User talk:Addshore/Archive 9

Idea - addbot edit summary
Would it make sense to add a little more explanation of orphans to the edit summary that addbot uses?

Most recent one I saw was: "Bot: Adding Orphan Tag (Questions) (Report Errors))"

Perhaps something like "Bot: Adding Orphan Tag - no articles link to this page (Questions) (Report Errors))"

Spelling out why the tag was added might help reduce confusion about what the orphan tag means. Of course one can't make editors read the message, but giving them another opportunity at seeing the explanation might reduce the confusion. (Or maybe you tried something like this already.) Thanks. Zodon (talk) 03:27, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey. Thanks for the message and no I havn't tried this before. The edit summary will now include " (No articles link to this page)" in it. Thanks again for the suggestion and I hope it cuts back the message I keep on getting :)  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 07:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Edit to "Elite Home Tutoring LLC" You Made
I just made the page and saw you made an edit to it. What did you change :) If you added I the "needs more inlinks" I agree.    I am very new to Wiki. MathTeacher5252 (talk) 07:09, 26 February 2009 (UTC)Eric
 * Yes the bot added the orphan tag that reads "This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it. Please help introduce links to this subject in articles on topics related to it." It would be brilliant if you could try to get another article that is relavant to link to Elite Home Tutoring LLC. If you need any further help feel free to ask me and I am glad you found the tag useful :)  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 07:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Shamrock Rovers players
Why are you adding orphan titles to Billy Dixon, Eamonn Darcy and Brian Tyrell when they already have 3 or more links. That is vandalism.

Secondly no offense but do you not find it a bit sad to be orphaning hundreds of pages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.198.140.206 (talk) 13:48, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there. The pages that you listed in your message above have not been edited by my bot or myself; one of the articles doesn't even exist. I do not find it "sad" orphaning the pages that my bot does as they are already orphaned just nobody knowns it. The tag is simply making the fact visable.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 15:05, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

You orphaned Billy Dixon (footballer) and Eamonn Darcy (footballer). Turn off your bot then. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.71.4.58 (talk) 17:03, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Per Special:WhatLinksHere/Billy_Dixon_(footballer) and Special:WhatLinksHere/Eamonn_Darcy_(footballer) the two articles are orphans, If you read the tag it says "This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it.".  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 17:07, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Anf if you read the links you will see that they refer to the two players concerned. NOT orphans if they have 3 or more links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.71.4.58 (talk) 17:16, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If you follow this link and this link you can clearly see there are no incoming links from the article(main) name space. The links in the orphan criteria are only links from articles not user pages and other name spaces.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 17:36, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

That makes no sense. There are 3 or more links. Stop vandalising —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.198.140.206 (talk) 15:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The links I am talking about are link to the page NOT from the page.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 19:05, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Orphan tag and bot
Is there a reason you're using a bot to uglifiy hundreds of articles with an orphan tag? Sure, it'd be nice if more articles were linked to each other, but there's no reason to distract readers with a big fat tag like this placed at the top because of relatively minor editorial concerns. It is after all possible to categorize pages without useless big boxes at the top. Can you point to the place at least where you gained community consensus to do this? Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 11:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see Bots/Requests_for_approval/Addbot_16. I could categorize the pages without adding the tag but the problem then is when other bots or automated programs go around looking for the tag or cat they will probably not notice the cat, add the tag anyway or just generally mess up. The tag contains the cat for this reason.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 11:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No, Addshore, this was not community support. The community did not support you at that request.  It was just BAG self-congratulatory garbage.  The community continues to not support you and wikiproject orphan.  --KP Botany (talk) 13:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect orphan tags
There seems to have been some kind of change in the software under which pages that link via a template no longer show up as linking "here". This makes pages appear to be orphaned (or nearly so) when they are not. For example, at Semlin, Poland, the bot added an orphan tag, even though the article is linked from about 20 other pages via a navbox template. Can you reprogram your bot to allow for this? Thanks,--Kotniski (talk) 11:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, thanks for the message. I have blocked to bot to make sure it does not edit while what you have said above is true, I will try to get this fixed and thanks again for the message!  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 11:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The transclusion Gmina Zblewo shows up for me at whatlinks. Perhaps it's the API? Addshore, what query do you use? Franamax (talk) 12:12, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The template certainly shows up. But IIRC, whatlinks used to list all pages on which the template was transcluded (which would give another 20-30 incoming links in this case), but seems not to be doing so at the moment. I'm assuming the bot works from the same list that we humans get at whatlinks. --Kotniski (talk) 12:36, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've spent all this time up 'til now looking. The API returns exactly what us humans see. There was a mega-rollout a few days ago that broke one or two things. It spanned versions 46425 through 47430 all in one big shot. Looking at the commit reasons, I don't see anything relevant though. We're now up to r47457 and I've seen some weird overlapping of templates, so I'm suspicious atm. But I'm also tired - so manana! Franamax (talk) 13:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see Village_pump_(technical). As I can not really find all of the templates that the bot would / could edit I am going to disable the bot for about a week. Hopfully most of the articles should then have a correct whatlinkshere page. Thanks again for the report!  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 19:08, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't reply sooner. There's isn't much I can do, though - the scripts are fine, but the data is bad. Here's a quote from User:R'n'B over at the disambiguation project:
 * User:Tim Starling fixed a big bug in job queue code last week. Links to templates should be refreshed automatically now, although any jobs that were in the queue before the fix have probably been deleted.
 * If that's true, then there's a window of time where templates were edited, but the pages that transclude those templates were not (and apparently never will be) null edited to update WhatLinksHere among other things. -- Ja Ga  talk 07:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I could always get my bot to run through the list first making null edits to all of the pages and then start the orphan tagging again. This should hopfully catch all the deleted jobs.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 09:57, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Randomness
Hah!

