User talk:Gurch/Archive 25

Thanks for star.
Thank you very much for your great 'Barnstar'. I like it very much. I´m user in spanish Wiki.Luis722 (talk) 18:14, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Please explain
Why exacly did you block User:-) for the username?  EBE123  talkContribs 16:51, 10 April 2011 (UTC)


 * You're asking someone who's been inactive since last November... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Orphan Wiki 21:23, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * About a user who was blocked five years ago. – iridescent  21:29, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Request for comment
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Huggle on Hindi Wikipedia
Hey, I wanted to know that can Huggle be enabled on Hindi Wikipedia. All the messages have got translated here. Thanks. Vibhijain (talk) 16:21, 7 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Please don't do so at the moment. There are a few last minute spelling errors to be rectified. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 08:06, 9 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I have corrected the spellings. Vibhijain (talk) 13:16, 9 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll verify them with another editor and let you know. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:33, 9 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Mayur said that they can be used. Vibhijain (talk) 08:28, 10 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't trust Mayur, he's been acting funny recently. Will ask Rohit and others to check. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:45, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

NCOS
Hi. I see that NCOS is listed at Gurch/Redlinks/N. You may wish to review the new article. Thanks. --Trevj (talk) 15:05, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I doubt he'll do that. He's been inactive since last November........ Orphan Wiki 10:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ads
I see you have made lots of ads; and I was wondering if you could make on for WikiProject East Anglia, as I don't have the software to do it. Could it say "Interested in East Anglia articles? Want to improve your local area for the community? Then join WikiProject East Anglia. Click here for details." or something like that, with File:Flag of East Anglia.svg at the side and the background #ffcc99 colour? Thanks in advance. -- Rcsprinter  (talk)  12:05, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Hangon, mesees you aren't here. I'll ask someone else.  Rcsprinter  (talk)  14:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Sid and Nancy
D'oh Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:25, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Someone assumed personal attacks
I'm going to agree that scripts such as the bots and Igloo will need to be updated to include Huggle remark messages. However, the summary you used when undoing edits to warning 1 was regarded as a personal attack. Be careful with edit summaries. mechamind 9 0 01:51, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

the deleted "jimbo whales" deleted user/talk page
just curious, can i please see the talk/user page of the user jimbo whales (LOL) you deleted? i was randomly searching users with unusual names out of curiousity. i entered this name and it came up.Thebestofall007 (talk) 18:42, 19 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I do not have access to the text of deleted pages. You will need to ask an administrator. Based on the deletion summary, however, it was something along the lines of " ". Gurch (talk) 19:20, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Your userpage
It appears to be blank, but the page history says the blank version is 141,816 bytes in size (and another blank one before that was 731,640 bytes)? I don't know what happened unless it's not actually blank when you look at it. If you really want it blank, it should be able to say "empty" for file size.

I also notice there's no banner up above saying "This page is 141 kilobytes long". This really confuses me. mechamind 9 0 22:34, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Bleep . --Closedmouth (talk) 07:47, 20 June 2011 (UTC)


 * It it filled with an invisible, zero-width Unicode control character.


 * Look at any long page you like, and you'll notice there is no "This page is X kilobytes long" on any of them. This is because the message was removed from MediaWiki eight months ago. Apparently, nobody here has noticed this yet. Gurch (talk) 08:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Does it count if you noticed it but were too lazy to see why? Killiondude (talk) 08:08, 20 June 2011 (UTC)


 * there I redesigned it are you happy now Gurch (talk) 20:15, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * o_O sonia ♫  20:21, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Chris Liberator
I'm surprised that Chris Liberator's page was deleted. He was a moderately important pioneer for the acid techno and squat party scene around London in the early 90s. The label he helped found, Stay Up Forever, continues to produce popular techno tracks. Is there any way to have his page reinstated?--Jmgendron (talk) 00:20, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't have access to the text of deleted pages; you will need to ask an administrator. However, the page was deleted for lacking any assertion of importance or significance, so it most likely didn't mention the information about him that you provided above. You may have an easier time just writing a new article about him. As long as you find at least one reliable source for that information -- e.g. a mention in a newspaper or online news website -- and link that from the article, it should be OK. Gurch (talk) 08:08, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Searchmenu-new-nocreate
I know you know how to use a watchlist, but I'm impatient.

Your bot request GurchBot 3
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Nomination of MacEdition for deletion
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Using Huggle for experiments
My name is Diederik (dvanliere @ wikimedia dot org) and I am the quantitative team lead for the Summer of Research Fellows of the Wikimedia Foundation (see also: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/06/01/summerofresearchannouncement/). A large portion of our research focuses on understanding what factors are driving newbie editors away.

