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Well, I'm just going to relay my unpleasant experience at Wikipedia to every person that I know. You people are bullies and pretenders! <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Thepointofit|Thepointofit]] ([[User talk:Thepointofit|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Thepointofit|contribs]]) 12:23, 27 May 2015 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Well, I'm just going to relay my unpleasant experience at Wikipedia to every person that I know. You people are bullies and pretenders! <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Thepointofit|Thepointofit]] ([[User talk:Thepointofit|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Thepointofit|contribs]]) 12:23, 27 May 2015 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:{{re|Thepointofit}} Wikipedia has a policy on [[WP:OR|original research]]. When Wikipedia editors look at information and attempt to interpret it, they are doing original research. Wikipedia editors are usually not subject experts, for this reason Wikipedia trusts the views of published sources over those of Wikipedia editors. [[User:PhantomTech|<b style="color:blue;">P<span style="font-size:80%;">HANTOM</span></b><b style="color:green;">T<span style="font-size:80%;">ECH</span></b>]] ([[User talk:PhantomTech|talk]]) 02:16, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
:{{re|Thepointofit}} Wikipedia has a policy on [[WP:OR|original research]]. When Wikipedia editors look at information and attempt to interpret it, they are doing original research. Wikipedia editors are usually not subject experts, for this reason Wikipedia trusts the views of published sources over those of Wikipedia editors. [[User:PhantomTech|<b style="color:blue;">P<span style="font-size:80%;">HANTOM</span></b><b style="color:green;">T<span style="font-size:80%;">ECH</span></b>]] ([[User talk:PhantomTech|talk]]) 02:16, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

== Sucking ==

You suck the di*k of chicken fuc*ers.

Revision as of 14:19, 1 June 2015

April 2015

Information icon Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Template:Freenode, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — {{U|Technical 13}} (etc) 14:44, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:DTTR applies here, especially since this warning has no information in it that is useful in this case, but it would also be good to get rid of "Welcome to Wikipedia" in warning templates, because even for inexperienced users it can be inappropriate. I've seen a number of talk pages with several "Welcome to Wikipedia" warnings on them and it just looks silly. ekips39 (talk) 18:36, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't agree, in fact I think that WP:TTR applies much more here. Anyways, this was the most accurate warning template I'm aware of. Making edits to a template with over 11K transclusions without a discussion and consensus is extremely disruptive and puts the person doing so at risk of being blocked. I thought it would be fair to warn this user that since it is such a highly transcluded template, BRD does not apply but instead WP:PINKLOCK rules apply. I've already requested  Template editor protection, and will push for this. — {{U|Technical 13}} (etc) 20:49, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    You are right that it would have been fair to warn them of that, but that is not what you did. The template you used does not give any of the reasons you have since provided. It's a moot point now, though, and I'm just nitpicking. ekips39 (talk) 07:07, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Technical 13, thanks for the welcome, I haven't been welcomed since January 2013 and was beginning to think that no one cared. I'm not sure where you got the number in your edit summary from, my change restored the version of the template that existed prior to November 4 2014 and I doubt every single transclusion was updated since then. I'd also like to point out that my change did not break any templates that used the template as described in the docs, which have said the same thing since 2011. I encourage you to be more careful about your reverts, especially as a template editor, your changes can have big affects on Wikipedia and you wouldn't want to accidentally break something people are relying on. PhantomTech (talk) 18:58, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Technical 13: I know where the number came from, I was wondering why you're assuming that all those transclusions happened or were updated between November 4, 2015 and today and why a change that
  • Makes the template do what the docs say
  • Fixes a problem that causes ##channel to take you to #channel or, if whoever made the transclusion tried to work around it, makes the link for ##channel look like ###channel
  • Does not break any transclusions for single # channels, as long as the transclusion followed the docs (if it didn't, by the way, the link would read "##channel")
requires consensus. All my change does it make links say the name of the channel they'll take you to. PhantomTech (talk) 22:01, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As long as no PINKLOCK, BLD still applies. This (might) break some templates, but it's only those that are badly configured. (Fix those insead of keeping the template borked) Please follow proper BRD-policy until a PINKLOCK is in order! (Also, please avoid the continuation of canvassing.) (tJosve05a (c) 07:05, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

An aside: I am in no why involved with this dispute, i was checking the page for something unrelated and misclicked my rollback button, pleses WP:Trout me as you see fit. Thanks, TheMesquitobuzz 08:51, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The changes that were made to this listing were made at the request of the club's current owner, who has worked for the venue since shortly after it opened. He wanted to update some listings of performers, correct information that wasn't accurate, and remove a negative piece of information that is not pertinent to the club's history. Updated and original text are below.

