User talk:Kate

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WARNING: I do not read my talk page any more. If you have a question about the edit counter, you should probably ask User:Interiot (and then use his edit counter instead). If you have to contact me about something else, mail river [at] wikimedia [dot] org.

Please separate sections on this page with '----' rather than a heading ('=='). I'll reply on your talk page unless you are anonymous or request otherwise (or you are asking about the edit counter and 20 people want to know the same thing, in which case i'll write a single reply here). Before asking me to do something, please see if it's already on my todo list. Thanks!

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Tool note.

Hey, don't forget that I said you should add the new pages made count to the edit count tool :) --Phroziac (talk) 19:44, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Heh, I came here to suggest the same thing. Plus one other suggestion, to insert two columns which say (1) how many distinct pages in a namespace one has edited, and (2) how many new pages one has created in a namespace. Oh, one more thing. The tool is simply amazing. Über job, Kate. Jon Harald Søby \ ^{no na} 14:04, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

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Kate, I once posted this as a message to you. This was about your anarcho-dissolutionism.

[begin text] What if someone did not want to be a nomad? Who would enforce this nomadism? Who would decide who goes where?

It would be interesting how pregnancy and children would be handled.

What might a day or a week in the life of a person living in such a world be like? [end text] --User:Juuitchan

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Heh, heh, "tool".--Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 01:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Multiple counts on Kate's Tools

Hi Kate - are you the developer of the addictive wonderful Kate's tool? I am a (technologically-backward) researcher who want to study about anonymous editing on the Wiki and hoping to get the editing count of about 800 users. I am wondering if there is any tool or script that can help me obtain the data more effectively as compared to me running all the user names / IPs individually for 800 times then pasting the results on excel? Thanks so much in advance for your advice. researchinganon 28 July 2005 06:15 (UTC)

wiktionary tag - moved this message from all over the place, grace a Raul

I've never subscribed to the newsletter, but isnt there something like a daily wiki email inculding wikiquote's quote of the day, and pedia's Article of the day. Is there a Wiktionary contribution to the newsletter? If not, I've been working on Wiktionary:Wiktionary:Interesting new entries, and maybe some of these can be put into the newsletter. What do you reckon? --Wonderfool t(c) 14:32, 28 July 2005 (UTC). Please reply here, and at my talkshow page. Cheers

edit count

Thank you, Kate, for incorporating the number of articles into your edit count. I have used it and found it very informative for my purpose. Thank you again, Kate! PM Poon 11:40, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

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Hey tahnks for this distinct thing! You are my hero Kate!! Redwolf24 03:04, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

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Could you please add a feature that shows the articles a user has edited the most, for example the ten most edited articles? Thanks. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 20:54, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

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Great tool, Kate. I noted that it's giving no output this evening/morning. Is there a possible bug, or is something else wrong? http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits.cgi?user=Gbeeker&dbname=enwikiEdits Gbeeker 03:41, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Yup, I just confirmed the tool is down :( using both IE and Firefox. Gbeeker 03:47, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

XYZ123

Check this out!

Protoindoeuropean

I have recently added some examples in Proto-Indo-European language, which is written with non-traditional, but adapted to Latin alphabet and non-professional readers phonetics.

This makes them more readable for non-professionals and gives an opportunity to imagine the ancient language.

The texts I posted were the famous Schleicher's fable, S.K. Sen's tale and some prayers.

But I have found that my addition is deleted by a German user Dbachmann and it has started "edit war".

So I ask to bring the page to a neutral form, but including my examles (may be with some comment) and protect the page from vandalism.

Sincerely yours, Ilya

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For what it's worth, WP:KT needs to be updated for the Portal namespace (it currently says "Unknown Namespace 100" and "Unknown Namespace 101" for Portal: and Portal talk: ). ral315 22:57, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

Deleted Pages

Great job on the tool. :) Is there any way deleted edits can be recorded? A lot of people participate in tagging articles as speedy deletions, but never get credit for them. I know that this is probably impossible, as deleted edits are removed from a person's history. Acetic'^Acid 14:09, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Comparing distinct pages

Kates tool can tell me total of 1996 distinct pages. I was wondering if a tool that counts the number of my distinct pages and some other users distinct pages. Should be usefull in determineing people obsessed with one another. -- Cat ^chi? 01:55, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

re Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Coolcat, Davenbelle and Stereotek/Proposed decision. — Davenbelle 09:04, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Nice Asci art

Though you may want to know -- Cat ^chi? 01:59, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Programming help

I have an irc bot, Counter Vandalism Unit, that detects vandalism on wikipedia and reports. I want to code a bot that automaticaly adjusts WP:DEFCON depending on the volume of vandalism or if willy gets high due to prozac. I am open to ides on how to do this since I am quite lost. I do not know if you work on Wiki/IRC bots but I think you can at least point me in the right direction. -- Cat ^chi? 01:59, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

More Kate's tooling

As you may or may not know, a new namespace has been created, the Portal namespace. When I use my Kate count, it registers as unknown namespace 100 and unknown namespace 101 for its talk. Fix this Kate? Redwolf24 (talk) 03:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

You forgot to say 'please.' Acetic'^Acid 04:39, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

