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That was pretty funny. JKBrooks85 ( talk) 00:31, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your clarification. I'm currently composing a post on the Noticeboard now. Nightscream ( talk) 22:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi there xeno. Little thing only: I saw you closed TPH's RFA. Remember to sign your name and timestamp when closing it and removing the "voice your opinion" link. I fixed it for you this time, so don't worry. :-) Regards So Why 06:08, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I think I asked before but didn't get a reply. Other than bookmarking in the browser or watching on an article (which isn't an efficient way) is there any other way you know that would keep me in touch with the article? Shirishag75 ( talk) 12:59, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I just mailed our first issue of the WP:Article Rescue Squadron by hand to 200+ editors, I notice your bot handles the WP:VG newsletter. There are no instructions on the xenobot page on how to be added to this list. Can our newsletter please be considered to be delivered by xenobot? Thank you in advance. Ikip ( talk) 17:00, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering why you felt the need to revert what I think is a good discussion about an aspect of Michael Jackson's life that does get discussed from time to time. The fact that the OP is now blocked is irrelevant, admittedly some of his later posts were a bit dumb but he started by raising a serious point, which was then addressed using appropriate policies and justifiably left out of the article. Talks are also a good source for those looking into the development history of an article and if another editor were to think about including this info they would be able to see that it has already been discussed and agreed not to be included. It is pointless working with concensus if we delete the evidence for them RaseaC ( talk) 18:39, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I think from his third post he was being an idiot, but until then it was a good discussion with proper reasoning as to why the info wasnt included and why 'because everyone knows so' is not a valid reason, which is good info for new users or especially those users looking to edit an article such as MJ. I think that where the discussion got a bit stupid isn't necessarily worth keeping, but the beginning of the talk certainly is. RaseaC ( talk) 19:12, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
We iz in yer talkspace, stalking you? - Adolphus79 ( talk) 19:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey there, my solution to the problem at Template:Coord missing/sample 1 is not very elegant, but it is the best I can think of at the moment. The noinclude is necessary, I think, because the aim of that template is to substitue into articles. Do you have any suggestions/comments about this approach? — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 19:57, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I would say they are speediable, I did actually work through 1905 -1960 but got sdietracked from adding to the rest of them. Give it a day or two, I'll try to tackle more tomorrow, if not then delete the remaining ones... It is probably best we have these articles but they are meant to be exactly that; articles! Himalayan 20:01, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
You can speedy Charley (film) and Daniel (1970 film) for now. I'll do as many as I feel like tomorrow, Himalayan 20:32, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Nah, go ahead and delete the rest, I'm not really feeling in da mood... They can be restarted in due course with content... Himalayan 20:41, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I just tried to create a new page and it was immediately removed from you. Can I ask why? Diogenes is old and outdated!! We need an article on "The Wizards Project" and on "Truth Wizards" -- Wallagong ( talk) 21:10, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion. -- Wallagong ( talk) 22:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
First off, thank you for the advice at what is my very first BRFA. I have a couple of other questions, but I don't want to flood the request with newbie stuff. So, it only works for those WikiProjects which are compatible and configured, or can it also work for other WikiProjects like WP:VG for instance (which IMO a lot of its BLP articles need some good cleanup and proper tagging, anyways, but besides the point). Or would it be basically a trial-and-error to see if the Plugin++ is compatible with other WikiProjects not listed? MuZemike 22:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Killiondude ( talk) 22:40, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't know where I got that count. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 00:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Please concider dealing with 210.87.245.25. He has already been banned for 31 hours and is now actively stripping pages of their content again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nezzadar ( talk • contribs) 03:49, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I've been meaning to ask you about the appropriateness of certain uses of admin tools in certain situations, and was going to ask you about certain past uses of them on my part on certain articles, but before I could do so, a more immediate example came up.
This anonymous IP has a laundry list of vandalism warnings and past blocks stretching back three and a half years. He just vandalized the Tim Berners-Lee article. I've edited that article in the past to remove vandalism, unsourced material, etc. That this edit was vandalism is unambiguous, without any room for interpretation, and I reverted it. Would blocking that IP be wrong on my part? Nightscream ( talk) 12:22, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Multiple questions on the renaming of pages. One: I presume only admins can rename a page? Two: Can you move a page for me? Three: Or am I able to do this one myself?
The page in question is Barton-Le-Clay. I want to change this to the proper name, Barton-le-Clay (I should know, since I bloody live there). The non-capitalised page is currently a redirect to the capitalised page. Therefore, would I be able to simply copy-paste the pages to each other, altering necessary information? My original theory was that I could do that, but I've now got to wondering if that would screw with people's watchlists and they'd be watching a redirect page. ... long story short, can you swap the pages around? Pretty please?
Question four (and only mildly related): how do I upload pictures to Wikipedia? It's just I'm in the process of attempting to find a suitable camera to take pictures for said article. Lots of pretty pictures. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 15:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Just be careful. They might found out about that bug you crushed last week, which would surely mean the death of your candidacy... :) – Juliancolton | Talk 00:00, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
Heh, the RfA wasn't categorized at all.
Fixed. —
Animum (
talk) 16:56, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
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Your hard work on BLPs in general, and at User:Lar/Liberal Semi specifically, is much appreciated. That page has now been sunsetted (and I hope never to need to bring it back) but the work you did there (whether by bringing articles forward, reviewing them, or protecting them... or even by questioning or criticizing the process!) was of great help to the project. See you in the trenches! ++ Lar: t/ c 01:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC) |
If you get a second, Radiopathy ( talk · contribs) has unretired and come back to the Paint It Black page, undoing your edits to point the page to the disambig page rather than to the Rolling Stones song [4]. I reverted once, but now he's claiming consensus [5]. Clearly consensus is against him, but I'm not going to edit war over this one with an editor experienced enough to know better. My attempts to talk to him haven't resulted in anything but threats, so I doubt a message from me would be taken in good faith. Thanks! Dayewalker ( talk) 02:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
(OD)Radiopathy, if you have a problem with me, file a case somewhere. If you say I'm hounding someone or "barging" somewhere where wikipedia editors aren't supposed to go, by all means do something about it and stop wasting time on Xeno's talk page.
As I asked above, if you'd like to rationally discuss this somewhere, please take it to the appropriate article talk page, or to mine. Xeno, I appreciate your help here, sorry this one's cluttering up your talk page. Dayewalker ( talk) 03:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Has there been any discussion about moving "talk page metadata" to a separate page that would automatically display on the talk page even if the talk page was red linked?
This is really more of a note to self but I know some of my technically savvy talk page stalkers may have some insight.
Some talk pages are maintained entirely by bot at the patronage of WikiProjects: [6]
Perhaps putting this in a subpage would allow the talkpage to remain redlinked (rightfully so) but the talk page banners would still display when looking at the talk page.
Just a thought . – xeno talk 17:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
The 2009 Toronto Blackout only affected a huge portion of the west end of the City of Toronto, I was affected by that, were you? It took place on January 15-16, 2009. AlexRampaul ( talk) 16:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
I am back to checking wiki every few days, bbut it may take me some time before I do aany major or rapid edits. 'The Ninja lemming' 17:45, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry to waste your time with this, but Nightscream seems to have followed ThuranX down the road of incivility, and has become openly abusive: [7] I would like to see him cautioned, and I really think his administrator privileges need reviewing. Many thanks. Asgardian ( talk) 03:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, it's no big deal, but xenobot appears to have misfired ( here). WikiProject California uses auto-assessment, we're currently waiting on some fixes for a big one from User talk:AnomieBOT actually. The only issue is the edit summary and the inherited=yes (we use auto=yes). I couldn't see any other ones, and the only reason I spotted this one was because I the latest stats log update. - Optigan13 ( talk) 07:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm on the case, see A 009 missione Hong Kong, I'll fill them out in due course.. Himalayan 09:30, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I just found this disambiguation page and I'm curious. Is it right to put The Old Republic in it when I searched for Knights of the Old Republic? I would have thought that it was a key difference and that TOR shouldn't be on the page. Am I correct? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 15:32, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm still polishing that page and I've already designed a userbox but I've got one question: is it alright if my username is not on the page? I'm asking because none of the other Wikifauna pages do and I don't want my strictly Bionicle username sitting up top. I hope I'm not offending you. x.x"-- Twilight Helryx ( talk) 20:22, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I am sorry to inform you that I have closed your RfB as unsuccessful. I do not think that the comments made in response to your request demonstrate a sufficient level of community support for promotion. I hope that you will not be too disheartened by the result and will continue to be actively involved in the English Wikipedia community. Do bear in mind the considerable confidence voiced in support of your request and give thought to the comments that were made by those opposing, especially if you are thinking of making another request in future (in which case remeber that a number of bureaucrats were unsuccessful on their first request for the extra tools). I wish you all the best, WJBscribe (talk) 00:51, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry the thing closed before I got a chance to give my support (it has not been an easy couple of weeks lately, but that's a long and boring story). I know it doesn't mean much at this point but wanted to let you know anyway. Short Brigade Harvester Boris ( talk) 02:41, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Xeno! I have a question you might know the awnser too since you are an admin. :) If an article is deleted, and then later recreated, would the article history of the recreated article include the history of the formerly deleted article?
