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Fixing Copyright Status

An image that I loaded into Wikipedia (Marked Bumble bees.jpg) claims to be missing Copyright status and I don't know how fix that before it gets removed. Can you help me? Jennyjandt (talk) 17:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

I've uploaded a new version of the file (same image) and I think I included copyright status, but nothing seems to change on the image page. Did I forget something? Jennyjandt (talk) 15:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

Hi again. Yes, I would like to release the photo into the public domain. However, I don't know where to add GFDL on the image. Thanks. Jennyjandt (talk) 13:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

I think everything is fixed now. Thanks for e-mailing me directly about this and for all your help! Jennyjandt (talk) 16:29, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

Thanks for the advice

(Re [1]) Thanks for the advice today regarding vandal reports. Sincerely, Willking1979 (talk) 17:10, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the honor

(Re [2]) Thanks for honoring me with the RickK barnstar...I am ultra-humbled. Sincerely, Willking1979 (talk) 17:25, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Red Phoenix

Is it possible to warn JeanLatore for the edits he made to the RFA in question. This just seems wrong. America69 (talk) 03:04, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm, will leave this one up to a more tenured admin. –xenocidic (talk) 03:05, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see you saw his RFA. Does that add to what I put above? —Preceding unsigned comment added by America69 (talk • contribs) 23:24, July 5, 2008

It's obvious trolling, his last RFA snowed just over a week ago. but again, I'll let a more experienced admin handle it. –xenocidic (talk) 03:26, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One last thing. Could you please look at the comments he left on my page. They were quite uncivil. Thanks. Please respond on my page. America69 (talk) 03:36, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Forget about it. This has been an interseting night. Let's drop it since it's over. Sorry to both you so much this evening. America69 (talk) 03:49, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I already left a message on his page. cheers, –xenocidic (talk) 03:51, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. It has been a long day. Sorry to bother you so much tonite. America69 (talk) 03:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No bother. –xenocidic (talk) 03:53, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

JeanLatore

I've put him on a final warning. The RFA trolling and AfD trolling could be misplaced humor, but this is outright harassment. – ırıdescent 14:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I just noticed that. I would endorse a block if this keeps up. No need to let trolls run loose, even if they do improve an article once in a while. –xenocidic (talk) 14:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Curious About Conduct

Regardless of the CU's turnout for User:JeanLatore, was it appropriate of me to avoid conflict and not bring up the issue until now after he's been indefblocked? Or should I have done a report right away when I was suspicious? I suspected he wanted to continue with a grudge against me so I didn't do so, thinking that (if I'm correct) doing so would've caused a bigger disruption rather than simply letting things run their course. -WarthogDemon 19:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not too familiar with CU and when it is or is not appropriate to request one. Perhaps one of my more experienced talk page stalkers can chime in? –xenocidic (talk) 19:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Reverts

Hello Xenocidic! I have a request for U8 here but I'd appreciate it if you read it too and (hopefully) carried it out! I really value feedback.--Xp54321^{(Hello! • Contribs)} 04:35, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm about to hit the sack, but I checked about 10 at random and they all looked spot on. Keep it up. –xenocidic (talk) 04:41, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good night then. I'd still appreciate a full review but sleep is a very necessary thing.Good night!:)--Xp54321^{(Hello! • Contribs)} 04:46, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see Us8 already completed this for you, but I wouldn't worry about it so much. A good gauge of whether your huggling is appropriate is how many users are coming to your talk page to complain about your reverts. The closer to none, the better. =) –xenocidic (talk) 14:50, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

Thank You for all your help! Is there anything else I should know? 53180 (talk) 16:08, 6 July 2008 (UTC)53180.[reply]

No problem. nope, that should basically be your exit (?) from Wikipedia. Hope you see fit to come back. –xenocidic (talk) 16:26, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thanks again, I really appreciate it. 216.70.26.237 (talk) 16:28, 6 July 2008 (UTC)53180.[reply]

Meeting your demand

I cannot thank you enough for your vote at my RfA.
With "the tools", I will try my best to continue to deftly handle question #6.
Enjoy the pictures.
–thedemonhog talk • edits 00:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, how's it going?

Supress table of contents?

Hey, I was wondering how I can remove the automated contents that appears on a page when you have a few headings? Lympathy ^Talk 14:18, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just put __NOTOC__ (two underscores, then NOTOC, then another two underscores) at the top of the page. –xenocidic (talk) 14:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I really appreciate all your help Lympathy ^Talk 14:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. –xenocidic (talk) 14:30, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recent changes

Xenocidic. Thanks again for the help. Quick question for ya. What are the numbers shown next to posts in 'recent changes'? i.e. (-1), (+864), etc. They are in red or green. I imagine they are some type of edit rating system, however if they are, how is the decision made? I added an important citation to Stewie Griffin and got a (-1). disappointed. -washburnmav (talk) 18:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

No, that is the size change in bytes done by the edit. + means content was added, - means content was removed. Huge deletions appear in bold red as it may be an indication of vandalism (at least if it is not properly explained in the edit comment). --PaterMcFly (talk) 18:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha no it is not a firefly reference. My first guitar was a Washburn Maverick. Thanks for the info. Yes that is a blog on second glance. I will find a more reputable source and replace it. I assume you are referencing enders game... -washburnmav (talk) 19:15, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

Kumiki Gibson

(Re [3]) Hi

I suppose that's it now. While I was away, User:69.86.161.159, obviously the "opponent" of User:Truthful data (see history of article), reverted to "his" very biased version. While I was writting a warning to that user and one on the talk page, truthful data reverted back to his (in the opposite direction biased) version again. Either full protect the article (probably in my version, since, if I'm not completelly wrong, that's the least biased - although in general I would not ask a protection on a specific version, but this seems to be a special case) or block both parties for an extended period of time. --PaterMcFly (talk) 18:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

User:Tyeomans1234567890

(Re [4] [null edit]) The block was intentional. I will re-consider if needed. Bearian (talk) 20:22, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

k, I just wanted to be sure. The latest article creation attempts seemed somewhat good-faithy which is why I didn't block myself. –xenocidic (talk) 20:23, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the block, so the user can request a change any time. Bearian (talk) 20:47, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

cheers, –xenocidic (talk) 20:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Is there a way to Special:PrefixIndex some thing without getting the sub pages of the subpages.

