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Nomination for deletion of Template:Db-botnomain
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New Userbox
I made a new userbox for the raiders on my page from the existing one, but I am unclear on how to make a sub page to host it. Please assist.  Zoro   1234  19:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Just click User:Zoro1234/Raiders Nation and then paste the code. – xeno talk 19:14, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Can you host multiple boxes on one page or do you need to make separate pages? Zoro   1234  19:28, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You could using parserFunctions, but it's easier to create multiple pages. – xeno talk 19:30, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to make a retro box for the now defunct California Golden Seals. Would you happen to know the color codes for pacific teal, kelly green, california gold, and snow white? Zoro   1234  19:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Scratch that, I found them. Thank you anyway. Zoro   1234  20:20, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yea, I usually look at web colors. Cheers, – xeno talk  20:21, 9 August 2010 (UTC) [P.S. Best to ask further questions at my talk]
 * Why did you delete the Devin Green page? i need it 4 homework... grr-ANONYMUS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.84.195.123 (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

'Splaining to do,
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Userbox request
Could you make a Twinkle userbox that states that someone uses the random article button to find non-notable articles? -Vaarsivius (Talk to me.) 17:49, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Happy Birthday
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Possible task for MetsBot
Hi,

I am currently looking for a bot which is able to replace any occurances of Fb r2 header (which is a redirect) with Fb r header on this set of 794 articles. An example edit would look like this, this or this. Would MetsBot be capable of fulfilling this request? Thank you in advance, Soccer-holicI hear voices in my head... 19:37, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

UBX
What's wrong with UBX??? It ruins my page!!! --Lovescream (talk) 03:43, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Is User:UBX yours. It claims to be. Is it? -- Some Dude With AUserName (talk with me!) 04:25, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes it is! — M ETS 501 (talk) 07:42, 6 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello Mets501. We have updated category handler to support the fact that User:UBX works as the "template space" for userboxes. Read more about this at User talk:UBX.
 * --David Göthberg (talk) 00:40, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

hershey's kisses page
when you updated the hershey kisses page, you did a copy & replace and editted URLs which lead to dead links. Please be mindful when correcting capitalization. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tardisrepair (talk • contribs) 14:04, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Createbotpage
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Thank you for your great edits
Thank you! Canderson7 (talk) 23:43, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

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Request for Interview Regarding Wikipedia Bots
Greetings Metx501-

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) 00:48, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Mets501,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
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 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 04:07, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to events: bot, template, and Gadget makers wanted
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Deleting pages
Apparently you deleted the page on the 1960's. If you delete a page, you should have to give an explaination telling people who are now looking for the page WHY you deleted it. It is VERY rude not to! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.96.232.67 (talk) 05:49, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Village pump discussion re: userboxes
Hi Mets501, I started a discussion at the Village Pump (misc) here that you may be interested in about the userbox creation script.  Eastlaw  talk ⁄ contribs 08:32, 9 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I took your advice here. Thanks for the input. -- Eastlaw  talk ⁄ contribs 09:14, 16 July 2012 (UTC)


 * OK, I have another question for you. This banned user has a lot of stuff in his userspace.  Most of it has few, if any, backlinks.  Do you think they should be speedily deleted and if so, under which criterion? (G5?  U2?)  Thanks again for your advice.  -- Eastlaw  talk ⁄ contribs 01:19, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't speedily delete them ("G5 should not be applied to transcluded templates"). Either let them be or move them into another userspace. — M ETS 501 (talk) 00:29, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

US Speed Limits
Texas is wrong. 85 mph now. 24.246.49.61 (talk) 02:41, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar
barnstar.

How do I restart my computer because I can not turn my computer
I can not turn on my computer I have done to you use — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.84.162.197 (talk) 05:08, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Why you deleted that page named 'Anshul'?

Teahouse Invitation
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Template:HABS
I recently ended the redirect from Template:HABS to Template:PD-USGov-Interior-HABS. You may need to update the links on your pages User:MetsBot/Image copyright tags and User:MetsBot/Commons image license tags. Thanks, Elizabeth Linden Rahway (talk) 04:10, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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House of cards userbox
Hello! Could you please change this userbox (User:UBX/house of cards) so it links to House of Cards (UK TV series) instead of the DAB-page? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:39, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipededia dynamics images on musical sheet.
Hello,

For beginning i just want to say "thank you" for the work you've done on Wikipedia. I am developping an music application for mobile devices and i was looking for images to feed the sheet and particulary "Dynamics". I saw your images on the Wikipedia page : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuance_(musique). This exactly what i need, but for Coding reasons, i would prefer to use some text instead of images. Well, i saw that there were no CC on this images, because it only use a font, So i was wondering, could you please tell me what is the font you used to make the dynamics images like "fff" ou "mp" ? It would be very helpful.

