User talk:OverlordQ/Archive 1

HagermanBot replacement
Are you still working on the HagermanBot replacement? Just wondering how the progress is going, since you haven't User talk:OverlordQBot/Dev or the brfa in a while. --Android Mouse 04:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Yea, just have to figure how to submit the edit page to WP and it'll be done. Got busy with some RL things. 05:05, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, ok. I believe the only POST fields that are required are wpStarttime, wpEdittime, wpEditToken, wpSummary, and wpTextbox1. Regards --Android Mouse 05:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like another bot aimed to perform this task has been written. Bots/Requests_for_approval/SineBot. Just thought I'd let you know. --Android Mouse 06:44, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Sandbox
Your bot is erasing the Sandbox almost instantaneously. The Sandbox is for experimentation, and it's impossible to do that when your bot is erasing everything before changes and corrections can be made. How about lightening up a bit. After all, its just the Sandbox! StudierMalMarburg 17:31, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * It resets the sandbox after 30 minutes, or when the header is vandalized. If the header isn't vandalized it will not replace the content. Looking at the revisions now it looks like theres a gremlin somewhere in the code. Thx for the heads up. Q  T C 22:11, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I have also noticed the bot interfering in my edits on WP:Sandbox. A workaround is to go back in history to your edit that you wish to revise and hit the edit link at the top of the page (or to a diff that includes such an edit and click the edit link by the edit summary for that edit)  Also, I would be interested in writing a bot / helping out with bot requests (or at least playing with a bot framework).  Do you make your bot's code available or would you let me see it? Jeremyb 23:59, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * If you could provide a link to the diff, it'd be appreciated so I could see exactly what was replaced. As for bots, WP:BOT is a good place to start  Q  T C 00:02, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Here are some diffs: [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Jeremyb 00:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hurm, thanks, can ya try making those edits again? Q  T C 00:39, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Removed
(notice removed)


 * I didn't create it, In between me submitted for AFD, and tagging and updating the page somebody speedied it. I appreciate that the warning but it's unfounded.  Q  T C 01:21, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I see, the ...notice was boilerplate. I have removed it, and you may remove this section if you like. :) Navou banter 04:49, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Meh, I'll let the archive bot take care of it :) Q  T C 06:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Is there a bot to CSD or delete one line new pages
Hi

I see you are checking new pages also.....

Isn't it relatively easy to set up a bot to tag, or even better, delete these one line "Joe Blow is the greatest guy in the world" kinda new entries, rather than editors WP:CSD tagging them for later removal? It looks line all, or almost all, the new entries that have very small character counts are garbage.

Just asking.... :)

Pete —Preceding unsigned comment added by Becksguy (talk • contribs)


 * Only admins can delete pages, all editors can do is tag them for the admins to delete. Q  T C 03:11, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Jhene Aiko
Jhene Aiko, which you have been actively editing over the past few days, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Jhene Aiko satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Jhene Aiko and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Jhene Aiko during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. --HAL2008 talk 09:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Meh I'm really a neutral third party, all I did was clean it up and add the COI/cleanup/fact tags. Q  T C 19:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Ricky arnold
Hi there, thanks for the notification. A couple of things-


 * Richard "Ricky" Arnold is not my article. Just part of a disambiguation. I moved it because there are four Richard Arnold articles (that I've found so far) on Wikipedia of similar notability.
 * The article (originally located at Richard Arnold, is property of the US Government, and not subject to copyright vio

Thanks for being vigilant, just make sure to read what you're tagging next time before you apply any templates. Take care! Mrprada911 07:59, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I did read it, I just didn't know Govt sources were exempt from copyvio Q  T C 08:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. I once CfD'd an article on General Joshua Sill that was deleted, and it never should have been. Check out Work of the United States Government, and Template:PD-Usgov (this particular article would fall under Template:PD-USGov-NASA). There is also an article that posts guidelines on copying official bios (which online applies to the Federal Gov't, most state stuff is copyrighted). However I never copy articles from Government websites, so I don't recall its name. Take care, and thanks for your vandal vigilence! Mrprada911 08:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:COPYVIO/Public Domain on U.S. Govt works
Ah yes, see also Public_domain. There is yet another article which has specific templates for direct copies from U.S. Gov't websites (which I'll be damned if I can find, lists of templates are a rare commodity), much in the way that polbot utilizes the CongBio template to directly translate biographies of Congressmen. I'm no copyright lawyer but that is the best example I can think of. Take care! Mrprada911 08:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Why Isn't he Blocked?
Hello. I think we're both on top of the vandal User:67.189.226.20's constant blanking and vandalism. We both reported him to the intervention committee. Any thought as to why he still isn't blocked? -- VegitaU 08:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * *shrug* Q  T C 08:59, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, he [is blocked], but he can still edit his talk page. Q  T C 09:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, please! 24 hours... THAT'S hardcore. Glad to know I'll be cleaning up another mess tomorrow. -- VegitaU 09:05, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Heh, yea :-( Q  T C 09:06, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Tiggerjay 00:01, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thanks :D *cheers* my first Barnstar. Q  T C 01:37, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Open proxy project
You're now a verified user. If you ever need any help with WP:OP, feel free to ask myself or one of the other verified users. Cheers mate. --Michael Billington (talk) 07:16, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Notability
Do you really think that Lizzie Grubman is notable? If so, please explain why (apart from committing a felony, which is not notable in and of itself). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.21.115.158 (talk • contribs)


