User talk:Rich Smith/Archive9

Help in Retaining Clue bot NG

 * Hi, I would like to help in this. do let me know how i can proceed.Arnavchaudhary (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've been doing some counter-vandalism work and feel that I would be able to aid you, there is a link on my userpage where you can email me if that is how you prefer to respond, or you can respond here. I'll be watching it. I may even sacrifice some of my gaming time to help get Cluebot back up to speed. Sincerely, He's Gone Mental 15:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello, I would like to help Cluebot get back online. Just let me know what to do, and I will gladly help out to get the bot back. Reliable   Forever talk 17:04, 9 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I am a tad low on editing time lately, but the sooner we get cluebot back on speed, the better. Just give me a nudge on my talk page if you need any help retraining it. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 20:33, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you to everyone who has said they will help, I will e-mail each one of you soon with how you can help out. Please make sure e-mails are enabled for your user - Rich (MTCD) T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 00:43, 10 December 2011 (UTC)


 * +1. → Σ  τ  c . 00:51, 10 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Rich, dunno if you got my message above, but I'd also be interested in helping out :)--5 albert square (talk) 21:46, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Rich, got your email now, gonna have a look over it tomorrow and decide which way(s) I wanna help with CBNG :)--5 albert square (talk) 23:57, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Is the bot down?
Hey Rich!

Just to let you know there's a message on ClueBot's talk page asking if the bot is down. I think the user is meaning ClueBot III because that's the bot they use to archive their talk page. I've checked ClueBot III's run page and it seems to be ok. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong contributions page but when I go to it, it says the bot hasn't archived since 10th December? Is this tied in with the same issue that we had with the server for ClueBot NG? User talk:ClueBot Commons is where the query can be found at. Hope you're well and I'll look into that email you sent me further tonight and hopefully get a ClueNet account tonight or tomorrow :)--5 albert square (talk) 22:52, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, this is Rich but I can't be asked to log in as I'm typing this on my mobile in bed... Anyway, I am working on moving ClueBot III over to labs as well so archiving is on hold, should be up by Xmas day ^_^ - 79.78.21.22 (talk) 00:01, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Haha I wondered who that was when I saw the IP edit on my talk page! No worries, I'll copy and paste the relevant part of the message to ClueBot's talk page :)--5 albert square (talk) 00:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll also put a notice up at the top of ClueBot's talk page. I know ClueBot III can't archive it but you know what people are like, half the time before they ask a question they don't think to read the talk page and see if it's already been asked and responded to lol, especially if the talk page is lengthy.  Hopefully it will stop duplicate questions :)--5 albert square (talk) 00:10, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Didn't take as long as I thought... so... ✅ - Rich (MTCD) T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 13:24, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Many many thanks for the barnstar :) - Rich (MTCD) T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 23:54, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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--5 albert square (talk) 22:21, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, gonna reply soon :P - Rich (MTCD) T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 23:54, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * And you have a reply!--5 albert square (talk) 00:52, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

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