User talk:Gurch/Archive 23

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Archive 22

Ad help

Hi mate, i uploaded this gif pic File:Qxz-ad196.gif as an ad for Wikipedia:WikiProject Lebanon but i just kept messing the template so i gave up and reverted my edits. HELP please Eli + 14:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey!

Hey, what's up, I haven't heard from you in forever! Why don't you email me when you get the chance? *hugs* delldot ∇. 03:20, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Huggle

I just wanted to thank you for creating huggle, I use it very often. Thanks again!--Cubs197 ^(talk) 21:38, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Q

No, not Q, a real Q.

I noticed a question in a admin-coaching thingy saying, "Does Huggle require Rollback permission?" - and whilst I suspect most people will say "yes", it doesn't seem so clear-cut. Perhaps you could give a more full, appropriate answer? (On my talk pls; I'm rubbish at watching things) Cheers, Chzz ► 23:53, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Depends what you mean by "require". Huggle is quite capable of operating without rollback, otherwise it wouldn't be able to revert vandalism by multiple users. On this wiki, Huggle's configuration page directs it to refuse to work for any user account lacking rollback; this is because of paranoia about misuse, not for any technical reason. Gurch (talk) 01:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Huggle for sr.wikipedia

Hi, can you enable using Huggle for sr.wikipedia? Regards, --Johnny B. Goode (talk) 08:03, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Huggle haz Checkuser?

Hi Gurch, an interesting feature of Huggle that I wasn't aware of, it seems to be able to link IP editors to their accounts. Kalpesh dave was nominated as G7 today despite the blanking being done by an IP not the author. The tagger NellieBly told me that "I tried to revert the blanking and Huggle told me it had been blanked by the creator and asked me if I wanted to tag it as CSD." Does Huggle have a checkuser ability or has the swine flu virus made Huggle's tail go curly? Ϣere SpielChequers 13:59, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Probably just broken. I couldn't tell you why without the page history. If it got a page tagged for deletion that should have been deleted anyway then it doesn't seem like that much of a problem. Gurch (talk) 17:37, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

OK, just in case this is a sign of a wider problem, I've restored it and moved it to User:WereSpielChequers/Kalpesh dave. Ϣere SpielChequers 08:40, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Canvassing

Hi - just a quick note on your last ~~!vote~~ comment at the discussion for friendly... the way it was written sounds like the author was canvassing which may not go over well with future ~~!voters~~ commenters. Just wanted to know if you wanted to clarify (or if in fact he was canvassing people should be made aware of that). Feel free to remove my comment if you modify yours either way. 7 04:30, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

I refuse to take any comment with "!vote" in it seriously. Gurch (talk) 06:53, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

MOTD

Please could you look at WT:MOTD#The Future. Simply south (talk) 17:50, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Huggle issue

I put it at the bottom of Huggle's talk page. The Arbiter^★_★^★ 17:22, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Heres what I put. When I use Huggle, random tabs open up sometimes in my web browser. For example, I'll be just working on Huggle, but all of a sudden my web browser will open a window for National Geographic Kids, Cybersitter 11, AntiSpamSniper, etc. These are not malicious sites, but what makes them keep popping up? The Arbiter^★_★^★ 23:03, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Some appreciation

I've just started using Huggle- very impressive. It was heartwarming to discover that I was already on the whitelist.

Thank you for your time in developing the software, as well as your sheer, inhuman patience in supporting it. From the looks of the feedback page, some users have really put you through the wringer with suggestions that don't quite make sense- all the while maintaining a delightfully sardonic attitude (much like some of my favorite people). --King Öomie 20:53, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

~hugs~

I just wanted to give you this ~hugs~ because your talk page had me laughing. :) delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 00:15, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

attack pages?

Hi Gurch, I was wondering whether Huggle takes special notice of people who have received one or more of the warnings generated by {{G3}}, {{G10}} or {{db-attack}}? Aside from the fact that some such editors respond with personal attacks on the taggers, it would be helpful if creators of multiple attack pages were escalated to AIV a bit more smoothly. Apologies if Huggle picks up on this already, but I'm sure I've seen level 1 warnings handed out to people who've responded to an attack page warning with a personal attack. Ϣere SpielChequers 14:27, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Chzz's talk page

I was curious as to why you just added a message concerning an edit in September, particularly as Chzz is gone anyhow. fetchcomms☛ 23:13, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

gurch added the message because i was chatting with him while going through my watchlist. I gave him a link to the article so that he could see in the history that the article creator actually sourced their plagiarism. gurch saw in the history the edit by Chzz which reverted a helpful contribution. The message to Chzz is a bit late but i think gurch put it there on the off-chance that Chzz comes back. Hasty use of huggle is a concern for gurch as he is was its developer. delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 20:12, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah, yes. Thanks for explaining! fetchcomms☛ 03:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

