User talk:Valley2city/Archive 2

Hi
please see this aticle Chaim Walkin and rate it's importance if you feel so. --Korach (talk) 11:13, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Bot Request
I'm responding to your posting on the bot request page. What you are requesting wouldn't be difficult to write a small bot for. I although don't understand if you would like for the bot to tag articles in subcategories of Columbia University or just articles in the Columbia University category itself. --Android Mouse 02:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I don't know how to write bots; is it easy to do? Does it require I create a new one or is there a preexisting one that would already do it (I feel that Snowbot fits the description). I would want to tag articles in Columbia University AND all of its subcategories to be part of the WikiProject. Thanks, --  Valley 2  city  ₪‽ 02:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It isn't difficult. All that would be required is to write a program that makes a few requests to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php and filters through to find talkpages which don't contain the template. I wouldn't mind writing it. Although as you suggested, there might be bots that can already do this. I'm not sure --Android Mouse 02:37, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think I'll give it a shot. I have no idea what I am doing, but can it be completely programmed through AWB? I see there is a bot option in the program. --  Valley 2  city  ₪‽ 02:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure, I'm pretty new to writing bots for Wikipedia. --Android Mouse 02:53, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you also new to Wikipedia itself? If so, welcome! Anyway, I'm not sure if I am going to go ahead with creating the bot until I do a little more research. If you want to collaborate on one, I'm game. I've just forgotten all of my C++ and Java. --  Valley 2  city  ₪‽ 03:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, but I've been editing mostly without an account. I created one primarily so I could get involed in bot creation. I'm not a big fan of OOP, I prefer using primarily C. Although looking at the manual for AWB it can 'Append/Prepend message — Appends/Prepend the given text to the bottom of the page (talk pages only).', I'm not sure to what detail though. I'll have to download it and see what it can do --Android Mouse 03:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I've been prepending through AWB, but it's just tedious to have to push the button each time. To use AWB you need to get approval first and they normally require at least 500 mainspace edits under a username, but perhaps if you show them your IP contributions they might authorize you. I have no idea. --  Valley 2  city  ₪‽ 03:32, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I was under the impression that you could set it to be more automated instead having to click for each one. --Android Mouse 03:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It's semi-automated. I don't think they give users carte blanche to automate strings of edits. That's what bots are for and there are additional options for bots which I would assume involve complete automation (but then again I don't know because I do not own a bot). Take a look at the user manual to see if this is what you are looking for. Here is some information about what it can do for bots. --  Valley 2  city  ₪‽ 03:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm going to jump in and say that WP:AWB can do automated text addition to the top of talk pages, and it's completely autonomous. To get access to the automated section, you need to request approval and myself or someone else should have you ready to go within a week or so. ST47 Talk 10:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I set up a BRFA and let's see what happens. --  Valley 2  city  ₪‽ 17:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I already have a bot that does this. It can also be used to traverse the category hierarchy to find other relevant categories and tag all related articles. Another feature is that it can create a list of all tagged articles for you, to be used as a watchlist. The bot's page has links to examples and more details. Let me know if you want me to run it for you. Ingrid 22:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ingrid. Please run your bot to tag untagged remaining articles in Category:Columbia University and its subcategories with . I'm going to be incommunicado until tomorrow night so go ahead if you wish. Thanks, --  Valley  2  city  ₪‽ 23:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * On second thought, Ingrid, I kinda want to experience operating a bot on my own. I want to wait for the results of the BRFA before proceding with anything. If that fails then I will seek you out again. Thanks for the offer. --  Valley 2  city  ₪‽ 04:17, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Jonathan Daniels
I was wondering why you added Jonathan Daniels to the Columbia University WikiProject. It doesn't seem that Daniels had any connection to Columbia University. Thanks for your attention to this. Dce7 01:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Good call, Dce7. I didn't notice that the wrong Jonathan Daniels was tagged. It is Jonathan W. Daniels, not Jonathan M. Daniels, who famously failed out of Columbia Law School. I have since removed the WP tag. Thanks for your alertness and it goes to show that all of us can make mistakes. -- <font face="Comic Sans MS"> Valley 2 <font face="Arial"> city  ₪‽ 03:41, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Kamsa and Bar Kamsa
Good new article there. (I'm Jewish, so I knew in advance what it was about.) Consider the following:
 * Create incoming redirects from Kamtza and Bar Kamtza and search terms with only lowercase letters.
 * Find other articles to link inward to this article.
 * Nominate the article for Did you know?. It may be good enough. 69.201.182.76 02:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks! I was actually about to create that particular redir when I got the orange New Message bar. Good call on the DYK; I submitted an abstract just now. Thanks. -- <font face="Comic Sans MS"> Valley 2 <font face="Arial"> city  ₪‽ 03:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday
Politics rule 13:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

