User talk:Shadow1/Nov2007

Banned source, bot and reference validity
A user recently occused your bot being stupid and argues, that content blocked by the bot is notable and valuable. Could you eleborate on what actions could I take to prove that the site is wrong or valid. It is some Polish hosting service called republika.pl, and from the bot reasoning it does seem, that articles form free hosting sites are not welcome on the Wikipedia. Thanks in advance.--Lokyz 15:44, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

ShadowBot 3 Question
I just added auto archiving by ShadowBot3 (aka Werdnabot). I want to know if I can remove the big banner that says "This page is automatically archived...." and the bot will still work? If so, what would I have to remove? I believe I would just have to remove "section 1" from my page, but I want to be sure.

Section 1:

Section 2:

Thanks, - Rjd0060 15:09, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct. Section 2 is the text required to have Shadowbot3 archive the page; Section 1 is just there for aesthetics. Shadow1  (talk) 16:19, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Great! I will remove section 1.  Thanks for the quick response. - Rjd0060 16:20, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

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Shadowbot3 question
I screwed up apparently. When the bot archived some sections tonight, it created the page and moved them to User talk:Rjd0060/Archive 2 Oct 2007, when I wanted them moved to User talk:Rjd0060/Archive 2. So I made this revision to the archiving code. Will that archive to the correct place now? Thanks for your help. - Rjd0060 00:48, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, I don't need an archive index, so I removed this line from the code. I just want to make sure I did everything alright.   - Rjd0060 00:52, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, everything looks good. Just remember, the bot won't archive from the misspelled archive to the correct one; you'll have to move the archive manually. Shadow1  (talk) 19:06, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I already moved them to the proper place and deleted the improper pages. Thanks for all your help. - Rjd0060 19:48, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Antispambot on French fried potatoes
I restored a large section of the French fried potatoes article that had been deleted by an anon some weeks ago. Apparently the deleted section contained something that Antispambot didn't like, so not only did it revert me, but it reverted me a second time, which the FAQ says it shouldn't do except for egregious violations. Given my thousands of edits with zero administrative action against me, Antispambot should know better than to revert.

So, ... please undo this Antispambot revert. Thanks, --Macrakis —Preceding comment was added at 03:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Antispambot undoing an important fix
Hey Shadow1, I have a problem with your bot. It is removing my title heading on List of Episodes for Entourage Season 4. Please fix your bot from removing it. Since some idiot previously ruined the source of season divisions before. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.171.147 (talk) 04:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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The Game
Thank you for this edit. 1000+ admins and I started to think none of them seemed to care about an anonymous IP spamming their blog to articles. dissolve talk  22:17, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. I was just making sure this guy's idiotic spamming wouldn't affect legitimate users from editing. Thanks for reporting the spam before it got too out of hand. Shadow1  (talk) 00:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, it seems if he just reverts, he avoids detection by AntiSpamBot, so the link is back. . It's possibly that only an add to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist will stop this one. I made a case on it's talk page, but it's gone unanswered. Unfortunately I've become disillusioned about the whole project in general after this incident, and will probably just remove the page from my watchlist and chalk it up to a shortcoming of Wikis in general. dissolve  talk  04:44, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * With my latest code update to AntiSpamBot, this link will now be removed on-sight, ignoring any safety checks the bot would usually make to ensure that it doesn't revert a good link. Shadow1  (talk) 12:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Removal of "citation needed" links on the Nanowrimo page
Thank you for doing that. I find those citation needed tags to be really annoying, to the point of vandalism sometimes. When removing them, I've put some somewhat brusque comments in my edit summaries, which has garnered me criticism. Anyway, good luck with NaNoWriMo. I'll go and add you as a buddy (if you are cool with that). I am known as "Zweifel" on there, and I am at 9,000 words. Zweifel 20:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Shadowbot3 forgot to copy something
Hi, Shadow1. I really love that you've taken over Werdnabot's archiving jobs, and it's been working quite well up until today, when Shadowbot3 took a section off of my talk page, indexed it, but never copied the text to the archive. The removal diff is here. I've restored the section to my talk page and undone the index entry, to give the bot another chance tomorrow. Any idea as to what happened? Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 03:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Must have been a momentary glitch or something. Today's archiving went off without a hitch, as usual. Very odd... Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 05:14, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Link blacklisted?
Not quite! --Ryan Delaney talk 05:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * AntiSpamBot will ignore edits that contain revert-related edit summaries. I'm patching it right now to ignore that safety check for this link. Shadow1  (talk) 12:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Still not working. --Ryan Delaney talk 21:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Shadowbot3
Hi, I just want to know why the bot is archiving my talk page to Archive 2 instead of Archive 3? Beit Or 17:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * You have to change the  part in the Werdnabot archival code. Changing the message doesn't affect the bot's operation.


