User talk:ErrantX/Archive/2011/September

CommonsNotificationBot
Hi Errant! I don't know if you saw my note earlier, but when you set up the bot to run locally, did you include notifications for files listed at WP:FFD and WP:PUF? Just curious - been working with a lot of files from now-absent uploaders and want to make sure to get some input if warranted. Thanks! Kelly hi! 20:35, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No. But I can look at sorting that out over the weekend :) --Errant (chat!) 10:05, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Also re CommonsNotificationBot
Hi,

Is there a way you can delay CommonsNotificationBot from informing article talk pages for ~5 or 10 minutes? Often, someone will tag a copyvio and then go through the uploader's other images and tag them, too, but this is what happens: more template notifications than actual discussion about the article. If the bot could wait a few minutes after the first image was tagged, and then combine all the notifications into one template message listing all the tagged images, that would be stellar.

Cheers, / ƒETCH COMMS  /  21:37, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ugh, that is nasty.. I did an update the other day to try and get it to condense notifications - but it only seems to be working intermittently (actually, it's occured to me as I type this that it is only set up for en.wiki images not commons ones, duh!). I'll sort it out when I update things this weekend. --Errant (chat!) 10:03, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Great—thanks! That should help immensely. / ƒETCH COMMS  /  14:31, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

User:CommonsNotificationBot/tracking log.js
For some reason, this page is ending up in CAT:SD. I assume it's because of the line that reads  containing speedydelete, since I can't locate anywhere else where potential speedy tags or categories are in the .js. I don't know what you want to do about this, but I figured that you'd appreciate a heads up. Cheers. lifebaka ++ 18:48, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah bugger :( That's an annoying sort of bug, I'll have to look into that. I was meant to be fixing bot bugs etc. this weekend but had no motivation :) Thanks for the heads up! --Errant (chat!) 08:56, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

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edit at WP:PAY
good job, I meant to say editor and somehow wrote admin :), also, I fixed a misspelling on WP:ADVOCACY--Cerejota If you reply, please place a talkback in my talk page if I do not reply soon. 12:21, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I edit conflicted fixing the spelling :) cheers! --Errant (chat!) 12:23, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

RfA Reform update
Hi. It's been a little while since the last message on RfA reform, and there's been a fair amount of slow but steady progress. However, there is currently a flurry of activity due to some conversations on Jimbo's talk page.

I think we're very close to putting an idea or two forward before the community and there are at least two newer ones in the pipeline. So if you have a moment:
 * Have a look at the min requirement proposal and familiarise yourself with the statistics, I'd appreciate comment on where we should put the bar.
 * Any final comments would be appreciated on the clerks proposal.
 * Feedback on the two newer proposals - Pre-RfA & RfA reform 2011/Sysop on request. Both are more radical reforms of RfA and might run along side the current system.

Thanks for reading and for any comments that you've now made.

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of RfA reform 2011 at 21:39, 6 September 2011 (UTC).

Are you the admin ...
... who was keeping an eye on Zuggernaut in the early weeks of his topic ban? If so, could you take a look at Template_talk:Welcome-India. I seem to have forgotten what exactly his topic ban was about, but I remember people complaining in the ANI that he was using the (putative) ethnicity of users who make India-related edits to further his goals, or words to that effect. I'm troubled by this template and not sure if it goes against the grain of his topic ban. Will defer to your take on this. Thanks. Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  16:32, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * His topic ban relates specifically to Indian history - it is my understanding that he has a specific view on certain aspects of Indian history, and his interactions on those areas became disruptive. That discussion doesn't seem anywhere close - FWIW Zuggernaut always struck me as being enthusiastic in encouraging Indian editors to participate effectively; one of the Foundation's focuses at the moment is in encouraging under-represented areas (such as the global south) with poor quality participation/coverage. So far the efforts I have seen him make in this arena have generally positive - but I only have a 10,000 feet view :) Certainly I'm not sure what terrible things were being done in that template discussion - it looked fine and constructive till it was sidetracked into something else. --Errant (chat!) 13:35, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

