User talk:slakr

slakr's life is currently frolicking with chaos, so his activity and response times to queries will be highly variable.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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.

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Question about SignBot

SignBot doesn't seem to be adding {{Unsigned}} when I forget to sign my comments on Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser. Is there something about that page that keeps SignBot from editing it? Or, is there something that could be done to get SignBot to edit it? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It skips non-whitelisted template additions to be safe (e.g., someone adding talk-page notices or something else complex). In this instance, {{ping}} was part of the comment. --slakr^\ talk / 23:41, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So should {{ping}} be added to the whitelist, since people will want to sign a post when adding it? Thanks! 03:48, 11 February 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoingBatty (talk • contribs)

Glad it works here! :-) GoingBatty (talk) 03:53, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page

Hey Slakr, Thanks for all the work u do!

Hi I was wondering if I could continue putting up comics that I have made on my talk page Ben drowned xxx (talk) 12:44, 8 February 2015 (UTC)Ben drowned xxx[reply]

@Ben drowned xxx: Please see what Wikipedia is not as well as our user page guidelines (e.g., things you should avoid putting on your user and user-talk pages). --slakr^\ talk / 08:44, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SignBot for Wikidata

Thought I should point you toward this. Would be great if you could pop over and comment, perhaps you could run the bot for Wikidata also? Cheers. ·addshore· ^{talk to me!} 17:46, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there ...

Hi Slakr, since you seem to be in and out, and may not have seen this ping, could you take a look at this request I made of you: [1]? Thanks. Softlavender (talk) 12:33, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SineBot on other-language wikis?

Hi Slakr, do you think SineBot could be easily adapted to run on other-language wikis? Tropcho (talk) 21:00, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I want to run Sinebot myself, one place one time

If I find an unsigned comment, I'd like to fix that before replying to it, so ppl know what's going on (I'm not replying to myself!). If Sinebot didn't take care of it automatically, how can I ask it pretty please to do so now, just for this one comment? It's really tedious to do a good job of this manually myself.

I'd have thought others would have asked this before, but it's not in the FAQ. --A D Monroe III (talk) 18:47, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) @A D Monroe III: You might be interested in User:Anomie/unsignedhelper to help with adding {{unsigned}}. GoingBatty (talk) 21:22, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning. Last year I updated a Wikipedia entry that someone created about our company because it was incorrect. However, the changes I made to the page were subsequetnly deleted. However I don't know why they were deleted. I want to create a new page for our company and would welcome your feedback as to what was wrong with my last entry. The company name is ClearView Wealth Limited. I modelled the entry on a similar company in Australia, AMP Limited, so I am not sure why my entry was not suitable. Thank you for your help. 124.47.134.54 (talk) 01:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Slakr, I'm not sure if you got my earlier request as I forgot to sign in. My question is about a company page I edited last year for ClearView Wealth Limited. Someone created a page for our company but it was not correct. So I updated it using as reference another similar Wiki entry for AMP Limited (a company which is much like ClearView). But you deleted the whole ClearView entry and I'm not sure why it was not acceptable. I would like to create a company page again and just want to be sure what I can and can't do. Thanks for your help. Maplepond (talk) 01:40, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]