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Hi, not that it matters, but this probably should have closed Keep. The reason is LM2000 presented 4 new sources in the middle of the AfD. No one gave reason why they should be discarded from consideration. In fact, they were confirmed by another editor as being good. As such the arguments were in favor of Keep since there are multiple reliable sources per GNG. It was up to the Deletes to give reason why those sources should not be used and they never did, there was no debate over the sources. -- Green Cardamom ( talk) 05:47, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
I'm suspecting sockpuppetry on this page. I see the patterns in the history log, and I'm sure it's the same person. But I can't adequately prove it. -- George Ho ( talk) 22:18, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I have only just noticed that you have deleted the page for Alan Byrne. He has played in the Europa League against Malmo for Drogheda United. http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/cooke-incredibly-proud-as-drogheda-push-malmo-hard-29414411.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidDublin ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Hey Mr Z. I am wondering if there are problems with the page view data per [1] Thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:22, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Dear Z-man,
Thanks for your thoughtful contributions on WP:Conflict of interest limit. I wonder if a small group of thoughtful people might facilitate drafting a better, focused version of a paid-advocacy guideline/policy. You and CorporateM have both written eloquently about why one may be needed (basic game theory; and many of those covered by it will want to abide by it) and why it should be narrowly defined.
One of the reasons the proposals to date haven't been very good, I think, is that they have been drafted by people who want the COI guideline itself to be stricter - something for which there is no consensus (and many arguments against). Regards, – SJ + 01:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for coming up with all those suggestions for Jakebot. I'll look into them tonight or tomorrow morning. -- Jakob ( talk) 21:13, 20 December 2013 (UTC) |
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Darrin asked if you could remove his name from your list. Would you mind, please? Guy ( Help!) 22:24, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I'm trying to install your closeAFD.js script. I have added importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD.js'); to User:RoySmith/vector.js and cleared my browser cache, but I don't see the additional tabs. I'm using Chrome Version 32.0.1700.102 on a Mac. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? -- RoySmith (talk) 00:43, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I just wanted to stop by and let you know, that I'm glad to see you support reviewing the blocks, I also agree a lot of these need to be reevaluated and many need to be droppped. I am also not an advocate for a block lasting longer than 3-6 months. Even in extreme situations it shouldn't be more than a year. I just can't vote because I am an IP and I abandoned my username because I got fed up with all the us and them mentality between the Arbcom, the WMF, Admins, editors and IP's. Everyone is fighting everyone else and there isn't any end in sight. That is along with the admins abusing their tools and nothing being done about it (a minority of them I admit but a problem none the less) and a vairety of other problems with this place that are only getting worse as time goes on. Good luck and happy editing. 138.162.8.59 ( talk) 19:27, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man. Sorry for the trouble but my Wilhelm Zahn DYK did not get the stats because the day it appeared stats.grok was not working. I saw however the tool you created which shows 6,849 hits for the article in December. The date is off however. It shows the stats for 13 December but the article was created later than that and the DYK was on the 31st of December. The question is: is there any explanation for the 6,849 figure and is there any chance it can be used for the DYK? Thank you for your time. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 04:39, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr.Z-man
I am a sysop on the fr.wikipédia. At the moment, the project:Football doesn't understand how the statistic is done for the fooball pages in french.
Actually, 18 of the 24 first pages are taken by the Monaco players, even some completly unknown. What is the reality ?
Best regards Matpib ( talk) 13:22, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
This has not been updated to Jan yet [4] Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 01:42, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Before I go any further, I should be clear that I am not here to complain about your bot. I'm just trying to understand how things work.
I was puzzled to see the recent additions by Mr.Z-bot to
WP:AIV. If these have been archived, check
this version.
On investigation, the problems seem to be down to the edit filter, rather than the bot. But I don't know the best way to fix the filter or get it fixed.
The first case (209.134.43.95) seems a simple one of a couple of false positives by the filter.
The second case (163.6.158.245) is weird. Filters have been set off 21 times by two edits.
Or... is it the case that the filter prevented the offending edits, leaving me only able to see the non-offending ones.
Please excuse my ignorance of how the edit filter works.
Yaris678 ( talk) 22:14, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr Z-man. This is a courtesy note to let you know I indirectly mentioned you at ANI. The thread is at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive830#Popular pages tool update fail?. Best, -- Diannaa ( talk) 15:18, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for maintaining the Popular Pages tool. It is extremely motivating to me to be able to see this information for WikiProject Medicine. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:49, 24 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hello! As you might recall I'm working under WP:ANATOMY and we're trying to get the popular pages listing working; you mentioned on the village pump to contact you near the end of the month, and here I am! I hope we can get this off the ground soon; kind regards, -- LT910001 ( talk) 02:46, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Greeting Mr. Z-man, I'm contacting you regarding the possibly of the WikiProject Economics getting a 'Popular pages' page set up. Thanks in advance. Jonpatterns ( talk) 11:22, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Is the ability to add other languages coming soon? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:37, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-Man, Is it possible to add Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Women's football task force and Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport to the Popular Pages bot? Thank you. Hmlarson ( talk) 22:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Any chance you can change the sort so that importance is actually by importance rather then the names? So 'Top' would be first and 'Low' last, well unknown last? Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:09, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Re popular pages, your tag at the top refers to November - is that 2013 or 2014?
