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I hope that you might be interested in participating in the discussion here -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 16:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I removed the redirect and re-created the article. Please do not nominate it for deletion- i will remove a tag. I am putting up a big heck of a fight to save this article. In case you didn't know, the books are now notable, and google results hits are good. DO NOT put back the redirect. Thank you
DONMARDON ( Donmardon ( talk) 20:08, 27 January 2008 (UTC))
I see that Rick Bot is able to add two or three co-nominators. I think this is good, for the sake of recognizing collaboration. How does it know how to do so? Cheers, Marskell ( talk) 17:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 20:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
According to the history of the Down Beat article you appeared to be the person who provided the list of all the inductees into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. I am currently involved in an attempt to implement a navbox for each segment of the inductees and I would also like to put more information and history into the Down Beat article itself. My question is: "Do you have a source for the list of inductees and also do you have some recommended readings concerning the history of the Down Beat magazine?" Thank you, -- Jazzeur ( talk) 03:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick, it's been a while. I haven't been very active in recent months, but I seem to have jumped back into things in a big way in recent days.
I've just started work on a radical proposal that would get rid of AFD and PROD. I'm inviting a few people to look at it before I present it in a larger forum. The hope is that this would be much simpler, expand the scope of Wikipedia, be much less traumatic to newbies and get rid of the dichotomy and arguing between deletionists and inclusionists. Anyway, the proposal is called PROMTUS -- PROposed Move To User Space. I would very much appreciate your feedback, and perhaps even your help getting it going if you think it has merit. Thanks. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 11:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
There also seems to be movement on the Category Intersection front. There's discussion at WT:CAT about repopulating categories and there's discussions again on the tech mailing list about implementing Category Intersection. As a first step the developers are considering adding _HIDDENCAT_ as a switch for category pages that would keep the category from appearing at the bottom of articles. This means that all category intersections can be hidden, and the top level index categories repopulated. People will be able to navigate through categories to user-created intersections, and people will be able to make these intersections to their hearts desire without cluttering up pages. This small step will get us on track to repopulate primary categories. Eventually, perhaps, they'll add our check-boxes, and dynamically created intersections. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 09:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
In further discussions with the developers, it turns out I missunderstood them. _HIDDENCAT_ has already been implemented. I'm going to bring this up at WT:CAT. Please chime in. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 07:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 20:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi - Regarding this edit, the bot recreates the list every time I run it from the by-year summary lists, e.g. Wikipedia:Featured articles nominated in 2007, which are created from information mined from the FA logs, e.g. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/December 2007. This is all publicly available information (anything anyone does is public, edits concerning FAs perhaps more public than most). You can remove yourself from WBFAN by editing the by-year summary lists (these are kept current with respect to main page appearance date and current FA/FFA status of articles but the nominator[s] are not updated after they're added except manually), but I'm curious why you might want to opt out. -- Rick Block ( talk) 03:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I see; thank you. · AndonicO Hail! 01:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
As there's a WT:RfA discussion concerning it (as good as an excuse as any), I was wondering if you might be interested? - jc37 04:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that Rick bot thinks there are 0 active administrators on WP:LA. I find it useful in my own bot to build in sanity checks before uploading. For example, it might be possible to check that there are at least 800 active admins before making the daily edits, in case a changed interface leads to bad results. — Carl ( CBM · talk) 11:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
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For arranging work for me by months! :) Slade ( The Joker) 03:00, 16 March 2008 (UTC) |
I've tried to address this issue, please see my latest contribution to the talk page. Bill Jefferys ( talk) 04:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick, sorry to not get back to you sooner. I've been meaning to comment on the latest versions you've been working on, but I'm burned out on the problem. I'll probably return to it in a few months.-- Father Goose ( talk) 10:09, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't have an svg editor. I've been searching for one. Do you know where one is? Undeath ( talk) 00:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Try Inkscape. It's what I did the Monty set in. It's not trivial to learn how to use, but none of these graphics editors are.-- Father Goose ( talk) 04:41, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Rick, pls watch for Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Giants: Citizen Kabuto when you run the script; the nominator is a retired editor who had never edited the article and had no input on the FAC. The principle editor is Jappalang, who did respond to the FAC issues. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps unorthodox, but could anyone watching this page please take a look at Monty Hall problem#Solution and Monty Hall problem/draft#Solution (just the solution section) and offer your opinion about which is more understandable at talk:Monty Hall problem? Thanks. -- Rick Block ( talk) 02:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Monty Hall problem has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. - Chardish ( talk) 06:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you Rick, and congratulations for successfully steering Monty Hall problem through another FAR. 67.130.129.135 ( talk) 18:35, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the info Rick!
I tried to search for the person who did it but it wouldn't give me the most recent (2008). It kept giving me 2004-2005. HELP! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hajiru ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the info.
For some reason it kept giving me only 2004 - 2005 instead of 2008. MAN! I wish Wiki would let us put our names on articles and stuff so we know who did it. :(
~Garfield Turtle Anime~ ( talk)Usertalk:Hajiru —Preceding comment was added at 21:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm curious to know if your bot can be adapted to also work for WP:WBFLN? The concept is the same, it's just a different group of articles to cover. Thanks! Gary King ( talk) 16:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
The nomination for El Señor Presidente should be credited to Mfreud on the WP:WBFAN. See here. Thanks! Awadewit ( talk) 19:38, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Rick, The President was promoted tonight, and also watch for Malleus Fatuarum and Deacon of Pndapetzim on Walter de Coventre, which was promoted tonight. Best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 02:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Two weeks have passed since I began soliciting feedback on WP:DOY. It looks like about 8 editors have commented with no new comments in the last week. I've also seen a rise in the number of editors pointing to the guideline in edit summaries. Where do we go from here? -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 17:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
12-April-2008: In attempting to categorize the intent of Template:Infobox_Country_styled as a sandbox or a fork, I suppose it is both. That answer is not intended as a confusing contradiction, but a recognition of the complexity of the situation. The problem revolves around the concept of testing "real-world" results versus a hypothetical change to an implied template-upgrade bureacracy. The apparent contradiction is a form of " catch-22" situation about testing: people want to test new Infobox styling on a real article, however, formal sandbox templates cannot be used on real articles, hence the testing would not be real, thus the "catch" in the system. The implied bureaucracy stems from the concept of pre-approving Infobox style before changing, whereas the reality is that hundreds of Wikipedia real mainspace articles are changed per minute without pre-approval, of course, even allowing anonymous changes. A simple solution is to create a limited-use fork template, as a type of sandbox-like non-sandbox. Users focus on changing actual template features, rather than the approval process for changing a template. As a result, Template:Infobox_Country_styled can be used in real mainspace articles, with the understanding that the usage is somewhat temporary, with the need long-term to reconcile new features with the standard Template:Infobox_Country, balancing Wikipedia's mode of non-pre-approved changes with the after-the-fact adjustment of changes to align with broader policies. Restating that concept: the usage of the template fork fits the reality that changes to Wikipedia are approved, just not pre-approved. Non-pre-approved changes can be made to T:Infobox_Country_styled without the danger of changing T:Infobox_Country, which is used in over 500 high-importance articles: in the major articles for each nation of the world. Those same 500 articles could each be hacked in many other ways, but using the variation Infobox_Country_styled attempts to find patterns and purpose to that change, without the widespread risk of affecting the prior Template:Infobox_Country impacting 500 articles. Note that changing anything can be approved by a "consensus" of perhaps 6 people, but agreement doesn't ensure real-world testing against mainspace articles for weeks, which a fork has allowed. Perhaps 80% of readers who comment about a real article, using a fork template, would not join the hypothetical template discussion to improve Wikipedia. I hope these viewpoints about configuration management for controlling uncontrolled changes with real-world readers make sense, in explaining the sandbox-like non-sandbox. I regret that most of Wikipedia is written by mere skeleton crews of volunteers, but that's why formal approval processes can be fatal in causing volunteers to quit. Wikipedia's mode of open changes creates upgrade clashes with pre-approved templates, and I guess I'll stop here for your opinions about the concept of balancing of non-pre-approved changes. - Wikid77 ( talk) 11:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I move everything unless it's very clear people feel the article is back to status. If it's iffy or unresponsive, I move it. Really, it's a procedural thing as much as anything. Because FAR is closely watched by known people, nothing gets accidentally removed. No real worries if its in the FARC section. Just make sure to update progress as it happens. Marskell ( talk) 20:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your moderating comments, I hope cooler heads prevail. I am so discouraged now, and feel that the thrust of this is all motivated by disagreements origionating on the talk:Scotland page over other issues there, things there are very acromonious I'm afriad. I know that no page belongs to its "regular contributers", and trust that almost all edits are in good faith, but with the rheteric eleswhere and this issur mushrooming, it is crazy! I have no issue with reaching concensus, however even the other editor hasnt allowed the opportunity for more people to voice their opinion on the subject and reverts everything back! We have been working on this for more then a week, and ... wow to see it all ruined like this is daunting... and to see Wikid77 pushed away from Wikipedia!
