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Hi red, I didnt archive this because it is possible for it be reopened and so it is not true to say new comments go in a new section ... I will leave it now that it has been done anyway. -- maelgwn - talk 05:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
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I don't think you read what you were reverting to - [1] Although the anon was blanking, they were doing so because the article had been thoroughly vandalized and even moved to a meaningless page. :) Corvus cornix talk 21:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- Djsasso ( talk) 17:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Soxred93, thanks for signing up for the Review Team! Please take a minute or two to look at the FAQ page, and then have a go at some of the nominations listed at Wikipedia:Release_Version_Nominations. We typically expect to pass anything that is on a non-obscure topic, as long as it is B-Class or better; if it's only a Start then it would (a) need to be at least "usable" and (b) on a fairly important topic. I'd suggest initially sticking to topics you're familiar with. Also, we'd love to get some 2nd/3rd opinions on some our set nominations at Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations/Set Nominations. Or nominate your own set, and I'll comment. I got really busy in the fall, but I expect to be around more in January.
In a week or two we are going to be testing some lists generated by the new Selection Bot, please let me know if you want to be involved evaluating this work. (Another bot writer like yourself might be very useful!) This will allow us to select 20,000-30,000 articles automatically - a great step forward, but we obviously we need to get the parameters adjusted well! Thanks again, Walkerma ( talk) 05:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. I am not sure that you read the full question. That is why I re-posted it. Thanks. ( Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 00:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC))
I upload the Crazy John's brand, then literally just two minutes later you have inserted it in the Crazy John's page. This was while I was going through the article doing corrections and improvements, as I normally do when I upload brands to further improve the applicable page. Should I be expected to complete my edits more quickly? SEO75 [ talk 02:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was a way to make SoxBot skip over disambiguation articles when tagging orphaned articles? By their nature, if we are on top of things, most dab pages ought to be orphaned, so the tag is unnecessary. Perhaps (I know nothing of bots) telling it to skip articles with the {{ disambiguation}} template? Pastordavid ( talk) 11:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Please explain the rationale for your having placed a warning on the uploaded file "PL_Inthesquare.jpg", as its fair use rationale is exactly the same as for other Patty Larkin album covers uploaded so far. I cannot tell what the difference is that marks this one as a possible violation. Thanks. -- Couillaud ( talk) 15:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response. The only thing different from this upload and the others is that I uploaded it before actually having finished creating the article to which it attaches. Maybe it was just bad timing. -- Couillaud ( talk) 15:38, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I used to run User:MarshBot to tag orphan pages but it was taking up too much time because of the manual work needed with every cycle (figuring out which pages the bot skipped and why... I collected quite a list of pages that shouldn't be tagged as orphan articles). If I can be of any assistance to you, I could probably take on an hour or so of cleanup work a week... although your bot seems to do a lot of work mine didn't (like autogenerated a list of dab pages). Anyway let me know, especially if you need the human help to keep the bot going. This sort of a bot is good for the project. -- W.marsh 19:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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Please can you remove the candiate for speedy deletion comment which appears in the legend on this picture. I've fixed the GDFL tag. I took the picture myself. Fairnuff? hjuk ( talk) 18:15, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I found an orphaned page and I want to know how I can help this page not be orphaned anymore. The title of the article is Alicia Miguel Schüll CathyJFuller ( talk) 04:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I have found a page that is Orphan. The page is Alicia Miguel Schüll. What can I do to help make this page not be Orphan anymore? MonicaCabaski ( talk) 05:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
First of all, I would like to say thanks for approving my bot. Secondly, I commented in your RfA, and I promise my Support did not have anything to do with the fact you just approved my bot. :-) Good luck! jj137 ♠ 04:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Soxred93, I've asked a couple of questions at your RfA if you get a chance to answer them. Good luck to you! Keeper | 76 17:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Greetings. I noticed your RfA. I wonder if you would be willing to change your signature to be more easily readable and so that, for example, cutting-and-pasting your displayed signature can be used to find your user page. While you don't have to do this, I think it's less confusing when peoples' signatures are the same as their username, and that this is particularly important for admins. See discussion here. -- Coppertwig ( talk) 20:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
The above was simply a request that you change the appearance of your signature to match your username. The following is a more important concern: I clicked on the right-hand section of your signature, hoping to get a link to your talk page, and instead ended up at a page displaying some XML with your username in it somewhere. Maybe something is malfunctioning. The page I get when I click on "DB" begins " This page is being rendered in XML format, which might not be suitable for your application." and has computer code (XML) that I don't make any sense out of. OK, if you can get it to work, you're doing some nifty technical stuff that may be convenient for RfA voters during your RfA, but when you're an admin I think it would be better to have a simple signature with just a link to your userpage and talk page, so that new users can easily contact you. By the way, I get the impression you're good at the technical side of things and probably know how to do a bunch of things I don't know how to do. -- Coppertwig ( talk) 14:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
The "D" in your signature is still not working. I have a suggestion to make your signature a little more user-friendly if you do keep it more-or-less like that: I suggest somehow putting the letters "T C D B" slightly further apart, and the letters in your name slightly closer together, to give the impression that TCDB is not all one word. Maybe you know how to do that and I don't! except by changing fonts or adding spaces between the letters. I admit you know more than me about technical stuff. I might come to you with questions about how to do bots, if you're not too mad at me for initially voting oppose on your RfA. -- Coppertwig ( talk) 22:22, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
I found one of your tags on Alicia Miguel Schüll. What can I do to help the page not be orphan anymore? CathyJoyce ( talk) 23:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Huh? -- Rodhullandemu ( Talk) 14:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I see from Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JJBot 2 that you have approved this Bot account, however you did not list it at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved. Does the Bot require a flag? WjB scribe 11:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I've listed the Bot and flagged it. I strongly recommed that you list approved Bots at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved immediately after approving them so that records are complete and flagging happens in a timely manner. WjB scribe 23:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I saw that you reported Hvf8th ( talk · contribs) as a random username and blockable. I don't think it's random... it reads out loud as "have faith". But even so, since people remember things like telephone numbers, surely there must be some sort of minimum length before random can be considered confusing and blockable, don't you think?