So far I haven't had anyone complain about my importance categorization of the Indiana articles and have had some other editors check it over. Maybe next week we can give your new bot tools a run on it if you have a chance. I will let you know! — Charles Edward ( Talk | Contribs) 17:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Did I read some where you were up for becoming a 'crat (have no idea how to spell the full words, dunce I am) 'The Ninja lemming' 10:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey Xeno, on Ohm's law under subheader of Resistive circuits there is a link to wikihow. Could you check it and see if this sort of link is okay, I personally (but the wiki might not) think this is alright and it helps readers find out more and kep them reading the site. but again wikipedia's rules might say no. Sorry for any inconvienience (?) caused. 'The Ninja lemming' 11:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
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The "What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar should be awarded to a user who figures out an elegant solution to a particularly burdensome bottleneck or problem
This barnstar is awarded to Xeno for his incredibly insightful ideas. Thank you for helping so many editors on a daily basis, you are truly a benefit to this project. Ikip ( talk) 16:04, 12 September 2009 (UTC) |
You mentioned that it would be okay to ping you for another run through our categories by the end of August. It would be great if you could do another run through now. I am talking with AHRtbA== ( talk · contribs) about whether User:YATBot might be accepting projects to sign up to do this regularly.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 18:20, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
User:Xenobot Mk V has retagged Climax Blues Band with Template:ChicagoWikiProject. I recently removed a similar previous tag as it really does not make sense. The band in question was originally called The Chicago Climax Blues Band in the late 1969s, but has/had no tangible connection otherwise with Chicago itself. I know I could simply remove the tag, but I guess that it might re-appear again without intervention from your end. These tags are somewhat beyond me as to how they work, and I thought it best to bring it to your attention before it becomes a bigger issue. I hope I have done the right thing. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 21:15, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Just summarrizing what I've read and suggested. There is a need (we are getting buried in unassesed Class and Importance articles) for auto assessing both assessment parameters when Chicago Project articles have no assessment values for either or both parameters- Class and Importance. The method for deriving the default value will be different for each one. The reporting or flagging of auto assessed values may or may not be the same. Sounds like a lot of work. Please let me know if I can help. Pknkly ( talk) 06:37, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Using the process above, could the Importance assessment parameter be automatically assigned a Low value to articles within selected categories (e.g., all alumni related, all faculty related, all Northwestern related, all players related, etc.)? Perhaps we can assign automatic Importance levels at a higher level like High to articles with categories related to a National Register. I'm suggesting adding to the current list a space or other character delimited field holding the default Importance assessment parameter value (e.g., Category:Kellogg_School_of_Management_alumni Low; Category:Museums_in_Chicago,_Illinois Mid). Pknkly ( talk) 05:38, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
DO NOT DO IMPORTANCE BY BOT It varies too much from project to project and would not be helpful. However, assessing the quality of an articl is fairly uniform across projects.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 06:33, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Just adding auto=yes may not be best if you are automatically assessing other classes, e.g. GA-Class, as the default message will say it has been rated as a stub. You might want to disable the default note and add a custom one. You could change its message depending on what class it has been rated, e.g. auto=GA --> This article has automatically been rated as GA-Class by a bot because the currentstatus parameter of {{ ArticleHistory}} is set to GA. Or something like that. — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 08:00, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Use project "scope points". An option by which another project's Class evaluation would be used as the default would be to use the Class valuation given by the project with the highest "scope points". The process (described at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/SelectionBot#WikiProject scope points ) used by the WP 1.o team may include a list of projects with their "project scope points". I'm suggesting using a list, if it exists, with all the project's "scope points" and use the project with the highest scope points, within the article needing an automatic Class valuation, as the one whose Class valuation is automatically used for the Chicago Project Class parameter. Pknkly ( talk) 06:23, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
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The Chicago Barnstar | |
This barnstar connotes our appreciation of your infinite wisdom and diligence in helping WP:CHICAGO identify and in many cases automatically assess articles that should be added to our project. TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 14:39, 9 September 2009 (UTC) |
You found us a lot of high quality articles that belong in the project (
Encyclopædia Britannica,
Lynton K. Caldwell,
Radioland Murders,
Tucker: The Man and His Dream). However, somehow
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Tonight, Tonight" got added as part of
Category:The Smashing Pumpkins songs, which is not in the project but which is a subcat of a category in the project. If you included subcategories, we have a lot of problems because many subcats do not belong.--
TonyTheTiger (
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WP:CHICAGO/
WP:LOTM) 14:02, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Please give me a little time to review the lists. I'm going to go forward with the following understanding - please correct me if I'm wrong:
(1) The "Auto Class Inheritance" bot runs only against the list of articles assigned to and listed within Category:Unassessed Chicago articles. Pknkly ( talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
(2) The assignment of the "Category:Unassessed Chicago articles" category was at one time done by a different bot that may have used a different set of categories by which Chicago Project articles were determined (i.e., it did not use
Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List.
Pknkly (
talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
(3) Due to #2 above, there are articles with the ""Category:Unassessed Chicago articles" category that are no longer Chicago Project articles because they do not have a category that is within
Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List.
Pknkly (
talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
So, because of the above, via the new "Auto Class Inheritance" process, we are apparently assigning Chicago Project class levels to articles that may not in fact be Chicago Project articles. Pknkly ( talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey Category:Chicago songs and Category:Chicago albums should not be in the project any more than Category:The Smashing Pumpkins songs should be in the project.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 21:46, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Nice dandy clean up tool you've developed above. I looked at the 161 pages: [15]. I, or maybe someone could help, manually look at respond to each one. For those that have a category code that needs to be added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List I will do so with the edit summary "Old category code part of Chicago Project". I will remove the Chicago template from the Talk page of those that do no have a legitamite reason for being a Chicago Project article as classified by the categories in Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List. If you can automatically add the category codes (discussed above) that have the word "Chicago" in their name and I (or we, if I get help) respond to each of 161 pages: [16], I beleive we will have a Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List that is in sync with the Category:Unassessed Chicago articles. On the down side - we may not be synced with the other Class value categories (e.g., FA, GA, etc.) - but that will be a different chapter in this saga. Pknkly ( talk) 18:43, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm looking for help (please see
Help wanted. Maybe some of your Indiana people are looking. I wasn't sure if you wanted the instructions to include background information (which I always feel is useful and encourages participation through learning more stuff) with specific references to your page or about the bot. Wanted to shield you from possible extra questions and perhaps work. Please edit the instructions in any way you see fit.
Pknkly (
talk) 02:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't every article in Category:Disambig-Class Chicago articles have shown up on the cleanup list.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 19:37, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Please review, advise on possible disambig article tagging conflict. Pknkly ( talk) 20:58, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Please review and edit as needed (should take less than five minutes. By the way, is Wikipedia:CHIBOTCATS/LOG a standing report? If so, what does it report? Any other standing reports produced by Xenobot MK V? Pknkly ( talk) 01:36, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I've just posted a request at Wikipedia:IRC#Pending_requests_for_access_to_channels, could you check it and act on it an let me know if I've got the right idea on how the cloak request works? Thanks,-- Doug.( talk • contribs) 12:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
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For superlative talk page lurking, and for being a good sport about the subject. :) Hamlet, Prince of Trollmark bugs and goblins 02:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)Durova's sockpuppet account |
I finally got angry at one user. Did I use the vandalism templates correctly? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 10:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
you have no right to archive mythdon talk page at all. Off2riorob ( talk) 21:53, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Could I possibly get this quick closed and the character's article redirected to List of Half-Life universe characters#Issac Kleiner? The article got shoved up for AfD while I was talking with User:S@bre on what articles to merge, and it seems rather unneeded to go through the AfD motions when it's pretty much already heading to that list.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 01:23, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Xeno. First please excuse the delay in replying to your request, but I have been active at commons recently. IMHO it's worth keeping the samples as they go with a discussion we hadn't really concluded. Feel free to remove anything the messes update things elsewhere. -- User: Docu at 07:19, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey Xeno, I thought that you might be interested in Talk:Cover (military)#In gaming. I assume that you recall your redirect:
I'm amazed that there are no article space links given how many gaming articles in which the term appears -- ToE T 14:10, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I stole your header :P. By the way, yours has a small typo, it should say "Header design taken from Rudget", rather than "Header design taken Rudget". That implies that the header took Rudget, rather than that you took the header from Rudget :P. Best - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 14:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Has Literaturegeek become an administrator, can she threaten to "block me"?