Why can Ireland have a nifty infobox, yet we can not? To be honest, it is that style of info box that I had envisioned, in light shades of red for Wales. That is another thing! The editor deny's that there are colors associated with Wales... which can easily be seen on the Wales flag. Doh! Lastly, as the info box is currently already in place, I see no reason why it can not stay up pending "consensus". Anywhos, I like what you wrote on your main page, it is meaningful to me. ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 05:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)05:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for taking the time to explain. Not irrelevant is that I work in a certain Protocols Division (the same one that recently got fined $1.35 billion by the EU. That wasn't my particular fault - it was the poor, desperate, suicidal sod in the next cubicle :-), so I am fairly well-acquainted with the need to conform to strict, established standards and provide references.
The problem I have with your reversions is that I was adding to the section entitled "Aids to Understanding," which might reasonably be thought of as a looser section that explains the problem in clear, simple terms to laypeople who come to Wikipedia in hope that it will help them understand the world.
I was aware that I was duplicating the argument of the "Combining Doors" section. That section contains 236 words in 9 rather dense sentences that, to a casual reader, seem to be continuing the mathematical arguments given above. Noticing that it provided no references, I seriously considered replacing it with my 112 rather plain words in three sentences, and adding appropriate references to articles relevant to the “always switch” strategy, but thought that might be considered impolite.
I tested my wording with our local, annoying mathematician, using three Dixie cups and a nickel. He immediately clutched his head, then stole my Dixie cups (he also tried to get the nickel, but I’m Scottish :-)
So, advice please? Somewhat against my will, my job in life has become explaining things clearly to a given audience. The Wikipedia audience is … well, everyone, not just math geeks like myself and perhaps you. I think I did a good job of explaining the strategy clearly to anyone, without resorting to Bayesian analysis (good grief!).
I was happy to leave it in the “Aids to understanding” section, but would you have a problem if I instead deleted the entire “Combining Doors” section and replaced it with my three sentences, with appropriate references? (Even if you don't, I'm sure I'd hear from the people I'd just deleted.)
Thank you for your attention. OutRIAAge ( talk) 06:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OutRIAAge ( talk • contribs) 05:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Good grief! I only now discovered the roiling underworld that I accidentally stirred up by posting my little addition. I will back way the hell off and promise to not come back until (if ever) the review is finished.
Dammit though: I completely agree with the review’s concerns (and your concerns) that the page is too sloppy-long, repetitive, and grievously underreferenced. If I was given it as an assignment, with final edit rights, I could polish it to a fine lustre in half a day, with the whole thing fitting on one screen-page (for instance, the entire Bayesian section would be banished as being too much tool for the job). But this is the real world, which in this case means many interested fingers in the pie, so I know that phalanxes of Exocet missiles would quickly head my way. And besides, that’s what I do all day (including fending off the missiles).
As a parting gift, I found one new, recent reference to the combining-doors argument. It's not formally-written, and it unfortunately itself references Wikipedia, but it’s perhaps not useless: http://www.groundreport.com/World/The-Monty-Hall-Problem Stephen Foster ( talk) 02:20, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Just curious whether the aforementioned page can be updated by your bot, as it currently updates WP:WBFAN and WP:WBFLN. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ( Converse) 08:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Your recent bot approvals request has been approved. Please see the request page for details. When the bot flag is set it will show up in this log. Q T C 06:44, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Rick, heads up to add User:Ceoil and User:Johnbod on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Third of May 1808. Best regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
There's been quite a bit of discussion recently about CI recently on the tech mailing list. Carcharoth left me a note with the very surprising information that category intersection is already available! Check this out. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 00:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I changed my name from Davnel03 to D.M.N. at WP:CHU a while back, so thanks for changing it for me. :)) D.M.N. ( talk) 15:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say, I think you've been doing a good job with the Monty Hall article improvements. It's not as optimized for the lay reader as I would like it to be, but given that Wikipedia must serve a variety of audiences, you've done a pretty good job of it.-- Father Goose ( talk) 09:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Can you add to Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations interwiki to pl:Wikipedia:Lista wikipedystów-autorów artykułów medalowych ? PMG ( talk) 11:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
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...that "article" about that album was little more than a declarative statement and a track listing and therefore a speedy under A1 and/or A3 for lack of content. I've seen that you've done some work to it, which is terrific. Thanks. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I do try to look deep...I gave up being an admin because of the hassles...but it's up to the original poster to add some meat to an article IMO. Even Jimbo has stated he'd rather see quality over quantity. When I write articles, I've always made it a point for them to be useful from the get-go. Just my two cents'. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
No, I didn't know that there was an article on this singer. With all of the band vanity that comes down the line, I thought this was another example. You're right; I should have checked. However, I don't think I'm biting anyone by hanging a deletion notice. Lots of first-time edits get deleted and I did leave word with the guy a few minutes ago offering to help. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:55, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, your bot appears to have made a mistake at WP:WBFLN, List of Houston Rockets first and second-round draft picks was nominated by User:Noble Story and Philadelphia Phillies seasons was nominated by User:Killervogel5, but your bot credited these two nominations to User:The Rambling Man. You can use WP:FLL to see who the correct nominator was. Regards, Crzy cheetah 20:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, somehow I'd really like to jump on Hollywood and say "You guys really fucked it up, even after seeing everybody else fuck it up." But that would be a bit overboard, and I'd have to say to myself WP:DBAD. As long as "correct" isn't included... Smallbones ( talk) 17:43, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I have slightly edited your proposed "solution" section for MHP. The change tries to cast the "uncon/con"-ditional formulations in terms of population statistics versus a decision problem. I think "population" and "decision" are terms that have at least an intuitively correct meaning for the lay person in this context, whereas "unconditional" and "conditioal" do not (if they have any lay meaning at all). The Glopk ( talk) 03:25, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
{{ TOCRight}} is being used in thousands of articles. I just checked a few, and didn't see any good reason for its use in these articles. What can be done (I'm thinking of approval for automated approval from article space??) ? Also, does Joseph Priestley (specifically the TOClimit) comply with accessibility? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 12:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much; my first attempts to deal with a TOCright were met with hostility, and I detect general apathy. Suggestions? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 02:29, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I've replied about the timelines at my talk page. Graham 87 10:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick,
I must be a glutton for punishment, but I've started yet another discussion about repopulating topic categories. The discussion is here. I always appreciate your input. Thanks. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 08:19, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
how on gods earth is a miss print VANDALISM. I am very offended by yuor mishap and will be reporting you! How dare you!
