User talk:X!/Archives/12/2008

Thank you for participating in my RfA
I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky (talk) 23:06, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Washtenaw Community College
Ahem. "Help" does not mean "Revert". Fine, if an empty info box offends you so readily, maybe you could direct me to a smaller, more fitting info box that I could fill in. Jeez, you could have just deleted the info box and left the split photo galleries...
 * My apologies, I didn't see the "help" in the edit summary. However, the infobox was substituted, which causes horrible code to show up in the box. X clamation point  04:30, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

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Sox Bot X
Just wanted to check to see if you knew that your bot hasn't been archiving RFR for the past 5 or so days. -Djsasso (talk) 23:49, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sigh. /me goes to work on it. X clamation point  04:31, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thought you might want to know about this as well. Looks like its not putting in its line breaks like normal. -Djsasso (talk) 02:50, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Newsletter ready for delivery
The November 2008 newsletter for WP:ALM is ready for delivery, a bit late on my part. It can be found here. Thanks. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:22, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Signing to prevent archival. X clamation point  21:30, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Asserts significance?
Alex Kirichenko. Millions of people win that award. That doesn't assert significance. You can reply here. I have your page watchlisted. This is a classic speedy candidate.  Enigma  message 04:34, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * However, it at least asserts some significance, unlike articles which don't assert any significance. Compare "John is a 14 year old living in X town." and "John is a 14 year old living in X town. He won ." The first asserts none, the second asserts some. X clamation point  04:40, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * So saying someone won awards means it can't be speedied? I won several awards myself and they were more significant than this one. An article on me would still be speedied.  Enigma  message 05:00, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Barium disodium
Hi. I saw that you speedied this as A3. There's some context to this - please see Ba(Na)2 and. Barium disodium does not exist, trust me. - Richard Cavell (talk) 04:34, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * A3 is for no context, which includes different versions of the title, or see also sections, which it was. X clamation point  04:37, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Boardcross
Thanks for zapping that copyvio, but I think you forgot something. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  05:14, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That was fast. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  05:19, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep. X clamation point  05:22, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Steaphan_Greene
Thanks for (your bot) catching my mistake. I had missed that nuance of the policy. Now I get it. Steaphan Greene (talk) 02:24, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Newsletter ready for delivery
The November 2008 newsletter for WP:ALM is ready for delivery, a bit late on my part. It can be found here. Thanks. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:22, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Signing to prevent archival. X clamation point  23:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

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Happy 's Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yay! Thanks, Rlevse! X clamation point  00:45, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Mudvayne discography
I need someone to merge Mudvayne videography page for this list, you can do this for me? If you do, please, delete the possible redirect. Regards,  Canniba loki  18:12, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll work on it when I get the chance. X clamation point  19:00, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks in advance.  Canniba loki  19:23, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

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AfC news
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 * 1) Msgj and Tnxman307 are organising the AfC challenge! It's a little competition to help improve some of the articles created through AfC and we are hoping that everyone will get involved. For level 1, you just need to bring a stub up to Start-class. Level 2 is improving a Start-class article to C-class. And so on. To get involved or for more information please see the competition page.
 * 2) Those of you who haven't reviewed an article recently might not have noticed the new process that was implemented this year. Reviewing articles is now more enjoyable than ever :) You might like to give it a try. All articles waiting for review are in Category:Pending Afc requests. (Please read the updated instructions.)
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 * 4) There is currently a proposal to bring the Images for upload process under the umbrella of WikiProject Articles for creation. The rationale is that both processes are designed to allow unregistered users to take part more fully in Wikipedia, and partipants in each process can probably help each other.

InputBox
Hi X! Your new code for InputBox is working really well (I mean the hidden option for the new commenttitle type). I don't know how much spare time you have these days, but another feature which would be fantastic, is the option to add a prefix to whatever is typed into the box. So that, for example, subpages of a particular page can be created. I see someone requested this (see bug 6640) but it has never been implemented. If you get a chance to have a look I would be very grateful! Cheers, Martin 16:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Hi, X, I come to you as a simple student. There are pretty much two things on Wikipedia that I know absolutely nothing about: bots and images. I'd probably go talk to BetaCommand if I wanted to learn about images, but I'm here to learn about bots. I'll admit you're not the first person I think of when I think of bots, in fact, you're third. After Cobi and SQL. Cobi because of ClueBot and SQL due to his statistics-finding programs. I know you because your bot clerks at CHU and I'm there every day.