That is indeed quite random! :S

The Helpful  One  20:59, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Adoption
Will You please adopt me thanks --MyspaceMan12 (talk) 02:51, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry I will have to say no as I currently have quite allot going on and not much spare time.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 07:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Changes to orphan template
Hey, I've been lobbying to get orphan tags removed from all but zero-link orphans. What would you think about changing "as few or no other articles" in the template to "as no other articles"? -- Ja Ga  talk 06:39, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep I would be up for it if the tags from 1 linkers were removed  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 16:31, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Problem with article displaying on google
I don't know if you will be able to help me, but when I google my article named "Otalia", it is not displayed on google. Even when I type - Otalia-wikipedia - it does not show up in google. When I use the same format for other articles, they show up in google. Are you able to help me?

Loveoandn (talk) 23:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi there, as it is a recently created articles I would not expect it to appear in google searches yet. I suggest you check again in a week, maybe two or three.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 20:09, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Removal of page
Hello. My page on Torben Fell was deleted. Please can you send me a copy to I have already asked one admin but got no reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.121.213 (talk) 16:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 20:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Rajagopal Phd FRSA-Orphan Tag
This page has often been tagged as Orphan despite several Wikipedia links and references. Information in this page has been posted for research scholars in marketing and wider academic community which can benefit by the scholarly works of Dr Rajagopal. I wonder why this article is often tagged as orphan? If this is explained, further improvements can be done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.146.140.44 (talk) 21:57, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there. The orphan tag is not added due to a lack of links on the page. An orphan is an article that has no incomming links from other articles, please see Special:WhatLinksHere/Rajagopal,_PhD,_FRSA, none of the pages that link to the page are artiles. To get the tag removed simply link to Rajagopal,_PhD,_FRSA from another page on wikipedia.  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 22:01, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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 * ✅  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 20:31, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, great work as always. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  02:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Remove Tarek Abedrabbo
Please delete the Page called "Tarek Abedrabbo", there is no proof of any of the information and the link only takes you to a picture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.52.223.15 (talk) 22:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, please see WP:CSD. You can tag the article to be deleted yourself :) I am currently busy and only have time to respond to things such as this on my talk page. Sorry I can not be more helpful.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for Keeping Huggle up and running!

 * thanks :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:28, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

problem with editing Orphan page - is edit protected!
Hi I hope you can help me. The article Sophia Bekele just got an Orphan flag, whcih I belive is a result of delinked articles from online journals. I went ahead and added some more new links to other area. However, I need the reference areas to be unprotected in order to link refernces or redirects etc... Can you help? Thank you. Lashford (talk) 20:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, the articles is not protected and never has been so I am guessing you are running into some other troubles. Any more details? What is it you see when you try to edit?  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so mmuch for your reply. I have resolved my issues. Much regards. Lashford (talk) 21:43, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: All-time Miami Fusion roster
17 pages link to this page. Please stop tagging it as an orphan! Thanks. --JonBroxton (talk) 03:26, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there. If you read Orphan it says "An Orphaned article could be defined as an article which has less than 3 links from some other article. Links from disambiguation pages, list articles, and redirection pages don't count" Just one link from a normal article and the tag will no longer be automaicly added.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:32, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It has been linked from this page since the article was created. Thanks! --JonBroxton (talk) 16:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Antti Niemi (footballer)
You keep adding the orphan tag to this article - I have now re-instated all the links which were lost after a rather strange page move. Can you now remove the "Orphan" tag permanently. Thanks. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 16:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, as the article now has incoming article links the article will not be tagged by the bot again. The bot will remove the tag on its next scan.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 19:14, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Pulpit Rock (The Dalles, Oregon)
"No articles link to this page" nope, two do, stop the bot. Oh, and don't tell me about a three drink minimum, your bot's edit summary says "no" which equals zero. Also, human editors have removed it, and there is no policy saying what is/is not the correct number for an article to be deemed an orphan, thus a bot should not be re-adding once a human editor has removed the tag after adding link(s). Which, per the BOT policy where it says "performs only tasks for which there is consensus" it would seem this bot fails that and needs to be shut down, going by the talk page here. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:17, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I have stopped the bot from editing as it appears there is a bug in the list, From what I can tell this may be due to a change in the wiki toolserver hardware which has somehow affected it.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:33, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