Truly 901023 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cloughy96 ( talk • contribs) 09:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I may be one of the more active WP:GA producers. Is there a way to create a WP:WBGAN-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 03:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Two articles I have been credited for were part of the WP:CHICOTW. LurkingInChicago deserves credit for Chicago Board of Trade Building and Speciate and maybe Zagalejo deserve credit for South Side (Chicago). How do your credits work for group efforts?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 04:04, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I noticed that you are currently online. Is there any chance you could move Talk:Al Harrington (NBA player) to Talk:Al Harrington? This move is non-controversial, as the main articles have already been moved. Thanks. Bash Kash ( talk) 03:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings Rick Block, thanx for sorting out that thumbnail for me! Regards, Technopat ( talk) 14:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I've now renamed the account, so you should be able to go ahead with the merge. Thanks, Archer7 ( talk) 07:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Your recent request for bot approval, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Rick Bot 3, has been speedily approved. :) krimpet ✽ 23:30, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, you're the last admin I posted on the User Talk page. Please semiprotect Laser? I posted at WP:RPP (at Wikipedia:RPP#Laser_.28edit.7Ctalk.7Chistory.7Clinks.7Cwatch.7Clogs.29) but it's dead there in the past few hours. Gary King ( talk) 03:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
so basically not everyone can contibute to wiki? I was in the middle of building this page, I have permission to use the image and you delete the page...even though I added the hang on tag.? That basically sucks. It took me ages to try and figure out how to properly create a page. I am seriously annoyed at your actions... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahfc ( talk • contribs) 17:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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Congratulations! Your leadership, perseverance and editing talent have all contributed mightily in keeping the wonderful MH article in the FA column. hydnjo talk 00:55, 20 May 2008 (UTC) |
In the Colorado article, the state symbols obviously don't belong in the History section. Most state articles place state symbols a short way before the See also section. Any ideas? -- Buaidh ( talk) 02:13, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello! The reason that I am creating so many asteroid stubs is that I saw redlinks for asteroids in places such as List of named asteroids (A-C) and List of asteroids/1001-2000 (both have since had all the redlinks created.) As there were redlinks there, I assumed that they were being advertised to be created by someone. Also, User:ClueBot II was approved to create asteroid stubs. I figured that if the redlinks were there and a ClueBot had been approved to create the articles, I had no need to worry about notability as that must be inherent and covered already. In all honesty, I have no policies or guidelines to back myself up, but I have seen plenty of reliable sources covering the asteroids so that might cover the notability statement that subject of articles need to be covered in reliable sources. Also, it may just be easier to leave the asteroid articles where they are now as there are over 10,000 articles on asteroids in existance right now. And yes, these articles are likely to stay stubs, but there is plenty of information that can be added about them. I have created them in a very bare form just so I can create more articles faster. I am willing to improve the asteroid articles that I have written if that will make them more suitable for inclusion. I am also willing to discuss more about the asteroids in some public forum or another if necessary. I will do whatever is necessary to keep the articles on asteroids. Captain panda 01:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Category:Coaches, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:14, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I do not have any physical copies. I relied on web resources, some of which are cited in journal articles that are on the web. Bill Jefferys ( talk) 02:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
(copied over from my talk page:) Yeah, it looked as though we had rather different interpretations of WP:LEAD, among other things, and I felt the discussion wasn't particularly productive. However, I'm happy to leave it at that, and have no real problems with the article remaining featured. Well done! -- jbmurray ( talk • contribs) 19:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
for fixing my edits at Template:Infobox Ethnic group without just reverting. -- Matilda talk 00:28, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Ah, ok. I figured it would be better for the original writer to get credit for it, but it's not a big deal. Sorry about that. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, would you be willing to give a short interview-style piece that would be used for the Wikipedia:Featured content dispatch workshop that runs in the Signpost? It would be tied in with your bot and WP:WBFAN. Leave me a note or email me if you're interested. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 19:27, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, background: he's referring to this and you can find sample (past) Dispatches at {{ FCDW}}. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:27, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Content moved to Wikipedia:Featured content dispatch workshop/WBFAN, as per your suggestion. I've left another question as well. Thanks for the answers so far! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 13:24, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, I'm curious why the bot goofed at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Brian Horrocks; it's not Ealdgyth. Is there something I can do to make that one easier? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emmy Noether is an example of the kind of FAC entry I'd like to make easier on the bot. What can I do? There are a gazillion names before you hit the nominator's name. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 10:56, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, see what the noms did at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archaea; does that work for you? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Could the number of columns possibly be increased so all the stars show on one line? Same goes for WP:WBFLN; WP:WBFTN, too, but it doesn't need it for now. It would be nice if all the stars for a single person was on one line, so then looking at the page can be like looking at a bar graph. Gary King ( talk) 17:27, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you remember much about this? I raised it recently here, following MER-C's comment here. I'm going to mention this to Rebroad if no-one else does before me, but wanted to ask you about it first, as I thought you might be interested. Carcharoth ( talk) 21:04, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for that note. I'd like to follow up on it. Since it started on my talk page, I'll post a reply there, and I hope you'll respond to that. Noroton ( talk) 16:00, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
It was done for archival purposes. It was arbitrarily split down-page at some point in the past, which was even more confusing -- several editors've told me they're finding the discussion impossible to participate in because it's all over the place. I see I actually missed a few sections in between, but that's fixable. I'm sorry you found it confusing, but I'm confident merging the discussion back to one thread will be more helpful to less experienced editors (as well as those using the archives later on down the road). Shem (talk) 04:35, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed you've been a part of the Rezko discussion but haven't said which of the options now on the table you'd prefer. It would really help us to get to consensus if we could get your input on that. There's been plenty of discussion, but if you have questions, I'm sure other editors would answer them. The four options now on the table are the three in Talk:Barack Obama#Straw poll and Talk:Barack Obama#Scjessey-preferred version (which doesn't contain the word "criticism"). So far, the two most popular versions seem to be Clubjuggle's Version 3 and Scjessey's. Please help us try to wrap this up. Noroton ( talk) 17:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Do you think WP:DOY is irrevocably deadlocked? -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 19:33, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
I responded at Wikipedia_talk:List_of_Wikipedians_by_featured_article_nominations#Star_columns. Also, is it intentional that there are WikiProjects listed at WP:WBFAN? I'm guessing yes, but would like to know if that's the case. I don't really mind since it's better to have them there than not since they can be filtered out mentally, but just found it a bit odd. Gary King ( talk) 07:05, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if you have any other sources for this contention of yours, which appears to be contradicted here:"...when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it..." Bdell555 ( talk) 03:16, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Rick, I left some inline queries for you at Wikipedia:FCDW/July 14, 2008. Regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:42, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick
I've messed with your text—I hope you don't mind, but it was heavy reading, and I think is much better in a more informal vein, which more frequent exchanges and a slightly conversational tone. TONY (talk) 17:28, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Introduction to viruses is listed twice at Wikipedia:Featured articles promoted in 2008. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
This is a form message I'm cross posting on various user talk pages: As requested, I wrote up my argument in one spot, consolidating what I'd said before and adding just a bit. Please take a look at it at User:Noroton/The case for including ACORN and comment at Talk:Barack Obama#Case for ACORN proposed language, restated. Thanks, Noroton ( talk) 02:56, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
I could use some assistance here, if you are able to: Talk:Project_Vote#Editorial opinion of ACORN relationship. LotLE× talk 23:59, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Wikidemo has deleted my comment here [2], claiming in his edit summary that it's a "personal attack." No matter what I say to him, it's going to be described as a "personal attack" with a diff posted at ANI. Please give him a warning about not deleting others' comments on Talk pages. Thanks. WorkerBee74 ( talk) 17:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
User_talk:Gamaliel#WB74 - WB74 has also mentioned you at the discussion, and I'd appreciate your view on the proposed (official) article probation. Cheers - Ncmvocalist ( talk) 16:59, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
(copying to here from my talk page) - I have no problem at all with this. I completely trust of the judgment of both you and ClubJuggle, and I appreciate your efforts to maintain some semblance of order. -- Scjessey ( talk) 01:35, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Rick! I was not aware that a bot is now commissioned to do this. Sometimes its hard to figure out what has changed on wikipedia after you return from the break! :) I have removed the offending link from the template. =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
You have been named as a party in a report seeking a hearing by the Arbitration Committee concerning events at Talk:Barack Obama and WP:ANI. I have posted the report at the Talk Page for WP:RFAR since the main page is semi-protected. Feel free to add your statement, and please transfert the report to the main RFAR page if you see fit to do so. Thanks. 74.94.99.17 ( talk) 18:50, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
If I find the time, I intend to nominate several articles for GA status and then FA status. However, as I have contributed little to most of them I want to co- or even tri-nominate for the FA to ensure main contributors are reflected on Wikipedia:WBFAN. Should I do anything specific, is there a precedent? - Roy Boy 03:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I should be credited for Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Linkin Park awards. Cheers. Gary King ( talk) 15:55, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick, thanks for all your work with the featured content update lists. Would it be possible to expand the bot to include featured pictures and featured sounds? Best regards, Durova Charge! 18:22, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
The discussion was about whether it was worth including anything on Ayers. The outrageousness of Ayers' conduct was cited as a reason to include mention of him in the Obama article. The discussion continued on just how outrageous Ayers' conduct was (including his lack of repentance and the fact that he was a terrorist). So technically, it's not off-topic. Practically, the discussion has gone on long enough, so I'll stop, having made my points. The discussion is actually a good record, with good web links, which may be useful if Ayers becomes a bigger campaign issue and we return to this discussion later. When you're not technically in the right, Rick, try a less formal means of notification on the article talk page and user talk pages. And you still owe me an apology for saying I acted like I was a McCain operative. Feel free to make it here, on your talk page. You're still not welcome on mine. Noroton ( talk) 02:26, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
... is requested :-) Some folks want to move some featured content pages to portal pages. I don't know how that will affect bots and scripts. Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Namespace for featured content pages. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:27, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