Ex.

You PrefixIndex Wikipedia

You get Wikipedia/A and Wikipedia/A/B

But you only want Wikipedia/A.

thankyou, E E 20:37, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I know of, sorry. Try asking at the WP:Help desk. –xenocidic (talk) 20:39, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks anyway. E E 20:42, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A heads up

Im planing on changing my username to Hereford.^[5] Just thought you should know. Electrical Experiment (talk) 00:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

cool, good luck with that. –xenocidic (talk) 00:51, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RWP

why haven't i gotten it delivered? Electrical Experiment (talk) 01:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we're delivering the issues anymore... –xenocidic (talk) 01:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ok thanksElectrical Experiment (talk) 01:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you...

(Re [6]) Thank you... - Adolphus79 (talk) 21:05, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My somewhat reply here.

Reply

(Re [7]) Hey sounds fine to me, but you got one thing wrong, my name is pronounced "Chet B Long" not, Chet Blong. ;) --Chetblong^Talk/_ARK 01:14, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

haha it's fine. I've gotten called Chet Blong enough times on IRC that I'm used to it, Chet Blong is kinda a cool name anyways :P. --Chetblong^Talk/_ARK 01:39, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

South Bend Watch Company...WikiPedia History & Reference (Heartland)

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Nancy Licini (nee Shelton) and this serves as notification that the WikiPedia South Bend Watch Company History and the reference page under Heartland is in accurate. I am not an editor and really do not have the time to figure out how to undo the deletions of my contributed revisions, or should I say corrections. Additionally, I do not understand the format for documenting your articles and the signing of my posts by typing four (4) tildes.

So, I am asking you to undo this and make the changes for me. Here are the facts:

Walter Cross Shelton, Sr. 08/12/1881-08/15/1975 (W.C. Shelton, Sr.) was my paternal grandfather and the man associated with the South Bend Watch Company. Mercel Joseph Shelton (M.J. Shelton) was his son (my uncle) and graduated from Purdue University. He became a Civil Engineer. My father, Walter Cordier Shelton, Jr. 11/22/1914-04/01/1998 (W.C. Shelton, Jr.) became an Aeronautical Engineer. Neither of Walter C. Shelton, Sr. sons were associated with the South Bend Watch Company. Again, it was W.C. Shelton, Sr. who was the jeweler and watchmaker in our family.

This is my family genealogy and I am asking you to kindly make the appropriate aforementioned corrections. As a reference regarding validity I am refering you to the South Bend Tribune (Obituary Section) of my father Walter C. Shelton, Jr. dated 04/04/1998. It does state "His father, Walter, Sr. was the manager of the South Bend Watch."

If you should have further questions, please feel free to contact me at the following. Thank you kindly for your prompt and courteous attention.

Cordially, —Preceding unsigned comment added by SBWatchMaker (talk • contribs) 12:28, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

South Bend Watch Company...Reference Pg (Heartland)

Thank you kindly for your assistance regarding the appropriate and accurate corrections involving the South Bend Watch Company and my grandfather Walter C. Shelton, Sr. as the watchmaker in our family. I do need further assistance. I have tried on several occasions to make contact and to no avail.

The additional Reference Pg is intitled Heartland under the History of the South Bend Watch Company in WikiPedia. This data too is inaccurate and states M.J. Shelton. It needs to read Walter C. Shelton, Sr. (W.C. Shelton, Sr.). Please assist in seeing to it that this article is corrected, edited with the aforementioned corrections of W.C. Shelton, Sr. associated with the South Bend Watch Company. Again, I thank you for your time and expertise. Please note that I have given to you and posted confidential contacts. Please feel free to delete my requests and contact data following these corrections.

Cordially, SBWatchMaker —Preceding unsigned comment added by SBWatchMaker (talk • contribs) 13:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My replies here.

WikiPedia South Bend Watch Company Reference (Heartland) needs revision, please

Thank you kindly for your assistance and expertise. I appreciate your time and energy. As I mentioned, I am not an expert in being able to navigate these pages.

I have one last request: I am unable to edit the reference page entitled Heartland re: the WikiPedia Reference Section involving the South Bend Watch Company.

It is my hope that you will be able to make the appropriate corrections to the Reference data entitled Heartland. Again, M.J. Shelton is listed as the man associated with the South Bend Watch Company. That statement is inaccurate. The credit and correction is Walter Cross Shelton, Sr. (W.C. Shelton, Sr.) who was associated with the South Bend Watch Company. He was the watchmaker and jeweler in our family. Verification: South Bend Tribune 04/04/1998 Obituary Section entitled Walter C. Shelton, Jr. It states his father Walter C. Shelton, Sr. was the man associated with the South Bend Watch Company.

