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The Signpost: 02 January 2012

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Fair Use
I can only imagine that you hate getting these types of messages as you have prepared such a nice page editnotice, but since the question was from another editor (not me) and since I already commented that I'd ask you for your input can I ask you to take a quick look at this help request which relates to some images that I believe you didn't feel were "fair" to use. Thanks. 7 09:33, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * it wasnt a matter of determining usage. our NFCC policy requires a rationale for each usage see WP:NFCC when I removed those files they did not have such a rationale for their usage on that page. ΔT The only constant 12:24, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Clean start
If the Arbitration Committee felt it was appropriate to offer you a clean start (most likely with restrictions) would you accept?  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  14:26, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Silk/ I'm sending both of you a message regarding this inquiry via e-mail. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * see my response, but there would need to be other things that would need done along with that. ΔT The only constant 14:58, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Request for Interview Regarding Wikipedia Bots
Greetings Δ-

My name is Randall Livingstone, and I am a graduate student at the University of Oregon, currently collecting data for my dissertation on Wikipedia editors who create and use bots and assisted editing tools, as well as editors involved in the initial and/or ongoing creation of bot policies on Wikipedia. As a member of the bot community and former member of BAG, I would very much like to interview you for the project at a time and in a method that is most convenient for you (Gchat, another IM client, Skype, email, telephone, etc.). I am completely flexible and can work with your schedule. The interview will take approximately 30-45 minutes.

My dissertation project has been approved both by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Oregon, and by the Research Committee at the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more information on the project on my meta page.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to hearing from you to set up a time to chat. Thank you very much.

Randall Livingstone, School of Journalism & Communication, University of Oregon

UOJComm (talk) 01:04, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Template:Needs commons category
I notice that you were the one that created Template:Needs commons category, way back in 2007. I've started a discussion about it at the File namespace noticeboard, and I'd appreciate your input there.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  22:05, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 January 2012

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 * EdwardsBot (talk) 03:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

A possibility
I'd really rather you didn't get banned. Problem is, you're not making it easy to find ways around your problems. I'd rather propose a remedy where someone is assigned to you to set rules and enforce them, but I'd like serious assurances that you'd want to work at remaining onboard and play by the rules. This'd mean no loopholes, no gaming, no testing the boundaries – even if they chafe.

Put bluntly: if you try to set yourself up as a poor beleaguered martyr would could do so much good work if only the barbarians at the door would stop hindering you, it would fail before it started. Drop me a line if you're willing to put in the effort to make it work, and can think of editors you think could be suitable for that role. &mdash; Coren (talk) 21:24, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * As soon as I get my primary computer back up I'll see if I can find you on irc so we can talk. ΔT The only constant 02:54, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Given that I am currently active as an arbitrator on the case relating to this, I really think this conversation should not be held ex parte. At the very least, any communication will have to be copied to the committee as a whole.  If that works for you, you can contact me by email; but the substance of that discussion is likely to be made part of the final decision.  &mdash; Coren (talk) 16:42, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Needs commons category
Template:Needs commons category has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ebe 123 → report on my contribs. 01:39, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Bayan (accordion)
Howdy Δ. You may want to tweak your cleanup script if you're using one; looks like there's a disconnect between the edit summary and the actual edit. Cheers, 28bytes (talk) 18:26, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2012

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 * EdwardsBot (talk) 05:36, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

No news = good news
No errors to report, so that's good. Although I've not been using it that much recently, just doing different types of editing. As soon as I notice something, I'll let you know. It is probably ready for a public release, IMHO. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 00:17, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 January 2012

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 * EdwardsBot (talk) 17:51, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Memo
Hi, you've got a memo. —  Jeff G. ツ (talk)   19:27, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Δbot
Hi, FYI, Δbot seems to be down. Cheers, Amalthea  12:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * that would be because people like to break things. this is what was causing the bot to choke. Ive fixed it and the bot should be back up and running normally. ΔT The only constant 16:00, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's what most people are best at. :) Thanks, Amalthea  16:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe we need a "Cluster Fuck Barnstar with Oak Leaf Clusters" award :) (not attributing anything to anyone here...just a joke, just a joke) --Hammersoft (talk) 17:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

SQL query
Can you help with this or suggest someone else active on the toolserver? I'm thinking now I don't actually need the provinces figured out, just a tab-delimited list with this data and another list of just the unique titles. Thanks! Franamax (talk) 21:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Its running. ΔT The only constant 21:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * see User:Δ/Sandbox 5 ΔT The only constant 21:22, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! It looks a little weird though, I'm seeing 2253 NS-0 entries (which is all I care about) in there of 2591 total entries. But from the API I get 2665. You seem to have a different retrieve order (Crossfield, Alberta is last from the API but #2262 in your list), so I'm not sure what might have happened. If you were using the API from your end, it seems to be subject to miser mode, so it might have dropped something on you as you built the set? Franamax (talk) 01:58, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I just updated the list, I removed duplicate entries and limited it to the main namespace. That query is being done on the database and uses a more precise filter than the API. The API ignores everything after the .com so the results may not be exactly what you are looking for from the API. ΔT The only constant 02:04, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I hadn't considered that the API would return multiple hits for the same link appearing multiple times in the same article. So if I understand you, I could poke those two lists with some greps and awks and comms to get a list of articles where the same link appears twice? Those would likely be duplicate references, which I could fix over time? And for any onlookers, no I'm not suggesting that Beta or anyone else should embark on a program of mass live edits - but I do see now how it could be unfair to ask Beta to use 1 of his 10 "allowed" edits (in my workshop proposal) to answer a request for help, though I suppose I would just have to get in line... Franamax (talk) 02:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Raw ns:0 data is located at ~betacommand/reports/cenus.txt ΔT The only constant 02:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Removal of bot status on testwiki
Yout bot BetacommandBot's last action is June, 2007. If you have any comment to remove bot status of BetacommandBot, please notify to here. Your bot status will be removed on 1 Feb, 2012 (UTC). --Devunt (talk) 09:55, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Problem with diacritics
I think I reported it a while back, but the fix ref script is still not touching refs whose names include diacritics:. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 20:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * adjusted accordingly when I get some more time Ill make a more through check for missing non-standard characters. ΔT The only constant 03:32, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2012

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