Anyway, as you know (and most people are aware), I have a distaste of bots, but particularly vandalism-reverting bots and adminbots. However, I used to have an equal disdain for scripts like Twinkle, but after I learned more about them, I now appreciate them and even use Huggle myself from time to time.

I would like to learn more about bots. Basically, what I know now is that bots beat me to making reversions and that there are some secret admin bots running around. Can we start at the beginning? I believe most bots are written in PHP (a programming code I do not know, I'm limited to C++, Java, and VB). How do they work? Does the operator have a program installed on their computer, some .exe that they run that logs into a Wikipedia account and starts going? Or do they have a special monobook-like page that runs the code? I've seen that ClueBot runs 24/7 sometimes. Shouldn't it only be running when Cobi is around just in case it goes awry? I mean, he said here, that his bots edits are his responsibility. How can he responsibly look over it if he's asleep? I have much to learn. Thanks for your time. Useight (talk) 17:03, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Signing to prevent archival. Of course, my browser crashed when I finished a long reply. X clamation point  23:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry to hear that. Take your time in responding. Useight (talk) 05:54, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


 * While stalking I noticed this message. Simply speaking, a bot is nothing more than a program that is able to edit on wikipedia. Bots can be written in any programming language that has networking support, though python and PHP seem to be some of the most popular. Though if you really wanted to you could write a bot in Brainfuck or assembly. Bots shouldn't need suprivision, if its something that is suprivised you can (usually) run it without approval, as per the bot policy. It is however the operator's responsibility to find and fix bugs, as well as fix any mistakes the bot may make where nessecarry. A bot is a piece of code, it isn't just going to go awry randomly, unless you either change the code or the input method changes. There are a few different methods for gathering inputs for a bot (such as the IRC Feed, Special pages, lists generated through db dumps), but all bots need to have some way of finding a list of articles to edit, some way to figure out if it shouldn't edit, and a way to change what it is designed to change. —Nn123645 (talk) 04:27, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for waiting, I apologize for the delay. A bot is simply any program that edits Wikipedia without the operator navigating to the edit page itself. Most bots are actually written in Python, if you include interwiki bots. Because Pywikipedia contains the only reliable interwiki bot, it is used by pretty much every interwiki bot. Excluding interwiki, Perl and PHP are probably the most popular. Perl is probably the biggest, as it is very versatile. Perl is very much like PHP, but it is a little more "down-to-earth", if you will. PHP is more like a dumbed down version of Perl. A lot of the things you must do in Perl (such as initialize variables (if you don't understand, it's like a pronoun in programming terms)) are done automatically in PHP. Perl is used for many of the more complicated bots (such as SineBot or the HBC bots), as it is extremely powerful. Python is used by a lot of new programmers, as it is very easy to learn. The biggest difference between Python and Perl/PHP is the fact that Python relies on whitespace, such as newlines, spaces, and tabs, which Perl/PHP ignore whitespace. Up till now, the programming languages work best on Unix-like systems, executed from a Command line. On Windows, programming languages such as C# and VB.NET are popular. This is because they can be executed from an .exe file. ClueBot runs 24/7 because he has it running on a dedicated server, meaning only ClueBot is running on it, nothing else. He claims the edits are his responsibility, because they are. If the bot mkes a mistake when he's not there, then he can deal with it when he gets back. Also, ClueBot is specially designed to be failsafe, that it would shutdown if it had an error. I hope this clears it up for you! <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  13:04, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response; that does clear a few of the details up. Yeah, I know what initializing variables is, it's something like, like I said, I've done some programming before (but I'm a hardware guy; custom-built my computer).
 * What if ClueBot goes on a string of false positives during the night, making thousands of errors? Is Cobi banking on someone else shutting it down or will he go back manually and fix it all? Or are the odds of that happening infinitesimally small? I know when I program something, usually it'll crash pretty easily, but I'm sure you guys are far better programmers than me, I don't even use object-oriented, I prefer Procedural programming. I've seen bots go awry before, what if a high-speed bot goes on a similar tear? Useight (talk) 16:04, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * If it goes on a rogue spree, the shutoff button is thataway. But the chances of that happening are very, very small anyway. The reason for my bot going awry was a bad API call, Which Cobi has implemented against in ClueBot. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  16:16, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I'm satisfied on this one. I'm just trying to learn as much about bots as I can, aside from how to program one. I'm currently going through List of bots by number of edits and examining the tasks of each. I've thoroughly examined the first five and I'm planning on going through the top 100. We don't happen to have a list of adminbots somewhere, do we? I'd like to take a close look at those, too. It was wrong for me to just randomly show up at a couple of BRFAs and start shouting my uninformed opinion, so I'm gathering information so I can at least be a voice of reason in the realm of bots. Useight (talk) 17:31, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * There are currently 5 adminbots, listed at WP:SOCK somewhere. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  21:23, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Caution
'''Please refrain from making unconstructive edits. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Such as the edit you made to A.J. Burnett. It has been reverted. Happy editing!--  Iamawesome  800 ''' 22:42, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, please don't template me. I reverted the edit as the source can be interpreted multiple ways, and the way I interpreted it at the time was that he agreed to have a contract signed. In the future, please don't template me over a misunderstanding. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  22:47, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Administrator X
This is my letter to you, regarding the Somaliland article. I sent wrong to Tiptoe, since he meant it was you who banned me.