This is a great tool - amazing that noone thought of it before. I'd like to request the addition of WP:IPCOLL and WP:PPAL to the waiting list once it's reopened. Regards, Oncenawhile ( talk) 20:34, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr Z man, i'm just checking back in after a couple of weeks. Will there be some kind of notification when the project request tool is up and running? I have your talkpage on my watchlist. Oncenawhile ( talk) 20:22, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Alex, just a quick note:
Oncenawhile ( talk) 22:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
The results for Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Popular pages do not display the final 60 entries, out of 1500, properly. The article assessment and importance don't show up. They are blank and instead, in the "Views" column, there are two links to "Template:Class" and "Template:Importance" but no values. Curious. Is this an anomaly or an error? Thanks ww2censor ( talk) 18:30, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
I tried to add project using [5], but after filling all items and submitting i get just "MySQL error" (unfortunately nothing more specific). -- Jklamo ( talk) 17:50, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
N2e ( talk) 23:48, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there A minor little feature request for geophotoreq - could you provide a link to send the KML file to eg http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?mapurl=http://tools.wmflabs.org/geophotoreq/kml/20140217111111.kml ? Bing has the big advantage in the UK of having an Ordnance Survey layer, which can be considered an RS for locations whereas Google Maps is decidedly dodgy in its labelling. On an unrelated note, I don't know if you've come across http://wikilocation.org/ but you might find it a useful API for something or other. Le Deluge ( talk) 22:44, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
It is not clear what edit triggered this apparently erroneous report on AIV. The explanation "You may not view details of this filter because it is hidden from public view." is not satisfactory and is frankly insulting. Please justify this bot's actions. -- Hobbes Goodyear ( talk) 18:28, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
There's a wonderful reporting system now! Bravi!! However, is it/will it be possible to enter an opera article's title and obtain info on the "hits" it has received??? This is a very valuable project - and thanks! Viva-Verdi ( talk) 22:58, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, would please make popular pages for Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran. thank you for your time Yamaha5 ( talk) 12:31, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man, Saw a long time ago you worked on the header for this page, do you know if there is a mediawiki page for the content? (Please reply on my talk). Thanks! — xaosflux Talk 04:11, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man, I have requested for a bot to cleanup the Tamil wiki articles, I didn't get any reply regarding the same, to whom I can approach for the same? Thanks!-- Dineshkumar Ponnusamy ( talk) 09:42, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
This new system is much easier to use! That said some articles under WP:ANATOMY's scope appear to be missing.
I was getting a preview of our ( WP:ANATOMY) next month results here: [6], however there is a sudden decrease from 5,000 pages in the March report ( [7]) to 3,000 pages in the April report. 'On the ground' there hasn't actually been any change in the number of pages under WP:ANATOMY, which (roughly) should at least be 4,500 (see here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy#Project_assessment). Is something strange going on? -- LT910001 ( talk) 00:45, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I recently added a request through the web tool for WP Morocco, I'd like to change the parameter for the number of articles shown to the default 500. If I remember correctly, I've set it to 50, which I now think is too low. Could you change that to 500 please? -- Tachfin ( talk) 11:32, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
In the past week, closeAFD has lost the ability to relist. Here's a sample of what I'm seeing after selecting relist from the dropdown menu:
And here's what I see if I go ahead and click Submit:
Nothing happens after that point.
The failure occurs in both Firefox (encumbered by various extensions) and Safari (clean as installed).
Thanks. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 21:17, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Since it doesn't look like this is coming back any time soon, would it be possible to at least have a field to manually enter the old/new log URLs so the tool can still do the heavy lifting? (Also, FWIW, the tool used to leave the old log field blank in the past occasionally, but I never knew why. It does work occasionally now, but refreshing the page appears to do little towards making the tool catch.)
czar
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Noticed that the bolded summary when closing capitalizes the "K" in "keep", which I believe is different. Intentional? czar ♔ 22:18, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I want to add Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing to the list that generates most popular articles, but when I follow the directions on your page, I get a weird message asking for MY info. Something doesn't feel right. Can you add the above project to the list? We have over 9,000 articles tagged for the project and no idea what is popular or not. Montanabw (talk) 18:23, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Z-man, I have a question about a page you have deleted in the past. I am about to add a page about the same company, and I was wondering if there is a way to send it for your pre-approval to make sure it won't get deleted again. Thank you! SEO Twist ( talk) 19:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Please check your bot, this listing of a user building a draft does not appear to be obvious and persistent vandalism. — xaosflux Talk 14:15, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your contribution over these years. I want to ask, if your toolserver shut indefinetely or for brief period of time? Or did it got replaced by something else?-- Yacatisma ( talk) 10:42, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
I started this table, and was wondering if you'd be so kind as to help fill it in a bit.
Link: Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs/Toolserver replacements
A replacement for http://stats.grok.se/ can now be found at toollabs:pageviews.
If it exists already somewhere, please say and I'll delete it. Many thanks, Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 08:47, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I am posting here because there does not seem to be much sign that you monitor User talk:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD and I have made a comment there I wanted to draw to your attention. Forgive me if you do watchlist it and this message turns out to be spam. Spinning Spark 10:06, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Another issue added at User talk:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD#Relisting comments. Spinning Spark 11:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Template:Infobox non-profit has been nominated for merging with
Template:Infobox organization. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
19:20, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I got called out, appropriately, for forgetting to categorize redirects after closing AfDs, what do you think about adding something like \n{{ uncat}} to the redirect you create when an AfD is closed redirect or merge? The hope is that this would allow for quicker correction. -- j⚛e decker talk 18:06, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
Mr.Z-man, would you be willing and able to create an Article hits page for Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games? BOZ ( talk) 04:18, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Dear Mr Z man, Would it be possible to add a feature to the popular pages tool that would flag pages which receive surges in page views? Say if they received 50 times more views than they had the previous month. I work with Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Chemistry and we see surges like this nearly every month. Normally it's caused by some sort of health scare, which as you can imagine results in all manner questionable edits. If the chemical involved is obscure it may not be on anyone's watchlist in which case we normally fail to react in time. Project Osprey ( talk) 17:42, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
Hey Mr. Z Wondering when mobile is going to be added to your lists? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 03:56, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
As you participated in a previous related discussion you are invited to comment at Wikipedia:Administrators/RfC for an Admin Review Board. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 04:56, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
It is possible that you modify your valuable tool http://tools.wmflabs.org/geophotoreq/ to query image needs for another wikipedias?? Or even better, wikidata item? -- Ninovolador ( talk) 23:48, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/CloseAFD#question. Please also see the subsequent sections. Thanks. — {{U|
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This happened today. Thought you'd be interested czar ♔ 02:47, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Mr.Z-man.
