User talk:TheFearow/Archive Aug 2007

Red edit

Hello TheFearow, I am not sure why you made the reverts you did. The deletions/edits I made were explained and justified in the discussion page and you have now reverted the page to factually incorrect. What fact-checking did you do before making the reverts?

Please check the facts behind your reverts -- then add to the discussion to justify the reverts or simply undo them. I think your reverting is irresponsible.

Thanks, EMCCSM 00:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Toolserveraccount

Hello TheFearow,
please send your real-name, your wikiname, your prefered login-name and the public part of your ssh-key to . We plan to create your account soon then. --DaB. 00:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Supernova7

Hi TheFearow! My name is Samantha and my user page is Supernova7. It will not let me sign in on my own user page. Could you please help me? I'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks! 01:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

English Teacher

Hello,

There's always someone interesting at the Help Desk, hey? I left a rather critical comment under your last response, as I feel that the teacher's behavior is ill-befitting even a child. If it seems somewhat harsh, do please drop me a note.

Have a nice day,

The Rhymesmith 08:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Outpost Gallifrey.png

That wasn't vandalism in the Outpost Gallifrey.png and I'm annoyed you immediately jumped to that conclusion.Where is your AGF.

Some idiot changed the link to that picture I week ago on the page it was being used on and that tag got added in the meantime.That tag says remove it if the image is not orphan ( which it is not )which is what I did .Garda40 11:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your support at my recent Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Angus Lepper RfA, which failed, with no consensus to promote me. However, I appreciate the concerns raised during the course of the discussion (most notably, a lack of experience, particularly in admin-heavy areas such as XfDs and policy discussions) and will attempt to address these before possibly standing again in several months time. Angus Lepper^{(T, C, D)} 16:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

		My RFA
		User:TenPoundHammer and his romp of Wikipedia-editing otters thank you for participating in Hammer's failed request for adminship, and for the helpful tips given to Hammer for his and his otters' next run at gaining the key. Also, Hammer has talked to the otters, and from now on they promise not to leave fish guts and clamshells on the Articles for Deletion pages anymore. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 16:53, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Smile

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Award

		The Editor's Barnstar
		I'm giving you this Editor's Barnstar because I have seen consistently good editing from you, in both discussions and in vandal combat. Wear it well Matt! -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 10:17, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I dont really know myself - I came across your userpage, and i remembered seeing you as a good editor and an interesting person at discussions, so I decided to give you an award. Cheers -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:35, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Ahhhh - you are of a similar age to me then, or were you referring to someone else entirely? Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 12:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Ki-o-rahi

Thanks for your vote on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ki-o-rahi. Please have another look there - Moriori has made a suggestion which makes sense to me - and I'd like your consent to withdraw the AfD accordingly. However I think that the AfD for the related article The Legend of Rahi should go ahead Kahuroa 10:25, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Enfield 8000

Thanks for the kind comment. I would like to help with the article, but beating the same questions to death seems to be the par for the course. If he asks anything new, I'll be sure to try to help answer it. I know, COI and NPOV are pervasive problems (as is WP:V, if you ask me), but kudos to you for trying to work it out with him. I'll keep an eye on the page and his talk page, but I'm not going to attempt to edit it. Douglasmtaylor ^T/C 10:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

nope

I'm in Wellington, which is too far away from Auckland. Pity, but there you have it. Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

There is a big invitation thing at the top of my Watchlist Page. I guess watching the New Zealand noticeboard generates it or something. Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:23, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

UAA

I realize that, but the user name (NickBondIndustries) indicates (especially based on the only contribution since creating the name) that the user created it to spam, and that user created a page about themselves Nick Bond. Apparently its already been taken care of though, but thanks anyway! -YeLLeY511 03:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks Matt. It's really, really great to know some people still have faith in me :) Unfortunately, I pile on of about 20 opposes in a row meant there was no way it would be passed, even if it ended at 75%. 'Crat discretion, you see :D If I do return, which I hope for, I will run again one of these days...in the meantime, good luck with your RfA if you do go again. You will do well :D From your friend, Giggy _U^CP 03:53, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

:) When it's time for yours, email me, please. Especially if I'm not around. You know why :P Giggy _U^CP 03:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar! It's my first one :) — Bob • (talk) • 04:04, July 31, 2007 (UTC)