Cordially, SBWatchMaker South Bend, Indiana —Preceding unsigned comment added by SBWatchMaker (talk • contribs) 14:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

I have contacted so many, and this reference page well, I cannot edit. The ringmaster? I haven't the faintest idea how to contact him/her, believe me I've tried. The last time I believe this reference pg was edited was 1999. If you could locate a resource for contact to accomplish my goal re these corrections, I would appreciate it. Resources I've tried seem to be dead. Sorry about this, but I cannot see this ending until the corrections are made involving W.C. Shelton, Sr. and the South Bend Watch Company.

Cordially, SBWatchMaker —Preceding unsigned comment added by SBWatchMaker (talk • contribs) 15:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

Thanks

(Re [8]) Thanks for the vote of confidence and the congratulatory message with the advice.--Chef Tanner (talk) 13:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Usurp

How do I clarify that I own both accounts. Especially since I started one at home and another at a friends? Best Regards.--Ezekiel ^†alk 14:23, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

What do you mean by 7:19 account? Best Regards.--Ezekiel ^†alk 14:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

RE: Yarr

(Re [9]) heh, you're welcome :) weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 14:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Can you take a look at several revisions starting here and give me your opinion? This will take a few minutes of digging, but I see several blocks that look a little too trigger happy to me. I mean, how can an admin block a an account after it makes only 3 edits in 2 minutes, with 1 warning? Am I off base? Frank | talk 15:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I gather you're talking about SHANKSTERONER, the vandalism is completely inappropriate, and I seriously doubt we could reform this user with the standard 4 warning/temporary block cycle. Vandalism-only accounts of this nature can be blocked on sight (even without warning, if it's quite severe). –xenocidic (talk) 15:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Porzechowski is a block evading spam/advertising-only account of Special:Contributions/90.152.47.58. –xenocidic (talk) 15:11, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm, how do we find that out without a checkuser request? Frank | talk 15:13, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Quack." Tan | 39 15:14, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(ec - damn you tan) Per WP:DUCK - exact same vandalism, immediately after the block. There is one that I probably wouldn't have performed which was Special:Contributions/82.117.194.34, contributions appear to be in good faith, though the blocking admin may know more about the subject matter. –xenocidic (talk) 15:16, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering about that one too. Thanks (both). Frank | talk 15:18, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any time. You remind me of me, back when I was an FNG. (lol here I am barely a month in, claiming not to be an FNG) –xenocidic (talk) 15:20, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cute :-) So...can you fix my status thing so it works again? Frank | talk 15:35, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You'll need to install WP:QUI, and it works well alongside {{Statustop}}. –xenocidic (talk) 15:40, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes

Morning xenocidic. Question for ya if you have time. I like the way you have your userboxes on your user page in the box on the right. I want to do the same with mine. can you give me the tags necessary? thanks Washburnmav (talk) 15:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

gotcha. Thanks for the help Washburnmav (talk) 15:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

couple questions(again lol)

How do you get that status icon on your user page? And how did you manage to get your own sandbox? I have been doing an impressive amount of vandal control just by patrolling recent changes but ive noticed there are programs that help with that. Any suggestions? Thanks Washburnmav (talk) 19:54, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's your sandbox... User:Washburnmav/sandbox Tan | 39 19:56, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

User:Filll's RFA questions

Hi! As you said on my talk page you were meaning to address the Filll thing (presumably his questions and lack of voting), I thought I ought to draw your attention to something on his User talk page. There are 4 boxes, and in the fourth one down, he states that he will not be voting in RFAs, RFBs and so on. His reasoning is sound - not wanting to be attacked for his votes. I think most people would get rather narked about that. I would guess that he continues including the questions in RFAs so that people can assess the candidancy's reasoning. Still, answering them wasn't a complete waste of time; I did get weburiedoursecretsinthegarden's vote, even if he didn't read the answer! Take care, StephenBuxton (talk) 16:28, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think he wrote that around my RFA and those "other" contentious RFAs, and stopped adding his questions. He's since started adding them again. Anyhow, I am going to wait for a few more RFAs with his questions (that were answered) close to see if he chimes in on any of them, and then leave him a message. –xenocidic (talk) 16:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I might be able to help you out there. Before I saw his comment on his user page, I was looking at his contributions to see if he was about and had the opportunity to read my answers. I saw him add to this page, so I had a look; really to see if my answers were any different to his. What I found was a list of people who had responded to them, with myself being the latest addition. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, my thing is, if he's going to ask those questions - which can takes upwards of an hour or two (or more) to answer if they really put thought into them - he should weigh in on the RFA, be it support, neutral, or oppose. There was one RFA already closed he didn't vote on (who answered both his questions, and then there's yours. Once your RFA closes, I'll drop by his talk page to encourage him to do so (if he doesn't end up weighing in) or consider not asking the questions anymore. –xenocidic (talk) 17:11, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Qui

I just got Qui to work. You're my first friend! - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 17:40, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! I don't use the friend's feature (at least not right at the moment), so don't take offense if I don't add you ;> –xenocidic (talk) 17:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:D - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 18:04, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HAU sandbox message

I added a comma to the message to make it look a little better. You still have a sentence that ends with a preposition, but it sounded weird to change it. Looks good. Useight (talk) 19:59, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Social

Wanna chat on IRC? Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 22:06, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't do IRC. –xenocidic (talk) 22:06, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Newcomer

Hi, I know you recently rejected my request for rollback on User:My Account, but if you could please tell me how to help me fight vandalism how do I find a vandalized page? Thanks! My Account (talk) 22:09, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