I am trying to implement the RefToolbar 2.0 on Spanish Wikipedia, but there are some issues. Several messages are displayed properly, in Spanish, but other ones in English, despite having been translated here (for example, cite-form-showhide).
What is the problem? Regards, and thanks in advance. -- abi án 15:44, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
// Load local data - messages, cite templates, etc.
case 'es': importScript('MediaWiki:RefToolbarMessages-es.js'); break;
The autopatrol script that you (I think it was you) wrote for me - it doesn't seem to be working. Could you take a look? Thanks. DS ( talk) 16:48, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
The closeAFD2 script made this edit to a talk page on the 24th. I only just noticed it when another editor reverted it. The script apparently tried to add an AFD result to the Wikiproject Lancashire template instead of the AFD multi template. Spinning Spark 23:01, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man. You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Astro-Physics as "delete" two days ago.
Here is what I would have written at the AfD:
- Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Astro-Physics to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
- Harrington, Philip S. (2011-02-05). Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories (4 ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 96. ISBN 978-0471750635. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
The book notes:
Astro-Physics. Astro-Physics is a name immediately recognizable to the connoisseur of fine refractors on rock-steady mounts. Owners Roland and Majorie Christen introduced their first high-performance instruments in the early 1980s and effectively revived what was then sagging interest in refractors among amateur astronomers. Now, two decades later, Astro-Physics refractors remain unsurpassed by any other apochromat sold today.
As this edition of Star Ware is published, Astro-Physics is redesigning its line of refractors. Only the 160EDF, an exceptional 6.3-inch f/75 instrument, remains at present. Therefore, rather than offer speculation here, I'll ask that you visit the chapter 5 supplemental material found in the Star Ware section of www.philharrington.net. Information, test reports, and owner comments will be posted and analyzed there as the information becomes available. But two things are likely, given Astro-Physics' past record of performance. First, any instrument wearing the Astro-Physics name will undoubtedly be the finest of its kind. However, because of high demand and limited production, delivery will likely take years. Considering the nearly instant availability of fine apo refractors from Takahashi and Tele Vue, waiting that long for an Astro-Physics refractor is difficult to justify.
- English, Neil (2012-08-30). Classic Telescopes: A Guide to Collecting, Restoring, and Using Telescopes of Yesteryear. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-1461444237. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
The book notes:
In the 1980s and 1990s, Astro-Physics optical designs continue to innovate with each new design, new levels of performance were achived. The quality of construction of the tube assemblies, sophistication of the mounts and range of accessories have also improved year upon year.
Although most amateurs associate Astro-Physics with triplets, the company also churned out a limited run of double ED refractors (Fig. 10.6). Jeff Morgan, a telescope maker and avid observer based in Prescott, Arizona, was kind enough to share his experiences regarding his recent purchase of an older 120 mm doublet Astro-Physics refractor offered between 1990 and 1992:
[long quote from Jeff Morgan]
In the late 1990s, Astro-Physics also offered even smaller travel 'scopes for the discerning amateur astronomer on the move. Prominent among them were the Astro-Physics Traveler, a 105 mm F/6 triplet apochromat and, at about half the size, the 90 mm f/5 'Stowaway.' Even by today's standards, these instruments are so well thought of that their price tags on the used market have, until very recently, appreciated (Fig. 10.7).
- Gary, Alex (2006-10-26). "High-end telescope maker goes under microscope". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
- "Get a closer look at the heavens with telescope made here". Rockford Register Star. 2006-07-20. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
- "Astro-Physics to be profiled on TV show". Rockford Register Star. 2006-12-25. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
Would you consider reopening and relisting Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Astro-Physics so these sources can be discussed by the community? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 05:01, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I totally depend on your wonderful script to relist/close AfDs. However, at this point, the "relist" button displays briefly while a page is charging, but then disappears. I'm absolutely helpless with css or js pages, so I have no clue whether this is an error caused at my side (although I haven't changed anything in a while, but I do have anew computer...) or whether it is something that happened at your side. (I have a similar problem with the "block" button that "easyblock" normally puts at the top of a userpage or usertalk page). Your help will be much appreciated! Thanks. -- Randykitty ( talk) 12:29, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
You seem to have fully protected the above. It's been subject to socking IPs trying to insert unsourced claims with well established registered users (not including me) reverting. Shouldn't it be simply semi'd? DeCausa ( talk) 22:41, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Mr.Z-bot flags another bot as a vandal. Priceless. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrator_intervention_against_vandalism%2FTB2&diff=640443532&oldid=640426372 Ronhjones (Talk) 01:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
The script failed to remove the AFD template when closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howell Park Uptown Dallas. Subsequently corrected by Cyberbot I. Spinning Spark 12:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
The relist function of the AFD2 script has a box for entering comments when relisting a page. However, it does not seem to actually use those comments ( example where a comment was definitely entered, but does not appear in the edit). Template:relist has a facility for adding a comment as a parameter, and I assume that the script uses this template. Spinning Spark 09:48, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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CloseAFD2 changed my life. I can't imagine AfD without it, and it keeps getting better! Thank you for making such an excellent tool. czar ⨹ 21:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC) |
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:41, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
How about this one? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, is your AFD-closer script working? Or something is wrong in my User:Titodutta/common.js page. Could you check please? it is not loading. -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 13:47, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
importScript("Us ");
I believe AFD2 tool marks redirect closures as {{ uncategorized}}. Are there plans to build basic categorization options into the tool? czar ⨹ 22:46, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, he/she is removing full content from diff: articles plus vandalizing too after final warning. All warnings are fresh, also reported at AIV but you said No vandalism since final warning. Bit confused -- A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 17:50, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello,in this article List of awards and nominations received by Got7 Until now Is very subverted,All contents of this article are without a source and award are not notable,Malicious users and IP Undo the Redirect page to Got7, Got7#Awards and nominations: List of awards and nominations received by Got7,please delete this page Because got7 article is enough for [Got7]'s awards and nominations ,tanks( Mrchurang ( talk) 01:48, 31 January 2015 (UTC))
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I love how well WP works. Thanks, mop man! Do you feel like blocking the vandal gang before they move on to the next victim? FourViolas ( talk) 03:53, 4 February 2015 (UTC) |
Hi Z-man, from time to time the page Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Watchlist gets placed in categories. Myself and other editors have fixed this several times. Would it be possible for you to change the bot so that if it's referring to a category page it inserts the extra colon character ? Actually, it could put the colon character in for all pages it refers to (which would mean the page doesn't show up in what-links-here). DexDor ( talk) 12:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man! I was wondering what would be the best way to handle the good faith edits on month articles by this user. Thank you, Bananasoldier ( talk) 05:56, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
I have your AFDClose script installed and it has worked in the past. I have been away for about a year and find that it no longer seems to load the CLOSE tab when viewing an AFD. Could you suggest something? I know you are busy and I do appreciate your help. JodyB talk 17:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
I apologize for calling him, you know. I don't want to second-guess your judgement, but I was NOT disrupting that page. So?-- 63.135.255.56 ( talk) 05:52, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
Mr. Z can we get a popular page list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Sanitation? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 04:24, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm loving your "Popular pages" system -- the results for WP:LOU are very enlightening! I was just thinking it would be cool if the table could display the month-to-month change in position (e.g., ↑3 or ↓17), and also whether an article is new to the list. I'm thinking in terms of Billboard charts which do something like this. Just a suggestion. Thanks for your fantastic work on this. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 17:16, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Z.man. Earlier today I closed
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malaun. An editor has informed me, that {{
Article for deletion}}
was not removed from
Malaun in the process, and has followed-up by
removing it manually. I have not seen this situation before. Could it have anything to do with TW for reasons unknown to me in this case
first created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malaun and
then tagged Malaun? Best, --
Sam Sailor
Talk!