 * Also, I see you have two bot archival templates going. It's not usually recommended to try to have two bots competing to archive a page, as Shadowbot3 and MiszaBot III have different algorithms and methods. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 19:12, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Why is my URL Blacklisted?
I don't understand why my URL has been blacklisted it is not spam it's an active message board that will be useful to people reading the page it was posted at.

Here's my site

http://bonzodogfans.proboards107.com/index.cgi

And here's the page I want top post it at.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band
 * Please refer to WP:EL. Links to forums and message boards are generally discouraged. Shadow1  (talk) 18:43, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

perhaps the *one* place flickr & photobucket links should be allowed?
Hi there,

I added a list of some image/photo hosting sites to the article on Image Hosting Services and it was reverted by your ace bot. (I *love* the battleship photo!). Your bot cited a photobucket rule. I see that flickr is also on your blacklist.

Here is the revert by your bot. I'm a new-ish user, so I don't want to just undo the revert. But it seems to me that links to flickr & photobucket should be allowed in an article on image hosting service. No?

Thanks, Force316 04:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep. Sorry for the revert, those links do warrant inclusion. In the future, if AntiSpamBot reverts you, just revert it back. It won't bite you a second time. By the way, welcome to Wikipedia! Shadow1  (talk) 20:13, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. Okay, I went to the history of the article and clicked on 'undo' for the spambot edit and it seems like the spambot came back pretty imeediately and bit me a second time. Help! (sorry to bother your novel writting!) Force316 23:41, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I've manually reverted AntiSpamBot. It's smart enough to ignore its creator :) The problem was that you're a new user, so AntiSpamBot wouldn't ignore you. After about 4 days or so, it shouldn't touch your edits. Shadow1  (talk) 23:51, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply again and the help. I'm very appreciative and impressed. I see the subsequent revert by the editor who's on top of this image hosting article and I respect his judgement that these links should not be in the article. I'm learning. Cheerio. Force316 01:21, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Image Hosting Service
Hello. You and your bot appear to be at cross purposes. If you look at the history of Image hosting service, it was quite right to remove the external links it did, which I think you then restored. There was even a template. Just in case I'm reading this wrong, I put a discussion on the talk page. Thanks for taking a look, and thanks for your bot! Rivertorch 04:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Rivertorch, I'm the bad boy who put the links in the article.  I meant well, but I've read your other post and I see your point and I agree and support you removing the links.   Thanks.  Force316 01:22, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Edit to Fort Zumwalt West High School
Hi, I added some information about the Fort Zumwalt West High Schhol Drama program including the Drama Club's website and it was undone by your spambot, I reverted it. 68.188.48.201 21:18, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Comparison of online music stores (vandal)
There is some persistent vandalism here which both you and I have reverted on various occasions: would it not be an idea to protect the page or ban the relevant user? Or can your bots monitor the page and automatically revert it each time it happens? Ozaru (talk) 13:03, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, AntiSpamBot is programmed to revert when it sees mp3fiesta or glammus. But I can't for the life of me figure out why it refuses to revert on Comparison of online music stores, even though it works perfectly on AllOfMP3. If the problem persists, I'll protect the page, but I'd rather have AntiSpamBot kill this spammer. Shadow1  (talk) 15:28, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks - left in your capable hands. Ozaru (talk) 16:23, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

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