User talk:CBM

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Groundbreaking news

In breaking news, Monday, rumours are spreading that the month of June is facing a tough challenge from up-and-coming month of July, and may not even survive another day. The PR team for June says that it still has more life in it than May, which has now been completely substituted. The July team on the other hand are quoted as saying "Watch us, we're going to make the archives".

In other news, GAR/38 was reported to be limbering up to take over from GAR/37.

Geometry guy 19:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC) (Just when you next get the time and opportunity, Carl, please pass this information on to VeblenBot.)

Thanks for the reminder. It looks like VeblenBot is having trouble; see below. — Carl (CBM · talk) 12:43, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. I guess VeblenBot is sulking to be left alone to update the categories while you are on your travels. :-) Geometry guy 21:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

VeblenBot

I noticed that VeblenBot hasn't edited for several hours, which means there is some issue with the computer that runs the scripts, or with the network connection. I can't connect to that computer remotely to debug the problem, which is also unusual. It will be Sunday July 5 before I can look at it in person.

In the meantime, the only script that can't wait is the category listing script, which is used for peer review. I have set it up to run that on another computer in the meantime, as user CBM2, but it may not run as regularly as usual. — Carl (CBM · talk) 12:43, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Can the pages such as User:VeblenBot/C/Wikipedia featured article candidates be listed in reverse chronological order instead of alphabetical, like it was before? Also, will User:VeblenBot/C/Wikipedia featured list candidates still be updated until you can fix this? Anyways, if these can't be done until then, then of course that's fine :) But, if they can, then please do so. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 19:25, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

This is a temporary problem: with the computer hosting VeblenBot unavailable, Carl doesn't have access to the cache data that records the chronological order. With luck, chronological order will be restored early next week.

I'm pleased to see that VeblenBot's featured article candidates pages are being used. Can you elaborate on my talk page why you use them, and what improvements would help you. Thanks, Geometry guy 21:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if you guys are aware, but the bot that updates Category:Wikipedia protected edit requests is also broken as the table has not been updated since yesterday. Gary King (talk) 23:19, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer reviews by date is sorted alphabetically (reverse order) too. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 12:04, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I added the featured list category to the temporary installation, and tweaked the category sort order some. If it still isn't right, I won't be able to fix it until Sunday. I realize that the table for WP:PER isn't updated, but I don't think it's critical since the category list can be used for a couple days. — Carl (CBM · talk) 14:27, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

The hard disk in my computer started to fail, so the computer froze. I had expected that failure for a while, since the disk was 3 years old. I installed a new hard disk, copied over my backups, and started the bot again. Everything should run like it did before the emergency fix, please let me know if you notice an unexpected change. — Carl (CBM · talk) 14:05, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much for this and all you do - the chronological peer review list is still in reverse chronological order (oldest first). Would it be possibleto list them newest first? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 14:25, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

This should be fixed now. — Carl (CBM · talk) 01:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Policy advice

Dear Carl,

As you may recall, I quit wikipedia in April over disagreements with MathSci. At the time, I summarized my experiences in a paragraph at my user page. Recently, a certain user Elonka, at the request of MathSci, has made an unauthorized edit and removed the bulk of my statement. I would like to ask for your advice on the following policy issue:

• What are the relevant rules governing the use of the user space?

My understanding is that editing of other user's pages is either banned or strongly discouraged, and if there are any concerns, they should be discussed with me first. I know that you are both quite knowledgeable about and very careful with the wikipedia policies, therefore, I would very much appreciate your response and any other input you may have. Thank you, Arcfrk (talk) 21:37, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollback request

Hi Carl, long time no see. I am former User:Tony Sidaway and have also edited recently using the account User:Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The. I saw your name in Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to grant rollback requests.

I'm an editor in good standing with a long history of good rollback use, and would like to have the rollback capability on my new account. I have retired the other ones and no longer use them. --Jenny 09:15, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

That is to say, I no longer use them except for purposes like this: to confirm that I am the owner of the Anticipation account, which already has rollback status. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 09:18, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I've butted in to CMB's talk page. I've given you rollback Tony, just let me know when you need it on your nexyt new account ;-) Ryan Postlethwaite 11:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)