12:28, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
I have been tracking the popularity stats for Wiki psychology article for over 2 years. Compare the stats from say 2 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Psychology/Popular_pages&oldid=533632110 with the latest data: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Psychology/Popular_pages, every article has had a sharp decline in readers, on average about 50%. Either there is a problem with stats accuracy or more scarily the readership of Wikipedia is plummeting which is very depressing as you would have thought it was expanding.-- Penbat ( talk) 08:04, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that Popular pages for February hasn't run. Is there an issue keeping the bot from running? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 20:23, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
I noticed your name in the WikiProject Beetles talkpage. Would you be interested to join our project as our participant? Many thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 15:52, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Howdy, I've been seeing a recurring issue with the new version of your AFD closer. When merging, if the source article talk page doesn't exist, it's created but the status message is stuck on "Tagging talk page(s)...". The script then says that everything is done without saying that all of the talk pages have been tagged. I'm using Chrome 42.0.2311.90 (Official Build) m (32-bit) on Win8. Thanks, Nakon 22:58, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I've been reading some archived discussions about the Autoconfirmed trial from 2011 and there was a statistic batted around a lot: 80% of all pages created by autoconfirmed users are deleted. I can't seem to find a source for that one, and it seems to have been linked to you. Do you by any chance know where that statistic came from, and if things have changed at all since then? Thanks! Bluma.Gelley ( talk) 21:13, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
As per
WP:AFD/AI (see the keep section), on an AfD keep result, the {{
Old AfD multi}}
should be placed below WikiProject banners, however the script places it on the top of talk pages. Could you modify it so it places it below such banners? Thanks in advance.
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Hello. I am notifying you that the above is currently being considered at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Community de facto ban appeal by User:EddieSegoura, and your input (positive, negative, or otherwise) is invited there. You have received this notification and invitation as you participated in the previous ban appeal in 2009 and may be familiar with or remember some of the earlier context, you may be aware of other matters which are relevant to the appeal, or you may wish to express whether or not your view has changed since the last discussion. Regards, Ncmvocalist ( talk) 18:35, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to add WP:ROMANCE to your bot, but when I went to OAuth, it said I need to be logged in across all systems. What other one besides the WP mainspace do I need to be logged in with? Thanks! plange ( talk) 23:40, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Wondering if we can get a popular page listing? Thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 14:34, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man. The (new?) AfD2 closing tool is great, but one change is a slight annoyance to me and I was wondering if you could help. I have my preferences set to watchlist any article I edit, which I find very useful for my general editing. With the previous AfD closer it seemed to ignore this setting, which was preferable because I don't feel the need to watchlist articles who's AfD I close. AfD2, however, watchlists articles after I close their AfD. Any idea if I could change the .js page manually for myself so that it retains the previous watchlisting behaviour? Thanks, Sam Walton ( talk) 00:15, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Articles that were included last month are missing this month? Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_task_force/Popular_pages For example Talk:Peptic ulcer is not there but was there before. Not sure what is causing the issue. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 07:52, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, remember that script you wrote for me, enabling me to patrol directly from the queue? The tokens expire a little too quickly - would it be at all possible to extend their lifespan? DS ( talk) 17:20, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
Could we please also get a popular page listing for this project? Thanks in advance. EvM-Susana ( talk) 07:39, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Am I correct in saying that this lists are only desktop views? [11]
And if that is the case can we add this fact to all the popular pages lists. Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 20:33, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD2.js is not removing {{ REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}}. — JJMC89 ( T· E· C) 19:09, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
I went to close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tha Carter V as redirect but the redirect was already in place. So the script completely blanked Lil Wayne and redirected it to itself! [12] Maybe have the script check if the redirect is already in place? Just letting you know! Thanks for the otherwise awesome script :) — MusikAnimal talk 16:47, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey, sorry to bug you again! Could you confirm Mr.Z-bot is still reporting filter hits to AIV? We had a few hits from Special:AbuseFilter/713 that are set to be reported immediately but I don't think they were. I checked the bots contribs and don't see any AIV edits for some time. Mind taking a look at it? Thank you!!! — MusikAnimal talk 17:54, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
I find this service valuable to the point that I've just now added it to {{ Infobox WikiProject}}. Having said that, would you consider increasing the upper limit to 10,000 to support the giant projects like Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography (nearly 1.3 million articles) and Wikipedia:WikiProject United States (400,000 articles)? Thank you in advance. -- DanielPenfield ( talk) 19:11, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, not that it matters, but this probably should have closed Keep. The reason is LM2000 presented 4 new sources in the middle of the AfD. No one gave reason why they should be discarded from consideration. In fact, they were confirmed by another editor as being good. As such the arguments were in favor of Keep since there are multiple reliable sources per GNG. It was up to the Deletes to give reason why those sources should not be used and they never did, there was no debate over the sources. -- Green Cardamom ( talk) 05:47, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
I'm suspecting sockpuppetry on this page. I see the patterns in the history log, and I'm sure it's the same person. But I can't adequately prove it. -- George Ho ( talk) 22:18, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I have only just noticed that you have deleted the page for Alan Byrne. He has played in the Europa League against Malmo for Drogheda United. http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/cooke-incredibly-proud-as-drogheda-push-malmo-hard-29414411.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidDublin ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Hey Mr Z. I am wondering if there are problems with the page view data per [1] Thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:22, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Dear Z-man,
Thanks for your thoughtful contributions on WP:Conflict of interest limit. I wonder if a small group of thoughtful people might facilitate drafting a better, focused version of a paid-advocacy guideline/policy. You and CorporateM have both written eloquently about why one may be needed (basic game theory; and many of those covered by it will want to abide by it) and why it should be narrowly defined.
