User talk:ST47/Archive4

[edit] AWB

Thanks for pearing down the list. I've been meaning to get around to approvals for some time, but I never seem to be on a computer that won't die from loading all the contribs. Anyway, you're approved. alphachimp 18:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Great, thanks! ST47Talk 19:23, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] STBot and templates

Howdy! I have a question an edit STbot made. In this, it added an 'uncategorized' template, even though the article has a stub template that places it into a category. I'm guessing that it didn't parse the stub template to see if there was a category involved, would you consider that as an enhancement suggestion? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 15:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think AWB counts stub categories as categories, since the page still is not in the proper categories, and is just listed for maintenance. ST47Talk 17:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bug in Tool2

Hi. I noticed your comment here. I used to get the same problem till I realised I hadn't pasted the code in my js file. Do that and it should solve your problem. Cheers! - Aksi_great (talk) 16:08, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] STBot

I don't understand this edit which says "adding template" and in fact removes a template, which I had just added. Tyrenius 02:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

It looks like STBot thought that the article was not a stub, probably because of the length, sorry about that. ST47Talk 12:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Excellent RFA question!

"You've been here for months, made thousands of edits, and devoted hundreds of hours to Wikipedia without pay or and tangible reward. Above you said why you wanted to be an admin, but why do you want to be a Wikipedian? What was your motivation for joining, and for staying?" This question has helped me decide whether I want to oppose or support a Wikipedian. I wonder if we should add it to the standard questions? - Ta bu shi da yu 04:35, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I like that one. I have thought that we need to change the standard questions for a while anyway, they're getting boring and everyone knows what voters want to see, perhaps I'll bring it up on the RfA talk page once I read a few more responses, unless you will. ST47Talk 12:10, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] STBotD reverted

STBotD had to be reverted thus. --teb728 08:39, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me, I'll have to see if I can prevent that. ST47Talk 12:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Farewell ST47

ST, I have decided that I can't continue on wikipedia. I am going to leave for good. I hope this doesn't make a big impact, but I have to do it. I hope you can help make a difference here, and good luck. Farewell -- RyGuy(Retired)

[edit] pisschrist vandal

Although you answerd my question about the squidward vandal you dident answer if thare was a pisschrist vandal and how severe the squidward vandal was?--Crocadog 00:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

The deleted page on the squidward vandal is well, deleted, you're better off asking someone who was around last year about that. I do not ever member hearing about pisschrist, but based on the thing on wikitruth, I would say there was. ST47Talk 00:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

but who was around last year for that that?--Crocadog 00:59, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Why don't you try WP:IRC? ST47Talk 01:06, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Its time :)

Hey yeah; its me Arjun. I was wondering if you would like to give RFA another shot; from my view you are an experienced spam/vandal fighter (like me :D) and you have improved greatly since you last RFA's. You are civil and that was a problem in the past. I am not going to create another subpage since I would like you to accept first. Cheers :) ~ Arjun 18:49, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Arjun! I was going to email you sometime this week regarding your offer, and I'd now be glad to accept your nomination! Thank you for your offer and support! ST47Talk 18:52, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

No prob; I am going to create it now. ~ Arjun 21:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Done; here it is. Go get um' buddy :), once you fill in the questions feel free to just transclude it yourself. ~ Arjun 22:24, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, I will. I am also going to write a short statement, so give me 30 minutes or so. ST47Talk 22:27, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind if I co-nominated? Yuser31415 22:59, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead, I won't accept right away, let me get my answers in first though. (15 seconds) ST47Talk 23:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I've added my nom. Do you have any further suggestions? Yuser31415 23:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'll go transclude it. ST47Talk 23:18, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Good luck ... Yuser31415 23:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! ST47Talk 23:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Good luck with this, you well and truly need the tools. Viridae^Talk 12:10, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] on a recent warning you gave

It was a puppet. Now blocked.[1] There's a Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Nkras if you feel like familiarizing yourself with this user's editing style. — coelacan talk — 23:05, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I'll review those links now. ST47Talk 23:06, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is that link on your RfA right?

for the Interiot - it takes you to the program, not the results? the edit at the end maybe? Johnbod 23:57, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

