User talk:Gurch/Archive 15

Vandalism template
I noticed on a vandal's talk page you used a vandalism template that provided a link to the problematic edit. Can you point me toward the template one subst:s in that supports an argument for the vandalism dif? Thanks. --EEMIV (talk) 14:49, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * No, because as far as I'm aware there isn't one. I could be wrong, though, and in any case you're welcome to create one – Gurch 17:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Steward elections
Will you be updating the table soon?  Majorly  (talk) 16:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Now updating – Gurch 17:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Make sure it's this year's: it's showing last year's candidates.  Majorly  (talk) 17:20, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, that was a test. Unfortunately it seems someone decided to completely change the format of the voting since I last checked it and didn't tell me, so I've just had to completely rewrite the script. It doesn't help that, for example, some people's votes all start with "#" and some all start with ":#". I think it's all working correctly now, though – Gurch 17:49, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Uhm, there's still something wrong with "Oppose", at least for those candidates whom haven't any opposition... Thank you again for your effort. --M/ (talk) 19:25, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That would be because someone stuck an empty ":#" in every section. Fixed – Gurch 19:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello, can you please modify your script for the election page? I'm thinking of spliting into smaller sections, such as this, you know what I mean? By then it will be easier for us to vote, and also to avoid edit conflict for different sections, such as if a supporter had edit conflict with an opposer. Thanks a lot! Oh, and please go and help split into sections like me. Thank you! --Edmund the King of the Woods! (talk) 00:05, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * done– Gurch 00:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This change does not have universal acceptance, does the script work both ways? Thanks! ++Lar: t/c 00:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. It does not, however, work in ways that do not yet exist – Gurch 00:55, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

editprotected
Although it seems very strange to people familiar with page protection, new users often use the editprotected tag on an unprotected page to request protection. That's why the note was there about how to correctly request protection. &mdash; Carl (CBM · talk) 14:37, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Bah
Actually, we're both stealing them from ClueBot. But neither of us as much as DerHexer who, I think, is a bot himself – Gurch 15:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah well it won't be hard to steal from ClueBot at the moment. Knowledge Of Self  |  talk  15:19, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

History of logic programming
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 * I didn't create this article; I reverted vandalism to it a couple of times. I don't care what happens to it – Gurch 21:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Request
Block this IP; further vandailsim will only occur. Cheers, 210.8.54.108 (talk) 01:30, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I am not an administrator and so cannot block users. Thanks – Gurch 01:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Good job!
Good job reverting vandalism! I'm seeing your name pop up all over my recent changes feed and watchlist. Keep up the good work! ;) Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share?  03:05, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * A bit of both, I suppose. I am fortunate enough to have a fast Internet connection at the moment, which definitely helps. I also have many months' experience of reading diffs, so I can spot vandalism quite quickly. I am also using software which speeds things up, though it's not automated as such. It tries to pick out revisions which are likely to be vandalism and show them to me first, and it also decides when and how to warn and report users, saving me the bother of doing that myself. The decision of whether or not to revert a revision, however, always rests with me and always will. I am still not as fast as DerHexer, or the bot, or the other bot. Thanks – Gurch 01:39, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Racist vandalism
Thank you for your help in fighting vandalism. I am being very aggressive about blocking vandals, especially racist subject matter, such as to Marcus Garvey. See User:Bearian/Portfolio. Bearian (talk) 16:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Lolcatese
Image:Lolcat2.jpg is hilarious, but I think the text could be made more 'lol'; like instead of reading, "I made you an article... but I deleted it", maybe "i writed u an article... but i deleted it"? --Gwern (contribs) 23:32 29 November 2007 (GMT)
 * lol, i gonna put this on mah page.  Miranda   03:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I think it should say "but they deleted it" (feel free to mangle spelling into lolcat-eze). The current text makes it seem like kitty requested a CSD G7.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 04:06, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * done– Gurch 04:13, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Whatever!
I thought it was funny.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 03:56, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It was. Humor isn't tolerated in Wikipedia, though – Gurch 03:56, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * You said it, brother.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 04:01, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, if this had been on a talk page, I'd have left it alone. Editing someone else's user page without invitation, however, is rather rude.  &mdash; Coren (talk) 04:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yup. Especially when it says at the bottom, "You may edit this page! Really, you can! Please feel free to do so! Make an edit! After all, that's what Wikipedia is all about!" – Gurch 04:08, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hm. So it does.  My point remains correct (...without invitation...), but in this case there was very much an invitation.  Funny, I never noticed it.  Ahem.  "Carry on, then!"  Or something like that.  &mdash; Coren (talk) 04:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * More importantly, brusquely reverting a good-faith, harmless edit by a longtime editor without comment is "rather rude." I would cut that out if I were you; a little courtesy goes a long way.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 04:14, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh dear, an argument on my talk page. Calmness plz. – Gurch 04:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Alright, I relent. Thanks for taking my caption request!--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 04:17, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