Extended content

ORIGINAL History[edit] The building, located on York Street down the street from Ashley's Ice Cream and Blue State Coffee and across an alley from Mory's Temple Bar, was the original location of the Yale Co-op. During the 1960s, it was a popular restaurant called Hungry Charlie's and then the location of Caleb's Tavern. In 1974, Michael Spoerndle, formerly a student at the Culinary Institute of America, rented the building for a French and Italian restaurant, which opened in March 1975. He named it Toad's Place, after a childhood joke. He said, "When my parents were going out to dinner, they would tell me they were going to such-and-such, and I thought it would be funny if they said, 'We're going to Toad's Place.' Plus, people who didn't go out and stayed at home, we'd call them 'toads.' It was the equivalent of a couch potato."[1] In 1976, Spoerndle turned the restaurant into a live music venue,[2] working with a local musician named Peter Menta to bring in bands. Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Koko Taylor were some of the first performers.[1] In 1976, Brian Phelps joined as manager and eventually co-owner. Phelps took control in 1995, after Spoerndle's numerous problems with alcohol and drug addiction.[2] Spoerndle died on May 6, 2011.[3][4]

In 1983, a second location opened in Waterbury, Connecticut, although it lasted only three years. In 2007, a franchise location in Richmond, Virginia opened with a concert by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. It included a restaurant and club for up to 1,500 visitors.[5] The principal owner was Charles Joyner, a local physician who was a disc jockey at Toad's Place while he was a Yale undergraduate in the 1980s. On 9 March 2009, Toad's Place Richmond was closed.[6] All scheduled shows were canceled and/or moved to The National, another venue in Richmond. A third location was planned for Trenton, New Jersey.[7]

Notable events[edit]

A long wall inside the venue the names of the many famous artists to have played there On August 12, 1989, The Rolling Stones played a surprise hour-long concert for 700 people at Toad's Place. They had been rehearsing for the "Steel Wheels" tour for six weeks at the Wykeham Rise School, a girls' school in Washington, Connecticut that had closed earlier that year, and performed the concert as "a thank-you to Connecticut for the hospitality."[8] On January 12, 1990, Bob Dylan started a tour with a Toad's Place performance including four sets that lasted over five hours, his longest show to date. It was his first club performance in 25 years.[1] In July 1980, Billy Joel recorded the song Los Angelenos from his album Songs in the Attic at Toad's Place. Jeff Lorber, a jazz keyboardist, included an instrumental piece called Toad's Place on his album Water Sign.[7] U2 performed at Toad's Place three times between 1980-1981. Their first performance at Toad's Place was on December 14, 1980 during the second leg of the Boy tour. This was only their eighth tour date in North America. The band returned to Toad's Place on May 27, 1981, during the fourth leg of the Boy tour, and on November 15, 1981, during the second leg of the October tour. The May 27 show was the occasion of their first public performance of the song Fire.[9] Adam Clayton is shown wearing a Toad's Place T-shirt in an early poster of the band.[1] On March 17, 2005 the Black Crowes played a concert under the name "Mr. Crowes Garden." This was one of five tour dates at small Northeastern clubs intended as a warm-up for their 2005 tour, after not having toured for almost four years.[10] Through mutual friends, singer Rob Zombie met future wife, actress Sheri Moon, at Toad's in 1989. They married on Halloween of 2002.

UPDATED History[edit] The building, located on York Street across from the Sterling Memorial Library and next door to Mory's Temple Bar, was the original location of the Yale Co-op. During the late 1960s, it was a popular restaurant called Hungry Charlie's. In 1974, Michael Spoerndle, formerly a student at the Culinary Institute of America, and with two other partners Mike Corpus and Charles Metzger, rented the building for a French and Italian restaurant, which opened in January, 1975. They named it Toad's Place, after a childhood joke. People who didn't go out and stayed at home, we'd call them 'toads.' It was the equivalent of a couch potato."[1] In late 1976, Spoerndle bought out his two partners and turned the restaurant into a live music venue,[2] working with a local musician named Peter Menta to bring in bands. Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Koko Taylor were some of the first performers.[1] In 1976, Brian Phelps joined as manager and eventually co-owner. Phelps took control in 1995. Spoerndle died on May 6, 2011.[3][4]

