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User talk:HighInBC/Header

R in NameWatchBot

If I add that I want to be notified when "R" is matched in a username, will I be notified every time someone creates an account with the letter r in it? --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 16:51, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you would, but it would cause the bot to lag behind because its write rate is once every 10 seconds and a name with R in it is made more often than that. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:52, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So you'll have the same problem when you usurp H. --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 16:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it will be a problem, when I am H, ever tried to google H? ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:58, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I mean if you add "H" to the list, won't it report to you every username with the letter H in it? --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 17:40, 13 May 2007 (UTCha

Of course, but I can still monitor HighInBC, and others can use it. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 17:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That what I meant before. Also, this may take a long time, but what about putting every admin on the list. --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 17:49, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No way. We don't even know people want these reports, and many admin names(such as yours) would lead to way to many false positives. It should be an opt in system. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 17:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do we get on the list? ^{Review Me}CASCADIA^Howl/_Trail 18:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The bot is under its testing phase now, but it does seem to be working well. You can add your name to the User:HBC NameWatcherBot/Blacklist, near the bottom there is a section called "Usernames of people watching for impersonators", there are instructions there on how to tell the bot to notify you. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 18:12, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can set it up for you if you like. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 18:29, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I was able to set it up correctly. ^{Review Me}CASCADIA^Howl/_Trail 18:51, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, looks like you did it right. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 18:51, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Impostor overload

Hey, H(igh)... are you making all these impersonators to test out your bot or do you have a weird cult of followers? :-)

Also (in my role as honorary mistake-pointer-outer), when you're next about you might want to change actaully to actually in the "prone to false positives" message. Cheers, --YFB ¿ 21:31, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, these names are just some joker screwing around. Thanks for the spelling correction. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 02:17, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm someone is popular this eve ;-). I rather worry that the bot reporting here might be encouraging whichever person is creating these accounts. Not least because the last couple of usernames seem to have been chosen to feature as many strings as possible. Will (aka Wimt) 21:38, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a great idea for a bot, but I suggest taking the list of bad strings off-wiki per WP:BEANS. Newyorkbrad 21:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think from this username it's now absolutely certain that this person is picking names out of the blacklist when creating accounts so that they will appear here. Seeing as you're not around at this moment, I'm going to remove your name from the blacklist temporarily - feel free to revert me when you return! Will (aka Wimt) 21:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest again taking the blacklist offline, immediately. Newyorkbrad 21:57, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think he's testing the bot. I may be wrong- GDonato (talk) 21:58, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am wrong, High's offline and you can only create 5 or so accounts from one IP anyway. GDonato (talk) 21:59, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah and he blocked the earlier ones with account creation blocked enabled and anon only disabled (he wouldn't do that from his own IP). I have now removed the HighInBC string so no more reports will come here. Will (aka Wimt) 22:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone think it may be a good idea to block bot and delete the black list till High gets online? Ryan Postlethwaite 22:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well we can turn the bot off without blocking it if that helps. As far as the blacklist goes, you could delete it but it may be a little too late now. Will (aka Wimt) 22:12, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is little point in deleting the BL, stopping the bot would not really serve much of a purpose, it is not acting dangerously. GDonato (talk) 22:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah true - it's only really the username reporting part of it which is causing trouble. Will (aka Wimt) 22:15, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting the blacklist would take all the strings offline so no-one creating these accounts could see them, I don't want the bot to continue running if there's no blacklist, I'm not an expert, but deleting the major thing the bot runs off could lead to a bot out of control. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:17, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah certainly if you do delete the blacklist switch the bot off first. That said, blacklist or no blacklist, whoever the person is they seem to know all the strings now (and if they forget any they just have to look at this page). Since I removed the HighInBC string, the person does seem to have stopped though so hopefully removing their instant gratification was enough. Will (aka Wimt) 22:21, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've blanked the list so that should effectively disable the bot safely without the need to block it (and it can be quickly reverted). GDonato (talk) 22:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

will, will you turn the bot off? I'm not happy allowing the bot to run with a blank black list. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:24, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Will (aka Wimt) 22:25, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know the bot had that facility- I would have done that instead (oops) GDonato (talk) 22:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for that Will. High, can you take a look at this when you get online? It may be a good idea to take the blacklist offline. GNonato - Leave the black list blanked, that's my major concern - the bot being off isn't going to stop whoever's creating the account, I just don't want the bot running with the ability for it to go wild. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:31, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, I go out for a few hours and this happens. It is just some joker screwing around. I don't see what harm this has done that a quick page blanking cannot solve. I am not sure why the black list needs to be offline, it is on wiki so that it can be adjusted by consensus. If someone wants to flood the bots with username violations they do not need to see the blacklist, they can just look at names already reported. ^High_InBC^{(Need help? Ask me)} 02:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Er, perhaps we could IP block the joker who thinks this is funny... I got caught up in one of his attempts at laughter. ^{Review Me}CASCADIA^Howl/_Trail 14:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]