User talk:Slakr/Archive 12

Sinebot
I don't think this is Sinebot's finest hour. – The Parting Glass 21:24, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * -- slakr \ talk / 23:43, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Need help, someone delete my user/sandbox page
Hi there. I ask some help to you because someone vandalise-deleted my user/sandbox page User:Drokstef/Sandbox under some strange (wrong-supposed) motives and i don't have any idea how could someone do something like that, i mean delete a article on my sandbox-page, an article which i've worked a lot of it and it has many notable and reliable reasons to exist on Wikipedia. I don't know what can i do, but i ask you to help me to recover my page and my article which i consider very reliable. Please take a look about my deleted article on User:Drokstef/Sandbox which was deleted two days ago, to verify the notable and reliable reasons and see how an notable article was deleted only just someone had some wrong-supposed motives. Thanks a lot. Drokstef (talk) 01:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The page has now been undeleted for a short time, the user has been notified that it will be nuked again in one month; the content in question has been deleted and endorsed, the user requesting help is the lead singer of the band which is the subject of the article, and has no other contributions other than promoting the band. WP:NOTMYSPACE.  Guy (Help!) 20:31, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot
I have signed up for yesAutosign, but the bot still left me a message on my talk page. Is this the default bot operation? Is there any way for the bot not to leave me a message on my talk page if I have already signed up?Smallman12q (talk) 00:41, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes; you still have to sign your posts when opted in, otherwise it will bug you into oblivion. -- slakr \ talk / 00:52, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Fresh Award
Thanks very much :) Although I'm not wholly responsible for the idea (it was originally run by Dreamafter until 2008) I will humbly accept your wasabi.  Although I'll try not to go too nuts about it :)  GARDEN  20:20, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Aitias RfC
I long ago learned that I shouldn't try to make deep comments on Wikipedia late at night, particularly whilst under the influence of Ambien, so I won't endeavor now to touch the substance of the RfC or to determine whether it is your interpretation of several pieces of evidence or Majorly's that better hews to the truth, but I write to commend you for your devoting such time to attempting to offer an objective analysis of the evidence presented, by the breadth and depth of which I am quite impressed. I was disquieted by Aitias's conduct an AN/I today, and certain of my past (passive) interactions have led me to worry about his use of the tools, such that I might, I must confess, have been disposed to take Majorly's characterization of the diffs as accurate on its face, particularly if it was uncontested by Aitias, but I will now accord the matter better consideration; I expect that I will reach the same result, but I will not do so for the wrong reasons, and for that I thank you. Joe 08:47, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot
Sinebot seems to be AWOL again. It isn't signing things at the Reference Desks. --Milkbreath (talk) 13:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Either someone changed something in mediawiki that broke the bot's ability to edit using the normal form-based approach or the servers are having issues. I'll have to deal with this sometime later today, because it's likely gonna involve converting its edit function over to use the writeapi.  So, for now, it's a day or so without SineBot. -- slakr  \ talk / 14:16, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * SineBot's contributions to the Reference Desk are certainly appreciated! A day is plenty of time to realize just how much we miss the automatic signatures. Thank you for creating and maintaining this very useful bot. –  7 4   18:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ditto. --Milkbreath (talk) 18:42, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Everything should now be in working order once again. :) Thanks for the kind words =) -- slakr \ talk / 06:42, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Wonderbar. It's like magic what Sinebot does. --Milkbreath (talk) 11:48, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Smile!


Accdude92My talk 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, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. --Accdude92 (Happy Feburary!) 14:08, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million, *smiles back* :) -- slakr \ talk / 06:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Xenu
Hey. would it be possible to try unprotecting Xenu? Tiptoety talk 04:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Not entirely convinced it's gonna stay that way for long, but *shrug* :P -- slakr \ talk / 06:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

212.204.96.39 (talk) 09:28, 24 February 2009 (UTC) please be informed on a revision: Extension BypassSearch
 * Cool, thanks. Tiptoety  talk 20:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

SineBot reverted user's edit (due to edit conflict?)
I happened to notice that, as shown in this diff, SineBot accidentally reverted an edit by 81.158.102.236 (the user it was signing for) in Talk:Neo-Nazism. The timestamp was the same for both revisions, so I suspect an edit conflict occurred. I restored the user's edit, but I thought you should know in case this has never been reported before. --Unconventional (talk) 19:59, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, that was prior to the new edit conflict detection, which performs an extra check (and as implemented a few days ago). It should be good to go now. Thanks for the heads up =) -- slakr  \ talk / 23:49, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Slursh speedy deletion
There was one minute between me tagging and you deleting LOL! BTW, watch the user, as the name is related to the article. It could be trouble.--Cerejota (talk) 08:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Leuric deletion !
Hi, I my friend jsut created the Leuric page and it got deleated! I don't understand, there are other games like it such as travian and RuneScape, so why hasnt travian been deleated for the same reason?

Please expain why using the examples above.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaywon melb1 (talk • contribs) 08:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see the top of this page, FAQ #1. -- slakr \ talk / 08:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Read it, socan you give me some MORE CLEAR answer for your action ? And explain why the other websites above don't have the same problem ?

Thank you

--Jaywon melb1 (talk) 08:54, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The deletion explanation clearly states that the article did not assert the notability of the web content. I'm afraid I'm not sure how much more clear I can get. If you feel you can address that issue and state why it meets the notability of web content, you're free to re-create the page. Alternatively, if you feel my decision was incorrect and the article is valid as-is, you're free to open a discussion at deletion review. -- slakr  \ talk / 08:58, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the autoblock exemption. Please don't come away from this with a negative opinion of our servicemen (and women) though. We're mostly good people, but as with any large group you get a few bad apples. Thanks again. SpudHawg948 (talk) 12:13, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Can you help me?
Hi, I submitted an article about Village Cot Surfing.There is one heading Jodhpur District and contents are taken from official website of Government of India and does not violate any copyright laws to the best of my knowledge and belief.,Anyhow I am ready to delete that part and resubmit information since rest all text and all pictures are my work and I want to keep it on your site and keep on expanding it by adding details of various villages that I am visiting these days and collecting information. --Vipingoyal (talk) 13:20, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Hugenelk deletion
Hi, I am new here and started compiling a page of a band (Hugenelk) who plays in the city I live in. The page got deleted, but there is still tonnes of relevant info to dump into that page which would probably prevent it from getting deleted again. Is it gone? How can I work on the page and then upload it all when its done? Thanks Keeldude (talk) 09:20, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It can be restored to your user space; however, be sure the band meets our notability requirements for inclusion of bands, otherwise it will be deleted again. Lemme know. -- slakr  \ talk / 09:24, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok. Could I have it restored to my user space? How long can it stay there? I shall review aforementioned pages before it is aired again.Keeldude (talk) 18:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Crownpeak
Hi I just created a page on a company called Crownpeak which is into CMS products and it got deleted stating blatant advertising. This is not a listed company currently so is there another way to find notability among unlisted private companies. I have previously created pages for other listed companies but have not encountered this issue. How do I sort the same. Belmond (talk) 10:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)Belmond
 * Since it was G11, the main problems were with tone. It looked and felt like an ad for the company by listing numerous positive qualities in advertising language (as opposed to a neutral encyclopedia article stating just the facts). Also be sure it meets our notability guidelines for inclusion of corporations.  If you'd like me to restore the page to a subpage of your userspace so you can work on it, I'd be happy to do so. =) -- slakr  \ talk / 10:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok Chief, will rework on the language. Cheers. Belmond (talk) 11:02, 26 February 2009 (UTC)Belmond
 * done. -- slakr \ talk / 11:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Slakr... Have rewritten the article on Crownpeak. Please check if its fine, or if it needs further tweaking. Belmond (talk) 07:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Belmond

