User talk:Jtmorgan/Archive 3

Talkback
I seem to recall you saying last year you were doing some research into this topic. NtheP (talk) 18:07, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Progress on WP:Snuggle and work log
I've been making some progress on Snuggle development recently and I could use your feedback. Specifically, I've created a work log that I plan to update every time I get a chance to work on Snuggle. My intention is that you'll be able to watch that page to track my progress so I can get your feedback on features when they are early in development. The most recent entry (also the only entry) discusses new functionality for interacting with newcomers via Snuggle. I posted some mockups in the work log that show how I imagine the new features to work and I could use some feedback before I start writing the code. Thanks! -- EpochFail (talk &bull; work) 20:29, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

HostBot error
HostBot seems to have inappropriately removed me from Teahouse/Host landing in [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host_landing&diff=535102672&oldid=535102233 this edit]. I've undone it, but thought you would like to know. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 20:40, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Really appreciate this. I believe I've fixed the problem, but that particular code is delicate right now, and in need of a refactor. If you see anything else, I'd appreciate another heads-up. - J-Mo Talk to Me  Email Me  06:38, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse invitation
Hi, could you explain why I got a teahouse invite? Thanks. '''-- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Riley_Huntley/You_missed! Cheers, ] Ri l ey   ''' 01:25, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I know understand why; my bot talk page redirects to my user talk page. Could you please exempt bots from invitations? -- Cheers, Ri l ey    01:29, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I was wondering that, also. Please do exempt all bots from welcome messages. This bot should not have met the new editor requirements, either. -166.137.210.24 (talk) 14:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Other than the fact it is a bot, my bot did meet the new editor requirements, so I don't know why you are saying "This bot should not have met the new editor requirements, either." -- Cheers, Ri l ey    20:53, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads-up. Should be fixed: neither bots nor user talkpages that are redirects should get an invite now. But I'll check in on the bot's edits periodically over the next week to make sure. - J-Mo Talk to Me  Email Me  03:00, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Riley, I can't think of a response for why anyone would think bots should get welcome messages. -166.137.210.32 (talk) 22:23, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear, anon: neither Riley nor I thought bots should get welcome messages. - J-Mo Talk to Me  Email Me  22:28, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * This bot is clearly identified as a bot attached to a user as an alternate account, therefore it should not be identified as a "user." -166.137.210.21 (talk) 19:55, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

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The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven
Hello again! We have some neat updates about the Teahouse:
 * We’ve added badges! Teahouse awards is a pilot project to learn how acknowledgement impacts engagement and retention in Teahouse and Wikipedia.


 * We’ve got a new WikiLove Badge script that makes giving badges quick and easy. Add it here.  You can give out badges to thank helpful hosts, welcome guests, acknowledge great questions and more.


 * Come join the experiment and let us know what you think!


 * And...for all of your great work and all of the progress that you've helped the Teahouse make, we hereby award you the Host Badge:


 * You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here

Thanks again! Ocaasi 02:02, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

HELP! New Host in need of expert assistance
Hi J-Mo! I'm a host on Tea House and I think I joined a wee bit too early cause I've messed up my Tea House scripts... I really need your advice and help as I'm not exactly JavaScript Savvy... I have now made it a point to learn Java... but until then can you be my Java Guru??? Thanks if its an affirmative and no problem if it's not!!! Cheers Ajayupai95 (talk) 17:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Ajayupai95! Are you still having trouble? I looked at your common.js page and the only thing I can see that might cause difficulties is that you have an extra blank line at the top. Delete that line and see if it works? You can compare with my common js page, for reference. Also, welcome to the Teahouse! And don't worry about messing up the scripts--I've done that before myself, and also much worse ;) Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me  Email Me  23:14, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