In 1981, a second location opened in Waterbury, Connecticut, although it lasted only three years. In 2007, a franchise location in Richmond, Virginia opened with a concert by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. It included a restaurant and club for up to 1,500 visitors.[5] The principal owner was Charles Joyner, a local physician who was a disc jockey at Toad's Place while he was a Yale undergraduate in the 1980s. On 9 March 2009, Toad's Place Richmond was closed.[6] All scheduled shows were canceled and/or moved to The National, another venue in Richmond. A third location was planned for Trenton, New Jersey. This did not come to fruition[7]

Notable events[edit]

A long wall inside the venue the names of the many famous artists to have played there On August 12, 1989, The Rolling Stones played a surprise hour-long concert for 700 people at Toad's Place. They had been rehearsing for the "Steel Wheels" tour for six weeks at the Wykeham Rise School, a girls' school in Washington, Connecticut that had closed earlier that year, and performed the concert as "a thank-you to Connecticut for the hospitality."[8] On January 12, 1990, Bob Dylan started a tour with a Toad's Place performance including four sets that lasted over five hours, his longest show to date. It was his first club performance in 25 years.[1] In July 1980, Billy Joel recorded the song Los Angelenos from his album Songs in the Attic at Toad's Place. Jeff Lorber, a jazz keyboardist, included an instrumental piece called Toad's Place on his album Water Sign.[7] U2 performed at Toad's Place three times between 1980-1981. Their first performance at Toad's Place was on December 14, 1980 during the second leg of the Boy tour. This was only their eighth tour date in North America. The band returned to Toad's Place on May 27, 1981, during the fourth leg of the Boy tour, and on November 15, 1981, during the second leg of the October tour. The May 27 show was the occasion of their first public performance of the song Fire.[9] Adam Clayton is shown wearing a Toad's Place T-shirt in an early poster of the band.[1] On March 17, 2005 the Black Crowes played a concert under the name "Mr. Crowes Garden." This was one of five tour dates at small Northeastern clubs intended as a warm-up for their 2005 tour, after not having toured for almost four years.[10] Through mutual friends, singer Rob Zombie met future wife, actress Sheri Moon, at Toad's in 1989. They married on Halloween of 2002.

There were other classic sold out shows held in the late eighties and nineties such as Johnny Cash, Dave Matthews, Bruce Springsteen, Frankie Valle & the 4 Seasons, James Taylor, R.E.M., Bon Jovi, N.K.O.T.B., David Bowie, BB King, Bonnie Raitt, Santana, Cyndi Lauper, Keanu Reeves, Eddie Murphy, George Thorogood, Hootie & the Blowfish, Joan Jett, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, The Kinks, Marilyn Manson, Meatloaf, Melissa Etheridge, New Haven‚ own Michael Bolton, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Tom Jones, Tower of Power, Weezer and Blue Oyster Cult.

More recent sellout performances include: LMFAO, Lupe Fiasco, Macklemore & Lewis, Tegan and Sara, Wiz Khalifa, Dipset, George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic, Kings of Leon, O.A.R., Beck, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, Black Keys, Bryan Adams, Drake, String Cheese Incident, Phish, Black Eyed Peas, Iggy Azalea, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wolfgang Gartner, Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean, J. Cole, Hunter Hayes, Jeezy, Alkaline Trio, Tyga, Ingrid Michaelson, Cake, Citizen Cope and Sara Bareilles.

Newhaveninfo (talk) 23:03, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Newhaveninfo, while I can understand that the owner doesn't want any "bad press" about the establishment, Wikipedia is NOTCENSORED. This means that all press, good or bad, should be included in an article. As long as a neutral point of view is observed it is just as acceptable (and encouraged) to list negative things as it is to list positive things. As an addendum, it is always a good idea to give rationale in the edit summary so others know why you edited the page. Primefac (talk) 23:16, 10 April 2015 (UTC) (talk page stalker)[reply]

