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Query

I need help renaming about 200 articles. Doing this by hand would take me all day.

Can your bot rename articles, or be adapted to do so?

If so, please contact me.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    22:06, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. Yes my bot should be able to be adapted to rename / move articles. But is there a list of these articles? And is it a simple rename such as - "_"'s or something more complex. These are the thing I will need to know to see if it is possible. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:22, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Addshore

Hi Addshore. As I mentioned to you before, I am a veteran journalist and I am trying to make a series of contributions to Wikipedia on subjects that are notable (based upon reader polls, reader comments, article rankings on the subject, etc in the publications for which I write professionally such as Institutional Investor, E-Commerce Times, TechNewsWorld, MacNewsWorld, CIO Update, etc), but that are not widely known beyond trade journals and a handful of technical pubs.

The first category I selected was fleet management/telematics and I wrote my first contribution on "Dispatched Software" intending to follow that with a series of articles on various technology types and products in the fleet management universe. But my article on Dispatched Software was struck immediately under "speedy deletion rules" before I had a chance to discuss it with any editor and possibly fix whatever part of the article was of concern. I readily admit to being a newbie here and I am willing to repair or rewrite articles as needed to fit Wikipedia standards without complaint. But I need an opportunity to that.

I'm not sure which editor struck the article and I'm not trying to cause a fuss nor alienate that editor. I am merely asking you to help me in understanding what was deemed wrong with the article and what I need to do to repair the article so that I can correctly add the rest of the series that collectively will present a fairly complete picture of the field.

My heart is in the right place, as I'm sure yours and the deleting editor's is. How can we discuss and resolve this problem?

24.214.19.11 (talk) 18:13, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Well the Dispatched Software article was deleted for "WP:CSD#G12: blatant copyright infringement" also "WP:CSD#G11: blatant advertising" and WP:NOT#ADVERTISING policy. To overcome these issues I suggest that you read through those links which have a description of the deletion reason and the policys that you "broke". Athaenara deleted that page and If you would like to know why in more detail then I suggest you go and talk to him on his talk page as I can not acctually see what the article was before it got deleted. I hope this helps. If you need more help please ask again :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 18:32, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Russell Carter

Thanks for reverting my accidental blanking of the Russell Carter article. I was intending to revert to a clean version, but you got there before me :) Gail (talk) 16:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem :>. I knwo this reply is too long but I cant think of anything else to say xD ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

George Carlo

It does seem like Dr. Carlo is actively proposing the link between CCD and cell phones. He may be wrong, but he is proposing the idea. I am sure,(although I haven't researched yet) that there are studies that say GM foods or pesticides are not responsible either. The study misquoted seems to link portable phones(like my landline) to CCD. The truth is that the cause is a mystery and all the proposed causes can be removed due to lack of evidence. The article goes to great lengths to dispute cell phones as a cause, but that is only because it is an often proposed cause. Most proposed causes to anything are indeed wrong, yet are still proposed causes Marcus MacGregor (talk) 18:28, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I think the best thing you can do in this case is try to have a chat with him ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 21:39, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

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Hello

Did you know that you are an idiot? Well now you do. Thanks, 216.252.95.98 (talk) 21:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Ummm okay, can I write this to you personally? I want you to know that, but since talk pages do also get reverted, I just wish you would personally suffer from vandalism. Is there a way I can get to you more privately? Thanks, 216.252.95.98 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:03, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Heh.. I do suffer from vandalism. I don't quite get what you mean though. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:06, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

List of countries where French is an official language

Do you know why French is official language in mostly African countries? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 22:29, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

No I am afraid I do not. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:31, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
France controlled a lot of Africa before the First World War...... Dendodge .. TalkHelp 22:37, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Whats the best photo tag?

Whats the best photo tag for a photo I can use with permission? Is this the best one?

subst:Permission from license selector|The copyright holder gave me permission to use this work only in Wikipedia articles —Preceding unsigned comment added by I live on Planet Art (talk • contribs) 23:03, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

If you use that tag then the image will more than likely get deleted. You preferably want to copyright holder to release the work under one of the free use licences such as Creative Commons or the GNU license and then pick that tag.

If the image is yours then you can pick. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 23:07, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmm I am at a quandary as what to do at this point. I don't have permission to post the images yet, but I did ask. The article I wrote is about a famed artist. Most artists will not release their artworks copyright. Maybe it will have to have no photos for now. But it would be a shame not to post at least one piece of artwork and the artist's photo. I live on Planet Art (talk) 23:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Blog Source

Generally, is a neat, longstanding, non-advocacy blog a reliable source? In particular, in case it matters, I was considering blog as a reference about the Great Plains Zoo. Zoe17 (talk) 17:31, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Blogs are not really accepted. I suggest you take a quick look here ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:39, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Huggle

Unfortunately Addshore, there are some admins who clearly prefer to see the Huggle project unmanned and have refused to lift the protection. ——Ryan • (talk) 15:32, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

I have to say that it is a preemptive page protect. No vandalism has ever happened on the page but I guess other than saying that it is above us. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Well the refusal was made by an admin who doesn't even use Huggle (or I'm yet to see them use it). I guess if you need to make a change to the config page whilst trying to fix the bugs, the only thing you can do is use the {{editprotected}} tag unless Iridescent can see some sense and change the protection. ——Ryan • (talk) 15:45, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Well currently Ill just do my work through admins :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Actually, I do use huggle, however, that is irrelevant. You could have asked on my talk page. - Rjd0060 (talk) 16:04, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Ermm... yeah, doesn't that violate protection policy? Protects are preventative, not preemptive, I thought?. Oh well, there's a discussion at AN 'bout this, we should probably continue this there. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 19:52, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
You'll have to teach me how to set my IRC client to beep me! ——RyanLupin • (talk) 11:08, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Which client do you use? ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I use chatzilla ——RyanLupin • (talk) 15:07, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I dont know how to make chatzilla beep =[. Try using xchat :> Very good windows client. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:08, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Bill Blankenship

An article that you have been involved in editing, Bill Blankenship, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Blankenship. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice?