Constantine Adraktas

The ENFIELD is still "alive"
See http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/enfieldelectriccars/

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Constantine Adraktas (talk • contribs)

RFGN

Thanks for your rewording at RFGN, it helps alot. I'm not the best at wording things, so it helps. Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 03:46, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome!  :-) —David Levy 03:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Account compromise solution

I noticed you had some instructions up for account compromise, and seemed to be concerned that it might occur. You might want to look at setting a committed identity string for yourself, so that you can verify you really are the rightful owner of the account in the event of compromise. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 04:09, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Do beware of trolls, if you're going to put your phone number up publicly! Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 04:13, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :)

Thanks for the barnstar! I do my best. Andre (talk) 04:15, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

BRFA revert

I fixed it -- the problem was, I forgot to change the template to BRFAA instead of BRFA, as the instructions say. Andre (talk) 05:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: RFA

Well, thank you! I'm honoured both by your assumption and your willingness to nominate me. However, I feel a nomination may be a bit premature... I have just under 6000 edits on this account, the earliest being almost four months ago exactly. I don't have the time to immerse myself in XfDs, though I do participate in those that are delsorted into categories in which I'm interested. Some may also feel that my edit count has been artificially inflated as I was working on the {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} backlog using a semi-automated tool before my BRFA was approved.

From what I've seen of RfA, I wouldn't really stand a chance. But I could be wrong. What do you think? — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 14:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

A third party's opinion: I think that four months is a little fast for a promotion, though you might stand a serious chance in a couple of months. 6k edits is plenty to stand a chance in RfAs. EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:30, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Constantine Adraktas - ENFIELD

Dear Matt,
I saw my original write up, together with the accompanying Images, somewhere in my User pages, I think.
I have been unable to find it again and do what you asked me to do but, maybe, you can find it.
It was the ENFIELD AUTOMOTIVE version and I attempted to sent it for Mediation or Arbitration.
I still do not know how to sign, as you do.
Kind regards
Constantine

PS - The page I am referring above with my write up etc had my IP number (89.210.27.83 ) on the top, like a title.
Does that help to find it ?

Constantine Adraktas 07:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Dear Matt,
Ref. BHP and E8000ECC
Broken Hill PTY in Australia bought several E8000ECC. 
They wanted to support Electric Cars as they are Lead producers ( Batteries ).
I went "Down Under" but not as far as New Zealand.
Brisbane: to deliver a speech on the E8000ECC.
Sidney: to look at certain factories as to have the E8000ECC produced there, as well.
Melbourne: to negotiate with BHP.
I had contacts with AEVA, the Australian Electric Vehicle Association. I believe they are "alive and kicking".
On the way to Australia and on the way back, I spent some time in Singapore.
They were very keen to invest and have the E8000ECC in Singapore ( again, as well ).
BUT
As a co-Editor of yours said "I better get down from my SOAPBOX and stop SPOUTING about the ENFIELD 8000 !" ( sic ).
Regards

Constantine Adraktas 07:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

I forgot to indent (brain cramp) on the WDM RFA -- thanks for catching that. •Jim62sch• 23:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Email

Check yours ;) You might wanna enable Special:Emailuser/TheFearow too. Giggy _U^CP 01:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Check it again! Giggy _U^CP 01:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I think you should expand your q3 answer. Provide diffs, evidence, show you really can handle the stuff (that hurt me a lot). Don't just mention it briefly, go into as much depth as possible. Giggy ^{Talk | Review} 02:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't forget to transclude your request to the main page.-gadfium 19:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Your welcomehelper

Hey, I'm a fan of this script and had an idea for it. I think (maybe?) this is script is supposed to automatically welcome the user when I click on the welcome link, but it doesn't for me (I'm running firefox 2.x if that matters). Anyways, is there a way you could modify it so that when I click on the "welcome" link, a piece of script like this runs:

addOnloadHook(function () {
        window.onload = function() {
         welcome();
        }
});

so that I can run my own custom welcome template (which is also the one for that other welcome script that makes a tab for it at the top of the page. That one's good, but I think yours is better. Also, this way I can continue to use the tab, and yours will just activate it under certain conditions (clicking on the link))? Also, I've tested a script that uses something like it and it works for me. Thanks, — Bob • (talk) • 05:53, August 2, 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I tried changing it, but the problem is that the template I'm using is {{User:Bob/welcome|cookies=true|heading=true|headtext=Hello from [[User:Bob|Bob]]}}, and the wikitext doesn't work in the URL (I think that's the problem). Is there a way you could do it by just calling the welcome() function on pageload? — Bob • (talk) • 06:15, August 2, 2007 (UTC)