CommonsNotificationBot suggestion
Can you expand the file name in edit summaries and notification text to explicitly include "commons" for files at Commons? Example edit summary:
 * (Notification of possible deletion of commons:File:Flight93 Memorial.jpg (feedback, Version r92)) 

Now that the bot is supplying notifications for both Commons and WP files (thanks!), it will help human readers to immediately distinguish them in edit summaries. --Lexein (talk) 18:03, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Good point - on my "todo" list & I will add this when I find a spare moment to code... don't seem to have any spare time at the minute!! --Errant (chat!) 13:26, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Third Anglo-Maratha War
Hi ErrantX - Some vandalism showed up on my watchlist at the Third Anglo-Maratha War (an article I promoted to GA many months back) which I reverted. After doing so, I realized this was in the area of my topic ban. I would like to let you know that this happened inadvertently and wasn't intentional. Zuggernaut (talk) 13:20, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Reverting such obvious vandalism seems fine to me :) Thanks for mentioning it though. --Errant (chat!) 13:25, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

RfCs listed at Administrators' noticeboard – September 2011
Hi ErrantX. Would you be able to close any of the RfCs at Administrators' noticeboard?

The discussions are:


 * 1) Administrators' noticeboard – Requests for comment/Main Page features
 * 2) Administrators' noticeboard – Village pump (policy) and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers
 * 3) Administrators' noticeboard – Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion
 * 4) Administrators' noticeboard – Requests for comment/Drnhawkins and Requests for comment/Willfults

I'd be grateful if you'd be able to close one or a few of these RfCs. If you don't have the time or the inclination, then no worries. Cunard (talk) 08:39, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

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File:Aelogo2009atdewwhrb.jpg
Logo was received via email from the Against Equality collective with permission to upload onto wikipedia.

Please remove tags that have it marked for deletion.

thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atdewwhrb (talk • contribs) 00:00, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

So where is this alleged discussion?
A discussion will now take place over on Commons about whether to remove the file, said your bot on our talk page, but gave no indication where this alleged discussion ever took place. This makes it very difficult to correct your erroneous edit. Rwflammang (talk) 00:09, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * (lurking) Yeah, that's a slight issue with the bot, it's not reporting the discussion location. However, it can be puzzled out by starting with the image page - there should be a tag there with the full info, pointing to the discussion (Example: ).  Discussion can happen here or via here.
 * I'm not seeing any notices on User talk:Rwflammang or to it in CommonsNotificationBot's log, so I can't help further. --Lexein (talk) 02:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Rwflammang, as the big red box explains when you edit my page :) The image being deleted is nothing to do with myself; the bot just tries to notify you about the issue (because in the past the first WP editors new about it was the image being deleted...). To give you an idea, the bot leaves about 150 handy notifications a day; for this reason - to help you further you'll have to let me know the image name :) As Lexein says; I've found no way to reliably figure out the location of the deletion discussion on commons... but I will try and clarify the message that the bot leaves to give some pointers. As he points out; the place to start is the Image page - if that has nothing on it, check the history. It might be that the deletion nomination was out of process, or declined, or resolved in the time between CNB posting about it and you checking :) In which case - no action needed. --Errant (chat!) 07:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Question about synthetic images presented as real, published images
I've opened the question at WPT:Images. That seems to be a low traffic Talk page, so please let me know if that discussion should go somewhere else... --Lexein (talk) 11:25, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

CommonsNotificationBot
I have provided copyright and source information and the File:PatrickMurphy(pilot).jpg and the file no longer needs to be deleted. Shakinglord (talk) 16:52, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm not part of tagging that image - my bot just notifies people. However, I notice you got the image from Suite101. It is credited to "Jane Eppinga & Ardmore Public Library, OK", which means that person holds the copyright to the image. There doesn't seem to be a free license associated with the image, so without the permission of the copyright holder we, unfortunately, can't host the image. All images on WP need to be posted under a free license (or have a valid non-free rationale - see WP:NFCC). See IMAGE for further advice. --Errant (chat!) 17:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Mega Drive
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Speedy deletion nomination of Talk:Chris Crocker discography