I am sorry if am sending this message in uncorrect manner. But I have a problem with your classification of my account Xetra80 as a sock puppet. The reason why I wrote under Igor80 first and later Xetra80, is because I lost first username.

I believe I did not have any email reference, and did not manage to successfully restore username Igor80, so I created my second username Xetra80, I came into an edit revert war with Middayexpress whom has a very bad record of revert wars in various Somali sections, and because of our previous discussions he managed to label me as an sockpuppet user. I admit I'm not the most expert wikipedia user ,

my only intention of creating my only username at that time was because, I had lost Igor80 in the beginning. I would have preferred to be asked instead of indirectly being blocked without being allowed to explain myself.

I have now registered my new permanent username with email Xetra8080 to speak with you. And ask to be allowed to use Xetra80 with email adresse. and delete this one instead.

As of the momemnt the we have no agreement regarding Somaliland.

By international law, this territory belongs to Somalia, thus TFG. According to the general view, the status of an autonomous state is not correct, because no such status was granted by the internationally recognized government which only exists on paper ( ironic is it not ).

Therefore break away territory is a more accurate term. Wikipedia should take into account the opinions of both sides, and furthermore allow users to refer to other wikipedia articles. If you take a look at the history list, this semi communist Middayexpress keeps calling everybody who edits for ' sockpuppet ' and other derogatory name callings , like propagandist.

Mind you Sir I speak Somali and the number of websites he refers to in Somaliland article are from southern somali sites which are heavily biased to what Somaliland has achieved. I also find that unfitting for Wikipedia.org english.

I repeat there are many errors in his version, but the mainproblem is he does not allow other users to EDIT AND CONTRIBUTE. Just observe the way he has been guarding his personal version of various articles and the number of warnings he has received. I give credit for his succeed in getting me banned, but I am deeply dissapointed with Wikipedia administrator not allowing me to give my defence as you received now.

You can check anywhere from UN, US State department , EU , major european countries, african countries like Ghana , Ethiopia, Senegal , Rwanda. And media BBC, Reuters , AP , CNN. They all refer to Somaliland as a break away territory not autonomous region. Also 68 000 miles equals not 137 500 km2  but rather 170 000 km2.

Somaliland did not either declare a local government, but rather a national break away government for its territory and the restoration of the former Somaliland state 26 june 1960. You there was a second Somaliland state after the British Somaliland protectorate, but a certain user ( guess who ) has kind a removed from introduction that historic part. Middayexpress has also deleted the second national independence day 18 may 1991 and manipulated the introduction to fit his political view.

Everyday people from Somaliland try to correct his version, if you look at the 3-4 history list pages when this user appeared.

Looking forward to hear from you

Sincerely Xetra Xetra8080 (talk)
 * I'm sorry, what are you asking me? Also, there is a Somali wikipedia at http://so.wikipedia.org. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  20:12, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

X!
Hi I think you dont have time or interest in fully reading post to you. So I will shorten the case for you. The core problem is that a user named Middayexpress has managed to label me a sockpuppeteer. 1) Igorakb80 was my first username : but I am not a experienced wikipedier and since I dont remember if I signed up with email adresse, I managed to loose my user name and password many weeks ago.