Nope, whenever I try it, it just pastes {{tag}} on the userpage. You can check my monobook.js in case I did it incorrectly (your script is right at the top). — Bob • (talk) • 06:32, August 2, 2007 (UTC)

Edit: Although welcome() is a custom function, shouldn't you be able to call it from another script as long as they're both in my monobook.js? — Bob • (talk) • 06:50, August 2, 2007 (UTC)

Awesome, it works now. Thanks — Bob • (talk) • 20:14, August 2, 2007 (UTC)

Liferay, Inc.

Howdy. Can you explain what is so inappropriate about this article that you threaten the creator with a block? At first glance, sure, it could be better, but it's even got references- this is much better than most newly created articles. I did a quick google and it looks to me like this company may be recognized as a legitimate player in the portal market. I don't have a firm opinion yet on whether this article belongs, but I don't see how creating it warrants a block threat. Friday (talk) 21:54, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, in regards to your notability comment, should I make statements of the awards it has won (e.g. InfoWorld or eContent)? Caorongjin 22:08, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, it is not a standard template as I have been creating something like it with the help of User:C.Fred (see User:Caorongjin/Liferay. Caorongjin 22:10, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, gotcha. Ok, I added the InfoWorld award but am looking for a third-party source for the eContent one (since PR information is considered biased, correct?). Caorongjin 22:19, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Much appreciated Caorongjin 22:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

RE:RfA

Sadly, consensus in Wikipedia is not what you think; it's what WP:CONSENSUS says. I have left you an optional question to know what you believe is consensus. Please avoid to use the word vote, as RfA is not a vote; it's a discussion. --Boricuaeddie 22:40, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but almost all admin actions require determining consensus, and you don't know what that is. Happy editing! --Boricuaeddie 22:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, how do you handle a request for protection that several users oppose to? Determining consensus, and that does not mean counting how may say "yes" and how many say "no", but the arguments that the users present. --Boricuaeddie 22:48, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Many incidents are "controversial". If you're going to recuse yourself from all of those incidents, what do you need admin tools for? --Boricuaeddie 22:53, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

No offense, but that's not very good, either. How can you ignore new users' comments!?! That would be biting and not assuming good faith. --Boricuaeddie 23:10, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Your Wiki-Break

Sorry to hear about your RfA. I hope you don't stay away too long. I don't know you well, but I've liked what I've seen as a helpful, patient nature. Take good care. Douglasmtaylor ^T/C 23:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA...

I just dropped by to offer some moral support. You're a good editor, and I can envision supporting a future RfA. Take a break, and come back when you can--the process is stressful enough even when it's going well. Cheers, — Scientizzle 23:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

It's even harder when you have people insulting your beliefs. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 23:35, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry mate, I feel bad now that I gave in to nom you... Giggy ^{Talk | Review} 23:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

If you didnt, this would have just happened two days ago. It doesn't make a difference. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 00:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey - I'm glad I supported Matt. Please continue to keep up your great work. You are a great editor, and your contributions are highly valuable. Remember that. Cheers -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 13:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

It appears

It appears that people don't appreciate a lot of the work others do - therefore, I am planning to either retire or invoke my rtv. If anyone has any suggestions/comments regarding this, or any other alternatives, feel free to tell me below Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 23:49, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Take a break, come back rested, and continue doing useful work. You're not ready for admin tools, so what? This doesn't mean you can't do useful work. There is no need to take this personally. Friday (talk) 23:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Personally? Insulting my beliefs is personal. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 23:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm really not certain what "beliefs" you say were attacked (though I don't doubt that you feel genuinely insulted), so I can't address that in any meaningful way...but Friday is right that a little time off may provide some useful perspective. For someone with little more than two full months of in-depth contributions, you've gotten fairly close to gaining the community's trust for sysop privelages--that's a testament to your work and demeanor.