One of the reasons the proposals to date haven't been very good, I think, is that they have been drafted by people who want the COI guideline itself to be stricter - something for which there is no consensus (and many arguments against). Regards, – SJ + 01:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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Darrin asked if you could remove his name from your list. Would you mind, please? Guy ( Help!) 22:24, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I'm trying to install your closeAFD.js script. I have added importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD.js'); to User:RoySmith/vector.js and cleared my browser cache, but I don't see the additional tabs. I'm using Chrome Version 32.0.1700.102 on a Mac. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? -- RoySmith (talk) 00:43, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I just wanted to stop by and let you know, that I'm glad to see you support reviewing the blocks, I also agree a lot of these need to be reevaluated and many need to be droppped. I am also not an advocate for a block lasting longer than 3-6 months. Even in extreme situations it shouldn't be more than a year. I just can't vote because I am an IP and I abandoned my username because I got fed up with all the us and them mentality between the Arbcom, the WMF, Admins, editors and IP's. Everyone is fighting everyone else and there isn't any end in sight. That is along with the admins abusing their tools and nothing being done about it (a minority of them I admit but a problem none the less) and a vairety of other problems with this place that are only getting worse as time goes on. Good luck and happy editing. 138.162.8.59 ( talk) 19:27, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man. Sorry for the trouble but my Wilhelm Zahn DYK did not get the stats because the day it appeared stats.grok was not working. I saw however the tool you created which shows 6,849 hits for the article in December. The date is off however. It shows the stats for 13 December but the article was created later than that and the DYK was on the 31st of December. The question is: is there any explanation for the 6,849 figure and is there any chance it can be used for the DYK? Thank you for your time. Δρ.Κ. λόγος πράξις 04:39, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr.Z-man
I am a sysop on the fr.wikipédia. At the moment, the project:Football doesn't understand how the statistic is done for the fooball pages in french.
Actually, 18 of the 24 first pages are taken by the Monaco players, even some completly unknown. What is the reality ?
Best regards Matpib ( talk) 13:22, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
This has not been updated to Jan yet [4] Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 01:42, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Before I go any further, I should be clear that I am not here to complain about your bot. I'm just trying to understand how things work.
I was puzzled to see the recent additions by Mr.Z-bot to
WP:AIV. If these have been archived, check
this version.
On investigation, the problems seem to be down to the edit filter, rather than the bot. But I don't know the best way to fix the filter or get it fixed.
The first case (209.134.43.95) seems a simple one of a couple of false positives by the filter.
The second case (163.6.158.245) is weird. Filters have been set off 21 times by two edits.
Or... is it the case that the filter prevented the offending edits, leaving me only able to see the non-offending ones.
Please excuse my ignorance of how the edit filter works.
Yaris678 ( talk) 22:14, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr Z-man. This is a courtesy note to let you know I indirectly mentioned you at ANI. The thread is at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive830#Popular pages tool update fail?. Best, -- Diannaa ( talk) 15:18, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for maintaining the Popular Pages tool. It is extremely motivating to me to be able to see this information for WikiProject Medicine. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:49, 24 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hello! As you might recall I'm working under WP:ANATOMY and we're trying to get the popular pages listing working; you mentioned on the village pump to contact you near the end of the month, and here I am! I hope we can get this off the ground soon; kind regards, -- LT910001 ( talk) 02:46, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Greeting Mr. Z-man, I'm contacting you regarding the possibly of the WikiProject Economics getting a 'Popular pages' page set up. Thanks in advance. Jonpatterns ( talk) 11:22, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Is the ability to add other languages coming soon? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:37, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-Man, Is it possible to add Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Women's football task force and Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport to the Popular Pages bot? Thank you. Hmlarson ( talk) 22:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Any chance you can change the sort so that importance is actually by importance rather then the names? So 'Top' would be first and 'Low' last, well unknown last? Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:09, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Re popular pages, your tag at the top refers to November - is that 2013 or 2014?