NYC Department of Education Regions
New York City DOE Region 2 etc up to 10 are intentionally orphaned. They were short-lived administrative units. I'd like to remove the orphan tags, but can you adjust the bot so that it doesn't re-add them? Jd2718 (talk) 17:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, All pages that titles match  will now be skipped. Thanks for the message and int he future if policys and other things change they may be re tagged. feel free to remove the tags your self and if they do get re added please re message me.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e !  20:35, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I was trying to figure out why these articles should exist as anything except redirects, and if they should exist as articles, the rationalle for not calling them orphans. However in the process I found that there was an AFD with consensus to merge those articles.  So they are all merged into New York City DOE Regions, which now has a link to it.  Zodon (talk) 20:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Guess I will remove the regex :). Thanks for that Zodon.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:37, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Addbot repeat tagging: Calocalanus pavo
I noticed the article Calocalanus pavo being tagged as an orphan this morning, and, after cleaning the article up, created an article for the species' family, Paracalanidae, which I made sure linked to Calocalanus pavo, thus preventing it being an orphan. I therefore removed the orphan tag ; 75 minutes later, Addbot re-added the tag, even though by this point, the article was not strictly an orphan. I guess Addbot must be working from (slightly) out of date information in such cases, but perhaps it could double check before re-adding a tag. I imagine that in general, when the tag has been removed, it is because it ought (in at least one person's opinion) not to be there. --Stemonitis (talk) 22:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there it turns out that the wikipedia toolservers are now using a different database and the scripts that recreate the lists that my bot uses seem to cause replication lag on the databases and get killed before they can referesh the lists. I have stopped the bots from editing and thanks for reporting this bug!  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 21:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

StarCatCana message?
I keep getting a notice saying I have a message from you but I can't find it, nor is it in the archives... Please advise? &gt;^.*.^&lt; (talk) 21:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I do not think I have left a message for you. Are you sure it is not the notice saying that you have new messages on your talk page ?  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 21:27, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

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Your bot request
Hi Addshore I wanted to let you know that Bots/Requests for approval/Addbot 19 is labeled as needing your comment. Please visit the above link to reply to the requests. Thanks! --BAGBot Talk 07:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:34, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Too many power-happy editors here!
I have had my pages for "ewen chia" and "mike filsaime" deleted by someone I feel is just power happy and isn't familiar with the industry I write about. Just because someone isn't familiar with something doesn't mean that it is insignificant. The editor is Andyjsmith. Just look at his talk page to see our discussion. I think this is ridiculous. Is there anything that anyone can do to stop this madness? I could easily go around deleting things just because it is not important to me, but I don't want to be a jerk. Thanks for your time.

StephenHenderson (talk) 19:14, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I think the best way for you to try to solve this is talk to him and find out why he deleted the artils. If the use is an admin and you feel he is abusing his power the I suggest taking the matter to WP:ANI  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Orphan articles
Note that an article with categories is not really an orphan, because it can be reached from other articles that share the category. Secdio (talk) 12:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I do not set the criteria for the orphans, If you think they should be changed you should probably start a section here  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:51, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

AN
Your bot and the matter of the orphan tag has been raised at Administrators'_noticeboard. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 16:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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New Message
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 * Replied to  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

pdf is a bad format
I see you added BadFormat to File:Iberian-Guanche inscriptions.pdf. It was deleted for a permissions problem, however tagging this file appears to be incorrect as it can not be converted to text. It could be converted to .djvu, however PDFs for scans are very appropriate. John Vandenberg (chat) 23:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The tag does not only say to convert the pdf to text but also talks about a move to wikisource. That can handel DjVus.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:50, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The main message is wrong. It is not more efficient to store multipage pagescans as PNG or SVG.  It is usually more efficient to store them as djvu, but if they have already been uploaded PDF, it is going to consume more space to have a PDF and a DJVU.  For PDFs, we are waiting on 11215 "Install PdfHandler extension". John Vandenberg (chat) 00:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I have disabled this section of the bot. It seems it is a bit out dated. Thanks for the message and I will keep an eye out for the PdfHandler extension :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 08:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

why cant i edit my page? THE CHANGE NEVER TAKES EFFECT AND GETS DELEATED
i am so confused as my assistant i have told to edit my profile "porscia yeganeh" and she is confused to why it always runs back to the old original file. i am "Porscia yeganeh" THIS IS THE CORRECT EDITED PROFILE I NEED TO HAVE FOR "PORSCIA YEGANEH" PLEASE TELL ME WHY THE CHANGE DOES NOT TAKE EFFECT AS I8 HAVE DONE IT REPEATED TIMES. HERE IS IT AND PLZ TRY TO PASTE THAT FOR PORSCIA YEGANEH'S PROFILE (WHICH IS ME)

