User talk:HBC AIV helperbot

Attention This bot is being monitored by it's owner during development and testing. Please check to see if my owner(User:HighInBC) is actively undoing any mistakes I might be making before blocking me. My master is watching me closely till I am finished and I am not running amuck.

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Hello, HBC AIV helperbot, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!  Will (Talk - contribs) 04:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Bot flag not set even though "bot" is in the name

If this is a bot, it needs to have the bot flag set. Will (Talk - contribs) 04:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello, please see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/HBC_AIV_helperbot. This bot is approved for testing, but has not yet been given the flag. This info is on the bots userpage. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 04:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

List empty / not empty

Hey, great bot! Could you add a "list empty" or "15 entries remaining, ADMINS COME HERE IMMEDIATELY!!!" to the edit summary so I know whether I have to come and help when I see your bot on my watchlist? Kusma (討論) 14:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

In the works already, except for the part about talking in all caps. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 15:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Your edit to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

Your recent edit to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 16:09, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I am watching it, I shut it down. Was about to revert it myself. Thanks. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:13, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I love it when bots fight ! Seriously though, great bot. -- No Guru 01:04, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

You think that is neat, an anon listed my bot on AIV for the blanking, and the bot tried to remove itself from the list(because it was block) and of course failed(because it was block). Now that is funny. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 01:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion to add more info to the edit summary

It's interesting to see the bot automatically remove the names after we've blocked them. :-) I'd like to suggest adding the block duration (and possibly the blocking admin) to the edit summary as well. I'd also like to see the AO, AC, and autoblock flags in the edit summary, but I don't think those show up in the block logs, so the flags would probably be harder to get. --Deathphoenix ʕ 16:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Block durations come in to many syntaxes for me to reliably catch them, unless someone has an amazing regex for me. As for the blocking admin, I am way ahead of ya. I am not sure how to find out what type of block it is. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

How do you extract the block information? Judging by your comment above, I'm guessing that you don't get the information from the block logs... --Deathphoenix ʕ 18:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

To answer my own question, your code uses Special:Ipblocklist which, yeah, has an expiry timestamp rather than a block time period as listed in Special:Log. The expiry timestamp could be put into the edit summary... though not as useful as "blocked for 24 hours" it's still useful. --Deathphoenix ʕ 18:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Ah yes. I can even have it compare the expiry time to the current time to list duration. I have my computer synched to the correct UTC time, and so is Wikipedia so they are within seconds of each other. I will add that to my list of planned features. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 22:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I see the block type flags are there as well. I will harvest that too. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 22:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Great idea

I love this idea, it is very irritatring to look into someones contributions and warnings only to find someone else blocked them ages ago. Viridae^Talk 21:15, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

It needed to be done. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 21:46, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Jolly good

Hello! You've no doubt noticed that your bot is successfully removing comments [1], but I shall nevertheless congratulate you on programming this feature and thank you for your hard work in general on this bot, which was an excellent idea and is saving much time. Cheers, Dar-Ape 22:27, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Noticed it, I programed it hehe. The real test is to see if it gets false positives or negatives when looking for comments. It was my idea, but others also had it before me. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 22:30, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Too fast

Yeah, I have a major complain. The bot is too damn fast. It removed a vandal from AIV the moment I blocked them. That is a major problem that I think you should look into. ;-) EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Sarcasm? I hope so. I can always slow it down... maybe once every 20 minutes? HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 23:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Seriously though, in it's current state it will check every 10 seconds and remove instantly a name it sees as blocked. It will not do anything for 10 seconds after writing. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 23:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)