November 2007
You have been from editing in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for persistent vandalism. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text below.


 * My goodness. – Gurch 04:21, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I am SO sorry. I hit the block button and hammered the wrong user.  You have my apologies.  I've released the block and the autoblock and left a note in your block log that it was my error.  - Philippe &#124; Talk 04:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, the block button has a habit of doing that, doesn't it? And I thought I was taking risks relying on a script to warn users for me... – Gurch 04:24, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I was going for blocking a user that you had warned, and it hit you instead. Again, my sincere apologies.  - Philippe &#124; Talk 04:25, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps I should stop warning users :) – Gurch 04:27, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I hope you don't. Thanks for understanding.  - Philippe &#124; Talk 04:28, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Gurch, you are not alone... Something is wrong when administrators are block happy. Hint: Look at Mirandargh's block log.  Miranda   05:21, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
'preciate the tech help! --Tenebrae 14:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Coolness
Hey Gurch, I like the new look. And 85,000 edits. Whoooo. Knowledge Of Self |  talk  02:40, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Are you familiar with Facebook? Comparing it with my real profile I think I've done a pretty good job, though whether it's allowed or not we shall have to wait and see – Gurch (talk) 02:47, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Only that it gets vandalized every so often. I can't imagine why it wouldn't be allowed... I think it's brilliant either way. I'm very tempted to give you the "Userpage barnstar" but that'd break my somewhat silly personal rule of not handing out multiple barnstars to the same user within one week. (It feels like smothering if you ask me) Knowledge Of Self  |  talk  03:01, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, there's probably some copyright issues with duplicating another website's appearence right down to the last pixel. :) Though I did construct it myself, using my own profile as a guide, and I've added plenty of original content. Perhps I'll modify it a bit when I have time – Gurch (talk) 03:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH lolz that's KA-YUTE! Miranda 10:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Bravo good sir. Bravo I say. :O-- §hanel  19:34, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Userpage!
Oh dear! Someone's spent way too long on Wikipedia... :) &mdash; Rudget contributions 16:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I love it. MessedRocker (talk) (write this article) 19:32, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * You think his userpage is good? His sense of humor (mainly with Lolcats) is incomparable to anyone else. :-P —Animum (talk) 21:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

CSD A3
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 * CSD A3 on a category? Interesting. Obviously it deserved to go, since it's now empty (thank goodness, two and a half years on), though why I need reminding about something I created god knows how many years ago I'm not sure. Thanks anyway – Gurch (talk) 22:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

2007 ArbCom Elections
Hey Gurch. We're a day away from the start of the elections. Are you still willing to make the User:Gurch/Reports/ArbComElections page? - Mtmelendez (Talk)


 * Yes. I guess I'd better create it so people stop asking whether I'm going to create it – Gurch (talk) 00:04, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