Proxy blocking via your bot
How come some proxies are blocked for 2 months and others for 2 years? &mdash; Rickyrab | Talk 18:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Certain types of proxies are more likely to be on an IP for a shorter period of time before the box they're on switches to another IP. For example, port 9090 proxies are typically due to a facebook worm, thus, the computers they're on are more likely to be on dynamic blocks. -- slakr  \ talk / 04:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The Village Market

 * note to self: The village market (

Hi Slakr, You have just deleted this page on the village market. I made this page following your guidelines and also looking at another Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Eaton_Centre. I need your help to put up a page which is informational and not commercial. My intention is to make sure the shopping mall in represented in the Wikipedia. Please assist.

Wamaina Wamaina (talk) 12:00, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I have reread your reasons and are ready to remove any advertising language and simply report facts. Wamaina (talk) 12:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC) I would like to work on the page in detail and would appreciate if it is ok with you to restore the page.Wamaina (talk) 12:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Can i get a response if i can redo the page so that i can proceed. Wamaina (talk) 22:19, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The main hallmark of advertising lingo, as best as I can put it, is the disproportionate assertion of opinionated statements to influence the reader to believe the things they're reading are positive by fact. An example sentence (of many):
 * "'The Village Market is a 20 minutes drive on Limuru Road, from the humdrum of the capital’s Central Business District. Rising gracefully in the leafy Muthaiga - Runda suburbs, the pristine 10 acre complex exudes a serene yet lively ambiance in the Gigiri residential area. The suburban charming weather, fresh air, cool breeze and green milieu, makes The Village Market the mall of choice for shoppers and visitors alike.'"
 * Some examples of inappropriate phrases from this sentence alone:
 * the humdrum of the capital’s
 * rising gracefully in the leafy Muthaiga
 * the pristine
 * exudes a serene yet lively ambiance
 * charming weather
 * fresh air, cool breeze
 * the mall of choice
 * These are all opinion disguised as fact in order to cast positive light on as well as promote the entity, which is against our policies of neutrality and spam/advertising. Given the fact that there the overwhelming majority of the article contains these types of statements, it constitutes blatant advertising.  If you disagree, please consider visiting deletion review.
 * -- slakr \ talk / 11:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree with your observations and have redrafted the page to state facts without opinionated language. I want to have a chance to redo the page removing all opinions while stating or describing the mall in simple factual language stating facts as opposed tp promoting the mall.Wamaina (talk) 15:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wamaina (talk • contribs) 15:24, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Slakr, I don't disagree with your deletion. What i want is the chance to redo the page with statements of facts about this mall.Wamaina (talk) 15:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Proxyblock to investigate for you
User is requesting an unblock of a proxy blocked by your bot. Since I lack the technical expertise to respond intelligently to his request, could you take this one? See User talk:Ost316. Thanks! --Jayron32. talk . contribs 20:53, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking into and resolving this block. —Ost (talk) 21:17, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Did you just contact me?
Are you "SineBot?" (J/w.) I received a message from "SineBot." Read that he/ she is a "bot." lol Did you create this robot? If so, could you create a bot for me that deletes people's MySpace page(s) whenever hate mail is sent to me? lol (Sorry for the sarcasm-- just tryin' to add some humor, for I read your "userboxes" and "About Me" and see that you like to use humor.)

Anyway, thank you for your help. I will try to do the signature thing the next time I'm on. =]

Peace! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hightek669 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, unfortunately MySpace hasn't asked me to make a bot for that yet. Too bad, though, 'cause it'd be a fun one to make :P -- slakr \ talk / 23:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Does SineBot have a cute little sister?
How do I get a SineBot all my own for a different wiki? Specifically, a Wikia wiki where I am an administrator and spend a lot of my time manually signing newbies' comments? Is this possible, or a pipe dream? Love ya, Robert K S (talk) 05:53, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, if Wikia (a commercial organization) paid me, then perhaps. :P -- slakr \ talk / 06:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, let me ask you this. Have you seen auto-signing bots on other wikis? Robert K S (talk) 06:31, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope. There's wikinews, but that's also mine. -- slakr \ talk / 06:57, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( 213.94.192.200 (talk) 12:16, 13 March 2009 (UTC) ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 12:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!--213.94.192.200 (talk) 12:16, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

SineBot
What programming language did you use to create SineBot? It's pretty cool and I was just wondering... Kausill (talk) 01:12, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

hey
thank you!Missalcoholic (talk) 05:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

hey there
yer robot talked to me, maybe u can help me out too. I am trying to write stuff on a page and post it, but i dont know how —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nation Group (talk • contribs) 19:25, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

hey there
yer robot talked to me, maybe u can help me out too. I am trying to write stuff on a page and post it, but i dont know how —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nation Group (talk • contribs) 19:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

are you real?
are you real? cuz this thing keeps goin crazy!!!

MetaKnight--Calvin Johnson 19:30, 14 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nation Group (talk • contribs)

ProcseeBot @ RuWiki.
Dear Kurt,

I'm a bureaucrat in Russian Wikipedia.

One of our users made a bot that reads your ProcseeBot logs and makes respective blocks in Russian Wikipedia.

I suppose it would be much more structurally correct if you extend your ProcseeBot operation in Russian Wikipedia.

So, do you mind if I initiate Request for Adminship for ProcseeBot at Russian Wikipedia, provided that you will make your ProcseeBot to block open proxies in Russian Wikipedia (if the community agrees)?

Thank you! Dr Bug (Vladimir V. Medeyko) 01:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * sure if you want. The only downside is that I wouldn't be actively monitoring for unblock requests and such.  I'm not sure what the load is like on ruwiki, but I could also provide a periodic dump of the db if that's easier or more practical. Either way could be interfaced with mw but remain up to date if an ip is unblocked here.  Ill add more when I get home --SlakrMobile (talk) 05:44, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

FAQ row
I noticed you had created FAQ row. You may be interested in FAQ2. --—— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk  -  13:34, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Re-signing
I type the four Tildes, and it signs the page, but then Sinebot keeps re-signing and yelling at me on my talk page...