[18] Once again she personalized a discussion
[19], and has over reacted to my response, and now harasses me. This is a long standing pattern which I have pointed out to several administrators. Please help.--
scuro (
talk) 00:52, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
[Edit conflict] I insist scuro that you publicly retract your slur on editors personal character on the ADHD talk page. It was a severe personal attack, which I want retracted immediately.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:13, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Scuro is meant to have a mentor appointed by the arbcom but it has not happened, so the drama continues.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I have no desire for mediation with a disruptive editor. Editors have gone down this path before and it turns into game playing. I would like the arbcom ruling of a mentor to be inacted, it was meant to be. Until remedies of the arbcom are exhausted I don't feel going over failed territory is worthwhile. Sorry I am not in a good mood.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:16, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
7) All editors interested in the topic area are encouraged to seek outside editorial assistance (by way of a request for comment, or by seeking input from relevant WikiProjects) in resolving the editorial disagreements relating to the due weight to be accorded to various points of view on controversies relating to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
There have been a couple of occasions when ADHD was just about to be officially nominated for collaboration project of the week, but scuro each time manages to sabotage it. One would think if his claims were true that he would want doctors and pharmacists reviewing the article?-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:31, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Anyway as my talk page says, don't feed the trolls, so I am backing away from this game playing, unless something major needs addressing. Sorry for disruption to your day or evening.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:35, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I shall be greatly limiting any interaction with you scuro on talk pages. I like to develop wikipedia articles. I shall address concerns raised by you on talk pages via editing the article, using whenever possible meta-analysis and review (preferably systematic review) articles. You are as always welcome to contribute constructively to the encylopedia using peer reviewed literature. You are also welcome to seek help from the wik pharm and wiki med projects. I really do recommend that you vote for the med collaboration of the week for the ADHD article and stop blocking it. Lets get lots of doctors and pharmacologists onboard. Engaging with you and your original research and personal attacks is tiring. I have used secondary peer reviewed sources but yet you continue to attack my edits (and essentially the scientific literature) as fringe using original research articles. I am off to edit the wikipedia articles. Bye bye.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 03:55, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Before that, Scuro starts a new section, and the disscusion that follow, "Many issues are still unresolved, see archives 12-16. Contributors have had plenty of time to respond to these unresolved issues but they have been ignored.--scuro (talk)7:06 pm, Yesterday (UTC−5) On what grounds do you have to dictate to me what I do with my time? Shall I assign you tasks on wikipedia to do and insist you perform them? Last time I checked I was not getting paid for my work on wikipedia. I have responded non-stop to those hundreds of kilobytes of drama churned out on these ADHD articles but apparently I am not working (for free) hard enough!?! If you like we could do a deal, I can find you work to do on wikipedia, when you have performed appropriately then I will consider "working harder", spending dozens more hours per week on ADHD pages.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 7:20 pm, Yesterday (UTC−5)
Agree completely accusing others of not working hard and fast enough is not productive.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 1:55 am, Today (UTC−5)
The fact is that all of those holding minority viewpoint on key issues, have largely ignored many significant undue weight issues. It is my impression that the article is biased and other contributors have commented on this, and the "snail pace" of change. That certain contributors pull off NPOV tags, is poor optics. If these contributors don't have the time, then why do they have the time to pull off NPOV tags repeatedly? You folks wanted to hear what was wrong with the article and that information has been provided. Why are you complaining that someone asks for change, even though these requests are over a month old? Tell me exactly how you envision forward progress on these long standing undue weight issues and issues of bias?--scuro (talk) 2:44 pm, Today (UTC−5)"
Based on what I've found, Scuro seems to not want to let go the fact that he/she thinks LG is cherrypicking and other things, bringing them up multiple times. Abce2| This is not a test 04:16, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
This is all well and good, but I am using reviews, systematic reviews of the literature and meta-analysis. People respond with "opinions", which can't be cited. All that I and other editors ask for is to provide refs. I am now going to address scuro's viewpoints via editing the article. The article wasn't "biased" before but it probably will be after I have addressed all of his points because the literature does not back up most of his original research on talk pages.--
Literaturegeek |
T@1k? 04:21, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I struck out my comment because I got mixed up and thought the last copy and paste post of scuro was written by Abce, my apologies. I just woke up after a sleep and will be going back to sleep soon.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 04:30, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
No where have I mentioned anyone by name. There are A NUMBER of contributors on the ADHD page who cherry pick information and do other things not in the best interest of wikipedia, most notably... totally avoid mediation, and avoiding dealing with undue weight and bias issues on the talk pages. LG has assumed the discussion was all about her, and it's not. We can spend a lot of time here trying to "mind read" personal motives and distribute blame, or those with minority viewpoint can deal with the long standing undue weight issues on the talk page. Have I mentioned that mediation is another option?-- scuro ( talk) 11:35, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the background reading. :) I'll take a look later. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 19:04, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
For all of those who are interested, the background to this dispute can be read here where the community inputted evidence. Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/ADHD/Evidence-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 22:30, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I am willing to step back. It was scuro not I who started this conversation with xeno and xeno requested more eyes so then everyone got involved and it exploded. My next move will be to along with other editors file a request to reopen arbcom on the basis of meat puppery and several other issues.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 12:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Scuro I believe you have changed your tune because I replied with diffs and evidence, I am tired of the games, the manipulation. I hope we don't end up having to go back to arbcom. Hyperion I have addressed your concerns in detail on my talk page. I would like to close this debate here.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 14:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for lifting my autoblock :) DVD 00:48, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for unblocking me twice. These updates are making everything go wacky, I suppose... — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 00:53, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
The bar above says that some articles don't display correctly. That's not the only thing... Anyway, thanks! Abce2| This is not a test 00:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey there. Do you think you can hold off for a bit with unblocking falsely autoblocked users? I'm trying to work with Werdna to resolve the whole issue, but he needs to extra some data from the cases. If you could hold off for just a little while, it would be much appreciated. Regards, NW ( Talk) 00:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Xeno
First of all, thank you for lifting my autoblock :)
I'm just wondering, how can I prevent this from happening in the future? Many happy months of reverting vandalism on Wikipedia and it's the first time I've been accidentally blocked :) -- 5 albert square ( talk) 01:06, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
What's an autoblock? Because I got told (I believe, though I may be thinking of something else) that I'm immune to them since User:Toddst1 gave me this. I've been meaning to ask you for a while. I've been able to log on perfectly fine. What'd he do? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 16:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
I've never noticed before that getting autoblocked requires you to either (a) sit it out for 24 hours, or (b) post an unblock request that exposes your IP address. I doubt this is your bailiwick, but do you suppose that is really necessary? I thought the whole point of identifying autoblocks by #123456 masks was IP privacy; surely the un-autoblock request could be modified so the IP address doesn't display? Either that, or the unblocking instructions should be modified to make revision deletion standard practice after an un-autoblock? (and before I waste any more of your time: I am not concerned about the IP address exposed in my un-autoblock requests of a day or two ago, just the one you already fixed.) -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 18:09, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
You mentioned the devs have responded quickly to userright issues. Who should I go to for a quick, non-commital answer to the question: is it possible to craft a userright that lets an editor delete pages, and see any material they personally have deleted, but not see other deleted material? (Watching) - Dank ( push to talk) 18:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey, you probably have it watched, but could you return to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Redpill? Thanks, ceran thor 20:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the praise and the barnstar. Certainly appreciate it! - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 21:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, xeno, I do appreciate the Bug Squasher award (despite my being a bug ;) )! Best regards, • Cinch Bug • 21:38, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
I've been curious about adopting people for a while. After all, you've practically adopted me with all my endless questions (if those ever get annoying, feel free to hit me with a whale), and now I want to return the favour. I meet most of the guidelines:
It's the first one that worries me. Am I around enough, or should I wait until I have broadband (hopefully within a fortnight)? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 11:30, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello there, i was recommended to you by my good friend user:thejadefalcon, and i've been having trouble with getting a table to store information about myself on my user page. Please may you try and help?-- Doughnuthead ( talk) 16:34, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
For the example of the problem please see " Chi town".
I expected that setting the Class=Redirect would have placed the article within the status category " Category:Redirect-Class Chicago articles" which as you can see does not exist. The behavior I was expecting was the same as when other Class Assigned category procedures are followed (e.g., Class=List, Class=Disambig, Class=Template, etc). As you can see within " Chi town" it didn't happen.
By the way, if possible, instead of the talk pages being categorized with " Category:Redirect-Class Chicago articles" I would prefer them using " Category:Class-Redirect for Chicago articles" so that when the other Class Assigned category pages are renamed (e.g., from " Category:Template-Class Chicago articles" to " Category:Class-Template for Chicago pages" ) they would be grouped together within category lists (e.g., " Category:Category-Class Chicago articles" where now they are scattered due to alpha sorting ). I'll undertake the renaming later, but for now, if possible, I would like the Chicago Project Redirect talk pages to use the Category:Class-Redirect for Chicago articles category.