wm-bot and ##PhantomTech

Just a heads up that there must have been a netsplit which caused wm-bot to drop from your ##PhantomTech channel on IRC. Due to the fact that your channel is invite only, this prevented the bot from rejoining your channel and I had to @part ##PhantomTech in order to get the bot properly reconnected to IRC. If you wish to have wm-bot in your channel, please add it to the auto-invite list so that it can rejoin as is needed. Thanks. — {{U|Technical 13}} (etc) 23:18, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

wm-bot's cloak is already on the auto invite list. Once wm-bot4 came back online I didn't have a problem getting it to join without a manual invite. PhantomTech (talk) 23:24, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
2015-04-11 17:50:46 [wm-bot] Join error: Cannot join channel (+i) - you must be invited channel: wm-bot4140 ##phantomtech reason: InviteOnly
2015-04-11 17:51:30 [wm-bot] Join error: Cannot join channel (+i) - you must be invited channel: wm-bot4140 ##phantomtech reason: InviteOnly
2015-04-11 17:52:19 [T13|mobile] Hrmm. Wm-bot4 needs renumbering again
2015-04-11 17:52:40 [T13|mobile] @part ##phantomtech
2015-04-11 17:52:53 [T13|mobile] Let's see if that fixes it.
2015-04-11 17:57:04 [wm-bot] Join error: Cannot join channel (+i) - you must be invited channel: wm-bot4140 #vetklephoek reason: InviteOnly
2015-04-11 17:57:19 =wm-bot4140 joined channel
2015-04-11 17:57:34 [T13|mobile] :)
Odd, maybe the cloak hadn't been applied yet? Looks like it would have had to go about a minute without a cloak though and that doesn't seem likely. Whatever it was, it's working fine now. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 03:00, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Feature request: Please include page titles in ThePhantomBot reports

Hi again! User:ThePhantomBot/reports/UA/bad pages currently says things like:

2015-04-13 07:48:34 Revision 656241163 (512.0) may be a bad recreate

It would be cool if you could make it instead say things like:

2015-04-13 07:48:34 New page "American International School of Vienna" (512.0) may be a bad recreate

The current behavior is useful, but my proposed behavior would be even more useful. That way people (such as myself) who really only hate spam articles about one type of entity (such as corporations only, or such as musical groups only) could more easily skim the report and decide which links to click.

P.S. Thanks again for ThePhantomBot.

Cheers, —Unforgettableid (talk) 19:37, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Unforgettableid: The reason revision numbers instead of page names are used right now is in case there is a problem with the page name, for example, if it is an attack page. But, right now only recreates are checked though, and since it would be unlikely for an attack page to not be create protected when it was first deleted, I think I could make the change when I have time. I've been busy so I'll probably be able to do it in about a week. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 08:38, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Unforgettableid: Sorry it took so long, bad recreates now list their page title at the end of the report. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 07:56, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you are talking about.

I may have done a joke and called my friends to show it once, but I think I deleted it right away. You claim that I changed 3 articles, that is not true. I only changed 1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.103.203.76 (talk) 22:56, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@174.103.203.76: I don't see where I claim you changed 3 articles, it looks like I only posted on your talk page once about a single article but feel free to point me somewhere if I'm wrong. Please don't use Wikipedia for jokes, even if you undo your changes right away, since someone could see your edit before you revert it. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 05:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Obnoxious js questions

Hi PhantomTech. I have some questions/comments about IRCNick.js.

  • On line 11, is 'a' defined anywhere? also on line 10, that for loop won't exit, right? we just defined i and it doesn't have a length property.
  • why are we counting underscores to determine if we fall through to offering colors?
  • Why are we coercing that random number to a string on line 21? You can access array locations w/ a string e.g. array["1"] but they're not properties.
  • why is there a check against nickChanged on line 24? We'll set it to true in either path before then.