I would like to see the portal namespace labeled correctly, too. Please fix this Kate. — Bcat ^{(talk • email)} 20:19, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you Kate, and I like the new look. Thank you SO much Kate :D Redwolf24 (talk) 22:33, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Kate! — Bcat ^{(talk • email)} 23:46, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Ah, a code warrior. Script for machines. Slow on portal namespace. I understand that, too. To me, portals are access points for several media on the same topic. For instance, there might be IRC channels, mailing lists, USENET newsgroups (multicast e-mail), radio, and television -- all about sensible human ingestion, and none of them on Anthony Robbins. That's a portal. I don't really understand "portal" in the context of wiki. I found it actually quite difficult to find and use the IRC channels. Know what? I haven't downloaded the software for it on this Windows installation, and I don't care to do so. I can browse, and if I come back to a page I fixed and it's broken, then some of it's probably broken properly. Brewhaha@edmc.net 13:49, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Meetup

Heya,

Just a quick note to remind you of the London Meetup this coming Sunday (the 11th of September) that you signed up for (as 'possible', so you'll be definitely coming then, won't you? ;-)). It's at the Archery Tavern, just next to Lancaster Gate tube station, from 13:00 (BST) onwards.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Yours,

James F. (talk) 14:16, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Kate's tool dies a horrible death???

Noooo!!!! Kate's tool, down? Editcount withdrawal! Redwolf24 (talk) 03:31, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Same here ... wthdrawal...cant spel anymor hellp — Nowhither 04:30, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Overlord KATE is punishing you for not saying 'please' above. ;-) Acetic'^Acid 04:54, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Argh, same here, can't use it.. Would be much appreciated if you could get it working again Kate :D splintax ^(talk) 10:53, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

should be fixed now...

Yes! It's back! Life is good again! The birds are green, the trees are blue, and the sky is chirping happily ... or something like that. Thanks Kate. — Nowhither 12:11, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Kate! I'm interested as to what the cause of the problem was, would you be able to leave me a message on my talk page? splintax ^(talk) 15:48, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Assigning edits to my ID Gbeeker

Kate, I remember reading somewhere that you (or another administrator) could assign edits made while not signed in to my user ID, but I can't find that page now. Do you know who I would contact to assign the edits on List of Unix programs that are logged to IP 63.78.207.104 and IP 63.78.207.135. I made 17 edits, all on 12 September 2005, that for some reason didn't show up under my ID. Thanks! Gbeeker 12:58, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

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After reading Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit, I found that this service is suspended, perhaps forever. I can understand why. I also noticed that there were a few edits made on other days for this IP, that I didn't make. So I am not be concerned about these edits being attributed to me. Add to this, the fact that there is a backlog of more than 170 requests right now. Gbeeker 16:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

User login statistics

I run a genealogy wiki for my family, using the Mediawiki software. It is password protected, and I would love to be able to track user login statistics, such as who logs in and when. I have so far been unable to find any info on this anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you!

User:Alex Ramon

--- Hey kate, first off I just want to say thanks for your wonderful tool. I was just wondering if there would be a chance you could incorporate a "Edit summaries used X% of the time" feature? It would be wonderful. -GregAsche (talk) 18:01, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

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Kate, I logged into your tool site and found this message:

just to remind everyone that editcountitis really is a bad thing, the edit counter is having a short holiday. why not spend some time in contemplation of what Wikipedia is really about, anyway?

Needless to say, I was shocked and horrified. I have a tendency to break my changes up across too many edits and so I have been using your tool to watch my edits/page number in the hopes of driving it lower. I do not have editcountitis. I want to say in the strongest possible terms that I do not have a problem. By the way, when will it be back up... soon I hope. Just as long as we are clear though, I can stop any time I want to. Qaz

Site is still down. I still do not have a problem but I am getting the shakes. It is certainly not from withdrawal because I am not addicted and I can stop when I want to. I bet it would go away if the site came back up though so no harm in that is there? Qaz 16:19, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

LOL Andre (talk) 06:02, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Edit count of Number of Article Titles

Thank you, Kate, for incorporating the number of pages into your edit count. Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough, but actually, I was looking for "number of article titles." I wonder whether you will have the time to do that. Thanking you in anticipation. PM Poon 03:56, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi Kate, I saw your new notice and I understand how cheesed off you seem to be with this obsession with edit counts. Nevertheless, I hope that you can consider computing "Number of Article Titles" as I would like to track the number of articles (excluding talk pages, etc) that I have edited. I know that it is not a foolproof method of tracking my own output as some articles takes me less than a few minutes, while others take me as long as two days. Nevertheless, it is merely a guide for my own reference, rather than to compete with any one. — PM Poon 09:54, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Kate Something Wrong

I got though your edit counter tool to check if I got 1500 edits and it is not working u know whats wrong? --JAranda | yeah 23:25, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

• Its fixed now Thanks! --JAranda | yeah 23:34, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

• No not yet fixed its like 1/20 chance of getting your user count sry. Could u fix it please. --JAranda | watz sup 04:30, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

er.. i didn't do anything, but okay :) kate.