As for admiship, it's not supposed to be a big deal, right? Well, not being an admin shouldn't be a big deal, either.

Take a break & re-evaluate your time here. You'll be welcome back, if that's your choice. — Scientizzle 00:39, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Blessings

Dear Matt,

I'm really sorry that your RfA didn't go through. I do not know you, but I have read your comments, and you are an excellent editor who is kind towards others. I hope that you will have a productive break, and will do what you think is right. Whatever you choose to do, have bright blessings along the way.

Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind blow at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
May the rain fall soft among your fields
And until we meet again
And until we meet again
may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Blessings and good luck, Neranei ^T/C 00:10, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much. You have made up my mind, i'm staying, at least for now. I'll probably never pass RfA, but i'm here. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 00:39, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

That's excellent; I for one am very, very happy to see you back, Matt! Please let me know if you need to blow off steam, need a favor, or whatever. I will be around. As I and several others have said, you are an excellent editor and Wikipedia definitely needs you. :) So, happy editing! Blessings, Neranei ^T/C 00:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Ditto. And all that. What would Mr. Adraktas do without you, anyway? Cheers! Douglasmtaylor ^T/C 01:08, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

One more thing, I just read over your RfA, and I personally think that you've done wonderful work with your bot. Neranei ^T/C 01:26, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. At least several people think i've done good. And I dont know what Mr Adraktas would do :p Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 01:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I think that there are many people who think that you are a really good editor, me included, Matt, and you just need a little bit of time. And, the project need you. Hope all is well! Love, Neranei ^T/C 15:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Auckland Meetup

Hi Matt - hope to still see you in Auckland in a week. As in any thing you care about, hitting a snag is gonna hurt.

But you're a young person, and both you and Wikipedia will be around for a long time yet. By virtue of being a heavy editor alone (i.e. willing to get in and do WORK for the project), you will always have a much better chance of eventually getting adminship than 99% of all other users. So don't fret. Take a break, or dive right back into wiki-work, whatever is best for you. Cheers and happy editing. Ingolfson 09:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

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"pywikipedia doesnt require approval"

You wrote to User:Sesshomaru:

For double redirect bots, probably pywikipedia and AWB are just as good, but pywikipedia doesnt require approval. Thats probably the best option.

I'm assuming you meant that pywikipedia doesn't require approval to download and use, but you should probably make it clear that it still requires approval to edit with. —METS501 (talk) 02:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Yep, thats what I meant, ill clarify that. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 03:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

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Constantine Adraktas

Somebody has removed your Answers section from my Talk page ! Constantine Adraktas 15:08, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

CorenSearchBot

Hey there. It now uses Yahoo (with a proper app ID and all). Score one for properly modular code.  :-) — Coren ^(talk) 15:17, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

... and I was right. With my (admitedly short) corpus, I loose about 30% of the matches.  :-( — Coren ^(talk) 15:26, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Err, help? I can't edit articles containing external links because I hit a catpcha! Will the bot flag prevent that? — Coren ^(talk) 21:51, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Aaah. CorenSeachBot is indeed new. Durn. Well, I'll just skip pages containing external links for now; it's not critical for a trial run anyways. — Coren ^(talk) 21:56, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Heh. Actually, it breaks it completely: The template (obviously) have a link to the copied page! LOL. Guess I'll have to wait for a bit for the trial. Other options: Use User:Coren or User:CorenGoogleBot which are both old enough. — Coren ^(talk) 22:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

FYI: User:lucasbfr objection to the automatic tagging was made under the mistaken impression that CSB placed {{db-copyvio}} tags, not its own. He struck out that part. — Coren ^(talk) 23:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 2

Thank you for your support in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project, and I'll try again in a few months! If you ever have any questions or suggestions for me, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, --Elonka 02:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Enfield

Please see reply on Enfield talk page. Cheers. [1]Georgeg 23:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your tireless participation at WP:RFBA, I award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Happy editing! Boricuaeddie 23:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I've left you a question at my request for approval for EddieBot. Please continue your excellent job as a temporary member of the BAG. I'm sure you'll become an "official" member in no time :-) Happy editing! --Boricuaeddie 23:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure. You certainly deserve it. BTW, I am not bribing you into approving my bot *cough* *cough* :-) --Boricuaeddie 23:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

