User talk:Tawker/Jun06

Show/Hide Sections
Hi Tawker. I noticed that you also use the show/hide frame on your user page. Can you tell me why the frame begins at "hide" on Don Mills Collegiate Institute (Under the Courses section) instead of "show" like your page? Apparently, you have to click twice in that article to show the contents instead of only once for your talk page. Thanks! G . H  e  00:57, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Tone's RfA thanks
Dear &mdash; Thank you for your support on my recent RfA. It succeeded with a final tally of 46/2/3 so now I am an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the new tools, but please let me know if there's any anything I can help you with in the future. And please correct me, if you spot I make a mistake. Thank you again. --Ton e  23:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC))

All caps summaries
If a summary has all caps, can you make it so tawkerbot2 reverts, just like the recent vandalism to today's F.A. Voice -of- All Talk 05:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

An RFA thank you!
Q: A question for Tawker, what could it possibly be...?
 * A: An RFA thank you, of course! ;)

I guess that really isn't a question... One of these days, I might actually get around to answer all of your questions. Thanks for your support, even though Shanel beat you to the nomination. :-) Jude (talk) 11:03, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot 2 glitch?
See User talk:Tawkerbot2. –Steve Summit (talk) 15:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Oilers
I don't usually jump on the "Canadian team" bandwagon because I believe that pretty much EVERY team is Canadian (because most NHLers are). However, as I don't the Sabres very much (stems from the '99 Finals), I'll be jumping on the Oilers bandwagon if Carolina doesn't make it. I like Carolina more than Edmonton. :) (Also, some riot in Edmonton last night, huh? They're trying to outdo our 1994 one. ;) ) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / !?  19:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Let's hope the Flames fans are reeling after this one. :D -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / !?  19:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Re: rant. No, I only get the Province. How did the rant go? -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / !?  19:11, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

An idea for Tawkerbot2
Hi Tawker! I have an interesting idea for Tawkerbot2. I've noticed that sometimes it catches new users blanking articles that they created themselves. In such instances, would it be possible to program to bot to tag these as speedies instead? Some refinements would be needed...just an idea. --HappyCamper 19:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry to butt-in here, but I think Tawkerbot2 already has some of this functionality. One example of this that I saw was Duckbear. When the author blanked it, Tawkerbot2 automatically added db-author. I'm curious, Tawker, does it do this every single time an author blanks a page in which s/he was the sole contributor? E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 19:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Awesome! It already does it...the ones I'm thinking of are probably the more tricky cases where another Wikipedian beats the bot at adding a tag or such. Can we do something, say, if the article has less than 5 edits, and if all all edits are just tags or blanking, the bot will tag it as a speedy? --HappyCamper 19:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

The current criteria will db author if the only editor on a page blanks it, if any other editor kicks in it won't do it. For sure the latter criteria is possible, It's on the Tawkerbot2 revision 3 list :) -- Tawker 20:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yippee!! :-) --HappyCamper 20:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

172
I disagree with you. Please see 172's talk (to avoid fragmentation) William M. Connolley 20:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

WikiBot Details
Hello, Tawker. Thank you for posting information to help me on the Wiki-bot talk page. I just have a few additional questions I wish to ask you. Does a robot run on a Wikipedia server, or on a private computer? If so: How does one create a robot like you have? Do you know of any way to create a robot on the Windows XP platform? Thank you for your time! - MoleculeUpload 22:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

All caps
Perhaps Tawkerbot2 could revert all caps summaries of a certain length, so things like "RE" would not be picked up, but "FUCK WILLY WILLU FUCK FUCK" would. Voice -of- All Talk 01:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

You might want to sprotect
Rather than chase the dynamic IP. Petros471 23:09, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Or that :) I've not been brave enough to try doing a range block yet. Petros471 23:12, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * When you say 'the penis vandal' I assume you mean someone with a pattern of more than just inserting 'penis' into an article (as that's hardly the most original form of vandalism...), so what are the 'trademarks'? Petros471 08:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Rapid sort
Shouldn't you close Articles for deletion/Rapid sort? --Lambiam Talk 17:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oops (slaps himself for having the tab open and done and not hitting save) -- Tawker 17:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Six Months?
Don't be discouraged but chances of anyone being approved with less than 6 months of editing time here are basically nil (for all intensive purposes 0)