There was an error in the link - but in order to work it you need the tool installed in your monobook, easier to use the stats on the RfA talk page. ST47Talk 23:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Spamda

On your RFA you mentioned Spamda. How do I get it and what does it do?--Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 23:59, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

As m:Spamda says, Spamda is a multi-wiki anti-spam program to assist users in identifying and reverting spam. It takes the feed from the LinkWatcher bot in all the anti-spam channels (such as #wikipedia-en-spam, and #wikipedia-swm-spam) through another bot that distributes all the new links added to Wikipedia evenly among users. This means that if 5 Spamda users are watching the english spam feed, user #1 will only get 1 in 5 messages. User #2 will get a different message, still 1 in 5, etc...

When a diff of a new link addition is received from the bot, it is displayed to the user and the user will have the option to revert, revert and warn with warnings like "spam1", or just leave it. If it detects previous warnings on the user talk, you will also get the option to do a "spam+1" revert&warn, which will warn the user one warning higher than their current warning.

Note: At the time of this writing (19 February 2007) there is no public release of Spamda, and all URLs mentioned on this page will likely not work. Extremely limited testing is underway and development work is continuing. For more information, please visit #Spamda on freenode. ST47Talk 00:01, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] STBotT edits on Mitchell's Rainforest Snail

Hi, STBoT has tagged and edited the article I wrote on Mitchell's Rainforest Snail. I tried to fix it and made edits as suggested (i.e. intro formatting etc.), but I'm only new here and may well have missed a few things! Would you mind checking for me to see if it is OK now? Cheers --Fnpw 02:27, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I've linked it to a few more articles, but it looks like you did a good job yourself. You can use Template:Taxobox to give more information, just look at Wikipedia:Taxobox usage for lots if information. As an animal, you pretty much want to comy and paste this and fill in as many spaces as you can.

{{Taxobox | color = pink

| name = | image = | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = | classis = | ordo = | familia = | genus = | species = | binomial = | binomial_authority = }}

If there's anything you can't fill in, don't worry about it. Also, we have a few WikiProjects that choose a topic and clean up articles relating to it. You can let them know that your article exists by adding {{WikiProject Gastropods}} to the article's talk page, Talk:Mitchell's rainforest snail. Good luck! ST47Talk 11:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] strange interwikilink

see [2]. Does your log show this origin of that mis-information? Agathoclea 08:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please do not vandalise your own RfA

Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, as you did at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ST47 4; this is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. The diff is here. Sandstein 07:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your RFA

I support you in your RFA. Don't do anything stupid though. Stay calm. I've seen a lot of RFAs blow not by people not being eligible, but by them acting hotheadedly. RedSkunk^talk 17:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ST47 4

Good morning (GMT time); please remain civil in line with the official Wikipedia policy, Wikipedia:Civility, at your RfA. My advice is to consult this policy before you post any further edits to your RfA - the high quantity of Strong Opposes to your receiving the tools is - in my humble opinion - because of your incivility towards oppose voters, including one post bordering on a Personal Attack:

"...I don't trust Lantoka. He has a weird name, his sig is in the font "CAC Krazy Legs Bold", and he's editing at 11 PM. I don't see why he should be allowed to help anyone to do anything..."

In addition, another reason why at the moment there appers to be no chance of your RfA being passed is because you are demonstrating you do not understand a key Wikipedia Policy - how can you be expected to understand the more complicated and/or less high-profile ones, such as WP:SOCK, WP:3RR or WP:OFFICE (just random shortcuts to policies I had in the back of my mind). You are eliminating any respect the community may previously have had for you, and I am afraid you may get yourself into hot soup if you continue.

Kindly refrain from incivility at all times.

Kind regards,
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[edit] My RfA

My request for adminship has closed successfully (79/0/1), so it appears that I am now an administrator. Thanks very much for your vote of confidence. If there's anything I can ever do to help, please don't hesitate to let me know. IrishGuy ^talk 01:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for supporting my RfA. It was (47/0/0) upon closure and now phase I is complete. I think the tools will aid both me and the encyclopedia. Feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, or if you think I'm misbehaving I'm always open to recall. Thanks, James086^Talk 12:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fiocco

Hi; it:Fiocco and [:nl:Fiocco]] has not a relation to the composer Hector-Joseph Fiocco. thanks frinck 09:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Koine Greek: repeated addition of unrelated interwiki link

The robot keeps adding wa:Rifondaedje d' ene langue to Koine Greek although the two articles are unrelated (happend four times). The English interwiki for wa:Rifondaedje d' ene langue is Standard_language. Fixed for now but maybe will happen again  Andreas  ^(T) 15:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Adminship

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Try again in a month or two and maybe you'll pass next time. BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, odometer) 00:45, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] 2CC templates need some bot work.

