedia.org. The original description was: Yasser Arafat. København. 3. maj 1999 Den palæstinensiske leder commons:Yasser Arafat besøger Danmark, herunder commons:Udenrigspolitisk Nævn i commons:Folketinget. ©1999 Hans Jørn Storgaard Andersen == Henvisninger == http://helledegn.dk/ commons:da:Billede:Yasser-arafat-1999.jpg {{GFDL}} commons:Category:Yasser Arafat commons:category:keffiyeh commons:Category:1999)
And that text should be on the Image page not in the upload description/comment, but I think that this happened, because if you look at the history of the image, you can see that the Image page existed before your bot locally uploaded it, which caused the text that should appear on the Image page itself to appear in an upload comment, because, if an Image page exists before you upload an image, than all the text that you entered into the info box on the upload form just goes into an Image upload comment not onto the actual page to prevent the previous page content from being removed. Thanks and All the Best, -- Mifter ( talk) 19:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
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FYI, MPUploadBot missed today's POTD. Can you look into it? Thanks. howcheng { chat} 17:02, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, am I right in thinking that the new functionality of InputBox is due to your code? If so, well done, and perhaps you can explain why the hidden parameter doesn't work with the commenttitle format. For example I would like to do this:
and I would like the box to be hidden but the section title to be preloaded with "New redirect request". I suppose this isn't possible yet. MSGJ 12:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, am I right in thinking that the new functionality of InputBox is due to your code? If so, well done, and perhaps you can explain why the hidden parameter doesn't work with the commenttitle format. For example I would like to do this:
and I would like the box to be hidden but the section title to be preloaded with "New redirect request". I suppose this isn't possible yet. MSGJ 12:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, am I right in thinking that the new functionality of InputBox is due to your code? If so, well done, and perhaps you can explain why the hidden parameter doesn't work with the commenttitle format. For example I would like to do this:
and I would like the box to be hidden but the section title to be preloaded with "New redirect request". I suppose this isn't possible yet. MSGJ 12:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, am I right in thinking that the new functionality of InputBox is due to your code? If so, well done, and perhaps you can explain why the hidden parameter doesn't work with the commenttitle format. For example I would like to do this:
and I would like the box to be hidden but the section title to be preloaded with "New redirect request". I suppose this isn't possible yet. MSGJ 12:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you more in the future!-- Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 20:08, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, now that it's working right, can we get it to protect the image with the right expiration date, instead of indefinite protection? Thanks. howcheng { chat} 03:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I recently (re-)added my name to requests for admin coaching and I noticed you were listed as seeking a coachee. Would you be willing to take me on as a student? Mister Senseless™ ( Speak - Contributions) 22:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I have a template (User:Cssiitcic/Templates/Parafon Forte Message), that I want to distribute to all WikiProject Pharmacology members. Is there a bot that can do this? And if not, can someone make one for me? Thanks!-- Cssiitcic ( talk) 21:01, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, MPUploadBot doesn't seem to be uploading/protecting the DYK image. DYK was updated at 23:35, and the bot still hadn't uploaded the image at 00:31 when another user did it. Thanks, ~ User:Ameliorate! (with the !) ( talk) 03:24, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi - Are you done with User:X!/Addshore UPage? This page is categorized into Category:Wikipedia administrator hopefuls which makes you show up in the already admin section of Wikipedia:List of administrator hopefuls. This isn't a big problem, but if you could either delete the page or uncategorize it that'd be great. Thanks. -- Rick Block ( talk) 14:51, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
I've blocked this bot indefinitely. It needs re-evaluation by BAG and the community. It has a number of issues:
This bot deals directly with our "front door," so to speak. The Main Page is viewed thousands of times per minute. Bots simply cannot screw up with the protection of an image on it — it's too risky.
Personally, I'm of the view that this bot should be deprecated entirely, but that's an issue for BAG and the community to decide. Thanks. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 03:24, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, am I right in thinking that the new functionality of InputBox is due to your code? If so, well done, and perhaps you can explain why the hidden parameter doesn't work with the commenttitle format. For example I would like to do this:
and I would like the box to be hidden but the section title to be preloaded with "New redirect request". I suppose this isn't possible yet. MSGJ 12:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, how good are your article writing skills? Since you've helped me so much on Diamond Rio discography, how about helping me clean up Brooks & Dunn and expand it too? It desperately needs moar article & sources. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 04:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
-- Efe ( talk) 05:00, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
CWii( Talk| Contribs) 14:00, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
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Hello. I noticed your bot blanked WP:CHU. I almost blocked it for doing so, but then I realized that that was an hour ago and not a minute ago like I initially thought. Just thought I'd come and point out this anomaly so you can look into it. Thanks. Useight ( talk) 19:08, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Someone brought to my attention that one of the things that SoxBot does is capitalize the first letter of templates in articles. For example, if I were to add {{ cleanup}} to an article, SoxBot would come around and change it to {{ Cleanup}}. Is this the case? Ioeth ( talk contribs friendly) 20:36, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey- thanks for this. I'm not sure it's necessary to block the IP for 4 months, though - it seems to be a dynamic IP, and will probably rotate to someone else fairly soon. I think as long as the named account is blocked, and the IP is blocked for 24 hours or so, that should be enough (if the IP or a related one starts being used again, it should be pretty easy to identify and block). Sorry to bug you - just thinking about reducing collateral damage. Thanks again. MastCell Talk 06:14, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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X!/Archives/11, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to Stwalkerster and Pedro for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ANI and AN to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the non-free content criteria and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply ask at my talk page and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) The Helpful One 22:19, 25 November 2008 (UTC) |
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Hi,
I'm the author of the easm project and the wiki page I created. The purpose was to allow people to google define:easm to get a definition from wiki and then proceed to learn more about the project. As far as I understood, this wasn't spam - simply a informative resource for a project categorised as it was.
Can this page be restored? What is the policy?
Kind regards,
Martin.
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Thank you for participating in my Request for Adminship, which passed with 77 supporting and 2 opposing. Regardless of your position, I thank you for the time you took to examine my record and formulate your response. Jclemens ( talk) 02:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC) |
Hi,
I'm the author of the easm project and the wiki page I created. The purpose was to allow people to google define:easm to get a definition from wiki and then proceed to learn more about the project. As far as I understood, this wasn't spam - simply a informative resource for a project categorised as it was.
Can this page be restored? What is the policy?
Kind regards,
Martin.
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JClemens' RfA Thanks | |
Thank you for participating in my Request for Adminship, which passed with 77 supporting and 2 opposing. Regardless of your position, I thank you for the time you took to examine my record and formulate your response. Jclemens ( talk) 02:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC) |