Since you were the last one to edit the Chicago Project template I thought you would be the person to start with instead of going through the error reporting procedure given within the template. Please let me know if you want me to follow the procedure given in the template. Pknkly ( talk) 19:02, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
|QUALITY_SCALE = yes |class={{{class|}}} |FULL_QUALITY_SCALE = yes
|QUALITY_SCALE = inline |class={{class mask | {{{class|}}} | FQS=yes | redirect=yes}}
Hey Xeno, how you doin these days? I have a request for unblock situation, and I was wondering if you'd review the situation and give me some advice on how to proceed. A while back I had offered to help User:ObserverNY in getting acclimated to WP. She was eventually blocked, then indef'ed, then had her talk page privileges revoked. This morning I received an email from her which stated:
In looking at her block log, I was not sure who to talk to about this, User:Gamaliel, you, or User:Ricky81682. While I have seen Ricky and Gamaliel around, I have worked directly with you in the past, so I thought that I'd come to you and ask what steps I could (or should) take to help a relatively inexperienced editor (approx. 2k in edits), in being accepted back as an editor, and getting unblocked. Thanks, — Ched : ? 16:23, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if you'd be able to help me wih a "distributor (band)" page i created on the 19th August which was deleted under section A7. They have since released their first album and reviews are now coming online http://www.metal-temple.com/review.asp?id=3982 http://www.drop-d.ie/archives/7477 I was just wondering if the page has been permanently deleted, or if it is possible to get it back?
Thanks,
Stroopy
Heya Xeno, I saw your good work on making the legend disappear, and I wondered if you could whip up some further magic for the 'Try Beta' at the top? I've found it in the code, it's <li id="pt-optin-try"> , but I haven't the slightest idea what to put in my monobook.css to make it go away. Any help is appreciated mate. Nja 247 21:03, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
li#pt-optin-try { display:none; }
Hi; if I remember correctly Xenobot is approved to process categories from CfD? Well, Cydebot is down and there has been quite a backlog at WP:CFDW for a number of days? Is Xenobot able to do any of that work? Thanks. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:06, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Why haven't you deleted
Himalayan 19:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Oy, I sent you a brief email essentially asking do you know where the search tool has gone? Cheers. Nja 247 21:46, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
In my Jewish userbox corner we have Template:User wpj redirecting to {{ User WP Judaism}} (with 1 transclusion on an editprotected page User:Shirahadasha), and Template:User wpjc redirecting to {{ User WP Jewish Culture}}, and Template:User wpjh redirecting to {{ User WP Jewish History}} (with 1 transclusion on an editprotected page User:Jeffpw/Userboxes). Could you fix the last two transclusion and delete the redirects. I know it isn't according to the rules, but it is the best thing to do. Debresser ( talk) 08:46, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I think we really ought to delete the sub stubs. Don't delete every single one as I've expanded a number of them as have others. Could you generate a list of the sub stubs that haven't been touched yet (aside from automated edits) and delete them. The task is too huge to take on by myself I had a go but given that I am not really that interested in German politics the task got too boring. As there seems to be few editors working on them, very disappointing the lack of support... Could you generate a list of the CDU sub stubs like Klaus Bremm and delete them. They can then be started at a later date with proper info. Please note I don't want to create further wiki drama with another mass AFD and have more editors scoffing at sub stubs. I am happy for them to be deleted under the same criteria as Albert Herring's was. It was a trial but didn't work, the task needed to clean them up and expand them all is too huge and there are not enough people sadly from the German project either who seem to be working on them. [[[User talk:Himalayan Explorer| Himalayan]] 10:08, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Xeno- We've gotten the ball rolling on a Video games project member list. I was hoping you could notify the editors currently listed as "Inactive" on the member list. Here is the message:
Feel free to tweak this as you see fit. No rush, but some time this month would work great. ( Guyinblack25 talk 19:50, 21 September 2009 (UTC))
The road named after Nate Harrison in San Diego County was called Nigger Grade, not Nigger Nate Grade. I maintain a local history website on Palomar Mtn to establish some authority for what I say. Two Palomar Mountain history book authors (Beckler and Wood) call Nigger Grade, plus the U.S. Geological Survey map from 1939. You can verify this yourself as follows:
See the Beckler and Wood books posted at my history site at http://www.peterbrueggeman.com/palomarhistory/
The relevant 1939 USGS map section is at http://www.peterbrueggeman.com/palomarhistory/palomarquad-1939.jpg
Nearby is Nigger Canyon, named after Nate Harrison as well, and you'll note that it is not named Nigger Nate Canyon.
Thanks for your attention, Peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plbman ( talk • contribs) 18:07, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I do, hereby, demand full, complete, handicappism review of three years of edit & policy. Your racism, handicappism, must end, now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hopiakuta ( talk • contribs) 20:52, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Possibly you could comprehend why if I am in a
credit-card fugitive mood, I might not sign my messages as frequently.
Then, there are hundreds of my edits that I do want to retrieve, @ least to move them to my userpage circusarena, if you would feel that anyplace else would be excessively confusing.
However, several have been deleted from today.
The first one that had been deleted had been simply about my efforts to edit other pages; many of you are annoyed any time that I would express a problem w/ an edit that I am merely simply meditating about, & have not figured how to procede on.
I am reticent about making an edit that would worsen a page, rather than improve it, unless, I suppose, if the intent were some sort of practical-joke vandalism.
I do not want the sumtotal to be worse than what I would otherwise perceive.
After what has occurred today, with that vicious edit, & the "vandal" label, & the "disruptive" label, I do reiterate my hearing demand.
With these threats, it does seem like only two remaining paths: credit-card fugitive, or the hearing. I would certainly prefer the hearing, & disability-access-barrier-modification.
"Oh, September edit,..... oh, wiki---ii--ii, what would I do to get from you, disability-access, oh, September edit, wiki, do you know that it is [ are ] my fingers that are achin', & it's not only my heart that's breaking, & nor even just my fart that's breakin', oh, wiki, do you know what you're doin' to me every day that I'm wakin',...?
"Oh, Zenoy, I do hope that you do get the point that I'm makin'."
How would narrydiamolove be as a screenname?
[[ hopiakutaPlease do sign your communiqué. ~~ T hank You, DonFphrnqTaub Persina.]] 04:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Because it'll be needed around March time. As NinjaLemming and I have been discussing here, the Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect (series) articles are going to erupt into chaos when the game is released, due to everyone's save games being different. Therefore, while I'm still working out how the plot section should work, I've planned a pre-emptive strike for the talk pages and a hidden message for the plot section of each article, to be added when required. I've drafted two templates (despite not having a clue how to do that) and I want your opinion on them. One is personal, the other impersonal, I wasn't sure which was appropriate, so I made them both. While the templates need work (they were ganked from the Helpme template), the text is liable to remain as is unless there's a glaring problem with it. Here's what they look like right now.
