User talk:slakr

slakr's life is currently frolicking with chaos, so his activity and response times to queries will be highly variable.
Leave a message and he will respond whenever he gets a chance— that is, assuming he gets a chance. Cheers =)
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Ideally, please use this link to 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 If you can't find something you recently posted, I might have moved it down there or it could have been archived if you posted it over 7 days ago.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 :)

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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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SineBot indicates wrong section

Here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=661311327 the bot signs the 'Definition vs Pseudo Code (Conflict)' section but in the edit summary it indicates '‎Pseudo-code of function damerauLevenshteinDistance' section. It's not a big problem, of course, anyway a mistake. --CiaPan (talk) 06:43, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Query

You might be very busy, but I wanted to know, how SineBot works? Does the bot has an alternative? In which language was it written? How much time it took?
aGastya ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) 12:53, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most of that info is on its user page, version history, and BRFA. --slakr^\ talk / 14:11, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timothy Smart

Given there was only one merge !vote and one redirect, I don't see how there is consensus. I would think a relist would have been in order to gain consensus. LibStar (talk) 12:59, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@LibStar: If you want to, go ahead (or I can also do it myself a little later). On these, when there's enough participation and clearly consensus against keeping, but there's not clear enough consensus for full-on delete, I tend to round to merge, as it eventually becomes the same as a redirect, and if none of the content ends up being merged (something that's really the decision of consensus at the target, not AfD), then even the redirect can die at WP:RFD. Essentially, my reasoning is that "no consensus" isn't accurate, but neither is anything else. A relist could obviously work if you feel there will actually be more participants, though, despite it being open several days past its scheduled close. *shrug*. --slakr^\ talk / 14:09, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

... annnnd

Done Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 14:18, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks LibStar (talk) 14:59, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SineBot

User:SineBot doesn't appear to be signing unsigned posts (including from IP addresses) at the WP:Help Desk. Can you please look at whether it has stopped? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:58, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert McClenon: Yeah, it was having problems. The WM servers are throwing errors for me, too, occasionally, so it's probably just transitory. I'll keep an eye on it. Should be back for now. --slakr^\ talk / 23:36, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	There is no bot barnstar, so this is a gesture of appreciation where no other barnstar is appropriate. You maintain an excellent bot (even if it occasionally stops). Robert McClenon (talk) 01:57, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Basement Jaxx

Did you read anything we typed? You clearly missed evidence of English Top Billboard listings - which are notable for albums - they aren't there is no such thing as an expert in the field of music.

Think about that, not the band's notability, that's the album ... but your comments clearly showed you did not read every post you wrapped up into that bundle.

As I stated over & over again with copypasta ... I don't have time to triple paste every link I found that was legitimate because this other person clearly did not do due diligence in their own search, but rather padded the snot out of their edit count. --IamM1rv (talk) 13:50, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]