User talk:AutomaticStrikeout/Archive 8

WikiCup 2013 February newsletter
Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:
 * , primarily for an array of warship GAs.
 * , primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
 * , due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with, this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:
 * , whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
 * , whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
 * and, who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
 * , who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by : did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:50, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back!
Glad to see you removed that ugly "retired" notice. Good to have you back! TBrandley (what's up) 23:15, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but don't get too excited. I hope to be able to stick to minor editing for the most part. Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 23:17, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I second the pleasure at the lack of the retired template. It seems that wikipedia is not irreversibly broken after all.  Thanks for the cheeseburger.  Tazerdadog (talk) 00:07, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. Eat it in good health! I know, that sounds like a contradiction, telling someone to eat a cheeseburger in good health! Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 00:08, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Even for just some gnoming, it's good to see you. It was a nice surprise to open my watchlist and see a screen full of WP:UMPIRE articles. EricEnfermero  Howdy! 01:53, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the friendly responses. Thanks guys! Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 02:56, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Huzzah! welcome back, we missed ya! Gtwfan52 (talk) 04:02, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Same here. Great to have you back man!  Zappa  O  Mati   06:00, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * A happy edit to our sad list! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

yes it was lame..
but I smiled anyway.

A few years ago, I worked in an office which shared office space with another company. They actually worked on rocket design. We occasionally played ultimate with them at lunch, and more often that we should have found an excuse to use the line.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  20:16, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Glad you liked it :) Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 21:39, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

AWB
I've added you to the AWB checkpage. INeverCry  03:10, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 19:41, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

AN/I
I've replied to your claim of "involvement" on AN/I. I would very much like to see what evidence you have of "involvement", given that I'd never heard of this editor before a couple of days ago, and prior to that was on pretty good terms with Demiurge1000. I am really hurt that you would jump to such conclusions about my motives, and would like to know why you've done so. 28bytes (talk) 20:06, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Suffice it to say, I feel that your involvement in this entire situation is significant enough that it would have been wise to allow another admin to handle Gwickwire, if it was really necessary to block him, which I am not sure about. I'm not making any conclusions about your motives, nor am I trying to offend you. However, since I appear to be unable to comment on the dark side of Wikipedia without ticking people off, I will refrain from further commenting on the situation unless I am asked to do so. Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 20:43, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Bruce Rondón
Good job expanding the page. I was away for the weekend and was planning on expanding it when I got back. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:35, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Glad you liked it and thanks for nomming it as well, thereby saving me the time. It is an honor to be part of a DYK nomination with you, as I have respected your content–building work for a time now. Also, I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Krikor Kalfayan in preparation for a DYK attempt with Rondón, so you don't necessarily need to do a separate review. Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 00:16, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello
Thanks for the welcome. I'm sure it's going to be an exciting baseball season and we're just three weeks away from the opener. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 23:28, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. GO TIGERS!  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 00:17, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

An informal survey
Song of Solomon 2:11-12 (KJV): "For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." Friends, baseball season will soon be upon us and as an enthusiastic/optimistic Tigers fan, my World Series prediction is Tigers over Nationals in 7. But I'm not satisfied with just my opinion. I'd like to conduct a little poll here, to see what some of the rest of you think. So, here's what I'm asking: World Series winner and runner-up (and in how many games?), first manager fired (I'll say Bud Black) and one other bold prediction (mine is that the Astros will finish last... er, I mean that the Yankees will miss the postseason).  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 00:23, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Winner: Reds
 * Runner up: Angels
 * First manager fired: Joe Girardi
 * Bold prediction: Orioles win AL East and Yankees finish last (hence Girardi getting canned, though that's probably the boldest) Go   Phightins  !  00:57, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Champions: Giants
 * Runner-ups: Orioles
 * First fired manager: Dale Sveum
 * Bold predictions: Indians get worst record in AL, Astros, well, last. Mariners barely escape the AL West cellar, Phillies go below .500, Yankees fans invade and capture Boston, beginning a week-long war, aliens steal cars and fly over Comerica Park, my TV loses signal during the World Series.