I can't thank you enough!!!! All my tools are available and the Naviagtion in perfect!!!! Loads of thank you, and I stand corrected senior ediotrs and bots are the best to deal with and request help from!!!! :) Ajayupai95 (talk) 01:15, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Another request for the Java Guru!!!
Hi again JMo (I know your tired of me asking for help), this is the last favor I wanna ask you...I wanted to start using my Curator Toolbar and opened the New Pages Feed only to find a message saying that my browser needs to JavaScript enabled... I checked thru my settings and my Chrome browser is Java enabled... I don't know what to do... Request for help and assistance one last time, and I promise I won't bother you ever again.... Thank You!!! :) Ajayupai95 (talk) 16:41, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, Ajayupai! First of all, Wikipedia is currently having some technical issues, which is probably what's causing this. You should just be able to wait it out, and you'll be fine.
 * But just in case: what you have to realize here is that Java and Javascript are two totally different things. (The only reason Javascript even has "Java" in the name is as a marketing gimmick; they're no more than superficially similar.) Your browser can be Java-enabled without having Javascript enabled. What you need to do: go to your Chrome settings here: [chrome://settings]. Make sure you click on "show advanced options" at the bottom of that page, to be sure you can see everything. Go to the "Privacy" section, and click on the "Content settings..." button. There should be a "JavaScript" section in the new popup window; make sure it's set to "Allow all sites to run JavaScript". Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 16:50, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Boy, are you guys fast or what??? Hi Writ Keeper! Yes I do know that java and JavaScript are different and yes I have enable javaScript on My Chrome's advanced settings!!! The message says that this extension needs a JavaScript enable browser... Which mine obviously is!!! So you got me any answers or am I really dumb and just didn't make sense??? Plz tell me!!!! Ajayupai95 (talk) 17:45, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Like I said, Wikipedia is having technical difficulties that the ops are still working on; it's causing a lot of the site's Javascript to fail, which in turn is probably causing the problems you're seeing. Just have to be patient; it'll be fixed soon. :) Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 17:49, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me  00:50, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation
Hi, I've been invited from HostBot. Thanks for the invitation and I hope I'm writing in a proper place. If I'm writing on an inappropriate place, please forgive me... I'm super new for wiki's cheers, randsl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.32.140.125 (talk) 10:59, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey there! This is a fine place to write. Welcome to Wikipedia! And feel free to stop back by here any time (tho if you have questions, you'll likely get quicker answers at the Teahouse. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me  Email Me  19:12, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Hostbot has made its move
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:SarahStierch&diff=538118299&oldid=538043162 Today, the Teahouse. Tomorrow, the Wiki! Saturday, a Break! Sunday... also a break... but Monday, the WORLD! ] Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 15:08, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * And I for one welcome our new HostBot overlords! - J-Mo Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  19:14, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)


It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)
 * -- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:52, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To add or remove yourself for receiving future newsletters, please update the list here

The Teahouse Turns One!
It's been an exciting year for the Teahouse and you were a part of it. Thanks so much for visiting, asking questions, sharing answers, being friendly and helpful, and just keeping Teahouse an awesome place. You can read more about the impact we're having and the reflections of other guests and hosts like you. Please come by the Teahouse to celebrate with us, and enjoy this sparkly cupcake badge as our way of saying thank you. And, Happy Birthday!


 * --Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 22:33, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

You are a Teahouse Founder!
From the first months, through its first birthday, you have stuck with the Teahouse, nurtured its community, learned and helped, shared and improved. Simply put, the Teahouse would not be what it is without you. Stick around, because we need your lovely attitudes, sincere dedication, sharp minds, crafty design, caring reform, technical wits, and good humor. Display this delicious badge with honor, for you are a Teahouse Founder.