 * Really? Recently, JoshuaZ had less than four months of experience, Buchanan-Hermit had less than five months of experience, and Deiz had less than five months of experience. joturn e r 21:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Hipi Zhdripi
F.L.M.N = Thanks = Danke. Can you delet the user page User:Zhdripi Hipi.--Hipi Zhdripi 02:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

i'm on aol & always getting blocked so it says do this . ..
thank you CyntWorkStuff 04:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced message
Hey Tawker. I'm assuming this post was meant to go to User:Titoxd or someone else within Esperanza, rather than on Esperanza's talk page? Just thought I'd give you a heads up. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 06:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Mwahahaha
Yeah, thought it was about time I switched it up a bit. Thanks for the note. I trust you're doing well. Everything going well with The Bot™? -- You Know Who (Dark Mark)  13:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Your bot is preventing legitimate deletion of pages
Copyright and other permissions have and are being withdrawn necesitating the need for immediate archiving and deletion. Please do not prevent these corrective deletions from taking place. To do so may cause the Wikimedia Foundation to be in violation of copyright and other publication violations such as the failure to comply with a DMCA takedown notice. ...IMHO (Talk) 14:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * As far as I can see its not a copyvio (a random phrase into Google returns nothing) - if it is a copyvio please tag it as such, blanking a page (and leaving whitespace) is considered vandalism and is will be automatically reverted. As far as I can tell that article is on AfD, please let the process run its course -- Tawker 14:14, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I have decided to withdraw all of my articles under DMCA regulations. The easiest and best way to accomplish this is immediate deletion. I do not want an attorney to become involved. Please to not make this to be the case. Thank you. ...IMHO (Talk) 14:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * When you edit directly beneath the edit box is a message which says "You agree to license your contributions under the GFDL.", the licensing under the GFDL enables wikipedia to republish provided it meets the terms of the GFDL, since wikipedia is not breaking the terms there is no copyright issue with Wikipedia continuing publishing them. --pgk( talk ) 14:38, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Wrong. Permission to publish (whether in print or on the Internet) is always subject to withdrawal regardless of such conditional statements that pretend to have the power to nullify the intent of the law. Copyright permission is always  subject to denial. This is the whole point behind the DMCA takedown. You need to read the DMCA signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998 which amends title 17 of the US Code to extend its reach to copyright, while limiting the liability of Online Providers from copyright infringement by their users while requiring them to comply with any change in owner instructions and will. You need to read the Wikipedia article Digital Millennium Copyright Act. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pce3@ij.net (talk • contribs)


 * Why don't you just get in touch with someone at wikipedia who can help you? I don't see how Tawker is involved at all. Its absurd to think that by deleting a page you have "deleted" the article anyways. As it stands, I think you just don't understand the GFDL josh  buddy talk 17:25, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

What I understand is the DMCA and that legal takedown notice has been given. ...IMHO (Talk) 18:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not authorized by the foundation to handle DMCA takedown notices in any way shape or form. You'll have to find someone authorized by the foundation to do so -- Tawker 19:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I think this fellow is a little wacky -- the GFDL doesn't grant permission while retaining rights -- it releases rights. The DMCA does not allow anyone to revoke the release of rights; doing so would scuttle the purpose of the distinction between a rights release and grant of permission.  In short, he doesn't have a legal ground on which to stand here. Xoloz 15:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Juggernaut
Hi,

That's not controversial at all, although it may signal that it is time to move from DRV to AfD. Anyway, no worries, and thanks for the notice. :) Best wishes, Xoloz 15:36, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Devin79
Hi, I'm approaching you as an administrator to get something done about User:Devin79 aka IP adress 68.35.182.234. This user repeatedly vandalises the page Provisional Irish Republican Army and other related pages and has signalled in the talk pages that he intends to keep on doing so.

The problem is that this user is so keen to promote his own point of view that he reverts all the work other editors have done on the article to make sure his contributions are still there. This would be annoying if his contributions were any good. However, in his contributions, he shows very little knowledge of the subject and what is much worse, he makes up false information and cites false sources to support it. See the talk page at PIRA for examples. Not only this, but he repeatedly changes the information supplied by real sources so that they appear to say things that they do not in fact say.

I think that this user has nothing to contribute to wikipedia and should be banned.

Jdorney 11:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

61.1.212.240
61.1.212.240 seems to be placing targeted commercial spam, on Peat and Neem Cake. I manually removed the spam in both articles, but am not familiar with the process of warning, automatically reverting, etc. Can you take a look, and make whatever warnings are appropriate?
 * Argyriou 00:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Scholl
I see you did the speedy; the article still exists at Equendil/Scholl. The / made a subpage, so it was incorrectly listed. T e  k e  00:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I see the intent was a userfy. I'm moving it.  T  e  k e  00:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:User Christian
Can you show me where there was a consensus to delete? The template has been through DRV once (and TFD all in all quite an interesting history even GNAA struges to match it). Nothing saying I can't reuse the last debate.Geni 01:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Not citing the current DRV.Geni 01:17, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ADeletion_review%2FUserbox_debates&diff=54218030&oldid=54206905


 * The cycle of sd/drv/xfd/repeat really needs to stop, and not just with this template. speedy deletions that are requiring salt seems to be a bit harsh as well. Especially with templates, as the pages using them don't even get a note that they are gone, with a page using many templates many editor may miss the disucussions because they don't notice the change right away; perhaps for userboxes a new template should be used, WITHOUT noincludes, e.g.:



What do you think? — xaosflux  Talk  04:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Decent point, as a stacking possibility, though it seems WP:SALT is being used as a hiding mechanism in many of these cases. Damn userboxes :)  I see them like I do cartoon neckties, if you don't like them, don't wear them; but they really don't hurt anyone else. —  xaosflux  Talk  04:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