2) Because of this I registered myself under a new username Xetra80 recently. And continued my objection towards the classification of Somaliland as an autonomous region in the discussion site of the article Somaliland. Somaliland is a de facto break away region which has proclaimed its independence and formed an national government. Based on the territory of the first independent Somaliland State from 26 june, 1960 . Somaliland once again declared independence 18 may, 1991.

This information has been corrupted by the south somalian Middayexpress. To portray Somaliland as an autonomous region, which acknowledges TFG government from the south. Notice how he has removed the national day and edited the governmental status to local. This is in contradiction to the foreign relations section article and of course the truth.

By international law, this territory belongs to Somalia, thus TFG. However the TFG does not recognize Somaliland Somaliland certainly does not recognize TFg in "their" territory. Somaliland and Somalia entered a union 1 july 1960 which is still de jure intact because of Somalias mess.

My conclusion is that the status of Somaliland portrayed as an autonomous region is not accurate. Somaliland indeed is a break way territory, de facto recognised by the United Nations , but de jure unrecognised. See Wikipedia list of unrecognised countries, UNPO , UN , State Department of US. 137 500 km2 is also wrong size of the country, 68 000 miles equals 170 000 km2.

3) I recommend a real brush of links in the Somaliland article. Remove all links that are written from biased southern somali websites. Unlock the the page which is locked by Gyrofrog this admin user is violating the wikipedia rules of allowing Somali written articles. He/she has accepted Somali written reference sources on English Wikipedia.org

I do not trust the motives of Gyrofrog and certainly not Middayexpress who has been in many revert wars. During the last month he as reverted back this ' versions ' more than 20 times at least (!) the last 24 hours before the article was locked by his friend Gyrfrog, he reverted it 3 times.

Middayexpress is most likely from extremist NSPU organization. His references and tactis in the article greatly resembles the way this tribal extremist organization works. They have links directly to the former dictators henchmen, responsible for the genocidal actis committed in Somaliland  between 1989 - 1990  more than 50 000 people were killed. In the discussion section he even had the audacity to use them as reference. ( this is for Somalilanders, like nazi sympathizers saying to jews no holocaust happened under WW2 today )

Either way Wikipedia is loosing integrity if it allows the current article to stay. I want to repeat once again.

You only have to edit the introduction 4) Put back independence 18 may 1991, rewrite local government to national government based on the first Somaliland State of 26 june 1960. And remove any claims of autonomy and Somaliland recognising TFG south Somalia.

regards Xetra Xetra8080 (talk)

Merry Christmas
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<sub style="color:red;">David <sup style="color:cornflowerblue;">WS <sub style="color:lime;">(contribs)  is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy holidays! <sub style="color:red;">David <sup style="color:cornflowerblue;">WS <sub style="color:lime;">(contribs)  19:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I got beaten =[
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 ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:blue;">T alk /<sub style="color:blue;">C ont is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

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Used name in error
I am trying to change my name. Current Dale Menendez New Out of Here  Reason I used my real name in error. I followed the requested procedure twice bust still have difficulty. Can you change it?

Dale Menendez → Out of Here

 * Reason: I used my real name in error. Dale Menendez 00:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No, you'll have to talk to a bureaucrat for that. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  00:41, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mr. X!
Hello user X. I'm currently wanting to find an admin coach, to one day become possibly become a administrator. A user told me that you do coaching.....and I was wondering if you would take me as your student? Have a great day.  SteelersFan- 9 4  05:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

InputBox
Hi X! Your new code for InputBox is working really well (I mean the hidden option for the new commenttitle type). I don't know how much spare time you have these days, but another feature which would be fantastic, is the option to add a prefix to whatever is typed into the box. So that, for example, subpages of a particular page can be created. I see someone requested this (see bug 6640) but it has never been implemented. If you get a chance to have a look I would be very grateful! Cheers, Martin 16:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * To stop archiving. Martin 21:39, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Stop reverting too fast on Huggle. A few non bots, like me, need Huggle to boost our edit count :P Anyways, keep up the good work :D <font color=#808080; span style="font-family:Calibri, Myriad, Trebuchet MS, sans serif;font-size:100%;">RockManQ Review me 23:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * zOMG editcountitis. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  20:54, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Julian, I thought I told you to stop stalking me ;) <font color=#808080; span style="font-family:Calibri, Myriad, Trebuchet MS, sans serif;font-size:100%;">RockManQ Review me 21:03, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

