User talk:X!/Archives/03/2009

Technology report
I'm not sure I'll have time to complete the technology report. It now needs to be done by Sunday night (North America time) or early Monday UTC. If you (or Jake) are interested in writing it this week, please do and it would be appreciated. Otherwise, I can try to find some time. --Aude (talk) 13:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Done at User:X!/Post2. X clamation point  04:16, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:ALM newsletter
Finished and ready to go. WesleyDodds (talk) 02:51, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sent. X clamation point  04:15, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter

 * 18:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC) The  Helpful  Bot  18:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Question about a deletion
As I'm not a Wikipedian (or whatever the proper word is for those who know what they're doing at Wikipedia), I hope I'm putting this in the right place. Would have preferred to contact you via email, but looks like that's not an option?

I was notified by a bunch of readers over the weekend that the Wiki entry for myself (Brad Friedman of The BRAD BLOG) had been removed for some reason. In trying to figure out why, I was able to figure out that any such "deletion review" should begin with contacting whoever seemed to delete it, which seems to have been you. Hope I'm right (as mentioned, not a Wikepedian!)

Anyway, as they were flummoxed, so was I. In trying to figure out why that entry was deleted, I checked other colleagues of mine, who do similar work (Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo, Mike Malloy of The Mike Malloy Show, Cenk Uyger of The Young Turks Show, for example) and find them all still listed. So not clear why the article describing me had been removed.

As mentioned, I don't know much about Wiki or Wiki editing, etc., but I do know that a number of articles which concerned me, or stories that I either broke or was personally involved in, were among those that were edited by a number of the corporations and individuals found to have been gaming the Wikipedia a year or so ago. I'll hope that had nothing to do with whatever effort was taken to remove my entry, but I don't know.

There are many articles around Wiki which still link to "my" now-deleted page, as they refer to various stories that I was either personally involved in, broke in the media (on a blog, in a magazine, on TV or radio etc.), and yet the entry is now deleted for some reason.

If you are able to either explain the reasons for that, or walk me through/towards the "deletion review" process which, as I read it, is supposed to start with you first, I'd very much appreciate it.

All easier for me via email, if you're able, at Brad@BradBlog.com. If not, I can try to come back here to see if I can make heads and/or tails of things.

Appreciate your help and/or consideration (if only so that I can answer all the email I now seem to be getting about the entry where I was listed having been deleted for whatever reason. I'm sure it's no conspiracy, I'm just not sure why or what to tell folks about it, particulary, as I said, since it seems that many of my fellow colleagues -- journalists, media folks, etc. -- remain listed.) For the record, my own personal brief "bio" and testimonials from many well known media folks and public officials, if that's useful, is at http://www.bradblog.com/bio, and should, I think, speak well enough for my credentials.

Thanks again for your help here! Brad F. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.209.254 (talk) 07:04, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I don't whether its appropriate for a person who is the subject of an article, to ask about such things him/herself but, well, see above. Hope it is! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.209.254 (talk) 07:06, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It was deleted per consensus at Articles for deletion/Brad Friedman. Enough people there decided that it should be deleted. If you want to contest it, bring it to WP:DR. X clamation point  07:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks X. The deletion review seemed to be very quick, and short on opinions. But as the deletion contest instruction said to try to work it out with the editor who deleted it first, I wanted to do due diligence there. Sounds like I should now ask at the deletion contest review area. Will do. Thanks again. - Brad--68.3.209.254 (talk) 09:20, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Brad Friedman
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Brad Friedman. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 68.3.209.254 (talk) 09:20, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

delivery
Please do. Thanks!--ragesoss (talk) 07:33, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Do you know what this is about? §hep  Talk  08:40, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Also here and your talk. §hep  Talk  08:47, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * and this? &mdash; JamesR   ≈talk≈  10:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ...And this?  Little  Mountain  5  review! 15:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Something went really wrong... /me does code review. X clamation point  18:30, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. The problem was that the bot got the page content before checking if it was a redirect. X clamation point  18:33, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/State Class Battleship BB
Thanks for closing this and deleting the article. The article State Class Battleship was also in the nomination (though I probably didn't format that right) and appears to have been missed? Just letting you know. ttfn, Benea (talk) 14:12, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. X clamation point  18:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Drew Money
You've actually only deleted the redirect "Drew money". You might want to delete the actual article. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 18:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. X clamation point  18:36, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:WPTC
No one has welcomed you in yet, so allow me.