There's a duplicate there. Gary King ( talk) 18:40, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Rick, is there any chance that you can keep abreast of all of this, or are you swamped? I'm unsure how all of this is going to work out, and concerned about the workload. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:05, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Per your suggestion I put together a quick draft Portal:Featured articles. I'm hoping to get some idea of whether such portals would be used/maintained before we create them for all types of featured content. -- CBD 00:32, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Please see this section about my wanting to take my name off of the list of nominators of featured articles. I think the list makes me look like I did a lot of work on an FA article and its nomination, and that bothers me -- my role was minor. I assume the bot will automatically restore my name to the list. If so, can you prevent that? It's also possible that Pgagnon999, whose name is also on the list, although he technically did not nominate that article, perhaps should have two stars. I appreciate your work on the list, but I'm embarrassed because the list looks like an honor roll. Please respond at that talk page or mine or by email. Noroton ( talk) 17:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Here. Justmeherenow ( ) 23:10, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
I am started to get very tired of having to change back the monty hall solution the whole time. I understand that you might be anally obsessed with it since you have written it but you really need to allow other people to make contributions as well! It is not all about you you know ! If you want to make a change I suggest you change your section since it is very confussing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.51.194 ( talk) 20:57, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
ooohh wait maybe you dont want the article to be clear "since you still are try to help folks understand it" What is it to understand? It is a very easy concept (as you can tell by yourself from my post) ! Maybe people dont understand it because the article is general confussing ! No offense mate ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.51.194 ( talk) 21:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Rick, I'm trying to do some advance planning re: who to interview now for Dispatch articles, and who to put off until all of 2008 Data for WBFAN is in. Would it be possible for you to generate a preliminary, temporary 2008 version of Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations/2007? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:22, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
What's going on with the strikethrough text? Here's a permanent link just in case it gets fixed before you read this. Gary King ( talk) 18:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just to notify you, that your idea at the Village pump to use your bot to create a list of admin hopefuls seems to be met with no opposition and thus I wanted to notify you to tell you that it would be great, if you could set up your bot to do just that. Regards So Why 12:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
On the Obama talk page, you wrote:
A later posts of mine addressed what you were talking about: [3] and [4] and [5]
Please respond on the Obama talk page. -- Noroton ( talk) 17:29, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
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It's actually because of a userbox in my userbox archives (one of however many copies there are, the one I'm hosting has 100+ transclusions though). Nothing I can really do. - Royalguard11( T) 04:00, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
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I just wanted to stop by and say your Da Vinci barnstar is the coolest I've seen on Wikipedia! 72.21.155.72 ( talk) 13:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for your awesome work with Rick Bot ( talk · contribs). Would it be possible for it to update Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured portal nominations? I had been doing that manually based on the logs at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Featured log, but if the process could be automated that would be most appreciated. Cirt ( talk) 11:08, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Any updates on this? Cirt ( talk) 12:38, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, Rick. I only discovered this list a few weeks ago. I am listed as a co-nominator on only two FA articles. However, I have been a very substantial contributor on three earlier articles where I also helped work through the FA process but did not put myself down as a nominator. Those articles are: W. S. Gilbert (promoted in 2006), Thespis (promoted in 2007) and Her Majesty's Theatre (promoted in 2008). Is it possible for you to add me as a co-nominator to the list of featured articles for 2006, 2007 and 2008, as you did for another user here? It seems silly, but it makes me feel kind of bad to see only two stars here when I know that I have worked so hard on more articles than that. BTW, is there a similar list of Wikipedians who have worked to promote (or nominated) articles to GA-class, etc? Best regards, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 20:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
I think something funky happened here [6]. Cirt ( talk) 08:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Good Topics was recently created. Promoted Good Topics go in WP:FTL, just like Featured Topics; however, the bot should only count Featured Topics, not Good Topics. Will that be a problem or do the logs need to be separated? Gary King ( talk) 18:03, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Ah sorry about that, I only realised after I did it the second time that the bot added them on by the yearly page. I have made the appropriate edits there. Sorry about the confusion, and thanks for telling me. Sunderland06 ( talk) 19:46, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for catching my error on Former Featured Articles! I assure you it's a rarity. Marskell ( talk) 13:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
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I have nominated Barack Obama for Featured Article Review. You are welcome to paerticipate in the discussion. Curious bystander ( talk) 23:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Any chance you might swing by Template talk:Infobox Country#Flag width and/or Talk:Scotland#Saltire and Royal Standard. Your input would be appreciated. Thanks. Endrick Shellycoat 18:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Would you have time to look at my comment here? I think you were the person who suggested some similar system for maintenance categories, either before or at the time they got shunted into hidden categories. I'm also puzzled as to why people feel hidden categories is not suitable for this kind of "statistical" thing, but maybe I'm missing something there. Anyway, if people can obtain dynamic lists in a way other than categories, that would be good. Would you know how to get Template:Death date and age to generate "invisible" redlinks to things like People who died aged 23, if the death age was calculated as 23? And hence allow tracking via what links here for "People who died aged 23"? Carcharoth ( talk) 22:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Rick Block. If you still think I'm worthy, I'd like to take you up on your offer to nominate me for adminhood. I kind of feel like I'm making an appointment to go to the dentist, but what's the worst that can happen? Thanks. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 22:01, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
Here I've been trying so hard to keep FAC pages friendly to RickBot, and yet my name goofed the bot! Where did that space come from? Generally, have the FAC pages been easier to process since I've been staying on top of the Nominator line? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
[7] What happened with the auto-update on the South Park episode? What caused it to be struck out and the maindate removed? Gimmetrow 14:01, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, so a topic has finally been promoted from GT to FT. Is this edit enough for the bot to work on? Meaning, will the bot know to add it to WP:FT2008? Gary King ( talk) 03:56, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the vos Savant link Rick, as it happens I do not much like her solution. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 21:47, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, what happened to the daily updates of Wikipedia:List of administrators? Kingturtle ( talk) 22:14, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Wow! Thanks for fixing it so quickly. I had no idea it was a hardware issue! Happy editing, Kingturtle ( talk) 13:04, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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When he removes or retracts his various personal attacks, I will remove my response as unnecessary. Until then, no. -- CalendarWatcher ( talk) 13:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry. This is completely unnecessary. It seems that you can always get your own way by being childish, and especially name calling. CalendarWatcher knows exactly what he is doing, and he obviously has plenty of supporters. This discussion has a political basis, which is a pity. Wallie ( talk) 19:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
re: Hi - I'm not sure who started it - I frankly don't care - but the acrimonious posts between you and CW really need to stop. I've asked him to tone down his most recent post at WT:DAYS. He says he will but only after you "remove or retract (your) various personal attacks". In the spirit of everyone getting along, can you please do as he asks? I think the bottom line is that you both mean well but that you both need to apologize. I've suggested he be cool - you should as well. Are you big enough to make the first step here? Full disclosure: I'm an admin but am here at the moment as a fellow editor. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:45, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
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O well. I tried. You can see...
I put this on CalendarWatch's page...
Response from CalendarWatcher...
Thanks. Hope we can move forward... :) Wallie ( talk) 10:16, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Rick, Hi. Sorry I hant realised there were sub pages behind this. Thanks. Ceoil ( talk) 18:27, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick. I now think we should resume the discussions on WT:DAYS. Wallie ( talk) 09:15, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
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You mentioned that I try to resolve things. I tried but failed. Note that CW is trying the same tactics on other users too. Please note all these discussions
I think, my bot's mistakes are all fixed now. Sorry for the errors of the machine. -- Obersachse ( talk) 18:55, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
You mentioned: This is called poisoning the well and is a form of personal attack. I strongly suggest you knock it off. Consider this a level 3 warning from an admin. -- Rick Block (talk) 20:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
This is becoming tiresome. I invite you to read this comment, where Wallie chooses to interject himself and carry on his dispute. Pay particular attention to the last sentence, as regards your 'perfectly polite' goes--or is 'some people call it vandalism' your idea of 'perfectly polite', not to mention 'he doesn't actually contribute anything' and his bad-faith accusations of 'tactics' I am 'deploying'?
I have not chosen to carry on any dispute, he has. I have not gone canvassing for allies in unrelated areas, he has. I suggest that you make note of that whenever he comes running to you for help. -- CalendarWatcher ( talk) 21:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
I tried to put up some national days for the English speaking world, namely for India, Australia and New Zealand. CalendarWatcher has immeditely reverted me. I think this is most unfair. I have naturally put them back. As you are involved, could you look into this. I put a comment in WT:DAYS too. Thanks. Wallie ( talk) 10:21, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
So what happens now? We have had all these discussions, but the articles remain the same. Do we now clean up the articles and leave only those dates you mentioned? Wallie ( talk) 07:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Rick Bot just blanked Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations. Was this intentional? Cheers, – Juliancolton Happy Holidays 15:52, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
What bothers me is the requirement here of jettisoning flexibility and common sense in favor of drawing up stricter and stricter rules, all for the sake of fixing firm black-and-white boundaries to rein in one specific editor's eccentricities--eccentricities which, based on some of his assertions about events and names, don't even seem particularly well-founded. -- CalendarWatcher ( talk) 15:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, Rick; I just ran through the last two promotions for 2008, and will be looking forward to an update of Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations/2008 for a future Signpost Dispatch. I hope you have a healthful and happy New Year, all the best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
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I hope that you might be interested in participating in the discussion here -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 16:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I removed the redirect and re-created the article. Please do not nominate it for deletion- i will remove a tag. I am putting up a big heck of a fight to save this article. In case you didn't know, the books are now notable, and google results hits are good. DO NOT put back the redirect. Thank you
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I see that Rick Bot is able to add two or three co-nominators. I think this is good, for the sake of recognizing collaboration. How does it know how to do so? Cheers, Marskell ( talk) 17:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
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According to the history of the Down Beat article you appeared to be the person who provided the list of all the inductees into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. I am currently involved in an attempt to implement a navbox for each segment of the inductees and I would also like to put more information and history into the Down Beat article itself. My question is: "Do you have a source for the list of inductees and also do you have some recommended readings concerning the history of the Down Beat magazine?" Thank you, -- Jazzeur ( talk) 03:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick, it's been a while. I haven't been very active in recent months, but I seem to have jumped back into things in a big way in recent days.