You could add pages to your watchlist and check on their recent edits, especially those done by IP addresses. Perhaps take a look at Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages. Useight (talk) 22:13, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks for being so helpful, and quick! My Account (talk) 22:16, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can also try what a number of other editors do, and start patrolling recent changes for vandalism. That's how I started vandal fighting... - Adolphus79 (talk) 22:59, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible system) - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. While it is not mandatory, the nature of HAU is that people are often seeking a quick answer from someone who is online and keeping our statuses up-to-date will assist with this. Note if you were previously using your /Status page as something other than a one-word status indicator, your HAU entry may have been set to "status=n" to correct display issues. Please clear this parameter if you change things to be "HAU compatible". Further questions can be raised at WT:HAU. This message was delivered by xenobot 23:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How dare you spam my talk page! –xenocidic (talk) 23:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha! Serves you right. :P GlassCobra 23:32, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ze bot...it is spamming me! the goggles - they do nothing! ;> –xenocidic (talk) 23:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to complain that your bot was bothering me, but it looks that not even you could escape its clutches. :P Useight (talk) 00:12, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I'm not actually on WP:HAU anymore...could I perhaps be removed from your bot's spamlist? GlassCobra 15:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, just remove your entry from Wikipedia:Highly Active Users/North America =) –xenocidic (talk) 15:31, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, looks like there's actually been a bit of confusion; I actually removed myself on May 11; however, I got re-added by Useight three days later in one of the many revamps that HAU has undergone. I'll go and take myself off again. GlassCobra 20:37, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That explains it=) Anyhow there's where I pulled the spamlist from; in either case, I doubt there will be any more spams from HAU, unless there's another public service announcement that needs made. –xenocidic (talk) 20:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Still, I don't feel that I should be classified as highly active at the moment. I am curious, though, as to how you guys do your status updates. Wasn't StatusBot shut down? Or is it just updated manually? GlassCobra 20:41, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somewhat manually but assisted with either WP:QUI or scripts similar to User:Xenocidic/statusChanger2.js. –xenocidic (talk) 20:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Trolling

Hey this is User:Wiki_brah. I got a away with a good run as User:JeanLatore. You people better do some serious fact checking on my supposedly constructive edits to the articles on court cases. Good luck everyone. I'll see you all in two years.

Next time I will become an admin first before revealing my identity.

Night, BrazilianInMiami (talk) 01:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, unfortunately I suspect that he's telling the truth in this instance, and fact-checking is important even if it nourishes some trolls on the side. I'm about to check his contribution history to have a look at some of the articles he's damaged and the extent of the required cleanup job. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 01:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to point out that since he was a sockpuppet of a banned (not blocked) user, you're quite within policy to revert every edit he ever made... – iridescent 02:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Though they're likely not the "newest" edit any more and undo might not even work due to intermediate edits. –xenocidic (talk) 02:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HAU Status

Hi. I tried inserting my status into the HAU page but why isn't it working? Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 01:49, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

Hi. Ok, that was fast, but can I have my HAU status updated transcludedly every time I update my status box? Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 01:53, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

(edit conflict)Hi. Would it work if my javascript was edited so that instead of displaying

{{User:AstroHurricane001/StatusTemplate}}

everytime I click the buttons, it would display

{{subst:User:AstroHurricane001/StatusTemplate}}

instead so that it can display the one word, and if so how should my monobbok be edited? Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 02:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Ok, but please tweak it so that it produces the intended result, and since I'm supposed to be offline could you leave a message on my talkpage so that tomorrow I remember to clear my cache? Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 02:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Well, you got almost everything working, and I appreciate that. However, the one thing that isn't quite working is the status on HAU. It says:

'''<div style="background: transparent; float: right; position: relative; top: -30px; padding: 5px"> <span style="color: green;">[[Image:Ledgreen.png|20px]] Online</span> </div>'''

, which says I'm online but breaks the formatting, is something still not working, or should I install QUI, but I use Internet Explorer, does it work? Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 13:50, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Yes, it works now, thank you!!

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for helping me to put my status on HAU, and for your amazing speed in doing so. Keep up the great work! ~A H 1^(TCU) 14:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 14:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Yes, I have cleared my cache. Also, I don't blame you for being tired, we both have the same time zone (EDT) and I had to go to sleep. Anyway, thanks for the help, and I'll go check my watchlist now. Thanks. ~A H 1^(TCU) 14:29, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shadowrun (2007 video game)

Unless you object to the very fact that it is included in the article, I think we can simply converge upon a version that we will agree upon. Fireice (talk) 02:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:July newsletter?

FYI- Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20080709 is ready for delivery. Thanks for willing to deliver again. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC))[reply]

The traditional rfa thank you message

		Thank you for the support!
		Xeno, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 (Talk) 03:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The WPVG Newsletter (July 2008)

Newsletter delivered by xenobot 03:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page Syncexpert

Hi Xenocidic,

Can you please send me a copy of the deleted page Syncexpert?

I am new to adding page on wikipedia and did not aware of the rules. Now I know.

With the returned copy I can change focus of the page to the proprietary data sync algorithm used in the software, instead of advertising the software.

By the way, I was indeed inspired by another wikipedia page on a competing product of SyncEXP. I just copied their wiki codes straightly and replaced with our names plus some adjustment on the wordings. Can I send you the wiki link of that product so you may comment on its long living in wiki?