 Done ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 13:39, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

The Cost of Cookies

A couple of weeks ago you welcomed me to Wikipedia with a plate of virtual cookies and the offer of assistance. (Just 15 minutes before your 22-in-a minute run.) Maybe you can help me with this. I would think that entries on English Wikipedia are supposed to be in English, but the article Stojanka Novaković Stoja appears to be in Serbian. Any suggestions? 24.36.74.15 (talk) 13:39, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, it was perfectly simple. I'm such a noob. 24.36.74.15 (talk) 14:56, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Glad you found your answer (I think) If you need more help feel free to ask. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:03, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Since I've been editing for only a month, your parenthetical "I think" is causing me self-doubt. May I explain my reasoning for your criticism? The Serbian text was introduced only by the previous edit, which overwrote the existing English article. (I should have checked this before bothering you about it.) Not seeing a Serbian version listed in the language box on the left, and wondering whether by some WIKI-Voodoo the Serbian version had somehow been mislocated into English Wikipedia, I did some quick research and found that the Serbian text was lifted word-for-word from the Biografija on this website. Assuming this makes the text useless for Wikipedia, I undid the Serbian edit back to the English version, confident in the knowledge that anyone smarter than me would have no trouble retrieving the Serbian text from the edit history if necessary. Did I violate WP:GOTCHA, or overlook anything I should have done? 24.36.74.15 (talk) 16:31, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I think you have done the correct thing. Have you thought about adding the other page in the other language to the correct wiki? ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 10:26, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
As I understand it, as an IP I'm not permitted to do that. Thanks for your attention — it's much appreciated. 24.36.74.15 (talk) 14:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
No problem ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:09, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Huggle's source

Addshore, are there any plans to release the source at any time? I'd be interested to see if I can get it to work with Mono. ffm 19:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes the source should be released soon once we get source forge setup. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 10:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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I hereby award you, Addshore. This barnstar because of your excellent contributions to this project, and for helping me all the time! Kanonkas :  Talk  16:28, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
No problem and thanks :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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doing now ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I'm used to having to give bots a few days "heads-up"—I'm glad I had it nearly ready! ; ) MeegsC | Talk 16:17, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Im a fast worker ^^. Still doing now. Over half way through. If you ever want any more newsletters delivered feel free to ask :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:22, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
There you go, All done now :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

False edit?

Hello there,

You sent me a message some time back (or at least, you sent it to this computer, here). http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:83.76.251.62&redirect=no

I just wanted to clarify that, whatever that was, it wasn't my edit. The only other person who has access to this computer is my mother, and I'd swear that she isn't interested in ballistic vests, either. (I don't think she even knows what Wikipedia is.)

I wonder if there's been some hijacking, here? I'm deliberately leaving this comment without signing in, so that I can compare the IP addresses.

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.76.251.62 (talk) 17:51, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. The problem is that you have not acctually got an account but are using you IP address to edit through. Every now and again as you are on a dynamic connection your ip will change meaning someone else has more than likly used the ip address that you are editing from at the moment (83.76.251.6). I suggest that you create an account (click the link top right). This way you won't get blamed for edit you don't make. Thanks for asking for help :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 18:27, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Invite

Archived Huggle Feedback

Hello Addshore, sorry am away (on holiday yay) and just seen your reply to my problem on the Huggle feedback page, which has since been archived (very efficient!). Thought I would reply here rather than pull it out of the archive. It's not due to the user already having been warned in the last 10 seconds, or having been warned 4 times already. The big difference is that Huggle displays the vandalised version of the page as the current version even after reverting it. However, I have been using version 10 and notice that a new version seems to have come out. Will try the new version when I get back home. Thanks for your help anyway, AvnjayTalk 17:52, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok thanks. Would be nice if you could get back to em with hat :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:26, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

More stuff about Huggle on Google Code

Could you periodically post a compiled version of the latest development source code on the download window (perhaps with the tag "alpha") so others (like me) can test it without having to use Subversion and compiling it ourselves? Thanks. And you might want to get Fritzpoll into the project... Calvin 1998 (t-c) 02:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I have been trying to get fritzpoll's email but i havn't seen him around in a while. The problem with releasing alphas is that they need their own version number. 0.7.11 is taken and is older. 0.7.12 is not complete as bugs have not been fixed yet. Once we have fixed these last few bugs though be are hoping to release the new version. Also I am looking to add in an auto update function. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
1. Alphas should be released as the new version but with 'a' or "alpha" attached to the end of the name or as a tag. The point of an alpha is it isn't complete :/ 2. Auto-update is a little hard, notifications of updates via the messagebar is more feasible, but would require the config to be unprotected :( 3.) You could email Fritzpoll using Special:EmailUser/Fritzpoll, but it seems like he's on partial wikibreak (see his userpage + history). Calvin 1998 (t-c) 14:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
The version number can only contain numbers and would not work with an a meaning no alphas would be able to run. We have already worked out a way to do auto updates and i will see when frtizpoll come back online on skype. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:20, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Would it be possible to release 0.7.12 with a tag containing "alpha" and not featuring it until it's all done? And I still think auto-update is a little hard, even the AWB updater sometimes doesn't work. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 22:41, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Still don't think it is possible to do the alphas easily. The updater would be different to the AWB one. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 14:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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Lol nice one :D ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:45, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

When is someone welcomed?

I was recently welcomed by ·Add§hore· which I found to be a very friendly gesture. However, I've been editing off-and-on since September of 2006, so I am wondering what triggered the welcome. Did I hit some magic number of edits? Or was it in response to my first ever revert? Philhower (talk) 21:28, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Occasionally it is given to new users, it might have been a mistake :/ Calvin 1998 (t-c) 22:38, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
The reason i gave it to you was because you were a newish user (edit count wise) that had no talk page so no warn or welcomes already. The thing that acctually triggered yourwelcome message was an edit that I saw :> I'm glad you liked it ^^ ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:47, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Philhower (talk) 12:02, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Huggle welcoming

How did you just mass-welcome a bunch of IP's using Huggle? Is it a new function or something? (and I still need a copy of 0.8.0 to test) Calvin 1998 (t-c) 04:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

All it is is adding the template to their user pages. Load the page, press "T", push "down", push "enter", push "space", push "T" e.t.c :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Was wondering, because it seemed really fast :) Calvin 1998 (t-c) 14:32, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
I doo lots of stuff fast :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Typo on your welcome letter

Hello,

Thanks for the welcome and cookies. Whether this was automatic or not, I'm not sure, but I noticed a typo in the following text: "I will always be willing to help you on Wikipeia so you can ask your questions on my talk page".