Hi. In Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_February_9#Template:2CC, you offered to use your bot to clean up the gazillions of pages that need changing after the TfD was over. Are you still willing? See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Disambiguation#CC_templates_now_redirect_to_.7B.7Bdisambig.7D.7D for more details. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Of course! I've started the run. ST47Talk 19:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! -- RoySmith (talk) 19:59, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed link - why?

Hello - The European Library gives access to the combined resources of Europe's national libraries. In the El Cid wiki you removed a link to a valuable resource of this library gateway, to be exact to the 14th century El Cid codex (1245>1207). This link adds very relevant information on El Cid... sorry but I like to know your argumentation why you deleted this link. Thanks.Fleurstigter 19:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please stop making useless edits.

You are making large numbers of edits which only move a pre-existing stub template below the categories. The next time a pywikipediabot based bot (like most interlanguage bots) edits one of these pages it will move them back because the standard on enwiki is that categories go at the bottom as they are displayed. --Gmaxwell 21:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Oops, forgot to check the bot to skip if no tag changed. ST47Talk 21:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

YOur bot just go listed at WP:AIV, you may want to halt it before one of us admins shuts it off.Rlevse 22:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Wee! Thanks for looking into this. :) --Gmaxwell 14:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bot block

Hi, I blocked STBot, it made an empty page, maybe more?, which only consisted of the {{wikify}} tag. Garion96 (talk) 22:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Forgot to mention an example. Milka Canic. Which already is deleted. Garion96 (talk) 22:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Looking into this now. ST47Talk 23:25, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Deleted history:

18:25 <+Eagle_101> # 22:09, March 3, 2007 . . STBot (Talk | contribs | block) (Tagging Page, added wikify tag using AWB)

Initial Creation:

2342. 13:42, March 2, 2007 ?Milka Canic (hist) ?[767 bytes] ?Vanjagenije (Talk | contribs) (?Created page with 'Milka Canic (Serbian: Milka Canic or ????? ?????) s the supervisor of the ultra-popular Serbian [[TV Quiz "Slagalica" (formerly know...')

OK: When I copy/pasted the log into notepad, the trailing accent on Milka Canić was cut off. Due to a previous task, The bot was configured improperly and assumed that the page it was sent to was meant to be edited. ST47Talk 23:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I unblocked. Garion96 (talk) 23:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. ST47Talk 23:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] STbot

Your bot made this edit, which doesn't make a whole lotta sense. Just thought I'd let you know.--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 22:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

If you refer to the heading change, WP:MOS#Sections_and_headings makes clear that only the first word of a heading, and any proper nouns, should be capitalized, so that edit is correct. Adding the DEFAULTSORT seems constructive to me, as it prevents accidental mis-sorting of the article subject in newly added categories. So I think that edit makes perfect sense. Just my $0.02. PS I'm not the bot operator. --Tkynerd 23:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, see 2 sections up, I forgot a checkbox on a few edits. ST47Talk 23:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why...

...did STbot remove interwiki links from Criticism of Wikipedia? I refer to this edit. --Tkynerd 23:05, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

This particular one was linking to their Wikipedia namespace, which isn't an article page, and so the bot didn't like it. Sorry! ST47Talk 23:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gokei area

Can you explain why you tagged this article with AWB? As far as I can tell, it never existed before you tagged it. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, that was due to a UTF-8 error that I corrected. ST47Talk 02:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your bot removed legit iw link

This edit. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 01:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

And this edit. Sorry I have to inform an admin to block you for the moment. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 02:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] From WP:AIV