Yep, this is gonna be an interesting year. It'd be easier for me if this was an NFL forecast though.  Zappa  O  Mati   03:43, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow! Yankees fans invade Boston? Would that be like when the Tigers fans took over Wrigley Field last year?  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 17:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Friendly reminder: Wikipedia is not a social network; perhaps discussions like this are more suited to IRC or places of that nature. Again, just a friendly reminder. — Theopolisme ( talk )  14:03, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I am well aware of that, but this conversation is not hurting anything and besides, I'm not on IRC.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 17:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, Theo, ever the killjoy . I can't speak for the others, but I plan on doing some stat updates during the season and updating the team season articles, so this is moderately on point. You're probably right though, that we're not a forum and this may be using it like one. Go   Phightins  !  19:14, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Theo, this is totally acceptable. Perhaps that is a bit hypocritical due to my comments at User talk:Deidra C., but the difference is she had been using Wikipedia as a social network.  When editors are productive, it's perfectly fine for them to discuss things not directly related to Wikipedia. Ryan Vesey 19:34, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You guys are all fantastic contributors to the project, and a little off-topic discussion like this is, as Ryan said, totally okay...still, a poll like this gave me pause, especially given User talk:Deidra C. (I had actually just been reading through that interesting series of events prior to making my comments here, which probably contributed to my brashness.) Regardless, in no way did I intend to come across as a killjoy. ;) — Theopolisme ( talk )  23:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I've been meaning for a while to open discussion on officially modifying WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK to clarify that Wikipedia is not a place for people looking for a social network; however, social network type activities are acceptable among Active editors. I'm not going to get around to it, but if anyone else does, ping me. Ryan Vesey 01:21, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey! I'm JHUbal27 trying to get noticed. I would call myself a productie editor and am therefore replying to your poll. The Baltimore Orioles will win, followed by the Chicago Cubs as a runner-up. Mike Matheny will get fired. Also, the Oriole Bird will get drunk, attempt to fly, and fall onto the field. JHU bal 27 • Talk •E-mail 01:31, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Some surprising predictions, (especially Matheny)! Anyway, no hard feelings, Theo. That is an interesting suggestion, Ryan. I may look into it.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 01:34, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Re: Bureaucrat
Hi. It's possible that I could try running. I ran a few years back and did somewhat well, but didn't make the cut. It's not all that tough being one admittedly, figuring out WP:CHU and consensus on RfA closures is simple enough. RfB's probably no worse than RfA, but then again I'm not sure if that's something I want to go through. Wizardman 02:19, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, I would be thrilled if you did decide to give it a try. I'm certain you would have no trouble finding noms.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 02:21, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Greetings

 * Well thank you! That's certainly very kind of you and much appreciated.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 14:32, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to join Wikiproject Conflict Resolution
WikiProject Conflict Resolution.--Amadscientist (talk) 10:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice of you to invite me, but I believe it would not be good for me to actively start getting involved in conflicts.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 14:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

To my stalkers
Please take a look here and consider adding your name.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 23:41, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * How'd you know that I'm a stalker? :o  Zappa  O  Mati   23:48, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You seem to have identified yourself ;)  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 23:49, 14 March 2013 (UTC)


