User talk:Qtaa

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Again, welcome!  Mini  apolis  22:38, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

June 2019 blitz bling!
Here's a barnstar to go with the cookies! Thanks for taking part in the blitz, and for voting in the elections! – Reidgreg (talk) 00:10, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

July 2019 GOCE drive bling
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Strange entry in my watch list
This bot's proper revert to Dolly Parton of some puffery listed in weird way on my watchlist. Is there a bug? The above is just a copy and paste from my browser. The part that is odd is the "Imheree". I clicked on it and it creates a new page. I'm not sure what it is for. --David Tornheim (talk) 15:45, 20 December 2020 (UTC) I guess you are a user rather than a bot. I'm still confused about why it lists the way it does on my watch list. Is it the vandalism reversion program you are using. Is it like WP:Huggle? --David Tornheim (talk) 15:53, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * To me, that looks like someone adding something to the Wikidata entry for Dolly Parton (see diff). On the enwiki change history page for the article, the Wikidata entry doesn't show up for me. Not sure why it shows up for you but not me, but regardless that's what it sounds like. (On an unrelated note, the reversion program I use is RedWarn, and it's somewhat similar to Huggle. It runs on JavaScript inside the Wikipedia website though, not as a desktop app.) Qtaa (talk) 16:02, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I just moved the question over to here:
 * Wikipedia_talk:RedWarn
 * I think you are right about the Wikidata thing. That came up at one point.
 * --David Tornheim (talk) 16:04, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I see what it is. The user's name is "Imheree".  The watchlist combined two entries, one from you and one from "Imheree".  The Imhere didn't show up at Dolly Parton because it was Wikidata.
 * I had thought the "Imheree" was some commentary on your edit, or the program that did the edit. All makes sense now.  Sorry for the confusion.  --David Tornheim (talk) 16:09, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Aha. Makes sense. Glad you got it sorted out :) Qtaa (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Do you like RedWarn better than Huggle? Huggle has been giving me more and more trouble, and I think I am using it in some Legacy mode that they want to get rid of, because it's not that secure. So looks like I'll have to switch regardless. --David Tornheim (talk) 16:15, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty new to recent changes patrol, but I've been pretty happy with RedWarn in my time using it. Thinking of applying for rollbacker once I have a bit more experience reverting vandalism, both because I want to try Huggle and because Redwarn has a setting where it can take advantage of rollbacker rights. Just want to explore my options.
 * The only issue I've had with RW so far is the "patrol" feature—it's good in theory: you select your filters on the recent changes page and open an attached tab, then just hover your mouse over a button to load new changes. The issue is that occasionally it doesn't load the latest changes, including some cases where it loads old changes. Not sure what's going on there; I've been meaning to look into it a little further.
 * For now, I open up the recent changes feed with my filters, then open the diffs in new tabs and revert if applicable. It's not the speediest method, but it gets the job done. Qtaa (talk) 16:22, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * You'll need rollbacker for Huggle as well. You can try and apply--they might give it to you, although they might want a little more experience first.  Doesn't look like you have gotten into any trouble, so that's a good sign.  I'd make sure you have at least 1-3 months of some clear evidence of reverting vandalism to attest to before applying--I haven't looked in your edit history, so I don't know if you do.
 * Thanks for the feedback on RedWarn. I might try it.  Huggle has some of the same problems--that's why I was curious if RedWarn is any better.  Probably has something to do with the delay in sending information between the two systems/databases that's difficult to avoid.  My biggest challenge with Huggle is that I would try to perform one the actions and it just wouldn't do it and wouldn't give an error.  I'd end up doing the revert manually.  Quite annoying.  It's a key reason why I haven't been doing as much vandalism reversion as I used to.  But I'll eventually figure it out.  --David Tornheim (talk) 06:41, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yep. 1 to 3 months is what I've heard. I've only been doing it for about a week though and have made somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 reverts thus far. I had an idea of what to do since I had seen vandalism reversion patrol before so I caught on fairly quickly, but still a while to go before I can show a reliable track record. To address your concerns though, RedWarn handles errors pretty well—other than the data lag, I haven't seen anything. It also handles edit conflicts well: when someone else has already reverted an edit, it just redirects you to the latest diff and doesn't attempt to revert anything. The UI is great... customizable and there are lots of options for one-click reverts. It's certainly worth giving a try and seeing whether you like it. Qtaa (talk) 17:55, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I probably will. Huggle is also good with addressing reverts that have already been handled:  It makes no attempt to do the revert, and it refreshes the edit history it has, so that's never been a problem.  --David Tornheim (talk) 09:26, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I slipped!
I didn't mean to roll back your rollback on Size. Cheers! BD2412 T 17:05, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem :) Qtaa (talk) 17:45, 27 December 2020 (UTC)