User talk:GravityUp/ArchivesCB/2010/February

The Wikipedia Signpost: 1 February 2010
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The Wikipedia Signpost: 8 February 2010
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Speedy deletion declined: Hey Boy (TV Character)
Hello Dspradau, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Hey Boy (TV Character) - a page you tagged - because: Article has content. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. decltype (talk) 12:17, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, I see that the page was actually empty at the time, but remember to give some time for the creator to place some content. It was a reasonable mistake and a technically valid tagging, so no harm done. Regards, decltype (talk) 01:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ouf of curiosity: When you wrote "Good luck on your article", were you referring to any article in particular? decltype (talk) 01:21, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Well, I appreciate the sentiment. All the best, decltype (talk) 01:36, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

igloo
Hi Dspradau, and thanks for your interest in igloo. Before using the program, please read the following information carefully - failure to do so may result in your test access being revoked.

igloo is a JavaScript-powered, browser-based anti-vandalism tool, which means you do not have to download or install anything on your computer and it will work on multiple operating systems. However, it does mean that the performance relies on that of your browser and it may operate more slowly than downloaded programs. You must have either Mozilla Firefox 3+ or Google Chrome to use igloo, as it is currently incompatible with other browsers.

igloo relies on a system called iglooNet to assist you in finding and reverting vandalism. It is this system that transforms the program from a pretty version of recent changes to an actual anti-vandalism tool. Naturally, this is beyond the power of a client-side program, and igloo will regularly communicate with an external, non-Wikimedia server. Because of things like server logs, and the iglooNet abuse tracker, this may allow your IP address to be attached to your username - something which is otherwise impossible on Wikipedia. If you do not want this to happen, you MUST NOT USE IGLOO.

If you decide that you do want to test igloo, please keep in mind that it not wholly stable, and you may experience problems where it performs an invalid edit, or other unwanted action. If this happens, fix any mistakes you've made, apologise to anyone you've offended, and let me know. I don't take any responsibility for your use of the program - if you aren't willing to fix any errors, don't use it.

igloo is already quite powerful. The following is a simple guide to using the program:


 * The igloo interface is similar to that of other software, including huggle. Recent changes appear on the left, and diffs appear on the right.
 * igloo sorts diffs based on iglooNet data so that edits most likely to be vandalism are displayed first. You can press spacebar to view the top diff, or click on any diff to view it directly.
 * When you find vandalism, press 'Q' or click the revert button to revert the change, and issue a warning to the user. igloo automatically issues the correct warning. It will ignore existing warnings that are more than 5 days old, and restart from the beginning.
 * The iglooNet assertion system tags clean and dirty edits with colour coding - if it suspects an edit is vandalism, it will be flagged as red, and if it believes it to be clean, it will tag it green.
 * At any time, you can re-review diffs you have already seen by pressing backspace or using the icons to move through the diff history.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or other feedback, I'd love to know. If you hate it, and won't be using it again, please let me know why - and I'll remove you from the test whitelist. If you now try and use igloo, you should find that it will allow you to use the program. Thanks, and good luck! A le_Jrb talk 09:46, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

re: WikiAlerter
Sure, you seem to have been doing a lot of great tagging recently, I've added you to the approved list. I hope you find WikiAlerter useful :). Also, nice edit notice! ;) - Kingpin13 (talk) 10:44, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Scrotum
Hi, I just noticed that you reverted my modification to a page (scrotum). Why, does it effect you? I understand and apreciate what you do, but, really? come on, just ignore it. Oh and out of intrest, did you just cruise on to that page and notice it or did you just magically find it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Me6888 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * He/she uses a program that automatically detects and quickly removes such vandalism. It's called Huggle. Saeb (talk jorn ) 05:18, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Or in my case, igloo.  Dspradau   → talk   05:20, 16 February 2010 (UTC)