Hey mate. I believe you wrote the code for Essjay's archiving bots (I could be wrong). If so, any chance you maybe resurrecting something similar as a MiszaBot? That bot was so so handy! :) Glen 10:38, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Gah, I've been observing the Essjay drama for a while and only just noticed that he (and his bots) quit. :'(
- I've already started rewriting the code (since it's so messy) to a newer version, but gave it up due to real-life burden a while ago. But since there'll be a need for it, I'll try to find some time to dig it up and set up under MiszaBot. Миша13 10:46, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, the news about Essjay sucks. Thanks in advance Glen 10:55, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
lol, this is exactly the same reason I'm here. – Steel 14:42, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Have patience - I'm working on it right now and making progress. :-D Damn, we have no BCM on this site... :-P Миша13 14:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay folks, it's set up. Now I just have to figure out the bot's other "clients", preferably without going through EB3's contribs or asking everyone... Миша13 23:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yayayay. Thanks Misza. – Steel 23:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks matey! Glen 08:00, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to have caused some breakage to section headings with this edit. Looks like a simple bug to me. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 21:12, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I noticed that too. I got caught by a tricky regex trap, but it should be fixed now. However, it will be more tricky to clean up the mess it did with that thread... Миша13 21:22, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the policy has changed. (Quote Proposed deletion is a process for deleting articles (and, under certain circumstances, user pages)). Agathoclea 22:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I notice you have a conveniently banner ad sized bit of userpage that you don't know what to do with :) Is it really for rent? If so, is it OK if I advertise stuff like maintenance collaborations and guidelines there? Thanks for your time – Qxz 19:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, yes it is. I used to have the motto there, but got disappointed. Then there was {{Special:Recentchanges/1}} trancluded for a while, but I got bored. Gurch promised to put something there, but left. So, I'm stuck with this piece of space and no ideas. Go ahead and edit User:Misza13/Global Header with regard to that space. If it's something interesting and I like it, I'll just adding something like "Ad by Qxz" and let it be. ;-) Миша13 19:13, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I've constructed a template in my userspace which randomly displays one of six banner-ad-shaped images that I've uploaded, some of which are animated. This template is already in use on my talk page and others; I'll add that to the header. I'm planning to add more over time – feedback on the ads themselves and suggestions for new ones would be most welcome. Thanks again – Qxz 00:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Misza,
I reverted your edit on MediaWiki:common.js because it was causing issues with firefox. See discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Please_enable_JavaScript. If you feel that this was a mistake on my part, feel free to revert me back. Normally I'd consult you first, but I felt it was necessary to act quickly. Thanks. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 21:29, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there, Misza13, I saw in an above thread that you were looking for EssjaybotIII's former "clients". Well, I'm one of them. :-) I don't know what you need me to do to get back to the archiving business, but anyway, here's one user you don't have to hunt down. Talk to you soon! Heimstern Läufer 23:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, I just saw your post to User:MiszaBot III. OK:
- OK, lemme know if there's anything else you need. Thanks! Heimstern Läufer 23:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Set. You sure about that 50K? It seems a bit low for me - the default I use is 250K, but as you wish... :) Миша13 23:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm one of EssjaybotIII's former clients too.
- Thanks a lot, Misza13. =) Nishkid64 01:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Will do as soon as I get back from work and get shell access to toolserv. Миша13 08:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ready. Миша13 17:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Hmm, I just noticed this. Can it do archives by number of headings in each, rather than size? At the moment I start a new archive when the current one has 50 sections in it, it'd be nice if a bot could do that. Thanks – Qxz 03:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- That's one thing on my to-do list, I'll let you know when it's ready. Миша13 08:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! What do you think of the ads? – Qxz 11:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- They're changing, useful & amazing - thanks! :) Миша13 12:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for stepping in to replace Essjay's Bots. There were two pages that his Bots used to archive at my request:
Would be very grateful if the appropriate MiszaBots could take over the archiving of those pages. Thanks, WjBscribe 15:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ready. Миша13 17:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi there! Could you find it in your heart to bot archive my talk pages, too? I was using Werdnabot, but it has been (temporarily?) decommissioned for reasons I have not been able to determine.
Thanks in advance. Jeffpw 14:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ready. Миша13 14:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Misza, there an error in Jeff's request above- his current archive is actually User talk:Jeffpw/Archive 5... WjBscribe 15:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. Миша13 15:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I noticed you deleted my user page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=User%3A2help , because it had not been active for a month. OK, I didn't realize that was a policy on Wikipedia. Did you even tag it for deletion previously?
In any case, I understand your good intentions. I had some useful links there however, any chance I could get them back or is the page lost for good? 2help 07:13, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- It's not that simple. You have the template {{test5i}} transcluded on your page. It adds your page to the Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages, which gets cleaned up periodically. But that assumes that the template was put on pages of users that were indefinitely blocked, which is not the case here. Since it is only me, who does the cleanup recently, before the next run I'll think of something so that it doesn't get deleted again. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Happy editing, Миша13 08:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- OK, that makes sense. Thanks for reposting the page. Let me know if there is anything I can do make your cleanup process easier. 2help 00:20, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi, I saw this discussion while here on Bot business. I've removed the Category: Temporary Wikipedian userpages from 2help's userpage. Given that he must use the shortcuts on the left and not copy and paste from the right, it doesn't seem to affect his use of warnings whether the cat is there or not (he just wants to see what they look like)... WjBscribe 15:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Heh, I should've checked the page's contents myself. Then I'd probably notice that a bot has substituted them already 3 months ago. Anyway, that means they're probably severely out of date now (with the help of the WP:UW project). Oh well... Миша13 15:35, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I left a message on his talkpage including a link to WP:UWT so he can find out about the shiny new warning system... WjBscribe 15:37, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Given that this Bot is unavailable for now- and at worse case scenario may have become ownerless, I think its important to draw people's attention to this and suggest your bot as an alternative. Otherwise Wikipedia may drown in its own talk (and boy do we all like to talk!). I was thinking of a post at WP:AN and on the Village Pump (I don't see any so far). Just wanted to check with you first as to whether you minded the possibly large inflow of requests you might get... WjBscribe 14:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I think I could quite easily process even 10s of requests as long as they follow instructions. Worse thing will be with cleaning up the talk pages from old code (if I'm not mistaken, WB used to maintain and update archive indexes - a feature MiszaBot doesn't have yet). Миша13 14:45, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, it did that if the "archivelist=" parameter was included, but it looks like most users of the template did not included it. So either people didn't want it, or didn't realise it could do that. Either way the function shouldn't be missed too much....