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SoxBot

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SoxBot IX

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SoxBot X

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MPUploadBot

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 * SoxBot (talk) 00:12, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of WP:IFU warning templates
Hi. I've nominated the WP:IFU warning templates for deletion. The discussion can be found here. Regards, <font size="2" face="Verdana"> Matt (  Talk  )  04:20, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Your speedy deletion of Rough Diamond (album)
I noticed that you speedied Rough Diamond (album) after I had reviewed and removed the speedy tag put there by User:TenPoundHammer, and was wondering if you did so after considering the notability of the people making the album, or if you just went by the text he put in the tag. In my opinion the album is notable on the basis of who made it (David Byron in particular, but also Clem Clempson and Geoff Britton). I know the band they formed and made the album under doesn't have a wikipedia article on it, and this might make one think the album is less notable and the red link could have fooled you, maybe. But I really think we should have an article on the album, at least as part of David Byron's discography. At the very least I don't think it qualifies as a speedy, and should have gone to afd, if at all.

I haven't been active on the deletion policy scene the last two years, and I'm not sure about the proper protocol here now when I as an admin question another admin's speedy deletion (the way you disregarded my removal of the tag, maybe). I guess I could just undelete it myself or maybe I have to take it to deletion review. I'll have to read up on the policy to find out. But maybe you instead want to reconsider your speedy deletion and restore it yourself if you find that the speedy deletion indeed was a little premature. Thanks. Shanes (talk) 01:53, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * If you look at the deleted history, then you see that TPH soon readded the tag. A9 is a recent addition to the CSD criteria, which is probably why you haven't seen it much before. When I reviewed the article, it didn't appear notable to me. The artist's page didn't exist, and there was only one source. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  02:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, the article clearly states who made it with wikilinks to the articles on them where there are more sources. But I can dig up lot's of sources supporting that the article wasn't lying about who made it, if this really is all there is to it. But I'm surprised that one source isn't enough anymore. Anyway, would you mind if I restored it and added a couple of more sources? I just think that deletion review is a waste of mine and everyones time in this case. Shanes (talk) 02:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have restored it. I failed to see the links to the individual authors, too, when deleting. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  02:29, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I understand very well that it looks rather suspect when the band doesn't have an article. Maybe I'll write it some day, but I think this is a case of the recording being more notable than the band, so a combined article on the band and album is probably enough. Thanks again! Shanes (talk) 02:33, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

123.2.123.220
123.2.123.220 is a suspected sock, or rather, the IP is suspected to have been used as a sock for block evasion, by. Check the contribs on these other three accounts, that were also blocked by three different admins. Feel free to check with them as well, and more recently. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 20:04, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Finished translation
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 * Compteur d'éditions
 * Navigation
 * Voir source
 * Pas un wiki valide
 * Bienvenue sur le compteur d'éditions de X! !
 * Nom d'utilisateur
 * Wiki
 * Envoyer
 * Erreur MySQL, merci de l'indiquer à X! en utilisant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:X!/Bugs">la page de rapport de bugs.</a> N'oubliez pas d'y spécifier l'erreur SQL affichée ci dessous :
 * Cet utilisateur n'existe pas.
 * Attention : la réplication des données (replag) ayant pris du retard, les modifications plus récentes qu'il y a $1 h, $2 m, et $3 s ne seront pas affichées.
 * Article
 * Informations générales sur l'utilisateur
 * Groupes de l'utilisateur
 * Première édition
 * Nombre d'articles différents édités
 * Nombre d'éditions moyen par page
 * nombre total d'éditions (éditions supprimées incluses)
 * éditions supprimées
 * éditions non supprimées
 * Total par espace de nom
 * Total par mois
 * La présente page n'inclus pas de statistiques sur le nombre d'éditions comportant/ne comportant pas un commentaire de modification (contrairement à l'outil d'Interiot). Utilisez <a href="http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/editsummary/index.php?name=$1&lang=$2&wiki=$3">cet outil dédié</a> pour avoir ce genre de statistiques.
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 * Modifications des droits d'utilisateurs
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 * Pages supprimées
 * Pages patrouillées
 * Pages protégées
 * Pages restaurées
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 * Droités retirés
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 * Executé en $1 secondes
 * A utilisé $1 Mo de RAM pour s'executer.
 * Voir dans d'autres langues :
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 * Envie d'aider pour les traductions ? Jetez un oeil sur <a href="http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/translate.php">$1</a> pour savoir comment faire.