A tag has been placed on Talk:Chris Crocker discography requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Devin Davis  ( talk )  21:18, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

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red/grey chips deletion
Yesterday I uploaded picture of the red/grey chips. I believe you nominated it for speedy deletion. Perhaps you can enlighten me as to why the picture should be deleted. Please leave me a message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Johnson1982 (talk • contribs) 09:06, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It appears you're not paying attention. I nominated it  on Commons.  His bot just announced it to you.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 09:16, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Arthur Rubin - Please don't bite the newcomers. Mr.Johnson1982, this is a good opportunity for you to apply the hangon tag on the Commons page, with the stated reason on the Talk page that you will do one of the following:
 * A. either you will request the image owner to change the license on the original web page, to plain old CC-BY-SA  (with no non-commercial exclusion)
 * B. or you will follow the steps at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS to have the copyright owner email the image with a filled out permission form with CC-BY-SA to OTRS
 * The maximum time you can expect to get would be about seven days, since it's a speedy, unless Arthur Rubin would consider temporarily rescinding the nom.
 * --Lexein (talk) 09:26, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking care of this Lexein :) You're a star. When I have a little more free time to bring back into Wikipedia (hopefully end of this week!) I will sort out the unclear communication issues with the bot & tidy up the notices. Thanks again! --Errant (chat!) 22:31, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure! No response from Mr.Johnson1982, I'm copying the above to user and file Talk. --Lexein (talk) 19:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Talk:
I'm sorry to bother you, again, but I was just curious why you denied my request to delete a Talk: page. Earlier today I requested a Talk: page to be deleted. I was thinking that it wasn't going to happen, but it did. The User: deleted it. So I requested another Talk: page to be deleted, the one that I'm currently talking about, but you denied my request. So what's the deal? -- Devin Davis  ( talk )  03:32, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well; talk pages are not usually deleted if the article about them still exists - they serve as a history of the discussion of the article. It probably got deleted because the admin saw it had minimal edits, and only from a bot. In this case it's a good idea to keep CommonsNotificationBot notices, at least for a bit, because the bot will periodically check and re-notify if it doesn't find a notice :) Feel free to tag it for deletion again! Someone might accept it for deletion; why id you want it deleted? --Errant (chat!) 17:01, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

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CommonsNotificationBot
The VPM has been notified at least four times over the deletion of File:No Karl Marx.JPG, and twice about many more files. Could this behaviour be avoided? Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 16:54, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry - I thought that duplicative notification thing had been fixed! I have plans to rework this area of reporting, but not time to implement it at the moment. My fault; the bot crashed today, usually I keep an eye on it to cull any duplicates manually when I reboot it, but got distracted by work. Thx for the reminder. --Errant (chat!) 16:59, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Tom, the Speedy Deletions Bot notified that an image I contributed to Wikimedia Commons has been nominated for speedy deletion by user Thane45, with the reason given "author does not permit." However, Thane45 is not the author or copyright holder of the photograph -- I am. Is there something I'm not understanding about this process? How can Thane45 make such a request about a photo over which s/he has no rights? Thane45 also removed all the information about the photo -- who's in it and where and when it was taken -- from the description in Wikimedia Commons. But s/he is not the author of the description, either -- I am. I know you just run the bot and are not the person asking for the photo to be removed. But I hope you can explain this to me because I don't know how to look for the answer. Thanks -- user ThistleStop — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThistleStop (talk • contribs) 02:04, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

News and progress from RfA reform 2011
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The number of nominations continues to nosedive seriously, according to  these monthly figures. We know why this is, and if the trend continues our reserve of active admins will soon be underwater. Wikipedia now needs suitable editors to come forward. This can only be achieved either through changes to the current system, a radical alternative, or by fiat from elsewhere.