As you can see, Wikipedia is spelled wrong. Just thought I'd let you know!

AntiWhilst (talk) 15:29, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know! I will go and change this straight away :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:30, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Was not automatic, now fixed and again thanks for telling me. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:31, 2 July 2008 (UTC)


Thanks for the nice welcome

Thanks a lot. I didn't expect a welcome at all, especially not one so nice. Still looking for a girlfriend, The (talk) 15:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem :> I try to welcome as many people as i can ^^ ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

New user welcome

[1]So whose sock do you think it is? Risker (talk) 15:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Dont know :S. Someone from that arb case. Only relised as you said :S ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandalpedia

Hi there. I noticed there is a new user on my Wiki, Vandalpedia, with your username. Would it be you by any chance? KremTell me stuff♫Whaaaat I've Doooonne!♪ 15:56, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm yes, i seem to be able to log in with one of my passwords so i guess It is me. I guess on one of my late nights i created the account so people couldn't pretend to be me. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:01, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Do you intend to use this account? We could really use some help from a bot in reverting.... well vandalism. For a Vandal Wiki, it still has rules. Anonymous has been driving me crazy... Perhaps you can make a bot that will revert all edits that change a page into an external link or external image? That would allow me to unlock the Wiki. KremTell me stuff♫Whaaaat I've Doooonne!♪ 16:09, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Give me an example and I will see what I can do. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 17:46, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
I saw examples now but I cant seem to find the api.php meaning I wouldn't be able to make the bot edit. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 17:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have no idea what that means! I don't know how to make bots. KremTell me stuff♫Whaaaat I've Doooonne!♪ 18:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the welcome message. I'm super new at wiki-ing or whatever you wiki people like to call it, but hopefully I'm doing it right. I'll try to remember to always use the comment thing like you mentioned.

^^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ch3mi0n (talk • contribs)

Glad to hear you liked the welcome :>. If you ever need any help then please just ask me here :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 21:31, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

How does this adopting thing work?!

Thanks for the welcome message!! I did a bit of editing as an anon on this and now decided to sign up officially but just wondering what exactly do I do if i'm adopted (in wikipedia terms..obviously not in the other way)?!Nisior (talk) 22:03, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Well it depends on who adopts you. All adopters have their own way of working. Generally speaking you will be shown the ropes of wikipedia, what to do and what not to do. The user that adopts you will be there for you to ask questions to e.t.c and will generally be there to help and support you. Once you have "passed" the adoption process you should be pretty capable on wiki and know more of less what you are doing. If you want me to try and set you up with someone just ask, remember you don't have to go through the program. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Yea i think i would like to do that. No harm. ThanksNisior (talk) 22:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey again. Please talk to Steve Crossin on his talk page here and he will talk to you about getting adopted. I hope you have a nice time on wiki. Again if you need help just send me a message. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:31, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Addbot's tagging of "Image:IWASWorldWheelchairandAmputeeGames-Men's200m-T42.pdf"

Hi, Addbot keeps tagging "Image:IWASWorldWheelchairandAmputeeGames-Men's200m-T42.pdf" with {{BadFormat}}. However, the object is a table in PDF – there is no other suitable format for it. I uploaded the object as the information it contains is referenced in the article "John McFall (athlete)" but is not available on any website or printed source. Can you please program Addbot to avoid tagging the object again? Thanks. You can reply here or on the object's talk page. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 00:41, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I will try to build in a list for the bot to ignore. Thanks for report thing bug to me :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:44, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
I think I will make this easier and make the bot {{nobots}} compliant. This way it will automatically skip pages with the tag. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good! Thanks. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 10:34, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Redirecting

Hi. How do i make a redirect to a page?!Nisior (talk) 13:29, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

You might like to read this page. If you still don't understand then just message me again :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Atlantic Hurricane Magazine (Canadian Magazine)

I, Whenaxis, has enclosed that I no longer want to have this article. I confess this magazine is not suitable for Wikipedia due to its lack of notability. Please feel free to delete the article. Thanks, Whenaxis (talk) 23:38, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I have interpreted this message as a request for the article to be deleted. Therefore, I marked the article with {{db-g7}}, one of the speedy deletion templates, which is used when the author wishes the article to be deleted. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 00:08, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks calvin. Its good having you watching my talk page for when I am away / asleep. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:46, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome, can you direct?

Thanks for the offer of help. I would like to be directed to the project on Molecular and Cell Biology. I started an article on transgenic mice and will work on that and link it into existing articles; it seems to fit into that area.


There are existing articles on Genetically modified organisms and gene targeting that I can relate this to.


FyI, I am a Ph.D. with active research in this area ans take an interest in public education, so want to contribute! So, if you can link me to the Mol Cell Biol project, I would be appreciative (still learnging my way around).


Cincijones (talk) 02:50, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. Thanks for saying thanks about the welcome and sorry for my late reply but I just fell asleep before you sent me this message :>. The wikiproject I think you are looking for is called Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology and is located here. Again sorry for my slow response. I hope you enjoy editing wikipedia and make some good contributions to the project. If you still need help feel free to come and find me again on my talk page. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Happy Independence Day!