&rarr; Dyl @  n  620  02:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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Section Title
???? i dont know what i was doing im sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.200.210 (talk) 00:33, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I've blocked SoxBot VI
See User_talk:X!/Sox_Commons --Dweller (talk) 12:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Larry Hryb
Larry Hryb gave explicit permission for us to use the publicity photo. You can [mailto:major@xbox.com ask him] yourself. JAF1970 (talk) 22:51, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Since you wanted it...
TEST! Roxsed39 (talk) 23:09, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Ray Joseph Cormier
You closed the discussion on the subject AfD on February 8. It was nominated for deletion again on March 1 for the same reason. I posed some questions to the Editor who closed the 2nd discussion here:

User_talk:Stifle

I´m still curious to understand what happened? Can you enlighten me? Peace DoDaCanaDa (talk) 13:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

SoxBot III false positive
This is a false positive. It wasn't a test edit, it was an explicit contestation of a prod. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 02:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:NPA
Per Wikipedia policy on personal attacks against other editors I edited your comment on Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Addbot 19


 * "Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor.' Personal attacks do not help make a point; they only hurt the Wikipedia community and deter users from helping to create a good encyclopedia. Derogatory comments about another contributor may be removed by any editor."

I have bolded and italicized the relevant part of the policy in the quote above. --KP Botany (talk) 02:31, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Stating that someone has a grudge is not a personal attack. It cannot be construed as one. However, WP:CIVIL is very clear that making false claims is against the civility policy. Consider this your warning, KP Botany. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:44, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually another editor, the one who reverted my removal of the personal attack, disagrees with you. So, it can be and is construed as one.  --KP Botany (talk) 02:48, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've struck the comment. Sorry if I insulted you, I wasn't trying to write a personal attack. I was just saying that I've seen you around, and it didn't appear that you were exactly fond of Addbot. I probably could have worded my response better, and I apologize for not doing so (as well as bringing this whole issue up in the first place). X clamation point  02:49, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I accept your apology, as it is rather nice. --KP Botany (talk) 02:51, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

KP Botany Wikiquette Alert
I have recently opened a wikiquette alert on KP Botany's comments in the recent addbot discussion. Any comments would be appreciated. —Nn123645 (talk) 07:13, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #24
Jason Rees (talk) 01:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Counter
Bravo on the counter. No idea how long it's been in action (I don't count edits often), but it looks pretty slick. Thanks for your hard work!! :) //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 09:25, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Andrewmc123
You're quite right, of course, but is there such a procedure as speedy non-crat RfA closures (ala WP:NAC)? If so, what is that procedure? Thanks! It Is Me Here  t / c 18:58, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Enigmaman/SNOW – xeno  ( talk ) 19:02, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Cheers, done – was that done correctly? It Is Me Here  t / c 19:38, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm... by any chance are you stalking me, Xeno? :P X clamation point  00:06, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

The work of deleting IP vandalism on chem element pages
Since you're involved, I wonder if you'd like to comment on this discussion on semi-protection for element articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Elements Thanks! S B Harris 00:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost &mdash; 9 March 2009
This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 10, which includes these articles:


 * News and notes: Commons, conferences, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Politics, more politics, and more
 * Dispatches: 100 Featured sounds milestone
 * Wikiproject report: WikiProject Christianity
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delivered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  at 00:53, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

ACC
Apparently I've been suspended because I dropped request 24280. I've been requested to join IRC and explain my dropping of that case but no one appears to be in. Firstly, I had perfectly valid reasons (or what I thought were good reasons) for dropping that account, and secondly it's the only bad move I've made in my hundreds of account creations. Could you help find out why I was blocked immediately for this, rather than someone just initiating discussion which would seem far more rational and in proportion? —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 11:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries now actually, I've found out who the blocking admin was so I'll ask them. Cheers anyway. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 16:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

accesibility in edit counter
Under "Namespace totals", the text inside some of the colored boxes should be set to white, otherwise it's very difficult to read. Concretely: "article", "wikipedia", "file", "file talk" and "category talk". Maybe also "user talk" and "template". --Enric Naval (talk) 21:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

links with slashes on the edit counter
I looked at my edit count and clicked on the links to the pages I had edited, but the link to ANI had the "/" replaced with "%2F":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard%2FIncidents