"Line 18:	}} -	Porscia Sepideh Yeganeh (born on June 27, 1980, in Iran), professionally known as Porscia Yeganeh, is a Canadian fashion designer who is the CEO/President of Porscia Fashion Inc (http://www.porscia.com). -	Porscia's keen interest in fashion began at the early age of 7. Already a fashionably dressed child, Porscia started showing her affinity for fashion, and the creativity of a young designer, by making garments for her doll collection. Yeganeh continued to sharpen her creative vision throughout her school years by studying fashion and textiles. She graduated from Fashion Design and Technology fromKwantlen University College in 2002. -	In 2002, Porscia was discovered by Vancouver Fashion Week producer, Jamal Abdourahman, who asked to showcase her collection that same year. The success of her collection led to Yeganeh being awarded Top 10 Best Designer of the Year in Vancouver Fashion Week, 2003. After presenting four original pieces during the 2005 Vancouver Fashion Week at BC Place Stadium, Porscia immediately received accolades with requests from the Hudson Bay Company for her designs. Stylefinds.com named Porscia as one of the "Top 20 Innovators to Watch for the Future" for her Spring/Summer 2009 collection. -	Porscia has been featured in various on-line fashion websites, including fashion magazine, leRage.com, 2003, Westca, 2008,, 2002, , 2008. Asian print media Asia Pacific Post and Ming Pao has also featured Porscia. Recently, Porscia participated in the "Young Women in Business" trade show held at the Sheraton Wall Center Hotel in Vancouver, Canada. On May 2, 2008, Porscia launched her chic glamour cocktail collection during the Chinese Varsity Club Fashion Show held at the Vancouver Law Courts. She has also displayed her collections at Birk's Jewellery for the opening reception of VFW, the "Haute Heroes" fashion show for John Casablanca's Institute of Fashion, and Versace Jewellery launch in Victoria. -	Porscia heralded new designs to revolutionize the fashion industry by going "back to basics." The concept behind her designs consists of incorporating elegance, class and originality with simple comfort wear. With the start of her own label bearing her name, "Porscia", it is a new beginning for a fashion designer that envisions: "Inspiration of Simple Beauty". -	==The Company - Porscia Fashion Inc.== -	[Porscia Fashion Inc.http://www.porscia.com] is a fashion design company and distributor of women's designer apparel which emphasises quality, versatility and unique styling combined with affordable luxury. Our target consumers are women ages 20-35, who are looking for innovative but elegant designs that reveal their unique sense of identity. The founder and designer is Porscia Yeganeh whose designs are encompassed by the motto “Inspiration of Simple Beauty” which is that of a woman's silhouette. ==Design inspiration== —Preceding unsigned comment added by Porsca (talk • contribs) 00:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I think the problem you are having is that you are trying to add an external link to blogspot. Anything that gets added to  will be automaticly removed.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e !  08:48, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Message tweak.
We've made some changes, so here's an updated message.

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Thanks. (Add a time stamp after my sig). Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}<sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">κοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:29, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks, I will try to run this at the end of the day.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 09:34, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool. BTW, make sure you get the most up-to-date lists as new projects have added themselves since the BRFA.Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}<sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">κοντριβς – WP Physics} 10:48, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh ok, I will make sure I change my lists before I send the message out :) Thanks for the heads up.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:49, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually could you wait until Tuesday or so? We're implementing a bunch of things and we'd like to test them before a massive influx of subscribers?Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}<sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">κοντριβς – WP Physics} 02:26, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeh sure, Something unexpected happened anyway meaning I couldnt do it. I also now have the section below to deal with.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright everything's worked out, so you can go ahead.Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}<sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">κοντριβς – WP Physics} 00:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost &mdash; 9 March 2009
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Addbot Wikiproject Spammer
Hey addshore, I am posting this notice to notify you that KP Botany has asked for review of your wikiproject spammmer bot request. —Nn123645 (talk) 06:07, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 08:07, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Since this seems to be resolved, could you run the bot now?Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}<sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">κοντριβς – WP Physics} 10:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ All looked fine to me :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:11, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thumbs up. Thanks a bunch.Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}<sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">κοντριβς – WP Physics} 12:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Very Very complex history merge! (Possible?)
List of Pixar awards and nominations was split to List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films) and List of Pixar awards and nominations (short films). The original list is still intact but holds only some awads categories. First request: merging the histories to each list. Further more, List of WALL-E awards and nominations was split from List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films). Second request: merging the history from List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films) and User:Diaa abdelmoneim/WALL-E to List of WALL-E awards and nominations. Big mess.