As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway!  :) Your friend and colleague, --Happy Independence Day! Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 04:29, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and no i'm not American ^^. I will try to have a nice day anyway. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:14, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Portals

How do you change the colour of the bars at the top of each section on the Devon Portal from light blue to the dark green used on the flag of Devon? bsrboy (talk) 15:59, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

That is a good idea :>. I'll go and have a quick look. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:00, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
I have changed it to a sort of green. Ill try to get it more similar to the flag colour in time. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:04, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
I've just done that :) Is there any way you can get a black outline around the text like the flag of Devon? bsrboy (talk) 16:08, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm, around which text? ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:10, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
The header titles. bsrboy (talk) 16:18, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Ill take a quick look. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:19, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Take a look at what I have done now. Is that what you meant? ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:21, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
No, but I didn't think of doing that… I prefer this to my idea. Thanks! bsrboy (talk) 16:24, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Good good :> So how did you notice I was doing work on the portal? ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:28, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
With this edit. the Devon portal was on my watchlist. bsrboy (talk) 16:51, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Ahh :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 17:27, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Answers to the Vandalism 1.1 course

1. What is vandalism?

A deliberate action by a user that damages wikipedia.

2. What are obvious indicators of a vandalism edit while watching recent changes?

The edit summary may state "Replaced content with" or "Blanked the page"

3. How do you revert vandalism?

With the rollback or undo button, or by using special scripts such as twinkle or huggle

4. What warning template would you use if a user removed or blanked all the content from a page?

If it's the first offense: {{uw-vand1}}. Higher level warnings depending on the users edit history.

5. What warning template would you use if a user add the words "i really hate wikipedia!" to an article?

If it's the first offense: {{uw-vand1}}. Higher level warnings depending on the users edit history.

6. How do you add an article to your watchlist?

By clicking the watch tab. Or manually via edit raw watchlist.

7. If you misuse such tools as WP:TW or WP:VPRF what could happen?

It may results in a block.

Greetings, =Species8473= (talk) 12:14, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I will check these and you will see your adoption page update soon. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:16, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
You passed the course with 85.7142857. The reason for you not getting 100% was that on question four you said to use a vandalism warning template. As the question was "if a user removed or blanked all the content from a page" you should have given the user a uw-delete1 warning. This is only a very minor mistake and a common mistake as well. A link for more information on warning templates is here. If you need more help then just ask me again on my talk page. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:30, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Have changed some stuff around 100% now. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:42, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Answers to the User Permissions course

1. What is a permission?

An authorization to perform certain tasks.

2. What pages are un-registered users able to edit?

Only pages that have not been protected or semi-protected.

3. What is an auto confirmed account? An account that has 10 edits and is at least four days old will be autoconfirmed. It will receive permissions for uploading files, making edits to :semi-protected articles, and moving and renaming pages. 4. What permissions do registered accounts have?

Until a registered account has been autoconfirmed, it has the same permission as anonymous users. When autoconfirmed it will receive permissions for uploading files, making edits to semi-protected articles, and moving and renaming pages.

5. Who can grant rollback?

PeterSymonds! Though there are rumors other admins can too.

6. What privileges do acccountcreators have and why?

They are allowed to create unlimited accounts while normal users are restricted to six. This to allow them in their tasks of assisiting unregistered users to create usernames that do not violate the username policy.

7. Who can grant accountcreator and how do you request it?

It can be granted by administrators, and be requested via their talk page.

8. What does rollback enable you to do?

Quickly rollback vandalism.

9. What should you not use rollback for?

Reverting good faith edits.

10. What are administrators able to do?

Administrators receive extra permissions such as deleting and restoring pages, protecting pages and blocking users. Adminstrators also automatically receive the rollback and accountcreator permissions and gain access to the MediaWiki interface.

11. How do you request adminship?

Users can receive adminship after being nominated for and passing the request for adminship process.

12. What are bureaucrats main duties?

Making other users into admins or bureaucrats after comunity decisions. Bureaucrats also have the permissions to change usernames, and set bot flags.

13. What technical abilities do stewards have?

Granting and revoking any access level on any project in any language.

14. What does checkuser enable a user to check?

Checkusers can use a tool that allows them to see which IP address an account has accessed the project from and when.

15. What is oversight?

A tool that allows a user to hide a certain revision from public view. When needed in rare cases such as legal, privacy, libelous content, or copyright violations.

16. What type of a user must you be to be granted oversight?

One must have need for the tool, and be trusted with it by the Arbitration Committee.

Greetings, =Species8473= (talk) 13:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Adoption page updated. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

1. What is the Wikipedia slogan?

The Free Encyclopedia

2. What licence is the content on Wikipedia released under?

GFDL - GNU Free Documentation License

3. If a user was to infringe copyright what could happen to their account on Wikipedia?

It could be blocked.

Greetings, =Species8473= (talk) 15:20, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I have marked this. Check your adoption page. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 18:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for checking all my homework. =Species8473= (talk) 22:03, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Assignment with Vandalism 1.2

I believe I have succesfully finished the assignment with the vandalism 1.2 course. I had some experience with reverting vandalism already, mostly on the Dutch wikipedia. I did however learn to use huggle. Much faster, and it prevented that many cases in what when my page was loaded another editor had already finished the work ;)

Four reverts with detail:

Two times I was about to report someone for not stopping, but action was already taken before my report was finished.

Greetings, =Species8473= (talk) 18:02, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Good to see you have got the hang of it. This count as a 100% pass. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 20:09, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Dark Ages 2.0+, and Web 2.0+ - edit, post and cross-link some of my entries!

Re: Dark Ages 2.0+, and Web 2.0+ - edit, post and cross-link some of my entries!

I am new at posting to Wikipedia; albeit I have been editing from time to time.

Please let me know if you might be the experienced Wikipedian, to help me write, edit, post and cross-link some of my entries to Wikipedia.

Dark Ages 2.0+ [2]

and, Web 2.0+ [3]


Thank you. Stan Webb Dark Ages 2.0+ (talk) 16:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I would be happy to help you create the articles if you start them off I will do the links and formatting e.t.c. If you are just writing articles about blogs though they my / probably will get deleted. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:15, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible system) - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. While it is not mandatory, the nature of HAU is that people are often seeking a quick answer from someone who is online and keeping our statuses up-to-date will assist with this. Note if you were previously using your /Status page as something other than a one-word status indicator, your HAU entry may have been set to "status=n" to correct display issues. Please clear this parameter if you change things to be "HAU compatible". Further questions can be raised at WT:HAU. This message was delivered by xenobot 23:02, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:51, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
(Re [4]) check User:Xenocidic/statusChanger2.js, it's now basically compatible with our status displays, you could add those other statuses you wanted. But it might start to take up a lot of room along that top bar if you added them all. Hopefully DJ can sort out the custom statusing as he mentioned here. –xenocidic (talk) 16:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the link :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Looking for mentoring

Hello Addshore,

My name is Pierre, from Geneva. I already contributed to a couple of articles in French and I recently put a new entry in English, about a online social network by the name of Glocals.com.