I've just started work on a radical proposal that would get rid of AFD and PROD. I'm inviting a few people to look at it before I present it in a larger forum. The hope is that this would be much simpler, expand the scope of Wikipedia, be much less traumatic to newbies and get rid of the dichotomy and arguing between deletionists and inclusionists. Anyway, the proposal is called PROMTUS -- PROposed Move To User Space. I would very much appreciate your feedback, and perhaps even your help getting it going if you think it has merit. Thanks. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 11:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
There also seems to be movement on the Category Intersection front. There's discussion at WT:CAT about repopulating categories and there's discussions again on the tech mailing list about implementing Category Intersection. As a first step the developers are considering adding _HIDDENCAT_ as a switch for category pages that would keep the category from appearing at the bottom of articles. This means that all category intersections can be hidden, and the top level index categories repopulated. People will be able to navigate through categories to user-created intersections, and people will be able to make these intersections to their hearts desire without cluttering up pages. This small step will get us on track to repopulate primary categories. Eventually, perhaps, they'll add our check-boxes, and dynamically created intersections. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 09:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
In further discussions with the developers, it turns out I missunderstood them. _HIDDENCAT_ has already been implemented. I'm going to bring this up at WT:CAT. Please chime in. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 07:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hi - Regarding this edit, the bot recreates the list every time I run it from the by-year summary lists, e.g. Wikipedia:Featured articles nominated in 2007, which are created from information mined from the FA logs, e.g. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/December 2007. This is all publicly available information (anything anyone does is public, edits concerning FAs perhaps more public than most). You can remove yourself from WBFAN by editing the by-year summary lists (these are kept current with respect to main page appearance date and current FA/FFA status of articles but the nominator[s] are not updated after they're added except manually), but I'm curious why you might want to opt out. -- Rick Block ( talk) 03:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I see; thank you. · AndonicO Hail! 01:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
As there's a WT:RfA discussion concerning it (as good as an excuse as any), I was wondering if you might be interested? - jc37 04:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that Rick bot thinks there are 0 active administrators on WP:LA. I find it useful in my own bot to build in sanity checks before uploading. For example, it might be possible to check that there are at least 800 active admins before making the daily edits, in case a changed interface leads to bad results. — Carl ( CBM · talk) 11:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
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I've tried to address this issue, please see my latest contribution to the talk page. Bill Jefferys ( talk) 04:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick, sorry to not get back to you sooner. I've been meaning to comment on the latest versions you've been working on, but I'm burned out on the problem. I'll probably return to it in a few months.-- Father Goose ( talk) 10:09, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't have an svg editor. I've been searching for one. Do you know where one is? Undeath ( talk) 00:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Try Inkscape. It's what I did the Monty set in. It's not trivial to learn how to use, but none of these graphics editors are.-- Father Goose ( talk) 04:41, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Rick, pls watch for Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Giants: Citizen Kabuto when you run the script; the nominator is a retired editor who had never edited the article and had no input on the FAC. The principle editor is Jappalang, who did respond to the FAC issues. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps unorthodox, but could anyone watching this page please take a look at Monty Hall problem#Solution and Monty Hall problem/draft#Solution (just the solution section) and offer your opinion about which is more understandable at talk:Monty Hall problem? Thanks. -- Rick Block ( talk) 02:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Monty Hall problem has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. - Chardish ( talk) 06:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you Rick, and congratulations for successfully steering Monty Hall problem through another FAR. 67.130.129.135 ( talk) 18:35, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the info Rick!
I tried to search for the person who did it but it wouldn't give me the most recent (2008). It kept giving me 2004-2005. HELP! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hajiru ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the info.
For some reason it kept giving me only 2004 - 2005 instead of 2008. MAN! I wish Wiki would let us put our names on articles and stuff so we know who did it. :(
~Garfield Turtle Anime~ ( talk)Usertalk:Hajiru —Preceding comment was added at 21:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm curious to know if your bot can be adapted to also work for WP:WBFLN? The concept is the same, it's just a different group of articles to cover. Thanks! Gary King ( talk) 16:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
The nomination for El Señor Presidente should be credited to Mfreud on the WP:WBFAN. See here. Thanks! Awadewit ( talk) 19:38, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Rick, The President was promoted tonight, and also watch for Malleus Fatuarum and Deacon of Pndapetzim on Walter de Coventre, which was promoted tonight. Best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 02:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Two weeks have passed since I began soliciting feedback on WP:DOY. It looks like about 8 editors have commented with no new comments in the last week. I've also seen a rise in the number of editors pointing to the guideline in edit summaries. Where do we go from here? -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 17:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
12-April-2008: In attempting to categorize the intent of Template:Infobox_Country_styled as a sandbox or a fork, I suppose it is both. That answer is not intended as a confusing contradiction, but a recognition of the complexity of the situation. The problem revolves around the concept of testing "real-world" results versus a hypothetical change to an implied template-upgrade bureacracy. The apparent contradiction is a form of " catch-22" situation about testing: people want to test new Infobox styling on a real article, however, formal sandbox templates cannot be used on real articles, hence the testing would not be real, thus the "catch" in the system. The implied bureaucracy stems from the concept of pre-approving Infobox style before changing, whereas the reality is that hundreds of Wikipedia real mainspace articles are changed per minute without pre-approval, of course, even allowing anonymous changes. A simple solution is to create a limited-use fork template, as a type of sandbox-like non-sandbox. Users focus on changing actual template features, rather than the approval process for changing a template. As a result, Template:Infobox_Country_styled can be used in real mainspace articles, with the understanding that the usage is somewhat temporary, with the need long-term to reconcile new features with the standard Template:Infobox_Country, balancing Wikipedia's mode of non-pre-approved changes with the after-the-fact adjustment of changes to align with broader policies. Restating that concept: the usage of the template fork fits the reality that changes to Wikipedia are approved, just not pre-approved. Non-pre-approved changes can be made to T:Infobox_Country_styled without the danger of changing T:Infobox_Country, which is used in over 500 high-importance articles: in the major articles for each nation of the world. Those same 500 articles could each be hacked in many other ways, but using the variation Infobox_Country_styled attempts to find patterns and purpose to that change, without the widespread risk of affecting the prior Template:Infobox_Country impacting 500 articles. Note that changing anything can be approved by a "consensus" of perhaps 6 people, but agreement doesn't ensure real-world testing against mainspace articles for weeks, which a fork has allowed. Perhaps 80% of readers who comment about a real article, using a fork template, would not join the hypothetical template discussion to improve Wikipedia. I hope these viewpoints about configuration management for controlling uncontrolled changes with real-world readers make sense, in explaining the sandbox-like non-sandbox. I regret that most of Wikipedia is written by mere skeleton crews of volunteers, but that's why formal approval processes can be fatal in causing volunteers to quit. Wikipedia's mode of open changes creates upgrade clashes with pre-approved templates, and I guess I'll stop here for your opinions about the concept of balancing of non-pre-approved changes. - Wikid77 ( talk) 11:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I move everything unless it's very clear people feel the article is back to status. If it's iffy or unresponsive, I move it. Really, it's a procedural thing as much as anything. Because FAR is closely watched by known people, nothing gets accidentally removed. No real worries if its in the FARC section. Just make sure to update progress as it happens. Marskell ( talk) 20:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your moderating comments, I hope cooler heads prevail. I am so discouraged now, and feel that the thrust of this is all motivated by disagreements origionating on the talk:Scotland page over other issues there, things there are very acromonious I'm afriad. I know that no page belongs to its "regular contributers", and trust that almost all edits are in good faith, but with the rheteric eleswhere and this issur mushrooming, it is crazy! I have no issue with reaching concensus, however even the other editor hasnt allowed the opportunity for more people to voice their opinion on the subject and reverts everything back! We have been working on this for more then a week, and ... wow to see it all ruined like this is daunting... and to see Wikid77 pushed away from Wikipedia!
