User talk:X!/Archives/03/2008

CMS 8th Grade Merit
Please tell me you're not serious about having this nonsense sit on this site for the next five days. It's absolute hogwash. With all due respect, I am replacing the speedy. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:04, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Never mind...it's gone. Sorry to bother you.  :)  --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Removal of es interwiki links from Formula One race reports
I notice that SoxBot III has recently removed the "es" interwiki links from a large number of Formula One race reports, e.g. 1998 British Grand Prix. I was wondering what was the reasoning behind this? Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 17:36, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Your bot also did the same thing on id.wiki. Could you explain that please. borgx  ( talk ) 03:27, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I do not know what's going on, I'm not monitoring it at all. I am running it on autonomous mode, that's a pywikipedia problem.  Soxred93 | talk bot 03:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

C. Sittampalam
I assume the bot post is an error, please check. Thanks.ThesaiRao (talk) 08:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Please Sign Up for I'm proud to be a wikipedian
Hello, Soxred93! You might want to write an essay for The I'm Proud to be A Wikipedian Essay Contest. The deadline is May 1. Signed, N o thin g  444  17:28, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


 * As far as the Signpost: At this point, I probably wouldn't mention it until it becomes a bit more popular.  I try not to mention contests like that unless they get to be popular, since there are a lot of contests, essays, etc.  I'll keep an eye on it, though, and see whether it might be worth covering in the future.  Ral315 (talk) 19:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Sequential Art---New sources added
Just going around to all the people that voted delete for notability/lack of sources early on in the debate. Sequential Art has recently had more sources added, you may wish to review them to see if they are up to your standards. Superslash (talk) 01:44, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot-flag request on es.wikipedia
Your bot-flag request for SoxBot on es.wikipedia has been rejected, so you can't run your bot on es.wikipedia. Greetings ;) Rastrojo (talk) 13:49, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot status on dawiki
SoxBot now has bot status on dawiki. - Kaare (talk) 20:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Soxbot: Language links, one good, one bad, both removed?
I'd like you to look at a case where I think the bot removed a good link while trying to remove a bad link. Alexandra lb was trying to add a language link for Lëtzebuergesch to article 11. First done wrongly as a misspelling lb:Elef, the following edit inserted the correct link Eelef. They didn't go back and fix things by deleting the wrong one (which is the other talk page posting I am working towards - they messed up 10 also).

Soxbot later came along and tried to remove the wrong link with the summary m (robot Removing: lb:Elef), only it removed both of them! Does this report make any sense? Shenme (talk) 02:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No, it does not make sense. But sorry, it's a interwiki.py problem. Take it up with the pywikipedia developers, thanks!  Soxred93  | talk bot 02:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Adminrights script
It would be a security risk to allow anyone to edit the script; they could put arbitrary JavaScript in other people's accounts, which is a serious risk (it could, for instance, be used to force the account to make edits that the user didn't want to make). The script can be updated by any administrator. Sorry for not updating it recently; I'm pretty busy in Real Life. --ais523 11:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot on ia.wikipedia
Hello Soxred93! Your bot may run on ia.wikipedia. Test edits are required for the bot flag. Regards,--Julian (talk) 14:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Question
Hi. Maybe you can help me out with this; I saw your tool at WP:ACC. I have an account on the toolserver, but where do I actually go to create the tool? Thanks.  jj137  (talk)  21:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you looking to run a clone soon? Because it is still in beta version, new features are still to be added. The "view source" option is just so people can see what is making the tool run, and people who are good at PHP can try to suggest new features. Answering your question, however, it's not too difficult. First, you have to copy the source, and put it into your public_html/request account folder. Next, you have to put a file called database.inc inside your home folder (not your public_html folder!), with the following text inside:


 * After that, create a page called acc.txt in your home folder (again, not your public_html folder), containing this text:

Date:IP Address:Username requested:Email address
 * Hope this works for you, best of luck!  Soxred93 | talk bot 21:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Your tool seems to be fine - I can't (right now) think of anything that can be done to improve it; I was thinking about making a tool for something else. Thanks for your help. :)   jj137   (talk)  20:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops - now I know why I was confused: I have an account on the toolserver wiki, but still need to get access to the toolserver itself.   jj137   (talk)  20:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