RfC for Tony Sidaway
Hey Tawker, I'm pretty confused about your putting the speedy delete tag at Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Tony Sidaway 3 It doesn't seem to meet G1, and I was inder the assumption that if an RfC is really nonsense (which I believe this one is not), it would be thrown out after the 48 hours, when two people don't affirm that they tried to resolve the problem (which has already been done in this case). Just wanted to let you know thought that I've seen your edits and bots and think your a great editor, and hopefully this was just some mistake. See you around, Ch u ck(척뉴넘) 04:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I tagged the wrong page I think, too many tabs open....... (lesson to self don't keep 50 tabs open at once) -- Tawker 04:37, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hahah, no problem...happens to me too. Later, Ch u ck(척뉴넘) 04:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

CSD G1
I have removed your addition of a speedy deletion tag from Requests for comment/Tony Sidaway 3; the G1 criteria applies to patent nonsense, and explicity excludes coherent contributions, regardless of content. From WP:CSD, General 1: "Patent nonsense, i.e. no meaningful content, unsalvageably incoherent page. This does not include: poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, vandalism, badly translated material, implausible theories or hoaxes." While you may disagree with the basis of the RfC, it is explicitly not covered under the criteria, and should not be tagged as such. Essjay (  Talk  •  Connect  )  04:38, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Read Above - too many tabs open... too many tabs -- Tawker 04:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Why are you tagging speedies anyway...Doesn't your delete tab work? Essjay  (  Talk  •  Connect  )  04:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope, Alt-D works just fine, there is just the odd time on an A7 where I like a second set of eyes -- Tawker 04:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

A sincere thank you
Thank you Tawker -- and to all the other patrolling admins. You have all been real troopers with the heavy load of autoblocks. I realize that my requests for release have been excessive, but I (and my employer) have smoothed things out so I will be able to use the secure connection more easily. Still, it will be nice when all these vandals (perhaps newly out of American schools) can find something better to do with their summer. Best to you. WBardwin 06:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Highways
Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Requests for arbitration/Highways. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Highways/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Highways/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, --Tony Sidaway 18:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Adding to Tawkerbot filter?
Hey Tawker, Regarding Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam about a persistent spammer (probably from zombies or bot net), someone suggested that VoA add the term "fsorward" to his bot; he informed me that his bot wasn't filter-based, but that yours was. What do you think about adding that term? The spam appears to be coming in at a pretty steady pace from a variety of IPs.  OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:NedBot's request for bot approval
Um... I thought that only members of the Approvals group could grant permission for the bot flag to be set by bureaucrats? Tito xd (?!? - help us) 07:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I am also confused, was NedBot approved for usage or a trail run? Can one run a bot without a bot flag (although undesirable)? -- Ned Scott 08:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey there
Just thought I'd say, "wassup?" a friend Metrocat 18:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
, thank you for participating in my RfA. Unfortunately, a great number of oppose voters felt that I lacked experience, and a consensus was not reached (the final tally was 30/28/10). Perhaps I will try again in another few months when I have a few more edits under my belt. If I do, I hope I can count on your support. Thanks again!

Cool3 talk 20:01, 2 June 2006 (UTC) (UTC)

Thank you
Kelisi 03:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

A haiku of thanks

 * Thanks for your support
 * In my RfA, which passed!
 * Wise I'll try to be.

Your support, as a fantastic editor and the operator of Tawkerbot2, means a huge amount to me! Thank you so much.

-- Nataly a 03:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot
I've always thought of Tawkerbot2 as more of a dog myself, since it seems so eager to please. But its seeming level of autonomy (perhaps because of more work than I can even think of behind the scenes) does make it seem more catlike. Mak (talk)  05:23, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

On your reversal of the block on User:Search4Lancer
I feel this was a misconceived unblock. Editors who persistently disrupt Wikipedia after many requests to stop can be blocked. And the block had the desired effect; he has made a serious effort to improve his signature, which was surely one of the worst on the wiki. --Tony Sidaway 17:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot2 blocked
It's playing up and reverting legitimate edits by legitimate users, so I've blocked it. You've probably already spotted that fact. -Splash - tk 18:25, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

SteppWolf/ZeeboTheClown
I noticed the blocking, but he's already stated that he has multiple accounts. Is it possible to IP ban him or something? -- Diehard2k5 02:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Not without a checkuser on the name to get an IP address and its likely a dynamic IP so an IP block is pointless. Most policies prevent checkuser / ip blocks anyways, so I don't want to even go there, feel free to report him if he shows up again -- Tawker 18:51, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for unblocking, really appriciate your help --Sartaj beary 19:01, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Hey welcome
Yep, I returned. But sorry, theres no hope for you to not fall for my messages box. Come on, how did you fall for it? It says you have new massages (last chance). Ugh, thats a sign of an addicted Wikipedian. ;-) The King   of Kings  06:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep, you're a true Wikipedian. Point and click; don't read it. ;-D The King   of Kings  06:42, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Questions in RfA
I see that you ask the extra questions only in some RfAs. How do you select your victims ? :-) Tintin (talk) 08:41, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot goofed
An earlier anon editor copied/pasted a huge amount of text into the China article from an external website. When I tried to clean it out Tawkerbot nailed me with a warning and RV'd the copyvio text right back into the article. HELP! Cheers and take care —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anger22 (talk • contribs) 00:26, 6 June 2006.