 * With the utmost cheer and appreciation,
 * --Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 23:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Hostbot automated invites
Hello. It will be really nice if you could add my name to the Hostbot's automated invites to the Teahouse. And I think there's an error at Teahouse/Hosts/Database reports/Automated invites's Participant list section. It says  is located at line 44 but actually it located at line 51. Maybe it's an error or maybe not, you know better. Thanks.-- Ushau97 talk  contribs 11:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Ushau97. I added your name to the list! Thanks for participating. And you're right about the line-number mismatch. I hadn't updated the repo in a while. ;) - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  02:39, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * When will the changes take effect? Ushau97  talk  contribs 12:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Should be, the changes have been in effect since the 2nd. Here's one from yesterday: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Haimooman&oldid=542721142. Cheers, - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  21:36, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I saw an invite the next day after posting that message. Anyway, thanks a lot. :D -- Ushau97 talk  contribs 08:27, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Help!
Hi J-Mo, can you help or direct me to someone who can remove the flags from Joe LaPorta page? I've followed all of the previous suggestions but have noticed that the flags are still present on the page. Thanks in advance!
 * Hi Steve! Are you saying you want to remove the "Close connection" and "Reads like an advertisement" banners from the page? If so, the article will need to be edited (by someone who is not Joe LaPorta or an employee/coworker of same) and the identified issues addressed. I wish I had time to help you personally, but I don't right now. Have you asked your question at the Teahouse? I would suggest asking a question there, and including as much detail on what you've done so far, and what you want to do, as possible. Happy editing! - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  22:26, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S. Oh, and it's a good idea to 'sign' your posts on talk pages by adding four tildes (' ~ ') at the end. :)

Teahouse recent questions are not being updated
Hi J-Mo. Have you noticed that Hostbot is not updating the recent questions anymore? Is it a bug or something? Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Teahouse/Host lounge. Thanks -- Ushau97 talk 06:27, 23 March 2013 (UTC) ✅ Thanks for the heads-up. Working through a backlog of technical issues. - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  23:35, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Jeoff
Dear Jtmorgan

Sorry to see you leave

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Talkback
TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello
Firstly, I am an 18 year old student proficient in java, and willing to learn almost anything related to coding/ any other topic. I just finished my examinations, and I was wondering if I could help around in any way I could. If there is anything I can help around with, please do tell.

Also, could you please comment on the TAFI talk page? We are trying to finalize TAFI being added to the Main Page; and it was suggested that I contact you so that we could monitor Editor retention and the quality of articles because of TAFI. We would appreciate it if you could hop in with your comments.