• When I put a name it gives the new warning at first, I click ok on the warning and the warning shows up again and again until I get tired and never shows the edit count only the warning.Thats the problem could you fix it please --JAranda | watz sup 16:16, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

new warning

Well done on the expanded editcountitis warning. The RFA counting has been getting ridiculous. Chick Bowen 02:18, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah the advance edit warning is good but I cant get though to my edit count nor anyones else edit count. That needs to be fixed --JAranda | yeah 18:36, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Please?

I am in complete agreement. Well done, Kate! Thank you amazingly much for putting this all in perspective. Sure, it's nice to see the number of edits and the dedication to the project, but making numerous small edits and not using the preview button should NOT be rewarded. It's much more beneficial to see the edit summaries, and others, and to actually not be lazy. Thanks for a) creating the tool, and b) keeping things from getting out of hand. Congrats my friend. -[[User:Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]} _{20:42, 13 October 2005 (UTC)}

Nice to see someone agrees with me about editcountitis... definitely keep the warning! Thanks, Bushytails 22:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC).

Love the warning! Made me laugh. - brenneman^(t)(c) 23:38, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

• Your new Edit-Count-itis warning is timely and fits well
  
• Maybe you read my mind or saw the difficulties that I myself and others encounter in RfA's where people look at Edit-Count-itis, but, in any case, I think you did a good job in your warning, covering probably all the bases. (Let's not forget that editing here is a fun, but unpaid job, and not give it more due weight than "real life" things, whilst still wishing success and blessings to the Wiki-Encyclopedia here.) In short, thank you for introducing some common sense into your already cool programming skills here: Your new Edit-Count-itis warning is timely and fits well.--GordonWatts 00:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi Kate, don't know who's been complaining about the warning, I actually like it being there as a reminder that edit counts aren't actually as important as, say, contributing good stuff. Anyway just thought I'd say hi. -- Francs2000 02:18, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

PS - I'll stop using it when I get to 30,000...

Hi Kate, (sorry my english isn`t very well), but thank you so much for the changes. I tried to discuss this point at the RfA-Page on the German Wikipedia and at the german IRC-Channel as well but nobody seems to know what i mean... Thank you! Anneke

At the risk of sounding like an AOL user, I'd like to say "me too!" Editcountitis can be used for bullying. My editcount went up very sharply after doing some rather remidial DABbing - as opposed to actually writing. However, I like the tool a lot: thanks for maintaining it. The JPS 23:06, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

It looks fantastic, and I like the warning. Also, thanks for correcting the project namespace problem. Your work is appreciated. Slán, --Blackcap | talk 02:12, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Sign your posts on talk pages

Remember to always sign all of your posts on talk pages. Typing four tildes after your comment ( ~~~~ ) will insert a signature showing your username and a date/time stamp, which is very helpful. Can't you code Mediawiki to do this automatically? Alphax ^τεχ 13:42, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Just use four tildes so we get a timestamp with it, ok? :) Alphax ^τεχ 23:38, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, But...

Your editing counting tool is so great that I still use it as frequently as I did before you got pissed off at the whole editcountitis nonsense and put the big essay on there. Sorry, I just ignore all the words and go straight for the edit counter.
You can claim a small victory with other people you've bugged, but you can claim a huge victory with me since that thing makes Wikipedia so much more interesting. Karmafist 18:15, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Personally, I think the edit count is a good tool, even though edit counts do not tell the whole story, and can sometimes be misleading, unless we compare apples to apples.

For me, it tracks my own contribution to this community portal. It could be personal vanity, but if it doesn't hurts others, should I be condemned for so doing? And would I bother to track my contributions if I have no love for this portal?

I am not interested in how many edits I do, because sometimes, I forget a comma or an "s", and the edit count increases by one merely because I subsequently corrected it. I am more interested in counting the major efforts that I have put in, but then again, no counter can help me do this.

I have asked Kate to count the number of articles (or do they called it "article titles") so that I know how many articles I have reviewed, but he has not responded. I understand that he is very much cheesed off with the way his counter has been misused, but then again, a tool is just a neutral thing that can be used for either good or bad. That atomic energy has been misused for mass destruction does not mean that we should forget about it, right? — PM Poon 13:47, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Lifted from Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship#Kate.27s_tool...

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• I think Kate's tool is very, very valuable. I'm concerned that the recent disruptions in service to it, and now the warnings about it and having to press another button, are headed towards the possibility of removing it as a resource entirely. The community has come to depend on this resource for a variety of reasons. Some of these are:

• • Quick determination about the experience level of a user who's recent edits are questionable. This is useful in vandal fighting. A long time user is unlikely to have a meltdown and suddenly become a surreptitious vandal. Knowing the edit count (and distribution) for an editor helps ascertain good faith. While WP:AGF is a Wikipedia guideline, the reality is that vandal fighters frequently assume bad faith of new editors, and good faith for experienced editors. Kate's tool helps to at least encourage good faith for experienced editors. The tool does not apply to inexperienced editors, as seeing their contributions at less than 50 quickly shows the lack of experience of the new user. Without Kate's tool, it is more ponderous to determine the experience level of a user.
  • While edit counts should not be used to determine the acceptability of an admin nominee, the distribution of edits is a very valid basis on which to evaluate an admin nominee. Kate's tool provides a very easy way of gaining this information. Without the tool, gathering such information is quite time consuming in comparison. If Kate's tool went away, there'd be a greater chance people would revert to relying on edit counts.
  • Users using Kate's tool to see other people's edits can and do become aware of other namespaces in which they can contribute. If you're a relative newcomer, your own distribution of edits is probably mostly in the main namespace. When you do an edit count on a long time experienced user, you see quite a few other namespaces. This creates exposure to those namespaces and can get people asking questions about how they can get their edit counts (read: contributions) in those areas.