 * oops for my sig. Thanks for cleaning that up for me. I was feeling mighty proud that I sniffed out the copyvio content. Tawkerbot popped my balloon. again thank, Cheers and take care! Anger22 00:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for supporting me in my recently unsuccessful RfA. I plan on working harder in the coming months so that I have a better chance of becoming an admin in the future. I hope that you will consider supporting me if I have another RfA. Thank you for your support. -- digital_m  e ( t / c ) 15:26, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia reversion
Thank you for moving Wikipedia after that vandalism. However, we now have a problem. The article page has been deleted, which means we no longer have any of the article's history. Let's try and fix that.  Páll  (Die pienk olifant) 15:57, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Apologies, the servers were acting up, it's all fixed now. Sorry about that!  Páll  (Die pienk olifant) 16:02, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey, do you think you could do a history merge with Battle of Normandy and Wikipedia is communism 13.0? Thanks&#160;—  The KMan  talk  16:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot Anne Norton
Thank you, Sorry if I was kinda being rude and demanding.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 16:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies
Hi Tawker. Can I ask you to clear the small but important backlog on WikiProject on open proxies. Thanks a lot. Kilo-Lima|(talk) 16:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia IS COMMUNISM 12.0
I think you can delete this forked vandalism now -- the main Wikipedia page seems to be restored. NawlinWiki 18:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia IS COMMUNISM 1254.0
Why don't you just delete it bud? - Gl e n   TC (Stollery)  19:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Evil!
 Here is an 6/6/6, aka Evil Day, greeting for you friend. These type of messages promote WikiLove in an unknown way. Spread this evil love to others by making a derivative work of this... Or another evil something that is flowing about. The King  of Kings  20:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey there
Thanks for commenting on my RfA...it was greatly appreciated! --Osbus 21:31, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Bot Error
Your bot reverted an edit I made to Ed Sullivan. I believe it did this in error. You might want to check this and decide for yourself. --62.255.232.115 22:07, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the vandal on my userpage
Thanks a ton, Tawker, you're the best. :) --Kuzaar-T-C- 03:49, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

User talk:82.44.79.192
I don't think your block went through. The IP is still making edits. It's the thought that counts, though. :) Supadawg - &#91;&#91;User_talk:Supadawg&#124;Talk]] 03:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

User:AntiVandalBot
Did you approve this user to use the same software as Tawkerbot, as he claims on his userpage? I've indef blocked him currently until I can figure this out--as I'm quite sure he has not been approved and granted a bot flag. AmiDaniel (talk) 04:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * ...I'll take that as a yes.... AmiDaniel (talk) 04:20, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

AmiDaniel, come to the vandalism channel on IRC man! We're doing a test run of this bot right now as a backup for when Tawkerbot2 is down. -- Cyde↔Weys 04:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll be right there... AmiDaniel (talk) 04:23, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Show/Hide Sections
Hi Tawker! I believe you missed this message from a while ago:

I noticed that you also use the show/hide frame on your user page. Can you tell me why the frame begins at "hide" on Don Mills Collegiate Institute (Under the Courses section) instead of "show" like your page? Apparently, you have to click twice in that article to show the contents instead of only once for your talk page. Thanks! G . H e  04:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Your bot
Sorry- I grey-listed your bot :) It blanked the Serbia page.-- Kungfu Adam ( talk ) 13:33, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Hello, Tawker. Thank you for helping to revert vandalism by. I have created a recap of recent activity surrounding this user on User talk:82.44.79.192. Could you please review, edit as appropriate, and endorse if you feel compelled? Thanks again for your help. Lbbzman 14:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot
Have you considered adding some sort of logic to your bot to detect when vandals remove categories and/or interwiki links? If someone is removing a large number of interwiki links or removing all the categories from a page it is a pretty good sign that it is vandalism. Qutezuce 03:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

re: Trusted Users
Good evening. You speedy-deleted this page with the comment "G1". I have challenged that speedy-deletion on Deletion Review. I don't support this particular proposal but I can't find a way to support your action given the discussion that had already been occurring at MFD. Rossami (talk) 03:22, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Patent nonsense
Hey Tawker!

