User talk:MaxSem/Archives/March 2012

Request for Interview Regarding Wikipedia Bots
Greetings MaxSem-

My name is Randall Livingstone, and I am a graduate student at the University of Oregon, currently collecting data for my dissertation on Wikipedia editors who create and use bots and assisted editing tools, as well as editors involved in the initial and/or ongoing creation of bot policies on Wikipedia. As a member of BAG and the bot community, I would very much like to interview you for the project at a time and in a method that is most convenient for you (Gchat, another IM client, Skype, email, telephone, etc.). I am completely flexible and can work with your schedule. The interview will take approximately 30-45 minutes.

My dissertation project has been approved both by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Oregon, and by the Research Committee at the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more information on the project on my meta page.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to hearing from you to set up a time to chat. Thank you very much.

Randall Livingstone, School of Journalism & Communication, University of Oregon

UOJComm (talk) 00:47, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, would be glad to help. You must know though that I've just returned after a long hiatus and haven't resumed my BAG participation yet. I prefer Skype text chat every day 8:00-20:00 UTC. Max Semenik (talk) 08:18, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Great! Thank you very much for the response and your willingness to be interviewed. I am looking to chat with editors past, present, and future, so I'd love to talk. Skype text will work fine...please send your Skype username to my email (which can be found on the project's meta page...link above), and I will contact you sometime next week to chat.


 * At your convenience, please review the Informed Consent Statement posted on my User page and let me know if you have any questions. Specifically, let me know if it's ok for me to use your Wikipedia username in my dissertation.


 * Thanks again...Randall UOJComm (talk) 19:13, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * MaxSemenik. Max Semenik (talk) 21:10, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Great, thanks! Would you like to set up a specific time next week to chat, or should I just look for when you're available on Skype? UOJComm (talk) 20:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello again. I wanted to follow-up on the possibility of interviewing you for my research project on Wikipedia bots. Please let me know when would work best for you.  Thanks in advance!  Randall UOJComm (talk) 21:55, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 8:00-20:00 UTC every day. Max Semenik (talk) 22:04, 1 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Can we plan on chatting this Wednesday, 29/2/12 at 1030 UTC? Thanks! UOJComm (talk) 22:47, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure. I sometimes don't notice Skype contact requests, you can poke me on IRC in such case. Max Semenik (talk) 23:41, 27 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Great. I look forward to chatting on Wednesday. UOJComm (talk) 03:00, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, we could just do it on IRC if you'd like? UOJComm (talk) 04:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Why not. I'm MaxSem in #mediawiki. Max Semenik (talk) 09:15, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello again. Thank you very much for your time and input today.  When you can, please let me know where to send my additional follow-up questions (or you can just email me and I will respond to that).  Thanks again!  UOJComm (talk) 04:50, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Reversions at User talk:Zenkai251
See:. Can you step in and unambiguously resolve this misunderstanding? --Chris (talk) 20:56, 1 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks like you might not need to anymore. --Chris (talk) 21:00, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Good riddance. Max Semenik (talk) 21:09, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

175.139.157.181
Is blocked? I don't see a template to that effect, and he is still writing on my Talk page. Barsoomian (talk) 08:20, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Whoopsie, I simply declined his request w/o looking at his block log which indicates that the block has expired long ago. Will reblock if he continue disruption. Max Semenik (talk) 09:28, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much
Thank you so much. Just a few questions,

Q1) Is my understanding of 1RR correct:
 * 1) I am allowed to revert 1 edit a day
 * 2) If i revert more than 1 edit a day, I will be banned

Q2) Am I allowed to revert clear vandalism more than once a day? If someone keeps adding back vandalism (say they add it back twice), am I allowed to revert them twice

Q3)How will you know I violated the 1RR, would you know because i reverted more than once (and it comes up on the database). If so, can you tell me if i revert my own edits, whether that would be counted?

Thanks in advance, and again I am very grateful. --Misconceptions2 (talk) 20:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Reverts of simple vandalism are exempt from revert restrictions. Note that simple means that no sane person would disagree that it's clear WP:VAND. If there's even a tiniest shadow of doubt, don't risk. Also, reverting your own edits is also exempt. In order for people to know about the restriction, I'll put a notice on your talk page, please don't remove it for the duration of your restrictions. Max Semenik (talk) 21:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Eh, since they're indefinite and I don't want to brand you forever, let's say that you should keep this template at the top od your talk page for several months. Max Semenik (talk) 21:16, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Misconceptions2 unblock
Hi Max, As the blocking admin, I would have liked to have commented on this request, or been consulted on it by yourself, before it was actioned per the requirement at: WP:BLOCK. Given that this was a request to have a second indef block lifted after the editor had already broken a commitment to not edit war made in response to a discussion of their first indef block at WP:AN, I think that this needed wider discussion and much firmer unblock conditions (a topic ban seems sensible as well as 1RR). I'm now happy to see what happens rather than open a discussion to have the editor re-blocked (as WP:STANDARDOFFER appears to apply, though they've already blown one instance of this, and WP:ROPE is obviously relevant), but this wasn't a good unblock in my view. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 06:56, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Editor misbehavior
If I can't link to an editor's misbehavior, then what can I do? 76.21.107.221 (talk) 07:01, 17 March 2012 (UTC)