Is this even possible? --Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 15:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably possible but it is probably best to ask another admin as I currently have no spare time to really do much. Sorry I can not help more.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 16:32, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Addbot
Hi Is there a way to get your bot to ignore a page? Like with using on it? Cheers, Amalthea  11:25, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The bot uses the cluebot classes so it should ignore nobots already. Should ignore pages with and that template with the param to ignore Addbot.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e !  16:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, it didn't. :) (Sorry, should have given you the links right away of course). Looking at it again, I notice that on a different page Addbot actually placed one second before it retargeted the same page - that one might be a concurrency issue? The pages serve as an example for WP:VPR and intentionally show a redirect loop test1 → test2 → test3 → test2 which had three bots so far thoroughly confused. A quite unintended honeypot. :) I can unprotect the pages again to see if Addbot makes another appearance. Cheers,  Amalthea  17:18, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I am guessing it is the loop that is confusing the bot in this case :P. Also The wikibot clases are only uses by the php bots, the double redirect bit of the bot and the reference section part are python and do not use these classes and do not ignore pages with nobots. I should have relised this earlier.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 17:11, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Maybe you'll get around making the python bots respect at some point. Also, FWIW, double redirects currently do work, and will hopefully continue to do so, provided 17888 is implemented quickly, so there's not much reason for a bot fixing them at the moment. Cheers,  Amalthea  17:50, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. I will keep an eye out for the change and will probably disable the bot shortly.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:19, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Possible bot malfunction
Hi, your bot may be malfunctioning. It attempted to post a message on a redirect. Whilst this is not a big problem in itself, it could lead to some projects not receiving messages, as no message was posted on the target of the redirect. -- G W … 10:39, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Another example . Zodon (talk) 18:07, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I was given an exact list of the wiki project talk pages to send the message to, If requested I will try to run the bot again but following redirects.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 16:43, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes rerunning it so it follows redirects would be nice. Just make sure it doesn't double post the same project.Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}<sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">κοντριβς – WP Physics} 04:27, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I added a little comment in the message that the bot looks for the make sure it doesnt post the message twice, I wont be able to run the next sweep looking for redirects for a while but I will try to get around to it asap.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 17:08, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Where is the page
Today your bot dropped several notices on WikiProject talk pages. I was able to find the Ireland WikiProject alerts at WikiProject Ireland/Article alerts but, despite your post, the Philately WikiProject alerts page is nowhere to be found. It is not at WikiProject Philately/Article alerts where I expected to find it. Was it not created, do we need to create an empty page first, of did the bot just fail? Please reply at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philately. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 01:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Please ask this question here. I am acctually nothing to do with article alerts I simply sent out the message. Sorry I cannot help any more than this - ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 16:41, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks I will do that. ww2censor (talk) 02:41, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:RUSSIA
Hi there! This is just to let you know that WP:WikiProject Russian history was merged into WP:RUSSIA. Could you, please, take it out of the projects list, so things like this one no longer happen? Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:39, March 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for the message.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 16:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hi. I am having a little trouble trying to get my talk page archived. Do you have any possible solutions to this? Carabera (talk) 21:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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Quick note
Regarding the Article alerts notice, I understand you are substituting a template from somewhere when posting? Well, looks someone accidentally posted a thank-you note right on the template page, instead of in response to the message on their own WikiProject talk, so the message got copied multiple times along with the notice. Here's an example (see at the bottom). Just thought you'd want to have it fixed before re-using the notice in the future :) I'd fix it myself, but I'm too lazy to track where the original template is located.  Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:37, March 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * The thanks is acctually part of the message :P. maybe it doesnt look like it due to the smaller text above it. Thanks for bringing this up and I will try to shuffle some stuff around a bit.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 17:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
On behalf of the Kindness Campaign, we just want to spread WikiLove by wishing you a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 15:45, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 17:12, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Dissambiguation
FYI: Water Engine is a dissambiguation page, however it does not have the templates. The Oto bot taged it as missing some references. --CyclePat (talk) 15:14, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The bot only looks for the tag on the articles and it was not there, It seems that you have corrected this now, the bot should no longer tag the page (but the bot hasn't run in quite some time anyway). Thanks for the message.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 18:47, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

User Page
How do you add the template on top of your pages? -- Michael Cheng 02:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Which template??  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:25, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The one that's on top of your pages that show which page you're on. [[Image:Bus_thumbnail.jpg|25px]] Michael Cheng 15:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The navbar? See User:Addshore/navbox  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 23:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but when I put it onto my pages, it doesn't show you which page you're on. (E.g. When you're on my home page, the home page part of the navbar doesn't turn black. And, I tried to change the words at the very top (the one that shows you're online or not says that i'm "Somewhere" no matter what number I put in. Can you give me the source of the status bar (the one I described just now)? Thanks. [[Image:Bus_thumbnail.jpg|25px]] Michael Cheng 17:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You have got to change everything in the code that says "Addshore" to say "CHENG.Michael". Then it should work better :). Then you can controll your status from User:CHENG.Michael/Status. If you need help i can pop over to your page and take a look.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 09:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Userboxes
Do you know any anti-Taiwan userboxes? Michael Cheng 19:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorr, No I do not.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 09:19, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I would also seriously advise against displaying userboxes that show you are against certain countries or people. All userboxes should be kept neutral. Thanks, Peter <b style="color:#02b;">Symonds</b> ( talk ) 09:56, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you know any Communist (or socialist) userboxes? [[Image:Bus_thumbnail.jpg|25px]] Michael Cheng 23:02, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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I have a contents box on my user page. How do you make it align to the right and blend in with the text (like how you put in pictures, and they don't take up a row by themselves)? Michael Cheng 22:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Charles Claude Husson
Can you explain what more can be done to a stub? I have explained that "links have been added, fact is - it is a stub". Do extrapolate as to how much more can be done with this article. For a 3 sentence stub, this article has 8 links. Why do you insist on tagging it as an orphan?