Thanks for caring on this matter,

allQOo —Preceding unsigned comment added by AllQoo (talk • contribs) 10:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

SyncEXPERT - This is the page I mimicked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncMate

Moreover, I would like to know these pages are ads or not? If not which format I shall follow to recreate the SyncEXPERT page?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncBack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobiliti —Preceding unsigned comment added by AllQoo (talk • contribs) 02:11, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

AWB 10 links only issue

Yes. Itz strange ...it is happening since 2 days.. The workaround is copy the stuff to a text file and import from there - -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 10:54, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I figured that workaround, but it's suboptimal. Thanks though =) –xenocidic (talk) 11:28, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adopt Offer

(Re [10]) Sounds good! Glad you came along, I figured you may be a little busy, you seem to have a number of adoptees already. Didn't want to add any pressure I already ask you 2-3 questions a day lol. Thanks! Washburnmav (talk) 15:54, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

So I put QUI and twinkle in my monobook.js file and neither is showing up anymore even though I reset the cache. QUI showed up once, but Twinkle never did anything. -A very confuddled Washburnmav (talk) 18:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you using Firefox now? Twinkle isn't compatible with IE. You will find Twinkle's functionality when you click on a "diff", you will see options to "[rollback (AGF)] || [rollback] || [rollback (VANDAL)]". Rollback "AGF" is when you are reverting good faith edits, rollback "vandal" is for clear and obvious vandalism, and "rollback" is for anywhere in between. You should put a reason in the box explaining the revert if it's not plain vandalism. Click this, it is an example of a diff. Feel free to use Twinkle to roll it back. Qui is that little dot in the top right of your screen. –xenocidic (talk) 18:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am using firefox. Neither the twinkle options under "diff" nor the green dot is appearing. Washburnmav (talk) 18:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You pressed Ctrl-Shift-R to reset the cache? This is what to click for the test diff. What version of FF? –xenocidic (talk) 18:45, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did rese the cache multiple times. I'm using firefox 3.0. There are no twinkle options to speak of when I check that difference. Washburnmav (talk) 18:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm, I just upgraded to FF3 and it's working for me. Perhaps consider installing the modules manually? See Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Twinkle/doc#Installing individual Twinkle modules. Try starting with just the first three modules. –xenocidic (talk) 19:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to confirm, Image:TW-rback.gif is what it will look like should it work. –xenocidic (talk) 19:09, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tried the manual install, still having nothing working. Definitely do not see the twinkle tools. Argh don't spend too much time on this I'll figure it out. Washburnmav (talk) 19:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quite strange. You've got multiple morebits in there, only need it once, at the top. Try taking off Qui and see if that fixes Twinkle. Then close the browser, re-open, press Ctrl-Shift-R and see if you can see the rollback buttons. –xenocidic (talk) 19:21, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John Lennon

Hello, just to say that although you removed my report on the vandalism report page, the vandalism is still there, despite me refreshing it / clearing cache, does this mean the report should be re-filed? because I can't edit the vandalised pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Revelation13 (talk • contribs) 18:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing it on my end - where exactly is it? –xenocidic (talk) 18:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

::it's a floating "Avril rocks my socks" message, signed by "the avril troll" - I'm using firefox, it may be unrecognised by IE due to bad coding, Fire fox seems to render even imperfect coding... maybe I'm wrong but it's an idea. Revelation13 (talk) 18:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Scratch that, I've just reloaded the page to get an exact quote and it seems to have been removed.

Thanks for the help. -Revelation13 (talk) 18:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem - thanks. –xenocidic (talk) 18:31, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Statusbot/QUI...

I was adding myself to the listings at WP:CVU, just following the instructions there... would QUI do the same thing? - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:48, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite. It looks like everything is still referencing the StatusBot pages. Whoever runs that page is going to have to come up with a new method. –xenocidic (talk) 18:54, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

eh... I added myself to the cat, and got QUI loaded, good enough... thanks... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem... I left a message on the talk page of that task force asking them to sort it out. But it looks pretty inactive to me. –xenocidic (talk) 19:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I tried to steal your status idea, and I think I failed... could you take a look and tell me what I did wrong? - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My friend Xeno,

I offer you this frosty pint of homebrew, for all
the advice/help/support/etc. you have given me... Prost!
Adolphus79 (talk)

Hey, it's a start, right? - 03:59, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Sweet - a beer ! My first drinkable award ;> P.S. Using "{{-}}" is a bit of a more elegant way to clear text below elements like that. –xenocidic (talk) 12:35, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

fine, use the raw code... all that coding for my own award template and he goes and steals the code itself! bah... drink yer beer and enjoy... - Adolphus79 (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

heh, I subst'ed it to harvest the code for my awards page =) –xenocidic (talk) 13:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

what is this? codeswap? I steal your status coding so you steal my award coding in return? (hint: it's just modified UBX code... LOL)... - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

lol, that's not what I meant at all. just that I added the beer to my awards page! heh –xenocidic (talk) 15:00, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sure, sure... - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:49, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I just had an idea... do you think there is any way to build a timer into the QUI code that checks the date/time of your last edit and changes your status based on that?
e.g. check every 2 minutes...
last edit less than 5 minutes ago = online,
last edit 5-30 minutes ago = busy,
last edit 30-120 minutes ago = sleep,
last edit >120 minutes ago = offline
Adolphus79 (talk) 18:59, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

bump? - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:44, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, I missed this. You should ask TheDJ... I've no idea. –xenocidic (talk) 19:46, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bah! your inability to answer any question that any user may ask you at anytime has casued me to lose faith in you... you shall recieve no more page stalking, and no more homebrew, from me ever again!

ok, maybe I'll just get over it and go ask TheDJ... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

heh. it's a great idea though. I think i asked him something along these lines, but not quite. –xenocidic (talk) 19:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: User:38.117.139.174 - Your Message

I didn't login because I wanted to reconfirm the I.P. Address used. I don't have any desire anymore to contribute to Wikipedia. Nevertheless, I did inform you of the I.P. sharing. I suspect it's a Summer Associate or some other individual who is irresponsible with editing. I wasn't.--38.117.139.174 (talk) 21:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You know you want one too...