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Therefore, I would like to ask you to be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. Sincerely, Thejadefalcon |
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Please be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. |
What do you think? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 11:10, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Therefore, I would like to ask you to be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. Sincerely, Thejadefalcon |
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Please be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. |
![]() | Due to choices made by the player during the original Mass Effect, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and plot lines may diverge. Please exercise caution in the weeks following the release of the game with respect to the Plot section. Consider discussing changes to determine if the text is inaccurate or merely an alternate plot line. |
Just thought about you & yer funnies when I got this response just now... - Adolphus79 ( talk) 02:12, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
I've copied Ryulong's response and yours to talk:Brazil in order to keep discussion together. I'm still pondering this but I'll probably ask for the article to be unprotected soon, while needless to say I would undertake to watch it vigilantly for vandalism. -- TS 12:47, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I saw in signpost that Yobot was approved. How is it different from your bot?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 06:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Greetings Xeno, Earlier this month you blocked User talk:66.76.157.90. This user has since made further vandal edits. Please block. Thank you.-- Technopat ( talk) 15:28, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Greetings Xeno - Please block User talk:87.36.4.7. This user has received 2 strongly-worded warnings from users who are not admins and I suspect that he/she is daring 'em to block... Thank you.-- Technopat ( talk) 13:31, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Just came here to say I made a mistake and only checked the date of that warning now... sorry, I feel quite embarrassed for overlooking it. Thanks for your prompt message to me. Saira92 ( talk) 18:08, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
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That was pretty funny. JKBrooks85 ( talk) 00:31, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your clarification. I'm currently composing a post on the Noticeboard now. Nightscream ( talk) 22:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi there xeno. Little thing only: I saw you closed TPH's RFA. Remember to sign your name and timestamp when closing it and removing the "voice your opinion" link. I fixed it for you this time, so don't worry. :-) Regards So Why 06:08, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I think I asked before but didn't get a reply. Other than bookmarking in the browser or watching on an article (which isn't an efficient way) is there any other way you know that would keep me in touch with the article? Shirishag75 ( talk) 12:59, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I just mailed our first issue of the WP:Article Rescue Squadron by hand to 200+ editors, I notice your bot handles the WP:VG newsletter. There are no instructions on the xenobot page on how to be added to this list. Can our newsletter please be considered to be delivered by xenobot? Thank you in advance. Ikip ( talk) 17:00, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering why you felt the need to revert what I think is a good discussion about an aspect of Michael Jackson's life that does get discussed from time to time. The fact that the OP is now blocked is irrelevant, admittedly some of his later posts were a bit dumb but he started by raising a serious point, which was then addressed using appropriate policies and justifiably left out of the article. Talks are also a good source for those looking into the development history of an article and if another editor were to think about including this info they would be able to see that it has already been discussed and agreed not to be included. It is pointless working with concensus if we delete the evidence for them RaseaC ( talk) 18:39, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I think from his third post he was being an idiot, but until then it was a good discussion with proper reasoning as to why the info wasnt included and why 'because everyone knows so' is not a valid reason, which is good info for new users or especially those users looking to edit an article such as MJ. I think that where the discussion got a bit stupid isn't necessarily worth keeping, but the beginning of the talk certainly is. RaseaC ( talk) 19:12, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
We iz in yer talkspace, stalking you? - Adolphus79 ( talk) 19:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey there, my solution to the problem at Template:Coord missing/sample 1 is not very elegant, but it is the best I can think of at the moment. The noinclude is necessary, I think, because the aim of that template is to substitue into articles. Do you have any suggestions/comments about this approach? — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 19:57, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I would say they are speediable, I did actually work through 1905 -1960 but got sdietracked from adding to the rest of them. Give it a day or two, I'll try to tackle more tomorrow, if not then delete the remaining ones... It is probably best we have these articles but they are meant to be exactly that; articles! Himalayan 20:01, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
You can speedy Charley (film) and Daniel (1970 film) for now. I'll do as many as I feel like tomorrow, Himalayan 20:32, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Nah, go ahead and delete the rest, I'm not really feeling in da mood... They can be restarted in due course with content... Himalayan 20:41, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I just tried to create a new page and it was immediately removed from you. Can I ask why? Diogenes is old and outdated!! We need an article on "The Wizards Project" and on "Truth Wizards" -- Wallagong ( talk) 21:10, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion. -- Wallagong ( talk) 22:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
First off, thank you for the advice at what is my very first BRFA. I have a couple of other questions, but I don't want to flood the request with newbie stuff. So, it only works for those WikiProjects which are compatible and configured, or can it also work for other WikiProjects like WP:VG for instance (which IMO a lot of its BLP articles need some good cleanup and proper tagging, anyways, but besides the point). Or would it be basically a trial-and-error to see if the Plugin++ is compatible with other WikiProjects not listed? MuZemike 22:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Killiondude ( talk) 22:40, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't know where I got that count. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 00:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Please concider dealing with 210.87.245.25. He has already been banned for 31 hours and is now actively stripping pages of their content again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nezzadar ( talk • contribs) 03:49, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I've been meaning to ask you about the appropriateness of certain uses of admin tools in certain situations, and was going to ask you about certain past uses of them on my part on certain articles, but before I could do so, a more immediate example came up.
This anonymous IP has a laundry list of vandalism warnings and past blocks stretching back three and a half years. He just vandalized the Tim Berners-Lee article. I've edited that article in the past to remove vandalism, unsourced material, etc. That this edit was vandalism is unambiguous, without any room for interpretation, and I reverted it. Would blocking that IP be wrong on my part? Nightscream ( talk) 12:22, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Multiple questions on the renaming of pages. One: I presume only admins can rename a page? Two: Can you move a page for me? Three: Or am I able to do this one myself?
The page in question is Barton-Le-Clay. I want to change this to the proper name, Barton-le-Clay (I should know, since I bloody live there). The non-capitalised page is currently a redirect to the capitalised page. Therefore, would I be able to simply copy-paste the pages to each other, altering necessary information? My original theory was that I could do that, but I've now got to wondering if that would screw with people's watchlists and they'd be watching a redirect page. ... long story short, can you swap the pages around? Pretty please?
Question four (and only mildly related): how do I upload pictures to Wikipedia? It's just I'm in the process of attempting to find a suitable camera to take pictures for said article. Lots of pretty pictures. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 15:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Just be careful. They might found out about that bug you crushed last week, which would surely mean the death of your candidacy... :) – Juliancolton | Talk 00:00, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
Heh, the RfA wasn't categorized at all.
Fixed. —
Animum (
talk) 16:56, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
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The BLP Barnstar | |
Your hard work on BLPs in general, and at User:Lar/Liberal Semi specifically, is much appreciated. That page has now been sunsetted (and I hope never to need to bring it back) but the work you did there (whether by bringing articles forward, reviewing them, or protecting them... or even by questioning or criticizing the process!) was of great help to the project. See you in the trenches! ++ Lar: t/ c 01:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC) |
If you get a second, Radiopathy ( talk · contribs) has unretired and come back to the Paint It Black page, undoing your edits to point the page to the disambig page rather than to the Rolling Stones song [4]. I reverted once, but now he's claiming consensus [5]. Clearly consensus is against him, but I'm not going to edit war over this one with an editor experienced enough to know better. My attempts to talk to him haven't resulted in anything but threats, so I doubt a message from me would be taken in good faith. Thanks! Dayewalker ( talk) 02:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
(OD)Radiopathy, if you have a problem with me, file a case somewhere. If you say I'm hounding someone or "barging" somewhere where wikipedia editors aren't supposed to go, by all means do something about it and stop wasting time on Xeno's talk page.
As I asked above, if you'd like to rationally discuss this somewhere, please take it to the appropriate article talk page, or to mine. Xeno, I appreciate your help here, sorry this one's cluttering up your talk page. Dayewalker ( talk) 03:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Has there been any discussion about moving "talk page metadata" to a separate page that would automatically display on the talk page even if the talk page was red linked?
This is really more of a note to self but I know some of my technically savvy talk page stalkers may have some insight.
Some talk pages are maintained entirely by bot at the patronage of WikiProjects: [6]
Perhaps putting this in a subpage would allow the talkpage to remain redlinked (rightfully so) but the talk page banners would still display when looking at the talk page.
Just a thought . – xeno talk 17:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
The 2009 Toronto Blackout only affected a huge portion of the west end of the City of Toronto, I was affected by that, were you? It took place on January 15-16, 2009. AlexRampaul ( talk) 16:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
I am back to checking wiki every few days, bbut it may take me some time before I do aany major or rapid edits. 'The Ninja lemming' 17:45, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry to waste your time with this, but Nightscream seems to have followed ThuranX down the road of incivility, and has become openly abusive: [7] I would like to see him cautioned, and I really think his administrator privileges need reviewing. Many thanks. Asgardian ( talk) 03:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, it's no big deal, but xenobot appears to have misfired ( here). WikiProject California uses auto-assessment, we're currently waiting on some fixes for a big one from User talk:AnomieBOT actually. The only issue is the edit summary and the inherited=yes (we use auto=yes). I couldn't see any other ones, and the only reason I spotted this one was because I the latest stats log update. - Optigan13 ( talk) 07:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm on the case, see A 009 missione Hong Kong, I'll fill them out in due course.. Himalayan 09:30, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I just found this disambiguation page and I'm curious. Is it right to put The Old Republic in it when I searched for Knights of the Old Republic? I would have thought that it was a key difference and that TOR shouldn't be on the page. Am I correct? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 15:32, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm still polishing that page and I've already designed a userbox but I've got one question: is it alright if my username is not on the page? I'm asking because none of the other Wikifauna pages do and I don't want my strictly Bionicle username sitting up top. I hope I'm not offending you. x.x"-- Twilight Helryx ( talk) 20:22, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I am sorry to inform you that I have closed your RfB as unsuccessful. I do not think that the comments made in response to your request demonstrate a sufficient level of community support for promotion. I hope that you will not be too disheartened by the result and will continue to be actively involved in the English Wikipedia community. Do bear in mind the considerable confidence voiced in support of your request and give thought to the comments that were made by those opposing, especially if you are thinking of making another request in future (in which case remeber that a number of bureaucrats were unsuccessful on their first request for the extra tools). I wish you all the best, WJBscribe (talk) 00:51, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry the thing closed before I got a chance to give my support (it has not been an easy couple of weeks lately, but that's a long and boring story). I know it doesn't mean much at this point but wanted to let you know anyway. Short Brigade Harvester Boris ( talk) 02:41, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello Xeno! I have a question you might know the awnser too since you are an admin. :) If an article is deleted, and then later recreated, would the article history of the recreated article include the history of the formerly deleted article?