I would like to clarify one point with you. CSD G1, the "patent nonsense" clause, is very easy to interpret broadly. Many admins do. It is, however, a very small category...patent nonsense is only random characters, random words, or something that a reader of English would find difficult or impossible to read. It does not cover failed or misguided policy pages. It is not to be interpreted as broadly as possible in order to delete things which seem silly, or inane, or misguided. It's a fairly specific, yet somehow oft-misunderstood, criterion. Thanks for all your hard work on the encyclopedia! Incidentally, Tawkerbot2 is awesome. —BorgHunter (talk) 04:12, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You


Trusted Users
No, it looks like it's still there to me :P — Natha  n  (talk) 21:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You!!!!
For undoing the autoblock Curps put on me. :) Wandering Star 00:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello
Hey Tawker, I'm not going to try to change your opinion in the matter, but you recently endorsed Tony's concluding view at his RfC, and I had a quick question. Do you think that it is alright to alter the signatures on Wikipedia discussion pages (not the talk pages, but the actual WP page) such as WP:RFC and WP:MFD, as Tony has been doing since this RfC has started. Just was wondering...please don't take offense to my asking, and you don't have to respond. Later, Ch u ck(척뉴넘) 00:49, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

bot approval procedures
Hi, you approved a trial run for my interwiki bot (application). I've been running the bot on and off for the past couple of weeks, and asked on the same page to get the bot flag, but had no response so far. Reading the various pages and discussions only confused me further on what I need to do. Could you help me push this process forward? THank you very much. --Vina 06:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Sasquatch admin abuse
No, the account on which I was an administrator has since been retired. The admin powers were removed when I left. Sasquatch has been spamming my user talk, refusing to allow me to remove the messages from a vandal who most likely is his sockpuppet. Just unblock User:Tchadienne. That's all that I need. 4.249.66.154 00:50, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * "The admin powers were removed when I left." -- In point of fact, after ArbCom carefully considered the numerous reasons to strip FreestyleFrappe's admin powers from him, made that their ruling, and justly removed his admin powers ( Feb 12th), then he 'retired' that account ( Feb 21st ) and later began using two others, Tchadienne and Kl, in addition to continuing to use the 'retired' original account to circumvent blocks that other admins, acting in good faith, had placed on his new accounts for new reasons. The beauty of Wikipedia is that all the information is still available, ("who most likely is his sockpuppet"), including previous false accusations by FreestyleFrappe of people being sockpuppets just because they both disagree with him or find fault with his behavior. Aumakua 01:26, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

British Columbia Teachers' Federation
Hi Tawker. Just curious - I was looking at your addition of the 2006 BCTF contract negotiations and couldn't help but notice that you added the tag to your own work. It struck me as odd, especially as there was no attached discussion on the talk page. Was this intentional? Cheers.--Bookandcoffee 01:27, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, in my 15 second opinion it looks OK. Would you have a ref for the (leaked BCTF "action plan") and stats?--Bookandcoffee 01:39, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Protected Myspace?
Hi, I see that you tried to protect Myspace. But I don't see a protection message at the top of the page.

Your edit summary says:

Protected MySpace: repeat vandalism [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

Bye --Starionwolf 19:42, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot2
I apologise if you get a lot of these, and by the looks of it you probably do. Anyway, I was reverting vandalism while RC patrolling and Tawkerbot reverted my revert and gave me the warning. I reverted it back, removed the warning and thought nothing else of it. However, some time later, it reverted my revert back again for no apparent reason, see here (Specifically, the time difference between these two edits). This was baffling and I thought it warranted a comment here. Again, I apologise if I'm wasting your time with a known issue. -- Steel 00:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, this is odd with the time diff there, Ive never seen this before. I'll take a look -- Tawker 01:07, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me
How is posting the score for a major North American sporting event making a point? With all due respect its as notable of inclusion on the front page and I'd appreciate it if you would revert back -- Tawker 01:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Had you simply added the final score, I would have assumed good faith. Posting the first-period score of an ongoing game clearly comes across as an exaggerated response to the slightly out-of-process inclusion of the World Cup results (the style of which you mimicked).  ITN is not Wikinews, let alone a live sports report.  &mdash;David Levy 01:18, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Mirroring the concerns of David Levy, please don't disrupt Wikipedia to prove a point. Further violations can result in a temporary block.  Thanks. --Madchester 02:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Again, it wasn't a point. Likewise, using rollback to revert non vandalism can be seen as making a point. As for a block, normally they come after a failure to dicuss which is clearly not the case. If I was blocked it would be an out of process block and it (the block) would be quickly lifted  -- Tawker 05:03, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed. I do think this presumably-IRC driven decision was rather misguided (like most on-the-spot cheers in IRC are), and not really intended in the wide-eyed-innocence spirit you profess. All good fun, though, I guess. -Splash - tk 04:23, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm aware of that. But Sasquatch says on Template talk:In the news that "me and Tawker saw the world cup scores and though why not" and I can't see any reference to that on either of your talk pages, thus my conclusion that it originated in IRC. -Splash - tk 04:32, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm glad at least that the end result is no scoreboard at all. I go by splash_wp (not just splash) on IRC, and I last logged in a few hours ago, although I didn't say anything. I was not in the anti-vandal channel though, if that's where you're looking. Things happen too quickly for my internet connection to be useful in there! -Splash - tk 04:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