This causes 404 errors on any page having a slash on it. --Enric Naval (talk) 21:25, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Already reported on the tracker, bug 4. &mdash; <font color="#5A3696">neuro <font color="#5A3696">(talk) 21:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

SoxBot killing references
I took a look at my watchlist and saw several edits by the bot that, I guess, you have some sort of control over. On (at least) two instances, the bot actually killed the reference rather than repairing it. Logan Young edit, Alabama Crimson Tide football edit. – <font style="color:#990000;">LATICS <font style="color:#fff;background:#990000;"> talk  06:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I thought I fixed the expn problem. Frankly, I'm not sure what's wrong. It's late, and I can't deal with it now. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  06:31, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

FYI, it did it at Northwestern State University too. - &#10032; <strong style="letter-spacing:1px;font-family:Verdana">ALLST☆R &#10032; echo 15:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Your bot keeps on breaking links - I've had to fix Keith_Law twice now. Wickethewok (talk) 16:31, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * My bot has not been running since last night. It broke some links due to a typo. I'm not sure what links need to be fixed anymore, and because they're all too different, I'm not able to run the bot to fix it. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  17:27, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Can't a search be done on Wikipedia for links with "expn" in them? It shouldn't be a problem to code something to replace all expns with espns. I doubt there are many legitimate things with "expn" in them.  Enigma <sup style="color:#FFA500;">msg  03:00, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think anything uses expn anymore, they use weird combinations of static and assets now. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  03:03, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I just fixed it. It had like a dozen instances of expn which were inserted by SoxBot.  Enigma <sup style="color:#FFA500;">msg  03:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Finished translation
Hi! I have traslated your edit counter messages for Galician (Galego) (code:gl) language, please see below:

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Feel free to contact me on my talk page on gl wiki. Thanks! Banjo (talk) 09:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching
Hia X!,

how are you doing was wondering if you would be able to help me prepare for a RFA Application so that i may become a sysop i have done two other previous RFA which went horribly wrong.Hope to hear from you soon take care.And /or Admin coaching in general i am very motivated about things i do and i hope to become a Sysop soon but for now i't seems i need some assistance in doing so.

Thank you for your time,

 Staffwaterboy  Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments 20:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, unfortunately, I'm not taking new coachees at the moment. Sorry. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  03:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Np thanks anyways ,

Cheers,  Staffwaterboy  Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments 16:46, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

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SoxBot X

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 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Denied/February 2009 at 2009-02-13T18:00:11Z.
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MPUploadBot

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 * MPUploadBot is currently enabled.
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 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-11T00:08:37Z.
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 * SoxBot (talk) 00:12, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Bubble tea!
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Spread the bubbliness of bubble teas by adding {{subst:bubble tea}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!

Exclusion compliant?
Hi What's the trick to get SoxBot II to stay off my user sub page User:Amalthea/test2? The page is part of a redirect loop I've set up as an example for a WP:VPR discussion. Reverting the bot didn't bother him, putting on the page wasn't enough either (despite his assertion that "this bot is exclusion compliant"). I've tried protection now, and am hoping that it doesn't have the sysop-flag set. :) I realize that the page shows up on Special:DoubleRedirects and I'll blank the pages once the discussion is gone. Cheers, Amalthea  18:38, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Evidently, Chris's classes didn't have exclusion compliancy. I'll have to go port it to Pillar framework now. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  21:04, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. :) -- Amalthea 21:15, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Adminstats
—  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 06:27, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Breakage
Not sure if you know about this but your tool breaks URLs when it inserts %2F instead of a /. -- Menti  fisto  06:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's a known bug. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  15:27, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter

 * 17:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC) The  Helpful  Bot  17:05, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Aravind Vidyananthan
Hi

Winner of the '07 10th place and '08 2nd place in the Hare Krishna Temple Book Marathon

Website: www.aravindbookdistributor.spaces.live.com

SoxBot not operating correctly on double redirects to a subhead:
Hi your bot did this edit to fix the double redirect: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MVRP&oldid=277620481

