User talk:Misza13/Archives/2009/04

Bot not working
Hello,the bot has not been archiving at this talk page Talk:White Latin American thank you--Wikiscribe (talk) 17:03, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see User:MiszaBot/Archive FAQ, reason 2. Thank you, Миша 13 17:09, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Well that is sort of silly but whatever--Wikiscribe (talk) 17:55, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it's not silly. Empty talk pages in case of articles create an illusion of lack of activity. The existence of threads might encourage discussion. Which is why the default values are fine for most talk pages. Besides, threads on that page are not much older than the specified treshold anyway. Миша 13 19:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Was there a scientific study done that if there are no threads on a talk page that nobody will create a new disscusion thread on the topic that concerns them or did you make that one up?--Wikiscribe (talk) 19:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * If wasn't referring to creating new threads but engaging in existing ones and providing new input. It's hard to engage if there are none. Миша 13 19:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Then why archive at all or ever?Also why is the magic number 5 and not 3,2 or 8 for example--Wikiscribe (talk) 19:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Because if you don't archive, pages eventually grow into megabytes and become unmanageable. And I chose 5 because it's my bot and I felt good about that number. Миша 13 19:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Lolcat deletion summaries
Hi Misza. I've made a post at a current arbitration case, and I've mentioned a page generated by your bot (MiszaBot) that enables the use of lolcat edit summaries. Would you be able to look here and clear up what is going on there? It relates to a finding of fact about the use of such edit summaries. I'm asking East718 about this as well. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 10:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the replies at that ArbCom case talk page. Following up a few things here. (1) Could you please consider changing the bot update code so that at the next update of User:MiszaBot/PSP, the links to lolcat deletion actions are removed? (2) Could you run a query to see how many article deletion summaries with lolcat words can be found? There is no intention to remonstrate or admonish such admins who used such summaries, especially not after the fact, but such a query would provide evidence to bring to a discussion page or to ArbCom, to suggest that lolcat language (along with other non-standard language) should be formally deprecated. If you don't want to run such a query, I'll ask around and find someone to file a request instead, but I'm asking you first, partly because I'm hoping you know more lolcat-type words than I do. Carcharoth (talk) 13:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * How's this: User:MiszaBot/LolSummaries? I've cut it off at Jan 2008 so it's easy on the servers. And, there are many false positives too. Миша 13 15:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. Is it easier for me to remove the false positives from that page, or move the, er, non-false positives somewhere else? Carcharoth (talk) 18:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Whatever suits you. I think I will only be updating that page manually, upon your request, so you can work on that page directly. Миша 13 19:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've finished and the final version is here. I suspect there are more out there with different lolspeak language or fragments, but that is enough for now. Carcharoth (talk) 19:56, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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Section headings
Can MiszaBot leave section headings alone when archiving please? Rich Farmbrough, 17:14 9 April 2009 (UTC).
 * No, it can't, sorry. Миша 13 18:29, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Big Ten Network
Hi I think you missed a spot on Talk:Big Ten Network. There's an unarchived thread from August still there. TomCat4680 (talk) 02:23, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Because you defined minthreadsleft = 1. Миша 13 08:55, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hi ,Misza
You are the first I met after I got this account !Your page is great !I like it very much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheeryapple (talk • contribs) 11:46, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Миша 13 16:37, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

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My archives
Hello, Misza13. Your bot, User:MiszaBot III archives my talk page, but instead of putting them in the archives that I set up, it only puts them in the very first archive. Is there any way for the bot to fix that, and if not, can you make the bot stop archiving my talk page? -- Wh ip it !  Now whip it good! 21:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You have not specified the initial value for the counter variable, so it defaults to 1, which is why all threads land in /Archive 1. Just define it. Or, to stop archiving just remove the template. Миша 13 21:27, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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archiving of my talk page
I copied example 2 for Bot III. I changed the username, but I have another question not answered by FAQ. What number should I put in the counter slot? Should I set it at 0? (i.e. counter = 3 [that is the example]) Remember to put talk back template on my talk page. Thanks, Griffinofwales (talk) 16:34, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

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2009 swine flu outbreak
I'm forwarding a request to archive the talk page. The current settings seem to be every 12 hours, but I see coversations older than that. --PigFlu Oink (talk) 18:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That's because the bot only runs once per 24 hours. Миша 13 19:28, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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2009 swine flu outbreak
Hi there. Could you have a look at the following diff, and see if you can work out where the bot archived the threads to? . I've since updated the parameters to go to archive 2, but i can't work out where these 4 threads went? Thanks in advance! -- Ged UK  13:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

The last line is invalid. "}}" needs to be on its own line. --MZMcBride (talk) 14:27, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) -- Ged UK  19:38, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Request for help - archiving of my talk
Hi, your bot no longer seems to be archiving my talkpage. The last archiving that occurred, I did manually, and I have a number of threads now that are older than than the 15day archiving period I have set. When you have time, could you take a look and see if you can tell what's wrong? Did the code for the archiving request get corrupted somehow? Or...??? Lady of Shalott 03:27, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The last time MiszaBot archived for you was the day before you changed your name, so I gather this will set it straight. –xeno</b> <sup style="color:black; font-family:verdana;">talk 03:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That would certainly explain it. I didn't even think about that. Thanks for catching and fixing that! <font color="#ee3366">Lady <font color="#229922">of <font color="#0095c6">Shalott 03:36, 30 April 2009 (UTC)