the other halve: User:Eiorgiomugini
In that case, maybe also unblock the other half of User:Lemuel Gulliver. I think they were both equally quilty :-) -- Kim van der Linde at venus 05:41, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree on that. No objection. I think they got the point. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 05:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * That is insane. How can you say that two people are "both equally quilty" when one has made 3 reverts in 24 hours, whereas the other has violated policy by reverting 5–7 times, and then violated it again when unblocked!?  --User:Lemuel Gulliver 61.69.254.188 12:12, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

cited info....
Hmmmm, I was asked to add some external links to that effect, did and that was canned; I added Mayoral Candidate sites to their names and Garden Party sites, but they were removed; it's a brick wall; check out the past of the Vancouver (BC) Election; what about Washington? Think maybe location is too vague in the address?

--G-Spot 11:21, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments about TawkerBot2
A great bot. Reverts vandalism at a quick pace. Anonymous _anonymous_  Have a Nice Day  15:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikibooks vandalism channel
What has happened to your bot at Wikibooks vandalism channel? We recently had a wheeler attack and would be thankful if you reestablished the bot at #vandalism-en-wb. --Derbeth talk 19:43, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching
Hi Tawker, I notice that you are assigned to SonicAD as a coach, but it is still listed as pending. Could you either move it to active if it is, or let me know if you are ok to take someone else? Petros471 20:52, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Help: River Rock Casino Resort
Somebody nominated the River Rock Casino Resort article for deletion, saying it's an advertisement for a casino. I have no clue why; I was shying away from the "advertisement" feel when I wrote it. Think you can help out a bit? It'd be appreciated, thanks. :) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / ?!  07:03, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot warning to wrong place
I got a Tawkerbot warning, but my last change was fine and was what Tawkerbot reverted to, as you can see here. The actual vandal was User_talk:69.1.46.132, which hasn't been warned. --Jamoche 07:13, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch
Thanks for your support. Might I also take this opportunity to say that your bot is great – Gurch 16:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Problems with TB2
Heya. Just making you aware that there have been several cases over the last 24 hours where the bot has reported people with only one or two contributions. Not sure what's up. --Woohookitty(meow) 17:12, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
Tawker, clould you please investigate the edits made by user 151.198.189.10? The entire contribution history shows that all edits so far have been vandalism. Perhaps this user should recieve a warning, so as to discourage this behaviour. Wandering Star 18:33, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Pilotguy's RfA
Very persuasive, but I had already switched it to neutral before your edit. :) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 00:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * So can I bother you with inane questions? I've been reading the instructions, you know, but I still have Q's. For example, who/where do I turn with complicated copyright questions? - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 01:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi, thank you for voting in my RFA which failed eventually at a result of (91/51/8). I do not plan to run for adminship until a later date. Once again, I will like to thank you for voting. --Terence Ong (talk 14:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Although no consensus was reached in the end, I still wanted to thank you for your vote in my recent RfA. Thank you very much. Fritz S. (Talk) 17:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Access to dev wiki
I am a vandalism patroler and I'm thinking about becoming a programmer soon (not sure which language yet). I have no claim for an actual use for it, I am just very interested in the development process. I'm not expecting a mail from you, but if you do decide to give me access or would like to ask me some questions you can contact me at mbovrldalt _AT_ gmail _DOT_ com =D I'm also on IRC a lot. --mboverload @ 13:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

run a bot
What does it take to run a bot?- G a  n  g  staEB   & friends  23:20, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for Supporting my RfA!
Thanks for supporting my Request for Adminship, which I am pleased to say that it succeeded, by a count of 54/6/1. I hope that in the future, my "actions will speak for themselves" when carrying out my admin duties. If my actions tell the wrong message, or if you catch me doing something I shouldn't, don't hesitate to let me know! Thanks again, Ian Manka Talk to me! 00:13, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

You might like this. :)
A while ago, in April, I mentioned a student film I was planning to do, based on Roch Carrier's "The Hockey Sweater." Well, it's done. I managed to include an "article" about it in my userspace, linked from my Hermit-Bio. Enjoy. :) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / ?!  03:32, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

New Rajput Edits
you are invited to evaluate the user:Holywarrior edits on Rajput.Holywarrior 14:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Soft blocks
Is it possible to set up Tawkerbot2 to automatically revert all edits from a given user? This would make it possible to stop abusive users from AOL without risking collateral damage to other AOL users. --Carnildo 17:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:RFBOT page
Tawker, I've noticed you giving approval to bot requesters, but do not see you in the approvals group. The bot policy is rather vauge about the bot approvals process, mentioning admins,'crats,stewards and the "approvals group", also can't seem to find a policy on how the approvals group works. If you are in that group, then just letting you know you are missing from the page. Obviously you know a thing or two about bots from your good bot work! — xaosflux  Talk  02:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool thanks, like I said its pretty clear you are knowledged in the way of the bot! — xaosflux  Talk  13:10, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