But this wasn't quite right:

Before:


 * MVRP redir'd -> Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol
 * Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol -> Multiple Registration Protocol#Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP)

The SoxBot dropped the fact that it redir'd to a subhead, which is actually important. -- KelleyCook (talk) 17:39, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

An opinion required
Hey up. I was just pondering the question of whether, if I wanted to become an admin (which I do), whether it would be best to file an RfA soon (1-2 weeks) or put it off (1-2 months). As a responsible admin - and one familiar with some of the stuff I've been up to lately - I was hoping you could help. The advantage of sooner rather than later would be that I am currently very enthusiastic about the project, and I really want to make a difference in admin areas, particularly SDs, bot matters (e.g. blocking, category tidy up) and to a lesser extent AfDs and templates. The downside is that certain cruel, cruel admins won't be able to see past the numbers, which I feel are good enough, at the very least. Anyhow, if you could advise - or even stretch to a personal opinion, I would be most grateful. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 18:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

User:MBH2000/Florcello
Could you pleaseItalic text explain how my article on Florcello submitted 03/16/09 is considered "blatent advertising"? How could it possibly be written in a more unbiased fashion ? I want to learn. Please take a look a the articles for Tuaca, Liquor Fogg, Sabra... If these articles are acceptable, please advise how I am offending the Wiki rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MBH2000 (talk • contribs) 19:05, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Main page images
I know you're running MPUploadBot, and I've got a question: Why not protect the images at Commons? Temporary uploads wouldn't be needed, which would be easier on the servers. Shubinator (talk) 23:18, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

<h2 style="display:none;">Wikipedia Signpost — 16 March 2009 <div style="color:#666; font-variant: small-caps; border-bottom:1px solid #AAA; padding-bottom:2px; margin-bottom:10px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Unsubscribe &middot; Single-page &middot; Full edition &raquo;  — 16 March 2009


 * News and notes: License update, Commons cartoons, films milestone, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Manufactured scandal, Wikipedia assignments, and more
 * Dispatches: New FAC and FAR appointments
 * Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delivered by §hepBot  ( Disable )  at 00:37, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Automated report of SoxBots
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SoxBot

 * SoxBot has 15326 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot's last 5 contributions:
 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-17T23:30:10Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-17T23:00:09Z.
 * User:NE2/r1 at 2009-03-17T21:45:11Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-17T21:30:13Z.
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SoxBot II

 * SoxBot II has 14037 contributions, including deleted contributions.
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 * User:X!/RfA Graph at 2009-03-16T09:00:07Z.
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 * User:X!/RfA Graph at 2009-03-15T09:00:04Z.
 * User:X!/RfA Graph at 2009-03-14T09:00:04Z.

SoxBot III

 * SoxBot III has 19910 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot III is currently enabled.
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 * User talk:96.237.148.84 at 2009-03-18T00:07:10Z.
 * Intellectual property infringement in the People's Republic of China at 2009-03-18T00:07:08Z.
 * User talk:76.99.132.130 at 2009-03-17T23:57:45Z.
 * Shannon at 2009-03-17T23:57:43Z.
 * User talk:209.225.102.57 at 2009-03-17T23:50:01Z.

SoxBot IV

 * SoxBot IV has 16140 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot IV is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot IV's last 5 contributions:
 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2009-03-17T23:40:05Z.
 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2009-03-17T22:25:14Z.
 * Template:X3 at 2009-03-17T21:55:07Z.
 * Wikipedia:Introduction at 2009-03-17T21:35:13Z.
 * Wikipedia:Introduction at 2009-03-17T21:10:15Z.

SoxBot V

 * SoxBot V has 57370 contributions, including deleted contributions.
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 * User:SoxBot V/adminrights-admins.js at 2009-03-13T05:00:17Z.
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SoxBot VI

 * SoxBot VI has 3140 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot VI is currently enabled.
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 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-17T21:12:12Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-17T16:45:18Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-17T14:03:09Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-17T13:33:11Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-17T12:24:16Z.