Why can Ireland have a nifty infobox, yet we can not? To be honest, it is that style of info box that I had envisioned, in light shades of red for Wales. That is another thing! The editor deny's that there are colors associated with Wales... which can easily be seen on the Wales flag. Doh! Lastly, as the info box is currently already in place, I see no reason why it can not stay up pending "consensus". Anywhos, I like what you wrote on your main page, it is meaningful to me. ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 05:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)05:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for taking the time to explain. Not irrelevant is that I work in a certain Protocols Division (the same one that recently got fined $1.35 billion by the EU. That wasn't my particular fault - it was the poor, desperate, suicidal sod in the next cubicle :-), so I am fairly well-acquainted with the need to conform to strict, established standards and provide references.
The problem I have with your reversions is that I was adding to the section entitled "Aids to Understanding," which might reasonably be thought of as a looser section that explains the problem in clear, simple terms to laypeople who come to Wikipedia in hope that it will help them understand the world.
I was aware that I was duplicating the argument of the "Combining Doors" section. That section contains 236 words in 9 rather dense sentences that, to a casual reader, seem to be continuing the mathematical arguments given above. Noticing that it provided no references, I seriously considered replacing it with my 112 rather plain words in three sentences, and adding appropriate references to articles relevant to the “always switch” strategy, but thought that might be considered impolite.
I tested my wording with our local, annoying mathematician, using three Dixie cups and a nickel. He immediately clutched his head, then stole my Dixie cups (he also tried to get the nickel, but I’m Scottish :-)
So, advice please? Somewhat against my will, my job in life has become explaining things clearly to a given audience. The Wikipedia audience is … well, everyone, not just math geeks like myself and perhaps you. I think I did a good job of explaining the strategy clearly to anyone, without resorting to Bayesian analysis (good grief!).
I was happy to leave it in the “Aids to understanding” section, but would you have a problem if I instead deleted the entire “Combining Doors” section and replaced it with my three sentences, with appropriate references? (Even if you don't, I'm sure I'd hear from the people I'd just deleted.)
Thank you for your attention. OutRIAAge ( talk) 06:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OutRIAAge ( talk • contribs) 05:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Good grief! I only now discovered the roiling underworld that I accidentally stirred up by posting my little addition. I will back way the hell off and promise to not come back until (if ever) the review is finished.
Dammit though: I completely agree with the review’s concerns (and your concerns) that the page is too sloppy-long, repetitive, and grievously underreferenced. If I was given it as an assignment, with final edit rights, I could polish it to a fine lustre in half a day, with the whole thing fitting on one screen-page (for instance, the entire Bayesian section would be banished as being too much tool for the job). But this is the real world, which in this case means many interested fingers in the pie, so I know that phalanxes of Exocet missiles would quickly head my way. And besides, that’s what I do all day (including fending off the missiles).
As a parting gift, I found one new, recent reference to the combining-doors argument. It's not formally-written, and it unfortunately itself references Wikipedia, but it’s perhaps not useless: http://www.groundreport.com/World/The-Monty-Hall-Problem Stephen Foster ( talk) 02:20, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Just curious whether the aforementioned page can be updated by your bot, as it currently updates WP:WBFAN and WP:WBFLN. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ( Converse) 08:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Your recent bot approvals request has been approved. Please see the request page for details. When the bot flag is set it will show up in this log. Q T C 06:44, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Rick, heads up to add User:Ceoil and User:Johnbod on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Third of May 1808. Best regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
There's been quite a bit of discussion recently about CI recently on the tech mailing list. Carcharoth left me a note with the very surprising information that category intersection is already available! Check this out. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 00:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I changed my name from Davnel03 to D.M.N. at WP:CHU a while back, so thanks for changing it for me. :)) D.M.N. ( talk) 15:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say, I think you've been doing a good job with the Monty Hall article improvements. It's not as optimized for the lay reader as I would like it to be, but given that Wikipedia must serve a variety of audiences, you've done a pretty good job of it.-- Father Goose ( talk) 09:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Can you add to Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations interwiki to pl:Wikipedia:Lista wikipedystów-autorów artykułów medalowych ? PMG ( talk) 11:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
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...that "article" about that album was little more than a declarative statement and a track listing and therefore a speedy under A1 and/or A3 for lack of content. I've seen that you've done some work to it, which is terrific. Thanks. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I do try to look deep...I gave up being an admin because of the hassles...but it's up to the original poster to add some meat to an article IMO. Even Jimbo has stated he'd rather see quality over quantity. When I write articles, I've always made it a point for them to be useful from the get-go. Just my two cents'. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
No, I didn't know that there was an article on this singer. With all of the band vanity that comes down the line, I thought this was another example. You're right; I should have checked. However, I don't think I'm biting anyone by hanging a deletion notice. Lots of first-time edits get deleted and I did leave word with the guy a few minutes ago offering to help. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:55, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, your bot appears to have made a mistake at WP:WBFLN, List of Houston Rockets first and second-round draft picks was nominated by User:Noble Story and Philadelphia Phillies seasons was nominated by User:Killervogel5, but your bot credited these two nominations to User:The Rambling Man. You can use WP:FLL to see who the correct nominator was. Regards, Crzy cheetah 20:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, somehow I'd really like to jump on Hollywood and say "You guys really fucked it up, even after seeing everybody else fuck it up." But that would be a bit overboard, and I'd have to say to myself WP:DBAD. As long as "correct" isn't included... Smallbones ( talk) 17:43, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I have slightly edited your proposed "solution" section for MHP. The change tries to cast the "uncon/con"-ditional formulations in terms of population statistics versus a decision problem. I think "population" and "decision" are terms that have at least an intuitively correct meaning for the lay person in this context, whereas "unconditional" and "conditioal" do not (if they have any lay meaning at all). The Glopk ( talk) 03:25, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
{{ TOCRight}} is being used in thousands of articles. I just checked a few, and didn't see any good reason for its use in these articles. What can be done (I'm thinking of approval for automated approval from article space??) ? Also, does Joseph Priestley (specifically the TOClimit) comply with accessibility? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 12:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much; my first attempts to deal with a TOCright were met with hostility, and I detect general apathy. Suggestions? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 02:29, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I've replied about the timelines at my talk page. Graham 87 10:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick,
I must be a glutton for punishment, but I've started yet another discussion about repopulating topic categories. The discussion is here. I always appreciate your input. Thanks. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 08:19, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
how on gods earth is a miss print VANDALISM. I am very offended by yuor mishap and will be reporting you! How dare you!