 * I was not asserting that she is notable, the proper procedure if you think something fails Notability is to put the page up for either Speedy if it's blatant, or put it up for AfD. Blanking the page is not a valid method and is vandalism. As such, I reverted the vandalism.  Q  T C 09:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo
Thanks for withdrawing the AfD. --evrik (talk) 17:46, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi
Can I have the code for your bot please? Respond on my talk. SLSB  talk ER 20:39, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you show me how to use that status thing? SLSB  talk ER 22:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * User:GeorgeMoneyBot-status Q  T C 22:48, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Dobberstein
Why did you redirect Paul Dobberstein to Dobberstein? It looks like a new contributor who probably doesn't understand wikipedia policy/guidelines named the article wrong. Now I can't fix the problem by reversing the direction of the redirect. Royal broil 03:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yea ya can, move the content to Paul Dobberstein and redirect Dobberstein to there. Q  T C 04:04, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * There, did it for ya, took like 3 seconds. Q  T C 04:05, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking care of it! I've done moves over redirects DOZENs of times before. I thought that the edit history of the article was getting in the way. It usually takes me around 3 seconds too. Royal broil  04:39, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * In cases like this, with a minimal edit history it's pretty easy to just move and redirect, things with longer edit histories take a little more attention. Q  T C 06:09, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Smile!


WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. -WarthogDemon 06:42, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi
Can you slow down your bots WP:SB cleaning please. Your bot reverted my edits within about 5 seconds and I could no check my test. See  . SLSB talk  • contrib   17:15, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Leave the header intact and you wont have a problem. Q  T C 17:23, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Another bot You can operate
Here's my idea for a bot you can operate! It's called "BotCiter". It cites articles wherever it needs to. Will you create that?  PNiddy  Go!  0 15:57, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Could you explain the concept a bit more? Q  T C 18:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Another bot You can operate
Here's my idea for a bot you can operate! It's called "BotCiter". It cites articles wherever it needs to. Will you create that?  PNiddy  Go!  0 15:57, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Could you explain the concept a bit more? Q  T C 18:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

sandbox bot
Your sandbox restore bot restores part of it to say "This page is a virtual sandbox on Wikipedia. For uses of sandboxes, see the article sandbox." Obviously this is supposed to say "For other uses of..." or the wikilink is inappropriate. Fix er up please --⁪frotht 05:41, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * My bot just restores the template, it does not in any way, shape, or form edit the template. If the template is incorrect, talk to the people who edit/maintain the template.   Q  T C 06:02, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Bot
Was your bot written in Python? SLSB talk  • contrib   18:37, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It says on the bot page ;) Q  T C 21:36, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Is your bot going to run soon? May I please have the source code? SLSB talk  • contrib   23:14, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

date templates
May I remind you that you said you might have a go at Bot requests. Did you get chance to try it? Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 10:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Statusbot
Hey, sorry for the extremely late reply, you are now unbanned, and I'll give more ops on the channel to fix this if it happens again. GeorgeMoney (talk) 22:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


 * No worries :) Q  T C 23:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:I-35WBridgeOverhead.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:I-35WBridgeOverhead.jpg, has been listed at Images and media for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Q T C 10:14, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

StatusBot
It appears to be replag on enwiki - my replag avoiding code seems to have stuffed up. It's updating your status as it was 5 hours 42 mins ago. I better stop it. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 10:28, 18 August 2007 (UTC)


 * That would probably do it :) Q  T C 10:29, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Field Commander
I am inquiring about an edit you made to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Commander regarding it not being a game manual. I find that much of the existing content there is in fact "game manual" material and is not necessary to be displayed in the article. I am curious what your opinion is on this as well. In addition, I would appreciate any comment you have on whether or not you feel the "World Champion" section is appropriate for this article as well. Thanks for any comments. Blackbeard2k7 13:31, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

AWB
You've been approved for AWB use, so feel free to start the OverlordQBot Task 3. &mdash; E  talkbots 21:57, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