SoxBot VII

 * SoxBot VII has 394 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot VII is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot VII's last 5 contributions:
 * Template:Adminstats/X! at 2009-03-18T00:00:56Z.
 * Template:Adminstats/X! at 2009-03-17T00:00:20Z.
 * Template:Adminstats/X! at 2009-03-14T20:51:42Z.
 * Template:Adminstats/Valley2city at 2009-03-13T22:39:49Z.
 * Template:Adminstats/Maxim at 2009-03-13T22:39:37Z.

SoxBot VIII

 * SoxBot VIII has 3394 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot VIII is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot VIII's last 5 contributions:
 * User talk:81.105.247.0 at 2009-02-18T22:14:51Z.
 * User talk:173.72.17.143 at 2009-02-18T21:35:35Z.
 * User talk:24.226.43.190 at 2009-02-18T15:55:20Z.
 * User:Justusr76/Finlandia Lions at 2009-02-18T14:47:57Z.
 * User:TheFireTones at 2009-02-18T13:43:36Z.

SoxBot IX

 * SoxBot IX has 139 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot IX is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot IX's last 5 contributions:
 * User talk:X! at 2008-07-20T20:54:21Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T22:55:20Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T22:20:20Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T20:50:23Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T20:30:26Z.

SoxBot X

 * SoxBot X has 1675 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot X is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot X's last 5 contributions:
 * User talk:Saddy Dumpington at 2009-02-13T18:00:14Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Denied/February 2009 at 2009-02-13T18:00:11Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback at 2009-02-13T18:00:06Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Approved/February 2009 at 2009-02-13T12:00:08Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback at 2009-02-13T12:00:06Z.

MPUploadBot

 * MPUploadBot has 2435 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * MPUploadBot is currently enabled.
 * MPUploadBot's last 5 contributions:
 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-18T00:01:16Z.
 * File:BlueGeneL cabinet.jpg at 2009-03-18T00:00:29Z.
 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-17T22:49:31Z.
 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-17T22:48:53Z.
 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-17T22:22:42Z.
 * SoxBot (talk) 00:12, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

SoxBot X not working
Just in case you didn't notice my message here, SoxBot X hasn't run in over a month. Is it broken, or did you disable it? Wronkiew (talk) 06:57, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, hope you feel better soon. Wronkiew (talk) 14:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Adminstats (again)
Are you intending to keep this going, or was it just a one off? Hope you can get it working again, as it's a useful tool. Thanks. —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 22:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Just seen the note at the top of this page - hope you're over it soon. Don't worry too much about the stats - your health is more important ;-) —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 22:45, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Double redirects no longer need to be fixed
The latest version of MediaWiki finally handles them with no problem. "Fixing" some of these is undesirable in some cases, such as where the first target page is a "redirect with possibilities" — that is, where it is intended that there will be an article there in the future, and the redirect is just a placeholder until then. –radiojon (talk) 23:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Technology report and Abuse Filter
I'm not completely done with either (I may think of things to add and copyedit), but here are drafts of the technology report and a special story about the Abuse Filter. If you can think of anything to add or changes to make, please do so.


 * User:Aude/Abuse Filter
 * User:Aude/Technology report

Cheers. --Aude (talk) 12:33, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Smiling back
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 bibliomaniac 1  5  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! ''Not sure I know which argument you're talking about, but thanks! I always thought I was more of a gin and tonic person though...'' Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

delivery
Please go ahead and deliver if you're still around. Sorry I didn't update the delivery message earlier; I had to rush out just after publication and didn't have time to do the final maintenance.--ragesoss (talk) 03:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC) == Wikipedia Signpost <span style="color:#666; font-variant: small-caps; font-size:80%; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">: 23 March 2009 ==


 * From the editor: Reviewing books for the Signpost
 * Special report: Abuse Filter is enabled
 * News and notes: Flaggedrevs, copyright project, fundraising reports, and more
 * Wikipedia in the news: Alternatives, IWF threats, and more
 * Features and admins: Approved this week
 * Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read this Signpost in full &middot; Single-page &middot; Unsubscribe