• STBotD (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) Not really a vandalism. But the bot is removing a whole bunch of interwiki links that are legit. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 02:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can see, the only interwikis it removes are ones that go to non-existent pages. Either way, this is something that should be discussed on WP:AN/I, not here, as it is not clear-cut actual vandalism. —Krellis (Talk) 02:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

• Please note, I blocked your bot for 1 min to try to trigger a reading here, autoblocker was disabled though. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

  I noticed someone said something last night, but I was tired, so I just told it to not remove anything, I'll look at the things it removed just to be sure. ST47Talk 12:22, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] ATOS

In December, the bot linked ATOS to a French wikipedia article, ATOS. Someone removed it (correctly), but then someone put it back. Now, the bot just updated the link to the French wikipedia article that is redirected from fr:ATOS, which is equally wrong. I deleted the transwiki; but, since I'm not sure why/how the original fr:ATOS transwiki was started, I thought I'd mention it here. Neier 14:18, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi from User:Saintrain

Hi ST47

I just noticed that 01 May, etc., redirect to April 1, etc. The other months seem to be OK. Thought you'd like to know.

^C^V strikes again !-) --Saintrain 23:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect redirect

You redirected all of the links like May 01 to dates in April. I replaced the nine that I saw, but you might want to review your contribution history to be sure that you didn't make any other mistakes. --Sopoforic 00:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi. Question about your bot.

Hi ST47. I am aware that you have a bot known as STBot that is capable at removing or changing categories. I was wondering if your bot is able to categorize bird articles according to the countries they are native to? For example: African Firefinch, Common Waxbill. These bird articles have more than 10 categories, thus it is extremely tedious to do it manually. Luffy487 12:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd need some sort of reference to use. Given a list of pages and a list of categories, I can do this with perlwikipedia, simply by saying if ($content=~m/USA|US|United States/i) {$editor->edit($page, $content . "\nCategory:Birds of USA"); However, it'd need some source, either from a category or from a list. Let me know if that would work. ST47Talk 18:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Well I am a bot illiterate. I don't understand what kind of source u required. Haha. But nevertheless you can try. Luffy487 09:15, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I just need something like a list of birds, I suppose a category would work. ST47Talk 10:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh i see. There are many different lists of species of birds. For example: Estrildid finch, Falconidae, Tinamou and etc. You can get the lists from an external link: birdlife.org Luffy487 06:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey I just tried out AWB. I guess I know what u want. What I am asking for is to automatically replace category such as Category: Fauna of Indonesia from Aves articles into Category: Birds of Indonesia. Thanks! Luffy487 08:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I see. Is there consensus for this somewhere? ST47Talk 10:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Not correct: Interwiki

In german Hanga (Sprache) means an african language and here it is part of hindu history.85.8.124.174 23:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anga&oldid=95286020

[edit] incorrect interwiki for Anga

Hi! I'm passing on this message that was left on my talk page. —JeremyA (talk) 03:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I found this interwiki in the article Anga. But this interwiki is total wrong. In german wikipedia this interwiki Hanga (Sprache) means an article for an african language and in english wikipedia this article is part of hindu history. So can there be more than only a mistake...maybe a chaotic bot or a vandal bot. I write you, because i just elect an admin from the adminlist. GLGerman 23:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anga&diff=95286020&oldid=92890904

[edit] Am I in Trouble?

Help! Today I thought I had finally mastered all pertinent rules and procedures to accomplish what Wikipedia classifies as no more than a "minor" edit to existing articles (i.e., addition of an external link). I did so for eight carefully selected articles to no avail.

All eight edits were quickly deleted. The added links were to a unique compilation of twenty years of government-level expertise geared to need-to-know end-users likely interested in each of the eight topics. But, I gather that someone or something has determined the additions to be spam.

The deleted external link in question isn't a scam, isn't to sell anything, and isn't to promote anyone. Nor is it designed to impress search engines. The only purpose is to enhance understanding by augmenting topically pertinent articles. World-class research institutions already link to it.

I had started by drafting an email to Wikipedia asking for its permission to grant a link only to detect no suitable addressee. Can you please tell me what's wrong with the added links? Beats me? Please feel free to scan the site cited in the deleted edits and satisfy yourself. Look like spam?

To whom is an apology extended? From where is permission granted? Is the deleted link now on some blacklist? If so, how to delete it?