--Destructo 087 02:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Happy birthday, and as a gift, GeeJo kindly nominated your article, perhaps coincidentally for a birthday present

re:Thanks
Your welcome for wishing you a happy Birthday. I am happy i am making Wikipedians feel good!! Politics rule 22:32, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Bot Approved for AWB
Exactly what the title says...enjoy. alphachimp 03:55, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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Kahanism
What do you think of Kahanism? AniChai 17:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Userpage help request
(I think) I fixed your userbox issues. If problems still remain, please drop me a line and I'll try to help fix them too. Cheers! --<b style="color:#9696A0; font-family:Tahoma;">snowolf</b><b style="color:#0A0096; font-family:tahoma;">D4</b>( <b style="color:#339966; font-family:Constantia;">talk</b> / <b style="color:#CC0099; font-family:Constantia;">@</b> ) 19:22, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, I was glad to help out with you userboxes. And thanks for the Barnstar. I really appreciate it. Happy editing! [[Image:SFriendly.gif|18px]] --<b style="color:#9696A0; font-family:Tahoma;">snowolf</b><b style="color:#0A0096; font-family:tahoma;">D4</b>( <b style="color:#339966; font-family:Constantia;">talk</b> / <b style="color:#CC0099; font-family:Constantia;">@</b> ) 20:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Your sig
Replace  <font face="Comic Sans MS"> Valley 2 <font face="Arial"> city  ₪‽ with  Valley 2 city ₪‽. Its down to 233 from 269 characters. Alternatively, I would suggest you consider dropping "Comic Sans MS" as it will render nothing on non-Microsoft Windows machines, and using  Valley 2 city ₪‽, which will drop it to 185 characters. Cheers, Iamunknown 06:14, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you so much, I was working on alternatives removing the symbols from my sig, but this works even better, though I have truncated it even further. Thank you!  Valley 2 city  06:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * (Edit conflict with below) I just managed to reduce the number of characters in your signature, but apparently somebody else beat me to it. Oh well. Glad you can use it now. &#32;-- kenb215 talk 16:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Your sig
Try this, which is under 255:. It's exactly the same sig, excapt that the 'city' bit is a very slightly different shade of blue (change #8CE to skyblue and it's still within the 255 character limit if you want it exactly the same); the reason your sig was over the limit was that it was coded inefficiently (it's possible to combine more than one style into one span tag, and if you do that you don't need font tags at all). --ais523 16:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Heh, I see Iamunknown beat me to it. --ais523 16:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * ...and I think we wrote exactly the same thing, except that I removed redundant spaces and changed the shade of blue to make it still shorter... --ais523 16:56, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad so many people are taking an interest in my signature. I love that aspect of Wikipedia. :) Thanks everybody. -- Valley 2 city  17:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)


 * This one is identical, and only 228 chars:   Cheers, —Preceding unsigned comment added by HiDrNick (talk • contribs) 19:14, June 16, 2007  (UTC)