DarkoNeko x 22:46, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, implemented. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  22:52, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey X
Do me a favor, Run through AIV a second? <font color="Green">PXK  <font color="DarkBlue">T <font color="DarkBlue">/C   01:07, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Baby Walker
There are a few links to Baby walker. Will you remove the "orphan" status? Merry Christmas, and a happy solstice to you too! Pustelnik (talk) 20:24, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Edit counter feature?
Hi there. Regarding your edit counter, do you think it would be possible to fit the feature of interiot's counter with the edit summary/no edit summary per month into it (like with a small bar below each current bar with per namespace-edits) or would that be impossible/make it run too slow/etc? I really like that counter, it's much nicer than interiot's wannabe_kate - it just lacks this certain feature... Regards  So Why  01:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the certain feature is not installed, due to memory problems. I'm working on making it a feature in my edit summary calculator, though. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  01:13, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to trifurcate the summary counter, so that it would distinguish between blank edit summaries, auto-summaries (delimited by the /* start and */ ends) and actual human-written summaries where text has been added after the auto-section-name? To me, just including the auto-summary doesn't count as providing a summary, although it proves that you know how to edit sections rather than just "edit this page". I'm not sure how the various other assessment tools handle this. Franamax (talk) 01:35, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup notice
The 2009 WikiCup will begin on January 1, 2009. The first round will run through March 31, 2009. For more information on this tournament, read the "about" section on the main WikiCup page.

This year, we have a different system in calculating points. At User:Garden/WikiCup/Submissions, you will find information about submitting your article (and other) work to earn points. Each contestant will have their own individual subpage for submitting completed work to us.

This year, User:ST47 will also be running one of his bots to calculate mainspace edits and read your submission subpages to calculate the point values you receive based on our scoring chart.

Questions or comment? Ask at the talk page or go directly to Garden or IMatthew's talk page. Good luck and Happy Holidays! --  aye matthew  ✡ and <font color=#660000>Garden. 14:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for creating such an amazing edit counter! It's a vast improvement over the older tool I was using. Majoreditor (talk) 21:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

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SoxBot

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 * Template:Cratstats at 2008-12-24T00:00:09Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2008-12-23T22:30:06Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2008-12-23T18:30:07Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2008-12-23T18:00:07Z.
 * Template:Cratstats at 2008-12-23T17:30:07Z.

SoxBot II

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 * User:X!/RfA Graph at 2008-12-22T09:00:10Z.
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 * User:X!/RfA Graph at 2008-12-21T09:00:25Z.
 * User:X!/RfA Graph at 2008-12-20T09:00:06Z.

SoxBot IV

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 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2008-12-23T22:15:08Z.
 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2008-12-23T22:10:08Z.
 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2008-12-23T21:55:10Z.
 * Wikipedia:Sandbox at 2008-12-23T20:30:08Z.

SoxBot VI

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 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2008-12-23T16:06:08Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2008-12-23T03:15:08Z.
 * Wikipedia:Changing username at 2008-12-22T23:42:08Z.

SoxBot VIII

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 * User:LOTRrules/Uploads at 2008-12-23T03:04:05Z.
 * User:LOTRrules/Uploads at 2008-12-23T03:03:56Z.
 * Talk:Joseph Haydn at 2008-12-23T02:20:52Z.
 * User talk:Bcspro at 2008-12-23T02:18:16Z.

SoxBot IX

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 * 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

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 * User talk:Noah Salzman at 2008-12-24T00:00:14Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Denied/December 2008 at 2008-12-24T00:00:12Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback at 2008-12-24T00:00:07Z.
 * User talk:Rhodes416 at 2008-12-23T14:00:15Z.
 * Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Denied/December 2008 at 2008-12-23T14:00:11Z.