31 December
Thanks a lot for sorting those articles. There aren't as many results as I thought there were going to be, but that can only be a good thing. Cheers! Mi re  ma  re  17:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, one other thing, would it be possible for you to repeat the task very occasionally? Say in six months? The problem with these articles is that they're mostly older games whose precise release dates aren't known, so we're likely to keep getting a modest amount of them as new articles on old games are created. Thanks, Mi re  ma  re  17:39, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * So Just check new articles? Wouldn't be too hard. Q  T C 01:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I was about to reply with a "yes, just new articles", but thinking about it, these dates are sourced from respectable gaming websites (who simply don't know the exact date, so plump for the first or last day of the year) so it's possible they may get re-introduced (in good faith) into old articles the future! So if you don't mind doing a full sweep each time that'd be great. If it's too much bother (I don't know how much of your time or resources this task took up, as I'm blissfully unaware about how bots work! But I can certainly understand any reluctance, especially for so few results), I can always just put in another bot request some time in the future. Thanks again, Mi re  ma  re  18:29, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Nah, it can be done, it just takes a long time to process all the pages. Q  T C 04:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * OK then, cheers. I'll drop by in six months' time to remind you! Thanks, Mi re  ma  re  19:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio in Harris County Sheriff's Office article
Can't see the copyvio looking at the link you provided. Can you help me?

--Richard 06:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Patrol subheading
 * Next Heading
 * Patrol Support
 * Traffic
 * And so on and so forth. Just plug in random sentences into google and you'll find the vast majority of the article is copy pasted. Q  T C 06:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, OK. Thanks.  I deleted the vast majority of the text but left the first couple of paragraphs.  Is that also a copyvio?  --Richard 07:23, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I can answer that, it is unless you put quotes around it. 199.125.109.98 06:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Erm no, that's incorrect. Q  T C 06:37, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Sandbox
You are only supposed to clean the sandbox every 12 hours, why are you doing it every 15 seconds? If you do reply, please do it on my talkpage. Wwefan980 12:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Bots/Requests for approval/SkiersBot
Trial run has been completed - and I fixed the "subpage" issue (d'oh). Hope it passes the muster! SkierRMH 20:11, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * No worries :) Q  T C 21:11, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Why did you approve this bot? There's absolutely no point to it. All it does is spew talk page templates. The discussion was open far too shortly for anyone to really be able to come in and comment on it. Bot discussions aren't just about the technical aspects of whether it can complete the task without malfunctioning, they're also about whether the task is appropriate at all. -- Cyde Weys 22:12, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * It was my understanding that the trial period was not approved until these matters were thought to have been throughly addressed. And the trial phase was for analyzing the bots actual behavior itself. Since, as you've pointed out, that is not the case, I stand corrected.  Q  T C 22:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * If what you say truly is the 'policy' then Bot Policy is seriously flawed as the 'Trial Period' would serve absolutely no point. The 'worthiness' of the bot should be established before a trial is approved, otherwise it's just wasting everybody's time.  Q  T C 22:43, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Lets break down WP:BOT.
 * Prior to use, bots must be approved at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval. Check
 * State there precisely what the bot will do, observe and participate in the discussion, and await authorization from someone in the approvals group. Approval may take up to one week. After approval you may run the bot for a short period so it can be monitored. I took this to mean the approval that User:Mets501 gave to run the trial
 * After the trial the bot will be evaluated by someone in the approvals group and you may ask that the user be marked as a bot by a bureaucrat. Which I did.
 * So the policy could use a better rewording to help clarify to all parties involved. Q  T C 22:50, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

No point?


 * 1) Most projects have people that look for articles that are connected to their project via these templates. Not necessarily going to the multiple stub (& recursed) categories.
 * 2) Projects also have "task forces" that deal specifically with stub classes and evaluation of articles. Without an initial tagging of the article "class=stub", they're not aware that the article needs their attention.
 * 3) Projects also have "task forces" that deal specifically with articles that are not rated via importance. If there's no "importance= ", the articles are not brought to their attention.
 * 4) Once an article is marked with a stub, theoretically it should be also be marked for attention by the appropriate project. Why should a person have to do this manually?  I've been doing this by hand and it does get extremely tedious.
 * 5) Also acts as a method of cross checking for inappropriate stubs. If an article uses a stub inappropriately (i.e. bio-stub on a music article); once it's brought to the appropriate project's attention via this bot, the obviously incorrect stub could be corrected.  How likely is it that this would happen otherwise?  I've caught multiple instances of this in Songs and Films, specifically because I do generic stub patrol in both of them.
 * 6) Many article creators do know that there are stubs or categories that are appropriate to the article, but are unaware of what project would be connected to it. This bot watches the categories and puts the article in contact with the appropriate project.