According to Orphan rules: "Once the article has three or more links that fit the criteria, remove the tag, if one is present." According to wiki, you are tagging this for no reason (IMO). Awaiting your reply. Milliot (talk) 01:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I linked the mention of Charles Claude Husson on the Joseph Arthur Vigneron page, now when you click on 'What links here' you will see that one page links to your article (which is what the orphan bit is all about). If you want to add more incoming links, how about linking it on the Joseph Alfred Lamy page. Mikenorton (talk) 16:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Many Thanks!!!Milliot (talk) 02:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

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Bit of help please
Hi,

I have noticed that the article "Kaspersky Lab" is being vandalised by one troll creating multiple accounts. His latest account is claiming to be "eugene kaspersky": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EugeneKaspersky and he claims he is a wikipedia administrator on his talk page, plus has put a phoney "protected" template on the Kaspersky Lab article. I reverted the edit (500th time this week) but the image they are using to troll with is still uploaded to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kaspersky.jpg and they are contintinuing to pretend to be admins and vandalise that article. (The image is added and a fake section is created claiming it is a Kaspersky context menu when it is obviously a troll photoshop).

Is it safe for me to remove the "edit protected" template (as it was falsely placed there) and can someone deal with the admin impostor, and perhaps let me know how to respond more effectively to the constant barrage of vandalism?

Thanks :) Jamshud (talk) 02:12, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Also, adoption possible?

I kind of need a mentor to show me the wiki ropes!

Jamshud (talk) 02:19, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi there. Unfortunatly I currently have no time to adopt anyone, I wish you like in finding someone else. If the page has a protected template but is not acctually protected then yes feel free to remove it. The admin stuff User:EugeneKaspersky added to his page has now been removed. The image will probably be remove soon, when someone gets a round to it. I will keep an eye on the users involved and the page you mentioned. Thanks for the message and if I can help you any more feel free to ask.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:23, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for replying :)

Article was recently put on semi-protection for WP:OWN as reason which has now expired, however the troll is now back as per the "IMMMMMM BACCCKKKKKK" message left on history page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaspersky_Lab&action=history and is continuing to vandalise the page with that photoshopped context menu thing (which was deleted but they reupped). Also, is there a procedure for getting links blocked from being added into wikipedia pages? I ask because they are adding a link to pirated material whenever they vanalise the article ("free kaspersky keys" on some blogspot blog, and it isn't free software)

TIA for any reply! Jamshud (talk) 21:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi there, and sorry for my late reply. the page is now protected so that only sysops can edit it and move it. This should shtop the vandalism for now. The protection expires 09:24, 11 April 2009. I suggest you keep your eye on the page :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 22:10, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Untagged orphans is back online
Hi Addshore! The toolserver people applied the patch for this bug which was keeping me from running my scripts. I ran the scripts last night, and everything looks good. -- Ja Ga  talk 15:22, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * thanks for the note, I still have to get an rfc done for the bot before I run it again.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 19:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Administrator
How do you become an administrator on English Wikipedia? M ichael C heng 17:49, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * (Not Addshore, but a user who has his talk page on his watchlist) You become an administrator by passing the WP:RFA process. &rarr; Dyl @  n  620  19:25, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Please read the guide to requesting adminship and the administrators' reading list for more information about adminship on enwiki. Best, Peter <b style="color:#02b;">Symonds</b> ( talk ) 16:47, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Userfy
If you could userfy my deleted page I would be very grateful. I wanted to print screen it, then delete it, and I did not know about sandbox. --GreatWallofMatt (talk) 19:52, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Sorry for my slow reply. You can now find the content as it was on your deleted page here.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 22:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

My wikipedia pages keep getting deleted
Hey I keep trying to make a page for my youtube show Junior Improvers I want my show to be spread around the web so people know about it. When it is deleted I get so mad the show will start on saturday April 4th 2009 and I want to spread the word please don't delete my page anymore please please please this wiki page means a lot to me and I really want it to stay up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwillow (talk • contribs) 20:32, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that won't happen. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. Topics have articles here if they are already notable, not to make them notable. If you want you can have at our inclusion guideline for web content, which describes that a topic must have recived significant coverage in reliable third-party sources (e.g. newspapers) to have an article here. -- Amalthea 20:41, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow thanks dude I'm 13 years old and all I wanted to do was make a website telling about a youtube channel thanks a lot man —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwillow (talk • contribs) 00:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Please do not shoot the messenger. — neuro  (talk) (review) 00:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