Please give it to me in simple English. Thanks! CCS 04:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Good morning sir. Thanks for your contributions! As an encyclopedia, We are not a repository of links. Links are usually added for two reasons, as a source for an article or as further reading. Now, we have a WP:COI page that deals with conflicts of interest, as the founder of that website, we'd prefer that you try to contribute to areas in which you are not directly involved. Also, the page really doesn't seem to offer further information for readers. The page has been added to a list of links that require a revert on sight by a bot. You aren't blocked right now, so you're free to contribute. As for adding the link, I'd try the "village pump" as a way to ask others about the link. Thanks! ST47Talk 10:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your thoughtful and prompt assistance. I'll try to engage on the Talk page or one or more of the Wikipedia articles thought most relevant. Before I do, please help me understand what you mean by: The page has been added to a list of links that require a revert on sight by a bot. If my engagement with others is successful, will there be something blocking addition of an external link to my website? If so, what must I or they do about it? Thanks! CCS 13:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Have yet to hear back from you. Thought I'd try again. CCS 19:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry. It's possible that User:Beetstra blacklisted it within a bot, shadowbot, you should ask him and give a link to the discussions. ST47Talk 20:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] could you explain

could you explain your last message, I,m not with it today! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 1B6 (talk • contribs) 12:42, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

Just click either of the links for a fuller explanation. ST47Talk 12:44, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IP vandal on Charlton Heston

That IP should be blocked regardless as it is a sockpuppet of AnarchyLore (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). (→Netscott) 15:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

See User talk:Netscott/s1.js. (→Netscott) 15:19, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. (→Netscott) 15:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, I see - either say it's a sock, or you can put it on WP:SSP - I'm not an admin so I can't block. ST47Talk 15:22, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Just so you know it is kind of poor form to leave highly experienced Wikipedia editors automated responses. While it can be a bit time consuming I would suggest writing something out. Cheers. (→Netscott) 15:30, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi. Nol888_(Talk)^{(Review me please)} 15:16, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarify

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. instead of . This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. ST47Talk 12:38, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

You sent me that message. Could you please clarify on what it means? Thanks! Wikihermit 18:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:SUBST should explain it ;) ST47Talk 18:40, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Substing

Yes, I have been putting subst: in front of templates since I recieved a comment about a week ago. You must of caught one mistake of mine, to which I didn't put it on, but I do put subst: in front of templates already, as you will see in my contributions if you look. Chickyfuzz14^{(user talk)} 19:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subst part deux

Hi ST, any more info on the message you left on my talk? I religiously do a subst on warning templates. which one did I miss? Just want to make sure it isn't a tool button I used. --Tbeatty 08:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

You probably missed one a few months ago, don't worry about it, all the tools do it properly, to my knowledge. ST47Talk 10:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is there a way?

Of not having your bot subst the bit that tells people what template somebody used, like this: <!-- {{subst:uw-delete1}} --> --Geniac 12:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] If you have the time...

Could you please look at the history of 203.122.237.74? This IP address just hit the Ford site and it appears this individual has a long history of causing problems.
v/r
Chitrapa 04:12, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Looks like a standard IP, not an ISP's proxy server. If you notice them vandalizing again, give them a {{uw-vandalism4}} then report to WP:AIV. ST47Talk 10:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summary

Please use an edit summary when removing specific information from articles. That would be useful. I don't see why you removed this edit, for example, although I can guess that it's because that article contains non-noteworthy things. (However, there are many more links just like it on that page, provided mostly as a reference, so I still don't really see why this one in particular was removed.) —msikma (user, talk) 07:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

It's a link to a forum. Sorry about the summary, I usually use one, not sure how that slipped through. As for the other links, we were only cleaning up invisionfree, we will keep our eyes open for other spammed sites though :D ST47Talk 10:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I Spy

Hi ST47. You removed an external link in the I Spy article citing Wikipedia:External links as a reason. Tatia Loring posted a {{helpme}} template on her talk page (which is how I came across it) requesting help to restore the external link. Would you please provide some detail of your actions on the I Spy talk page for the benefit of Tatia Loring. I have directed her to discuss the matter on that talk page as well. Thanks. -- Jreferee 07:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure! ST47Talk 10:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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I hope this is the correct place to respond ....