This is a great tool - amazing that noone thought of it before. I'd like to request the addition of WP:IPCOLL and WP:PPAL to the waiting list once it's reopened. Regards, Oncenawhile ( talk) 20:34, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr Z man, i'm just checking back in after a couple of weeks. Will there be some kind of notification when the project request tool is up and running? I have your talkpage on my watchlist. Oncenawhile ( talk) 20:22, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Alex, just a quick note:
Oncenawhile ( talk) 22:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
The results for Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Popular pages do not display the final 60 entries, out of 1500, properly. The article assessment and importance don't show up. They are blank and instead, in the "Views" column, there are two links to "Template:Class" and "Template:Importance" but no values. Curious. Is this an anomaly or an error? Thanks ww2censor ( talk) 18:30, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
I tried to add project using [5], but after filling all items and submitting i get just "MySQL error" (unfortunately nothing more specific). -- Jklamo ( talk) 17:50, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
N2e ( talk) 23:48, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there A minor little feature request for geophotoreq - could you provide a link to send the KML file to eg http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?mapurl=http://tools.wmflabs.org/geophotoreq/kml/20140217111111.kml ? Bing has the big advantage in the UK of having an Ordnance Survey layer, which can be considered an RS for locations whereas Google Maps is decidedly dodgy in its labelling. On an unrelated note, I don't know if you've come across http://wikilocation.org/ but you might find it a useful API for something or other. Le Deluge ( talk) 22:44, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
It is not clear what edit triggered this apparently erroneous report on AIV. The explanation "You may not view details of this filter because it is hidden from public view." is not satisfactory and is frankly insulting. Please justify this bot's actions. -- Hobbes Goodyear ( talk) 18:28, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
There's a wonderful reporting system now! Bravi!! However, is it/will it be possible to enter an opera article's title and obtain info on the "hits" it has received??? This is a very valuable project - and thanks! Viva-Verdi ( talk) 22:58, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, would please make popular pages for Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran. thank you for your time Yamaha5 ( talk) 12:31, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man, Saw a long time ago you worked on the header for this page, do you know if there is a mediawiki page for the content? (Please reply on my talk). Thanks! — xaosflux Talk 04:11, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man, I have requested for a bot to cleanup the Tamil wiki articles, I didn't get any reply regarding the same, to whom I can approach for the same? Thanks!-- Dineshkumar Ponnusamy ( talk) 09:42, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
This new system is much easier to use! That said some articles under WP:ANATOMY's scope appear to be missing.
I was getting a preview of our ( WP:ANATOMY) next month results here: [6], however there is a sudden decrease from 5,000 pages in the March report ( [7]) to 3,000 pages in the April report. 'On the ground' there hasn't actually been any change in the number of pages under WP:ANATOMY, which (roughly) should at least be 4,500 (see here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anatomy#Project_assessment). Is something strange going on? -- LT910001 ( talk) 00:45, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I recently added a request through the web tool for WP Morocco, I'd like to change the parameter for the number of articles shown to the default 500. If I remember correctly, I've set it to 50, which I now think is too low. Could you change that to 500 please? -- Tachfin ( talk) 11:32, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
In the past week, closeAFD has lost the ability to relist. Here's a sample of what I'm seeing after selecting relist from the dropdown menu:
And here's what I see if I go ahead and click Submit:
Nothing happens after that point.
The failure occurs in both Firefox (encumbered by various extensions) and Safari (clean as installed).
Thanks. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 21:17, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Since it doesn't look like this is coming back any time soon, would it be possible to at least have a field to manually enter the old/new log URLs so the tool can still do the heavy lifting? (Also, FWIW, the tool used to leave the old log field blank in the past occasionally, but I never knew why. It does work occasionally now, but refreshing the page appears to do little towards making the tool catch.)
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Noticed that the bolded summary when closing capitalizes the "K" in "keep", which I believe is different. Intentional? czar ♔ 22:18, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I want to add Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing to the list that generates most popular articles, but when I follow the directions on your page, I get a weird message asking for MY info. Something doesn't feel right. Can you add the above project to the list? We have over 9,000 articles tagged for the project and no idea what is popular or not. Montanabw (talk) 18:23, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Z-man, I have a question about a page you have deleted in the past. I am about to add a page about the same company, and I was wondering if there is a way to send it for your pre-approval to make sure it won't get deleted again. Thank you! SEO Twist ( talk) 19:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Please check your bot, this listing of a user building a draft does not appear to be obvious and persistent vandalism. — xaosflux Talk 14:15, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your contribution over these years. I want to ask, if your toolserver shut indefinetely or for brief period of time? Or did it got replaced by something else?-- Yacatisma ( talk) 10:42, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
I started this table, and was wondering if you'd be so kind as to help fill it in a bit.
Link: Wikipedia:Wikimedia Labs/Toolserver replacements
A replacement for http://stats.grok.se/ can now be found at toollabs:pageviews.
If it exists already somewhere, please say and I'll delete it. Many thanks, Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 08:47, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I am posting here because there does not seem to be much sign that you monitor User talk:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD and I have made a comment there I wanted to draw to your attention. Forgive me if you do watchlist it and this message turns out to be spam. Spinning Spark 10:06, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Another issue added at User talk:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD#Relisting comments. Spinning Spark 11:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Template:Infobox non-profit has been nominated for merging with
Template:Infobox organization. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
19:20, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
I got called out, appropriately, for forgetting to categorize redirects after closing AfDs, what do you think about adding something like \n{{ uncat}} to the redirect you create when an AfD is closed redirect or merge? The hope is that this would allow for quicker correction. -- j⚛e decker talk 18:06, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
Mr.Z-man, would you be willing and able to create an Article hits page for Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games? BOZ ( talk) 04:18, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Dear Mr Z man, Would it be possible to add a feature to the popular pages tool that would flag pages which receive surges in page views? Say if they received 50 times more views than they had the previous month. I work with Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Chemistry and we see surges like this nearly every month. Normally it's caused by some sort of health scare, which as you can imagine results in all manner questionable edits. If the chemical involved is obscure it may not be on anyone's watchlist in which case we normally fail to react in time. Project Osprey ( talk) 17:42, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
Hey Mr. Z Wondering when mobile is going to be added to your lists? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 03:56, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
As you participated in a previous related discussion you are invited to comment at Wikipedia:Administrators/RfC for an Admin Review Board. -- Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 04:56, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
It is possible that you modify your valuable tool http://tools.wmflabs.org/geophotoreq/ to query image needs for another wikipedias?? Or even better, wikidata item? -- Ninovolador ( talk) 23:48, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
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This happened today. Thought you'd be interested czar ♔ 02:47, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Mr.Z-man.
I am trying to implement the RefToolbar 2.0 on Spanish Wikipedia, but there are some issues. Several messages are displayed properly, in Spanish, but other ones in English, despite having been translated here (for example, cite-form-showhide).