 * ArbCom are people too--and Giano never said they were. Pouring oil on the fire is rarely helpful, and in this case your selective adaptation also completely misses the point Giano was making--the anonymous informer, and how that is problematic in a community that should be more transparent (on that most everyone agrees, I think). Please don't add fuel to the fire. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 01:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I was not specifically thinking of Giano's comments when I wrote the essay and I'm not going to say that his argument is without merit (frankly, I think he might have a point about the use of checkuser in this incident). My objective here was to remind everybody that the Arbs are real people, I was not targeting Giano and I apologize if it came across that way.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 02:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, I do think Arbs are people too--some of my best friends are Arbs. Well, I'm friends with their alternate accounts. Drmies (talk) 02:52, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I wasn't necessarily trying to say that anyone believes that Arbs are not people, it was just that perhaps sometimes some editors (apparently not including you, which is good) need to be reminded that they are dealing with another person, one who has feelings.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 02:59, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi!
Hi AS! Good to hear from you, and glad to see you've un-retired. If you start any new projects, let me know! Delaywaves &bull;&#32; talk  20:59, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't know that this here qualifies as a project, but I imagine this one does. I'm trying to get it off the ground, but I'm having trouble with the invitation template, which has been a pain.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 21:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you very much for the kind welcome Lettik (talk) 21:34, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. Hope there weren't too many calories in the cookies!  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 21:46, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:McDonalds M&M McFlurry.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:McDonalds M&M McFlurry.jpg, has been listed at Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 14:13, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's articles for improvement

 * Thank you for the talkback, but at this point, I'm not going to spend any further time fighting to get that on the main page. No matter how hard we try on this, too many people are going to find a reason to be a hindrance.   Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 13:12, 16 March 2013 (UTC)


 * May I just say that the fight is actually won? It took a long time, sure; but we are almost there now. Everyone has agreed that there is no reason to stop TAFI any further now, and it is only a matter of time (either till 25th March or 8th April), and an uninvolved admin before we go live. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 09:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I am glad to hear that. However, I don't feel that my participation there is still necessary.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 14:43, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Hall of Fame
From its MfD, it appears to be a certainty that the Hall of Fame is going to be deleted. [I certainly do support the idea of such a project, and do regret that others do not] But moving forward, could I ask you to suggest it being taken under the wings of EotW? At EotW, we certainly had this idea of encouraging everyone, and not just new editors. If you and everyone there support such an idea, we could be running HoF in a similar way to the way EotW is being currently run.

Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 11:43, 18 March 2013 (UTC) (TB please!)
 * If EotW is interested in handling it, great! Otherwise, I'm moving past the idea for the time being.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C ) 14:48, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Overnight fire @ EotW
Just to let you know. Please see Soni's, Amad's and My Talk pages for info. Thanks.```Buster Seven   Talk  16:28, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Another essay
In connection with my "Arbs are people too" essay, I have written another one, entitled "Admins are people too." Please take a look and consider signing. Thanks,  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 18:05, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Re: RfB
Go for it, I'll add everything i need to soon enough. Wizardman 00:32, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Sounds marvelous! It might take me a while though, since the Michigan basketball game is on right now.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 00:33, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's set now. Was going to wait until the weekend but hey, why not. Wizardman  02:07, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Hostility
Don't worry about it, there are some very hostile people, and some who are merely very blunt and appear hostile. There are reasons to support your idea, and reasons to oppose it, with a little luck these will come out and be weighed, and the ad-hominem stuff can be forgotten. Rich Farmbrough, 01:16, 22 March 2013 (UTC).


 * Thanks, I appreciate that. It's good to hear something positive about my idea.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 01:37, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

These Koekjes Bake Themselves


Buster7 has stopped by and given you some Nice Speculaas Koekjes which promote fellowship and goodwill among editors. Spread the good flavor of Nice Koekjes around Wiki World by sharing them with someone else. Maybe to a friend or, better yet, to someone you have had disagreements with in the past. Nice Biscuits are very tasty and have been known to be so NICE, they will even bake themselves. Enjoy!

You've had the rest...now try the best! ```Buster Seven   Talk  06:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks!  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 13:35, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Wizardman
Isn't is usual to include a link to prior requests? Requests for bureaucratship/Wizardman. It isn't hard to find, to be sure, but I thought it was SOP.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  11:48, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it probably is, but I've never been a nominator for someone who was on a second request in either RfA or RfB.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 13:35, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

HoF MfD
I request you not to comment back to Leaky Cauldron on that MfD. It does not do any good to you or the MfD to feed him, further straining the discussion there. Let the rest of us say, if a reply to him is required. Meanwhile, since 3 editors currently support the idea of having HoF under the WER (not EotW), I'll ask and see if it can be made as a sister project. I think people will support such an idea.