Guszy 11:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guszy (talk • contribs)

RE: US Department of Justice blocked by bot
Hello,. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding concerns with block of a government IP by ProcseeBot. Thank you. --Kralizec! (talk) 12:24, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol that's hilarious. Just goes to show you that even the DoJ can screw up. :P  I'll have to add range detection to the bot so that it can let me know if a block it's gonna make will fall into a sensitive range. -- slakr  \ talk / 21:24, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

bmibaby or BMIBaby?
You have previously participated in a discussion at Talk:Bmibaby. If you care, please weigh in again at Talk:Bmibaby. —  AjaxSmack   18:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

PP
Seriously, Protection for one day?! Why would you even do it for only one day? I made a suggestion on how long to protect for.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 03:13, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ... and I appreciate the suggestion, however, when it came to my decision, I looked at the page's history and saw that most of the vandalism has only occurred within a short period of time. If it expires and requires longer, simply re-post to RFPP and be like, "needs more cowbell" and it'll be protected longer. -- slakr  \ talk / 03:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Help IP
hello Slakr, please help me: i am blocked by your bot, my IP is blocked and i am registered account long ago before your bot decided to block my IP, it makes many problem to me and restrict my contributions. all time i need to register again with each edit which is so annoying. please do something..i do not know about open proxy ..i am just normal net user! thank you Thabet202 (talk) 09:36, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're editing my talk page, you're not blocked. If you become blocked again, simply follow the unblock instructions in the unblock message. -- slakr  \ talk / 21:26, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

No, when i try to edit anything this message come: ''You are currently unable to edit pages on Wikipedia. You can still read pages, but you cannot edit, change, or create them. Editing from 82.114.160.37 (your account, IP address, or IP address range) has been disabled by ProcseeBot'' and always there is next to this message Secure login so each edit i must se it and go to enter my username and password again and repeat all time for each edit even in same visit ..could be repeating even 10 times in 5 minutes! which is absolutely annoying and horrible, please check out again, Thank you Thabet202 (talk) 14:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

it really works good now, thank you Thabet202 (talk) 09:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Yellowasp
Hi, I noticed that you deleted the article I tagged under a different criteria (G11 instead of A7). Of course, I no longer have access to the article, but I do seem to recall that the article was not that promotional, but pretty neutral in tone. Would you mind having a look at it? Thanks in advance, decltype (talk) 13:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It was either, but G11 was higher up on the list; plus, it applied to the other pages the dude (User:Yellowasp Web Agency) created. -- slakr \ talk / 02:16, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hi, an edit to a page i made was deleted by you saying that i vandalized it, when all i did was act extra facts to the page on winmalee high school, if parents are interested about enrolling their children there, then they need to know all the information they can about the future school they are interested in. In response to your message, i know for a fact that these things have happened being a teacher there myself, maybe if i were include the word 'controversies' in the heading?Elmiwwiw —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elmiwwiw (talk • contribs) 04:29, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Abuse Filter
This looks wrong to me, but I'm not sure what the vandal is doing. X in Y is exact string matching only. Putting an | in the string has no effect on in other than to match the "|" character. If you intended it as logical OR, you need to either express it as regex (using "rlike"), break it up into multiple "in" expressions, or use "contains_any( X, A, B, C, ... )" which performs exact string matching but returns true if any of A, B, C, ... are found in X. Dragons flight (talk) 08:11, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It's intended as written. The "|" inside the string literal is not intended as an OR, but as text in a template.  I just shortened it to the bare essentials.  In fnmatch form, imagine *'s on the sides.  Check the hits of the filter for more info. -- slakr  \ talk / 08:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Now that you mention it, the two title constraints could be shortened to contains_any(title_text, title1, title2), but I dunno what the threshold for optimization is when it comes to using contains_any(article_text,...) versus using side-by-side "stuff" in article_text. It's kind of like trying to decide, given a certain language's quirks, when it's ever so slightly quicker to do if+elseif+elseif+else or switch. -- slakr  \ talk / 08:29, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * None of the 4 hits matched on the string with literal "|" so I'm still not sure what you are trying to catch, but I'll assume you know what it is. Dragons flight (talk) 08:48, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I could be wrong, but the two most recent ones do, indeed, match when I run the filter test against the usernames. They definitely come back with checkmarks next to the correct edits.  The two most oldest (i.e., those two 18march ones) don't match, and rightfully so, as they're false positives, and it would make no sense for them to match. I could be totally retarded, though, so please do let me know if I'm missing something. Can I email you screen shots? -- slakr  \ talk / 09:02, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Stop the harassment
"In case you didn't know ... you should sign your posts ..."

I am fully aware that some people desire posts to be signed. I am fully aware how to sign posts. I do not want my posts signed. I want them to be anonymous as possible. If Wikipedia administrators want to know my IP, that is acceptable. However, I do not want my IP posted so that it may be attacked the other hoards of malicious users that infest this place. I have had to change my IP already due to abuse by people, like from those using Wikipedia. Stop the harassment. Embrace anonymity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.243.106.85 (talk) 22:39, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Ye gods and little fishes!
I think that has to be the most flattering support !vote I've ever read. Wow! Thanks for wikistalking and thanks for the huge rap on my RfA. Feel free to spread some trout around over my RfA - then I know I've done some good here :) Now all I have to do...

... hmmm ...

... is to get our current admins to be cheerful and have fun...

... oh sh*t! Paxse (talk) 11:22, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Salut!
Hy, I want you to delete two files for me:


 * File:Tudor Tulok - White Light.ogg
 * File:Tudor Tulok - Uncertainty.ogg

They are my own work and I made a copy of them on wikipedia commons.

Mulţumesc. Thank you.

--TudorTulok (talk) 19:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- slakr \ talk / 05:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. --TudorTulok (talk) 07:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

unban me
i just clicked a link at an imageboard asking to enter the text with kurt anus something for fun - its the 1st and only time i did it - and you banned me permanently, regardless of all my previous positive contributons - i think its a bit too much can you unban me now plox? username Topk thanks... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.57.254.102 (talk) 11:08, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Slakr/SineBot,

Thank you for your advice regarding signing my post. I will try it out now on your page. By the way, would you be interested in support the Republic of Giambi? It has been deleted but I am in the process of working out the sources problem? If you'd like to re-instate it and take a look, it'd be more then appreciated. GreatGooglyMoogly93 (talk) 19:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