What is the problem? Regards, and thanks in advance. -- abi án 15:44, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
// Load local data - messages, cite templates, etc.
case 'es': importScript('MediaWiki:RefToolbarMessages-es.js'); break;
The autopatrol script that you (I think it was you) wrote for me - it doesn't seem to be working. Could you take a look? Thanks. DS ( talk) 16:48, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
The closeAFD2 script made this edit to a talk page on the 24th. I only just noticed it when another editor reverted it. The script apparently tried to add an AFD result to the Wikiproject Lancashire template instead of the AFD multi template. Spinning Spark 23:01, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man. You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Astro-Physics as "delete" two days ago.
Here is what I would have written at the AfD:
- Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Astro-Physics to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
- Harrington, Philip S. (2011-02-05). Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories (4 ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 96. ISBN 978-0471750635. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
The book notes:
Astro-Physics. Astro-Physics is a name immediately recognizable to the connoisseur of fine refractors on rock-steady mounts. Owners Roland and Majorie Christen introduced their first high-performance instruments in the early 1980s and effectively revived what was then sagging interest in refractors among amateur astronomers. Now, two decades later, Astro-Physics refractors remain unsurpassed by any other apochromat sold today.
As this edition of Star Ware is published, Astro-Physics is redesigning its line of refractors. Only the 160EDF, an exceptional 6.3-inch f/75 instrument, remains at present. Therefore, rather than offer speculation here, I'll ask that you visit the chapter 5 supplemental material found in the Star Ware section of www.philharrington.net. Information, test reports, and owner comments will be posted and analyzed there as the information becomes available. But two things are likely, given Astro-Physics' past record of performance. First, any instrument wearing the Astro-Physics name will undoubtedly be the finest of its kind. However, because of high demand and limited production, delivery will likely take years. Considering the nearly instant availability of fine apo refractors from Takahashi and Tele Vue, waiting that long for an Astro-Physics refractor is difficult to justify.
- English, Neil (2012-08-30). Classic Telescopes: A Guide to Collecting, Restoring, and Using Telescopes of Yesteryear. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-1461444237. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
The book notes:
In the 1980s and 1990s, Astro-Physics optical designs continue to innovate with each new design, new levels of performance were achived. The quality of construction of the tube assemblies, sophistication of the mounts and range of accessories have also improved year upon year.
Although most amateurs associate Astro-Physics with triplets, the company also churned out a limited run of double ED refractors (Fig. 10.6). Jeff Morgan, a telescope maker and avid observer based in Prescott, Arizona, was kind enough to share his experiences regarding his recent purchase of an older 120 mm doublet Astro-Physics refractor offered between 1990 and 1992:
[long quote from Jeff Morgan]
In the late 1990s, Astro-Physics also offered even smaller travel 'scopes for the discerning amateur astronomer on the move. Prominent among them were the Astro-Physics Traveler, a 105 mm F/6 triplet apochromat and, at about half the size, the 90 mm f/5 'Stowaway.' Even by today's standards, these instruments are so well thought of that their price tags on the used market have, until very recently, appreciated (Fig. 10.7).
- Gary, Alex (2006-10-26). "High-end telescope maker goes under microscope". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
- "Get a closer look at the heavens with telescope made here". Rockford Register Star. 2006-07-20. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
- "Astro-Physics to be profiled on TV show". Rockford Register Star. 2006-12-25. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
Would you consider reopening and relisting Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Astro-Physics so these sources can be discussed by the community? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 05:01, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I totally depend on your wonderful script to relist/close AfDs. However, at this point, the "relist" button displays briefly while a page is charging, but then disappears. I'm absolutely helpless with css or js pages, so I have no clue whether this is an error caused at my side (although I haven't changed anything in a while, but I do have anew computer...) or whether it is something that happened at your side. (I have a similar problem with the "block" button that "easyblock" normally puts at the top of a userpage or usertalk page). Your help will be much appreciated! Thanks. -- Randykitty ( talk) 12:29, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
You seem to have fully protected the above. It's been subject to socking IPs trying to insert unsourced claims with well established registered users (not including me) reverting. Shouldn't it be simply semi'd? DeCausa ( talk) 22:41, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Mr.Z-bot flags another bot as a vandal. Priceless. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrator_intervention_against_vandalism%2FTB2&diff=640443532&oldid=640426372 Ronhjones (Talk) 01:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
The script failed to remove the AFD template when closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howell Park Uptown Dallas. Subsequently corrected by Cyberbot I. Spinning Spark 12:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
The relist function of the AFD2 script has a box for entering comments when relisting a page. However, it does not seem to actually use those comments ( example where a comment was definitely entered, but does not appear in the edit). Template:relist has a facility for adding a comment as a parameter, and I assume that the script uses this template. Spinning Spark 09:48, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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CloseAFD2 changed my life. I can't imagine AfD without it, and it keeps getting better! Thank you for making such an excellent tool. czar ⨹ 21:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC) |
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:41, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
How about this one? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, is your AFD-closer script working? Or something is wrong in my User:Titodutta/common.js page. Could you check please? it is not loading. -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 13:47, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
importScript("Us ");
I believe AFD2 tool marks redirect closures as {{ uncategorized}}. Are there plans to build basic categorization options into the tool? czar ⨹ 22:46, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, he/she is removing full content from diff: articles plus vandalizing too after final warning. All warnings are fresh, also reported at AIV but you said No vandalism since final warning. Bit confused -- A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 17:50, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello,in this article List of awards and nominations received by Got7 Until now Is very subverted,All contents of this article are without a source and award are not notable,Malicious users and IP Undo the Redirect page to Got7, Got7#Awards and nominations: List of awards and nominations received by Got7,please delete this page Because got7 article is enough for [Got7]'s awards and nominations ,tanks( Mrchurang ( talk) 01:48, 31 January 2015 (UTC))
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I love how well WP works. Thanks, mop man! Do you feel like blocking the vandal gang before they move on to the next victim? FourViolas ( talk) 03:53, 4 February 2015 (UTC) |
Hi Z-man, from time to time the page Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Watchlist gets placed in categories. Myself and other editors have fixed this several times. Would it be possible for you to change the bot so that if it's referring to a category page it inserts the extra colon character ? Actually, it could put the colon character in for all pages it refers to (which would mean the page doesn't show up in what-links-here). DexDor ( talk) 12:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man! I was wondering what would be the best way to handle the good faith edits on month articles by this user. Thank you, Bananasoldier ( talk) 05:56, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
I have your AFDClose script installed and it has worked in the past. I have been away for about a year and find that it no longer seems to load the CLOSE tab when viewing an AFD. Could you suggest something? I know you are busy and I do appreciate your help. JodyB talk 17:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
I apologize for calling him, you know. I don't want to second-guess your judgement, but I was NOT disrupting that page. So?-- 63.135.255.56 ( talk) 05:52, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
Mr. Z can we get a popular page list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Sanitation? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 04:24, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm loving your "Popular pages" system -- the results for WP:LOU are very enlightening! I was just thinking it would be cool if the table could display the month-to-month change in position (e.g., ↑3 or ↓17), and also whether an article is new to the list. I'm thinking in terms of Billboard charts which do something like this. Just a suggestion. Thanks for your fantastic work on this. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 17:16, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Z.man. Earlier today I closed
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malaun. An editor has informed me, that {{
Article for deletion}}
was not removed from
Malaun in the process, and has followed-up by
removing it manually. I have not seen this situation before. Could it have anything to do with TW for reasons unknown to me in this case
first created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malaun and
then tagged Malaun? Best, --
Sam Sailor
Talk!