MPUploadBot

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 * MPUploadBot is currently enabled.
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 * File:Information icon.svg at 2008-11-19T05:43:20Z.
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 * SoxBot (talk) 00:12, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Image use?
Hi. I'm a bit new to uploading images, and would appreciate a "dummies guide to uploading my own images". In the mean time, can you tell me why your bot has edited my "Badge of Wales" in my [Sandbox (c)]? My (impending) article relates to this image, is this not Fair use? I also obtained the image from (free image)? Wiki Commons, why else would it be there?. Can you explain why it is there, but I cannot use it? Merry Christmas Steve:Stephen2nd (talk) 23:18, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * File:Royal Badge of Wales.png was removed because it is under a Fair Use license. Per WP:NFCC, use should be limited, only in the article namespace. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  05:02, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas
<div style="background:crimson;border:5px ridge lime;color:gold;font-family:monotype corsiva;font-size:200%"> Hello X!! I just wanted to wish you and your family a merry Christmas! May this Christmas be full of great cheer and holiday spirit. Again, merry Christmas! Ashbey 00:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

If you don't celebrate Christmas, then happy holidays!

Just a note
Tonight I've been experimenting with one of the sandbox templates (X8) and I've been making changes, looking them over, then when I go to edit them a second time, the bot has changed it back and gives me an editing conflict message. I don't know what the parameters are for the pages getting changed back, I just wanted to note the bot reverting the page while I was toying with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxhunt king (talk • contribs) 08:44, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It was most likely because you removed the header from the page. The bot restores the page if it was removed. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  17:52, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

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Page protection
I don't think you should have reverted over your own protection. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Revert_over_protection. note]. NonvocalScream (talk) 19:13, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I reverted over my own protection because I realized consensus was to keep the rest there via ANI and MFD. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  19:24, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * AGF requires me not to think you were reverting to the user's preferred version. It might look better if you allow another admin to make that edit. NonvocalScream (talk) 19:52, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Bstone also said to me that he wanted that version to be protected. But if you want another admin to make the edit, let's let another admin make the edit. :) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">X clamation point  19:56, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that would be best, since we don't protect a users preferred version of disputed content at their request. NonvocalScream (talk) 19:59, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:RFPP
Hey X! :) I have already declined that request, nevertheless I think you should be informed about it, as the requesting editor failed to inform you. Best wishes, — <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"> Aitias  // discussion 20:03, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Posting here to let you know that I'm strongly inclined to unprotect your user page unless I'm drastically mis-reading the situation. You cited WP:USERPAGE, which reads, "Administrators may protect their own user pages when appropriate, and are permitted to edit protected pages in user space." [emphasis mine] What is your justification for full protection? I see no history of vandalism or disruption. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm. I actually just reduced the protection to edit=autoconfirmed / move=sysop per the request at WP:RFUP. Also, per the protection policy - there was no reason to protect your page, let alone fully protect it.  - Rjd0060 (talk) 00:16, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * What about putting common sense over policy? If one does not like others to edit their user (!) page(s), what's wrong with that? Absolutely pointy, in my opinion. — <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"> Aitias  // discussion 00:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Why/how is fully protecting a userpage (something that most admins do not do) common sense? - Rjd0060 (talk) 00:24, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Aitias: That sounds almost like people feel they "own" their user page... Regardless, category maintenance, template maintenance, etc. all rely on the ability to edit user pages. And this is a wiki after all. Our admins (and their pages) should serve as good examples for the community. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:26, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * @Rjd0060: Just to have that said: My user page is not fully protected. However, I have to ask again: If one does not like others to edit their user page, what's wrong with that? — <span style="border:1px solid #20406F;padding:1px 3px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"> Aitias  // discussion 00:28, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * First off - we have policies for a reason. If you don't see anything wrong with every user requesting that their userpage be fully protected, then there is nothing I can do to explain it.  There is no reason to protect this userpage at all, but semi-protection is a much better alternative to full protection.  We don't (fully) protect pages just because.  That's about it.  - Rjd0060 (talk) 00:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

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Someone's lost their marbles
Did you see this? And did you see the name? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 17:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the welcome back; I've been so busy in 'real life' recently I've barely been able to sit down at a PC, let alone edit WP. Anyway, it's good to be back (at last!), anything important that I've missed? <small style="font:bold 12px Trebuchet MS;display:inline;"><font color="#630">RichardΩ612  Ɣ ɸ 11:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup

 * Delivered by <font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#5A3696">neuro <font color="#5A3696">(talk) for <font color=#3333cc>Garden  and  aye  matthew  at 20:53, 31 December 2008 (UTC)