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Regarding slakr:

Why did my page get deleted?
Please see Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? first.
I have no idea what you're talking about. What's vandalism?
If you received a warning from me and you're not logged in, you might have gotten an old warning I sent to someone who shares your IP address. On the other hand, if you've made recent edits and received a recent warning message from me and you genuinely believe that it's not vandalism, don't fret-- simply drop me a message below, because I could have simply made a silly mistake. :)

Regarding SineBot:

Why does SineBot keep signing stuff I've already signed?
All comments should have a signature that includes both a link to your user page (slakr) and a datestamp (05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)) (per signatures - internal links). This is most easily generated by placing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your contributions, which makes something like "slakr 05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)".[reply]

If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing.

If you're still having problems after trying that, post a message below. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem.
I don't want my comments signed by SineBot. How do I get it to ignore me or my talk page?
Please use one of the opt-out methods listed on its user page.
SineBot forgot to sign something it should have signed.
Usually this happens because the bot isn't sure if it really should sign something, so it defaults to not signing it (e.g., in cases of complex edits). It does this to avoid being annoying. Other times, a comment might be made when the bot is down for maintenance, so the bot simply never sees it.
SineBot signed something that it genuinely should not have signed.
Please let me know-- especially if you think it's not a one-time thing. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem.
Is SineBot's source code available?
Not currently.
I'm signing with four tildes (~~~~) but it's still saying I didn't!
You likely enabled raw signatures. Open your preferences, click the "User profile" tab, make sure that "Treat the above as wiki markup" is NOT checked, and click Save; it should be fixed. If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing.
Ideally, please post new messages at the bottom. If you can't find something you recently posted, I might have moved it down there or it could have been archived if you posted it over 7 days ago. Cheers :)

Slakr Rules!

=), your bot is great! yeaahhhhhhh i think that all the day is great day for anybody but sometime it's very danger for us, isn't it ?

Spreading some Wikilove

Dustihowe  Talk  has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

SineBot source code

Hello. Is source code of your bot available for download? I was asked to run a signing bot on another project, so it would be quite useful (there is no point in re-inventing the wheel:). Invisible Idiot (talk) 12:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I think you missed my question (excluding my nick it was serious). Invisible Idiot (talk) 12:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, yes, I think this was the issue. Hello :) Actually, I also spotted your bot in action and would be extremely happy to make it possible for it to work on plwiki, which is my home project (as well as the Invisible Idiont's, who's known as Beau on plwiki). Cheers. Wpedzich (talk) 10:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well... If you didn't want to share it with us you should have written it. The worst kind of refusal is deferment... Invisible Idiot (talk) 15:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
*breaks cheerful and lighthearted demeanor for a moment*
First and foremost, deferment isn't the worst kind of refusal— refusal is. I would have just said "no" if I never intended on releasing it, but as you'll see from my talk page archives, I actually was planning on doing it at some point in the future.
Another idea: you might consider living life from another person's perspective and attempt to understand possible motives for certain actions he or she may take. With enough experience in coding, you quickly realize that very unskilled, unimaginative, and otherwise selfish people are more than happy to run off with your code and claim it as their own work— sometimes for a profit— while you sit there in stupor wondering wtf just happened, all the while every last drop of your generative drive is sucked away, leaving you feeling unmotivated, alone, and betrayed.
As a result, I'm slightly less than eager to wantonly release code on-demand any more— particularly if I've started a project with internal motivation and have put a decent amount of work into it to fix the many bugs/issues people have brought up. Of course, it doesn't really help that there are sites out there that, at the same time as running Mediawiki, indirectly and/or directly blast the very people who help maintain it, either. It also doesn't help that people come along and say that I shouldn't have even written something at all if I'm not going to by-default let everyone and their mother use it for whatever purpose they want and/or proceed to repeatedly post to my talk page in an effort to get their way.
*returns to cheerful and lighthearted demeanor*
So, who's up for some strawberries? --slakr\ talk / 17:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Thanks for your response. If you don't want to publish it now, no one is going to make you (esp. when your bot is doing great job:-). I will have to start from scratch, however I think your changelog and user complaints on your talk page will be quite useful. Cheers. Invisible Idiot (talk) 21:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SineBot Mistake?