So, could you tell me exactly what "no point" specifically you're referring to?SkierRMH 00:00, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

user page vandalism
Thanks for the revert - before I even noticed I'd been hit! BencherliteTalk 08:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * *grin* no problem :) Q  T

C 08:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Mea culpa
Tks for your reminder. Shucks, can't think why I nuked that article without checking links/talk. Cheers. Moriori 09:04, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

The Special Barnstar

 * Dont thank me yet :P Still gotta get AzaToth to implement it :D Q  T C 23:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

 * 'Bout all I'm good for ;) Q  T C 00:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Smile


JetLover has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage!  Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake)  21:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

I wish I knew more javascript...
to be able to fix it myself. Good luck! &mdash; Timotab Timothy (not Timdagnabbit!) 02:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

sorry
I misread the edits log. I guess I have become over sensitive to people deleting/reverting my contributions...and honestly the word "vandalism" itself...which sounds like thugs in the inner city knocking out windows - not changing around sentences. I have been tagged with that word on numerous occasions by people (when I am not vandalizing anything) so it has driven me a little nuts. Sorry you got the brunt of my wrath!! lol. Angelatomato 08:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Bot
If I may, could I please have a look at a copy of your bots' programming? Dr ea my <sup style="color:indigo;">\*/ <sub style="color:lime;">!$!  17:36, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * You mean the source? Q  T C 23:49, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Intro resetting
Hi. I was wondering if you could make OverlordQBot a bit more aggressive at resetting the Introduction page? It was blank for almost an hour yesterday. Also the intro template was recently changed to instead direct users to the actual sandbox, so there are far fewer edits being done there now.

Secondly, could the bot also reset the talkpage (Wikipedia talk:Introduction), as that shouldn't ever need changing from its current state. (I'm not 100% positive about this second request, possibly you can advise something better?)

Much thanks. :) --Quiddity 17:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi. I wasn't sure what was going on, so started a thread at Bot owners' noticeboard to request help/input. (Sorry, I should've notified you yesterday, but was weekend-distracted ;) --Quiddity 17:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I was wondering if you could give that Bot owners' noticeboard thread an update on what the situation is currently? Why had OverlordQBot stopped editing, and is it back "permanently" now? I'm not really going to be comfortable (enough to take the intro off my watchlist) until we have a fully-reliable/stable/persistent system in place. Thanks :) --Quiddity 21:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

what's a bot
What's a bot? Talk pages are kind of like ghostwriter, you type something and wait for some unseen force to respond back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninjawarriordex (talk • contribs) 05:20, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Bot
OverlordQbot has made no edits since yesterday. Please see SBX History or contribs. Thedjatclubrock :) (T/C) 13:46, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe the RAF has taken over! Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 03:39, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

No content in Category:The Dresden Files (TV series) episodes
Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Category:The Dresden Files (TV series) episodes, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Category:The Dresden Files (TV series) episodes has been empty for at least four days, and its only content has been links to parent categories. (CSD C1). To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Category:The Dresden Files (TV series) episodes, please affix the template to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. CSDWarnBot 20:30, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Bot suggestion
Hello, OverlordQ. Maybe your bot could warn users who remove the header. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 03:39, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Good idea, I'll look into it. Q  T C 10:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Why? It's the sandbox, it doesn't matter what they do – Gurch 17:51, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Because the instructions are clear: edit here, don't remove this line. Failure to follow instructions should warrant a friendly reminder. - CobaltBlueTony 19:15, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Bot not catching edits as of now. What is its schedule? - CobaltBlueTony 19:15, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 24/7 until it runs into an unexpected error. Q  T C 10:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
That's not vandalism. It's a content dispute. Don't ever call my edits vandalism again.--75.71.126.7 11:01, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Editing other users' User: space is vandalism no matter how you cut it. Q  T C 11:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * You weren't editing his user space?--75.71.126.7 11:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * While reverting vandalism, in some cases, may be further vandalism, as the revert was rectifying UPV, it is therefore not vandalism. Q  T C 11:06, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I was the one reverting vandalism under that definition. It's his user page.--75.71.126.7 11:07, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

October 2007
Constructive contributions are appreciated and strongly encouraged, but your recent edit to the userpage of another user may be considered vandalism. If you are the user, please log in under that account and proceed to make the changes. Please use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Take a look at our introduction page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. 75.71.126.7 11:04, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Reverting user-page vandalism is not vandalism. Thank you.  Q  T C 11:06, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Malfunctioning bot
Your bot keeps resetting to sandbox not every hour, but every edit! It restes wayyyy too much, so none of uus can even see our tests! Is there a way to fix this? -- Coaster geekperson <font color="#696969">04  18:46, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Looking at your edits, you're removing the header. Thus the bot is functioning perfectly. If you do not wish the bot to revert your edits, please re-read the header text and leave it intact.  Q  T C 18:53, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