Anyway, I was just thinking that in order for us to expect admins to take our UAA submissions seriously, we really have to make sure that we are correct when we assert a given username needs an immediate block. All the best. MKolt now 02:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Not so sure about changing the db-bio on Thomas Hatto to a prod; there's no explanation of what this mysterious "Youth Offending Team Project" actually is. Ditto for Katie King-Smith. Suspicious they both attend the same school *shrug* -- Blowdart | talk 17:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:ACDClogo.svg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the " my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot ( talk) 09:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the warning, but I was right in a middle of editing in the rationale when your edit screed it up.
I only just up loaded it. Please give somebody a little more time to do the edits next time. Stephen Day ( talk) 23:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
i have added 2 links to the no longer orphaned article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Badmachine ( talk • contribs) 09:54, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi there,
i'm a relatively new editor in Wikipedia.
your bot tagged one of the pages i created as an orphan, and i've added many links in related pages in the time.
I need to know these,
thanks,
Swraj ( talk) 19:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks 4 the reply,
What shud i do / be done o remove the notification ?
Swraj ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hi red, I didnt archive this because it is possible for it be reopened and so it is not true to say new comments go in a new section ... I will leave it now that it has been done anyway. -- maelgwn - talk 05:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
Well done patrolling vandalism today! :) *Cremepuff 222* 02:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC) |
*Cremepuff
222*
02:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't think you read what you were reverting to - [1] Although the anon was blanking, they were doing so because the article had been thoroughly vandalized and even moved to a meaningless page. :) Corvus cornix talk 21:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- Djsasso ( talk) 17:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Soxred93, thanks for signing up for the Review Team! Please take a minute or two to look at the FAQ page, and then have a go at some of the nominations listed at Wikipedia:Release_Version_Nominations. We typically expect to pass anything that is on a non-obscure topic, as long as it is B-Class or better; if it's only a Start then it would (a) need to be at least "usable" and (b) on a fairly important topic. I'd suggest initially sticking to topics you're familiar with. Also, we'd love to get some 2nd/3rd opinions on some our set nominations at Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations/Set Nominations. Or nominate your own set, and I'll comment. I got really busy in the fall, but I expect to be around more in January.
In a week or two we are going to be testing some lists generated by the new Selection Bot, please let me know if you want to be involved evaluating this work. (Another bot writer like yourself might be very useful!) This will allow us to select 20,000-30,000 articles automatically - a great step forward, but we obviously we need to get the parameters adjusted well! Thanks again, Walkerma ( talk) 05:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. I am not sure that you read the full question. That is why I re-posted it. Thanks. ( Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 00:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC))
I upload the Crazy John's brand, then literally just two minutes later you have inserted it in the Crazy John's page. This was while I was going through the article doing corrections and improvements, as I normally do when I upload brands to further improve the applicable page. Should I be expected to complete my edits more quickly? SEO75 [ talk 02:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was a way to make SoxBot skip over disambiguation articles when tagging orphaned articles? By their nature, if we are on top of things, most dab pages ought to be orphaned, so the tag is unnecessary. Perhaps (I know nothing of bots) telling it to skip articles with the {{ disambiguation}} template? Pastordavid ( talk) 11:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Please explain the rationale for your having placed a warning on the uploaded file "PL_Inthesquare.jpg", as its fair use rationale is exactly the same as for other Patty Larkin album covers uploaded so far. I cannot tell what the difference is that marks this one as a possible violation. Thanks. -- Couillaud ( talk) 15:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response. The only thing different from this upload and the others is that I uploaded it before actually having finished creating the article to which it attaches. Maybe it was just bad timing. -- Couillaud ( talk) 15:38, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I used to run User:MarshBot to tag orphan pages but it was taking up too much time because of the manual work needed with every cycle (figuring out which pages the bot skipped and why... I collected quite a list of pages that shouldn't be tagged as orphan articles). If I can be of any assistance to you, I could probably take on an hour or so of cleanup work a week... although your bot seems to do a lot of work mine didn't (like autogenerated a list of dab pages). Anyway let me know, especially if you need the human help to keep the bot going. This sort of a bot is good for the project. -- W.marsh 19:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
linkless|geodis|copyvio|{{Disambig|this AfD|This page has been deleted|#redirect|dated prod|4LA|{{dab}}|{{hndis|{{disamb|numberdis|4CC|3CC|2CC|Schooldis|Shipindex|Tempdab|Wikipedia does not currently have an encyclopedia article for|{{wi}}|{{surname|4CC|TLAdisambig|{{deleted|{{move to|{{dicdef