Thanks, Protonk (talk) 13:23, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Also... The script doesn't meet the CC/JS requirements for global scripts/gadgets; the script isn't jQueryfied (not a strict requirement, but strongly recommended whenever possible); your script creates nicks longer than NICKLEN=16 and as such will fail (For example, the nick generated for me by it is "Technical_13-WP29", which is 17 characters in length). — {{U|Technical 13}} (etc) 13:46, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Protonk: Thanks for pointing out these issues. 'a' was a typo, I replaced it with 'i' and it looks like it was just skipping over the loop instead of never exiting but I've fixed that also. Underscores are counted to prevent a username that has a lot of non-latin characters from being given a nick similar to '______-WP32' or 'sa_____-WP21' which would be useless to helpers, it isn't the best method since it might be better to check for the percentage of the nick that is underscores so I'm thinking about replacing it with that. Fixed line 21. Removed nickChanged check on line 24, can't think of a reason for it to be there. @Technical 13: I fixed the nick length issue which cut off nicks one character too late and will look at the coding conventions for JavaScript. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 20:02, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing those. I think the nickChanged variable should be renamed or used differently, because it doesn't immediately express what's going on. For instance, if we mangle a username and insert 3 underscores, nickChanged is set to true, where if we change it more nickChanged is not set to true and we provide an alternate nickname based entirely on a poor man's guid (no judgment, that's just what it is. :)). The last if statement contains code that we want to run to completely replace the nick. We only want to run it if we don't have a meaningful nick to start with (anon users) or if our nick has changed so much as to require we not mangle things. My suggestion is just to put the creation of a whole new nick into a function and at line 20 invoke that function if the underscore count is over a certain threshold (rather than not doing it if it is under). That also means if you define the function early you can just do something like:

if ( isAnon ) {
 createNick();
} else {
 mangleNick();
 if ( tooMangled ) {
   createNick();
 }
}

Does that make sense? Protonk (talk) 12:17, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Protonk: I think this is what you're suggesting?
Code
// Intended to be used to make IRC help links use a default nick that's much
// easier to work with
// Author: PhantomTech
( function () {
	/**
	 * Pick a random nick.
	 *
	 * Uses a randomly selected color to get a "user-friendly" nick.
	 * Nicks are given in the format [color]-WP[number] where [color] is
	 * the random color and [number] is a random number between 100 and 999.
	 *
	 * @return {string} Nick
	 */
	function getRandomNick() {
		// Might not be a bad idea to have some more colors
		var nickOptions = [ 'red', 'pink', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'cyan', 'blue', 'purple' ];
		return nickOptions[ Math.floor( Math.random() * 7 ) ]
			+ '-WP' + Math.floor( Math.random() * 899 + 100 ).toString();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Pick a random nick based on user's username.
	 *
	 * Uses the user's username to get a "user-friendly" nick. Nicks are
	 * given in the format [username]-WP[number] where [username] is the
	 * username with non-alphanumeric characters replaced with an underscore
	 * and [number] is a random number between 10 and 99.
	 *
	 * @return {string} Nick
	 */
	function getUsernameNick() {
		return mw.user.getName().substring( 0, 11 ).replace( /\W/g, '_' )
			+ '-WP' + Math.floor( Math.random() * 89 + 10 ).toString();
	}
	
	// 'User:PhantomTech/sandbox/IRC_Disclaimer' will be replaced
	if ( mw.config.get( 'wgPageName' ) === 'User:PhantomTech/sandbox/IRC_Disclaimer' ) {
		if ( document.getElementById( 'ircLink' ) !== null ) {
			if ( mw.user.isAnon() ) {
				userNick = getRandomNick();
			} else {
				userNick = getUsernameNick();
				var underscoreCount = 0;
				for ( i = 0; i < userNick.length; i++ ) {
					if ( userNick.charAt(i) == '_' ) {
						underscoreCount++;
					}
				}
				// If nick has so many underscores that it probably isn't useful
				if ( underscoreCount <= 4 ) {
					userNick = getRandomNick();
				}
			}
	
			document.getElementById( 'ircLink' ).innerHTML = document.getElementById( 'ircLink' ).innerHTML.replace( /WPhelp\?/, userNick );
		}
	}
} );
If not, let me know. I made these changes kind of quickly so I haven't tested it yet and so haven't updated the script either. I'll test it when I have some more time and will then wait for your comments (if you haven't commented already) before updating the script. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 16:44, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'll take a closer look when I get home tonight. Protonk (talk) 19:12, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Something like that. Except if you want to get a random nick based on underscore count, you'd want to do that if it is more than 4, not 4 or less, right? sorry for asking so many questions, I just want to make sure the intent is clear to someone reading it. Protonk (talk) 11:35, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Protonk: I've tested it and it seems like it's working fine so I've updated the actual script. I fixed underscoreCount <= 4 in the actual script, I forgot to change it when I updated the code to use function, thanks for pointing it out. If you have any more suggestions or see any more problems feel free to let me know. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 15:00, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's much more clear, thank you. I'd also recommend taking Technical 13's suggestion onboard and jQuerifying the places where you touch the DOM (just 2 lines). Protonk (talk) 16:36, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated it to use JQuery. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 23:06, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Goldsmiths University.