• I think Kate's tool should continue to improve. For example, it could show how often, by percentage, the editor uses edit summaries, average # of edits per day overall and for contributing days, and more. I do think it is bad for people to become obsessed with edit counts. But, Kate's tool is about a LOT more than edit counts.

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--Durin 20:06, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Six degrees of Wikipedia

It seems that counting wiki-links between articles is working only on en:Wiki. I've failed to persuade it to check link route between articles in bg:Wiki. I am right that as now the tool works only over English namespaces? I am not going to ask you for any work on this, only confirmation or refutal is needed (hopefully a short hint how to do it if it can). -- Bggoldie 22:04, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Slovene Wikipedia

As you're one of the developers I'm turning to you with request to translate some on MediaWiki software, used on :sl. As of now we're still using english command for categories, but we wish to use slovene version (Kategorija instead of Category); some of associated commands were already translated, but this wasn't. Another translation is of Template to Predloga. Regards, --Klemen Kocjancic 10:51, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

You've Heard this a Billion Times but Thanks!

Your edit tool is amazing and quite addictive like you warned, just wanted to say thank you becuase you can never be thanked or complimented enough, is there someway in the tool you coudl show which article you've written on the most and how many times and also which articles you created from nothign? These are just ideas so I'm sorry if I offended you but those two questions have always bugged me and good luck in the future and thanks for all the help in the Wikipedia community! --Patman2648 7:46, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Edit count warning

Awesome new warning on the edit count tool! Jdavidb (talk) 20:03, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Edit tools

I know you must be tired of this but the editcounter isn't working again. When I press on I understand..., a blank page shows up. Can you fix it please?--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 06:25, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm sure it's yet another attempt to vaccinate us against the epidemic of editcountitis, but it would be good if it were fixed :) Enochlau 11:22, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Same Problem in Germany ;-) -- Lung12:59, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Kate, I'm going to miss my 2000 mark because of the downtime! I thank you, though, for the opportunity to know what the 1000-mark was.... Now that I think about it, though, this must be a nightmare for you. Not only the editcountitis bit, but also the part where people (including me) come to your talk page mostly not to talk about your edits to pages but about your tool. That must suck. ...I'm going to go look at your contributions now so I have a better sense of what else you do. Take care. :) Jacqui ^★ 23:41, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Kate, please take pity on us poor wikicountitis sufferers and put us out of our misery ... please fix your counter - PLEASE! :-) I'll give you a barnstar in return! David Cannon 08:44, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Greetings from Italy. Hi Kate, we have same problem (blank page and so on) that other users speak about. Honest! Sorry to boring you, but i'm edit-count addicted, and i agree with you that's not so important, but it's so nice! ^___^ Best --Kal-El☺^{post here!} 19:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Same story here in Canada; I promise to use it with restraint when (if?) it comes back on. Thanx in advance! Sputnikcccp 00:50, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi -- just one request, which is that you disambiguate (heh) on one of your tool's intermediate pages as to whether its present state is due to a technical problem or if you have decided to discontinue it or restrict its use. That will undoubtedly help with the problem of people (like me) banging on it regularly to see if it's "fixed". Thanks! MCB 01:54, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

sorry, i was away over the weekend. it's fixed now. kate.

Whoo hoo! It's back! Thank you! MCB 18:10, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a lot.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 13:31, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

I just went to use the edit counter tool for the first time in months and it's a 404. Eep. Ambi 13:54, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Ta. It seems that the old link is still on the index page. Ambi 14:15, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

TNX Kate. Now it works! See ya. --Kal-El☺^{post here!} 23:05, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Kate! The least I can do is give you the barnstar I promised:-) David Cannon 23:59, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

You've been deserving this for a long while, Kate

		An Award
		I promised you this for fixing the edit tools, but really, I should have given it to you a long time ago. You've been an invaluable help to Wikipedia with the technical side of things that the rest of us never see. Well done. Awarded by David Cannon 23:58, 31 October 2005 (UTC).