Also, KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON!

Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 20:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Bus Routes
Just thought you would like to know that there has been a lot more lists which have been nominated for deletion which can be viewed here. Wilbysuffolk (Talk to me!) 12:36, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know.  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 17:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Bruce Rondón
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Your Signature
I'm curious, is there a reason that you have the two words of your signature as separate links to your user page? instead of: or  Automatic  Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) VS.   Automatic Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) OR  Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C  •  AAPT )

Wondering why you are using a deprecated font tag and I'm not aware of any css style tag named "text". Thos things are making the colors of your signature do some funky things in Firefox. Just curious. Also, I'm curious what template that local time in state is so I can add it to my page (or components of it) Thanks —  — User:Technical 13   ( C • M • Click to learn how to view this signature as intended ) 22:16, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Honestly, the reason for the two links is that I didn't know how to make it one link and hadn't looked into it. As for the CSS tag and deprecated font tags, I really know very little about a lot of this stuff and have copied somewhat from other people's signatures and made changes where it seemed necessary. Did this fix the problems? As for the local time info, are you referring to what I have in my edit notice?  Automatic Strikeout   ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 22:27, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Just a question, do you just use User:AutomaticStrikeout/signature as an example of your signature, or did you set it up so your signature in your preferences substitutes it? Ryan Vesey 22:31, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It is substituted in my preferences.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 22:39, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was asking about the thing in your edit notice. I cleaned out an unused span in your sig as well for you. As far as the substituting a template as your signature, it is allowed per WP:SIG, but frowned upon and requires due diligence. — User:Technical 13  ( C • M • Click to learn how to view this signature as intended ) 22:45, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The edit notice code I use is:


 * As for the substituting situation, I will pursue having my signature page semi-protected. Thank you for your help, as I am somewhat technologically challenged, especially with some of these codes.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 22:51, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know that it's frowned upon, but, and I'm being WP:BEANSY here, it creates the possibility that someone could modify your sig to say kick me. I think substituting a .js page would solve that problem.  Transclude it onto another page if you want to be able to see it (but be sure to ask Writ Keeper before you do any of that).  Otherwise it might be good to at least have your sig page semi-protected. Ryan Vesey 22:51, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm planning to have it semi-protected. That is less complicated than the .js stuff.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 23:07, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Help
I am new to editing on Wikipedia and I need help. I want to add pictures to some pages so that they have pictures but I don't know how so do you think that you can help me out bro??? --Kingryan227 (talk) 00:43, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I might be able to help you. First, can you tell me if you have any pictures of your own that you would like to use?  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 00:46, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No just pictures that im going to take off of google images to upload on here --Kingryan227 (talk) 01:00, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry to inform you, but random pictures from Google Images are not permitted here unless there is a specific license it has or it qualifies as a non-free work. Check out Flickr under an advanced search for 'commercial use' under Creative Commons.  TB randley  01:01, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, you probably can't do that. We have to be very careful with regards to copyright and permissions and all that legal stuff. Even though I don't really understand it all, I'm pretty sure you can't upload most pictures from Google images. Sorry. However, if you want to edit baseball articles, there is other stuff that you can do.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 01:03, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well thanks I thought that I could just add images from google but thank you anyways I'll just wait until someone adds pictures on there--Kingryan227 (talk) 01:06, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You should be able to upload any image you find by searching at this link or this link. You might want to seek some advice after you upload the first few. Ryan Vesey 01:08, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * @Kingryan227: Listen to the other guys as far as images are concerned because those are pretty much out of my realm. If you would like to make baseball edits, I can show you how to update infobox stats.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 01:11, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * @AutomaticStrikeout ya show me how to do that
 * I will be glad too but please wait a little bit as I have to do something else first.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 01:15, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's cool bro um I probably wont be on for much longer but ill be on tomorrow at like 4:00 Wisconsin time but ill be on till 9 so whenever you can help just send me a message bro.--Kingryan227 (talk) 01:24, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'm going to try to explain how we update the infobox stats, for anyone who doesn't know and might be interested but primarily for Kingryan227. Hopefully I won't make it too confusing, since it is really quite simple. You'll basically want to do what I did here, updating one or more of the "stat_value" fields and also the stat_year field (which is a little more complicated, as you might need to use the previous date, depending how up-to-date your source is). Remember to use a reliable source like Baseball-Reference.com.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 02:19, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Infobox MLB Player
Ad Swigler served in the military, is there any way to include that in the infobox? Ryan Vesey 22:10, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, you can skim through Infobox baseball biography and check all the fields listed there if you'd like, but I don't think that military information is currently an option. You might have to use a second infobox for that.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 22:13, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Fieldin Culbreth
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:02, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Why are you so nice?
What have I done to receive all that kindness! But anyways I'm The Wikimon!! We haven't officially met! Hello! The Wikimon (talk) 18:09, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice to meet you. You have made quite a lot of progress for a newbie. Keep up the good work! I'm glad you liked the cookies and also glad that you shared them with Gerda. She's about the nicest editor we've got around here. Regards,  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 18:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Your use of multiple Wikipedia accounts
 TB randley  02:20, 1 April 2013 (UTC) I thought it looked like you! :-) Kumioko (talk) 03:11, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