Thanks and cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:32, 22 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Soni. I left a comment. I'm very enthusiastic about TAFI and look forward to monitoring its progress. I can also provide additional input on how to demonstrate impact of TAFI after it has been implemented. Thanks for asking me! - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  23:47, 26 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh, and regarding coding: I left a comment regarding the 'reply to this discussion' thread started on HL. I think we might be able get what you're asking for by updating the JavaScript Gadget. Writ Keeper is da man when it comes to JS. If you're interested in helping with the HostBot code, I don't have any concrete tasks to suggest at the moment but definitely take a look at the codebase on GitHub and feel free to fork it and play around. The documentation isn't great at this point, but let me know if you have any questions, improvements to suggest or would like to experiment with changes to the functionality of particular scripts. Right now, I'm focusing on re-stabilizing everything after a long period of flux, but there are obviously lots of improvements to be made and even handy new features that could be implemented. I don't have a lot of time to collaborate closely, but we should definitely start the conversation. Especially f you're interested in working with HostBot on a more long-term basis. ;) Cheers, - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  23:54, 26 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Could you send me a Talkback the next time you reply to my posts? Thank you; that will make sure I actually read them. :)
 * Regarding the coding, I simply wanted to learn more about codihng, especially how it can help when it comes to things onWiki. I am good with Java, but have no knowledge as such about Javascript or anything else beyond what I know. I am not sure how good I'll be at helping, but I sure would like to give it a try. Also, I have nothing about where I want to help. I an fine with helping anywhere.
 * P.S. You've got mail.
 * TheOriginalSoni (talk) 07:43, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hostbot invites to bots
I received a Teahouse invitation on my bot-in-trial's talk page (User talk:WxBot. I don't mind the friendly invite, but it might ease the load on your bot if you could somehow program it to exclude bots (I'm not sure how hard this would be).  Again, I didn't mind the invite - I just thought I'd give a friendly suggestion. Inks.LWC (talk) 02:47, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. Thanks for the heads-up! My bot should already be checking the user_groups table for bots and ignoring them... I just checked the database and it appears as though WxBot does not have a bot flag yet. That's probably why HostBot invited it. It might be worth checking with BAG to confirm what I'm seeing, and get WxBot flagged if it hasn't been. - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  23:32, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Right, as I said, it's still in the trial period, so it doesn't have the bot flag yet. Inks.LWC (talk) 23:35, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I see. Well, without the bot flag there's no easy programmatic way I know of to exclude bots--that's what the bot flag is for after all. If you have a suggestion though, let me know. And thanks for the alerting me regardless. Always useful to know what kind of shenanigans my bot is getting itself up to. - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  23:38, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The only thing that came to mind was to look for "bot" in the username, but that would be problematic for people who have words like "both" or "bother", etc. in their name. Not sure I can be of much help brainstorming - just figured I'd pass the info along in case you had any ideas. :) Inks.LWC (talk) 23:41, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
ö  Brambleberry   of   RiverClan  20:41, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Interview date 'n' time?
Thursday best for me, most any time. Working Mon thru Wed, two 12-hour days and then a 10-hour swing. Wx forecast for Thur is stormy, a good excuse to be on-line or phone rather than doing neglected chores. I'll be watching your page for a bit so answer here. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 03:39, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Cool! Any time on Thursday works for me, except for 10-11:30am Pacific. IM/IRC would be best for me(easier to take notes). Looking forward to it. Thanks, - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  20:32, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hanging around at #wikipedia-en-help since we didn't agree on a channel. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 14:59, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Also #wikipedia-en-teahouse (which is empty at the moment) DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 15:25, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I am ready to go in the Teahouse channel. Fire away! Go  Phightins  !  19:59, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse Small Badges
Hey there... I got my sandbox to work... I worked with Soni to get it figured out, and you can check it out → User talk:TheOriginalSoni. I'd be interested specifically from you to know if the changes would affect the bots counting, and if it would be possible to implement the changes live. Then, it would be great if the bot could go through and count how many of each badge each of us has gotten and update the templates on the host lounge and the breakroom even. What do you think? Technical 13 (talk) 01:24, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse WikiLove
Hey, I just found WP:Village pump (technical) and thought it might be of interest to you. Should we post some kind of notice on the Teahouse page someplace? How would we go about doing that, is there a template designed for host notices? Technical 13 (talk) 23:28, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * (moved from user page) Not really sure a notice is necessary; it is what it is. WikiLove isn't a notable part of the Teahouse or anything. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 05:21, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for moving this here Writ. I was really tired last night.  I was pointing it out because of the fact that it may effect the results of the data gathered by host bot for number of badges given until WikiLove is fixed. Technical 13 (talk) 11:40, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. We should let Ocaasi know as well, since he's the one who created the Badge WikiLove addon and I think he's the one using it most as well. As far as I can tell, this change might make it less convenient to give out badges, but it won't affect badge tracking. Cheers, - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  18:54, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I think I already informed him as I knew he is the one with the WikiLove badge add-on (with my changes to include message and signed shameless self promo ). IIRC, I've also let Heather, Sarah, Writ, and Soni know since those are the people I asked for help from on the change to small badges, which Soni and I figured out last night btw. :)  You should take a look, as I would love to get it approved to go live and adjust hostbot to do the updating. :) Technical 13 (talk) 19:09, 28 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I won't be able to adjust HostBot right now, so for now we're only tracking when someone got their first badge (of a given type). I do like your addition of a numbers parameter to the small badge, but I confess I'm a little behind on what other changes you made to the template, so I don't want to say "go for it" only to find that some changes interfere with some social or technical process. Can you give me a brief rundown? Or, better yet, post a description to the Host Lounge? I will say that as long as each badge still includes a hyperlink to its unique badge page, and doesn't link to the pages of any other individual badges, we should be okay on the data-gathering front. Cheers,  - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  01:08, 29 April 2013 (UTC)