Hi Phantom, thanks for your message, I am quite new to wikipedia so I am learning as I go, this one seems quite important. I have added in my citation now. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.31.231 (talk) 02:28, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@89.240.31.231: You're welcome, thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 02:39, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Same minute?! Nicely done. :) Faceless Enemy (talk) 04:00, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Huggle magic :) PHANTOMTECH (talk) 04:16, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Still cool, and still helpful. Faceless Enemy (talk) 04:45, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

George Stephanopoulos

This has apparently become a GOP target page with CRAP like this!

Stephanopolous' undisclosed $75,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation has led some conservatives to refer to him as "George Clintonpolous."

It is not only BS it has no citations EITHER. I have made several changes as to the post rank belonged in ABC history, stating that the book referred to alleged things that were not factually documented (with references) and replaced the above line with the fact that he has always been considered a Democrat.

Burger2227 (talk) 18:48, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Burger2227: As something with no citation, it can be removed per WP:V, however, changing it to something without adding a source to support the new information does not fix the issue that there is unreferenced information in the article. Feel free to remove that information from the article if it is unreferenced, but do not replace it with unreferenced information. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 18:59, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, but I'm gonna keep an eye on things for now. Thanks Burger2227 (talk) 19:15, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, thanks for your contributions. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 19:19, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance

An editor has ignored my warning for edit warring and removing sourced content, and just kept doing it. I saw you have edited the Drake Bell page as well. Can you do anything to help, please? -- Deadpool100 (talk) 01:46, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Deadpool100: I'd recommend starting a discussion on the article's talk page and notifying the user of the discussion with a talk page message, if after a few days no one gives a reason for why the information should not be there re-add it pointing to the discussion in the edit summary you use. Alternatively, since the other editor's problem seems to be with the source being YouTube, you could try to find a written source. The editor has not yet broken WP:3RR so administrator intervention is probably not required at this point. If they do not provide a valid reason the source cannot be used and continue to revert the addition, they will likely be considered to have violated edit warring policy even if they do not technically violate 3RR. If, during the discussion, you are unable to come to an agreement you can use WP:Dispute resolution steps like WP:3O. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 02:10, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and started a discussion on that talk page. Thanks for the advice! :) --Ebyabe talk - Attract and Repel ‖ 02:22, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A star for you

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For your Village pump (technical) contribution. "An act of kindness" is a thing I love, both to give and to receive. -AsceticRosé 17:14, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Automated tool

Just checked what you've written on WP:ARC. I would like to request you to change your wording a bit, "but at 20+ edits per minute with an automated tool" should be either "but at 20+ edits per minute with an AWB" or "but at 20+ edits per minute with a semi automated tool (AWB)".

For a while, I thought what kind of "bot" is he using, had to check the recent contributions. Thanks. OccultZone (TalkContributionsLog) 02:46, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@OccultZone: Made the change, sorry for any confusion it caused. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 03:22, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is presumably due to any of several {{template names}} being parsed by the MediaWiki software as actual templates, but I haven't checked which one. The workaround is to split the offending string constant(s) into two or more concatenated strings, as you already did to prevent subst: from being parsed.

(One could argue that this MediaWiki parsing behavior is itself a bug to be fixed, but that's a discussion for elsewhere.) --SoledadKabocha (talk) 18:43, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SoledadKabocha: Fixed, thanks for letting me know about it. The parsing behavior is a bug that should probably be fixed, but that'd be a silly excuse to try and use to get out of one or two minutes of "work". PHANTOMTECH (talk) 19:00, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Letter Concerning Toleration

Well, I'm just going to relay my unpleasant experience at Wikipedia to every person that I know. You people are bullies and pretenders! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thepointofit (talkcontribs) 12:23, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Thepointofit: Wikipedia has a policy on original research. When Wikipedia editors look at information and attempt to interpret it, they are doing original research. Wikipedia editors are usually not subject experts, for this reason Wikipedia trusts the views of published sources over those of Wikipedia editors. PHANTOMTECH (talk) 02:16, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sucking

You suck the di*k of chicken fuc*ers.