SoxBot IV and Template sandbox
Thanks for implementing in SoxBot IV my requested changes to the default for Template sandbox. Wdfarmer (talk) 12:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:IFU
*sigh*, I cleaned it up for now. It just keeps coming. should we bring this up at ANI? I'm tired of doing this.   CWii ( Talk  14:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Bloomfield Hills School District
Hi, I noticed that you added some tags in the article Bloomfield Hills School District. Previously I have nominated a high school district related article for AfD for terrible lack of source, but the AfD people told that high school districts are always notable. I have not much idea about this. WP:N says that the subject should be covered in third party or secondary reliable source significantly. A google search on Bloomfield Hills School District shows many ghits, but I am not sure how much of them will be reliable source or the subject has been covered significantly or not. Can you please provide some opinion here. Thanks.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 21:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Random Token of Recognition


Here's a fox for you! Foxes somehow promote Wikiquette and WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the good will by giving a friendly Random Token of Recognition to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! -- TBC !?!  06:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC) Get it, a Fox in Sox and a Fox for Sox? Anyhow, keep up the good work on Wikipedia, you've contributed a lot of great edits!-- TBC !?!  06:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC) == Support for extends all the way across the screen and blanks the bottom half of the Wikimood graphic. I also see that block: Maybe the width="100%" is the problem. Wdfarmer (talk) 08:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

"Orphaned" page
Hi. Your bot, SoxBot, added the "orphaned" template to Cabinet of the United Kingdom/Current cabinet. However, this is transcluded in the well-linked page Cabinet of the United Kingdom, and it looked as if someone had tagged that page! Can you prevent your bot re-tagging the "Current cabinet" page? Perhaps your bot could check pages to see if they are transcluded in other pages that aren't orphans? Or perhaps this really isn't common enough to check for generally: do you have a list of pages the bot ignores? Speaking as a lapsed bot-owner myself, keep up the good work! --RobertG &#9836; talk 12:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

ACC
I am trying to become part of the mailing list but am having some problems. How do I do the email confirmation? Geoff Plourde (talk) 16:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I did make the tool, yes, but I actually am not a mailing list admin. I am just a member. Please ask someone like UseR:John Reaves for questions.  Soxred93 | talk bot 16:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

BAG/BRFA issues
Please read and, if possible, discuss :). Thanks, Martinp23 18:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

SoxBot IV and Template sandbox: follow-up
You might want to clean up the SoxBot IV source; the line "xXtext = "... seems to be an old unused remnant. Wdfarmer (talk) 19:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Tedwilliams pic.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Tedwilliams pic.jpg, has been listed at Images and media for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Superm401 - Talk 06:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Bots and OS X
That was the problem. once I cd'd it worked but i get a different error this time

Sais-MacBook:~/Desktop/pywikipedia Sai$ python login.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "login.py", line 49, in    import wikipedia, config File "/Users/Sai/Desktop/pywikipedia/wikipedia.py", line 127, in    import config, login File "/Users/Sai/Desktop/pywikipedia/config.py", line 364, in    execfile(_filename) File "./user-config.py", line 1 {\rtf1\mac\ansicpg10000\cocoartf824\cocoasubrtf440 ^ SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character

whats going on? I'm not very good at these kind of stuff.. Σαι ( Talk ) 01:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Soxred93/ACC
I semi-protected this after a request from Thehelpfulone, citing this edit as justification. Just wanting to double-check you're OK with this page being semi-protected, as that comment wasn't terribly explicit to this effect. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 12:51, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That's fine. I was going to request it anyway, but I was running out of time yesterday.  Soxred93 | talk bot 15:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot status on asturian wikipedia
Hi, your bot SoxBot has now bot status on asturian wikipedia. Sorry for the delay. Thanks!! --Esbardu 81.9.173.47 (talk) 22:01, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Invite
I'm inviting you because of your name.