User:Hyet363
I have reblocked the above user, taking away talk page and email abilites given edits such as this. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Archives in Talk:Greece
First thanks for trying to tidy up that huge mess over there. I notice you move sections to archives with the same name as the section title. I think it would be better to combine all these into one archive section (until it fills up) and then proceed to the rest. Otherwise I'm afraid that the archives will end up being extremely difficult to explore, much like as if they were designed by Daedalus. NikoSilver 22:34, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hiya... I usually split off individual sections that grow to be absurdly long, and are still active, into separate pages, much like is done on the administrators' noticeboard, then leave behind a status indicator to indicate that the thread/discussion is still ongoing. In contrast, if it looks like a discussion has ended, it can simply be archived (as archives are generally not discussion areas) and the link to the seperate page is still maintained. -- slakr  \ talk / 22:37, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Good thinking. Will you merge them to the archive after they are safely regarded as concluded? NikoSilver 22:40, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I would like to suggest that for edit protected articles, it might be a idea to also ban some administrators from using their priviledge of 'editing. Also, I would like to introduce/suggest a new wikipedia guide line. Any ideas how to go about it other than just starting one? Thanks. Politis (talk) 16:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, as part of the protection policy, admins can only make uncontroversial edits not related to the dispute or in cases of serious policy problems (e.g., biographies of living persons violations, vandalism, and copyright violations). If you believe the policy should change even further, a good place to discuss it would be the village pump for policy. Cheers =) -- slakr  \ talk / 16:52, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow that was quick. Actually I would like to introduce a new quide line that is unrelated to the protection tool. I am still formulating the wording.Politis (talk) 16:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

signing already signed posts
Here an IP restored some deleted comments that weren't signed by him, and Sinebot went and added a signature despiste the fact that the restored comments already a signature. Is this the intended behaviour? Signing posts if the poster and the name on the signature don't fit, to stop some sort of abuse? Or is it some bug in the code that detects if the comment is already signed? --Enric Naval (talk) 10:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. If someone signs as someone else, it assumes the person didn't sign. -- slakr \ talk / 17:36, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Trying to redo a site and the Bot Removed my deletions
Can you help me or driect me to someone who can.

I was trying to fix Tabaco_City

Can you help me?

I am 64 and feel 80!! From Florida —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oucanto (talk • contribs) 01:02, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Recent Comments @ John Thompson Entry
Good evening. As to your recent auto-"signing" of my comments at the Talk page for the above entry, do note that those comments were indeed signed by me, the author, upon their addition. sewot_fred is my signature. Check the Wikipedia database. I am merely making notice now for the record. Otherwise, thanks for your efforts.

sewot_fred (talk) 04:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Slakr
Please tell your little bot to leave me alone or i'll destroy him into pieces lol== —Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrick700 (talk • contribs) 01:57, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

message
i received a message in regards posting links - the link that i provided is a news agregator page for the topic Sao Paulo Fashion Week. It provides daily news updates for the Sao Paulo Fashion. Please confirm that this link is acceptable for the wikipedia page

http://www.fashionistas.me/group/saopaulofashionweek

Thank you Fashionweek1 (talk) 00:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC) Sanjiv fashionweek1

SineBot hiccups
SineBot erroneously signed edits to WikiProject Council/Proposals (diffs: first second) ~EdGl   &#9733;  19:55, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Then remove the page(s) from autosigning. -- slakr \ talk / 23:10, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * By putting on the page?  ~EdGl   &#9733;  00:28, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Or more ideally simply remove it from Category:Non-talk pages that are automatically signed, which it was placed in for some reason. -- slakr \ talk / 00:34, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, didn't notice that, thanks. ~EdGl   &#9733;  01:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Approach to User Blocking
Slakr: I note that you rejected the unblock and rename request on User VicHealth. If a user is honest enough to request a unblock, and given that one can create a new account in moments (or just make edits anonymously), it seems somewhat churlish to refuse on the grounds that you consider their edits in violation of guidelines, and your interpretation of policy. What are you hoping to achieve?

M1rtyn (talk) 15:49, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

PS: Like the SineBot. Realised I'd forgotten to sign a comment, and it had done it for me! Thanks.
 * I'm not sure how else one is expected to approach blocks. If someone's demonstrated multiple violations of policy over a prolonged period of time, there's not much good faith I can assume.  If someone's blocked due to a policy (as is almost always the case), then unblocking is usually done when the concerns of the action in question have been addressed; e.g., if someone's blocked for spam, unblocking would be done if there's evidence, at least in some form, that the person no longer intends to spam.  I feel that I was perfectly in the right asking that question. -- slakr  \ talk / 19:00, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Yamanam's block
Yamanam, a contributor who was unexpectedly blocked by a bot that you operate, requested on his talk page that someone give you the following message: First off, the reason of my block is that I use an IP address that was identified to be "an open proxy or zombie computer".

By reviewing my contribution you will note that I created several new articles: Judaization of Jerusalem, Excavations of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Hashim ibn Utbah, Jericho Conference, 2009 Arab Capital of Culture, and Al al-Bayt University (I think I created other articles but I can't remember them now), in addition to the creation of new articles, I participated in interwiking English wikipedia articles with Arabic wikipedia articles, through adding an interwiki to plenty of Arabic and English articles. I participated more than once in voting for deletion and adminship; also I uploaded 2 pictures, one is used in the Jericho Conference and the other is used in the 2009 Arab Capital of Culture.

I was misunderstood several times because of my poor English, nevertheless I was never blocked. I am not sure why does my IP address show that I am in Dubai - UAE, but I live in Amman-Jordan; an important fact is that I have no control over my ISP and I can't request them to change the routing of my line. Moreover, I am totally ignorant when it comes to IP addresses and open and closed proxies. It wasn't until I was blocked when I knew that several users can share the same IP address I always thought that for each Internet user there is a unique IP address, but now, and as I knew that the same IP address could be shared by several users, I want to say that if I will be unblocked then I will make sure to review all of the contribution/edits made by this IP (the same as mine).

I think it is up to you now to decide whether the vandalism of this IP deserves that an active user, such like me, to be blocked. Yamanam (talk) 08:53, 16 April 2009 (UTC) --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 15:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, this problem has been handled by another admin so you can disregard the message --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 01:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll recheck this. -- slakr  \ talk / 01:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Jinx. We posted a few seconds apart. :D Anywho, the user was given IP block exemption, not sure if it worked since the user has not posted yet. I will let you know if it does not work.--Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 01:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
-- Gears of War  2  (NGG) 00:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Triple tilde signs are also signed?
Bug or feature? --Raijinili (talk) 00:40, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Feature; per WP:SIG, a signature needs both the user (or user talk) page link + the date. That one didn't have a datestamp. -- slakr  \ talk / 01:23, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Your humor
I was browsing through one of my talk page archive pages and came across this. Your comment still makes me laugh. Thanks. :) Rockfang (talk) 18:10, 11 April 2009 (UTC) And your recent autoarchiving of Talk:Greece. Oh, and by the way,

A second request
Hi Slakr, I asked you about this a while ago and I'd like to ask you again. Would it be possible to prevent Sinebot from posting on any pages with the prefix Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation. Each new WP:AFC article submission goes on a different page in this namespace and we waste quite a lot of time each day from removing Sinebot's stuff. It would not be convenient to add the bots template to every page. I think it should be relatively straightforward to add this exception to Sinebot's program. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:38, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought I added an exception for everything at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Submissions/* Am I missing something?  Did something change? -- slakr  \ talk / 01:24, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh did you? Thanks I didn't know that. Could you take off the Submissions then as we simplified things slightly and put them straight into Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ now? Cheers, &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. -- slakr \ talk / 17:44, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:09, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Bot keeps adding link to site deemed offensive
Your Bot keep adding a link to a site called 'paki.tv' on the British Pakistani page, the word paki has offensive connotations for Pakistanis in Britain. Khokhar (talk) 20:06, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you sure you got the right guy? Do you have diffs to demonstrate it happening ? -- slakr \ talk / 23:23, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