Thanks for your response ST47, but please re-read the following. Our I SPY FORUM is NOT a casual message board. We are the main source for all current news about this 60s show. We have been around for 8 years, and have served as consultants on the new I SPY Book and on the I SPY CD. We are in touch with many of the production staff of the program. AND we HAVE BEEN linked to this Wikipedia page (and the one for ROBERT CULP) since 2005!!

IFWikipedia's purpose is to help disseminate infomation about a topic, then our site should definitely be included for current and relevant information on "I SPY" ....

Thank you and your help is appreciated!! Tatia Loring

...... Original message ...

Please help us ...

Our website has been listed as an "external link" on Wikipedia since I believe 2005 for both the "I SPY" (TV Show category) and on the "ROBERT CULP" pages. I SPY Forum - http://www.network54.com/Forum/172251/ (I Spy Forum - TV (Robert Culp, Bill Cosby) Our Forum is the premiere site for all relevant and current news and discussion topics relating to the subject of the 60s TV Show "I SPY." Our site has been active daily for the past 8 years. We have been consultants on the new "I SPY" Book and on the "I SPY" CD and a particpant in SPYFEST. We are NOT a typical message board, but the active participant in keeping the spirit of "I SPY" alive. We are in touch with production staff, writers, etc. from the show. Our site (as an "external link" was deleted the other day on both pages - I thought this was done in error and re-added our site, to find that it is gone again today. PLEASE check our site!!! Please do not dismiss the valuable and relevant content we offer because the word FORUM is in our title. We should be included on Wikipedia, as we are the most current and actively contributing site for information on "I SPY" available out there - and it's a disservice to your readers, if we are not included on these two pages. We've been a part of these Wikipedia pages for so long, please help us get re-instated. Thank you, Tatia Loring Tatia Loring 04:03, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

It's a discussion site, where people talk to other people about stuff. It had been spammed, so it's automatically removed now, and it's against policy, so all the links were removed. You should discuss the link with other editors, and then add it, if there is a consensus to do so. ST47Talk 19:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi ST47, I set up a proposal to added the I Spy Forum link to the I Spy article here. -- Jreferee 21:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Link Removed on Bad Girls link section?

Why was the link to the Helen & Nikki message board removed from the Bad Girls link section? I re-read the Wikipedia external link guidelines, and none of the categories of prohibited links pertains in this case. I'm not the person who added that link in the first place, but it does happen to be one of the 3 or so message boards which actually have substantive discussion of the television program. The Bad Girls links section still contains links to other message boards with less substantive discussions (including a link to a message board which isn't even about the show!), and other sites which are specific to a single character. So what makes this link different such that it had to be deleted? Jtattenbaum 14:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

It is a link to a message board. "Substantive discussion" doesn't contribute anything to the wiki, and WP:EL is policy, current practice is not. Go right ahead and remove the rest of the links to forums if you want to. ST47Talk 18:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the clarification. I deleted all the other links to message boards/forums. Jtattenbaum 19:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:ST47/BAG

Hi, Dont know if you know but on User:ST47/BAG, its not correctly creating the hyperlinks

[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Spelian&diff=prev&oldid=116839870 WikipedianProlific]

Its adding an extra space!!

Reedy Boy 21:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, I think I fixed it. Thanks! ST47Talk 10:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Abuse_reports/202.182.131.21

This user continues to vandalize; just thought I'd let you know since you're listed as the contact there. It seems an administrator has blocked the IP for six months. -- Cielomobile <sup>talk / contribs</sup> 01:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, I will try to contact the admin again, but I don't think I ever got a reply. ST47Talk 10:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:202.182.131.21

I have blocked this school for 6 months. <sub>→AzaToth</sub> 01:50, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks! ST47Talk 10:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kurtis Stryker

Me and this other user got into an edit war, and he finally provided proof for his statement. But the bot keeps reverting the photobucket picture I tried to post. Ryu Ematsu

That's because it's vandalism. Read WP:EL and WP:SPAM. ST47Talk 18:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

How exactly is it vandilism? Ryu Ematsu

That's because it's vandalism. Read WP:EL and WP:SPAM.

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