 * On WP:Teahouse/Badge/Large I the  and  parameters when existent.
 * On WP:Teahouse/Badge/Format and WP:Teahouse/Badge/Answer I added some instructions to the documentation for the change in the large badge. and.
 * Then, finally for the small badges I created a full set of -sandbox templates (WP:Teahouse/Host-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Small-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Host-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Answer-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Question-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Easter_egg-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Welcome-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Genie-sandbox, WP:Teahouse/Badge/Maitre_d'-sandbox, and WP:Teahouse/Badge/Saucer-sandbox).
 * Specifically,, , and added a qty parameter to the rest. Technical 13 (talk) 02:18, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Personal hostbot assistance
I was curious if you had the time to add a task to hostbot that could help me out some (and maybe other hosts will want it too). Considering Wikipedia talk:Teahouse/Host lounge, I plan on adding user talk pages where the host bot leaves a message in my name to my watchlist. I'd like to keep my watchlist clean, which would mean removing those users who don't continue editing. Would it be reasonably possible to have hostbot create a list for me in my userspace of editors were it left a message in my name but have gone 2 weeks without editing (at any point really, so if they edit for a week after the message and then stop, I'd like to be notified). If this is too difficult, it's no problem. Ryan Vesey 01:37, 1 May 2013 (UTC)


 * That's a nice idea for long term (in fact maybe capture in on the wish list?) but it would take a bit of coding work and probably a new bot approval. What I could probably do within a reasonable timeframe, tho, is add a column to the database report table that includes the name of the host whose name was included on the welcome. If you remember to check, you could click through to those users' pages and either watch 'em or welcome them. What do you think? - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  02:15, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Hostbot invitations
Hi. Could you please remove my name from Hostbot's automated invitations? I'm retiring and I don't think it's okay for newbies to receive invitations from someone who is not active. And I hope the Teahouse will be a successful project. :D Thanks --Ushau97 (talk) 09:54, 3 May 2013 (UTC) moved from userpage Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 12:49, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Ushau97, no problem. Tho I'm sorry to see you go. Come back to the TH any time! - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  19:01, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * At least I'm not the only one that has done it. I'm wondering if there is a link somewhere for you that says "message me" and links to your userpage causing people to post comments for you on the wrong page. Is that a possibility? Technical 13 (talk) 13:01, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Technical 13, I don't think there's a misleading link anywhere, but there could be. I suspect people just tend to post requests to Writ first because they are afraid of offending him and bringing his fiery wrath down upon their heads. - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  19:01, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hm? No, Ushau originally posted this on your user page, rather than your user talk page; I just moved the thread to the talk page so you'd see it. I'm just a bystander. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 19:05, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Ahh yes I see. Had trouble disambiguating 'your'. Thanks, Writ Keeper. - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  19:15, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I pressed the New section tab on this talk page. There might be a bug or something like that. --Ushau97 (talk) 07:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

teahouse
that teahouse thing isnt working! please fix it!Booklaunch (talk) 04:56, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello User:Booklaunch! Could you give a little bit more detail as to exactly what about the "Teahouse" is not working?  Thanks! Technical 13 (talk) 11:07, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

There is a window opening where you suppose to put your name, etc well I couldn't write on it and then the page crashed. Booklaunch (talk) 11:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Spanish Teahouse
Hi Jtmorgan, I just was sitting in my house with my iPod turn on so loud and this idea came to my mind: What if the Spanish Wikipedia had a Teahouse, it would be like La Casa del Té. Please, reply at my talk page if you think you can help me. Cheers!! <span style="font-family:'Domestic Manners',cursive"> Miss Bono   (zootalk)  16:31, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