		The Special Barnstar
		Yes, my friend, I can't not give you one can I? For being an awesome Wikipedian, who's done such a lot for this encyclopedia...enjoy...:) Lra drama 21:57, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks! Don't think I've gotten this one yet. –xenocidic (talk) 21:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! I actually think your work here is great you know! I'm not just giving you this because you butted into my interaction with Keeper. So, feel chuffed ;) ;) Lra drama 22:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hehe...did you take a look at his barnchive? It's hilarious. –xenocidic (talk) 22:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I did! Brilliant :). I was going to give you a humour barnstar for giving the link in your comment, but I thought you were an all-round legend, as it were. So, hence the special one. :) Lra drama 22:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here..

Aww thankyou so much! That is my first one since January I think...I don't know where I've gone wrong! Many thanks... legend ;) Lra drama 22:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My reply here.

Thankyou. I appreciate your comments also :). You have made my day better too. My golly, we're bloomin' fantastic, me and thee, you gotta admit! Hehe ;) Lra drama 22:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hehe =). –xenocidic (talk) 22:27, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gratz on your barnstar... (I'm not really a jaguar...) - Adolphus79 (talk) 22:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

zomg a WikiJaguar! –xenocidic (talk) 22:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What the hell?!?!? This isn't my talk page... help, I'm lost! - Adolphus79 (talk) 22:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New C&C template dispute

Seems there is a new template dispute going on. Since you're a proponent of the template's current revision, I thought you might want to have your say.

The discussion is being held here. Kalamrir (talk) 22:02, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm, I'm not sure I'd go that far, the last time I edited the template it looked like this. But I'll try to form an opinion. –xenocidic (talk) 22:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Block IP?

Sorry I don't know the proper avenues for block request but this ip User talk:206.213.40.100 has not stopped vandalizing despite the proper warning protocols. How do I request blocks properly in the future? Thanks Washburnmav (talk) 22:21, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If someone continues disruptive edits even after final warning, file a report at WP:AIV - Adolphus79 (talk) 22:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adolphus is correct here, WP:AIV is a good way to get many administrator eyes on one particular vandal. For this particular IP however, he hasn't edited in over half an hour and as far as IPs go that's what we would call "stale". They need to be active at the time ( I usually say within the last 20 minutes, but it's up to each admin's personal judgment ). Did you get Twinkle sorted yet? The "ARV" system is a really easy way to report vandals to AIV. –xenocidic (talk) 22:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok Thanks good to know. No I've hit a dead end with QUI and with twinkle.Washburnmav (talk) 02:49, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:WP:HAU

I've resigned from the Project because I'll be busy editing at other Wikis as well as Wikipedia (Including Wikisource). Kathleen.wright5 01:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AWB and the Mac

I was just informed by Lightmouse that my application is futile, since the bot won't run on my Macintosh computer. I've never used the Windows-emulation function (I've heard it exists, but that it's not ideal). Sounds like a lot of fusss. If this information is correct, I do object to the absence of information about this the page; if it's wrong, please revert my edit there. TONY (talk) 02:35, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, sorry: thanks. I'll withdraw my application again. When is it happening for the Mac? TONY (talk) 02:41, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When Mono/WINE get themselves sorted out.. As an aside, im sure (like 99% sure) there was someone with a mac, running it fine.. Cant remember who or how —Ree dy 09:41, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: le barnstar!

Thankyou!! =D

—Ree dy 09:40, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

O.o

500-1000 edits are requested for a tool is "no more momentous than installing Twinkle"? Is this the norm at RfR? (And sorry if I come off a bit abrupt.) —Giggy 11:21, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The norm (AFAIK) is that it's not given to brand new accounts with no history of vandal fighting... The suggested edit count was to ensure he didnt go revert 5 vandalisms and re-apply. (and abrupt reply for an abrupt question! ;>) –xenocidic (talk) 12:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shrug. I'd be giving it to anyone who could find the page; removal is trivially easy. But that's just me. —Giggy 03:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

shrug, I'd prefer not to let loose dozens of revert-happy huggle warriors who don't know what they're doing and might use it to revert good faith edits. and having a rollback removal is far more damaging to someone's reputation than having an RFR denial. –xenocidic (talk) 11:28, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Joel Kass

Need your help again, this time on this composer here, where I've stumbled into another long-going edit-war. After getting involved into a revert war with several Users, IP's and possibly some sock-puppets I've listed the article at WP:RFPP for full-protection. The request took some time to be handled, and in the meantime I've checked the talk page (where reverting and edit-warring is seemingly also rather the way to go...) I decided that I should actually nominate the article for deletion as HOAX.

Copied from article talk page (from myself): On my request, this article has been protected due to heavy edit-warring. (Of course in the wrong version, but I don't care). But this discussions here and some googling (Zero hits for "Nacht Der Tanz" outside WP, Opus 114 is from Brahms, opus 711 doesn't exist...), the fact that Nacht Der Tanz isn't proper german (should say "Nacht des Tanzes" or "Der Tanz der Nacht" or similar) and the fact that the subject probably doesn't even know german makes me think that the accusation of this being a hoax might be true. Also, there are way to many sock-puppets involved in these discussions.