Hi, Slakr. I noticed at the end of user talk:Tom Butler when I was commenting earlier today that user:Martinphi added a comment [1], then went back and added an extra link within that comment [2], which SineBot then signed [3]. If it is relevant, Martinphi and I were editing that section at the same time, and had an edit conflict, so my posting occurred between his comment and addition. It seems to me that SineBot didn't need to sign this, and the final product (at the end of Martinphi's first post in the section) looks a little odd to me. I just thought you'd like to know in case this indicates a problem with your Bot. Best, Jay*Jay (talk) 13:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a quick follow up - is this an actual bug, or have I misinterpreted, or ...? Jay*Jay (talk) 13:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's kinda sorta a bug. It's mainly more of a limitation. There was an intermediate edit, so the bot didn't assume the person was editing their own post (i.e., it didn't see a signature within the diff). I'm in the process of writing a parser for wiki headers and text block detecting so as to reduce its dependency on the limited scope of diffs, but I've been fairly busy with several projects :\. --slakr\ talk / 17:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling of "Tuli Kupferberg.:

Hi Kurt, 

I'm glad you finally stopped changing my edit of the spelling of Tuli's name. You made me work hard to add that little bit of knowledge.  I wonder why you didn't check your Fugs CDs,LPs or do a Google Search before you acted. When his name appeared in red instead of blue you should have realized it wasn't linking to a page and something was wrong. Well, we all make mistakes,and we learn from them if we are wise.

Yrs, Thelma (Lightning49)

Replied on your talk page. --slakr\ talk / 17:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IronAngelAlice 3RR violation

I'm sorry, Slakr, I was apparently unclear in my description of IronAngelAlice's 3RR violation.

Please see: [4]

Regards, NCdave (talk) 19:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have prepared a revised entry for Richard Mohr, RCA Recording Producer and would like to submit it. You are listed as having removed my previous entry with the reason being “Blatant Copyright Infringement.” Are you referring to the Copyright for www.richardmohr.com  ? I am the author of that web site and hold the copyright. Richard Mohr was the American counterpart of Decca Records, JOHN CULSHAW, (who is already correctly listed in Wikipedia) and he most definitely deserves inclusion.(His 1975 Grammy Award is on Wikipedia). I am a lifelong friend of the late Mr. Mohr and heir to his estate. I would be very grateful for your comments. Thank you for your reconsideration. Peter Bonelli pfbonelli@aol.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peteratwik (talk • contribs) 21:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Mohr, RCA Recording Producer

I have prepared a revised entry for Richard Mohr, RCA Recording Producer and would like to submit it. You are listed as having removed my previous entry with the reason being “Blatant Copyright Infringement.” Are you referring to the Copyright for www.richardmohr.com  ? I am the author of that web site and hold the copyright. Richard Mohr was the American counterpart of Decca Records, JOHN CULSHAW, (who is already correctly listed in Wikipedia) and he most definitely deserves inclusion.(His 1975 Grammy Award is on Wikipedia). I am a lifelong friend of the late Mr. Mohr and heir to his estate. I would be very grateful for your comments. Thank you for your reconsideration. Peter Bonelli pfbonelli@aol.com. Peteratwik (talk) 21:14, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Check out our copyright policy. Basically you need to be in a position of being able to license the text under the GNU Free Documentation License. --slakr\ talk / 01:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of The Scientology Handbook

An article that you have been involved in editing, The Scientology Handbook, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Scientology Handbook. Thank you. Coffeepusher (talk) 00:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, I was like "wtf? I never edited that article," and then I realized that I removed a backlink. :P Cheers :P --slakr\ talk / 01:30, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hybrid Rudiments Page Should Be Re-Posted