OverlordQBot
Thanks fo da bot, it keeps da hood safe! ₪PhatBob₢ 22:42, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Bot
Is there anything wrong with it? It hasn't edited in several hours. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 23:41, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Restarted the box and forgot to restart the bot. Q  T C 01:04, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Still not working. Thedjatclubrock :) (T/C) 01:07, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I had to manually restore the sandbox header myself. Is it busted? And do you know where I can get the source code to your bot? -<font color="#006400">Go od  sh oped 03:02, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Yea he died again, should be back. Source was in SVN but it's down at the moment. Q T C 11:04, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Da Hood is Down
Either way, it looks as if I bypassed your bot because I made an edit on the exact time it reverted the previous edit. I would venture to say that the bot probally assumed that my edit was it's own and ignored it. You could probally fix this by having the bot check if an edit was made after it reverts the sandbox.

Also, although immediate action sounds good on paper, it is very bad when applied. A five second delay between checking and reverting would make it much harder to beat the bot. As a quick refrence to the history will tell you, I quickly reverted what yourbot reverted... if there was a delay, it'd be much harder to hit that exact millisecond that causes the bot to malfunction.

It's you're decision wiether or not to take my advice. Personally, I found your bot more of a challange to bypass, rather than trying to vandalize wikipedia... of course, upon succeeding a few times, boredom insued.

And yes, your bot is still quite annoying... sure, the header should be put back afterwards... but the heading is often more of an annoyance than anything. Not only does the heading detract from the "focus" of what a person is "trying" to do, but because of its size, a person needs to scroll down to see the changes that that person makes.

Either way...

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.238.179.195 (talk • contribs)


 * Looking at the history I don't see where you beat the bot anywhere that it didn't immediately go back and fix again. Q  T C 05:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Writing a Bot Script
I would like a bot script written for me, as you said that you could help with that. I would like the script to : It would be great if you could do this for me, and I would be eternally grateful. <font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="3"> Dreamy   §  21:30, 18 November 2007 (UTC) ""
 * 1) Tag pages with a WikiProject tag;
 * 2) Check through a users contributions back for 31 days and see if their username is on the history pages of the pages listed on this page, and move their name from "Active" to "Inactive", or vice versa.

Good job!
Great job reverting vandalism! I've noticed you reverting quite a bit recently. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share?  05:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I try :) Q  T C 05:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Your bot
Your bot keeps deleting my edits on the sandbox 218.208.207.233 (talk) 10:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Please read the header that you removed. It says to not remove it, and place your edits below those two lines.  Follow those instructions and the Bot will not restore the Sandbox. 130.184.98.106 (talk) 17:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Did it die?
Your bot seems to have stopped reverting the sandbox. Is that intentional? Soxred93 has a boring sig 02:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Theta Tau revert
The previous edit had listed the University of Illinois as Kappa chapter. However, the chapter is still inactive until it is reinstalled. Whenever the University of Illinois colony gets installed, they will be installed as Kappa chapter.

Short answer: there is no active Kappa chapter until they're installed. ClarkBHM (talk) 02:06, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Well the edit you reverted (mine) didn't put Kappa into the active list, it was already there, I simply moved it so it'd fit in the Greek alphabet. Q  T C 07:35, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Satan
Apologies, I thought that that was actually required :)

 The Helpful One (Talk)(Contributions) 14:14, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

User:OverlordQBot
Broken? - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 14:10, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * No, server I run it on isn't all that stable, need a toolserver account. Q  T C 14:28, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Instantaneous sandbox resets
The bot is resetting the sandbox far more often than once every 12 hours, it is resetting it immediately, within seconds, before I can even see my own changes. Why is this? -Mike Payne (T &bull; C) 02:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Dont remove the header, problem solved. Q  T C 16:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

The bot's user page also appears to be wrong. It says it resets Sandbox every 6 hours (despite it saying 12 hours on the sandbox page), and Introduction every 30 minutes. The bot's contributions show that it is the other way round. --Snigbrook ( talk ) 14:07, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Oops *goes to fix* Q  T C 16:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

One place
I understand you want to keep the discussion in one place, however, I am still awaiting your response on my talk page. Thank you. Taric25 (talk) 21:56, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response. I have replied and await your answer. Thank you. Taric25 (talk) 09:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Matheson's script
Matheson uses the phonetic spelling "kayoes" in his script; hence my putting it on Nimoy's page. Should have probably put it in quotes -- "kayoes". Sir Rhosis (talk) 16:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah, my bad. Q  T C 16:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Really doesn't matter to me, I just wanted to get the old "pistol-whip" legend cleared up. I'm not going to fool with editing you on it..Sir Rhosis (talk) 16:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Just thought it was good 'ol phonetics rearing it's head. Q  T C 16:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Quick question about KSW
Hi--I see you reverted my change to KSW. (I'd made it a disambiguation page, you changed it back to a redirect to The King's School, Worcester.)