Unfortunatelly, the article has now been protected in the meantime. Can you open up an Rfd debate for me please? --PaterMcFly (talk) 14:17, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like someone beat you to it. It would be best if you made your arguments at the existing AFD. –xenocidic (talk) 14:24, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, just saw it. The afd wasn't linked from the page (due to the lock) and he also forgot to list it in todays deletion log, therefore, I didn't find it. Thanks anyway. --PaterMcFly (talk) 14:33, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

<--If the things on the talkpage are true (hoax, Zionist/anti-Palestinian claims), that AFD/article are both gonna get really messy with socks/ANI/DRV...just a fair warning to avoid it if you don't want to get too ridiculously involved. That article has been here over 3 years, I believe it was or is a GA. My money's on ANI first...Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 14:40, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you're talking to me, "my work here is done" ! LOL. –xenocidic (talk) 14:41, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, oh... Why do I always stumble into these? O-o I'm not yet so very used to all the english wp terms you're referring to now (my "home" is the german WP). ANI is the Administrator Noticeboard- Ok can happen, but what are DRV and GA? WP:GA does certainly not apply on this one... (well, maybe because it's a good hoax?) --PaterMcFly (talk) 14:56, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DRV is "deletion review" (keeper thinks the socks will appeal the deletion if successful). he also thinks this araticle was/or used to be a good article. –xenocidic (talk) 15:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I know this procedure: Afd Request->Article deleted->Further Discussion on deleting admin's talk page->Deletion review. If that still fails one can recreate a C&P-Version of the article->Speedy->Deletion review->Sockpuppetry etc... Not so very funny for the admins involved ;-) --PaterMcFly (talk) 20:14, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your summary is spot on PaterMcFly, (and therefore, funny :-) Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 20:16, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Thanks

Hi there,

Approving your ACC request wasn't a problem :). Also, no problem regarding those comments, I was starting to learn about it, and found out that you're not supposed to vote like you said, but leave comments in favour/opposition, to state a reason why. Also, I've had worse comments from people, though they were a little puzzled by calling me an administrator! :D

Have a great day,

The Helpful One ^(Review) 14:24, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can get admin if you want, as you are an admin here. There are no "set in stone rules" for becoming an admin on the ACC tool - but I would probably get used to the user part of the interface for a while before requesting for admin. When you want admin, just ask me, or any of the other admins on the ACC tool, or join #wikipedia-en-accounts on irc.freenode.net (if you use IRC). The Helpful One ^(Review) 14:35, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

What are you feelings about me being eligible for rollback? I think my contribs show a good understanding of what vandalism is and a strong commitment to reverting it. Washburnmav (talk) 19:00, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I saw your request at RFR... It's probably still a little early, you've less than 500 edits. Most admins look for at least a week or two of solid vandal fighting; that being said, it's going to be tough if you can't sort out your Twinkle issue because you'll have to do manual undo vandal fighting. Do you have javascript disable or something? Try posting for help at WT:TW. –xenocidic (talk) 19:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA

Hi there. I responded to your question at my RFA located here. Thanks, D.M.N. (talk) 21:19, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

k, thanks for letting me know. –xenocidic (talk) 22:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do like to contribute at ANI even if it's a short comment just to help in a discussion. It's not that my ANI contributions are bad, it's that one or two topics I took to ANI which was unnecessary. D.M.N. (talk) 18:33, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template substitution

What exactly do you do to get AWB to substitute the templates? I can't figure it out. Thanks for the help, « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 00:09, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You just enable find & replace and paste the templates you want substituted into the Template substitution box each on a new line. –xenocidic (talk) 00:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I got that. Next? « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 00:27, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then you just build the list, start it, and it should work... It doesn't automatically recognize a template's redirects, or if they person typed Template: or not. (Most people don't so, I just put it without the "Template:". –xenocidic (talk) 00:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What I don't understand is that the AWB page says "This page contains templates that AWB will automatically substitute on user talk pages.". But having to paste all those templates in the box and correct for such things as Template: or no template and the redirects doesn't seem very automatic to me. Maybe I'm doing things the hard way, so I'm going to ask Reedy to chime in here. –xenocidic (talk) 00:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK. How exactly do you "build the list?" « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 00:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"what transcludes page" and paste the templates into the field separated by p|pes. don't bother trying now though, addbot got most of them, and then xenobot got whatever stragglers were left over. you'll only find about 6 or 7 and those are in archives and such. –xenocidic (talk) 00:37, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh. Its loads easier than that for the user talk ones. Cant remember off the top of my head, as i've only just got up. I'll get something to eat and then check the instructions, and post them here/on the user manual for you! —Ree dy 08:19, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Make a list of user talk pages, make sure general fixes are enabled, and on the first run through, it will load the templates to be subsituted, and take it from there. The Find and Replace Template Substitution is just for other ones you might want to do (but you dont need this). Hope this helps! —Ree dy 09:04, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wow, so I was definitely doing it the hard way. thanks for clearing that up. –xenocidic (talk) 11:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, no worries. Just needs adding to the manual (need to remember to do it) —Ree dy 14:15, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can try and fix that up. Would it be possible to add what was substed to the edit summary the way other find&replaces do? –xenocidic (talk) 14:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also could you add a "skip if no template substituted" option to "general fixes skip options"? That would be great. –xenocidic (talk) 14:46, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing the manual. Lets see about the other stuff... Edit summary and skip if no templates subst'd... Both should be possible, will have a look when i come back —Ree dy 18:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I'll try and help with the manual wherever I can. –xenocidic (talk) 18:21, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As a thought, seeing as that substiution is a general fix, it should skip on the skip if only general fixes changed, tbh. —Ree dy 18:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