The offensive link was removed by me and then re-added http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Pakistanis&diff=284682390&oldid=284580140 by what, at the time, linked to your bot, currently it is only showing the ip 86.162.69.228. Khokhar (talk) 13:41, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That's definitely neither me nor my bot. First, my bots won't edit if they're logged out; second, 86.162.69.228 is a BT ip (british), and I live in the US; third, and most obviously, it is a spam link, and I'd be removing it, not re-adding it. -- slakr  \ talk / 23:00, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Well that was my first thought too, however it did link to your bot otherwise I wouldn't be here, can't think why though. I have removed it again and so far it's still gone, hopefully it stays that way. Khokhar (talk) 10:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Can you Explain this?
Can you please tell me why I am supposedly spamming? I am posting external links for the given information. Links that provide information that can not be displayed on Wiki? TheBatmanUniverse (talk) 05:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see our conflicts of interest and spam guidelines. -- slakr \ talk / 07:11, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I understand the pages and read them. Here is what I can not understand. All of the pages that I did post links on all have external Links to other pages that are doing the same thing as me. Now all of my contributions have been removed and I want an explanation of why some sites can do this and others can't.TheBatmanUniverse (talk)
 * Sites can't do this. It's both a conflict of interest and spam.  It'll also get your site blacklisted so that no links to it will be allowed on Wikipedia. On a related note, your username is a violation of our username policy, as it matches the name of an organization and is being used to promote it.  I highly suggest requesting a username change before resuming editing or it will be blocked. I didn't mean for this encounter to seem unwelcoming, but the general consensus on Wikipedia is that we're paranoid about spam, because so many people/companies/organizations try to abuse our high visibility in an attempt to promote themselves. -- slakr  \ talk / 23:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Download times
Hi slakr, you're one of the people I think could help with this. There's a complex relationship between the byte count shown in the article edit window, the "prose size" of the rendered page, and the size of the emitted HTML. For dialup users, the HTML size generally determines the time to render a page. There is a question on my talk page about this, and I think MRG is trying to get at some general guideline for when to split a page up so that it's not too onerous for dialup users to click on.

I've made rather a mess of my answers to her. I'm asking you if you have any thoughts on this, know of places where access time for dialup users has been discussed before, and have any feelings on the best forum for MRG to pursue the issue. Thanks! Franamax (talk) 01:10, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

hi, i just started on here and im trying to figure things out —Preceding unsigned comment added by Noraarice (talk • contribs) 15:07, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Unprotect
I went to the article 'Greece' for some opera edits and I became involved in a huge editorial drama! I adore the irony of the moment. Just to ask you to unprotect Greece. I think the only problem is a couple of words (former Yugoslav). Perhaps we can let people clarify what they want and let us get on with some useful additions? What do you think? Trompeta (talk) 18:48, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Spotfixer block
Just as an FYI, I extended the spotfixer block to indefinite, given the amount of disruption and consternation that socking episode represented. If you feel this is in direct contravention to our intent or it is otherwise uncool, please let me know at your convenience and I'll reverse myself immediately. I'll watchlist this page but you can leave me a message if you like. Protonk (talk) 20:19, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

User talk:218.75.23.110 unblock request
According to User talk:218.75.23.110, the IP address is no longer a proxy. Since you blocked it in January, what do you think? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 10:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

80.77.199.167
I was looking at this IP's link additions for possible blacklisting; when I looked more closely, I realized that these were benign edits. This IP was updating existing links to reflect a change in URLs. (Yahoo is discontinuing it's Geocities hosting, so the content for these links is moving to another provider). -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:51, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Additional point
Didn't want to say it at ANI but see also. Sort of an interesting meta-review of what's going on. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 03:19, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Assuming that it's not a fictional persona, I have to admit, it takes a special type of person to take pot shots at some poor guy suffering from apparent mental disability. I thought that as a society we had moved past making fun of those types of people (to the point where no social group in real life would ever allow it to happen), but I guess we've made a giant step backwards. If it is a fictional persona, then bringing it here seems to be spitting in the faces of people who volunteer their time, patience, and keystrokes to try to make this meaningless and ultimately insignificant life suck a little less for everyone else.  So really, either way, I don't really understand the justification for it all. -- slakr  \ talk / 05:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I say it takes a special type of person to get to the point where they are ranting and raving about how an online encyclopedia is written (including blocks, bans, personal real-life calls, complaints), but I agree. The internet is a weird, weird place.  -- Ricky81682 (talk) 10:23, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Misblock?
My account is always blocked by your ProcseeBot, which is very annoying to frequent editors like me. Please check if it has misblocked me or not. AdeKaka&#39; (talk) 13:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're able to edit this page, you're not blocked. -- slakr \ talk / 16:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * But I often receive messages that looks like "You are blocked by ProcseeBot..." (not exact wordings), but when I refreshes later, it became normal again. KX675 (talk) 12:09, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

SineBot at en_wikinews
Hi, sorry to bother you again, but User:SineBot seems to have gone inactive at Wikinews after April 1, 2009. See the contributions. Cheers, --SVTCobra (talk) 23:26, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Suprise
These awards are all I ca ndo to thank you. SineBot is really effective. --Betax(Talk 21:21, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

ProcseeBot
ProcseeBot only blocks IPs it has checked are open-and-usable, right? I gathered so from the request for approval. I'm hoping, if this is accurate, that this can be mentioned on User:ProcseeBot; I think it will help admins who respond to the (rather frequent) requests for unblocks on ProcseeBot's blocks. Mango juice talk 13:55, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, my bad, it's already mentioned there. Mango juice talk 17:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Uh what?
What's up with that block? I unblocked. Please reply on my talk. — xaosflux  Talk  11:11, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * So is this saying that someone at 80.58.205.54 was using a proxy at 217.125.18.169:8080? Where did you gather that from?  Think I'm missing something in the format. (reply on my talk). —  xaosflux  Talk  00:20, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Sniperking134
Slakr, this user was given a 2nd chance by Sandstein, made an article edit, and was declined. He made another request which you declined, saying he should follow Sandstein's 2nd chance instructions. He's made another article edit and has asked for unblocking; Sandstein says he wants someone else to review it. This request has been up for over 24 hours; I think it's up to you to decide, since you effectively granted another second chance when you declined (even if you didn't realize that). Mango juice talk 12:09, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

No, they aren't always fun
This quote by you has to be the funniest thing I have ever read in my Wiki-life. I'd like to figure out a way to turn it into a talk page warning for people who abuse the shit out of ANI, and have it placed into Twinkle's warn options. ;] - ALLST✰R &#09660; echo wuz here @ 04:33, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

National Statutory Special Educxation Needs Provision, wiki articles
I am currently trying to edit the dyslexia wiki article, which has over time developed information regarding the legal case law of the UK, which is only really relevent to UK visitors, having said that visitors from other countries would like to have links to their legal rights etc with regard to the provision of Special Educational Needs Support, and how thye go about getting the help and suppor they need. Each country has their own legal systems, and Acts or parliament, congress etc. Should there be a category regarding how those with these types of disabilities find the legal support they need to defend their rights etc.

sorry about any spelling errors but I am dyslexic

dolfrog (talk) 22:55, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Bot (signing edits)
Hi! Please stop signing edits in stub pages like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tetration/Summary --MathFacts (talk) 18:29, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

3RR
I'm sorry but I really must defend myself since I never had the chance when Joowwww decided to attack me:


 * 1
 * 2
 * 3
 * 1) Over 24 hours from 1 and another day. Suppose another 3. And the idea that its a huge removal of references is just crazy. It was a removal of one irrelevant reference that said nothing on the subject.
 * 2) Just a fix of the above attempt at a new edit, no 'revert'. Take the above as a revert anyway.
 * 3) Again a 3.
 * 3
 * 1) The only place where I made a mistake and went over 3 by changing the edits of another user.
 * 2) again just a fix of my above edit, no revert.