The general rudimental drumminnng public defines a hybrid rudiment as any rudiment, thatis a combonation of two or more of the 40 original PAS International Rudiments. There are unlimited possibilities for these Hybrids, and a source can not be attributed for a rudiment that is thought up or innvented by a WIki user. This page allows users to use new combonations of rudiments in their composition, and should be re uploaded because it is a great resource for writers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.182.192.244 (talk) 04:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Xilovesushix

could you watch this user for me? I need to get some sleep(not that I really want to), and If your already sleeping....well guess whoever sees this could do the job. Good night, and see your edits tomorrow--Pewwer42  Talk  08:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:217.44.56.101

you put a block on this user a couple days ago which now seems to have ended. the very first edit he did after that was to remove the sockpuppet warnings on User:Tvarkytojas who has been massively disruptive as a POV-pushing category-shifter both in the lithuanian and church denomination areas. when Tvarkytojas began a few days ago, he made hundreds of edits in a very short space of time (often four or five a minute) suggesting to me that his damage is automated. Don't know. I posted something on the administartors incident noteboard, and it hasn't been responded to. in any case, something nasty is afoot. Tb (talk) 15:27, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:D

haha nice pic ElisaEXPLOSiONtalk. 17:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re Richard Mohr - I do not understand what you are talking about. None of the copy in my entry is quoted verbatim from the web site (which site, in any event, I authored). The facts of his career are the same whether I write them or someone else does. I am sure there are thousands of entries in Wikipedia that contain facts that dudplicate facts published in other forms. It is sounding to me that you are just arbtrarily bouncing this entry. Can you tell me what resources I have (at Wikipedia) to question your interpretation of this situation? TYhank you for the courtesy of a reply. P Bonelli. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peteratwik (talk • contribs) 21:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Read the links I provided. When text is verbatim from a website that has a copyright notice on it, we cannot accept it without the copyright holder explicitly stating that they are licensing it with a license compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License, which essentially means that it needs to be 100% free for any use and that it's okay for others to modify it limitlessly. We don't care if the facts are duplicated— we only care how the facts are duplicated. It's kind of like in opera: nobody cares about copyright if someone sings some random notes; however, they do care if the same string of notes is sung in the same order with the same rhythm as is found in opera 'x'. So, if you're willing to let us use your copyrighted work, please follow the directions at how to let us do so. --slakr\ talk / 21:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I noticed you registered another account. Please be sure to familiarize yourself with our sockpuppetry guidelines. --slakr\ talk / 21:44, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Mohr

I think I am starting to get the hang of this process. First of all let me quickly say that I submitted a new account because for some reason I was not able to get onto my original account. Please know that I have no intention of abusing the "sockpuppetry" guidlines and will cancel out one of the accounts at once. Secondly I have redone the entry, carefully trying not to repeat the copy from my web site verbatim. There are of course duplicate Names, Dates and Events. So perhaps now I do not have to deal with the GNU Free Doc statement, although that would be easy enough to include on the site if necessary. Can you advise me if I should resubmit the revised entry the usual way or is there another procedure I should follow. Thank you for your patience and I apologize for my blatant unfamiliarity with the correct procedure at Wikipedia. Thanks. Peteratwik (talk) 22:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet! :) You should be able to edit the article normally, since it was only deleted under criteria for speedy deletion guidelines. The main things I'd make sure to watch out for are pretty simple to avoid:
Ideally, also include verifiable, reliable secondary sources to verify the article, including those that are not your site (otherwise someone might assume you're trying to promote your site). Hope that helps, and cheers =) --slakr\ talk / 03:37, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and I'll leave a welcome note on your talk page in a second to help you find your way around wikipedia should you decide to stay and help out. =) --slakr\ talk / 03:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Too fast

For me: ""Sjfla;lje998098098 f;lsejkfs (talk • contribs) is already blocked (block log • unblock) . To change the block expiry and/or block reason, you must first unblock the user."" :)Pedro :  Chat  11:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:P --slakr\ talk / 11:28, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Genesis vandal

Yeah, that part doesn't com up until the New Testament, I guess. :D Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 16:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dallas

I don't understand on your page when you say:


  • I'm from hell Dallas, Texas.


What exactly do you mean? Basketball110 what famous people say 00:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's a joke. The <s> tag creates a strikeout similar to what you'd find while editing a paper or proofreading. Essentially, the joke is that I originally typed "hell," but instead of deleting it by backspacing (as once can do on a computer), I instead used the strikeout tag for comedic effect (because, of course, the reader can't see what you have previously backspaced away) in order to indicate that I think that Dallas is hell. Though, it's actually not quite so bad as the worst of hell— it's more like the first circle of hell. ;D --slakr\ talk / 00:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you...