So far I haven't had anyone complain about my importance categorization of the Indiana articles and have had some other editors check it over. Maybe next week we can give your new bot tools a run on it if you have a chance. I will let you know! — Charles Edward ( Talk | Contribs) 17:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Did I read some where you were up for becoming a 'crat (have no idea how to spell the full words, dunce I am) 'The Ninja lemming' 10:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey Xeno, on Ohm's law under subheader of Resistive circuits there is a link to wikihow. Could you check it and see if this sort of link is okay, I personally (but the wiki might not) think this is alright and it helps readers find out more and kep them reading the site. but again wikipedia's rules might say no. Sorry for any inconvienience (?) caused. 'The Ninja lemming' 11:57, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
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What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
The "What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar should be awarded to a user who figures out an elegant solution to a particularly burdensome bottleneck or problem
This barnstar is awarded to Xeno for his incredibly insightful ideas. Thank you for helping so many editors on a daily basis, you are truly a benefit to this project. Ikip ( talk) 16:04, 12 September 2009 (UTC) |
You mentioned that it would be okay to ping you for another run through our categories by the end of August. It would be great if you could do another run through now. I am talking with AHRtbA== ( talk · contribs) about whether User:YATBot might be accepting projects to sign up to do this regularly.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 18:20, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
User:Xenobot Mk V has retagged Climax Blues Band with Template:ChicagoWikiProject. I recently removed a similar previous tag as it really does not make sense. The band in question was originally called The Chicago Climax Blues Band in the late 1969s, but has/had no tangible connection otherwise with Chicago itself. I know I could simply remove the tag, but I guess that it might re-appear again without intervention from your end. These tags are somewhat beyond me as to how they work, and I thought it best to bring it to your attention before it becomes a bigger issue. I hope I have done the right thing. Thanks,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 21:15, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Just summarrizing what I've read and suggested. There is a need (we are getting buried in unassesed Class and Importance articles) for auto assessing both assessment parameters when Chicago Project articles have no assessment values for either or both parameters- Class and Importance. The method for deriving the default value will be different for each one. The reporting or flagging of auto assessed values may or may not be the same. Sounds like a lot of work. Please let me know if I can help. Pknkly ( talk) 06:37, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Using the process above, could the Importance assessment parameter be automatically assigned a Low value to articles within selected categories (e.g., all alumni related, all faculty related, all Northwestern related, all players related, etc.)? Perhaps we can assign automatic Importance levels at a higher level like High to articles with categories related to a National Register. I'm suggesting adding to the current list a space or other character delimited field holding the default Importance assessment parameter value (e.g., Category:Kellogg_School_of_Management_alumni Low; Category:Museums_in_Chicago,_Illinois Mid). Pknkly ( talk) 05:38, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
DO NOT DO IMPORTANCE BY BOT It varies too much from project to project and would not be helpful. However, assessing the quality of an articl is fairly uniform across projects.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 06:33, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Just adding auto=yes may not be best if you are automatically assessing other classes, e.g. GA-Class, as the default message will say it has been rated as a stub. You might want to disable the default note and add a custom one. You could change its message depending on what class it has been rated, e.g. auto=GA --> This article has automatically been rated as GA-Class by a bot because the currentstatus parameter of {{ ArticleHistory}} is set to GA. Or something like that. — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 08:00, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Use project "scope points". An option by which another project's Class evaluation would be used as the default would be to use the Class valuation given by the project with the highest "scope points". The process (described at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/SelectionBot#WikiProject scope points ) used by the WP 1.o team may include a list of projects with their "project scope points". I'm suggesting using a list, if it exists, with all the project's "scope points" and use the project with the highest scope points, within the article needing an automatic Class valuation, as the one whose Class valuation is automatically used for the Chicago Project Class parameter. Pknkly ( talk) 06:23, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
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This barnstar connotes our appreciation of your infinite wisdom and diligence in helping WP:CHICAGO identify and in many cases automatically assess articles that should be added to our project. TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 14:39, 9 September 2009 (UTC) |
You found us a lot of high quality articles that belong in the project (
Encyclopædia Britannica,
Lynton K. Caldwell,
Radioland Murders,
Tucker: The Man and His Dream). However, somehow
"
Tonight, Tonight" got added as part of
Category:The Smashing Pumpkins songs, which is not in the project but which is a subcat of a category in the project. If you included subcategories, we have a lot of problems because many subcats do not belong.--
TonyTheTiger (
t/
c/
bio/
WP:CHICAGO/
WP:LOTM) 14:02, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Please give me a little time to review the lists. I'm going to go forward with the following understanding - please correct me if I'm wrong:
(1) The "Auto Class Inheritance" bot runs only against the list of articles assigned to and listed within Category:Unassessed Chicago articles. Pknkly ( talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
(2) The assignment of the "Category:Unassessed Chicago articles" category was at one time done by a different bot that may have used a different set of categories by which Chicago Project articles were determined (i.e., it did not use
Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List.
Pknkly (
talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
(3) Due to #2 above, there are articles with the ""Category:Unassessed Chicago articles" category that are no longer Chicago Project articles because they do not have a category that is within
Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List.
Pknkly (
talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
So, because of the above, via the new "Auto Class Inheritance" process, we are apparently assigning Chicago Project class levels to articles that may not in fact be Chicago Project articles. Pknkly ( talk) 17:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey Category:Chicago songs and Category:Chicago albums should not be in the project any more than Category:The Smashing Pumpkins songs should be in the project.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 21:46, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Nice dandy clean up tool you've developed above. I looked at the 161 pages: [15]. I, or maybe someone could help, manually look at respond to each one. For those that have a category code that needs to be added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List I will do so with the edit summary "Old category code part of Chicago Project". I will remove the Chicago template from the Talk page of those that do no have a legitamite reason for being a Chicago Project article as classified by the categories in Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List. If you can automatically add the category codes (discussed above) that have the word "Chicago" in their name and I (or we, if I get help) respond to each of 161 pages: [16], I beleive we will have a Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Bot Category List that is in sync with the Category:Unassessed Chicago articles. On the down side - we may not be synced with the other Class value categories (e.g., FA, GA, etc.) - but that will be a different chapter in this saga. Pknkly ( talk) 18:43, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm looking for help (please see
Help wanted. Maybe some of your Indiana people are looking. I wasn't sure if you wanted the instructions to include background information (which I always feel is useful and encourages participation through learning more stuff) with specific references to your page or about the bot. Wanted to shield you from possible extra questions and perhaps work. Please edit the instructions in any way you see fit.
Pknkly (
talk) 02:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't every article in Category:Disambig-Class Chicago articles have shown up on the cleanup list.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 19:37, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Please review, advise on possible disambig article tagging conflict. Pknkly ( talk) 20:58, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Please review and edit as needed (should take less than five minutes. By the way, is Wikipedia:CHIBOTCATS/LOG a standing report? If so, what does it report? Any other standing reports produced by Xenobot MK V? Pknkly ( talk) 01:36, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I've just posted a request at Wikipedia:IRC#Pending_requests_for_access_to_channels, could you check it and act on it an let me know if I've got the right idea on how the cloak request works? Thanks,-- Doug.( talk • contribs) 12:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
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The Invisible Barnstar | |
For superlative talk page lurking, and for being a good sport about the subject. :) Hamlet, Prince of Trollmark bugs and goblins 02:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)Durova's sockpuppet account |
I finally got angry at one user. Did I use the vandalism templates correctly? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 10:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
you have no right to archive mythdon talk page at all. Off2riorob ( talk) 21:53, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Could I possibly get this quick closed and the character's article redirected to List of Half-Life universe characters#Issac Kleiner? The article got shoved up for AfD while I was talking with User:S@bre on what articles to merge, and it seems rather unneeded to go through the AfD motions when it's pretty much already heading to that list.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 01:23, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Xeno. First please excuse the delay in replying to your request, but I have been active at commons recently. IMHO it's worth keeping the samples as they go with a discussion we hadn't really concluded. Feel free to remove anything the messes update things elsewhere. -- User: Docu at 07:19, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey Xeno, I thought that you might be interested in Talk:Cover (military)#In gaming. I assume that you recall your redirect:
I'm amazed that there are no article space links given how many gaming articles in which the term appears -- ToE T 14:10, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I stole your header :P. By the way, yours has a small typo, it should say "Header design taken from Rudget", rather than "Header design taken Rudget". That implies that the header took Rudget, rather than that you took the header from Rudget :P. Best - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 14:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Has Literaturegeek become an administrator, can she threaten to "block me"?