An admin
I just got an email from ASO requesting that I post on his talk for an admin to revert his edit to his common.js page WikiBreak enforcer. Apparently he's had another change of heart. Yay. Go  Phightins  !  02:21, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Done. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:04, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks!  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 03:05, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

An inquiry
Hey there! Just an honest question: How often should stats be updated on baseball articles? T C  N7 JM  03:47, 2 April 2013 (UTC) (P.S. I'm inclined to talk some kind of trash about the Tigers, but I know Minnesota will inevitably end up in the cellar again.)
 * Personally, I would say as often as you like. I don't think there needs to be any uniformity to it as we have a field that specifies the date. Just remember to update that field and we should be fine!  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 03:50, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I regards to "but I know Minnesota will inevitably end up in the cellar again." No way! We're going all the way to the World Series! A man can dream, can't he? Ryan Vesey 17:19, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, but prepare to wake up in a couple of weeks!  Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C  •  AAPT ) 17:20, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Requests for comment/April Fools'
I see some people are already being impolite and uncivil. Yikes. This is gonna be fun. Zach 04:14, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * BTW, welcome back sockmaster ! Zach 04:14, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It does figure that anti-fun people would also be anti-polite.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 17:14, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Darin Downs
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:02, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

A survey
According to this, I have 69 talk page watchers. That's both amazing and flattering. Now, I have to imagine that not all of you are baseball fans, but for those of you who are, just because I'm curious (and also because I want to cheer myself up), I'd like to start up a little survey here. I'd like to know the favorite MLB teams for those of you who have one. The team with the most fans can claim victory in the WikiWorld Series, unless, of course, that team turns out to be the Phillies!  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 19:17, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Are you just adding this now because you have 69 followers? (hee hee) Anyway... Go Mariners!  Zappa  O  Mati   19:27, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * That was unnecessary...according to my watch, the date hath changed. — Theopolisme ( talk ) 21:03, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was pretty perverted of me. =P  Zappa  O  Mati   22:18, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The Twins, of course. :D T  C  N7 JM  23:10, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Closet Rangers fan Lettik (talk) 19:10, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

A bulletin
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AutomaticStrikeout's Wiki–Bulletin Volume One.