(I don't know whereabouts to put it on your user page, so I'll just put it on your talk page and you can move it wherever you want it :-)

Logwood statistics

Hi Kate, it seems that the logwood stats are gone (http://www2.knams.wikimedia.org/stats doesn't work) - have you any information about this? --Avatar-en 07:42, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

deletion counter

Have you ever considered adding a "deletion count" as an extra for admins? Just for fun. Maybe a ratio between edits and deletions. Just an idea, not really that important. Thanks. «»Who?¿?^meta 03:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Ah. Well that's too bad. Thanks for the reply and info. «»Who?¿?^meta 06:13, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

New counter

Kate, I've seen your new tool thingy, and just wanted to stop by to say its fab. You deserve a lot of thanks for putting in the work to develop and improve it. I'm aware that the (use of the) tool has come in for a lot of criticism; indeed, you have yourself had a few things to say about that, especially concerning its use on RFAs. I believe it's very valuable when used properly, ie. to give a quick idea of where an editor spends his time, and how experienced he is. But, for the quality and nature of an editor's work, the only measure is a look at the edits themselves, of course. That is to say, a good way to evaluate an editor = kate's tool + user contributions. My 2c. Anyway, thanks again—it's working great. encephalon 15:55, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Hiya, just a note to say that your curiously habit forming edit counter is not working for me (and I'm not an AOLer, FWIW) should th e actual command line be useful to you here it is

http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?hash=fa5da33d50ea3c4cb81efd75d62a9bd89a7f5ad2&user=Pete.Hurd&dbname=enwiki

Sould you have more important things to do thtn fix this, I would not be at all surprised. Best regards. Pete.Hurd 19:57, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Kate, the counter can't find plwiki, for requesting [1] displays onoes!! some kind of database error occured ((1049, "Unknown database 'plwiki'"))... please try again later, for ruwiki too. Can you fix it? kr, Ency ^response? 22:17, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi Kate, like the message says, I'm here, because the new counter isn't working for me. And I'm like a crack addict without his fix. Must...see...edits...uuuurrrgghhh... -- Francs2000 00:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Throwing my bones on the fire - I can't get my fix either (and just when you tantalize me with the promise of seeing my deleted edits too... all those articles I nominated for VfD!!!)!!! BD2412 T 03:58, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Same for me, not working with IE on Win2000. No worries if it's not fixed for a while of ever, just wanted to let you know. Tedernst 18:57, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Doesn't work. Firefox and WinXP. I click "yes, I'm sure" and it comes up with the news but no edit counts. — MATHWIZ2020 ^{TALK | CONTRIBS} 00:14, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Yay! It works! Back to my editcountitis routine!!! — MATHWIZ2020 ^{TALK | CONTRIBS} 01:09, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Indeed - many thanks! BD2412 T 02:27, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

the counter should be working again, but the database is a little out of date (a day or two). it should be all back to normal shortly, with luck. kate.

Thumbs up from me! working now! Many thanks. (I could stop edit counting anytime I want to... really... I could, if I wanted to...) Pete.Hurd 03:53, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

It even has a new design now and you don't have to click on the "disclaimer" button. Yay! Two less seconds to wait each and every time!!! — MATHWIZ2020 ^{TALK | CONTRIBS} 18:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

It's down again. — MATHWIZ2020 ^{TALK | CONTRIBS} 00:32, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry to see you go

I just saw your edit to your user page, and wanted to let you know how saddened it makes me feel for someone as great as you to leave the project. Was it too much editcountitis? Trolls? Vandals? Edit warring? All I know is that Wikipedia has lost a great member of the community, and I will be sad to see you leave. Your tool, whose warning I try to adhear to very closely, has become a favorite of mine, and your programming skills are, in a word, amazing. I hope you don't mean that you're actually leaving forever, and will come back occasionally just to keep us in check. Anyways, good luck with your life outside of Wikipedia, and don't forget to visit. -[[User:Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]} _{04:04, 9 November 2005 (UTC)}

i've been "gone" a while really, in reality... i just stayed behind because i find the technical side quite interesting. nowadays it's hard even to do that without being drawn into the community, and the state of the "community" (and i use that word in a very broad sense :) around Wikipedia makes me quite sad. i'm sure Wikipedia can manage without me... meanwhile i'll find some happier way to pass my time  :) kate. (i'm sure i'll still be around here and there anyway, but i don't expect to participate to any great extent).

I came over here all excited to say that the new counter is not only technically excellent, but beeooootiful—but now I'm sad to see that you're leaving (or, apparently, left). I'm sorry to see you go, kate. Thanks for everything, and all the best. encephalon 06:29, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Kate, I just want to say I'm sorry to see you go, and your contributions to Wikipedia have been (and are) much appreciated. Regards, Ann Heneghan ^(talk) 09:38, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Admin count script

please do not run this script again. i already firewalled several IPs making mass queries to the edit counter (presumably one was this script, which i did not know about at the time).

i'm sorry to be so harsh about this, but the edit counter is not intended for automated mass querying, and doing so uses server resources that could be better used for other projects. if you would like a list of administrators by edit count, it can be generated much more efficiently using an SQL query on the database. (let me know if you would like me to do this. bonus points if you supply the query as well :) kate. User:Kate

If you're willing to update Wikipedia:List of administrators by edit count via SQL queries, please do! Isn't that what the edit counter does anyway, though? If not, it should be made more efficient. dbenbenn | talk 15:55, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/files/admin-counts/, updated daily.

yes, the edit counter does this, but it also needs to serve the HTTP request and spawn a CGI (Python) process for every query. doing it with one is a little more efficient... kate.