Truly 901023 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cloughy96 ( talk • contribs) 09:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I may be one of the more active WP:GA producers. Is there a way to create a WP:WBGAN-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 03:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Two articles I have been credited for were part of the WP:CHICOTW. LurkingInChicago deserves credit for Chicago Board of Trade Building and Speciate and maybe Zagalejo deserve credit for South Side (Chicago). How do your credits work for group efforts?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 04:04, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I noticed that you are currently online. Is there any chance you could move Talk:Al Harrington (NBA player) to Talk:Al Harrington? This move is non-controversial, as the main articles have already been moved. Thanks. Bash Kash ( talk) 03:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings Rick Block, thanx for sorting out that thumbnail for me! Regards, Technopat ( talk) 14:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I've now renamed the account, so you should be able to go ahead with the merge. Thanks, Archer7 ( talk) 07:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Your recent request for bot approval, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Rick Bot 3, has been speedily approved. :) krimpet ✽ 23:30, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, you're the last admin I posted on the User Talk page. Please semiprotect Laser? I posted at WP:RPP (at Wikipedia:RPP#Laser_.28edit.7Ctalk.7Chistory.7Clinks.7Cwatch.7Clogs.29) but it's dead there in the past few hours. Gary King ( talk) 03:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
so basically not everyone can contibute to wiki? I was in the middle of building this page, I have permission to use the image and you delete the page...even though I added the hang on tag.? That basically sucks. It took me ages to try and figure out how to properly create a page. I am seriously annoyed at your actions... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahfc ( talk • contribs) 17:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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Congratulations! Your leadership, perseverance and editing talent have all contributed mightily in keeping the wonderful MH article in the FA column. hydnjo talk 00:55, 20 May 2008 (UTC) |
In the Colorado article, the state symbols obviously don't belong in the History section. Most state articles place state symbols a short way before the See also section. Any ideas? -- Buaidh ( talk) 02:13, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello! The reason that I am creating so many asteroid stubs is that I saw redlinks for asteroids in places such as List of named asteroids (A-C) and List of asteroids/1001-2000 (both have since had all the redlinks created.) As there were redlinks there, I assumed that they were being advertised to be created by someone. Also, User:ClueBot II was approved to create asteroid stubs. I figured that if the redlinks were there and a ClueBot had been approved to create the articles, I had no need to worry about notability as that must be inherent and covered already. In all honesty, I have no policies or guidelines to back myself up, but I have seen plenty of reliable sources covering the asteroids so that might cover the notability statement that subject of articles need to be covered in reliable sources. Also, it may just be easier to leave the asteroid articles where they are now as there are over 10,000 articles on asteroids in existance right now. And yes, these articles are likely to stay stubs, but there is plenty of information that can be added about them. I have created them in a very bare form just so I can create more articles faster. I am willing to improve the asteroid articles that I have written if that will make them more suitable for inclusion. I am also willing to discuss more about the asteroids in some public forum or another if necessary. I will do whatever is necessary to keep the articles on asteroids. Captain panda 01:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Category:Coaches, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:14, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I do not have any physical copies. I relied on web resources, some of which are cited in journal articles that are on the web. Bill Jefferys ( talk) 02:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
(copied over from my talk page:) Yeah, it looked as though we had rather different interpretations of WP:LEAD, among other things, and I felt the discussion wasn't particularly productive. However, I'm happy to leave it at that, and have no real problems with the article remaining featured. Well done! -- jbmurray ( talk • contribs) 19:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
for fixing my edits at Template:Infobox Ethnic group without just reverting. -- Matilda talk 00:28, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Ah, ok. I figured it would be better for the original writer to get credit for it, but it's not a big deal. Sorry about that. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 20:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, would you be willing to give a short interview-style piece that would be used for the Wikipedia:Featured content dispatch workshop that runs in the Signpost? It would be tied in with your bot and WP:WBFAN. Leave me a note or email me if you're interested. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 19:27, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, background: he's referring to this and you can find sample (past) Dispatches at {{ FCDW}}. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:27, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Content moved to Wikipedia:Featured content dispatch workshop/WBFAN, as per your suggestion. I've left another question as well. Thanks for the answers so far! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 13:24, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, I'm curious why the bot goofed at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Brian Horrocks; it's not Ealdgyth. Is there something I can do to make that one easier? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emmy Noether is an example of the kind of FAC entry I'd like to make easier on the bot. What can I do? There are a gazillion names before you hit the nominator's name. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 10:56, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Rick, see what the noms did at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archaea; does that work for you? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Could the number of columns possibly be increased so all the stars show on one line? Same goes for WP:WBFLN; WP:WBFTN, too, but it doesn't need it for now. It would be nice if all the stars for a single person was on one line, so then looking at the page can be like looking at a bar graph. Gary King ( talk) 17:27, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you remember much about this? I raised it recently here, following MER-C's comment here. I'm going to mention this to Rebroad if no-one else does before me, but wanted to ask you about it first, as I thought you might be interested. Carcharoth ( talk) 21:04, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for that note. I'd like to follow up on it. Since it started on my talk page, I'll post a reply there, and I hope you'll respond to that. Noroton ( talk) 16:00, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
It was done for archival purposes. It was arbitrarily split down-page at some point in the past, which was even more confusing -- several editors've told me they're finding the discussion impossible to participate in because it's all over the place. I see I actually missed a few sections in between, but that's fixable. I'm sorry you found it confusing, but I'm confident merging the discussion back to one thread will be more helpful to less experienced editors (as well as those using the archives later on down the road). Shem (talk) 04:35, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've noticed you've been a part of the Rezko discussion but haven't said which of the options now on the table you'd prefer. It would really help us to get to consensus if we could get your input on that. There's been plenty of discussion, but if you have questions, I'm sure other editors would answer them. The four options now on the table are the three in Talk:Barack Obama#Straw poll and Talk:Barack Obama#Scjessey-preferred version (which doesn't contain the word "criticism"). So far, the two most popular versions seem to be Clubjuggle's Version 3 and Scjessey's. Please help us try to wrap this up. Noroton ( talk) 17:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Do you think WP:DOY is irrevocably deadlocked? -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 19:33, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
I responded at Wikipedia_talk:List_of_Wikipedians_by_featured_article_nominations#Star_columns. Also, is it intentional that there are WikiProjects listed at WP:WBFAN? I'm guessing yes, but would like to know if that's the case. I don't really mind since it's better to have them there than not since they can be filtered out mentally, but just found it a bit odd. Gary King ( talk) 07:05, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if you have any other sources for this contention of yours, which appears to be contradicted here:"...when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it..." Bdell555 ( talk) 03:16, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Rick, I left some inline queries for you at Wikipedia:FCDW/July 14, 2008. Regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:42, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick
I've messed with your text—I hope you don't mind, but it was heavy reading, and I think is much better in a more informal vein, which more frequent exchanges and a slightly conversational tone. TONY (talk) 17:28, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Introduction to viruses is listed twice at Wikipedia:Featured articles promoted in 2008. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
This is a form message I'm cross posting on various user talk pages: As requested, I wrote up my argument in one spot, consolidating what I'd said before and adding just a bit. Please take a look at it at User:Noroton/The case for including ACORN and comment at Talk:Barack Obama#Case for ACORN proposed language, restated. Thanks, Noroton ( talk) 02:56, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
I could use some assistance here, if you are able to: Talk:Project_Vote#Editorial opinion of ACORN relationship. LotLE× talk 23:59, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Wikidemo has deleted my comment here [2], claiming in his edit summary that it's a "personal attack." No matter what I say to him, it's going to be described as a "personal attack" with a diff posted at ANI. Please give him a warning about not deleting others' comments on Talk pages. Thanks. WorkerBee74 ( talk) 17:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
User_talk:Gamaliel#WB74 - WB74 has also mentioned you at the discussion, and I'd appreciate your view on the proposed (official) article probation. Cheers - Ncmvocalist ( talk) 16:59, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
(copying to here from my talk page) - I have no problem at all with this. I completely trust of the judgment of both you and ClubJuggle, and I appreciate your efforts to maintain some semblance of order. -- Scjessey ( talk) 01:35, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Rick! I was not aware that a bot is now commissioned to do this. Sometimes its hard to figure out what has changed on wikipedia after you return from the break! :) I have removed the offending link from the template. =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
You have been named as a party in a report seeking a hearing by the Arbitration Committee concerning events at Talk:Barack Obama and WP:ANI. I have posted the report at the Talk Page for WP:RFAR since the main page is semi-protected. Feel free to add your statement, and please transfert the report to the main RFAR page if you see fit to do so. Thanks. 74.94.99.17 ( talk) 18:50, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
If I find the time, I intend to nominate several articles for GA status and then FA status. However, as I have contributed little to most of them I want to co- or even tri-nominate for the FA to ensure main contributors are reflected on Wikipedia:WBFAN. Should I do anything specific, is there a precedent? - Roy Boy 03:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I should be credited for Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Linkin Park awards. Cheers. Gary King ( talk) 15:55, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick, thanks for all your work with the featured content update lists. Would it be possible to expand the bot to include featured pictures and featured sounds? Best regards, Durova Charge! 18:22, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
The discussion was about whether it was worth including anything on Ayers. The outrageousness of Ayers' conduct was cited as a reason to include mention of him in the Obama article. The discussion continued on just how outrageous Ayers' conduct was (including his lack of repentance and the fact that he was a terrorist). So technically, it's not off-topic. Practically, the discussion has gone on long enough, so I'll stop, having made my points. The discussion is actually a good record, with good web links, which may be useful if Ayers becomes a bigger campaign issue and we return to this discussion later. When you're not technically in the right, Rick, try a less formal means of notification on the article talk page and user talk pages. And you still owe me an apology for saying I acted like I was a McCain operative. Feel free to make it here, on your talk page. You're still not welcome on mine. Noroton ( talk) 02:26, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