AntiVandalBot blocked due to malfuctioning
I hated to do this, but I've blocked due to malfuctioning. It was reverting edits outside of the article namespace, which it was not supposed to be doing. Several legitimate editors had been warned for testing on the introduction page. Tawkerbot2 also made some reverts outside the main namespace, but I didn't block it since it wasn't making bad reverts unlike AntiVandalBot. After all, we should still have at least one-anti-vandalism bot running. Could you please look into this? Thanks. --Ixfd64 16:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support
Dear , Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuivi é nen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm not altogether crazy
Lest you should think me a complete nutcase (I mean, I may be, but I try to keep that quiet), I should note that the AVB talk page does indeed contain a profession to the effect that the bot is cheering for the United States in the World Cup, so my comment didn't come wholly out of nowhere. :) Joe 17:10, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support
Thanks for the support in my recent undeserved permablock. However, there is a way for administrators to remove such blocks by other administrators (since one did it for me), so you as an admin may want to find out how to do it. After all, the way things are going, I may need you to do it for ME in the future! Again, gracias. Steve 22:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Please take a look at that
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bazzajf&action=history

I'm suspecting kind of vandalbot running, that makes reverting almost impossible :(Migatu 11:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok. Somebody blocked the vandal. Migatu 11:08, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot2 Addition
Just to let you know, it would be helpful if Tawkerbot2 could detect "bot-eluding" vandalism such as the chronic ".F.U.C.K...S.H.I.T...C.U.N.T...P.O.O...A.S.S...B.I.T.C.H.!.!.!.!..." AOL vandal going everywhere; my userpage has already been vandalized several times by him/her/it (vandalbot, maybe?) Anyways, take a look at this version of User:Bazzajf (which I've deleted). -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;   &spades;  18:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Sysops
If you're not a bureaucrat or developer, can you still edit the server? I was wondering how you can insert JavaScript into your userpage. 69.162.201.219 19:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Umm, I don't think its a special right, anyone can do it (it might be registered users though) - I didn't do my userpage, you'd have to ask User:Master of Puppets about it -- Tawker 20:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!
-- Pilot| guy  22:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Stanley Cup Finals ITN
Why should we add a subjective opinion about the end result? We didn't do that for SuperBowl scores. We didn't report the number of sets or length of the finals for the recent French Open winners. And the most recent sports item, the US Open golf tourney doesn't include details about Phil Mickelson's double bogey on 18. --Madchester 03:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Request for Tawkerbot2 for the Commons
Hi Tawker, I was wondering if we could have a Tawkerbot2 for the Commons? The main two types of vandalism/damage we have are blanking and "tests"/gibberish (lots of [[Media:Example.ogg]] links... oh wait, they're redlinks in the Commons :)). I imagine they would be reasonably easy to pick up. We don't really have an RC patrol to speak of so it could be handy. Let me know what would be needed.

cheers, pfctdayelise (translate?) 11:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC) (commons:User:pfctdayelise)


 * ...Guess I'll take that as a no, then. pfctdayelise (translate?) 02:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's on the list, its just a time thing right now, trying to fix in the custom things we need -- Tawker 02:52, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, cool... I wasn't sure since you didn't respond. pfctdayelise (translate?) 02:09, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Simple English Channel
Hey Tawker,

Sorry I haven't been around any lately to help out. I have an old message from Archer7 on Simple English asking if the the simple channel has been taken down or if a bot is broken. The message is from June 11 so it may have already been taken care of; if so, please disregard. Hopefully as soon as things slow down for me and I get some Internet issues resolved (cable company can't come until Monday) I will be back in action. See you later. -- Psy guy Talk 17:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA


Hello Tawker, and thanks for voting in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of (68/19/3). I appreciated your comments, which I hope to take on board in order to gain your respect in my work as an administrator. Best of luck in your continued editing of the encyclopedia! Sam Vimes 17:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

User:64.211.1.190 and Douglas Engelbart
User:64.211.1.190, whom you have already warned, continues to insert spam about Gene Roddenberry into Douglas Engelbart. Other users have already removed it at least twice. I see that you have already warned User:64.211.1.190. In my opinion, it's time for a block. Alison Chaiken 14:30, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Your question at User talk:Mike Rosoft/nickname
Are you the web designer from Victoria who was in the news about 3 years back due to a Microsoft trademark dispute? Tawker 20:32, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I am not. I am a student from Prague, and the last time I was in the news was when a photo of me in a demonstration on the 10th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution appeared in "Reflex" (a Czech magazine). - Mike Rosoft 15:10, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

An angry Hephaestos
It's like being punched three times at once. --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:02, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * hahaha... it's okay, since all of us hit him with an indef block, not a temporary block. And it's nice to see that others agree with me. :-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 17:07, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you have your bot patrol an article?
We've got a user repeatedly adding the same thing from multiple IPs and ignoring attempts to contact them. We've tried sprotection, but it never works. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a bot. I thought perhaps we could fight bots with bots, and have Tawkerbot watch the two pages. The edits are like this and this. You can see on the history page that it has been done dozens of times and reverted as vandalism. They like to replace "ionic air" with "eletrokinetics" in Lifter (ionic propulsion device) and remove references to ionic wind from Biefeld–Brown effect. I think they always paste the same exact text into the articles. — Omegatron 17:47, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