, we moved your Teahouse host profile
Hello Jtmorgan! Thank you for being a host at the Teahouse. However, we haven't heard from you lately, so our bot has moved your Host profile from the host landing page to the host breakroom. No worries; you can always just and our bot will move your profile back. Editing any Teahouse-related page will do the same thing for you. If you would prefer not to receive reminders like this, you can unsubscribe here. Thanks for your help at the Teahouse! HostBot (talk) 03:50, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

A pie for you!
Thank you too for inviting me. I would give you a real pie but I guess it would be ruined when it got there. God bless you, all the love for you and your family. Kisses and hugs! hmmm feels so good giving away stuff to other editors.nevermindthebollocks (talk) 19:56, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Never invited to treehouse
why?Panpog1 (talk) 00:54, 24 May 2013 (UTC) edit:
 * never mind. someone just invited me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panpog1 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Apparently, are everywhere.  Technical 13 (talk) 10:36, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

University of Washington
Hi! I received your message.

I think details of rankings should be placed on the individual section not the introduction (like the articles of Harvard, Stanford, MIT, etc). It's fine to mention the reputation but a single sentence is enough to conclude the general trend on the intro (like "it has been ranked among top 10 by different university rankings" or "it is among the most prestigious universities"). In fact, I think a good university need not stress its reputation greatly and intentionally. Moreover, the content added is not well-organized as pieces of information about rankings spread among different paragraphs with different kinds of results displayed (some are the previous results when some are results of subject rankings), and are mixed with other types of info. That seems a bit messy. Wish you can help to improve the quality of the article. Thanks!

Biomedicinal (talk) 11:58, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Good points. I'll keep an eye out for the anon, and try to clean up any mentions of the rankings that appear in the lede. Always happy to help the ol' purple & gold shine! - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  05:06, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Some chips to placate your HostBot
I've just given (virtually) your HostBot a number of chips, like an AT89S52, an ML88085P, and a variety of other crazy chips and processors. Thanks. EgayovikiW (talk) 01:54, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