So its really not a case of 9 reverts in the set period as it seemed to be, only a small break. It is this Joowwww who is ignoring sources and is the disrputive one, I'm just trying to restore NPOV to a article that desperatly needs it whilst he is insiting on keeping a very skewed version and utterly refusing to compromise on this. I am not simply reverting to a version that I like but trying to work at getting a version that he will agree with, he however keeps edit warring against me. Additionally his sneaky evidence that I have been edit warring in the past and ignored the warning- if you go to check that (on the Derry page) you'll find there was a genuine disruptive editor who kept making erroneous unsourced edits to part of the part of the page and it was these that were reverted and the 3RR was never broken. As for the potato famine one...Well I really can't remember what all that was about, certainly has no bearing on today anyway. In short: I find it quite unfair that though I broke the letter of the rule one time he who is going against the spirit of wikipedia gets away scott free.--Him and a dog 11:06, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

ProcseeBot block message
Stupid question: I'm used to the bot only displaying the port in the block message. What does it mean when you have an IP and a port? -- Luk  talk 12:47, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It means the actual proxy is running on the given ip:port, but the requests it's servicing are being serviced by the blocked ip. For example, 20 or so ips (e.g. 98.76.54.32-52) are all configured to use the same proxy, 123.45.67.89, then a connection to 98.76.54.32 that gets forwarded to and subsequently seen as 123.45.67.89 is treated as an open proxy on 123.45.67.89&mdash; even if technically 123.45.67.89 doesn't accept connections/isn't otherwise open, and thus would be difficult to prove is involved in proxying activity without the main entry ip. -- slakr  \ talk / 16:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the clarification! -- Luk  talk 13:37, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

How does a pge gwet semi-protected
Hi could you please Can take action against the constant vandalism on the Dennis Kucinich Page? It appears people keep changing Dennis Kucinich's name to elf and keebler. Possibly semi-protecting the page would be a solution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theownedpilot (talk • contribs) 21:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Creating a userbox
So... I've noticed you have userboxes, and I've tried to create one before, but never really got it to work. Can you help me make one/point me to a place that shows me how to make one (rather than just giving me a template)? Thanks :) Jabberwockgee (talk) 04:56, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

SineBot signature message
Just got a message from SineBot about not signing my messages. The problem is that I always do sign, usually with the signature button, sometimes by typing the four tildes, but the result for the last few months has always been the same. It appears on the completed page as though I have not done so. This didn't happen last year when I first created an account. Could this be some kind of software glitch? Right now I will click the signature button. --Zanthorp 22:55, 27 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zanthorp (talk • contribs)


 * ITS FIXED! I'M CURED!!! Thank you, thank you, :-)) Zanthorp (talk) 14:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

SineBot at en_wikinews
Hi Slakr. I know you are busy, so I just wanted to remind you of my message from three weeks ago, that SineBot went inactive on April 1 at English Wikinews. Cheers, --SVTCobra (talk) 23:14, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

SineBot removing a signature
That's new. A user added a comment to a section, then added a section directly beneath it. SineBot then first signed the first comment, then when it signed the second it removed the first signature again:. Twinkle has been getting reports of similar things for a while now, where a second automated edit overwrites one that's been made a short time before. Is this a MediaWiki caching bug where SineBot got an outdated page, or is it a SineBot bug? Cheers, Amalthea  13:05, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... it's a bug, but more of a fluke kind of thing. The bot queues signing edits assuming that mediawiki will throw an error in the event of an edit conflict.  But, if a user rapidly makes two qualifying unsigned edits, both instances of the page are queued to be signed with the last taking precedence since I'm guessing mediawiki won't throw the edit conflict if the last editor to the page was yourself.  I'll fix then when I get a chance. -- slakr  \ talk / 13:11, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, right, it might handle self-edit-conflicts differently. That could explain those Twinkle reports, I believe they were always an editor overwriting an edit of his own. Anyway, just wanted to let you know. Thanks, Amalthea  13:19, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Primeval
Hello. Can this page please be protected. The final episode has not yet been shown in the UK and spoilers for it are being included in the character section. Thanks a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Discobadgers (talk • contribs) 12:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Sikh Extremism and the terrorist apologists
Hi, I have been trying to improve the article on Sikh Extremism, unfortunately I have come across some very poor editing and even heavy deletions from certain people who wish not to have this article on Wikipedia!! I lost my password, so log in as Morbid Fairy. I have had a campaign have me banned the sikh-extremist fringe because of exposure i.e from those who wish to have the article removed. The two users watering down the article are mainly Sineed and to some extent Sikh-History (who has already had one warning recently).

The same old excuses are being used, i.e all the media such as the New York Times or the BBC or CNN is biased against terrorists, and after the recent murder attacks reported in the Austrian Times in Vienna, some seem to want to brush this under the carpet (fast). I hope you can help on this article as you kindly did so before, thank you

Also I'd like to start an article on Terrorist apologist or Terrorist propaganda can you kindly advise on that? Thank you.

As a previous user with a different name, I was blocked for a short period of time, this was mainly because the admin had a very limited understanding of the subject matter at the same time was heavily lobbied by pro-extremists to have me blocked, I thought I should point this to you.

http://austriantimes.at/index.php?id=13609

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/punjab/terrorist_outfits/ISYF.htm Morbid Fairy (talk) 16:53, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Dear Morbid Fairy aka Satanoid see here, you have been previously reprimanded for this type of behaviour under the Satanoid account and on your WPOuting violation here. People are assuming Good Faith on your new account so I suggest you do the same. Your behaviour towards Sineed is very bad.--Sikh-history (talk) 19:35, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

As you can see, I'm being followed around by these two which I find very childish Morbid Fairy (talk) 22:53, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

sikhism guru nanak dev ji
i think the article on guru nanak dev ji should be treated equal to saints of other religions which pages can not be editted ,as i have seen there has been alot of vandalism on the page which as a sikh i find disrespectful towards my religion if you could perhaps turn off editing on the page that would be great for the whole sikh community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Misterconginialtastical (talk • contribs) 00:09, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

A suggestion for SineBot
Right, I know you probably get a lot of these, so I'll make it quick.