12:28, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
I have been tracking the popularity stats for Wiki psychology article for over 2 years. Compare the stats from say 2 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Psychology/Popular_pages&oldid=533632110 with the latest data: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Psychology/Popular_pages, every article has had a sharp decline in readers, on average about 50%. Either there is a problem with stats accuracy or more scarily the readership of Wikipedia is plummeting which is very depressing as you would have thought it was expanding.-- Penbat ( talk) 08:04, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that Popular pages for February hasn't run. Is there an issue keeping the bot from running? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 20:23, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
I noticed your name in the WikiProject Beetles talkpage. Would you be interested to join our project as our participant? Many thanks.-- Mishae ( talk) 15:52, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Howdy, I've been seeing a recurring issue with the new version of your AFD closer. When merging, if the source article talk page doesn't exist, it's created but the status message is stuck on "Tagging talk page(s)...". The script then says that everything is done without saying that all of the talk pages have been tagged. I'm using Chrome 42.0.2311.90 (Official Build) m (32-bit) on Win8. Thanks, Nakon 22:58, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I've been reading some archived discussions about the Autoconfirmed trial from 2011 and there was a statistic batted around a lot: 80% of all pages created by autoconfirmed users are deleted. I can't seem to find a source for that one, and it seems to have been linked to you. Do you by any chance know where that statistic came from, and if things have changed at all since then? Thanks! Bluma.Gelley ( talk) 21:13, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
As per
WP:AFD/AI (see the keep section), on an AfD keep result, the {{
Old AfD multi}}
should be placed below WikiProject banners, however the script places it on the top of talk pages. Could you modify it so it places it below such banners? Thanks in advance.
Esquivalience
t
01:18, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I am notifying you that the above is currently being considered at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Community de facto ban appeal by User:EddieSegoura, and your input (positive, negative, or otherwise) is invited there. You have received this notification and invitation as you participated in the previous ban appeal in 2009 and may be familiar with or remember some of the earlier context, you may be aware of other matters which are relevant to the appeal, or you may wish to express whether or not your view has changed since the last discussion. Regards, Ncmvocalist ( talk) 18:35, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to add WP:ROMANCE to your bot, but when I went to OAuth, it said I need to be logged in across all systems. What other one besides the WP mainspace do I need to be logged in with? Thanks! plange ( talk) 23:40, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Wondering if we can get a popular page listing? Thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 14:34, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Z-man. The (new?) AfD2 closing tool is great, but one change is a slight annoyance to me and I was wondering if you could help. I have my preferences set to watchlist any article I edit, which I find very useful for my general editing. With the previous AfD closer it seemed to ignore this setting, which was preferable because I don't feel the need to watchlist articles who's AfD I close. AfD2, however, watchlists articles after I close their AfD. Any idea if I could change the .js page manually for myself so that it retains the previous watchlisting behaviour? Thanks, Sam Walton ( talk) 00:15, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Articles that were included last month are missing this month? Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_task_force/Popular_pages For example Talk:Peptic ulcer is not there but was there before. Not sure what is causing the issue. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 07:52, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, remember that script you wrote for me, enabling me to patrol directly from the queue? The tokens expire a little too quickly - would it be at all possible to extend their lifespan? DS ( talk) 17:20, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
Could we please also get a popular page listing for this project? Thanks in advance. EvM-Susana ( talk) 07:39, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Am I correct in saying that this lists are only desktop views? [11]
And if that is the case can we add this fact to all the popular pages lists. Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 20:33, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD2.js is not removing {{ REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}}. — JJMC89 ( T· E· C) 19:09, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
I went to close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tha Carter V as redirect but the redirect was already in place. So the script completely blanked Lil Wayne and redirected it to itself! [12] Maybe have the script check if the redirect is already in place? Just letting you know! Thanks for the otherwise awesome script :) — MusikAnimal talk 16:47, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey, sorry to bug you again! Could you confirm Mr.Z-bot is still reporting filter hits to AIV? We had a few hits from Special:AbuseFilter/713 that are set to be reported immediately but I don't think they were. I checked the bots contribs and don't see any AIV edits for some time. Mind taking a look at it? Thank you!!! — MusikAnimal talk 17:54, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
I find this service valuable to the point that I've just now added it to {{ Infobox WikiProject}}. Having said that, would you consider increasing the upper limit to 10,000 to support the giant projects like Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography (nearly 1.3 million articles) and Wikipedia:WikiProject United States (400,000 articles)? Thank you in advance. -- DanielPenfield ( talk) 19:11, 18 July 2015 (UTC)