User talk:Chris G

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Question regarding my names

Hello,

as I was previously GreatOrangePumpkin, could you merge the numbers together? Regards.--Tomcat (7) 13:33, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done --Chris 06:40, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:10, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

User:GA bot/Stats

Hi Chris G.

I don't believe that User:GA bot is updating my statistics at User:GA bot/Stats. This diff (fourth line down) shows no changes for my count between 00:52, 1 October 2012 and 18:51, 7 November 2012.

I'm not sure what triggers an update "signing up to do a review" or "sentencing a nomination", but in that time period:

• I've completed Talk:Arsenic/GA1, Talk:Montpelier railway station/GA1, Talk:History of Brasenose College, Oxford/GA1 and Talk:John Le Mesurier/GA1; but all four /GA_ files were created before that date (so they might not "count");
• I've opened and completed Talk:Stord Bridge/GA1, Talk:General sejm/GA1 and Talk:Itchen Navigation/GA1 (so should "count");
• and, I've opened but not completed Talk:Pyramid of Neferefre/GA1 and Talk:Terri Schiavo case/GA3 (I'm not sure whether they should "count" or not).

Can you check the system for me? Pyrotec (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to add a further comment (or postscript), I went back to a count of 484 at 22:02, 27 August 2012 so only one of those nine reviews seems to have been added to the count - I've not yet found out which one it was. Pyrotec (talk) 21:35, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry about that. It appears that about 280 reviews went "missing" over the period of a few months. I've now updated the table. I'm not entirely sure what has caused this, although I have quite a few hunches. I've made some changes, so hopefully it won't happen again. --Chris 15:23, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Request Bot update

Will you ensure RFC bot updates the two boards I've added to the dashboard. [1] Is this something that would normally happen or do you have to task the bot for each included board. I ask because there are some other boards I'd like to monitor and I want to know the best manner to request they be added. Thank you. My76Strat (talk) 16:59, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

The bot's not designed for WP:AIV and WP:UAA, those aren't notice boards; It would be like trying to add CAT:CSD. If you want something like that, it might be worth creating something like Template:Cratstats for admins. --Chris 15:30, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Chris G. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations#Changing Section Headings.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

-- Wikipedical (talk) 21:48, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

• Hey, Chris. Today I changed the subtopics for the GANs of "Belle," "Singapore Dreaming," and "You Are the One," and now the GA bot's edit summaries are all weird- did I screw something up? If so, sorry! -- Wikipedical (talk) 06:54, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
  • My (educated) guess is that it has something to do with Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Topic lists/Arts, which hasn't been updated. Maybe? -- Wikipedical (talk) 06:58, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
    • The bot is case sensitive. Normally you wouldn't notice this, because when you nominate an article with {{GAN}}, the subtopic parameter is actually changed by {{GA/Subtopic}}, so things like "film", "films", "movies" will all be changed to "Film" when the template substitutes. I've fixed the templates for you. --Chris 07:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 11:50, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Question regarding my account name change

Hi, I see that you can't change my name to Minimat because it exists on another wiki. I'm guessing it's on the French one, since it's the name of my French account... Is there a way to fuse them, or at least use the same name considering that I can provide the password of the other one? Thanks in advance, --SuburbanKnight (talk) 14:21, 17 November 2012 (UTC)