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:37, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Abuse filter notes
Just a reminder that auto-signatures don't work in the abuse filter notes. You'll need to write out your name normally, which is two fewer keystrokes. Stifle (talk) 09:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Your notice of speedy deletion
I am not used to HTML and not sure what I did to trigger the automated response, but I believe the article is valuable and references an extensive list of sources which I believe shows it is an important discussion/topic. Smtbrady (talk) 22:50, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Old sock block, requesting unblock... was there a checkuser?
See User talk:Myklroventine, who was blocked as a sock of User:Donaldleegraham. Could you point me to the evidence? I assume there was a checkuser or something. I am inclined to decline, as they waited more than 6 months to request an unblock, which looks supicious. Could you at least point me to the sock evidence, however, so I have something to go on? Either a checkuser or DUCK evidence would be cool... --Jayron32. talk . contribs 00:57, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocked as DUCK at Suspected sock puppets/Donaldleegraham. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  01:03, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Automated report of SoxBots
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SoxBot

 * SoxBot has 16593 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot is currently enabled.
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 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-25T00:00:14Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-24T23:00:10Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-24T21:00:11Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-24T20:30:10Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2009-03-24T20:00:12Z.

SoxBot II

 * SoxBot II has 14908 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot II is currently enabled.
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 * User:X!/RfA Graph at 2009-03-24T09:00:06Z.
 * User talk:X42bn6 at 2009-03-24T04:54:12Z.
 * User talk:Jezhotwells at 2009-03-24T04:54:07Z.
 * User talk:Fixman at 2009-03-24T04:54:04Z.
 * User talk:Vilbafo534 at 2009-03-24T04:54:02Z.

SoxBot III

 * SoxBot III has 20660 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot III is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot III's last 5 contributions:
 * User talk:72.240.133.208 at 2009-03-24T23:54:41Z.
 * Linda Richards at 2009-03-24T23:54:38Z.
 * User talk:198.111.163.243 at 2009-03-24T23:49:06Z.
 * File:Robert Pattinson.jpg at 2009-03-24T23:49:00Z.
 * User talk:96.246.52.143 at 2009-03-24T23:32:18Z.

SoxBot IV

 * SoxBot IV has 16628 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot IV is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot IV's last 5 contributions:
 * Wikipedia:Tutorial (Editing)/sandbox at 2009-03-25T00:10:13Z.
 * Wikipedia:Introduction at 2009-03-25T00:00:16Z.
 * Wikipedia:Tutorial (Editing)/sandbox at 2009-03-24T23:05:12Z.
 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2009-03-24T23:00:07Z.
 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2009-03-24T22:55:08Z.

SoxBot V

 * SoxBot V has 57374 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot V is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot V's last 5 contributions:
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 * User:SoxBot V/adminrights-admins.js at 2009-03-21T05:00:10Z.
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 * User:SoxBot V/adminrights-admins.js at 2009-03-14T05:00:17Z.

SoxBot VI

 * SoxBot VI has 3193 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot VI is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot VI's last 5 contributions:
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-24T22:39:14Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-24T20:00:10Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-24T19:33:14Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-24T19:27:08Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2009-03-24T18:12:12Z.

SoxBot VII

 * SoxBot VII has 396 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot VII is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot VII's last 5 contributions:
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 * Template:Adminstats/X! at 2009-03-23T00:00:36Z.
 * Template:Adminstats/X! at 2009-03-18T00:00:56Z.
 * Template:Adminstats/X! at 2009-03-17T00:00:20Z.
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SoxBot VIII

 * SoxBot VIII has 3394 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot VIII is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot VIII's last 5 contributions:
 * User talk:81.105.247.0 at 2009-02-18T22:14:51Z.
 * User talk:173.72.17.143 at 2009-02-18T21:35:35Z.
 * User talk:24.226.43.190 at 2009-02-18T15:55:20Z.
 * User:Justusr76/Finlandia Lions at 2009-02-18T14:47:57Z.
 * User:TheFireTones at 2009-02-18T13:43:36Z.

SoxBot IX

 * SoxBot IX has 139 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot IX is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot IX's last 5 contributions:
 * User talk:X! at 2008-07-20T20:54:21Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T22:55:20Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T22:20:20Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T20:50:23Z.
 * User:X!/BAG at 2008-07-07T20:30:26Z.

SoxBot X

 * SoxBot X has 1675 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * SoxBot X is currently enabled.
 * SoxBot X's last 5 contributions:
 * User talk:Saddy Dumpington at 2009-02-13T18:00:14Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Denied/February 2009 at 2009-02-13T18:00:11Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback at 2009-02-13T18:00:06Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Approved/February 2009 at 2009-02-13T12:00:08Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback at 2009-02-13T12:00:06Z.