A lot of work is constantly being done behind the scenes by the coordinators and task force members, such as monitoring the talk pages, discussing new ideas, organising  the project  pages, researching  statistics and keeping  them  up  to  date. You'll also see for example that  we have recently  made tables to  compare how other Wikipedias choose  their sysops, and some tools have been developed to more closely examine !voters' habits.

The purpose of WP:RFA2011 is to focus attention on  specific issues of our  admin  selection  process and to develop  RfC proposals for solutions to improve them. For this, we have organised the project into dedicated sections each with their own discussion pages. It is important to understand that  all Wikipedia policy changes take a long  time to implement whether or not the discussions appear to  be active - getting the proposals right before offering them for discussion by the broader community is crucial to the success of any RfC. Consider keeping the pages and their talk pages on your watchlist; do check out older threads before starting a new one on topics that have been discussed already, and if you start a new thread, please revisit it regularly to follow up on new comments.

The object of WP:RFA2011 is not  to make it  either  easier or harder to  become an admin -  those criteria are set by  those who  !vote at  each  RfA. By providing  a unique venue for developing ideas for  change independent  of  the general discussion  at  WT:RFA, the project has two  clearly  defined goals: The fastest way is through improvement to the current system. Workspace is however also available within the project  pages to  suggest  and discuss ideas that are not  strictly  within  the remit  of this project. Users are invited to make use of these pages where they  will  offer maximum exposure to  the broader community, rather than individual  projects in  user space.
 * 1) Improving the environment  that  surrounds RfA in  order to  encourage mature, experienced editors of the right  calibre to  come forward, pass the interview, and dedicate some of their  time to  admin  tasks.
 * 2) Discouraging, in the nicest  way  possible of course, those whose RfA will be obvious NOTNOW or SNOW, and to  guide them towards the advice pages.

We already know what's wrong with RfA - let's not clutter the project with perennial chat. RFA2011 is now ready to propose some of the elements of reform, and all the task force needs to do now is to pre-draft those proposals in the project's workspace, agree on the wording, and then offer them for central discussion where the entire Wikipedia community will be more than welcome to express their opinions in  order to  build consensus.

New tool Check your RfA !voting history! Since the editors' RfA !vote counter at X!-Tools has been down for a long while, we now have a new RfA Vote Counter to replace it. A significant improvement on the former tool, it provides a a complete breakdown of an editor's RfA votes, together with an analysis of the participant's voting pattern.

Are you ready to help? Although the main engine of RFA2011 is its task force, constructive comments from any  editors are always welcome on  the project's various talk  pages. The main reasons  why  WT:RfA was never successful in  getting  anything  done are that threads on different aspects of RfA are all mixed together, and are then archived where nobody  remembers them and where they  are hard to  find - the same is true of ad hoc threads on  the founder's talk  page.

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October 2011 Wikification drive
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image Californiadreamweek logo.png
Ludmila cdw (talk) 23:04, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi,

Please help me with image Californiadreamweek logo.png

I did some changes about descriptions, but I can't edit other info.

I need to put tags: == ==

but I don't have permissions for edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Californiadreamweek_logo.png.

What I can do?

Thanks, Ludmila.

image Californiadreamweek logo.png
Ludmila cdw (talk) 23:10, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi,

Please help me with image Californiadreamweek logo.png

I did some changes about descriptions, but I can't edit other info.

I need to put tags: == ==

but I don't have permissions for edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Californiadreamweek_logo.png.

What I can do?

Thanks, Ludmila.

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Picture inconsistancies
A quick note, the floor plan has several inconsistencies. I realize you didn't create it but I would direct you to several inconsistencies I have noticed.

1) The Portico is wrong. A low wall stands on the West (reference North = top of plan) and the entrance is from the South.

2) A window is missing on the South wall - assuming its over the lavatory.

3) A double door is located on the East wall instead of a window. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quneur (talk • contribs) 12:03, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Which floorplan are you referring to? ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  14:39, 29 September 2011 (UTC)