- If you're happy with the extra requests I'll post a couple of notes about Werdnabot and suggest your Bot as an alternative. Thanks, WjBscribe 14:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Misza - I request the User:MiszaBot III's services to archive my talkpage.
Cheers, Rama's arrow 15:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ready. I've actually set it to /Archive$Y-A in the special "dated" mode, which means it should switch by itself next year. It'll however have a hard time with big, year-old archives... :/ Миша13 15:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! As regards to the year, can you set it to switch to user talk:Rama's Arrow/Archive2007-B after June 30, 2007? Basically I'm trying to have 2 archives for each year. Lemme know if there's anything I can do to simplify the process. Thanks again, Rama's arrow 18:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, right now it only supports variables for the year and month of thread. For an example, see how my archives are organised. I don't think I'll be adding this particular feature (-A and -B), unless I implement some sort of formula parsing, so just bug me in summer whenever it's time to turn the counter. Миша13 18:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Aite cool! Thanks again! Rama's arrow 01:21, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations! I have flagged you as a bot! =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:35, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- LOL, not me but my bot, hopefully, but thanks! :) Миша13 18:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your bot has successfully archived my talk pages, for which I thank you. A wikifriend of mine asked me to set up Werdnabot on his talk page (this before we knew Werdna died). I set up archives for him, and am now making the bot request on his behalf. You can see his request to me here.
Thanks a lot for providing this help. Sincerely, Jeffpw 19:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Already requested at User:MiszaBot/Archive requests and ready. Миша13 19:13, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for taking over the archival of my talk page. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 19:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My thanks too, I think you deserve:
Is there a feature list somewhere? Like, will it create an {{archivebox}} automatically, or just add to one, etc? Thanx... — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 14:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- No, there is no feature list at the moment, because I expect it to evolve rapidly soon. So far it can put threads into archives and move on to next when they reach a certain size (in kilobytes). It lacks the automatic updating of an archive box yet, and that's gonna be one difficult feature to add. Миша13 14:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- OK, just checking. Apparently, I'm not the only one with the problem that I had EssjayBot doing it, so then went to Werdnabot which never even ran on mine. Anyway, what language is it in? I may be able to contribute a little. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 14:18, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WP:AIV Has filled up at an alarming rate, and is extremely backlogged. Can you please sort it out? Retiono Virginian 14:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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It works wonderfully! Ta! :) Gwen Gale 20:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For some reason your archive bot put the archive here: User talk:HighInBC/Archive $I, looks like it is reading a variable literally. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 02:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks like the same prob happened with all the archiving done at 02:35 [1]. WjBscribe 02:45, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I have blocked the bot for 24 hours, so it does not do it again on it's next run(I assume it runs at automatic intervals). Once you know what has gone wrong I will gladly unblock. Sorry about that, thank you for filling in with this much needed service. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 02:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oops indeed. I have rewritten the variable handling yesterday, uploaded the new code to toolserv, uploaded updated config for I and II, but forgot about III. :-P Anyway, since it's fixed and mess cleaned up, I'll unblock it myself, if you don't mind. And thanks for keeping an eye on it - it's still in rapid development stage and while I test it before running, errors such as this may still happen. Миша13 10:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you tell me where you think the sourcing of the Essjay article is lacking? I'm truly keen on knowing what you think :) Gwen Gale 12:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not suggesting any lackings. My sarcasm was rather refering to the fact that any articles on controversial, even-if-marginally-notable-outside-Wikipedia topics tend to have their references section blown out of proportion compared to the size of article, with nearly every sentence referenced. This of course is required so that noone can find a proper stick to kill the article with. And by the way, I really and without sarcasm would like people to concentrate on the 1,6M+ other articles we have, most of which are crap beyond imagination with regard to refernces. Миша13 13:00, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Aye, that's the pith. Gwen Gale 13:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey by the way I think this is spot on. Gwen Gale 14:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Misza13, thank you so much for taking my order. There seems to be a proble, though. The bot is archiving my messages to Archive03, not Archive3 as I'd requested. Is that how it work? Thanks a lot. Xiner (talk, email) 14:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- No, it's an error on my side. I must've just made an error when copy-pasting the configuration. Should be fixed now. Миша13 14:55, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Cool, I see it's working beautifully now. Thanks! Xiner (talk, email) 14:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you have written the article on Kosova then you have written lies!
I was deleting those lies and the things which had nothing to do with Kosova. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ulpian morina (talk • contribs) 15:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Kosova
If you have written the article on Kosova then you have written lies!
I was deleting those lies and the things which had nothing to do with Kosova.
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