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A bowl of strawberries for you!

I apologize for my silly error, and hope this bowl of strawberries will help to make amends. Thank you for your work reverting vandals, and sorry for confusing you with the original vandal. ~Adjwilley (talk) 04:12, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! No harm done. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 10:39, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A belated barnstar for you!

The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
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This award is presented to R'n'B, for successfully fixing 3057 links in the challenge of January 2012. Nick Number (talk) 14:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Categories for years in French sport(s)

Hi R'n'B: re the (empty) categories for years on French sport from 1997 to 2010, I have put them up for full discussion See eg Category:2000 in French sports. Hugo999 (talk) 09:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

re Circular Letter (religion)

I've fixed this redirect as indicated in the discussion. Mangoe (talk) 12:54, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Odd dab fix

This change, was not really correct. Don't know if a bot should be changing links to be directed to a dab page. What I believe the correct link to be is totally different. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:43, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The link was pointing to a dab page before the bot edited it; and in almost all cases, links to dab pages in a hatnote like this are intentional, so per WP:D#HOWTODAB the bot's edit would be correct. However, in this case, I think you're right that the link was wrong in the first place. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 18:58, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Surprising HotCat Change

Via your RussBot you undid this change:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anita_Lasker-Wallfisch&diff=prev&oldid=546085761

Can you point to any discussion that justifies your change ?

If not, then please undo your change and allow the category to reflect the cited sources. Thanks. Lklundin (talk) 08:52, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The reason for the edit is that Category:People from Breslau is a {{category redirect}}. Did you look at the category page before complaining? The bot did not make it a redirect; in fact, it has been a redirect ever since it was first created in 2007. The bot simply follows the redirect instructions. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 10:08, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I see now that you are simply implementing an existing policy. Could you help me with directions on where I can suggest a change of this policy? Thanks. Lklundin (talk) 12:52, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If you are just concerned with this particular category, you could propose to split it, using the template {{subst:cfs}} and following the instructions on WP:Categories for discussion. If you are looking for a broader change in categorization practice, I'd suggest discussing it on Wikipedia talk:Category names. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 18:01, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I have tried to follow the instructions and am now proposing a split. Lklundin (talk) 07:15, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Daily Disambig

Greetings, my friend. What's the prospectus on the Daily Disambig? It's been out for over a week now. Cheers! bd2412 T 12:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Toolserver is going through one of its periodic fits.  :-( There's no ETA on when things may get back to normal. It could be today, or it could be another week or two. Unfortunately, it is entirely out of my control (or anyone else's, as far as I can tell). --R'n'B (call me Russ) 12:41, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like everything is "normal" then. I don't suppose there's any way to generate those figures without going through the toolserver, is there? Cheers again! bd2412 T 12:50, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Probably not in any practical sense. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 13:39, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I worry immensely about the possibility that one day the toolserver will swallow itself up altogether. bd2412 T 14:15, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LOL...
By the way, I have made my first run through User:RussBot/Templates with links to disambiguation pages, skipping al templates about taxonomy (that give me problems) and some technical templates. Is an update possible? The Banner talk 12:58, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. It will take around 4 hours to finish, and I won't be around at the end, so I won't be able to delete the known false positives as I have done the last couple of times. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 13:06, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Tomorrow is good enough, we are not in a panic. The Banner talk 13:54, 29 March 2013 (UTC) But still I hope they have the Toolserver fixed before Christmas.[reply]

E.J. Wells

I think the E.J. Wells page should be removed or turned in to a redirect. The name is wrong per WP:INITS, and with only two people we don't really need a disambig page, the hatnote at E. J. Wells is sufficient. I would just do it but I'm not familiar with these things and I see you've been in there before. Please discuss at Talk:E.J. Wells.Kendall-K1 (talk) 17:33, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DAB

What does DAB mean, stand for, or indicate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taram (talk • contribs) 01:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • "DAB" is short for "disambiguation". Disambiguation is the process of resolving the ambiguity that arises from article titles that might refer to more than one topic in the encyclopedia. For example, "Mercury" might be a planet, a god, a car, or a metal, among other things. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 09:39, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you and thank you for being so kind about this answer. This was one of the questions I asked on my page, but you forgot to answer. "DAB" as acronym for "disambiguation" must be specific to Wikipedia and the special administrators at this particular site. That is, it is currently not listed in the first two pages that come up in a Google Chrome search. Thank you, again, RnB call me Russ.Taram 5 April 2013


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Question about Vandalism

RnB, call me Russ: I have one more question about a different page and set of pages that I hoped you could answer, especially as a decorated editor and administrator. At three other pages that I know of (one in which I was once quite involved), a user named who refers to herself/himself has spend time removing practically everything on the pages (including references) and then making outlandish claims about that which is left. In the last week s/he has gone to the pages frequently and after removing vast amounts of information from the page s/he then posts in correct and /or inaccurate statements describing the individual. Another person came along and re-edited the page that the so-called Wikipedia editor had ravaged. So, the page had accurate, bare-bone facts in the biography. This editor who is a concern came back almost immediately and removed all of that information and proceeded to say that there was nothing to say the individual is notable. The latest edit this so-called Wikipedia guru did was to remove a reference to a statement and remove the statement saying that it was not substantiated. When somebody returns information this character immediately returns to empty the page again. This so-called editor ravaged a page and then nominated the page for deletion after ravaging it. Another page had its contents deleted, but s/he has not gone so far as to recommend the page for deletion creating a talk page.

It seems to me that this so-called editor is acting inappropriately by constantly removing information (including citations) with the comment that there are no sources. It seems inappropriate to remove information and only then nominate the page for deletion because there is nothing there. It feels a little like stalking, but I doubt that is really happening.

What can I do about this knowledge rape by this so-called editor? Is there a way to protect a page so this person is prevented from constantly deleting information from it? Was it wrong to delete all the information and only then nominate a page for deletion? (Would returning the information to the page and then nominating it for deletion protect the page while it is discussed?)

Thank you, RnB, call me Russ TaramTaram (talk) 15:07, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Double Redirects

I work on the TF2 wiki, and we were trying to set up a bot to deal with double-redirects. The bot is written in python, and I would greatly appreciate either the double-redirect code, or some pointers as to how to right said code. Thanks! Jbzdarkid (talk) 18:55, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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