The trial has been completed. --Boricuaeddie 02:23, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy editing! --Boricuaeddie 11:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

watch list question

i apologise if i am bugging you or what not but i've been attempting to find a way to set up a seperate section or something for the watchlist, as i have a small series of articles and other things that i want to watch seperately comaired to the rest of my watch list... if you know of anything that is do-able, or who i may be able to contact that'd be very helpful, thanks... Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 02:21, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

interesting, so as long as the pages are linked there they'll only show up there.... thanks, i think i've already kinda got that set up:P.... Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 03:11, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Thanks for the support on my RFA, I'm looking forward to it! --AW 15:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

StatusBot question

I'm interested in trying out StatusBot. Is there a specific template that I need for the bot to correctly change the status? Thanks, GrooveDog (talk) 15:07, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

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BoricuaBot

I've finished the trial for BoricuaBot. Happy editing! --Boricuaeddie 19:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Boricuaeddie 21:30, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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Re:

I was going to use {{watt}}, but it said to use one of those template, so that's what I did. You didn't do anything out of line, I just thought the watt template adds the page to a list so we can get a wider input. ~ Wikihermit 21:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to give you the annoying orange bar, but this is what I thought the template would produce (or something similar): [2]. Thanks! ~ Wikihermit 21:59, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

MSN

Could you come on MSN (or IRC) please, I need your help. Thanks. Majorly (talk) 23:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFBOT

If you have a moment, I've completed my trial and posted to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Fluxbot 2. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 00:52, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, reran with the changes, added the cleanup task-completed the cleanup. Almost forgot what it's like to be on this side of the bot trial process (but it sure enforces why we have one!). — xaosflux ^Talk 01:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Eep. That error was actually in all the edits, repaired all, commented on the WP:RFBOT page. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:13, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Deadbot and UAA

Hi, I have blanked deadbots UAA blacklist due to a consensus that reporting should be done with just one bot. See WT:UAA#Shut_off_username_bots.2C_except_HBC_Namewatcher for more info. Until(1 == 2) 19:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

DeadBot dead?

Don't see any updates from it since July 29 - and it's needed on Dead-end pages again... --Alvestrand 22:55, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:AWB Request: Make special pages from logs use Page parameter

Any chance of you expanding a bit more on what your after?

Some link examples would do fine :)

Cheers

Reedy Boy 21:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

So really we need Special Page (User) and special page (Page). Or is there a list of special pages where it would normally get the user and that wouldnt be the right action? Reedy Boy 19:26, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Small deadbot issue

Thanks for all the work with deadbot! One small issue I just noticed. If you compare my sandbox with the the A-C section of DEP after deadbot went through it, there's a problem with pages that start with an accented letter. Specificially, deadbot changed [[Ángel Alonso ('Pichi' Alonso)]] to [[�?ngel Alonso ('Pichi' Alonso)]], which messes up the link. Specifically, it changes the accented first letter to "??". No biggie, because I can just clean up those few and get them off the list, but I thought you'd want to know. --Fabrictramp 22:04, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment

Thank you for your comment on my RfA, which was successful. Lyrl^Talk _C 00:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:777 touching down in Auckland International.jpg

Hi Matt,

Just realised it was you. Thanks for uploading images to Commons. Please have a look at the changes I did to them to correct the categories. Only the most specific categories are used, so instead of using, for example, Auckland AND airports, I placed the image in Airports of Auckland, which links upwards to both other terms, and thus can be found via both ways. Cheers. Ingolfson 10:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFBOT

Re: Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/StatusBot, I'd like to see how this scales more before going full approval, have extended the trial to 10d/1000e. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:18, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

You are clear for takeoff [3]. If it starts acting up just self-list it on WP:AIV and I'm sure someone will block. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:26, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Yea, but aside from irc it's the quickest! I've added User:OrphanBot to the category to see what happens with a hyper-active user in the group. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

RE: Message to Jimbo

Thanks for the heads-up - I'm still a touch on the green side, so I had no idea who to inform in regards to a policy discussion. I started the conversation on the Village Pump, but it quickly outgrew the page and I moved it here:

User:Sidatio/Conversations/On list guidelines

If you'd like to comment, I'd certainly welcome the insight! Also, once we've wrapped this up, who do we inform of the findings? Thanks! Sidatio 01:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Award!