MPUploadBot

 * MPUploadBot has 3006 contributions, including deleted contributions.
 * MPUploadBot is currently enabled.
 * MPUploadBot's last 5 contributions:
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 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-24T23:24:51Z.
 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-24T23:23:59Z.
 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-24T15:49:50Z.
 * Wikipedia:Main Page/Protection at 2009-03-24T15:48:45Z.
 * SoxBot (talk) 00:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Kudos on the tools!
I just noticed your RfA voting and Automated Edits tools. Thanks muchly -- I've missed this capability since SQL's tools went away. Ray Talk 22:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Your bot request
Hi X! I wanted to let you know that Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot VII 4 is labeled as needing your comment. Please visit the above link to reply to the requests. Thanks! --BAGBot Talk 22:25, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for getting the admin-stats up and running. I was wondering if it might be a good idea, or possible, to also track changes to blocks and protects, which seem to be presently unrepresented admin actions. – xeno  ( talk ) 13:19, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Seconding xeno's thanks, nice work. I took the liberty of updating the relevant pages for your bot to reflect the new task SoxBot VII does now  . Hope you don't mind. Regards  So  Why  12:29, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Tarek Khalil Atallah
You deleted Tarek Khalil Atallah article as a result of the AfD. Please delete also Tarek Atallah, which was a mirror page of Tarek Khalil Atallah, and currently is redirect to the deleted article. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 05:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:SOAPY listed at RfD
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:SOAPY. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:SOAPY redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). –Black Falcon (Talk) 19:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC) –Black Falcon (Talk) 19:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Filter 120
Could you please post some explanatory notes for this filter. Why it's needed and what exactly is the aim of the filter. - Mgm|(talk) 11:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Delivery
Please do. I forgot to send out the call for delivery yesterday. Thanks!--ragesoss (talk) 19:35, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Girls in computer science
You failed to give a rationale for your closure. Please add your rationale. Uncle G (talk) 19:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Do I need to? I closed it because it appeared that it was more of a personal essay than an article, and that there were not a whole lot of keep votes (Excluding merge votes). <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  20:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It seems to me that rationales are optional, but that's just my opinion. –Juliancolton <font color="#66666">Talk · <font color="#66666">Review  20:32, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * One shouldn't consider them optional. A clear closure rationale allows others to understand a closure.  There are some closing administrators who regularly omit rationales, and as a direct consequence they receive no end of hassle from people asking "Why did you do that?".  A clear rationale heads that off before it even starts.  "{{subst:afd top}} ~ " is easy to type, but that's pretty much all that's good that one can say about it.  A good closure adds a rationale between the substitution and the signature.  It saves time and effort in the long run.  Uncle G (talk) 09:57, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You certainly do when you misunderstand merger to be deletion, as you've done here. ☺  Merger is a simple variant of keeping, as the Guide to deletion explains.  Think about it:  How do you expect people to perform the merger that they opine if you delete the edit history and thus make it inaccessible to them?  If an action could be enacted even by an editor without an account, with the few tools that such an editor has, then it's an ordinary editorial action, that doesn't require us to exercise our administrator tools. Uncle G (talk) 09:57, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If you disagree with the closure, feel free to bring it up at DRV if you want. I won't mind.
 * Also, if you go to past logs from 6-7 days ago, you'll see that almost every single AfD was closed without a rationale. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  10:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That doesn't make them good closures. Take a look at the talk pages of some of the administrators who regularly make rationale-free closures.  Don't follow bad examples because you think that "everyone else is doing it".  For starters, everyone else is not doing it.  Some administrators do provide good closures, and there are a few administrators over the years whose closures are examples to learn from. Uncle G (talk) 12:31, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If I feel that it's close enough, and does not warrent a relist, I will usually provide a rationale. This was an exception, and I probably should have provided a rationale. I apologize for this. I would not be offended at all if a DRV was opened. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  12:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

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I noticed this account delivering lots of Signposts on my watchlist, and I wondered why it didn't have a bot flag at present when the logs show that it had one in the past. Just curious - any particular reason? Regards, BencherliteTalk 21:22, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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