I'm going to try out a new feature today. This is a little bulletin with some information that my talk page watchers (and anyone else who comes by) might find interesting. I originally thought about calling it a newsletter, but it's really more like a bulletin board. I don't intend to do this on a regularly scheduled basis, but I might try it again in the future if it is well received. Some miscellaneous tidbits:

Thanks for reading!
 * If you have not done so already, please take a look at a couple of new essays: Admins are people too and Arbs are people too.
 * Back in January, created a small project entitled "Rolling Ball" to encourage collaboration. There was a hang out zone that was to serve as a discussion page. Sadly, the members of this project have not been able to keeping to going (or should I say rolling?), so I'm going to give it a plug in the hopes that maybe it can still be saved.
 * If you enjoy Wiki-drama (or in other words, if you are crazy), you might like to participate in an RfC regarding how April Fools Day should be observed on Wikipedia. Even though I opened the RfC, I've already removed it from my watchlist, but I'll mention it here nonetheless.
 * Another noteworthy discussion is going on at Village Pump (proposals) over whether or not we should unbundle the autopatrolled user right from the admin package.
 * With the help of, I have managed to start a new WikiLove template: Sharethecookies. As you might be able to gather from it's name, this template is designed to be spread from one editor to another, ideally reaching many different editors and hopefully having a positive effect on some of them. In order to help see this happen, my plan is to place this template on another editor's talk page once a day. Hopefully, some of them will share the template again, creating a chain. I would greatly appreciate it if some of you might consider using this WikiLove too.
 * I would like to shamelessly point out that I have a guestbook, one that I might add has not been signed since late January. Hint! Hint!
 * On a final note, I would like to recognize a couple of editors. is one of WikiProject Baseball's finest content creators and he recently achieved a milestone with his 200th Did You Know! Also,  was successfully promoted to bureaucratship via Requests for bureaucratship/Wizardman 2. Congratulations to both of them!

Comments
I'd certainly appreciate your feedback on this bulletin. Do you like this concept? Do you want to make mention of something I may have overlooked? Are you mad at me for wasting five minutes of your life? Please feel free to leave your comments below.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 16:11, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, it only took me a minute to read. Not a bad inaugural edition of a bulletin board though. NFLisAwesome (ZappaOMati's alternate account) 16:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I kind of thought five minutes might be a stretch.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  AAPT ) 16:16, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I think it really depends on what kind of reader you are – if you slowly read every detail or just skim over the main points. The Anonymouse (talk &#124; contribs) 16:44, 3 April 2013 (UTC)


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Your oppose to Wikipedia talk:Protected Page Editor
Hi AutomaticStrikeout. I saw your weak oppose and how you said "I frankly don't know that I see the need for this" I'm one of the users that this kind of thing might be meant for, so I thought I should drop you a note to tell you why, me personally, I would want such a feature.

I'm very "anti-combative". I don't want to deal trying to "enforce norms of behavior" through blocks and the like. I wouldn't want to be an admin-- I wouldn't want to even have the technical power to block other editors. I recognize that we need admins, but it's not in my personality type to be one. It would ruin the "Wikipedia Experience" for me try to have that power.

On the other hand, I'd be happy to do wiki-gnome chores that require some level of trust. I can add a new field to a protected infobox template, I can execute non-controversial edits. I just can't (and won't) touch the block userright.

My stance may seem idiosyncratic to you, but I don't think quite as rare as you might think. Shy, non-combative infobox-editing gnomes aren't the same as the people who inhabit Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

So, that's the theory. Early opposes can be very influential-- it was worth my time to explain all this to you, in the hope it might change your mind about whether a need exists for this userright. --HectorMoffet (talk) 01:25, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Ha! I see someone else already got to you. :)   Or perhaps my remarks were SO persuasive they went backwards in time???  :)  --HectorMoffet (talk) 01:26, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I had already changed my mind. Still, I do appreciate you taking the time to write your thoughts here. You have a very reasonable argument.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C  •  Sign AAPT ) 01:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)