I just got a request to update the list again. The link you gave me hasn't been updated since December. Could you fix it, or set it to update again? (By the way, don't forget to change "FOOwiki" to "FOOwiki_p".) Thanks, dbenbenn | talk 15:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to see you go

I saw the edit on your userpage and I just wanted to say that best of luck in whatever you do.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

P.S. BTW great looking new edit counter and the rest.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 17:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Single User Login, Collision estimation

Interesting? m:Talk:Single_login_specifications#Todo:_Collision_Estimation < grin ;> ∴ here…♠ 04:10, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Edit counter suggestion: minor edits

Would it be possible to note the number and percentage of edits a user has marked as minor? I know this relies on an individual's interpretation of what is minor and what isn't, a user remembering to check/uncheck the box and doesn't take into account the effect a series of minor edtis can have (e.g. I've been doing a lot of recategorising on the commons and while the edits to each image are minor, the effect can be significant as a whole), etc. On top of that I cannot think of a use for it, beyond curiosity. So I will fully understand if you don't do this, but I thought I'd suggest it anyway. Thryduulf 00:19, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

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Kate, the counter is great, you leaving is unhappiness for us, but you have rigth to choice. Many many thanks for all you have done, especially my thanks for zen wisdom. Let the road you travel will be as long as you want and will lead you no once to wiki. With ivl love, Ency ^response? 23:05, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

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Oh dear. (Check the version before I did cleanup.) - David Gerard 00:15, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Error message on editcounter

The HTML doesn't display properly, at least on firefox. Borisblue 05:37, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Your drive is dead, may it rest in one peice

Rose

I would arrange a millitary parade but sadly I don't own one. :( --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 19:09, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Just noticed something

If I were you I wouldnt leave wiki. Whoever upsets you deserves a royal trout slap. I invite you to reconsider after a week or two. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 19:32, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

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Editcountitis. You created it, yet you never contracted it yourself. Your countless attempts to stifle it proved futile. Now, you have fallen victim to its overwhelming unwikiness, which other users have imposed upon you. I do hope you come back. Really, I'd like to see some more edit counts! In any case, enjoy your vacation. --TantalumTelluride 05:58, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

I do not know what happened, but a large communiy appriciates your efforts, generally people forget to tell when something good is done. Well i dont, I thank you for the awsome tools you gave to us wikipedians. Editcountitism is a sideeffect of the tool when used improperly.

If used properly a knife saves a life, if used improperly it takes a life. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 21:58, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

due to a disk failure, the edit counter is currently off line. please try again soon.

due to a disk failure, the edit counter is currently off line. please try again soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.175.151.156 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for pointing out the obvious but there really is more at stake here than a tool. The tool can be replaced however the User:kate cannot. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 15:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Is there some way we, the community, could help with this? Disks can be replaced, tools can be re-hosted on other servers, etc. Is it a matter of money, or logistics, or volunteer staff time, or what? MCB 01:26, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

the problem is the bureaucracy of Wikimedia Deutschland, which needs to hold a meeting to vote on whether to purchase a new disk. it's not something the community (nor I) can help with, unfortunately. k.

Ah, alas. I understand those sorts of things. I wish I had resources to contribute to that (like a disk array, a server to host it temporarily, or some €€€), but unfortunately not. MCB 06:55, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Bougereau Gallery

You have edited the William-Adolphe Bouguereau gallery. It has been nominated for deletion, in accordance with Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. The deletion discussion is here. A proposal to modify the policy is here. Please join either or both discussions and comment as you see fit. Dsmdgold 16:09, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Kate counter is not working

Kate counter is not working at the Korean Wikipedia. According to a korean wikipedia admin, the server was moved from Florida to Korea. According to him, records show the counter [as working] before the move, whereas afterwards it [the counter] appears not to be reflected in the records. Please modify the program. --WonYong 08:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Free text searches

Wild cards does not work as they should. Searches on "undredal" [2] should be contained in "undre*l" [3] but I get an article about striptease which does not contain any words which should match this at all. It contains "undressed" and "undressing".

Sometimes it seems like matches in all name spaces does not add up to the total number of results [4]. In fact, selecting all name spaces sometimes sometimes changes the result, even lowering the number [5].

Also fuzzy matches does not work. I wonder if something grabs the tilde char and makes it apear as a regular character. I have no example as it seems like the searches are temporarilly down.

Some (all?) of the boolean operators must be written in upper case. I'm not sure if this really have any big impact but there should be on a help page somewhere.

For the time I'm mostly at the norwegian wikipedia no:Brukerdiskusjon:Agtfjott.

— John Erling Blad (jeb) 05:02, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Birmingham

This is just a reminder that the Birmingham meetup of UK Wikipedians that you have expressed an interst in is happening tomorrow. Sorry for the short notice. Thryduulf 15:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Edit counter

editcount is a great tool! When I used it today, I was expecting it to give graphs of the day and times I made my edits, but it just gave the summary statistics. Did I only dream that it did this last time I used it, am I mixing it up with something else, or has the functionality changed? Elroch 01:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

There are two different edit counters, one by kate [6], and one by me [7]. I copied the initial look of Kate's, which is why they may look confusingly similar, but they have different features (mine is the one with more graphs, Kate's is more helpful if you misspell someone's username). --Interiot 02:39, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Toolserver account