I would like to suggest that SineBot have another opt-out option available: to opt out from dating only. I often sign my posts without a date, for various reasons. I'd like SineBot to sign my posts if I genuinely forget to sign them, but not date it if I sign with only three tildes.

Just thought I'd mention it, as I do like the bot overall. Mnmazur (talk)
 * Leaving off a timestamp makes automatic archiving by bots difficult (usually impossible) and it makes thread context incredibly confusing. Unless there's a particularly good reason to not have a timestamp, including one is the courteous thing to do. --MZMcBride (talk) 17:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Happy 's Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:03, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Sine Bot on Wikinews
Sine Bot on EN Wikinews is not working and has not been for sometime. DragonFire1024 (talk) 11:41, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * It stopped again on June 3. What is going on? --SVTCobra (talk) 22:46, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Latin American HDI edit war
Hello Slakr, how are you? I already stop editing the List of Latin American subnational entities by Human Development Index, but I think the user TownDown is wrong. In my opinion we need a third opinion to solve this dispute. I already left in the talk page, some sources against the inclusion of Argentina and Chile in the list. We have methodological diferences in the list. We appreciate your help.--Italodal (talk) 02:13, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

mass-moved a bunch of articles
I'm sorry, I am trying to fix all these actions.--TownDown How's it going? 02:34, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

SineBot misfire
Sinebot mis-attributed a signature in this diff. The edit was actually made by a different user than it credited the signature to. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 22:34, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Never mind, the user was renamed just as that edit was made. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 22:43, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Deleted article - Ron Gallemore
You deleted an article I was in the midst of writing and added a comment 'yoo suck' with the deletion message.

I wish you had other things to do in life than delete people's work. With reference to your reason for deletion; Dr Gallemore has been a pioneering researcher and surgeon in the field of Ophthalmology, and has written and published over 200 academic articles on his retinal specialty. He has played a key role in the development of treatments for macula degeneration, and in a clinical instructor at some of the nation's top eye institutes.

I believe that constitutes a person of significance, and a reason for a reference article to be published about him. Kinsher (talk) 20:32, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm 100% positive I didn't write "yoo suck" on the deletion message. You're free to check my deletion log.  I did notice, however, that someone else added that, so I've given that user a warning.  As for the page, if you feel it was wrongly deleted, you can request undeletion or re-create the article, making sure to cite sources and assert why he meets our notability guidelines. -- slakr  \ talk / 20:41, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Bot discussion
As someone listed as having an active bot I would like to draw your attention to the following issue. This may not affect you unless your bot edits sighted pages - eg in the Template namespace - but as a bot operator your input is likely to be better informed. --Brian McNeil /talk 09:34, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Category: Multi-bot owners
I added the category Multi-bot owners to your page. Delete it if you wish. Thank you for listening, Betax(contact me)(The Bot Crew)
 * K. Speaking of, pretty please add dates to your signatures. -- slakr \ talk / 06:11, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Barnstars
slakr, You might want to consider putting a section for your barnstars on your user page, as it would show your care for Wikipedia. --Betax(Talk
 * It's actually a subpage subpage, but I've neglected to update it with newer ones because I'm too lazy to search through my archives. -- slakr \ talk / 06:08, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

So tell me...
...what color is that box at the top of your page? :)
 * Obsequian black. Magnetic Mageneta.  Parallel-parking pink.... Actually I dunno what box you're talking about, just wanted to think up some bad Crayola crayon colors. -- slakr  \ talk / 06:10, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot
I'm interested in looking at the Sinebot source code. I see it isn't public, and I would be willing to keep it private. Would you mind? I am particularly interested in the gory details of your signing algorithm. &mdash; Carl (CBM · talk) 03:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm not quite sure how it works, myself. I found this big, black obelisk, wired it into a computer, et voila:  signing robot.  As a side effect, I occasionally feel compelled to jump up and down and beat my chest, but on the upside, I no longer have been flinging my poo.  The latter one has really helped boost my prospects in the dating realm. -- slakr  \ talk / 06:15, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Lily Sparkletoon
Could you please re-delete and salt Lily Sparkletoon? I've warned the user that continued disruption and she will be blocked. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 07:40, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Proxy bot
I'm an administrator on the Simple Wikipedia. I have a linux system here, I would be very interested in running your bot on my box targeted for the Simple English Wikipedia. Thanks, NonvocalScream (talk) 18:24, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot and Template:Tilde
I noticed that Sinebot will, on occasion, post the tilde template on a user's talk page. You should therefore know that I have listed that template at TfD as I feel its use is becoming deprecated in favour of the more functional and recent uw-tilde. I leave it to you whether to alter Sinebot's code or weigh in on TfD. -- Blue Squadron  Raven  22:55, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

SineBot and experienced users
If you have a minute, could you point me to any previous discussion that resulted in SineBot's limiting itself to users with > 800< edits? Or tell me how you came up with the limit and if you have any reservations about opening SineBot up to all users? (if consensus exists for such an expansion) –xenotalk 13:05, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There wasn't any discussion. It mainly resulted from people bitching on my talk page who had modified their signatures to be ridiculous, then subsequently claim the bot was dumb. Some people also got pissed because "they never opted in to automatic signing" or something like that.  Also, more experienced users are more likely to do stuff like modifying other peoples' comments, re-adding unsigned comments, reformatting things, etc etc.  I've considered bumping the limit, though.  Also, I did add an opt-back-in thing; details on the bot's user page.  -- slakr  \ talk / 06:05, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! –xenotalk 13:58, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Presumably Xeno meant < 800 edits. Can you tell me how long ago that was implemented, and whether there are any exceptions, like maybe on SPI pages or something? I'm fairly certain sinebot added or completed my signature a few times, and I didn't think it was 2 years ago when this user ID was new, but I don't always have the best grasp of the passage of time. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:15, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes..I've never been good at maths ;p –xeno<sup style="color:black; font-family:verdana;">talk 16:04, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