ACC tool
Please can you add an option to close a request as username already taken?  Stwalkerster [  talk  ]  17:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome
Hi, and welcome to the Red Sox WikiProject! We are a group of (mainly) Red Sox fans who help to improve coverage related to the Boston Red Sox on Wikipedia.

Looking for somewhere to start? Here are a few suggestions.
 * You can check out topics on the main page.
 * You can add WikiProject Boston Red Sox to talk pages of Boston Red Sox-related articles, and assess them as well.
 * Check out the to do list for the WikiProject, and opt to try and complete some of those tasks.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or would like to talk about the project in general, feel free to leave a message on the talk page. Thanks for accepting my invite.-- RyRy5  (talk)  16:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot flag on hu.wiki
Hi! Your bot-flag won't be granted without any edits. Please, do some! :) Regards, Dorgan (talk) 18:12, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Handling account requests
Could you approve me? I am already subscribed to the mailing list. My internet connection has been down and I was told that I needed to go to http://tools.wikimedia.de/~soxred93/request_account/adminarea/index.php to handle requests. Thanks. Cheers :) Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 19:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup
 STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 22:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Incubez admin access
I have been approved on the mailing list and now have to be approved on http://tools.wikimedia.de/~soxred93/request_account/adminarea/index.php I think. Fun Pika  23:04, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Me too. ;-) - Rjd0060 (talk) 15:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

baby walker
I've added a few references and internal links, so I am deleting the orphan tag, OK? Pustelnik (talk) 00:37, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Sandbox
Hi Soxred93. Re, I notice that SoxBot IV and OverlordQBot differ on what a clean sandbox looks like, which might make for a botwar, but I also noticed that SoxBot is adding a \n, which it probably isn't supposed to. -- zzuuzz (talk) 03:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was a coding error. It has since been fixed. Or so I hope. We'll see in 12 hours!  Soxred93 | talk bot 03:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Regarding User:Soxred93/Post
I find it very disruptive when you just dive into someone's "territory" and does somebody's else job without first asking, citing being bold and IAR. You may ask "you didn't indicate you're going to write this week." Everyone who writes Signpost (at least most) know that some sections will never ever be written until it's few hours away from publication due to being time-sensitive. Topics like Dispatches, WikiWorld, and WikiProject report can be written weeks before submission. Other topics such as In the news, Technology report, Arbitration report, and Features and admins are usually written on last day (if not the last few hours).

Anyhow, I have written my part (at User:OhanaUnited/Wikipedia Signpost) along with some updates and bits that you missed (such as one featured picture got demoted). Please, please, please try contact someone (or at least leave a message in a visible spot, not in an edit summary of your sub-userpage) before being bold and do something that ignore rules. I can't stress enough that communication is the key. OhanaUnited<b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 04:40, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * While I wouldn't necessarily go so far, I do agree with OhanaUnited here. The thing with the Signpost is that work is delegated, and many contributors work on a single article week-after-week.  As a result, being bold in that respect is usually frowned upon, because it results in duplication of work (in fact, OhanaUnited was writing it at almost the exact same time that you were).  It'd be fine for you to write an article, but please don't write one of the articles that are handled weekly by other contributors; it tends to foster negative feelings.  Ral315 (talk) 05:57, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you for the notice. Honestly, I was unaware that it was like that. For the past few weeks, it hasn't always been the same person. Because WP:POST/N/B doesn't say that OhanaUnited is the one that did it, but someone else who hasn't done it in a while, I was led to believe anyone to do it. Ohana and Ral, I offer my sincerest apologies. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:95%;font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing: 2px;"> Soxred93 | talk bot 12:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot (gl.wp)
I feel it--Lmbuga to speak 17:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Soxred93! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. A le_Jrb <sup style="color:blue;">talk 15:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

OH-Project Tagging
Seems theres a category mess with the Category:Ohio tree

MaxSem looked into it, and in Category:Great Lakes there are some bad intersections and loops.

With it ignoring that category, i made a list of about 50k articles, which becamse 32919 with dupes removed

Which wont take as long to tag now ;)

—<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  16:00, 30 March 2008 (UTC)