		The Wikipedia Bot Builder Award
		For creating and operating StatusBot, an extremely cool and useful bot, I award you the Wikipedia Bot Builder Award. Happy editing! --Boricuaeddie 13:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

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RuleChecker3

I see you've rolled out the welcome wagon for this user. Unfortunately, this is a recurring sockpuppet I'm keeping my distance from. A RuleChecker 2 got blocked because it's a recurring meme. Savie Kumara 23:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I am anti-sock. Yet I keep getting blocked. Why? This is abuse of power. Wasting RFCU time serves no good. You'll only get a "confirmed" when we all know and agree that the blocked socks are socks and have already been blocked. Rulechecker3 23:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Geonotices

I've seen the requests, but I'm hesitant to run any without clearly defined dates. Both of the pending ones are confusing. Also, I've been telling people not to bother requesting one less than a week in advance. It takes up to 12 hours for the notices to show (or go away) because of client caching, and it takes appears to take a good week for the notice to reach most of its audience. :)

BTW quite a few of the people at the NY meetup came because they saw the notice. --Gmaxwell 00:00, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Tea for you!

☻ Someone has poured you tea ☺

03:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

You have mail

03:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Space-insertion bug in DeadBot?

Hi,

could you have a look at DeadBot's code for updating comments again?

If you look at the source of Wikipedia:Dead-end pages/P-T, you will see a number of spaces after the dash that seems to correspond well with the number of times DeadBot has touched it since the last upload. It doesn't affect the display, but it's irritating when I edit the text, and it grows the page (which is already long - 245 Kbytes or so). --Alvestrand 06:46, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

StatusBot

It is not updating my status and I just made a few edits. What is going on here. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 22:25, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

I thought it might have. No worries. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 22:30, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Hang on, it just updated me. Now I'm really curious as to what is going on. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 22:34, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the support

Your support on the RFA made me chuckle... so I had to say thanks Balloonman 00:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:Added StatusBot cat to show on BAG list

Would've been nice to be asked :p ;)

Reedy Boy 08:58, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Im not bothered - May aswell make use of it ;) Reedy Boy 09:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I've taken wikihermits code and expanded on it... User:Reedy Boy/Status, well, a bit ;) Reedy Boy 09:38, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Didnt know that existed - Wikihermit didnt use it, so i didnt realise!! Simplified :) Reedy Boy 09:45, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

{{BotTrial}}

Couple of little annoyances ive noticed with the template.

Approved for trial (50 edits or 5 days)

Double space between edits and or - Can you fix that? (Im at work, and aint overly familiar with the parser functions, had a quick fiddle but cant seem to get it to do what i want!!)

Theres a couple of other little spacing things that look wrong IMHO...

Reedy Boy 09:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Cheers! Reedy Boy 22:11, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Your bot request

Hi TheFearow I wanted to let you know that Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/StatusBot is labeled as needing your comment. Please visit the above link to reply to the requests. Thanks! --BAGBotTalk 21:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Keeps marking me offline

For some reason StatusBot keeps marking me offline although I've been editing for quite a while now. Q ^{T C} 10:19, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

OK...

I want to use AWB to replace {{Infobox Band}} with {{Infobox musical artist}}. But the fields have different names in each. How do I do this? FMAFan1990 05:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Your Bot...

Hi, I need a hand fixing your bot on my page... Could you help me? HarrisonB Speak! 07:22, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

The bot is down due to server issues – there is nothing Matt can do to help you out, I'm afraid. –sebi 07:24, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

• It seems to be working now, funny, thanks anyway HarrisonB Speak! 07:37, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

hi-- thanks for the input and help regarding the move function.versen 09:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Unusual articles botreq

I believe I have updated the list as you reqested. Let me know if that's what you were looking for. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 18:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

StatusBot

Runs without a bot flag. Is there any reason for that? --Maxim_(talk) 18:50, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Bots don't necessarily need flags. Only if they're making several edits a minute (like 6 or more) would they need a flag, generally. Majorly (talk) 19:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

That, and its not fully approved yet - Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/StatusBot Reedy Boy 19:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)