TB2's Warnings
Noticed a problem with the link you (or joshbuddy) added to TB2's warnings. Simple to fix though, you just have to make sure that any spaces in the article name are replaced by underscores or %20's, or else the link won't work. Also, terminal question marks in page titles will make it not work correctly, and ampersands need to be converted to %26. AmiDaniel (talk) 18:28, 21 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Question marks are %3F . -- GeorgeMoney  T &middot; C 18:42, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

anti-vandalism bots malfunctioning again
The anti-vandalism bots seem to be malfunctioning again. This time, they've stopped warning vandals and are no longer reporting them to Administrator intervention against vandalism/TB2. Note that I didn't block any of the bots this time. Since they weren't really making any harmful edits, I decided that blocking them would be counterproductive. --Ixfd64 03:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Rory096
2006-06-22 13:58:35 Tawker blocked "Rory096 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 30 seconds (big red button, Rory isn't making enough edits!) LOL! I thought pressing his big red button went out of fashion a long time ago? :) Kimchi.sg 07:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. :o (Needless to say, I'm editing my ass off now :p) --Rory096 07:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

"colateral"

 * Thank you, but it wasn't collateral damage, it was [sic] an AOL vandal who did this, to this talk page, giving the impression that this was a public school, rather than an ISP--152.163.100.138 23:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
But someone reverted my edit to Canada for adding 'eh to it. Why did they do it? -- 207.216.137.194 02:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

"Buddha Khan"

 * actually, I was "vandalizing" an article tagged as clear patent nonsense, instead of blocking me, you could be deleting "Buddha Khan", but instead you pick on the poor AOL user--205.188.117.11 02:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Unblock GoldToeMarionette

 * Tawker, the account should be unblocked because it should not have been blocked initially. It is all laid out in the RfAr.  Had someone cared to research like ArbCom had to do, the account would have been unblocked, and I wouldn't have been persecuted like I was.  Please unblock it now.  Thank you. PoolGuy 04:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA nomination accepted
You already know this, but thanks for the nomination; it is gratefully accepted. TheProject 06:57, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbots
Hi, just curious. How many Tawkerbots are there? (Reply at my talk page). Anonymous_ _Anonymous  11:58, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update
As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, &mdash;Cel es tianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot2 Server
I noticed that you posted on User:Tawkerbot2/requests that you might need a spare computer to run the Tawkerbot software. If you do need another account participating in "Operation Enduring Encyclopedia", shoot me a line. I've got a computer or two sitting around doing nothing. Please reply on my talk page. Regards, -- Alphachimp  talk  17:25, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot4,.
Today, I have noticed that there is another Tawkerbot ID. But Tawkerbot3 was blocked indefinitely as suckpoppet. So, Who created the ID Tawkerbot4? I'm so curious like User:Anonymous anonymous. Please, answer in my talk-page. *~Daniel~* 19:27, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Bert
Yeah. I logged on right when the deal was announced (coincidence), so I was able to get the Florida and Vancouver pages done pretty quickly. As for the deal itself, I like everything in it except for giving up Allen. Auld too, but I'd take Luongo over Auld any day. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / ?!  05:20, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll e-mail you my MSN shortly... note: I'm not always on, no matter what my status says. Also, as for a meetup: I'd love to do it, but obviously I'd rather set it up with ALL the Vancouver-area Wikipedians. If you have a date in mind, maybe you can post a message on the Wikiproject Vancouver talkpage and we'll go from there. I'd love to do it as well. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / ?!  05:58, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Shoot, I thought I accepted you. It didn't work for some odd reason. (Must be bad karma after a big trade.) Can you please try again? -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™ / ?!  06:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello


has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing! --Bhadani 15:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Mrknowitman blocked
Hi, I realize that this message is late. I saw your comment on Mrknowitman's talk page regarding a block on June 18. I do believe that this account is a sockpuppet of Mrsanitazier. The relevant warning messages and block message for the June 17 incident is at  Of course, Mrknowitman and Mrsanitazier are not blocked any more.

I thought I would reply to your message.

Hope this helps.

--Starionwolf 03:08, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Am I out of a job?
I try and patrol the recent changes page in search of vandalism pretty regularly. I would say that 95% of the time that I catch something and revert it, I find that I have been beat to it by either Tawkerbot2 or 4. At first, this would frustrate me simply because it takes me a short while to make the changes only to find that the work has already been done, but I quickly get over it when I remember that the point is to just get rid of the vandalism... I could care less how it is done. My question is though, with the bots doing such a great job and cleaning up vandalism, is there still a point for me to patrol the recent changes page? Is there perhaps other things that one should be on the lookout for that your bots don't catch? I mean, are manual vandalism revisions a thing of the past with bots like yours? Phauge 05:02, 25 June 2006 (UTC)