My additions to Wikipedia article
I am the author of some passages I added to the main article. If I shall prove it, please write, how I may confirm my consent.--Zara-arush (talk) 00:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Ref desks - not getting signed
SineBot seems to have stopped signing questions on the reference desks. The last few questions on the Misc desk are unsigned. From about "Van" on down the page. Dismas |(talk) 05:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Same problem on the Help Desk, NCHP and my talk page - I think it's stopped working completely. – ukexpat (talk) 16:29, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it was down. I accidentally killed the process last night while drunk. :P -- slakr  \ talk / 16:32, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * It was actually down for a couple of days, but no matter, it's working now. – ukexpat (talk) 01:39, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Last night / couple o' days - 'tis all the same on a binge. Slakr is living up to his name. :) Franamax (talk) 02:55, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * PS I'd still like to see an option to opt-in to my experienced-editor stupidity when I don't sign my experienced-posts. ;)
 * YesAutosign? --MZMcBride (talk) 07:19, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've been extremely busy at work for the last few weeks fixing other peoples' mistakes. One word:  Windows. -- slakr  \ talk / 02:59, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * MZ's right on the money, works to re-opt-in. -- slakr  \ talk / 02:59, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Macedonia request for comment
Since you have in the past taken part in related discussions, this comes as a notification that the Centralized discussion page set up to decide on a comprehensive naming convention about Macedonia-related naming practices is now inviting comments on a number of competing proposals from the community. Please register your opinions on the RfC subpages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:55, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Meh, don't really care; my only involvement there was really trying to keep the peace by archiving the talk page/cleaning up discussions. Thx for the heads up though. -- slakr \ talk / 03:00, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot and RFA
Sinebot keeps wanting to sign my questions for the candidates at RFA. It seems to be the convention not to sign those, as the template includes the userid posing the question in the subheading. Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug? Groomtech (talk) 16:21, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Exuase me
But could I possibly borrow the template at the top of your talk page? Abce2 | Free Lemonade  Only 25 cents!  22:28, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep; everything's licensed GFDL. :P Just say where ya got it from in the edit summary. =) -- slakr  \ talk / 15:14, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Why Brett Salisbury Is on Deletion?
Hi, I would like you to take Brett Salisbury (you can enter search on left side and see him on deleted page) him off the deleted wikipedia site. He was a controversal figure and as I read everything written up to his deletion, there may have been a point I favored with you and your group at wikipedia. When you google him page after page is interviews with so many talk show hosts. His shows are also featured on his website for you to listen. The Breaking news of him teaming of with Rudy of the movie Rudy is extraordinary.

However, to the changes and things he has done, he is more than qualified to be on wikipedia and not a deleted figure that was once on here. Hes done to much now to be left off this site. The publicst who represents him who represented Johnny Carson and all U.S. Presidents calls him the next "superstar." His book is selling rapidly and just look under breaking news on his website at www.TransformDiet.com It should say it all. Also the author tab of just what he has done, including top model and starting quarterback for the University of Oregon as well as Wayne State College All American. Again, Thank you Mike Dunbar, Seattle Washington Reporter138.210.42.14 (talk) 14:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Check the deletion discussion for more info. On a related note, having the name "Salisbury" while running a dieting business is genius.  For example, I could have made a fortune if my name was Kurt McDonaldsFries. :P -- slakr  \ talk / 15:49, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Sign Bot
The Sign Bot is okay, as far as bots go, but it didn't link to where I forgot to put my signature, so what was the point of telling me I forgot to sign somewhere and not telling me where? It doesn't make much sense. --69.226.103.13 (talk) 06:50, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Simply check your contributions. It will be in the most recent ones. -- slakr \ talk / 15:45, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Deletes
Hi Kurt,

I seem to be having trouble with an editor trying to delete a photo for which I have permission, and which permission I have forwarded to Wiki permissions for review. I also ran into a problem with another editor claiming another photo did not show the author, when it shows me as the author, and I took the photo. How does one straighten out these sorts of problems?

Also, since you are a breathing human being and I can ask, how do I delete another photo I uploaded for which the permission is questionable? It was on a website as an image available to the public, but I thought it best to get the permission of the owner, and I never received it. I took the photo down, but need to eliminate it from Wiki Commons.

Penultimately, how do I tag photos? I placed categories on my uploaded photos, but they remain orphaned and untagged according to Bot comments I have received. It must be simple, but not simple enough for me to figure out.

And finally, how do I sign posts such as this? I thought giving my name (below), and having my user name included was signing it. But is there something else I need to do?

Thanks,

David Sciacchitano david.sciacchitano@verizon.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sciacchitano (talk • contribs) 17:21, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure which photo you're talking about, but if it's being deleted in error, you're always welcome to request undeletion; or, if you're the copyright holder and you've emailed our otrs team with that info, then when they verify it or whatever magic they do, they'll undelete it, too. =) -- slakr \ talk / 15:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Restoration of deleted article
I've had some good work put in on an article in my user space. I originally intended to ask you to look it over, but your page here says that you are out a lot. So I'm going to be bold and go ahead and restore it (actually under a different, more appropriate name). If you believe this is inappropraite, please just let me know and move it back to my user space.

Why tell you? You were the deleting admin on the discussion.

FYI--it turns out he was one of the early adoptors of a 12-game football schedule at the college level and continued to use football for physical fitness training in the US Navy during WWII. Lots more sources now too. Thanks, hope you like it!--Paul McDonald (talk) 00:16, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You're probably fine. Either way, I'd let someone else handle it if I had closed the other AfD. :P  It's possible he has notability between the stuff about the using football in the navy & "victory over the Oklahoma A&M football team that went on to win the Cotton Bowl on January 1, 1945."  The main point of debate on the AfD was whether the coaches listed had competed at the highest level of amateur sports for the given sport (i.e., division 1 NCAA football); or, if not, if they were notable for other things (e.g., competing at the professional level, say, the NFL).  If they had done neither, instead merely coaching the equivalent of division II or III football, it was then that they lacked notability by default and were ripe for deletion.
 * -- slakr \ talk / 15:33, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

a new job for SineBot
Dear Slakr,

I am here today to ask you if you have ever thought of using SineBot on Wikia? A comment-signing robot would be VERY handy there. Regards. -- OsirisV (talk) 17:16, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but Wikia's commercial. If they want to buy it, then they can. :P -- slakr  \ talk / 15:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

A link

 * added section-- slakr \ talk / 15:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I'm trying to restore a link on the Telstra page. It is a link to the Telstra Phonewords Business (www.1300australia.com.au) It's been removed by someone called Bidgee who says it's "just a joint venture". I saw it had been removed and put it back with a note in the discussion page to say it was a legitimate link. I thought that was the right process? Anyway, it got removed again by this Bidgee person and now there is something monitoring my IP address.

Well, here are the facts. 1300 Australia is 85% owned by Telstra, has a Telstra-appointed board of directors, and has a CEO who has been re-appointed by Telstra to run the business (his name is Gavin Scholes and was one of the original founders).

So I'm not sure how much more affiliated with Telstra a business has to be to qualify for a legitimate link on this page? Now I don't post all that much here so maybe I've done something to upset someone (not intentional on my part by the way, perhaps I'm clumsy with your processes). But I can provide proof about what I say about 1300 Australia and its ownership status if that is what is required here. In fact, you can email its marketing manager yourself at leisa.weightman@1300australia.com.au and ask her the question yourself.

What do I need to do? How do they get their link reinstated?

Regards, Fiona (fmackz@gmail.com) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.78.190.27 (talk) 00:48, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar with Telestra and its workings; however, if the 1300australia site isn't owned by Telestra or run in a significant way by them, then its appropriateness on Telestra's article might not be compatible with our external links guidelines. If there is disagreement over whether the link should be included, please consider discussing the dispute on the article's talk page, or, if that doesn't work, consider dispute resolution, such as asking for a third opinion, informal mediation, or a requests for comment. -- slakr  \ talk / 15:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)