User talk:Robertvan1/Archive 1

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A welcome from Sputnik

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Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Robertvan1! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. AmiDaniel (talk) 08:07, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism?

How can you accuse 213.100.54.167 of vandalism - I know that user and he has only made good contributions to Wikipedia!! Camptown 18:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Clearly not, as you can see here link. It is irrelevant rubbish tacked on the end.

• If you read the log a little more carfully, you'll see that 213.100.54.167 REMOVED vandalism!! The vandalism was created by 68.225.143.73 [18:05, 28 June 2006]. Tell 213.100.54.167 you're sorry - or I'll report you for vandalism!

• Yea ok, I read it from the wrong side, I will apologise. Don't, however, think that it is because of your empty threats, I made a mistake not vandalism.

• • Very well.... don't forget, though, that some people get pretty upset when other people are wrongfully accused of e.g. vandalism.

Blatant vandalism

You might find {{subst:bv}} useful. --GraemeL ^(talk) 19:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

• Ok, I'll add it to my custom list and use it. Thanks.

Vandalism?

What? You just reverted my reversion of vandalism. Sarge Baldy 19:30, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

• Sorry, the bot I was using reverts the latest edit even if it shows me the previous one. I'll remove my "warning".

I already had. It's not a problem, I was just confused by it. Sarge Baldy 19:32, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Zay

I believe Zay's page should not have been reverted. Many users on Totse will be able to back me up when I say the information I contributed was accurate.

• It will probably get deleted soon any way, but if you want to add that info then discuss it on the talk first. As soon as I see reference to "gay" or "penis", I think vandalism. --robertvan1 21:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Warnings?

You should be more careful with your semi-bot program. Multiple times, you have warned for an edit that someone else already warned about, and you also put a warning on a user talk page which the user had blanked, making the admin's task much more difficult. (ESkog)^(Talk) 21:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

• The double warnings happen when I "rollback" an article, but it has already been done by another user. The program goes ahead and warns the user anyway. The warnings are also from the bot, but I can rollback with no warning in this case if it will make jobs easier. --robertvan1 21:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Neil Goldschmidt

Hi Robert, My name is David and I happened to see your reverts on the Neil Goldschmidt article. The vandalism that you reverted happened again. I left yet another message on their talk page. I'm not sure if you want to report him at this point or not. Please keep me updated in terms of what you see. Thanks.. Davidpdx 23:44, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

• I'll keep an eye on that article and if he vandalises it again I will report him. Thanks for your help keeping Wikipedia vandal free! (By the way, have you conisdered VandalProof?)

Vandalism

Check you're history. I was restoring the article :). --Fractions 21:22, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

• Yea, I noticed straight away and corrected my mistake.

That's quite alright :). --Fractions 21:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Careful

Here, "notorious Ideot" was correct. See google books. And be very careful "correcting" quoted text. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 00:28, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• Ok, I won't correct quotes...

Unspecified source for Image:Kennet.jpeg

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Do not "Unicodify" mathematics articles

The Wikipedia mathematics community has repeatedly and firmly opposed "Unicodifying" mathematics articles. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics for our reasons. You did this to (at least) “Boolean algebras canonically defined”. Please stop immediately, and revert any others. --KSmrq^T 22:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes please. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:59, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

The necessary reverts have been made, sorry about that. I had no idea people were opposed to Unicode, and will watch my future edits. robertvan1 16:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. The bad news is, you are just the latest in a series of "fixers". The good news is, we may be getting a top-level change to the bot so the problem goes away. On the whole, mathematicians are enthusiastic supporters of Unicode, which has more code points for us than for most non-Asian languages combined. We like our special characters! But we have unusual needs given the current state of MediaWiki mathematics markup support, so wish to avoid automatic conversion for now. Your prompt response is very considerate, and much appreciated. --KSmrq^T 03:26, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

don't replace HTML entities by unicode

Please, what's the use of replacing "portable", everywhere-readable HTML entities like in this edit by unicode characters ? Please notice the following from WP:AWB :

Rules of use
   (...)
   * Don't do anything controversial with it.
   * Avoid making insignificant minor edits such as only adding or removing some
white space, moving a stub tag, converting some HTML to Unicode, (...),
or something equally trivial. This is because it wastes resources and clogs up watch lists.

Thank you in advance ! — MFH:Talk 12:53, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

There is a function in AWB that lets me skip articles if no Unicoding change is made, and I like this mode as I don't need to check the program very often. I think it simplifys the coding of articles if unicode is used, and should be done to as many articles as possible. robertvan1 16:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Genpact

Hi Robertvan1 you had tagged category stub for Genpact. I do want to remove it shall I go forward with it. Though I might as well ask you before I catogrize it. Thanks. .rencin24 rencin24 07:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is no longer a stub as it is over 500 words. Go ahead with whatever you need to do, and remember to be bold.

Image:Kennet Uniformboth.JPG

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Amfipoli, Greece

Hi. I made added some info and some external links on a page about a town called Amfipoli in Greece. Could You check it out and maybe it edit please? Thank you! Neptunekh

Controversies Category

According to the template posted at Category:Controversies: "This category is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's Categories for Discussion policies. This does not mean that any of the articles in the category will be deleted. They may, however, be recategorized. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this category's entry on the Categories for Discussion page. Please do not empty the category or remove this notice while the discussion is in progress." You removed Boy Scouts of America membership controversies from this Category. --Jagz 22:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

• Not according to the CFD/Working page. It is under the empty and delete category, reflecting the consensus of the discussion about it. robertvan1 22:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Then surely it would be reasonable to change the template posted at Category:Controversies prior to gutting it. --Jagz 22:45, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

• • This is a bit of a waste of time, as the category is soon deleted anyway. If you want to check the debate then there is a link in the message to the discussion. I have changed the template on this one, however. robertvan1 22:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I disagree that it is a waste of time to change the template for the benefit of others. --Jagz 23:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure the link to the discussion is the correct one? --Jagz 23:06, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

It was on the category page before I changed it. robertvan1 23:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Specialist school categories

Robert just to remind you that in Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_January_27#Category:Language_Colleges_in_Buckinghamshire you said "I will be creating all the other categories once this is done with. I didn't want to start doing it my way, then have to change it if it was wrong. However, I have a feeling that this debate has already finished, but I will wait the compulsory 7 days before closing it. robertvan1 16:51, 30 January 2007 (UTC)". Please don't leave it too long, as although your school is now nicely categorised, a number of Buckinghamshire schools are in an England category for one specialism and in a Buckingham category for another, which causes exactly the sort of confusion that you originally complained about. It also looks like someone else has created two of the England categories in your absence, and used different case from the others, so you might need to sort that out too.

Thanks - Scribble Monkey 13:21, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Never mind Robert, it didn't look like you had any intention of doing it, so I have. ~ Scribble Monkey 14:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Handling CFD

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