... is requested :-) Some folks want to move some featured content pages to portal pages. I don't know how that will affect bots and scripts. Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Namespace for featured content pages. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:27, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
There's a duplicate there. Gary King ( talk) 18:40, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Rick, is there any chance that you can keep abreast of all of this, or are you swamped? I'm unsure how all of this is going to work out, and concerned about the workload. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:05, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Per your suggestion I put together a quick draft Portal:Featured articles. I'm hoping to get some idea of whether such portals would be used/maintained before we create them for all types of featured content. -- CBD 00:32, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Please see this section about my wanting to take my name off of the list of nominators of featured articles. I think the list makes me look like I did a lot of work on an FA article and its nomination, and that bothers me -- my role was minor. I assume the bot will automatically restore my name to the list. If so, can you prevent that? It's also possible that Pgagnon999, whose name is also on the list, although he technically did not nominate that article, perhaps should have two stars. I appreciate your work on the list, but I'm embarrassed because the list looks like an honor roll. Please respond at that talk page or mine or by email. Noroton ( talk) 17:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Here. Justmeherenow ( ) 23:10, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
I am started to get very tired of having to change back the monty hall solution the whole time. I understand that you might be anally obsessed with it since you have written it but you really need to allow other people to make contributions as well! It is not all about you you know ! If you want to make a change I suggest you change your section since it is very confussing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.51.194 ( talk) 20:57, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
ooohh wait maybe you dont want the article to be clear "since you still are try to help folks understand it" What is it to understand? It is a very easy concept (as you can tell by yourself from my post) ! Maybe people dont understand it because the article is general confussing ! No offense mate ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.51.194 ( talk) 21:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Rick, I'm trying to do some advance planning re: who to interview now for Dispatch articles, and who to put off until all of 2008 Data for WBFAN is in. Would it be possible for you to generate a preliminary, temporary 2008 version of Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations/2007? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:22, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
What's going on with the strikethrough text? Here's a permanent link just in case it gets fixed before you read this. Gary King ( talk) 18:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just to notify you, that your idea at the Village pump to use your bot to create a list of admin hopefuls seems to be met with no opposition and thus I wanted to notify you to tell you that it would be great, if you could set up your bot to do just that. Regards So Why 12:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
On the Obama talk page, you wrote:
A later posts of mine addressed what you were talking about: [3] and [4] and [5]
Please respond on the Obama talk page. -- Noroton ( talk) 17:29, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Rick Block = Ownership of article --
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It's actually because of a userbox in my userbox archives (one of however many copies there are, the one I'm hosting has 100+ transclusions though). Nothing I can really do. - Royalguard11( T) 04:00, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
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For the great work you did in creating a script to create and update WP:HOPEFUL, without any hesitation and so much dedication. Keep up your good work. :-) So Why 19:01, 2 September 2008 (UTC) |
I just wanted to stop by and say your Da Vinci barnstar is the coolest I've seen on Wikipedia! 72.21.155.72 ( talk) 13:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for your awesome work with Rick Bot ( talk · contribs). Would it be possible for it to update Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured portal nominations? I had been doing that manually based on the logs at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Featured log, but if the process could be automated that would be most appreciated. Cirt ( talk) 11:08, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Any updates on this? Cirt ( talk) 12:38, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
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Your name reminds me of one of my favorite jazz musicians. NHRHS2010 | Talk to me 18:57, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Rick. I only discovered this list a few weeks ago. I am listed as a co-nominator on only two FA articles. However, I have been a very substantial contributor on three earlier articles where I also helped work through the FA process but did not put myself down as a nominator. Those articles are: W. S. Gilbert (promoted in 2006), Thespis (promoted in 2007) and Her Majesty's Theatre (promoted in 2008). Is it possible for you to add me as a co-nominator to the list of featured articles for 2006, 2007 and 2008, as you did for another user here? It seems silly, but it makes me feel kind of bad to see only two stars here when I know that I have worked so hard on more articles than that. BTW, is there a similar list of Wikipedians who have worked to promote (or nominated) articles to GA-class, etc? Best regards, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 20:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
I think something funky happened here [6]. Cirt ( talk) 08:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Good Topics was recently created. Promoted Good Topics go in WP:FTL, just like Featured Topics; however, the bot should only count Featured Topics, not Good Topics. Will that be a problem or do the logs need to be separated? Gary King ( talk) 18:03, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Ah sorry about that, I only realised after I did it the second time that the bot added them on by the yearly page. I have made the appropriate edits there. Sorry about the confusion, and thanks for telling me. Sunderland06 ( talk) 19:46, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for catching my error on Former Featured Articles! I assure you it's a rarity. Marskell ( talk) 13:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
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I have nominated Barack Obama for Featured Article Review. You are welcome to paerticipate in the discussion. Curious bystander ( talk) 23:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Any chance you might swing by Template talk:Infobox Country#Flag width and/or Talk:Scotland#Saltire and Royal Standard. Your input would be appreciated. Thanks. Endrick Shellycoat 18:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Would you have time to look at my comment here? I think you were the person who suggested some similar system for maintenance categories, either before or at the time they got shunted into hidden categories. I'm also puzzled as to why people feel hidden categories is not suitable for this kind of "statistical" thing, but maybe I'm missing something there. Anyway, if people can obtain dynamic lists in a way other than categories, that would be good. Would you know how to get Template:Death date and age to generate "invisible" redlinks to things like People who died aged 23, if the death age was calculated as 23? And hence allow tracking via what links here for "People who died aged 23"? Carcharoth ( talk) 22:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Rick Block. If you still think I'm worthy, I'd like to take you up on your offer to nominate me for adminhood. I kind of feel like I'm making an appointment to go to the dentist, but what's the worst that can happen? Thanks. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 22:01, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
Here I've been trying so hard to keep FAC pages friendly to RickBot, and yet my name goofed the bot! Where did that space come from? Generally, have the FAC pages been easier to process since I've been staying on top of the Nominator line? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
[7] What happened with the auto-update on the South Park episode? What caused it to be struck out and the maindate removed? Gimmetrow 14:01, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, so a topic has finally been promoted from GT to FT. Is this edit enough for the bot to work on? Meaning, will the bot know to add it to WP:FT2008? Gary King ( talk) 03:56, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the vos Savant link Rick, as it happens I do not much like her solution. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 21:47, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, what happened to the daily updates of Wikipedia:List of administrators? Kingturtle ( talk) 22:14, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Wow! Thanks for fixing it so quickly. I had no idea it was a hardware issue! Happy editing, Kingturtle ( talk) 13:04, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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When he removes or retracts his various personal attacks, I will remove my response as unnecessary. Until then, no. -- CalendarWatcher ( talk) 13:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry. This is completely unnecessary. It seems that you can always get your own way by being childish, and especially name calling. CalendarWatcher knows exactly what he is doing, and he obviously has plenty of supporters. This discussion has a political basis, which is a pity. Wallie ( talk) 19:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
re: Hi - I'm not sure who started it - I frankly don't care - but the acrimonious posts between you and CW really need to stop. I've asked him to tone down his most recent post at WT:DAYS. He says he will but only after you "remove or retract (your) various personal attacks". In the spirit of everyone getting along, can you please do as he asks? I think the bottom line is that you both mean well but that you both need to apologize. I've suggested he be cool - you should as well. Are you big enough to make the first step here? Full disclosure: I'm an admin but am here at the moment as a fellow editor. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:45, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
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O well. I tried. You can see...
I put this on CalendarWatch's page...
Response from CalendarWatcher...
Thanks. Hope we can move forward... :) Wallie ( talk) 10:16, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Rick, Hi. Sorry I hant realised there were sub pages behind this. Thanks. Ceoil ( talk) 18:27, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rick. I now think we should resume the discussions on WT:DAYS. Wallie ( talk) 09:15, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
§hep • ¡Talk to me! 04:21, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
You mentioned that I try to resolve things. I tried but failed. Note that CW is trying the same tactics on other users too. Please note all these discussions
I think, my bot's mistakes are all fixed now. Sorry for the errors of the machine. -- Obersachse ( talk) 18:55, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
You mentioned: This is called poisoning the well and is a form of personal attack. I strongly suggest you knock it off. Consider this a level 3 warning from an admin. -- Rick Block (talk) 20:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
This is becoming tiresome. I invite you to read this comment, where Wallie chooses to interject himself and carry on his dispute. Pay particular attention to the last sentence, as regards your 'perfectly polite' goes--or is 'some people call it vandalism' your idea of 'perfectly polite', not to mention 'he doesn't actually contribute anything' and his bad-faith accusations of 'tactics' I am 'deploying'?
I have not chosen to carry on any dispute, he has. I have not gone canvassing for allies in unrelated areas, he has. I suggest that you make note of that whenever he comes running to you for help. -- CalendarWatcher ( talk) 21:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
I tried to put up some national days for the English speaking world, namely for India, Australia and New Zealand. CalendarWatcher has immeditely reverted me. I think this is most unfair. I have naturally put them back. As you are involved, could you look into this. I put a comment in WT:DAYS too. Thanks. Wallie ( talk) 10:21, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
So what happens now? We have had all these discussions, but the articles remain the same. Do we now clean up the articles and leave only those dates you mentioned? Wallie ( talk) 07:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Rick Bot just blanked Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations. Was this intentional? Cheers, – Juliancolton Happy Holidays 15:52, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
What bothers me is the requirement here of jettisoning flexibility and common sense in favor of drawing up stricter and stricter rules, all for the sake of fixing firm black-and-white boundaries to rein in one specific editor's eccentricities--eccentricities which, based on some of his assertions about events and names, don't even seem particularly well-founded. -- CalendarWatcher ( talk) 15:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, Rick; I just ran through the last two promotions for 2008, and will be looking forward to an update of Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations/2008 for a future Signpost Dispatch. I hope you have a healthful and happy New Year, all the best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)