You marked it as a "Rv: redlink disambig." I'm guessing that the issue here is that there were only two links on the page as I'd left it, and one of the two is to a page that doesn't yet exist (the redlink to Keeping Scientoogy Working)--is that it?

If so--would it be appropriate for me to first create the page for the book Keeping Scientology Working, then turn KSW into a disambiguation page listing those two options? Or is there something else I'm missing?

Thanks much for your help! -- Narsil (talk) 03:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Pretty much, disambig is used when more a term can coincide with more then one article, but if the other article doesn't exist, there's not much of a point of giving them the choice between something that doesn't exist and the original target of the redirect. Q  T C 03:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks! My rationale was that people would come to WP and say, "Hey, what does KSW mean, anyway?" (there's a viral Tom Cruise video where he talks a lot about studying KSW), and the page wouldn't help them at all. I figured even a DAB page with a red link would tell them more than they'd known before. But I can easily create a stub article (at least) for Keeping Scientology Working.


 * Thanks again for your help! -- Narsil (talk) 03:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Of course that's my interpretation and opinion and I could and may very well be wrong :) Q  T C 03:27, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :-)
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. I must have ticked someone off. Thanks again. Burner0718 (talk) 03:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Bot Owner
You are the bestest bot owner in the world! OverlordQBot (talk) 03:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Bot
There is some discussion about moving the sandbox periodically to archives to prevent its history from becoming ridiculously large like that of (now) Sandbox/Archive; since you run a bot that periodically resets the sandbox I thought you might be interested. —Random832 16:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up :) Q  T C 23:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:X1
Fair enough. Had never come across that template before. You could have assumed good faith and assumed that I, myself, was testing, though...! GBT/C 13:11, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Bah, but where's the fun in that ;) Q  T C 06:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

re: February 2008
Fair enough, although I thought some of it might have been personal information, if not his, than someone else's. DodgerOfZion (talk) 06:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: Mischa Barton
Yeah, I know; the guy was just making odd changes to the lead, as you saw. These are the only contribs he's made, I figured he'd probably get tired eventually. Thanks for the warning, though. If he reverts again, should we go ahead and protect the article? GlassCobra 03:08, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Meh, tough call. He's going to WP:AN3 though.  Q  T C 03:10, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like this user is claiming to be Mischa Barton's official representation. GlassCobra 03:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

We are representaion for Mischa Barton, and have valid facts to add as well as which some info is factually incorrect, however we can hardly get past the first line because of reversions, it seems crazy, never used Wikipedia before but surely we are entitled to edit just like any one else, and because this is a living persons bio, correct if necessary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maniainc (talk • contribs)

Adminship?
Hey, sorry about the bad first impression. :P I was looking through your contributions and edit count, and I think you might really have what it takes to be an admin. Have you gone up for RfA before? GlassCobra 03:18, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Not yet, had an open offer of a nomination from User:Kmccoy, but another friendly voice couldn't hurt :) Q  T C 03:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Definitely. Let me know when you decide to run! I'd be happy to put in a nom or co-nom, or just a support. GlassCobra 03:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Willing to take the jump whenever, so if you want to throw me into the shredder nominate me, go ahead :) Q  T C 13:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey again
Hello! Would you mind dropping me a line on IRC or AIM when you get a chance to discuss your RfA? Thanks! :) GlassCobra 01:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Can do. Q  T C 08:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Proposed change to Proxyip2
I'm looking for input from recent WikiProject on open proxies users regarding the above template. your input on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject on open proxies would be appreciated, if you have any preferences regarding the TOR link in the template. SkierRMH ( talk ) 04:18, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin help
Hi, OverlordQ. Would you please help me merge the information which I just now added to the new USB connector article, into the existing USB article? I think this would be better than simply replacing the new page with a redirect. --Uncle Ed (talk) 11:59, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I dont really see what's missing from the article that's on the page. Q  T C 12:01, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * What's missing from the article is a quick way to identify the types of plugs. This information is essential when buying cables. --Uncle Ed (talk) 12:05, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It's already there in the Types of USB Connectors section. Q  T C 12:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Intro bot
Hi. Could you add Introduction 3 to the pages that OverlordQBot watches for changes (using the same rules as for page1. page 2 is fully-protected, so doesn't need help). (See also, agreement from admin Trödel here). Much thanks :) -- Quiddity (talk) 22:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I've opened another BRFA here, but am awaiting a reply. Q  T C 19:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Just a thought. I was looking through some recent test edits there, and was reminded of my old suggestion that it would be good if we could clean it immediately if profanity is added underneath (Using a subset of common words from the "bad word" list). This is probably quite complicated, but if it's not, this is just a reminder that it's on the wishlist :)