Template:The GO-PCHS-NJROTC Antivandal Barnstar GO-PCHS-NJROTC (talk) 00:16, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Here's a barnstar for improving Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia! The Helpful One (Review) 22:02, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:DFW

Did you know that the Dallas-Fort Worth WikiProject is believed to be inactive? Basketball110 what famous people say ♣ 17:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and I signed up there in case anyone needed admin-y things. I'll try to do more of the non-admin-y things (like help fix up some of the articles/make the portal better) when I remember/have time/feel like it. :P Keep me updated, though. Cheers =) --slakr\ talk / 09:48, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your Bot Signed An Unsigned Comment With An Unsigned Template Attached

Behold: [5]. :P -WarthogDemon 06:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was because you added it in its entirety, so it thought you were trying to be deceptive and sign as someone else, even though you were simply reverting the removal of the edit. --slakr\ talk / 09:47, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock

Hey, a user has asked for an unblock, regarding an OP block you did. User talk:Redboy442, regarding User talk:222.127.228.6. I scanned it, and, nothing obvious jumps out at me, but, I stuck to well-known ports. Either way, I generally prefer to block OP's AO ACB, when other users may get caught up in it. I was wondering, if you could re-examine this IP, and, the unblock request I noted above? Thanks, SQLQuery me! 12:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply] 

(root@stewie:pts/4) /home/koder # nmap -sS 222.127.228.6

Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on  (222.127.228.6):
(The 1597 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port       State       Service
22/tcp     open        ssh
23/tcp     open        telnet
80/tcp     open        http
8082/tcp   open        blackice-alerts

Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 8 seconds

(root@stewie:pts/4) /home/koder #
Port 80, while it looks like a normal httpd process, is actually an open proxy. Try it out yourself. I'm also not too sure about that particular user's recent contributions, considering the only thing he has added recently was a questionable link, while the proxy has been used for extensive vandalism. --slakr\ talk / 23:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oooo, and it looks like it round-robins its outbound IPs... I'll block this one too. --222.127.228.5 (talk) 23:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Roger that, Odd that I didn't catch the port 80 one. Thanks, for checking it out! Great work! :) SQLQuery me! 05:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

peter faulk

but peter faulk IS a legend! why was that deleted?

Cammieshawaaaaaaaaa (talk) 03:40, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Linux article

Linux and BSD are the SAME THING!!!!! Two names for the same exact thing. and by the way... its nto original resertch if i got the idea from a nother website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpolster2005 (talk • contribs) 03:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

replied on your talk page. --slakr\ talk / 03:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

linux article

Linux and unix are esentially the same thing. they are both using the same commands, applications are cross compatible etc..... Mach and BSD are also like linux. therefore u can say the mac os is based on linux. i have a mac mini here at home as one of my computers. I have seen the linux command line and have use it. i have been on websites which tell me mac os x is based on linux. linux is a free version of unix. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpolster2005 (talk • contribs) 06:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, they don't all have the same commands, and the cross-compatibility is only native to the BSD-side. On FreeBSD, for example, you can run Linux binaries, but on Linux you can't necessarily run FreeBSD binaries. Moreover, Linux is a kernel, whereas FreeBSD is a true operating system. FreeBSD is developed totally differently than, and independent from, Linux. A great example of this is the unified 'ports' collection versus the hodgepodge of rpms scattered across the internet and maintained in various forms by the various distributions of linux, each of which isn't necessarily compatible with each other.
Personal opinion-wise, FreeBSD, for example, kicks Linux's ass, so thank god FreeBSD isn't based on Linux. :P
Of course, that's personal opinion, and we're trying to build an encyclopedia; so, factually-speaking, they are fundamentally different and have very different histories. More importantly, it is factually incorrect to say that FreeBSD is based on Linux or that Mac OS X is based on Linux. The sources are there to prove that your assertion is not true. It's not a matter of opinion— it's a matter of historical record. Just because they look the same and use the similar builds of GNU utilities doesn't mean they are in any way similar in their inner workings. --slakr\ talk / 07:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User: 195.112.35.146

I noticed that you'd recently left a message on this user's talk page relating to vandalism to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I just wanted to let you know that this user has also been vandalising the page for Racing game. I've cleaned up the page, but felt taht I should let you know that he doesn't seem to have stopped. Many thanks Gazimoff (talk) 15:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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