... :) - Mtmelendez (Talk) 00:31, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: GA Sweeps
We really want everyone to participate, but as you can see from the Sweep's main page, the point is to "target articles that have 'fallen through the cracks', so we can't have any fall through the cracks during this." Basically, we are doing this sweep to make sure all those articles promoted before the establishment of critera and those that are promoted incorrectly by inexperienced reviewers are being reviewed extensively. OhanaUnitedTalk page 08:55, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Brilliant!
I love absolutely love your User page! Sorry that I impulsively started screwing around with your friends template (feel free to remove me--we don't know each other, and 7 friends makes the parody look unrealistic anyway). Just wait until the MfD police start rattling their sabres; I can hear shrill cries of WP:NOT approaching in the distance.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 17:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * You have to be one of my top 6 friends to make the list. Or something. I don't know... ssssh, stop messing with my page otherwise it'll get deleted – Gurch (talk) 00:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Best userpage ever. ~Sasha Callahan (Talk) 05:24, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections
Your tool for the elections is working perfectly. Thank you so much for your work! - Mtmelendez (Talk) 00:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem – Gurch (talk) 00:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I also wanted to say great work on this!! - Rjd0060 01:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion
I love your arbcom tool, the sortable feature makes it very useful. Would it make sense to have some colo differentiation at the 90% level. Since 90% is the level for 'crat elections, some people might consider that an important level of acceptance to achieve. Mbisanz 07:12, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There is no percentage level for ArbCom elections. If there are X seats to fill the top X are selected, last year that was everyone above about 85% – Gurch (talk) 08:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom election
I want to sincerely thank you for your support. Unfortunately under 12 hours have passed in the election process and you are in a minority of 4 supports to 29 opposes, so my candidacy is clearly going nowhere and I have struck myself out of the election. Perhaps next time - thanks again. Stifle (talk) 11:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

userpage
Your userpage is possibly the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life. what's the chance you'd give me permission to steal it and format it for myself, considering I am a HUGE addict to a social networking site the page bears a striking resemblence in my imagination to? &rArr;  SWAT Jester    Son of the Defender  12:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Go ahead. Provided you don't also steal my friends! Or my barnstars – Gurch (talk) 14:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, if it really is the greatest thing you've seen in your life, you need to get out more. You can start by looking at Commons:Commons:Featured pictures – there's a whole world out there! :) – Gurch (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I have a feeling this will become a trend :). Nice work! -- lucasbfr talk 15:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I wish I was an administrator, so I can vandalize your pic again to a moving .gif. :-P :-P Troll 17:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Oy vey
This is why I have never, commented here and why I never will. Oh well, lets hope the casualties are minimal eh?

Oh and I see I'm not the only one who loved your new user page. :) (You can just reply here if you like Gurch, I have your talk page watchlisted so I'll see if and when you reply) Knowledge Of Self  |  talk  19:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

List error
On this version two candidates both polled 80%, but had different colors? Is it a rounding thing? Mbisanz 21:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help
Hey, just wanted to thank you for the clarification re: CSS styling on my talk page. Have a great day :) Mfko 01:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Mikebook
It's so hot right now. Mike H. Celebrating three years of being hotter than Paris 05:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Gurch, I am sorry for shitting with your page. Please forgive me. Miranda 09:56, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Gurch/Reports/ArbComElections
Apparently there's a problem parsing FT2's page. Just to let you know :) -- lucasbfr talk 10:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Specifically, that candidate's numbers are suddenly showing all zeros, which obviously is not the case. 6SJ7 10:57, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

The reports seem to have stopped updating... Dragons flight 15:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * psst, DF, so have yours ;-) NoSeptember  15:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And your bot stopped working. Kwsn   (Ni!)  15:39, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Not much that I could do about it in the middle of a three-hour electronics practical, however. It is fixed now – Gurch (talk) 16:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Bot broke again. Kwsn   (Ni!)  23:06, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

totals
"Net" isnt showing a "sort" box FT2 (Talk 17:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * That's intentional. It won't sort properly – Gurch (talk) 18:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Have you considered what you did last year, having any negative number report as "0"? Ral315 21:20, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Presumably it won't support properly because it's a string? Even if it sorted all the negs first but in the wrong order, it might be useful (more useful than having all the negs be 0). What if you had white on white characters on the front of the string in a really small font that actually gave you something to sort on? (net + 2000 would always be positive and thus should sort right). Us statistics mavens love what you've done to let us obsess about this election (and the steward election as well) but you gotta hook us up man! :) ++Lar: t/c 21:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