And thanks again for dealing with this general maintenance task! -- Quiddity (talk) 07:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Let's get you a shiny mop
<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="rfa" style="margin: 0 5%; padding: 0 7px 7px 7px; background: #FFFAEF; border: 1px solid #999999; text-align: left; font-size:95%;"> GlassCobra would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact GlassCobra to accept or decline the nomination. A page for your nomination at Requests for adminship/ . If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
 * You might want to read my support, if you have time that is. :) Rudget . 14:05, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Commented :) Q  T C 14:24, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Good, thoughtful reply. Look forward to working with you. Thank you. Rudget . 14:31, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

math markup in audio surf
I deliberately used the cross product symbol here, because that accurately describes the use of the title and artist in sense of it being in a relational database. the use of math markup was deliberate and neccessary Robin48gx (talk) 06:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Your bot request
Hi OverlordQ I wanted to let you know that Bots/Requests for approval/OverlordQBot 4 has been approved. Please visit the above link for more information. Thanks! BAGBot (talk) 08:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
I considered knew this was vandalism, so I reverted it. Hope you don't mind. - <font face="Ravie" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="Ravie" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="Ravie" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  18:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Heh, thanks, any bets on if 151.49.1.168 == Goodandhonestwhig ? Meh, no bets after careful review of the play, guess I just am troll magnet today. Q  T C 19:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Your User Page
Thanks for declaring all your interests on your userpage. You must have a happy and fulfilling life. Goodandhonestwhig (talk) 12:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Research on the RFA process
Hello, I am an anthropology student researching the Wikipedia Requests for adminship procedure. As you are currently going through this process, I was wondering if you would be willing to answer a few quick questions.


 * Do you believe that the current RFA process is an effective way of selecting admins?
 * Do you notice a difference between users who are nominated vs selfnoms?
 * Is a week an appropriate length for process? Should it perhaps be longer or shorter?
 * Do you think the user's status in the community changes while the user is undergoing the RFA process? How about after the RFA process is over?

If you are willing, please leave your answers on my talk page or e-mail them to me.

This research will not be published academically, as this research is primarily to demonstrate the feasibility of doing online ethnography in online only communities such as Wikipedia, though I intend to make my findings available on Wiki. Your name will not be associated with any information you provide in any published work. If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you. --Cspurrier (talk) 18:36, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Request for adminship
On this occasion, your request for adminship was not successful. I hope that you will continue your useful contributions to Wikipedia and may consider standing again in future. Remember, a majority of editors commenting did support your candidature. Warofdreams talk 20:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey man, I'm real sorry this didn't work out. I of course still think you are a valuable contributor, and really hope that this doesn't get you down in any way. I think you got some good feedback as to what people are looking for in a potential admin. Hopefully you can do a bit of work in these areas, and if you like, we can try again in a few months' time and get you the tools you deserve. :) GlassCobra 23:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Meh, oh well. Third times the charm? ;D Q  T C 00:02, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

US economy
Thanks for adding US economy infobox info into main article. I was in the process of doing so on Friday when my computer locked-up. There's quite a lot of economy template articles,  e.g. template:Economy of Poland table or template for US economy rather than people directly putting infobox into main articles e.g. i've now changed this for economy of Poland. Tom (talk) 20:29, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Also caused a slight hiccup, but alls well. :) Q  T C 21:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching request
You have previously expressed an interest in undergoing the Admin coaching program. We're currently engaged in a program reset to help things move more smoothly in the future. If you are still interested in the program, please go to Admin coaching/Requests for Coaching and re-list yourself under Current requests, deleting your entry from Older requests. Also, double-check to make sure coaching is right for you at theCoachee checklist; WP:Adoption or WP:Editor review may be more appropriate depending on your situation and aspirations. We should get back to you within a day or so, once a coaching relationship has been identified. Thank you.  MBisanz  talk 07:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Ohio category counter
Thanks for volunteering to make a bot to count the articles in category:ohio. If it helps at all I'm looking for a bot that makes one simple number like this: Here. Thanks again!, §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  04:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh crud, slipped my mind. I'll look into it tomorrow.  Q  T C 04:32, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem, I honestly didn't even think someone would respond this soon. Take as much time as you need, I'm in no hurry.