The article was tagged twice: "This article or section is written like an advertisement" and "This article may require cleanup". I contacted the patroller in order to ask him if he could be more specific but his answer didn't help me very much. So I would like some help to make this article compatible to Wikipedia standards. Is it something you can do?

Thanks a lot in advance for your answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vonvalmont (talk • contribs)

If you could give me the exact article name then I will see what I can do. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 13:57, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Don't worry about that I have found it here. Ill do some editing. If you have any other questions then please just ask me. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 13:59, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your help Addshore Pierre— Preceding unsigned comment added by Vonvalmont (talk • contribs)

No problem. When you leave a message on a talk page please add ~~~~ to the end to sign your post :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Assignment for Deletion course

Hey! I have completed the assignment for the deletion course. I have used huggle to do most of it, and kept track of my doings for any comments by involved editors. I don't think I have made any big mistakes, but would like any feedback you could give me on proper tagging. I'm not sure how I should provide a list this time (with what links). And it sounds a bit meaningless as you can browse through them via my contributions. Most of my edits between 00:55 and 11:23 (your time) today, have been new page patrolling.

One thing I hope you can help me with is removing talk pages from the new pages controlling list in huggle. If I go to system, the talk and user talk checkboxes at qeue are unchecked. When I click OK after that Huggle writes Updating configuration page... in the log at bottom screen. And removes talk pages from the filtered changes list it automatically switched to. But when I click go to New pages, where I don't want them, it starts showing the talk pages again. =Species8473= (talk) 11:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Ill check this out a bit latter. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 13:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

High cross

Don't know why you reverted that. The wording I put in is more simple, and less confusing. 93.107.11.253 (talk) 17:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

The wording that was already there was the correct wording (I am sure). Also you removed a wiki link. Simplifying wording is not necessarily good. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 18:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

G'day add...

hope you're good - I thought I'd ask you for a bit of technical help (once again!) - with creating a RSS feed for 'NotTheWikipediaWeekly' - you can see here and here that I've gotten it underway - and to my eternal surprise it actually works on my copy of iTunes! - Downloads the podcasts and everything!!

It would be absolutely fantastic if I could get a little bit of help (particularly here) in getting the feed up to date - it'll then be a lot easier to keep it current... that file isn't the live one, by the way (although if there's a clever way of allowing a wiki page to work as an RSS feed, I'd love to hear it!) - my thought was that if I can get some help collaboratively updating that page, then I can do the simple copy over onto the live site - provided by Dan T (with thanks!) - it's quite likely that I've not explained some aspect or other about what I'm up to here... so do feel free to ask any questions - and cheers! - Privatemusings (talk) 01:42, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey. Ill take a look and try to catch you on skype. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Soft redirects

Hey, Addbot is marking soft redirects as orphans.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 05:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me about this error. Ill take a look at the code and see if I can make it skip these. I will turn the bot off for now as soon as I get home. Again thanks. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Fieldbrook Farms

Please explain why you are continually reverting the anon editor who is working on this article and reporting them for vandalism. caknuck ° is back from his wikisiesta 18:31, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, sorry for my late reply. This anon editor was not only reverted by me but also by 3 other users. Some of his nonconstructive edits included this one where he removed the delete tag (maybe / probably not knowing not to) this was reverted. He continued to do this quite a few times. My first revert was for the vandalism in this edit. This appeared to me as obvious vandalism. This revert now looking at it I have to say that I was 100% wrong. This edit then also triggered me to revert again (link). After these there was also this revert and again here. On this case I would defiantly say that I made mistakes. The reason I reverted the edits was because at the time of reversion for some reason these seemed like edits that should be reverted. Looking again now I am starting to have second thoughts. - ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 09:20, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

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·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 13:43, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 17:51, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

spell check

on your user page milestones is one word Randombabbleblah (talk) 19:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Oppsy, thanks for telling me about that typo. Should be fixed in a miniute or two :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:47, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Less intrusive advertising of Huggle

Hi Addshore, sorry i haven't got any knock knock jokes, im sure a joker will come by soon and give you a laugh:D Just want to ask what came about of this discussion of changing the edit summary to what you suggested? Are you just waiting for the next version to come out and then change the config. page in regards to this? I understand if this so, i have no doubts that no one would complain of you changed it to HG instead of the current. Thanks Monster Under Your Bed (talk) 07:35, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I could change it now, I just wanted a bit more discussion really :>. If nothing else is said soon then I think I will change it. Bad luck about not having any knock knock jokes :> ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 10:02, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Whitaker Malloy

An article that you have been involved in editing, Whitaker Malloy, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whitaker Malloy. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Aspects (talk) 19:23, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my talk page. Anonymous101 (talk) 09:45, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 09:47, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Smile!

Chris 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. Cheers, and Happy editing!
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YAY! not so empty after all :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:41, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

can you adopt me?

can you please adopt me. i would like it. Just try and contact me.

your friend, survent2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Survent2 (talk • contribs) 16:40, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes I would be happy to adopt you. Just make sure you have read this page before you decide you want it to be me. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Vacation

I'm going on vacation to France/Spain, so the final test will have to wait a bit. Thanks a lot for all your help so far, I learned quite a bit from the courses. Expected to be back during the end of August. Hope you have a good time. Greetings, =Species8473= (talk) 22:03, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for telling me. I have / am very busy with tests this week so it couldn't really have been any sooner. Tell me when you get back :) and don't forget what you've learnt. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:45, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Unclear Article

I recently read the article on orbits. I felt that part of the article was unclear and said so on the discussion page. No one has addressed my question. What should I do?Kissnmakeup (talk) 04:02, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Well your first choice is to wait until someone does reply. If this fails and no one replies then I find a good way to get replies and people to read what you have said is by looking in the article history, finding the editors which have edited the article lots and asking them about it on their talk page. This way you should get some good replies and maybe something done. I hope this helps you. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:36, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Account creator rights