why are you redirecting Miranda's page?
Hello, why are you redirecting her page to various other pages? -- Kyok o  14:55, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I am copying here a message that I left on Miranda's talk page:
 * Hello Miranda, I thought you should be aware that User:Gurch has been redirecting your userpage away from your talk page and towards various Miranda articles, as in Miranda warning, Miranda (W.I.T.C.H.), Miranda!, Miranda class starship, and Miranda railway station, Sydney. Out of respect for Gurch's prior contributions, I've only asked him why he doing this, rather than mention this at WP:ANI or WP:AIV. I don't know if this is due to some inside joke, or out of malice, but it is certainly odd behaviour.
 * Unless you have a very good reason for redirecting her page (i.e. with her permission), you really shouldn't do this, you know. -- Kyok o  15:09, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it may well be a playful joke Kyoko. Miranda "vandalized" Gurches picture, I think this may be retribution. While if an editor were to act this way under different circumstances it might be trouble, but there is nothing to huff about in this instance IMO. Knowledge Of Self  |  talk  15:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello
Well, I for one liked your user page... and mourn its sad departure from this world. --Dweller (talk) 17:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * User:Mike Halterman, User:Swatjester – Gurch 18:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * An answer that is a model of brevity. I wish others were more like you ;-) We've not been in touch for ages (can't even remember when) You OK? --Dweller (talk) 20:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Stuff
Stolen your layout for the moment, tell me when you're back from your wikibreak whether that's ok with you. Ase nine  (talk) (contribs)  22:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No, you've stolen Swatjester's layout, ask him – Gurch 22:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Wha? I gave you a userpage barnstar for it! I dorftrottel I talk I 09:30, December 8, 2007
 * Barnstars mean increasingly little to me, as I begin to recieve them for inreasingly frivolous and incresingly useless things. It took a year and a half of formatting, spellchecking and administrative work for me to acumulate five of them, then I switched to fixing vandalism and started getting ones for a few hours' work, then I started making ads and getting ones for those, then I redesigned my userpage and got four for even less effort than the average ad. Meanwhile some people are churning out articles yet get none at all. Screw that – Gurch 14:20, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ironically, after copying your userpage, I got my first barnstar from someone who realized that I've been here for two years and 14,000 edits and not received any (it was a tireless contribution one). So I guess I have you to thank for that! &rArr;   SWAT Jester    Son of the Defender  15:40, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * What, are you saying you don't appreciate the social networking side of things? I dorftrottel I talk I 14:48, December 8, 2007
 * Use of Wikipedia for social networking is prohibited by policy, as you are fully aware – Gurch 15:14, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Shit, you're right! I dorftrottel I talk I 17:23, December 8, 2007
 * I should give you a barnstar for your sarcasm, which was classic. That would show you. Instead I should just point out (again) that barnstars or no, there are people who recognise your many contributions and appreciate them) ++Lar: t/c 18:24, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * All you care about is the steward election summary table, which is on Meta, so if you gave me a barnstar here that would be doubly silly – Gurch 20:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Silly maybe, but I hover over the en:wp arbcom one too :) ++Lar: t/c 15:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Gurch accepts money, though, just like moi. XD Miranda 08:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Send me his paypal address :) ++Lar: t/c 15:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I accept money for the Gracenotes Commerical License, but no one's taken me up on my offer :( Grace notes T § 21:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Just pounds, not failing American dollars. XD <b style="color:green; font-family:georgia;">Miranda</b> 21:41, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Very convenient! But what have you done for me lately, Gracenotes? (and no, I don't buy votes :) )... Gurch has given me the tools to obsess about stuff with the best of them. ++Lar: t/c 03:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

re: discussion on Rollback_for_non-administrators_proposal
First, um.... nice talk page? Anyway, I replied to your replies on this proposal's talk page. Please let me know your thoughts. It might help you get your point accross by being a bit less argumentative. On a side note, your inclusion of Cobi's RfA in this discussion (it being wholly irrelevant), and the language therein, borders on violating WP:NPA. Please be more careful and considered with your language. Thanks and cheers, Storkk (talk) 18:05, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: A big NO
That was a terrible mistake on my part. I feel really stupid. Thankyou very much for pointing that out to me! <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans-serif"> Lra drama 11:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