Hi, i know it took some time until this answer, but nevertheless i would be glad if get an account :-) I hope the pubkey has a sufficient format... i generated it with ssh-keygen on cygwin. Regards -- fab 14:26, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
Comment: "2048-bit RSA, converted from OpenSSH by nils@fabnb"
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAt0LaLkJRuQdbxByt+2fZWMKymm0RWuROoK78ALgexe
7gMADGgWu5+ptF3qzXRIVGcWaWHtCbcN8kvLC+Jy+7RDf5veInNyEyUo7e4mpYLB8uNFq6
B5+qZOlVMKE5hSDKlimqRzEDQD366u9eeX1/3pN2Zw/y9xdLCTjY+02T3ItatwCI9yRZh2
yYcNJQhlAByLpdw2YJ6sXYVxKvHCg2cmGwRf1qEndVH5dt9YnZcHhzBMpsDXIQtMgcGIRk
LCRQvJU0VlFNrUed8bYLGFVMtX6/7hjtXMD7ZreybGfMnngoFYoc4TIhw1uxJpxPHmvEO+
sR1+TxaBtM2PgEpeBK0w==
---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

auto wikify

the auto-wikify could have a list of words/articles for each language that would not receive "[[]]", would be more useful. Regards, LeonardoGregianin 19:22, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Creation of Mazandarani Language

i've seen the language that i proposed has been approved, please create it, thank you! and what can i do to becoming it's administrator and doing the rest ? --Ali 14:29, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

merge

Hallo. i want to merge my two useraccounts. who can i ask, or wath can i do? De:Benutzer:Robinhood andDe:Benutzer:Robinhut --58.84.79.95 01:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Long talk page

Greetings! Your talk page is getting a bit long in the tooth - please consider archiving your talk page (or ask me and I'll archive it for you). Cheers! BD2412 T 00:05, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

No rule for talk pages, so far as I know, but there is a general preference that pages be kept short enough that they do not take an excessively long time to load on slow browsers. This is a problem easily addressed with talk pages - you can just archive all those discussions that do not require a response. Cheers! BD2412 T 21:01, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Kate/extlinks

User:Kate/extlinks seems to be out of date; it hasn't seen an edit in a year and eight months, and I doubt there are still 20,000 links with incorrect ==External links== headers anymore, now that we have bots and semi-bots for that sort of thing. NeonMerlin 06:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

PS. It's great to see you've resumed editing!

Assistance with images.

Can you possibly get these images back? I am sorry about it, me getting these is crucial, I need them. They are:
File:Moreblah1.gif, File:Moreblah2.gif, File:Moreblah3.gif, File:Blah1.gif, File:Blah2.gif, File:Blah3.gif, File:Moreblahblah2.gif, File:Blah4.gif, File:Blah5.gif, File:Blah6.gif, File:Blah7.gif, File:Blah8.gif, File:Blah9.gif, File:Blah10.gif, Image:Blah11.gif, File:Blah12.gif, File:Lastblah.gif, and File:Blah7.gif. --RedPooka 04:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Irish History

You seem like you have a lot a knowledge with respect Irish history so maybe you would like to comment on the historic basis of this term here Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-12-02 IRA 'Volunteer' usage —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DownDaRoad (talk • contribs) 00:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Where I read that quotation last, it was listed as apocrypha of Mark Twain. He was a public speaker, though, so it might just be that all the witnesses are dead, and he didn't say it in a courtroom. Maybe it doesn't matter. He was out of his field. Still, it's extremely hard to come up with a number for quality. It requires so much kaizen just to come up with an answer. What's the best answer? Maybe that really old guy down the street knows more about nutrition than you can keep in your stomach, because of what you don't know about nutrition.

Sometimes, the important thing is knowing what rules to ignore. Usually, it's the new ones. But, you've gotta be careful if you tread on rules that someone really wants you to attend to, just because she's in a foul mood. I hate that rule. Level heads rule. Revisionism is daynjerous. So is venjeance.

Venjeance is mine, sayeth the lord. Brewhaha@edmc.net 14:05, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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As a timid Wikipedia end-user who never makes more than a rare grammatical or spelling edit, learning the history to be found on this talk page and Kate's userpage history makes me sad. Why is it that so many communities change the way they do as the size of the project they revolve around increases..? 74.61.41.118 08:14, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Maybe Kate got wise to the fact that working your ass off researching for free is bullshit! So should you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.51.193 (talk) 23:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Modern skin: missing "clear:both" on preferences page

Please add #preferences {clear:both} into modern/main.css, just like in monobook skin. Otherwise on Special:Preferences?useskin=modern all the options are moved to the right when your browser window is not wide enough to fit all the "tabs" in one row. Browser: Firefox 1.5/ Opera 9. The problem is more apparent e.g. on Special:Preferences?useskin=modern&uselang=de. P.S. Sorry for posting here, but I don't want to create a bugzilla request for every little thing ∴ AlexSm 16:29, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

You're an idiot. It says right at the top that she doesn't read this anymore, you jerk. 97.96.162.105 (talk) 17:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK 2.0 Voting is open :-)