HI
HIFireFoxUser2343 (talk) 17:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 06:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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Your bot request
Hi Addshore I wanted to let you know that Bots/Requests for approval/Addbot 21 is labeled as needing your comment. Please visit the above link to reply to the requests. Thanks! --BAGBot Talk 15:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 07:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism 1.2
Basically, I mainly used Huggle. Here are five edits -- I linked their full name, as apparently Wikipedia internally registers Sandman (Marvel Comics)?diff=281994239 as the actual title of a page, rather than a link to an edit.
 * The name of the character was changed to Queer Man from Sandman. I don't read comics, so I don't know what Sandman's sexual persuasion is.  But since I don't regularly read comics and have no idea what Sandman's sexuality is really like, although I presumed that the change was blatent nonsense, I reverted it as a bias problem, violating Wikipedia's objective point of view.
 * User added the phrase, "This is the most pointless thing you will ever lear about" and I reverted it as vandalism (even though I somewhat agree with the sentiment). ;)
 * User changed EnviroLink Network to EnviroLink Network . While greenforum.com does appear (when I checked them out to see if the link was legit) to be "A non-profit clearinghouse of environmental news and information" as the link attests on the page, it still appeared to be a link to the EnviroLink Network (and, when I checked out the original envirolink link, there was no information on the page that suggested that they might be moving to a different website).  I reverted it as spam.
 * This was a somewhat difficult one. The user had added the word "flamboyantly" to the phrase "Independent media sources reporting Cooper is gay include:".  The phrase is the reference for a statement made earlier in the article.  In its proper context, that section reads, "His public reticence contrasts deliberately with his mother's life spent in the spotlight of tabloid journalists and her publication of memoirs explicitly detailing her affairs with celebrities; Cooper vowed "not to repeat that strategy".[7][8][9] Independent news media have reported that Cooper is gay,[note 1] and in May 2007, Out magazine ranked him second behind David Geffen in their list of the fifty "Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America."[10] Cooper has discussed his desire to have a family and children."  The phrase in question is the title of "note 1".  I thought that "flamboyantly" was perhaps against Wikipedia's objective POV, that it perhaps did more than simply comment on what we perceive the truth to be based on independant sources.  But, it could be true, I don't know and frankly I don't care.  So I reverted it as "unsourced/poorly sourced negative or controversial biographical material".
 * User added a poor poem about a friend -- reverted as vandalism. Banaticus (talk) 06:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep all of these examples look fine and all have super explanations :) That counts as a pass :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 06:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Reviewing Articles
"Take a look at these and..." Are those any set of random articles or did you have specific ones in mind? Banaticus (talk) 06:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Just look at a few random articles but try to get a range in, some really big ones and not many stubs.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 06:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Userfy Dreamwidth article
Hi, I created the article Dreamwidth a while ago and it got speedy deleted this morning for not asserting importance/notability. I'd like to get at the article text so I can try to fix this and recreate the article; would you be able to userfy it for me? Xugglybug (talk) 11:47, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, You can find the article as it was before it was deleted, here. I hope this helps you. If you ever need help in the future feel free to ask.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Spongebob Problem
I was browsing wikipedia to find out when the episode "Sand Castles in the Sand" would come out. I heard it was an intresting episode so I decided to look it up. While I did, I think I may have found some vandalism. Click Here to see it. It's down a few episodes (episode 125). It talks about Nat Wolf, another Nickelodeon Character which has no relevence to Spongebob what so ever. If you could please find out who did it and suspend them or something. i-am-entertainU (talk) 16:38, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, The last time i can see stuff about "Nat" added is in this edit. which is acctually reverting other vandalism. As you seem to know about the subject then I suggest you go into the article and edit and change it to correct the information. The user that added the content has probably already been spotted and warned.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:21, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy Easter!
On behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just wanted to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Happy Easter! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 07:34, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) And I hope you have / had a very good easter too :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:21, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Smile!
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 * Thanks :)  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 10:22, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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Uncategorized articles
Heya Addshore, I was wondering if you've any plans to fire up the bot for tagging uncategorized articles again. I've been doing the tagging manually, but I can't keep up with the categorizers. It's a very active project and I'd hate to see its participants lose interest due to lack of available work. -- Ja Ga  talk 09:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry all of my bots are currently dead due to issues and I dont have enough time due to exams to get them back up again. Maybe in about 2 months after my exams :). Remind me then? :P  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 18:49, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries! Good luck on your exams! -- Ja Ga  talk  21:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Article orphaned no more
Your bot correctly tagged the article California breweries as an orphan, however, I have subsequently added links to numerous articles, thus making that tag now irrelevant. My question is, is it proper for me to remove that tag myself, or should I wait for the Bot to detect the article is no longer an orphan. In the event of the former, what is the minimum number of links to articles than a given article must have, in order to escape orphan status? Thanks. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 10:19, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, it is perfectly correct for you or anyone else to remove the orphan tag. You may currently remove the tag if it has one link from an article going to it. Please see WP:ORPHAN and the pages that link from that though. ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 18:56, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Bothelp
As one of the active editors in cleaning out Category:Wikipedia pages with broken references I can tell you we need some bothelp this time. I am only talking about templates, which at this moment constitute about 99% of the pages in that category. Please have a look here, and tell me if you can help out. I'll wait for your answer here.

n.b. Please note that the most fitting text for the needed fix is in that same section too (and that the tag should be straight behind the end of the template, on the same line even). Debresser (talk) 19:07, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Sorry I am currently to busy with exams to be able to do this. If you leave me a message again in July if no one has done this I am sure i can throw something up. Thanks for asking and sorry i cant help.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 19:09, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The best of luck with your exams! Debresser (talk) 19:24, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

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Wireless Gigabit Alliance
This article is about a company that is advancing comunications technology. Just as Intel is advancing computer technology. Before deleting an article a person should atleast study the subject first. It is mean spirited to delete an article about an important subject even if the article is not fully in complience with all of wikipedias rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gjeremy (talk • contribs) 11:51, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, It looks like the article has been undeleted. I guess there is no further need for me to reply.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 13:18, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

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De Witt Clinton Fort
Okay, I have the required 3 links required by Wikepedia orphan hunters. Please let me know if this works.