Please excuse my english. Best regards.

62.4.201.240 (talk) 10:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi. I unfortunately don't remember, it was so long ago! I may have just made some images in Inkscape that looked like the music font styles I was used to. — M ETS 501 (talk) 22:48, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

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Yaoo listed at Redirects for discussion
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Disclaiming userboxes
Is it ok to move userboxes from my User: space to User:UBX simply because I wish to disclaim them while allowing others their use? DBD 20:48, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, this is no problem. — M ETS 501 (talk) 19:33, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

About userbox help
Hello, Plz Tell me how i can create my own userbox. Rahib222  Talk 10:23, 1 Sep 2016  (UTC)
 * Hi. Please see Userboxes. — M ETS 501 (talk) 17:18, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

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Deleted Image
Dear Sir, I am from hiwiki. I see that your bot removes non-exist image like that. Please sir, Can you give me scripts? so that I can run on my local wiki.-- Jay  ❯❯❯  Talk  16:56, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * To be totally honest, that bot stopped running about 10 years ago, and I'm not even sure where the source code for the various features are now. Sorry! — M ETS 501 (talk) 17:35, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Barlines.svg - in Bar (music) - Swapped words?
Hi, Just wanted to share a notice of a possible error (not sure though!) Within this image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barlines.svg It reads "Begin and End Repeat" under the last barline. But it seems to me like the "End and Begin Repeat" is more appropriate there (and possible to be actually played in that order :)) Couldn't confirm this - my quick search online didn't turn up any other wording or the notation itself. So thought i'd drop a note to the author of the image. Regards! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oris1024 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Not sure it's worth changing, but I see what you're saying. I thought of it as the beginning of a new repeat and the end of the old one. Though either way is good. 73.69.148.60 (talk) 17:00, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Permission to use pseduorapidity plot
Hello,

I would like to use your image on the pseudorapidity page in a project I am currently undertaking for my university. Could you give me permission to use it?

Kind Regards, James — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarka James (talk • contribs) 15:06, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * You are free to use the image subject to the license on the image page:
 * {| class="wikitable"


 * You are free:
 * to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
 * to remix – to adapt the work
 * Under the following conditions:
 * attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
 * share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
 * share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.


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 * — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:MetsBot-testing.PNG


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UBX: NLL-Roughnecks (or whatever it's called)
I believe I was the one who made that box eons ago, but I was thinking it should probably be colour adjusted to a more red/white/black colouring. No idea how that can be done --MattBinYYC (talk) 04:50, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

LiveEditCounter userbox
Hi there! I found a userbox which I think was created by you at User:UBX/LiveEditCounter, and I have a question. Is there a way to reduce the size of the font in the box on the left? I'd like to sort this among my other userboxes but it's taller than the rest. I looked at the code but it's way beyond my skill set to try any tweaks. Thanks for any help you can give me - Her Pegship (speak) 18:04, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

MetsBot compromised
Hi. I've blocked MetsBot as it appears to be compromised. -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:01, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I'll change the account password now. — M ETS 501 (talk) 23:43, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Bot Approvals Group inactivity notice
Hi Mets501,

Please see Wikipedia_talk:Bot_Approvals_Group regarding our new activity requirements based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=874067212#Should_BAG_members_have_an_activity_requirement? recent RFC]. This will impact your BAG membership, unless you meet the activity requirements in the next 7 days. SQL Query me! 00:58, 17 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up! I'm OK being removed from the Bot Approvals Group, since I haven't been active there in years. — M ETS 501 (talk) 23:43, 22 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your prior service in WP:BAG, per the inactivity policy you have been moved to the retired roster. Should you wish to participate in BAG in the future, please feel free to reapply at Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group. Best regards, —  xaosflux  Talk 17:27, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

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User:UBX/User drinks Coke Zero
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Happy Birthday!
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User talk:Bmwboy
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"List of borderless country" listed at Redirects for discussion
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FAR for Polar coordinate system
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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
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Happy Birthday!
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The WikiEagle - January 2022
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How we will see unregistered users
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Inclined plane forces
The length of the forces mg sin \theta and mg cos \theta in your picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclined_plane#/media/File:Free_body.svg

are wrong because their sum must be equal to the force mg. When drawing the vector parallelogram (in this case a rectangle), it is clear that the decomposition of mg is wrong and the picture may be missleading. Adamek179 (talk) 13:28, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You're right. It's off by a few pixels. Feel free to update it if you get to it before I do. — M ETS 501 (talk) 13:22, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

"Gash (Disambiguation)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Happy Birthday!
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Articles for deletion/KWorld
Hi Mets501. KWorld, which you created, was nominated for deletion at Articles for deletion/KWorld. Cunard (talk) 10:31, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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"Road test" listed at Redirects for discussion
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