A warm hello to all those signed up as guarantor members of the soon-to-be-rebooted UK chapter! Voting is now open over at meta - there's tons of information online over there, and the mailing list has been very active too. Discussion, comment (and even the inevitable technical gremlins!) are most welcome at the meta pages, otherwise please do send in your vote/s, and tell a friend about the chapter too :-) Privatemusings (talk) 22:29, 20 September 2008 (UTC)I'm not actually involved in the election workings, and am just dropping these notes in to help try and spread the word :-) I welcome any or all comment too, but 'election related' stuff really is better suited to the meta pages :-)

Wikimedia UK 2.0 Vote

Hi you signed up as being interested in being a memeber of wikimedia UK 2.0. Just a reminder the that the vote for the inital board at m:Wikimedia UK v2.0/Vote ends next Saturday (September 25th).Geni 03:22, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Alt.gothic

A tag has been placed on Alt.gothic requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Schuym1 (talk) 02:24, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

so now an article that's been around four years can be deleted with less than a day's notice, with no discussion, because someone thinks it's "not notable"? i'm glad i don't edit enwiki anymore, otherwise i might be a little bit annoyed. kate.

Wikimedia UK v2.0

Hello! Thanks for showing an interest in Wikimedia UK v2.0. Formation of the company is currently underway under the official name "Wiki UK Limited", and we are hoping to start accepting membership in the near future. We have been drawing up a set of membership guidelines, determining what membership levels we'll have (we plan on starting off with just standard Membership, formerly known as Guarantor Membership, with supporting membership / friends scheme coming later), who can apply for membership (everyone), what information we'll collect on the application form, why applications may be rejected, and data retention. Your input on all of this would be appreciated. We're especially after the community's thoughts on what the membership fee should be. Please leave a message on the talk page with your thoughts.

Also, we're currently setting up a monthly newsletter to keep everyone informed about the to-be-Chapter's progress. If you would like to receive this newsletter, please put your username down on this page.

Thanks again. Mike Peel (talk) 19:54, 8 November 2008 (UTC) (Membership Secretary, Wikimedia UK [Proposed])

Wiki UK Ltd Membership applications now invited!

Hello,

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wiki UK Limited is now inviting membership applications! You can download the application form in PDF format from meta:Image:Wiki_UK_Ltd_membership_application_form.pdf

Information is given on the form about membership fees (£12/year standard, £6 for concessions); these need to be paid by cheque initially, although we hope to accept other forms of payment in the future. Applications should be submitted to me at the address given on the form. If you have any queries about the application process, please let me know.

We will formally start accepting members once we have a bank account, as we cannot process membership fees until that time. We will be submitting our application for a bank account in the very near future, and we hope to have this set up by the end of December at the latest.

Thank you for your support so far; I look forward to receiving your membership application.

Mike Peel (talk) 21:45, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Membership Secretary, Wiki UK Limited

P.S. if you haven't already, please subscribe to our newsletter! See meta:Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Newsletter for more information and to subscribe.

Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.

Tidying developers' user rights

Apologies for posting this in English...

There is a discussion currently ongoing on meta about "tidying" the developers' user rights": now that you are members of the global "system administrators" group (with the ability to assign yourself whatever permissions you need) there's no real need for you to continue to have rights like "developer", "steward" and "bureaucrat" locally on various wikis. Obviously the intention is not to say "you can't have these rights, we're taking them away" - that would be completely silly. If you need a particular permission on a particular wiki, however, it's now easiest simply to assign that permission to the global group using Special:GlobalGroupPermissions; the idea is to establish a precedent that, in the interests of tidiness, rights assigned by the developers in the course of their work are "easy come, easy go": they can be both granted and removed at any time.

I'd greatly appreciate your input to the discussion, which is at meta:Wikimedia forum#Tidying developers' user rights. Happy‑melon 13:41, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Toolserver e-mail address

Hi, I can't work out where I should update this - could you pass me a URL, please? Thanks, Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 15:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Great, many thanks. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 15:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

File:Files11 directory hierarchy.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Files11 directory hierarchy.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Alt.gothic

A tag has been placed on Alt.gothic requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Koolabsol (talk) 08:38, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Hey. :) how you doin' . Jayabharat (talk) 09:14, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Notice of change

Hello. You are receiving this message because of a recent change to the administrator policy that alters what you were told at the time of your desysopping. The effect of the change is that if you are inactive for a continuous three year period, you will be unable to request return of the administrative user right. This includes inactive time prior to your desysopping if you were desysopped for inactivity and inactive time prior to the change in policy. Inactivity is defined as the absence of edits or logged actions. Until such time as you have been inactive for three years, you may request return of the tools at the bureaucrats' noticeboard. After you have been inactive for three years, you may seek return of the tools only through WP:RFA. Thank you. MBisanz ^talk 00:20, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

File:UserKate.jpeg missing description details

Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as:

• File:UserKate.jpeg

is missing a description and/or other details on its image description page. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors make better use of the image, and it will be more informative to readers.

If the information is not provided, the image may eventually be proposed for deletion, a situation which is not desirable, and which can easily be avoided.

If you have any questions, please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Theo's Little Bot (error?) 10:05, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Category:DEC Operating Systems

Category:DEC Operating Systems, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 11:39, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:16, 30 November 2015 (UTC)