[18] Once again she personalized a discussion
[19], and has over reacted to my response, and now harasses me. This is a long standing pattern which I have pointed out to several administrators. Please help.--
scuro (
talk) 00:52, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
[Edit conflict] I insist scuro that you publicly retract your slur on editors personal character on the ADHD talk page. It was a severe personal attack, which I want retracted immediately.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:13, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Scuro is meant to have a mentor appointed by the arbcom but it has not happened, so the drama continues.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I have no desire for mediation with a disruptive editor. Editors have gone down this path before and it turns into game playing. I would like the arbcom ruling of a mentor to be inacted, it was meant to be. Until remedies of the arbcom are exhausted I don't feel going over failed territory is worthwhile. Sorry I am not in a good mood.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:16, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
7) All editors interested in the topic area are encouraged to seek outside editorial assistance (by way of a request for comment, or by seeking input from relevant WikiProjects) in resolving the editorial disagreements relating to the due weight to be accorded to various points of view on controversies relating to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
There have been a couple of occasions when ADHD was just about to be officially nominated for collaboration project of the week, but scuro each time manages to sabotage it. One would think if his claims were true that he would want doctors and pharmacists reviewing the article?-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:31, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Anyway as my talk page says, don't feed the trolls, so I am backing away from this game playing, unless something major needs addressing. Sorry for disruption to your day or evening.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 01:35, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I shall be greatly limiting any interaction with you scuro on talk pages. I like to develop wikipedia articles. I shall address concerns raised by you on talk pages via editing the article, using whenever possible meta-analysis and review (preferably systematic review) articles. You are as always welcome to contribute constructively to the encylopedia using peer reviewed literature. You are also welcome to seek help from the wik pharm and wiki med projects. I really do recommend that you vote for the med collaboration of the week for the ADHD article and stop blocking it. Lets get lots of doctors and pharmacologists onboard. Engaging with you and your original research and personal attacks is tiring. I have used secondary peer reviewed sources but yet you continue to attack my edits (and essentially the scientific literature) as fringe using original research articles. I am off to edit the wikipedia articles. Bye bye.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 03:55, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Before that, Scuro starts a new section, and the disscusion that follow, "Many issues are still unresolved, see archives 12-16. Contributors have had plenty of time to respond to these unresolved issues but they have been ignored.--scuro (talk)7:06 pm, Yesterday (UTC−5) On what grounds do you have to dictate to me what I do with my time? Shall I assign you tasks on wikipedia to do and insist you perform them? Last time I checked I was not getting paid for my work on wikipedia. I have responded non-stop to those hundreds of kilobytes of drama churned out on these ADHD articles but apparently I am not working (for free) hard enough!?! If you like we could do a deal, I can find you work to do on wikipedia, when you have performed appropriately then I will consider "working harder", spending dozens more hours per week on ADHD pages.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 7:20 pm, Yesterday (UTC−5)
Agree completely accusing others of not working hard and fast enough is not productive.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 1:55 am, Today (UTC−5)
The fact is that all of those holding minority viewpoint on key issues, have largely ignored many significant undue weight issues. It is my impression that the article is biased and other contributors have commented on this, and the "snail pace" of change. That certain contributors pull off NPOV tags, is poor optics. If these contributors don't have the time, then why do they have the time to pull off NPOV tags repeatedly? You folks wanted to hear what was wrong with the article and that information has been provided. Why are you complaining that someone asks for change, even though these requests are over a month old? Tell me exactly how you envision forward progress on these long standing undue weight issues and issues of bias?--scuro (talk) 2:44 pm, Today (UTC−5)"
Based on what I've found, Scuro seems to not want to let go the fact that he/she thinks LG is cherrypicking and other things, bringing them up multiple times. Abce2| This is not a test 04:16, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
This is all well and good, but I am using reviews, systematic reviews of the literature and meta-analysis. People respond with "opinions", which can't be cited. All that I and other editors ask for is to provide refs. I am now going to address scuro's viewpoints via editing the article. The article wasn't "biased" before but it probably will be after I have addressed all of his points because the literature does not back up most of his original research on talk pages.--
Literaturegeek |
T@1k? 04:21, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I struck out my comment because I got mixed up and thought the last copy and paste post of scuro was written by Abce, my apologies. I just woke up after a sleep and will be going back to sleep soon.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 04:30, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
No where have I mentioned anyone by name. There are A NUMBER of contributors on the ADHD page who cherry pick information and do other things not in the best interest of wikipedia, most notably... totally avoid mediation, and avoiding dealing with undue weight and bias issues on the talk pages. LG has assumed the discussion was all about her, and it's not. We can spend a lot of time here trying to "mind read" personal motives and distribute blame, or those with minority viewpoint can deal with the long standing undue weight issues on the talk page. Have I mentioned that mediation is another option?-- scuro ( talk) 11:35, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the background reading. :) I'll take a look later. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 19:04, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
For all of those who are interested, the background to this dispute can be read here where the community inputted evidence. Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/ADHD/Evidence-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 22:30, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
I am willing to step back. It was scuro not I who started this conversation with xeno and xeno requested more eyes so then everyone got involved and it exploded. My next move will be to along with other editors file a request to reopen arbcom on the basis of meat puppery and several other issues.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 12:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Scuro I believe you have changed your tune because I replied with diffs and evidence, I am tired of the games, the manipulation. I hope we don't end up having to go back to arbcom. Hyperion I have addressed your concerns in detail on my talk page. I would like to close this debate here.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 14:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for lifting my autoblock :) DVD 00:48, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for unblocking me twice. These updates are making everything go wacky, I suppose... — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 00:53, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
The bar above says that some articles don't display correctly. That's not the only thing... Anyway, thanks! Abce2| This is not a test 00:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey there. Do you think you can hold off for a bit with unblocking falsely autoblocked users? I'm trying to work with Werdna to resolve the whole issue, but he needs to extra some data from the cases. If you could hold off for just a little while, it would be much appreciated. Regards, NW ( Talk) 00:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Xeno
First of all, thank you for lifting my autoblock :)
I'm just wondering, how can I prevent this from happening in the future? Many happy months of reverting vandalism on Wikipedia and it's the first time I've been accidentally blocked :) -- 5 albert square ( talk) 01:06, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
What's an autoblock? Because I got told (I believe, though I may be thinking of something else) that I'm immune to them since User:Toddst1 gave me this. I've been meaning to ask you for a while. I've been able to log on perfectly fine. What'd he do? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 16:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
I've never noticed before that getting autoblocked requires you to either (a) sit it out for 24 hours, or (b) post an unblock request that exposes your IP address. I doubt this is your bailiwick, but do you suppose that is really necessary? I thought the whole point of identifying autoblocks by #123456 masks was IP privacy; surely the un-autoblock request could be modified so the IP address doesn't display? Either that, or the unblocking instructions should be modified to make revision deletion standard practice after an un-autoblock? (and before I waste any more of your time: I am not concerned about the IP address exposed in my un-autoblock requests of a day or two ago, just the one you already fixed.) -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 18:09, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
You mentioned the devs have responded quickly to userright issues. Who should I go to for a quick, non-commital answer to the question: is it possible to craft a userright that lets an editor delete pages, and see any material they personally have deleted, but not see other deleted material? (Watching) - Dank ( push to talk) 18:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey, you probably have it watched, but could you return to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Redpill? Thanks, ceran thor 20:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the praise and the barnstar. Certainly appreciate it! - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 21:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, xeno, I do appreciate the Bug Squasher award (despite my being a bug ;) )! Best regards, • Cinch Bug • 21:38, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
I've been curious about adopting people for a while. After all, you've practically adopted me with all my endless questions (if those ever get annoying, feel free to hit me with a whale), and now I want to return the favour. I meet most of the guidelines:
It's the first one that worries me. Am I around enough, or should I wait until I have broadband (hopefully within a fortnight)? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 11:30, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello there, i was recommended to you by my good friend user:thejadefalcon, and i've been having trouble with getting a table to store information about myself on my user page. Please may you try and help?-- Doughnuthead ( talk) 16:34, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
For the example of the problem please see " Chi town".
I expected that setting the Class=Redirect would have placed the article within the status category " Category:Redirect-Class Chicago articles" which as you can see does not exist. The behavior I was expecting was the same as when other Class Assigned category procedures are followed (e.g., Class=List, Class=Disambig, Class=Template, etc). As you can see within " Chi town" it didn't happen.
By the way, if possible, instead of the talk pages being categorized with " Category:Redirect-Class Chicago articles" I would prefer them using " Category:Class-Redirect for Chicago articles" so that when the other Class Assigned category pages are renamed (e.g., from " Category:Template-Class Chicago articles" to " Category:Class-Template for Chicago pages" ) they would be grouped together within category lists (e.g., " Category:Category-Class Chicago articles" where now they are scattered due to alpha sorting ). I'll undertake the renaming later, but for now, if possible, I would like the Chicago Project Redirect talk pages to use the Category:Class-Redirect for Chicago articles category.
