User talk:JoshEdgar/Archives01

Asbury Automotive Group COI
I noticed you reverted a conflict of interest tag that an anon IP had placed on the article. Given that their previous edit was vandalism, I'm not too surprised. I *do* think however that there is a conflict of interest problem, and so I've tagged the article as reading like an advertisement. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 14:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * If you look at the article's talk page, the same IP left a message about the COI there. I think their vandalism was to prove a point (that the article was not neutral) and then they decided to go about it correctly, applying the tag and addressing the issue on the talk page. I wouldn't worry about them vandalizing again, but I'll keep an eye out just in case. Keep up the great vandal fighting work! All the best, Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 14:57, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Athens
It appears that you have sent me a message, warning me that I will be reported to the system's administrator for vandalism in an article related to the Holy Cross. However you failed to notice that I am not user 87.202.9.144. Up until yesterday my user number used to be 85.74.239.178 and then it suddenly (?) changed to another one. Moreover I have never edited the article you are reffering to in any way; I was not even aware of its existence. My most recent contributions in wikipedia were limited to the article of Athens alone. I suspect, however, that someone wants me to refrain from contributing in wikipedia and somehow altered my number so as to appear that I am vandalising articles. Please take this into your consideration. Thank you in advance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Remember to Warn Vandals!
Hello JoshEdgar. Thank you for your help vandal fighting today however some of your reports have me a bit concerned. This vandal had no prior warning other than your note on their talk page that they were being reported. Remember to use the uw-1 to uw-4 template system or your reports may be removed due to the vandal not being sufficiently warned enough. Thank you.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 18:52, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh no problem! This particular section of the Wikipedia:Vandalism page should help: WP:VANDAL.  After the vandal has exceeded the uw-4 warning, feel free to report to WP:AIV.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk)  18:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Your Mistake
The second paragraph of the Ryan Bukvich article is not accurate. The incident referred to (which takes up more than half of the biography) involved Ryan's younger brother, Brett Bukvich, who is still pitching at Ole Miss. The author should have been aware of this for two very obvious reasons: (1)the Arkansas incident occurred two years ago, yet Ryan was drafted and signed with the Royals in 2001; (2) Brett is a left hander while Ryan is a righty (the youtube video linked at the end of the second paragraph clearly shows Brett, the left hander). My edit of the article was correct and the second paragraph should be deleted in its entirety. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

PHP on WIki
Cobi, How do you use your PHP code on Wikipedia? I tried doing  just to test, but it didn't output that like it should. It just printed the whole command (with the  tags). P.s. would appreciate if you could answer on my talk page JoshEdgar 20:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * You can't use PHP on Wikipedia. You must run it on your own server.  ClueBot's code is run from Abscissa on ClueNet.  ClueBot's code is meant to be run on the command line by typing "php cluebot.php"  -- Cobi(t 01:56, 23 August 2007 (UTC)  Copied to JoshEdgar's talk page.


 * Okay, well then let me rephrase. If I have a PHP script hosted at www.mysite.com/file.php, how do I include it in to wikipedia [for it to be a bot]? Also, is ClueBot open source anywhere? JoshEdgar 01:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The PHP script can't be "included" onto Wikipedia without developer access to Wikipedia. The script needs to know how to interact with Wikipedia (the same way web browsers do).  And, yes, User:ClueBot's source is available here.  -- Cobi(t 02:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)  Copied to JoshEdgar's talk page.


 * In the bad words part of your list, the array, what does "points" do? Just delete the bytes from the file? Or is it just how ClueBot senses vandalism? JoshEdgar 02:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Certain things that ClueBot isn't quite sure if it is vandalism or not (massive additions, mainly), it scores it against that list. If it matches a specific entry, then those points are added to the current points for that edit.  If the points are below a certain threshold then it believes it to be vandalism.  -- Cobi(t 02:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)  Copied to JoshEdgar's talk page.


 * Sorry to bother you, this is hopefully my last question: What current things do Wiki need to have a bot made for? And do you know the best place to learn your kind of advanced PHP? I don't know anything past forms and MySQL/"if" stuff. JoshEdgar 02:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * PHP has the best online documentation of any programming language. If you look around their site, you can find anything you need to know about PHP.  The rest is logic.  As for the current things Wikipedia needs a bot for, please see the requests for work to be done by a bot.  -- Cobi(t 02:11, 23 August 2007 (UTC)  Copied to JoshEdgar's talk page.