What is meant by account creator rights? What is its purpose and what is its function? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 06:59, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. A normal user is limited to creating (i think) 6 accounts in one day. The account creator right allows a user to create a much higher ammount (I dont know the exact number). This is useful for when users are working on pages such as WP:ACC. I hope this helps. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:01, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
You can find more info about user rights on my subpage here ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:02, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
I did not understand the purpose of Wikipedia:Request an account. Any user can create own account for the first time. Why others will create multiple accounts or why an established user or regular editor will create accounts? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 07:04, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
If the IP from which a user is trying to create and account from is blocked from account creating the user will not be able to create an account and should go through WP:ACC. This should also happen if your user name is too similar to an existing one to be created. Again I hope this helps. -- ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:11, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I sorry. Here is a joke.

What has more pills in it's system than the FDA? Heath Ledger! Zing! -Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.182.193 (talk) 07:41, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

:O ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 09:10, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I left you a reply and a question on my talk page. Greetings TINYMARK 15:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 09:09, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA thankspam

Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

J.delanoygabsadds 20:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Np not that you will check back here :p ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 09:10, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Huggle

Hi, can I have project access to the Huggle Google Code project? I have an account on Google, soxred93. If it helps, I have a patch prepared for Huggle. I would like to assist in the development of Huggle. Soxπed93(blag) 02:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes you can, please just send me an email (through email user) with your google account :P. Thanks for your help in advance. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 09:11, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Youre now added. Thanks :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 18:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

More boredom

Thank-you for your support of me at my recent RFA, which was successful. I have appreciated everyone's comments and encouragement there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:50, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Good good, I hope to see you around! ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

OHAI

CAN HAS MESSAGE?

—Reedy 10:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes can has message (thanks) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 10:07, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Oh, rly? —Reedy 10:10, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
No ya rly? =( —Reedy 10:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Ok tests done and failed :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 10:32, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

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Read , hmm someone needs to make {{read}} :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:45, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Huggling

Hi there and sorry to interrupt your huggling. I'm not trying to attack I would just like ask nicely if you could make sure that an edit is 100% vandalism before you push the revert and warn for vandalism button. I now huggle is a fast tool and many people only use revert and warn but please remember you don't have to use that button but can also pick from other warnings. Thanks for your time reading this. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:33, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

You're right, I was using the wrong one there. (ESkog)(Talk) 22:34, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
I would just like to say thanks for not biting me :P. Im trying to go around looking at as many edits as I can made by huggle and hopefully catch some people out as I did to you ^^. Some people really dont have a clue. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:35, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

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YAY xD·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:13, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Adoption?

Greetings,

I saw on the adoptee page that you were open to adopting new, inexperienced users such as myself? The reason I would very much like to be adopted by you is because you handle javascripts and other tools/apps on Wikipedia. I myself am in the techie business. I would greatly appreciate if you would consider adopting me. Best wishes, Katebranson (talk) 21:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. Yes I would be happy to adopt you. If you understand what my adoption processes need on my adoption sub page(linked to top right) then give me a little bit of confirmation and Ill get the ball rolling :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Huggle

Thanks for the message. I wanted to know about the way users are described. on Wikipedia:Huggle it shows 4 different colored squares for trusted, anonymous, reverted, and other. What is a trusted user? Is a trusted user one that is on the "whitelist" you mentioned? How does Huggle know that someone is trusted? or anonymous, reverted, or other? I would think an anonymous user is one that hasn't registered and their edits appear on an ip address. But what is a reverted user? and an other user? thanks. Becky Sayles (talk) 19:13, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok I will try to say everything now :). The colors as you said correspond to the users status. There are the ones for warnings, these also display a number for the level of the warning. The level and the fact that the user has a warning is taken from the fact that the information is taken from the user talk page. This is then displayed in the queue. There are then also red blocks. These appear if the user is reported on WP:AIV The empty circle with a red background is just reported on AIV. A solid black circle means the user has been blocked. A green block with a left pointing arrow in it is a revert. Blue is an edit from a trusted user. Blue with a b in it is a bot edit. Brown is anon / ip and white is a registered user not on the white list.
The information is taken from a variety of sources. The IRC feed for the blocks and talk pages for the warnings. The users on the white list are listed on the huggle white list sub page. User will automatically get added to this list of the are listed as having a BOT FLAG or have over 500 edits. The users will get automatically added to the white list when huggle closes and huggle has seen an edit from that user(see white list history for examples)
To be 100% honest I actually have no Idea what a reverted user is :S. I will try to find out for you :). Huggle knows that a user is anonymous as the user name is an ip or "*.*.*.*". An OTHER user IS one that is not anonymous, or reverted (I think has not been reverted), is not on the white list meaning the registered users with a lower amount of edits (under 500) and a few with over 500 as the way in which huggle adds users to the white list isn't perfect.
I think I might just have answered anything but if there is anything that you are still unsure about feel free to ask again :). Sorry for repeating myself also in all of that as it was hard to remember what I had said and how I had said it e.t.c ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:30, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Huggle and redirects

Hey there. Huggle should follow redirects just as AWB does and other bots do. Users semi-regularly redirect their user talk page to either a subpage or the user talk page of another account that they use. The argument that it would be abused by vandals is both silly and illogical. When text is placed below redirects, it isn't shown to the reader, it causes confusion, and it damages the results of broken redirect queries. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the issue, but I'll be honest when I say I'm not really willing to accept a WONTFIX here. ; - ) --MZMcBride (talk) 22:37, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

You cant really compare the warning side of huggle with AWB as AWB doesnt warn. If one user edits badly it should be them that receives the warning on that exact account not the account the page redirects to. To be honest I think we need more more peeople and more discussion on this :) As it stands I still dont think this should be chaged unless someone comes up with a good reason. I know the whole point of a redirect is to kind of follow it but ging back to the way this could be abused. If we were ti implement this I could go around on a load of random ip's. Before I vadalisze redirect my usertalkpag to some unsuspecting user. Me being the Ip could go and cause as much trouble as I wanted. No one would notice unless they looked carfully, especially not using huggle, that it was acctually me. At the same time the unsuspecting user suddenly has a level 4 warning and an AIV report :S. I lookforward to hearing your veiws about what I have just said :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:47, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "Wikipedia:Huggle/Sandbox"