Thanks again, §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  04:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Toolserveraccount
Hello OverlordQ, please send your real-name, your wikiname, your prefered login-name and the public part of your ssh-key to. We plan to create your account soon then. --DaB. 16:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching
Hey there Q, I've taken a look at your edit history and your failed RfA and think you are very close to being ready to be an admin. The two things that were lacking was that you failed to show competence with Policies and Guidelines and that you lacked article writing experience. I can help you with the first, but you have to take the lead on the article writing piece. If you are willing to get involved with writing articles, then I would be happy to be you coach. If you are interested, respond here and create an /admin coaching page off of your main user page.Balloonman (talk) 08:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Yea, still interested :) Q  T C 08:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Then create the page and we'll get started.Balloonman (talk) 16:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It's been there. Q  T C 03:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Template:Template sandbox
Another sandbox to maintain with OverlordQBot. --209.244.43.122 (talk) 04:55, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Your block.js
Oops! Sorry about that, should be fixed now. <small style="background:#fff;border:#191970 1px solid;color:#000;padding:0px 3px 1px 4px;white-space:nowrap">east<big style="color:#090">. 718 at 02:47, February 15, 2008


 * Come on archive bot, send this to the filing cabinet already :( Q  T C 04:26, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

G'day Overlord...
and thanks heaps for leaping into action a few weeks ago, when we discussed some research ideas, and you immediately built a 'diff grabber' - which would be one of the core functions of a very useful bot.

I've finally found the time to sketch down a few more of these ideas, and will be chipping away at them in the next little while - you can see what I've written so far here - and I wonder if you could drop the link to your demo bot on the talk page, or here? At some point, at your convenience, it would be great to touch base about building a few more functions into the bot, which I think could be really helpful with this stuff....

cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 02:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Well I recently got a toolserver account so I should be able to make it a bit more efficient. Needs some work though Q  T C 02:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * that's fantastic! - there's no rush, and ultimately, I think for my suggested process to work smoothly, the bot could be given more work to do organising the data etc. - p'raps we could touch base early next week sometime for a chat about it? - or just take a look at the notes I've made thus far - either ways, your help is appreciated! - cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 02:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I've renamed a tutorial sandbox
Just in case OverlordQBot gets confused, I have renamed Wikipedia:Tutorial (Related site links)/sandbox to Tutorial (Keep in mind)/sandbox, so that each tutorial sandbox page corresponds to the tutorial info. I've protected the former page because there is no reason that it shouldn't be a redirect. Hope this is okay, Graham 87 06:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem, thanks for the heads up, easy fix. Q  T C 06:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Ohio counter question
Hello, Curious->Will the bot to count Ohio articles run again? If not is there a way I could run it? Thanks. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  19:22, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Coaching
Hey there Q, just checking to make sure that you are still interested in the coaching... you haven't made an edit there for over a week...Balloonman (talk) 14:09, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yea, sorry about that, spring break last week so my internet has been sporadic. Q  T C 18:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem, we aren't in a rush (RfA convention is that you have to wait 3 months between RfA's anyway to pass. I just wanted to make sure that you were still interested.Balloonman (talk) 18:37, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:OverlordQBot
I left a message ;) --EivindJohnsen (talk) 14:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * They can see the edit, it shows up after they click submit. It just restores the header back the way it should be if the user would have followed the instruction that it kindly asks them to follow.  Q  T C 22:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, then the problem was because he left a message above the template, and it was restored even though he didn't break it. --EivindJohnsen (talk) 10:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: AWB Work
Thank you for suggesting that. I may do that in the future. Unless you mind, I will finish this AWB task right now since I've started already. Sorry if this causes a problem. <font color="orange" face="comic sans ms">Captain <font color="red" face="Papyrus">panda  23:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Nah, that's fine, was just a hint for future tasks. Q  T C 23:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks
Thank you for your comments on my RFA. Even though it failed with 28 supports, 42 opposes, and 15 neutrals, I am grateful for the suggestions and advice I have received and I do hope to improve as a Wikipedian. If you ever need my help in any endeavor, feel free to drop me a line. -- Shark face  217  20:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

The little match girl
It is cited as a "possible influence" so it should be mentioned there as the book's author significantly details the influence of the original on the Andersen story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colliric (talk • contribs) 06:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Not having the book handy, I'd personally trust what was there originally with the cite, but I really can't readily check to see if you're wrong or not so I wont revert it again if you wish to change it. Q  T C 06:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Your Bot
Your bot is restoring the Wikipedia Sandbox every time it is edited, and not the 12 hours (Wikipedia Policy). Fix this please. Thanks. 84.13.214.118 (talk) 16:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Obey the header and all will be fine, also reading the BOTREQ would be informative as well. Q  T C 17:39, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Website related articles
Do you know which project maintain website related article? Are you associated with any such project?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 19:27, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I dont think there is any project that deals solely with websites, but if the website is about a particular subject there might be a wikiproject that covers that subject. Q  T C 19:28, 17 April 2008 (UTC)