User talk:Bility

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Re. "{{DISPLAYTITLE}} can only change the style of the title; it can't add or remove characters" [1]

Weeeeeeelll...that's sort-of-true but...

I wouldn't bother mentioning this on Helpdesk, to new users, because it's a bit hack-ish but...have a look at Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything.

I just thought you might be interested :-) Apologies if you already know that stuff. Best,  Chzz  ►  17:28, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

I did know, but thanks for looking out! I agree it's a bit too high-level for the help desk. — Bility (talk) 19:35, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Archive script

Can your script archive to an archive based on the last date of comments? For instance, I use MiszaBot III to archive by year; some archive to year month (like Archive 2011 08, or Archive 2011 Aug). Or can you set it to prompt for the archive name? I've manually archived a few sections of my talk page because the {{unsigned}} template doesn't generate a date that the bot recognizes. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 23:43, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

That's a good question. There are problems with using a regex on the section text to find the date and there are problems trying to tie revisions in the edit history to a specific section. From a coding perspective, simply prompting for the archive you want to use would be easier, but it must be possible to do it automatically, since bots already have the capability. I'll look into it! — Bility (talk) 23:56, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

questions about editing

Hi, im kinda new to the editing side of wikipedia. First off, what do i need to know? which page or pages should i read first, before starting to edit?

And specifically, i am trying to place an edit request on the hogwarts page, which is protected. How would i go about doing that? (the section titled EDIT request -- Slytherin house values and Harry Potter himself -- September 13, 2011 on the hogwarts talk page is mine. Though i doubt that my request is actually registered by the system).

thanks for your help