The Fellows have developed three new templates that are more personalized and encouraging in tone and we would like to see the impact of these templates on editor retention. I would like to ask your support for the following: can Huggle bundle these new templates for a couple of days so we can quickly run our experiment and collect enough data?

I understand if you need more information and I am more than happy to hook you up with one of the fellows.

Best regards, Diederik — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drdee (talk • contribs) 18:04, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

BRFA request
Hi Gurch, regarding your BRFA request here, we were wondering if you have any updates to add to this request? Thanks! SQL Query me! 08:22, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

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Excel Entertainment. listed at Redirects for discussion
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just read ...
Geiger n Ribes article (956KB) on vandalism control. Sounds like Huggle is a great tool. Thanks for your (and others I am sure) hard work on it. JimScott (talk) 20:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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:-)

 * :-) Anna Lincoln  20:07, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Wooooo!

 * because I coded against an API? there's software written in the 1970s still running you know... Gurch (talk) 11:38, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You forgot to account for other people jabbing their hands in the code though :P  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 18:32, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Happy Birthday (2012)
Wishing User: a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 00:41, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

don't remember telling you when this was. meh. Gurch (talk) 19:08, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

About Jean Buckley
Previous Jean Buckley entry (please see User:Gurch/Reports/Shortest_BLPs) was moved to Jean M. Buckley, as she appears at FBLA-PBL website. There is a new entry for Jean Buckley, a former AAGPBL player. Thanks for your attention. MusiCitizen (talk) 23:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * wooooooooooooooooooooooow Gurch (talk) 19:08, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

100,000 edits
wtf who cares? and that was FOUR YEARS ago. Gurch (talk) 13:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I love you. Killiondude (talk) 02:20, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I love him more. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:26, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry to bring up an old section BUT I am afraid I do!  ·Add§hore·  T alk T o M e ! 00:42, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted
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Your user page
I thought you might appreciate the list. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:39, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * wtf Gurch (talk) 08:09, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * A filtered version of Database reports/Most-watched pages. It's an interesting insight into English Wikipedians! --MZMcBride (talk) 14:24, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * no it isnt. theyre all boring sods. Gurch (talk) 18:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Afrikaans Wikipedia


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 * Wait, I created this? Oh... yes. Five years ago. How did nobody delete it yet. Gurch (talk) 17:37, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

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Merchandize Liquidators
Hi Gurch!

I see that you deleted an article headlined Merchandize Liquidators back in 2006. The company has grown a lot and has been cited in media sources such as Inc. Magazine, Flea Market Zone and other trade publications. Would you be able to help me with a new article about the company? I want to make sure the article isn't removed, and I want to make sure the information is informative, unbiased and also in Wikipedia's approved POV.

Thanks!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbkpr (talk • contribs) 20:21, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Log in
I am new to WP:Huggle and I am trying to allow enable:true to my User:GoShow/huggle.css, please comment if there is any useful help unless it is finished.-- GoShow (............................)   00:55, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

A killer kitten for you!
The cat is stalking talk pages so you don't have to. It will eventually become a jaguar. Congrats on your gift. Hug da panda---err---cat.

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Snuggle
Hi Gurch,

Did you ever create a scripting and querrying language for Huggle, called Snuggle?

The thing is, EpochFail is creating (very useful looking) program under the same name.

There is a move discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention/Retain new editors/Snuggle

Yaris678 (talk) 12:26, 18 December 2012 (UTC)


 * It should probably go on record that I am against the mechanized harassment of users making constructive contributions, but yes you can delete that page. It is an abandoned project. Gurch (talk) 13:21, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Gurch,

I'd really appreciate your feedback on the Snuggle project since I imagine you'd have some rare insights from being a successful wiki-tool developer. When I read your comment above, I assume that you've mistaken the intended use of Snuggle to be the identification of bad edits or bad editor activities. My intention in designing Snuggle is to support the exact opposite use pattern -- the identification and support of good-faith newcomers who need help. If you want to a quick overview of tool, I recommend reading a draft article I'm preparing for the Signpost. You can also give the current version a spin. (Caution: severely limited functionality) Any feedback, ideas or pull requests are welcome. -- EpochFail (talk 15:13, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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Just to let you know
You have been mentioned at Missing Wikipedians. XOttawahitech (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Burke's Rangers
Was a red-link in your list. I have created the article now. Capitalismojo (talk) 05:33, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Request to take part in a survey
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Hi
Hi, I have downloaded Huggle and installed it. Can u please tell me what shall I do next?? <font style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0em 0em 0.8em,#FF4500 -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#90EE90 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#696969">Benison<font style="color:Green"> talk with me 13:47, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

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Fancy page mate liked it. 'Brainwash' KazekageTR (talk) 20:21, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

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Visualization
Hello, your userspace looks amazing! Can you please share the know-how!

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ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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