A page you created, Wikipedia:Huggle/Sandbox, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is a blatant copyright infringement.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thanks. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

{{ignored}} ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 09:33, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

User Warning Templates in Article Space

Addbot is subst'ing user warning templates that are in article space. Ex: [5], [6], [7]. These templates do not belong on articles. Could you modify your bot to either remove them from articles or ignore them in article space and we can have another bot remove them? Once subst'ed, their misuse is no longer easily found. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 16:13, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Hmm.. Thanks for telling me about this. My bot hasn't edited in a long time due to server issues. This is very strange as when the bot requests the links for the pages the templates are on it only looks for user talk pages >.<. Again thanks for telling me and ill have a look as soon as my server, hopefully, gets fixed. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:16, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up vandalism

Thanks for cleaning up List_of_birds_of_the_Central_African_Republic, after I asked on IRC for some help. :D —— nixeagle 16:50, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks ^^ ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:51, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Huggle bug

No, it's not. Actually, I think I just wasn't giving it enough time to do it's thing, but I'm not sure. In any case, it's not a problem now. :) Thanks for asking though. Regards. Thingg⊕⊗ 22:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok thanks :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks!

Thank you...

...for participating in my RfA, which closed with 119 in support, 4 neutral and 5 opposes. I'm honestly overwhelmed at the level of support that I've received from the community, and will do my best to maintain the trust placed in me. I 'm also thankful to those who opposed or expressed a neutral position, for providing clear rationales and superb feedback for me to build on. I've set up a space for you to provide any further feedback or thoughts, should you feel inclined to. However you voted, thanks for taking the time out to contribute to the process, it's much appreciated. Kind regards, Gazimoff 22:48, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Gratz, not that you will see this ^^ ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:57, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Au contraire, mon amie :) Gazimoff 09:37, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Wow you're one of the first people that has thankspammed me and replied when I didn't think they would :O YAY! :P ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont
Heh. Although I had several watchlisted I did a sweep a couple of days after the thankspam to see if anyone had replied. All part of the service :) Gazimoff 00:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Cool, maybe everyone should do that :P. Then its not so spammy ^^ ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Please?

Can I Please edit this user page User:Addshore/egapresu siht tide t'nod esaelP? :) MBisanz talk 14:50, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I guess if there is something that needs editing ^^ ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 14:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

This edit on Huggle

Hi,

That's my IP address. For some reason, when I was reverting on Huggle, it froze momentarily and registered my edits as my IP address (there were two edits that were registered as my IP address - [8]), and not my username (this is a shared IP btw, so I always use my account). I don't know what happened, but it seemed to correct itself afterwards. I've also posted this on the feedback page, so the other users know of it too. Sorry about all of this. I don't know what happened. TheSuave 22:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Don't say sorry its good that we found you. So it just kind of froze when these edits happened? Anything you can remember would be nice :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:40, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
  • For some reason, when I was reverting those two edits, Huggle completely froze (I couldn't press any other buttons or exit the program). It froze for about 7 seconds and then made my reversions but registered them by my IP address and not my username. The edits I made afterwards were fine, but on those two edits it froze and didn't register my username. Hope that helps. TheSuave 12:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
If huggle freezes again and you think some edits may have slipped through as they did here please tell me here asap :). Thanks for all of your help, now we will "try" to fix it ^^. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:07, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all your help :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:11, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Adoption?