Since you were the last one to edit the Chicago Project template I thought you would be the person to start with instead of going through the error reporting procedure given within the template. Please let me know if you want me to follow the procedure given in the template. Pknkly ( talk) 19:02, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
|QUALITY_SCALE = yes |class={{{class|}}} |FULL_QUALITY_SCALE = yes
|QUALITY_SCALE = inline |class={{class mask | {{{class|}}} | FQS=yes | redirect=yes}}
Hey Xeno, how you doin these days? I have a request for unblock situation, and I was wondering if you'd review the situation and give me some advice on how to proceed. A while back I had offered to help User:ObserverNY in getting acclimated to WP. She was eventually blocked, then indef'ed, then had her talk page privileges revoked. This morning I received an email from her which stated:
In looking at her block log, I was not sure who to talk to about this, User:Gamaliel, you, or User:Ricky81682. While I have seen Ricky and Gamaliel around, I have worked directly with you in the past, so I thought that I'd come to you and ask what steps I could (or should) take to help a relatively inexperienced editor (approx. 2k in edits), in being accepted back as an editor, and getting unblocked. Thanks, — Ched : ? 16:23, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if you'd be able to help me wih a "distributor (band)" page i created on the 19th August which was deleted under section A7. They have since released their first album and reviews are now coming online http://www.metal-temple.com/review.asp?id=3982 http://www.drop-d.ie/archives/7477 I was just wondering if the page has been permanently deleted, or if it is possible to get it back?
Thanks,
Stroopy
Heya Xeno, I saw your good work on making the legend disappear, and I wondered if you could whip up some further magic for the 'Try Beta' at the top? I've found it in the code, it's <li id="pt-optin-try"> , but I haven't the slightest idea what to put in my monobook.css to make it go away. Any help is appreciated mate. Nja 247 21:03, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
li#pt-optin-try { display:none; }
Hi; if I remember correctly Xenobot is approved to process categories from CfD? Well, Cydebot is down and there has been quite a backlog at WP:CFDW for a number of days? Is Xenobot able to do any of that work? Thanks. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:06, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Why haven't you deleted
Himalayan 19:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Oy, I sent you a brief email essentially asking do you know where the search tool has gone? Cheers. Nja 247 21:46, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
In my Jewish userbox corner we have Template:User wpj redirecting to {{ User WP Judaism}} (with 1 transclusion on an editprotected page User:Shirahadasha), and Template:User wpjc redirecting to {{ User WP Jewish Culture}}, and Template:User wpjh redirecting to {{ User WP Jewish History}} (with 1 transclusion on an editprotected page User:Jeffpw/Userboxes). Could you fix the last two transclusion and delete the redirects. I know it isn't according to the rules, but it is the best thing to do. Debresser ( talk) 08:46, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I think we really ought to delete the sub stubs. Don't delete every single one as I've expanded a number of them as have others. Could you generate a list of the sub stubs that haven't been touched yet (aside from automated edits) and delete them. The task is too huge to take on by myself I had a go but given that I am not really that interested in German politics the task got too boring. As there seems to be few editors working on them, very disappointing the lack of support... Could you generate a list of the CDU sub stubs like Klaus Bremm and delete them. They can then be started at a later date with proper info. Please note I don't want to create further wiki drama with another mass AFD and have more editors scoffing at sub stubs. I am happy for them to be deleted under the same criteria as Albert Herring's was. It was a trial but didn't work, the task needed to clean them up and expand them all is too huge and there are not enough people sadly from the German project either who seem to be working on them. [[[User talk:Himalayan Explorer| Himalayan]] 10:08, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Xeno- We've gotten the ball rolling on a Video games project member list. I was hoping you could notify the editors currently listed as "Inactive" on the member list. Here is the message:
Feel free to tweak this as you see fit. No rush, but some time this month would work great. ( Guyinblack25 talk 19:50, 21 September 2009 (UTC))
The road named after Nate Harrison in San Diego County was called Nigger Grade, not Nigger Nate Grade. I maintain a local history website on Palomar Mtn to establish some authority for what I say. Two Palomar Mountain history book authors (Beckler and Wood) call Nigger Grade, plus the U.S. Geological Survey map from 1939. You can verify this yourself as follows:
See the Beckler and Wood books posted at my history site at http://www.peterbrueggeman.com/palomarhistory/
The relevant 1939 USGS map section is at http://www.peterbrueggeman.com/palomarhistory/palomarquad-1939.jpg
Nearby is Nigger Canyon, named after Nate Harrison as well, and you'll note that it is not named Nigger Nate Canyon.
Thanks for your attention, Peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plbman ( talk • contribs) 18:07, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I do, hereby, demand full, complete, handicappism review of three years of edit & policy. Your racism, handicappism, must end, now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hopiakuta ( talk • contribs) 20:52, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Possibly you could comprehend why if I am in a
credit-card fugitive mood, I might not sign my messages as frequently.
Then, there are hundreds of my edits that I do want to retrieve, @ least to move them to my userpage circusarena, if you would feel that anyplace else would be excessively confusing.
However, several have been deleted from today.
The first one that had been deleted had been simply about my efforts to edit other pages; many of you are annoyed any time that I would express a problem w/ an edit that I am merely simply meditating about, & have not figured how to procede on.
I am reticent about making an edit that would worsen a page, rather than improve it, unless, I suppose, if the intent were some sort of practical-joke vandalism.
I do not want the sumtotal to be worse than what I would otherwise perceive.
After what has occurred today, with that vicious edit, & the "vandal" label, & the "disruptive" label, I do reiterate my hearing demand.
With these threats, it does seem like only two remaining paths: credit-card fugitive, or the hearing. I would certainly prefer the hearing, & disability-access-barrier-modification.
"Oh, September edit,..... oh, wiki---ii--ii, what would I do to get from you, disability-access, oh, September edit, wiki, do you know that it is [ are ] my fingers that are achin', & it's not only my heart that's breaking, & nor even just my fart that's breakin', oh, wiki, do you know what you're doin' to me every day that I'm wakin',...?
"Oh, Zenoy, I do hope that you do get the point that I'm makin'."
How would narrydiamolove be as a screenname?
[[ hopiakutaPlease do sign your communiqué. ~~ T hank You, DonFphrnqTaub Persina.]] 04:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Because it'll be needed around March time. As NinjaLemming and I have been discussing here, the Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect (series) articles are going to erupt into chaos when the game is released, due to everyone's save games being different. Therefore, while I'm still working out how the plot section should work, I've planned a pre-emptive strike for the talk pages and a hidden message for the plot section of each article, to be added when required. I've drafted two templates (despite not having a clue how to do that) and I want your opinion on them. One is personal, the other impersonal, I wasn't sure which was appropriate, so I made them both. While the templates need work (they were ganked from the Helpme template), the text is liable to remain as is unless there's a glaring problem with it. Here's what they look like right now.
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Therefore, I would like to ask you to be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. Sincerely, Thejadefalcon |
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Please be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. |
What do you think? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 11:10, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Therefore, I would like to ask you to be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. Sincerely, Thejadefalcon |
![]() | Editors, Please Be Aware Due to choices made during the original Mass Effect affecting the game's sequel, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and what one player experiences is not necessarily what another will experience. Please be cautious in the weeks following the game's release date about editing the Plot section, for fear of accidentally deleting accurate information. Preferably, but within reason, discuss changes on the talk page to discover if the text is inaccurate or merely different from your experience of the game. |
![]() | Due to choices made by the player during the original Mass Effect, the plot of Mass Effect 2 may vary dramatically and plot lines may diverge. Please exercise caution in the weeks following the release of the game with respect to the Plot section. Consider discussing changes to determine if the text is inaccurate or merely an alternate plot line. |
Just thought about you & yer funnies when I got this response just now... - Adolphus79 ( talk) 02:12, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
I've copied Ryulong's response and yours to talk:Brazil in order to keep discussion together. I'm still pondering this but I'll probably ask for the article to be unprotected soon, while needless to say I would undertake to watch it vigilantly for vandalism. -- TS 12:47, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I saw in signpost that Yobot was approved. How is it different from your bot?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 06:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Greetings Xeno, Earlier this month you blocked User talk:66.76.157.90. This user has since made further vandal edits. Please block. Thank you.-- Technopat ( talk) 15:28, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Greetings Xeno - Please block User talk:87.36.4.7. This user has received 2 strongly-worded warnings from users who are not admins and I suspect that he/she is daring 'em to block... Thank you.-- Technopat ( talk) 13:31, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Just came here to say I made a mistake and only checked the date of that warning now... sorry, I feel quite embarrassed for overlooking it. Thanks for your prompt message to me. Saira92 ( talk) 18:08, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
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