JLM —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guirisystems (talk • contribs) 16:03, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, If the article has the 3 required links then the orphan tag can be removed by you or by another editor.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 13:10, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
Hey, this MDhoogheM, I have been away a while and now suddenly noticed that the article I was working on "Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling" has been deleted because it seems to be a promotion. This has not been my purpose, I think he is a remarceble man, worthed to have his own article in your encyclopedia. Since your media is new to me, it might happen that I didn't do everything correctly, but please give me another chance. Could you please help me to get the work I did until now back? This would be wonderfull. Meanwhile I did find another book about him and would love to renew the page with more profound information about his live, and will be happy to overview all content so it doesn't seems to be promotiom. Thanks!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by MDhoogheM (talk • contribs) 06:03, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Sorry for such a delay, I suggest you talk to the admin that deleted the article (ALexF) Thanks and sorry I couldn't help you more.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 13:12, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Orphan template rules
Your bot left an orphan template on [Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame] but I think that all the reasonable places for a link to this article have been used.

What rules determine when an orphan template is justified?

Beyond that, what happens if an editor removes the orphan template?

Oh, answer after you are finished with exams.

DThomsen8 (talk) 14:18, 22 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Depending on the date of tagging it will be if the page has 3 or less or no links from articles not including lists and disambiguations. Sorry for my slow reply.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 13:14, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Sometimes there is a template that lets me see the links to the article, but I suspect that there is a tool or mechanism I can use anytime. I follow you in guessing that having four links, not counting disambiguation pages, is more than sufficient to remove an orphans template. Also, being an orphan may not justify deletion. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:43, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Need an article I wrote userfied.
Can you send me a copy of the article I wrote for "StollerUSA". I realized after it was deleted that this article would make more sense on Wikicompany, so if you can send me the article, then I won't have to recreate the article.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizheck (talk • contribs) 14:49, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi there. A copy of the article can be found here Sorry for the delay.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:black;">T alk T o M e ! 13:17, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Discussion topics I created on other articles
I have this on my user page and I think it could improve your user page if you had one similer to mine. Because of the number of edits you have maybe you should create a seperate page and link it to your user page. Please make comments about how I could improve my user page. (This user helps out new users User:Addshore)

The latest to earliest discussion topics go from top to bottom.

The ones at the top are ones most reciently created.

All of the discussion topics that are in the two subcategories below the main subcategory are only in those two subcategories.

Discussion topics I created on other articles.
 * User talk:Addshore User:Gjeremy/notice
 * User talk:Addshore Discussion topics I created on other articles
 * User talk:Addshore Wireless Gigabit Alliance
 * User talk:Trovatore Acts of desperation
 * Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/2009 April 24 Birth of All Reality
 * Help talk:Contents Help:Contents Should be like Google
 * User talk:Bubba73 Help! My User Rights have been violated
 * User talk:Ilkali Talk:Conceptions of God Unlimited knowledge
 * Talk:Telepathy Dumb Luck Telepathy: Communicating faster than the speed of light
 * Talk:Good and evil Beyond Gods Love
 * Help talk:Contents My User Rights have been violated
 * Wikipedia talk:Questions Wikipedia:Questions Should be like Google
 * Talk:Logic Disproving The Law of Non-Cotrodiction
 * Talk:Free will Biblical definition of Free will
 * Talk:Good and evil Pain and plesure
 * User talk:Onorem Nindo
 * Talk:Utility fog Utility fog Tentacles
 * Talk:Sloth (deadly sin) Depression
 * Talk:Conceptions of God Unlimited knowledge
 * Talk:Automobile Miles per gallon
 * Talk:Television TV images
 * Talk:Ancient (Stargate) Ancient History
 * |User talk:Gjeremy 03:30, 8 July 2006

'''Discussion topics I created on other articles that were unjustly deleted. But might have been restored.'''
 * Talk:Chess Chess Logic
 * Talk:Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment Faith
 * Talk:Christianity Christianity in a Nutshell
 * Talk:Wraith (Stargate) Origin of the wraith

Miscellaneous
 * Talk:Mathematics Birth of All Reality
 * User talk:Ilkali Talk:Conceptions of God Unlimited knowledge 11:15, 29 April 2009
 * |Talk:Skynet (Terminator) 20:49, 29 March 2007
 * Unjustly Archived: Talk:Cosmological argument Laws of the Universe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gjeremy (talk • contribs) 12:12, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Brilliant article on Nome
Well done! Thanks. Sethie (talk) 21:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 13:19, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi
HI. There's a prob with second sino japanese war. Blueshirts is messing it up. Could you tell him to stop? Cause it's annoying Thanks.--Trickster206 (talk) 21:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)TRICKSTER206

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The ACC tool.
Hi there, I've received a message on my talk page here informing me that I've had my access to the ACC tool revoked due to a number of inappropriate closures I made, particularly with regard to similar usernames. As suggested, I've had a reread through of the guide, and have realised that these mistakes were due to a misunderstanding on my part of the extra powers I have thanks to my accountcreator status, and a small misunderstanding of the process itself. Having reread the guide I feel that I'll be able to correct these mistakes in future, and, in addition to an apology to all the users of the tool for my past misclosures, I'd like to request I be readded to the list of ACC tool users. Many thanks in advance, whichever way you decide! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 20:23, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
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