HostBot/Teahouse
I'm not sure what your criteria are for the automated invite, but I see a lot of invites on pages of accounts that are banned for socking, and I don't see invites on others' pages where I would think I would see them. Now, admittedly, I only tend to interact with new users' talk pages when there is an issue, so my POV may be skewed a bit, but maybe the trigger needs adjustment? MSJapan (talk) 01:59, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey there. Thanks for the heads-up. The invite criteria are here. The script should avoid users who have received a block or a level-4 warning. It looks for any of these strings associated with common block or high-level warning templates and skips users who have them: 'uw-vandalism4', 'uw-socksuspect', 'Socksuspectnotice', 'Uw-socksuspect', 'sockpuppetry', 'uw-cluebotwarning4', 'uw-vblock', 'uw-speedy4'. See anything missing from this list that might cause the bot to invite identified socks or other blocked users? If so I can add them in.
 * Do you have any example you can point me to? That might help me reproduce the error. As for not inviting certain good faith newcomers... I wish I could invite them all :) Any suggestions on other criteria I could use to identify more of the good faith newbies are appreciated, although if I do want to expand the invite list (currently about 100 new users per day) I'll have to file another bot request >_<. Cheers, - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  04:33, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I've noticed this too on a lot of blocked editors pages and think it has more to do with how fast HostBot is working. Maybe it needs to be slowed down a little? Technical 13 (talk) 09:55, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * If you can provide me with some examples, I can figure out what might not be working. Otherwise, any change I make would be simply guesswork :( - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  16:11, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I came here based on the notice here, and I know it wasn't isolated, because I know it has happened before. I think it might be useful to expand the tags to vandalism2 (and above) and ANI discussion tags - legitimate new users tend not to get those.  The user in this case was not blocked at the time of the notice, but the ANI notice was there. MSJapan (talk) 23:38, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Review
Can you just assess my contributions and tell me if I'm going the correct way? I'm a newbie by the way and have created 1 article so far. Regards, Andrew. Andrew Stiff (talk) 07:09, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Bug Report-Blocked users
I know this is rare, but I saw a user that got blocked recently after the creation of his account (he was a spammer for a gaming group that blamed his actions on me). I saw that HostBot had given a Teahouse invitation to the user. There is a bug that blocked users can be invited (although this is rare). Can you fix it? Citrusbowler (talk) 01:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not certain that I agree all blocked\banned users should be excluded from receiving an invitation. I'm sure that J-Mo will need the user name for your example to research the way and how either way. Perhaps users that are actively blocked shouldn't get invites but hostbot could monitor the block log and make sure that everyone who has just gotten unblocked gets one promptly?  That would make good sense to me.  Technical 13 (talk) 02:56, 2 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I have seen this before... though it is rare. It may be database lag, or just a small lag in the script (see above thread). If you pass me the page I'll look into what happened in this case. Currently, HB is set up to skip any new user who has received ANY block in the time they've been on site. Since all invitees registered within the past 1-4 days most of them won't have been blocked yet, though many have received some sort of warning. I only skip people who have received certain more serious warnings, since AGF is part of the core Teahouse ethos. Technical: your suggestions for code updates are excellent, but will have to wait 'til I'm out of dissertation land. Maybe throw them up on the WishList for now? I swear I do at least look at that page sometimes! ;) - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  20:47, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Code question
I know you did something like this with the Teahouse with hosts, so I thought you might be the one to ask. On my talk page, would it be possible to have a queue of quotes, one of which randomly shows up when someone loads the page sort of like how a random host picture appears at the TH question forum? If so, how would I go about doing that? No rush, just something I might want to do. Thanks.  Go  Phightins  !  19:32, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Check out Random subpage... That "should" answer your question. Technical 13 (talk) 20:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep. Technical's right. Just put each quote on its own subpage (i.e. Go_Phightins/quotes/1, Go_Phightins/quotes/2, Go_Phightins/quotes/3...), set up the template, and you're good to go. - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  20:40, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It works! Thanks to both of you.  Go  Phightins  !  00:03, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * J-Mo, you shouldn't feel guilty for your delayed responses, that is what TPS are for. . Phight, you are welcome.  Technical 13 (talk) 00:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

, we moved your Teahouse host profile
Hello Jtmorgan! Thank you for being a host at the Teahouse. However, we haven't heard from you lately, so our bot has moved your Host profile from the host landing page to the host breakroom. No worries; you can always just and our bot will move your profile back. Editing any Teahouse-related page will do the same thing for you. If you would prefer not to receive reminders like this, you can unsubscribe here. Thanks for your help at the Teahouse! HostBot (talk) 03:50, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

WP:Snuggle is live at snuggle.grouplens.org
Snuggle, the newcomer socialization tool I've been building, is finally ready for general use. All you need to do to get started is point your browser to https://snuggle.grouplens.org. Let me know if you run into any trouble. I'll be watching WT:Snuggle. Or you can also just contact me directly. Thanks for your patience.

See also:
 * Documentation
 * Bug tracker
 * Open source code repository
 * My work log describing the last few months of work

-- EpochFail (talk &bull; work) 19:46, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

, we moved your Teahouse host profile
Hello Jtmorgan! Thank you for being a host at the Teahouse. However, we haven't heard from you lately, so our bot has moved your Host profile from the host landing page to the host breakroom. No worries; you can always just and our bot will move your profile back. Editing any Teahouse-related page will do the same thing for you. If you would prefer not to receive reminders like this, you can unsubscribe here. Thanks for your help at the Teahouse! HostBot (talk) 03:50, 11 July 2013 (UTC)



IRC office hours for wiki-mentors and Snuggle users
Hi. We're organizing an office hours session with the Teahouse to bring in mentors from across the wiki to and discuss it's potential to support mentorship broadly. The Snuggle team would appreciate it if you would come and participate in the discussion. We'll be having it in on '''Wed. July 17th @ 1600 UTC'''. See the agenda for more info. -- EpochFail (talk &bull; work), Technical 13 (talk), TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:35, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey Jmo. I just wanted to post a reminder that this discussion will be happening in about 24 hours.  See you there, duder.   -- EpochFail  (talk &bull; work) 15:49, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