Excessive wikification on a disambiguation page
The accepted practice on a dab page is not to have more than one wikilink per item; people are expected to go to the listed item for additional detail. I thus reversed your (unmistakably well-meant) additional wikification of various items on the Milton page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orangemike (talk • contribs) 13:30, June 26, 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice and I'll keep it in mind in the future. I sometimes go on wikilink sprees.  Valley 2 city  20:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!
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WP:HL
Hi there, I noticed you had the shortcut WP:HL for WikiProject Hebrew languages I just started at WikiProject of my own here. I was wondering if we could work out some kind of compromise with the HL shortcut? Stormin&#39; Foreman 05:01, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, though I have already taken WP:HL as the acronym of Hebrew Languages, there are still plenty of good redir shortcuts that are not currently taken: WP:High is still available. Sometimes the good ones are already taken, as I can attest when trying to develop shortcuts for WikiProject Columbia University. WP:CU is already taken by Cleanup so I had to resort to WP:Columbia, which, though significantly longer, is much better than having to type in such a long title. I think that a short, easy to remember shortcut like WP:High should serve your purposes. Hope this helps.  Valley 2 city  05:31, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

User page renovation
Hello Valley2city! I noticed your request to have your userpage renovated, and I will be happy to help. I am handy with Wiki-markup, and know my way around the Userboxing world. If you agree, I will create a sandbox page and make changes to your userpage there, as not to disrupt your real userpage. I will take the changes you want me to make one at a time, with your comments on how I am doing. I can offer advice, and, when you are completely satisfied with my work, I will turn the sandbox into your true userpage. No change of your signature required! No redirects! Tell me on my talk page if you accept, and also tell me what you want changed. Thank you! -- FastLizard4 (Talk•Links•Sign) 00:39, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, yeah, I'd love that. Thanks! If you are trying to consider a color scheme, by the way, I kind of like the colors that appear in my sig. Thanks again!  Valley 2 city  05:36, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. Just tell me a little about what you want done, and I will get started right away.
 * -- FastLizard4 (Talk•Links•Sign) 23:09, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

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 * Again? Nope, still editing Harry Potter articles like there's no tomorrow...  Valley 2 city  19:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Userboxes
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Talk:Ossie Davis
Hi. Could you offer your opinion on the discussion on the Ossie Davis Talk Page? Thanks. Nightscream 16:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, I honestly don't know anything about the topic to weigh in on it. Sorry.  Valley 2 city  22:33, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Wikis Take Manhattan
WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year's Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well.

LAST YEAR'S EVENT


 * Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Spring 2008 (a description of the results, and the uploading party)
 * Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Gallery (our cool gallery)

WINNINGS? Prizes include a dinner for three with Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales at Pure Food & Wine, gift certificates to Bicycle Habitiat and the LimeWire Store, and more!

WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, September 27th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration.

WHO All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)!

REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here. It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand.

WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's West Village office. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project:


 * Wikis Take Manhattan page at The Open Planning Project


 * 349 W. 12th St. #3
 * Between Greenwich & Washington Streets
 * By the 14th St./8th Ave. ACE/L stop

FOR UPDATES

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Thanks,
 * Pharos

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Redirect deletion notice
With all due respect it's not an attack page. It's a good faith redirect that I thought (a loooooooong time ago) might be useful. Please don't template the regulars, especially if you can't find the right one. No hard feelings--just thought I'd let you know. (I lean in favor of keeping the redirect, but not enough to justify any further defense.)--HereToHelp (talk to me) 23:32, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
I am leaving you this note because you have edited this article in the past. While vandal-watching today I noticed the removal by of the entire "Criticism" section. This looked to me like common vandalism, so I reverted it with the rollback tool. Checking the article history, I saw that rollback had reverted a string of 12 edits and, checking them, it was clearly not a case of simple vandalism: on the other hand, the edits showed a pattern of removing properly-sourced criticism and inserting favourable opinions which suggested that CaseyHamMD had a COI and was not editing from a NPOV. He had made one earlier edit of a similar type, which I have also reverted.

He is a new editor, first edit 24 Sep, and his talk page was blank. I have given him a standard welcome paragraph and a note explaining what I have done, outlining relevant WP policies, and inviting him if he wants his changes made to outline them on the article talk page and try to reach consensus.

As I personally know nothing about the subject, I am posting this note to editors who have worked on the article and seem to be still active, so that they can take part in the discussion and/or watch the article.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:54, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: You are invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, finalize and approve bylaws, interact with representatives from the Software Freedom Law Center, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the June meeting's minutes and the September meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikis Take Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wikipedia Loves Art! bonanza, being planned with the Brooklyn Museum for February.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

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