<div style="float:center; border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">

has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding &#123;{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans-serif"> Lra drama 11:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * P.S. feel free to remove the smile if you don't like it. (I've just noticed this.) :-S <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans-serif"> Lra drama 11:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Per the decision...
of the Miranda Committee, you have 5 troll points for the week. Please use them wisely. XD <b style="color:green; font-family:georgia;">Miranda</b> 04:36, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

arbcom election page
Jusat a note to say I was one of the silent majority who found your auto-updated table absolutely fine and used it, and had no problem with its updating. I hadn't realized there was any question about this :)

Many thanks :)

FT2 (Talk 11:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Image:Vista-file-manager.png
Hi, again, Gurch. I saw that you uploaded the above-linked image (and tagged it GFDL), from the source http://sa-ki.deviantart.com -- I may be blind, but i can't find it on sa-ki's gallery. I have found a number of Sa-ki's images that are licensed under a CC-xx-ND license, which is incompatible with our Free images. Could you please clarify where, exactly you got it from (i.e. the link to the image's individual page), and where we can see the license specific to this image? Thanks, Storkk (talk) 18:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't get it from anywhere, I just uploaded it from Commons so that it could be protected locally, as it was widely used at the time. The image description page at the time I uploaded it was merely a copy of the image's description page on Commons at the time; I hold no responsibility for any subsequent edits to either description page. As the image is no longer widely used (the template on which it was employed now uses a different image), the page can be unprotected and it can be deleted – Gurch 18:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't check the commons: I didn't see any indication that that was what you had done from the image page. It's still widely used here, I think because people subst'ed the template (or they are still using the old one, it's a possibility with the template). It seems like the original uploader might be the artist who created it, so I'll ask that he confirms via OTRS. Thanks and sorry for the confusion. --Storkk (talk) 18:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Userpage
I followed your userpage from WP:BN, I liked the pre-redirect revision, that was clever. I'm assuming you changed it because it was a vandal target? I hope you don't mind if I adapt it for use on another project. :) --Charitwo talk 19:57, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'm going to take your blanking as a sign you have no preference of whether I adapt or not so everything is good. Have a great Wikipedia day! Cheers. --Charitwo talk 07:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

 * I appreciate your and your bot's efforts also. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:05, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Gurch/Reports/ArbComElections
Thank you for providing that page for the recent ArbCom elections. I found it very helpful. Your work was definitely appreciated by me. Thanks. --Pixelface (talk) 18:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Percentage Table
Gurch, Jimbo owes you a thank you note for this.  m ir a nd a   05:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Category:Template categories (relevant diff)
Is there any use to this category that can't be achieved with Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Template category? –Pomte 05:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Technically no, but a category is far more convenient than a what-links-here page. The pages are given in alphabetical order, the category is linked from the bottom of every page that's in it, you don't have to sift through the various pages that link to the template but don't transclude it, subcategorization is possible, and a description of the category's contents can be added to the category page, as can interlanguage links. As far as I am aware, the category's existence is not causing any problems. If you want to have every category that is populated solely by a template deleted, feel free to try, but it's a pattern used across the project and there are hundreds, if not thousands, of them. I'm curious as to why you picked this particular one – Gurch 11:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi
Hope you had a happy holidays Gurch! --Charitwo talk 13:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Seizure.
Sorry, Im having a seizure with your talk page.--Ali K (talk) 13:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Quick bot query
Was Gurch Bot 2 a trial bot? I don't think there is any standard for archives. Simply south (talk) 13:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There isn't a written standard, no. So what? I decided to move pages to conform to the most common pattern, and was given approval to do so. If everything we did had to have consensus and be codified in written guidelines, nothing would ever get done. Unfortunately since then more archives have been created following different patterns, but at least most of them follow that pattern now. The naming pattern is specified in Help:Archiving a talk page, largely because I put it there, which is about the only place that anything about archiving is written down. Why is it a good idea? Because it makes it easier to find things, stops mishaps like someone creating /archive1 and not linking it from the main discussion page so the next person comes along and creates /Archive 1, and just because consistency is good and should be encouraged wherever possible. Nobody's forcing users to archive their own discussion pages in this way, or indeed at all. If you have a better suggestion for how they should be named, feel free to rewrite the help page and ask for bot approval to move them all somewhere else. It's a wiki – Gurch 15:03, 28 December 2007 (UTC)