Please can you remove the candiate for speedy deletion comment which appears in the legend on this picture. I've fixed the GDFL tag. I took the picture myself. Fairnuff? hjuk ( talk) 18:15, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I found an orphaned page and I want to know how I can help this page not be orphaned anymore. The title of the article is Alicia Miguel Schüll CathyJFuller ( talk) 04:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I have found a page that is Orphan. The page is Alicia Miguel Schüll. What can I do to help make this page not be Orphan anymore? MonicaCabaski ( talk) 05:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
First of all, I would like to say thanks for approving my bot. Secondly, I commented in your RfA, and I promise my Support did not have anything to do with the fact you just approved my bot. :-) Good luck! jj137 ♠ 04:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Soxred93, I've asked a couple of questions at your RfA if you get a chance to answer them. Good luck to you! Keeper | 76 17:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Greetings. I noticed your RfA. I wonder if you would be willing to change your signature to be more easily readable and so that, for example, cutting-and-pasting your displayed signature can be used to find your user page. While you don't have to do this, I think it's less confusing when peoples' signatures are the same as their username, and that this is particularly important for admins. See discussion here. -- Coppertwig ( talk) 20:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
The above was simply a request that you change the appearance of your signature to match your username. The following is a more important concern: I clicked on the right-hand section of your signature, hoping to get a link to your talk page, and instead ended up at a page displaying some XML with your username in it somewhere. Maybe something is malfunctioning. The page I get when I click on "DB" begins " This page is being rendered in XML format, which might not be suitable for your application." and has computer code (XML) that I don't make any sense out of. OK, if you can get it to work, you're doing some nifty technical stuff that may be convenient for RfA voters during your RfA, but when you're an admin I think it would be better to have a simple signature with just a link to your userpage and talk page, so that new users can easily contact you. By the way, I get the impression you're good at the technical side of things and probably know how to do a bunch of things I don't know how to do. -- Coppertwig ( talk) 14:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
The "D" in your signature is still not working. I have a suggestion to make your signature a little more user-friendly if you do keep it more-or-less like that: I suggest somehow putting the letters "T C D B" slightly further apart, and the letters in your name slightly closer together, to give the impression that TCDB is not all one word. Maybe you know how to do that and I don't! except by changing fonts or adding spaces between the letters. I admit you know more than me about technical stuff. I might come to you with questions about how to do bots, if you're not too mad at me for initially voting oppose on your RfA. -- Coppertwig ( talk) 22:22, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
I found one of your tags on Alicia Miguel Schüll. What can I do to help the page not be orphan anymore? CathyJoyce ( talk) 23:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Huh? -- Rodhullandemu ( Talk) 14:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I see from Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JJBot 2 that you have approved this Bot account, however you did not list it at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved. Does the Bot require a flag? WjB scribe 11:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I've listed the Bot and flagged it. I strongly recommed that you list approved Bots at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved immediately after approving them so that records are complete and flagging happens in a timely manner. WjB scribe 23:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I saw that you reported Hvf8th ( talk · contribs) as a random username and blockable. I don't think it's random... it reads out loud as "have faith". But even so, since people remember things like telephone numbers, surely there must be some sort of minimum length before random can be considered confusing and blockable, don't you think?
Anyway, I was just thinking that in order for us to expect admins to take our UAA submissions seriously, we really have to make sure that we are correct when we assert a given username needs an immediate block. All the best. MKolt now 02:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Not so sure about changing the db-bio on Thomas Hatto to a prod; there's no explanation of what this mysterious "Youth Offending Team Project" actually is. Ditto for Katie King-Smith. Suspicious they both attend the same school *shrug* -- Blowdart | talk 17:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:ACDClogo.svg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the " my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot ( talk) 09:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the warning, but I was right in a middle of editing in the rationale when your edit screed it up.
I only just up loaded it. Please give somebody a little more time to do the edits next time. Stephen Day ( talk) 23:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
i have added 2 links to the no longer orphaned article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Badmachine ( talk • contribs) 09:54, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi there,
i'm a relatively new editor in Wikipedia.
your bot tagged one of the pages i created as an orphan, and i've added many links in related pages in the time.
I need to know these,
thanks,
Swraj ( talk) 19:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks 4 the reply,
What shud i do / be done o remove the notification ?
Swraj ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
{{
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Soxred93 |
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13:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)Hi Soxred93. Thanks for bringing some life and a fresh look to the Vermont Portal page! CApitol3 ( talk) 18:12, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
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