Hi there, I've been with Wikipedia for a few years, but there's always more to learn. I recently learned about the adoption program and you look like you participate in a wide variety of activities. Perhaps you'd like to adopt me, bring me up to snuff, then send me out to adopt someone else. :) Banaticus (talk) 21:30, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Yep I would be happy to adopt you. Just make sure you read my adoption page first and make sure its what you want to do :). Hopefully the pages and tasks should be quite self explanarty but If you get stuck just ask me on my talk page(here). If you decide you want me to addopt you please reply here saying so once you have read the page so I can set some stuff up for you. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 21:33, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Sounds great. :) Banaticus (talk) 11:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Ok. Your adoption page has been created here This is where I will update what you have done and things like that :). Your first task is simply to fill in your interests on that page. Next you will need to decide which 2 or more of the optional lessons you would like to do. One you have done this reply here with the two optional lessons and then start working through the Required lessons. I suggest you try to spread the lessons out a bit and gain as much experience in each area as you can. Each of the courses has a set of questions at the bottom. These should be answered on my talk page and Ill asses how well you have done and add a grade to your sub page :). I hope you understand everything I have just said. Remember if you ever need any help then please just ask me on my talk page. Also as you are only the second user to go through the adoption process with me there may still be some faults in the courses and pages. If you find any please let me know. Thanks for choosing me. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 11:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Copyright on a Free Wikipedia
    • What is the Wikipedia slogan? The Free Encyclopedia.
    • What licence is the content on Wikipedia released under? The GFDL or the GNU Free Documentation License.
    • If a user was to infringe copyright what could happen to their account on Wikipedia? They could find themselves blocked/banned from further editing for a period of time.
  • User Permissions
    • What is a permission? A permission is an extra ability granted to a user to do something that somebody off the street wouldn't be able to do.
    • What pages are un-registered users able to edit? All pages which haven't been protected in some fashion.
    • What is an auto confirmed account? An account that is at least four days old and has made at least 10 edits.
    • What permissions do registered accounts have? Well, unless they're autoconfirmed, they don't have any additional permissions. But, after that, they can move/create pages and upload files and edit semi-protected pages.
    • Who can grant rollback? An Administrator, a beaurocrat or a steward.
    • What privileges do acccountcreators have and why? Accountcreators can create more than six accounts a day. I'm really not sure why they'd need to create more than six accounts a day -- are people really unable to think of a name that isn't "too close" to an already existing name? I guess blind people who can't read the CAPTCHA would need help, but that doesn't seem like a very big segment of the population.
    • Who can grant accountcreator and how do you request it? First you have to create a login for the tool[9] then you have to subscribe to the list (or your request will be denied). Then you wait for a tool admin to approve you. [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]
    • What does rollback enable you to do? Rollback removes all edits made by the last person to edit the page. Even if they've edited the page six times in a row, as long as no one else has edited the page, all of their edits will be reverted.
    • What should you not use rollback for? You shouldn't use it to "win" an edit war.
    • What are administrators able to do? Gosh darn near everything. ;) Really, not much more than the regular user, although they can see deleted pages, delete things, revert deletions, see pages that aren't on anyone's watchlist, give rollback and/or accountcreator permissions, allow someone from a banned IP to login, protect a page.
    • How do you request adminship? You do an RfA, Request for Adminship and if a majority of the people that check you out approve of you and your request, then you'll be made an admin.
    • What are bureaucrats main duties? They can promote to admin or beaurocrat status, rename accounts and alter a bot's status.
    • What technical abilities do stewards have? Everything, everywhere, seriously.
    • What does checkuser enable a user to check? With checkuser, a user can check to see if one account is a possible sockpuppet of another account.
    • What is oversight? The ability to completely hide something from public site.
    • What type of a user must you be to be granted oversight? Generally, current or former members of the Arbitration Committee.
  • Vandalism 1.1
    • What is vandalism? When someone comes along and malicious starts wanking on the page, err, I mean, makes an unhelpful or unconstructive edit.
    • What are obvious indicators of a vandalism edit while watching recent changes? Large byte changes, no edit summary, it says "page blank" or something.
    • How do you revert vandalism? Click "undo" and follow the steps, or "rollback" (if you have that permission), or use an automated tool like Huggle or Twinkle or right clicking on the link.
    • What warning template would you use if a user removed or blanked all the content from a page? The first time, {{subst:uw-delete1}}
    • What warning template would you use if a user add the words "i really hate wikipedia!" to an article? First time, {{subst:uw-vandalism1}}
    • How do you add an article to your watchlist? Just click "Watch" up on the top. Or, if your preferences are set to watch everything you edit, find something to fix on the page and you'll watch it.
    • If you misuse such tools as WP:TW or WP:VPRF what could happen? You could be banned/blocked.
    • Diff1: [10] Vandalism -- user added, "yer all losers"
    • Diff2: [11] This was a fairly subtle and cunning form of vandalism -- if I wasn't familiar with the movie, I would have thought that this was someone going through and fixing the page. Someone should keep an eye on this guy.
    • Diff3: [12] Vandalism -- user added the text, "My tiny little nipples went to France aswell so you cant forget that"
Thanks for the answers. The first one is 100% correct. Just a few things in User Permissions question 3 an autoconfirmed users amount of time and number of edits can sometimes vary but the standard time is that which you said. Regarding question 6 I think about the account creators and why to have them. Take a quick peak at WP:ACC If you still don't get it ask me again here :). For questions 7 can I have a little more detail, what is the name of the page you request the accountcreator from? how? What should you not use rollback for, You should not use rollback for anything anything other than vandalism. Rollback is a tool that is only meant to be used with vandalism and if you do start rolling back other edits you can find you may have your rollback removed. Also regarding checkuser just in case you didn't know as you didn't say this in your answer. They can check which account have edited from an Ip or they can check which Ips an account has edited from and things like that.
Now so far Vandalism 1.1 looks fine. I will check the diffs in one min :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Yep the vandalism diffs look great. I see you have learn t to use huggle. One thing I will say straight off is make sure you don't go too fast and make mistakes :P. Check your adoption subpage for updates of the marks. Have you made a sub page for the wikimarkup course? Oh also please reply in a different section as this one is getting a little to big now :P. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:24, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

hilarious knock knock jokes

Hey, ask and ye shall receive! ;)

  • Knock knock, who's there, ether, ether who, ether bunny!
  • Knock knock, who's there, cargo, cargo who, car go beep-beep an run over ether bunny!
  • Knock knock, who's there, boo, boo who, don't cry -- ether bunny be back next year!
  • Knock knock, who's there, dolf, dolf who, dolf ball hit me in da mouth, that's why I talk this way!
  • Banaticus (talk) 11:25, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Lol, thanks for making my day that little bit more bearable :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 12:56, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorted UK User lists

So you basically want to spam the top 300 odd on one of those lists. --cfp (talk) 02:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. But with what message? :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:01, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
"Hi, As a regularly contributing UK Wikipedian I was wondering if you wanted to get involved in the Oxford bid to host Wikimania 2010. Please see here for details of how to get involved." --cfp (talk) 13:29, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh and I made an online version of the tool I used to generate those scores, you can see your own here. --cfp (talk) 13:48, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Banaticus' Sandbox page

User:Banaticus/Sandbox -- although, apparently I don't know enough about how to mix my *'s and #'s in a long table, as I ended up with some strange whitespace. Any comment on that? Banaticus (talk) 02:11, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

hmm which bit are you talking about? Can you show me an example? ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 07:47, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks. I won't misuse it. --SkyWalker (talk) 14:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

No probs :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:44, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:Birds newsletter

Hi Addshore: Can I get you to send around the Wikiproject Birds newsletter again? It's at Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Outreach/Newsletter and the newsletter link is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Outreach/Newsletter link. The list of participants is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Participants and the list of which editors want what is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds/Outreach#Delivery options. Thanks! MeegsC | Talk 05:14, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I really really would like to but Im afraid that my bots are on the blink at the moment so its got to be a no :S. I need to try to egt them running again =[ ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thanks anyway! MeegsC | Talk 00:29, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 10:16, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem *wonders if you will check back here :P* ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
This is for helping me with the problem I had on logging in to Huggle. Looks like I put you into a lot of trouble for a simple thing, so I'm feeling kind of guilty too :) Thanks again for all the effort. -- Chamal Talk 11:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Cool! This is the first random acts of kindness barnstar I have ever got :O. Thanks! :) ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 11:46, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
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