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Inactive admin email

Could you run a opt-out query against the expanded opt-out criteria people asked for? (I suspect the list won't change, but just to make sure). {{bots|optout=email}}, {{bots|deny=InactivityEmailBot}}, {{nobots}} Gigs (talk) 14:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, no bot has ever emailed before; so I doubt anyone would be using "bots|optout=email". Moreoever, no one would be using bots|deny=InactivityEmailBot as it is a brand new bot. Even if they did deny InactivityEmailBot ... by virtue of them making that edit they probably wouldn't be in the net for the email... –xeno^talk 15:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just trying to satisfy Josh Parris. So what's the next step? How do I get the bot flag on that account? Gigs (talk) 15:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Commented there. –xeno^talk 15:49, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tom's Gear

How is that wrong? They are the same thing, it would be like changing [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] to [[Tampa Bay Rays|Tampa Bay Devil Rays]]. Fixing links is not wrong (talk) 15:04, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tom's Games is a separate website from Tom's Hardware. Perhaps one day it will have its own article. You also fixed Metal Sonic to a piped hashed link. You've been warned. I will assume good faith in that you were preparing this edit before you saw my message, but the next time you fail to adhere to the WP:R2D guideline, you will be blocked. –xeno^talk 15:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think blocking may be a little harsh, how many times he done it? Maybe if after ten or so warnings something may happen but blocking? Maybe it's the lack of other options for 'disipline' (I don't knwo what I'td be called, or infact whether you really can abbreviate it would) and I'm guessing he would never be indefinately blocked for doing it over and over and over and over ect. Would he? (so many questions) 'The Ninjalemming'' 20:14, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help...again

I previously asked you for advice here regarding an editor who was adding the category "Australian Muslim" to a large amount of articles. I went through the articles one by one and read them all, removing the category from the pages where there was no reference content to support the category. It was tedious. I also left a talk page messge for the IP explaining why I was doing so. Today the user appears to have returned, this time as User:121.91.194.42 and has restored the category to some of the pages (w/o adding a source) and has tagged 116 articles with various descent categories based on the person's surname. Very few of these are referenced....Do I really need to read through each article again to ensure that the category is sourced? Or can the edits be rolled back and the user advised to only restore them to articles supported by sourced content? Adding the descent categories are the author's only edits and were all done within a couple of hours. Jezebel'sPonyo^shhh 15:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Give them a sterner message about sourcing being required for such things and use the below script to change the rollback summary to something more descriptive and then you can use rollback to revert the edits. –xeno^talk 15:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/rollbackSummary.js'); // allows tweaking of rollback edit summary

I'm hesitant to use a mass rollback - I think I'll just 'undo' them all individually. I just wanted to make sure it was ok not to have to read through each and every article in order to remove the category. I'll reiterate to the IP that they can restore the category to any article that meets WP:BLPCAT. Thanks for you help again - I'll pick on someone else next time :) Cheers, Jezebel'sPonyo^shhh 16:01, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries... –xeno^talk 16:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A belated thank-you

... for doing the job listed in this bot-request last month.

I don't follow WP:BOTREQ closely, and forgot to monitor progress of the request. Your bot helped resolve a problem which would otherwise have remained messily unfixed. Thank you! --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem - happy to help. Cheers, –xeno^talk 16:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stubs

Yes, the more I've thought about it, the more compelling arguements I have for not doing it! I'll revert this - it was more an experiment to see how good/bad the categories were being used. I'm going to do an all-encompasing bot-request for the film genres. Lugnuts (talk) 18:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If someone doesn't pick it up in a week, ping me and I will file a BRFA for it. The main issue I see is that sometimes the stub templates used aren't exact accurate. For example 52 Pick-Up is listed as an "action-thriller" but it uses the drama-stub template. So we would be adding "1980s drama films" when the article says its an action-thriller... Food for thought. –xeno^talk 18:12, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers! Ahhh, human error. Where's HAL9000 when you need him? Lugnuts (talk) 18:32, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

G7

Why isn't G7 applicable on Owen Toon? Who has added substantial content to the article besides myself? -Atmoz (talk) 19:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose you're right, you were the only substantial contributor. But another admin already declined the G7 so it would be wheel warring to fulfill it at this point. Please take it up with DGG (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA). –xeno^talk 19:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So some admin comes along with his own agenda, wrongfully declines my speedy request, so then I can't have an article I wrote deleted? What bullshit. -Atmoz (talk) 20:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest keeping this at ANI, because I'm getting confused. :-) -Atmoz (talk) 20:01, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. –xeno^talk 20:01, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]