HostBot processing of Teahouse questions
is based on. HostBot's processing has two unrelated problems which each cause misformatting. 1) '<' and '> from span tags in the signature were converted to html. 2) The whole linked section heading WikiProject Requested Articles was passed to Teahouse/Questions-answer instead of only the displayed part "WikiProject Requested Articles" which would have generated a correct result:

If it's too much work to handle such cases better then I'm OK with that. It's no big deal. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:11, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

at mw:Help:Magic words may be useful to produce. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:20, 31 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, PrimeHunter. I've logged the bug and this should be an easy fix. I've gotten better at stripping out markup since I wrote that script. - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  03:02, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse data
Hey J-mo! There is a deletion discussion (of all things) about WP:TWA. I cited some data about Teahouse for comparison to a similarly spirited project. This comment raised a question about the research methodology. It's probably not worth wading into at all, but I thought you might want to comment as you did the research! Cheers, Ocaasit &#124; c 07:44, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much
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Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{subst:munch}}!

I do not know how to send you a message. I used the edit button to type this message. If it is alright, then go on. Thanks for contacting me. I am a management writer from India. Recently, I was asked by an academic agency in UK to write an article making a critical analysis of a management theory. In fact in my preamble, I made a reference to Wikipedia as the source of my information. The agency rejected my article saying that they would not accept Wikipedia reference. I merely referred to your material as my reference and then gave my detailed analysis. They were not polite. They replied that I should have referred to the original text of the author whose management theory I was supposed to analyze. This really hurt me. They did not go by logic of my arguments. I have vast and practical experiences in management field. I am presently preparing course curriculum for a new management course coined by me as Ethics Management. I am really interested in contributing articles on Management to Wikipedia who are doing immense service to the people in the world who cannot afford to buy costly books of academic writers who are minting money. My email id is: jobanbalagan@gmail.com  When you find time, email me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Job Anbalagan (talk • contribs) 08:00, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Help Project newsletter : Issue 7
The Help Project Newsletter Issue VII - August 2013

Hello from Hong Kong, and the Wikimania DevCamp! Just a quick bulletin to update everyone on recent goings-on:


 * There was a Wikimedia blog post about our experience at the Open Help Conference.
 * Based on discussions at the Open Help Conference, Seeeko, Ocaasi and the wub have drafted a series of guidelines for writing and improving help pages.
 * There is now also a system in place for assessing help pages by quality and importance. See Help Project/Assessment for more details and the two scales we are using.
 * A project collaboration has been started, the first one is focusing on the above mentioned Assessment. Discussions about this are welcome at Wikipedia talk:Help Project.
 * New contributors' help page/questions was merged into Teahouse/Questions
 * A couple of other mergers have been proposed:
 * Questions and Requests
 * How to help and New contributors' help page
 * Help:Introduction to talk pages and Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines have both been overhauled and updated to use the new tutorial design.

Suggestions for future issues are welcome at Help Project/Newsletter.

If you don't wish to receive this newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name.

-- EdwardsBot (talk) 06:16, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jtmorgan, received your invite - thank you! Am loving my experience so far, a complete novice to begin with, and have received some tremendous support from Live Chat etc. so can't thank you guys enough for passing on your expertise and assistance whenever I run into difficulties! I think it's a brilliant community and like to do my bit for sure!

DiCR44 (talk) 12:45, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

The edit visualization tool I'm building
A demo of the edit visualization tool I'm building. You could add your feedback or feature requests here--jeph (talk) 02:35, 20 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Nice! I posted some feedback here. Cheers, - J-Mo <sup style="color:gold;">Talk to Me  <sub style="color:purple;">Email Me  18:18, 29 August 2013 (UTC)