True, but the reason I asked is because I want to be able to avoid making only minor (insignificant) general fixes if it doesn't find/recognize a template to subst. –xenocidic (talk) 18:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But the chances are, IHMO, you'd just be processing just user talk... It doesnt apply other general fixes to user talk pages. —Ree dy 19:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. Thanks for clearing that up for me. –xenocidic (talk) 19:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, you are right i think. We want to skip IF no user talk templates are subst'd, tying it in with the "skip if only general fixes changed", would mean, that if only they were subst'd it would change. rev 3079/rev 3080 - Added an option on the "Skip Options" form. lolz... I'll look into the edit summary bit later! —Ree dy 20:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, good point! See you had me all confused there =) I'll grab the new SVN and test it out. –xenocidic (talk) 21:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just uploading a snapshot of 3080 now. Seems to work fine —Ree dy 21:28, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Hopefully the task gets approved for my bot and I can put it into production. –xenocidic (talk) 21:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

=). Just thinking over it again.. Dya think its worth having the option to skip if only general fixes in aswell for user talk substing..? It would make sense (i think), as the user could turn it off, but if were doing other user page work... —Ree dy 21:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I follow? –xenocidic (talk) 22:02, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. I think im talking crap. I'll just leave it how it is now - the user can tell the program to skip if no templates have been substituted by the general fixes. —Ree dy 22:10, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll probably understand what you mean when I load 'er up and get some work done with the new option. Of course if a kindly BAG member were to review my bot's completed trial... <nudge> ;> –xenocidic (talk) 22:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

They messed up the system but I looked back and and assumed that if they didn't have anything productive to put towards it, why would they say it in the first place. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate

...is now fully WP:HAU compatible; it had some issues with it before, mainly self-centered ones because I didn't expect someone to go advertising it with a bot. :-P Anyway, I have made some changes to it to improve the usage and accessibility, and while I think it's fully tested, please let me know if you notice anyone having problems with it. Since your bot sent out the message, they may come to you first, regardless of who made the template. Good work on all that, to you and all others involved! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! I've been sending people to it for some time now, but yea, first time it's been mentioned in a P.S.A. =) –xenocidic (talk) 11:10, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image question

Hi. Is it "done" to put a category on an empty image page, when the image is hosted at commons? This is out of my usual neighborhood, but a user placed a copyright tag on Image:Nixon greets POW McCain.jpg, so I've been investigating that. The image was deleted on Wikipedia in October of 2006. I thought it had been re-uploaded, but, no, it only looks like it's here because somebody has added a category. This may be fine and dandy, but as I do practically nothing with images (aside from what I've been learning at WP:CP, I don't know. The image is already in that category on commons, but for all I know the duplication may be necessary to make it list here. And if you don't know, I'll ask elsewhere, but I thought I'd give it a shot. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:46, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. I've no idea =) –xenocidic (talk) 12:31, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So I feared, but you never know who is going to be the keeper of what piece of esoteric knowledge. :D I'll look around to figure out who else to ask. (As an aside, it looks like Commons has more of a backlog on deletions than we do! That image has been listed since May 11. :O) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:43, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the subst

Thanks to substituting the template at User talk:Vetoeyou. I knew I was supposed to do that, I just forgot. Kingdon (talk) 16:14, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

no worries! –xenocidic (talk) 16:39, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article Deletion

A few weeks back, Orangemike deleted Plymouth Rock Studios on the account that it was unnotable. I disagreed with him and asked him to take a second look at his decision and he never responded. I think that it is notable because of the fact that it is the only company building a movie and television studio east of the Mississippi. It also exists today and is known locally. Basically I want to revive the article with the wording on it so I don't have to make a whole new one. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:22, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userfied to User:Ktr101/Plymouth Rock Studios. If you can make it meet inclusion criteria, the previous article should probably be restored before you paste the "new version" due to multiple GFDL-significant contributors. –xenocidic (talk) 18:26, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle/QUI

Twinkle & QUI just randomly decided to start working today. Can you explain more in depth the difference between the undo tool and the rollback options twinkle provides? ThanksWashburnmav (talk) 19:08, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback will allow you to roll back all the consecutive edits by a particular edit. So say they vandalized by making 6 different edits, you could roll all of them back. there's three different rollbacks, "AGF" should be used whenever the editor may have been trying in a good-faith way to improve the article but "fails" (twinkle prompts for an edit summary), rollback "vandal" should only be used for blatant vandalism and doesn't bother asking you for an extra edit summary. rollback (just rollback) should be used for anything in between and a descriptive edit summary should be used. glad they're working now, it will be much easier to justify giving you rollback with some solid vandal fighting under your belt. –xenocidic (talk) 19:14, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RTV work

[11] You can go ahead with this task. Gimmetrow 23:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thank you

thank you for helping me 66.142.7.6 (talk) 02:32, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

no problem. you should consider creating an account if you truly desire to contribute to the encyclopedia. –xenocidic (talk) 02:33, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i thought i already have account? isnt that what lets me edit? 66.142.7.6 (talk) 02:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No...anyone can edit without creating an account. Click here to create an account. –xenocidic (talk) 02:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

so like this? I said wat wat (talk) 02:43, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes... –xenocidic (talk) 02:44, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thank you! will we be friends now? 02:45, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

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+thank you! will we be friends now? 02:45, 12 July 2008 (UTC)