And gurch was kind enough to modify my comment for me, striking "is" and replacing it with "was". delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 20:59, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

User pages

Meh. The problem here is that you're trying to set what's actually done by writing down what you think should be done. You don't think the redirects should be disowned and deleted as U2? That's fine, but people will just continue deleting the redirects by shifting their position to one of "ownership" and deleting them as U1 or even G7. --MZMcBride (talk) 09:51, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy Christmas

File:Wikisanta-no motto.png

delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ is wishing you Happy Christmas! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Yuletide, Litha, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukkah, Kwanzaa, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

"The greatest gift they'll get this year is life." ~ Bob Geldof & Midge Ure

Spread the hugs & cheer by adding {{subst:User:Deliriousandlost/happy christmas}} to your friends' talk pages.

My very own brain!

Dear Gurch, I hearby award you an image of my very own brain! They wouldn't make me an admin, but now my brain is forever part of Wikipedia! Cheers! Basket of Puppies 19:46, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Gurch!
At this time of year, I would like to extend seasons greetings to the Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past year on Wikipedia. I wish you a wonderful holiday season! The Arbiter^★_★^★

Policy Report

A summary of the community's comments on our WP:Edit warring policy will be featured in the Policy Report in next Monday's Signpost, and you're invited to participate. Monthly changes to this page are available at WP:Update/1/Conduct policy changes, July 2009 to December 2009, and it may help to look at previous policy surveys at WT:SOCK#Interview for Signpost, WT:CIVILITY#Policy Report for Signpost or WT:U#Signpost Policy Report. There's a little more information at WT:Edit warring#Signpost Policy Report. I'm not watchlisting here, so if you have questions, feel free to ask there or at my talk page. Thanks for your time. (P.S. Your last comment at WT:Edit warring was months ago, but I'm hoping you remember something you consider interesting, because we haven't had much participation in the survey so far this week.) - Dank (push to talk) 02:06, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

MisterWiki is wishing you Happy Holidays! MisterWiki talk contribs wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with all of your family, spread love during this times!

I (MisterWiki) created a video specially for you, wishing you the best for this christmas time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxOAvuNbt1o

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:MisterWiki/Happy Holidays}} to your friends' talk pages.

MisterWiki talk contribs 03:03, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Settle down, please

Whatever your goals are, blanking the petition page is not the way to go about it. --Moni3 (talk) 16:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

If you disagree with the page, take it to MFD. --Coffee // have a cup // flagged revs now! // 16:39, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Revert again, and you'll get blocked. --Coffee // have a cup // flagged revs now! // 16:42, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Hi, Gurch. Haven't seen you around IRC lately. Hope all is well with you. Basket of Puppies 05:53, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Huggle default message

How to change huggle's default edit summary when you click the big red triangle and circle sign?

THe current default even doesn't say anything about vandalism!

This is what I think would be suiting: Reverting suspected vandalism. False positive? Assume good faith and kindly leave a message on my talk page --Tyw7 (Talk • Contributions) 04:22, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

:-)

;-) Anna Lincoln 16:54, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Huggle crashes

Every time I hit escape or the "X", it freezes up, which sort of accomplishes the goal, but is rather annoying. Any clues? fetchcomms☛ 02:55, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

This is a known bug which is likely to be fixed in a future version of Huggle. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 04:27, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah. Thank you Soap. fetchcomms☛ 21:55, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Slap

Whacking with a wet trout or trouting is a common practice on Wikipedia when experienced editors slip up and make a silly mistake. It, along with sentencing to the village stocks, is used to resolve one-off instances of seemingly silly behavior amongst normally constructive community members, as opposed to long term patterns of disruptive edits, which earn warnings and blocks.

Example

Whack!

The above is a WikiTrout (Oncorhynchus macrowikipediensis), used to make subtle adjustments to the clue levels of experienced Wikipedians.

To whack a user with a wet trout, simply place {{trout}} on their talk page.

This was silly, don't do that again please! Majorly talk 18:04, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Om nom nom

Template:Om nom nom has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Atlan (talk) 14:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

question

If you aren't the developer of HG anymore, who is? Griffinofwales (talk) 17:31, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

nobody Gurch (talk) 19:05, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

So...any issues with the current HG will stay forever? Griffinofwales (talk) 19:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

*hugs* Gurch just needs some lovin'. Killiondude (talk) 18:51, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Why do you keep calling it "HG"? Is the extra effort required to make four additional keystrokes really too much? Gurch (talk) 19:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

There is a Wiki page on the concept of abbreviation and why people use it. If you are still unsure as to the application check out the Wiki page, or more generally the page on the English language might help. Regards. Weakopedia (talk) 07:17, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper.ogg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper.ogg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:40, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day.ogg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day.ogg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

File:Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day.ogg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day.ogg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 22:20, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Notice of WQA filing

Hello, a thread has been filed at Wikiquette Alerts which involves you. Link: Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#Gurch. Hope this helps, --Taelus (talk) 13:34, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Huggle

Dear Gurch, I miss you! Had surgery the other day. Not 100% yet. Need a few more days. Huggle!!!! Basket of Puppies 21:31, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

re: your message

Hi Gurch, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:13, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Yikatong

Thank you

Thanks for correcting the typo. :) Durova⁴⁰⁵ 04:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Alexander Schukoff. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. --bender235 (talk) 13:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Huggle, Sweden

An editor has nominated Huggle, Sweden, an article which you have created or worked on, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator, Belugaboy535136 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Huggle, Sweden and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 01:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

That struck-out warning

I'm sorry for the confusion. {{AFDNote}}, the template that I used to notify you that Huggle, Sweden was at AfD, had been changed in this edit, and I didn't realize that it had been changed. I have now fixed the template. You are a good editor, and I didn't mean to annoy or confuse you. - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 05:24, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Ian taylor

Hi Gurch/Archive 23! A BLP article you have been edited or contributed to has many issues and urgently needs improving to avoid deletion. If you can help with these issues please see Talk:Ian Taylor (field hockey), address the different points if you can, and leave any comments there. Thanks.Kudpung (talk) 12:31, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

I have never edited that article. Gurch (talk) 12:44, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Quite right. My apologies ;) --Kudpung (talk) 12:56, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

170.158.63.137

Yours is the last warning I see on the talk page for this IP address. This IP is at it again in Red Panda. I can't block, but I assume you can. I will revert the edit now Donlammers (talk) 15:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

No, I cannot block. Furthermore, the warning on that page is from 2008. Gurch (talk) 23:26, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Gurch. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Edit filter.
Message added 01:55, 26 February 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Smallman12q (talk) 01:55, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Re:research

Hey, I've left you a rather late reply on my talk page. Stu ^(aeiou)_{I'm Researching Wikipedia} 16:53, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit filter manager

Do you want the edit filter right? Someguy1221 (talk) 08:34, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Not really, I'd rather you guys just stopped making over-enthusiastic filters, and didn't mark filters as private unless absolutely necessary. Gurch (talk) 09:46, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Huggle top toolbar filter

It might be helpful in future versions of Huggle to have a way to easily make custom toolbar icons for the top of the interface i.e. The standered revert + warn button is for vandalism. but a way to add other revert + diffrent warning buttons might be helpful (along with assigning a keyboard command for each) also if there was a better way with wikipedia browser intergration into the program for viewing pages better. thanks great program though so far! also i notice sometimes it crashes when you try to revert a edit back and then try to revert a warning back. Thanks! also sometimes the pages seem to load slow or not load at all...maybe its a browser thing though :-) but overall very useful program! keep up the great work! Evenios (talk) 21:32, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Whitelist issue

Hi Gurch. I hope this is the right place. There is an issue with the whitelist. -- Brangifer (talk) 03:44, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Title of 1st Harry Potter book

Would you would volunteer for a month to revert all incorrect changes of title to ... Sorcer's Stone - which includes the taxoboxes of all the articles on the books, plus Harry Potter? If you wan't to volunteer for the task, I suggest you show not expect others to do it, and you should support a banner that discourages incorrect changes. --Philcha (talk) 22:44, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Having a large banner (and an equally large message complaining that said banner should be on the talk page) on the top of an article that isn't even the article whose title is in contention seems pointless, and distracting to readers. Especially when the article whose title is in contention lacks said banner. Gurch (talk) 22:48, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Your RfA !vote

Just notifying you that I have stricken the number of your neutral !vote on Polargeo's RfA. The sardonic comment itself is fine, or at least I understand the intent behind it, but I find that casting a counted !vote with that rationale (even a neutral) is over the top. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:38, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Just so you know...

Huggle has been rendered unable to login, due to a recent change in the login system. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 01:54, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Huggle, new versión

Hi Gurch, i was added this code to Huggle using SVN

           If Result.Contains("<input type=""hidden"" name=""wpLoginToken"" ") Then
               Login.Token = Result.Substring(Result.IndexOf("name=""wpLoginToken"" value=""") + 27)
               Login.Token = Login.Token.Substring(0, Login.Token.IndexOf(""""))
           End If

Did you publish this?, so, i see you correct and add Token to login class. greetings Hprmedina (talk) 16:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't quite understand your request. The commit changed both Login and Request classes, compiles and (as far as I can tell) works correctly, and the changes are included in version 0.9.3, so there shouldn't be any need to fetch it from SVN. Is there another problem? Gurch (talk) 17:26, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Today i downloads the source and i add this lines:

           'Agregar login token
           ' <input type="hidden" name="wpLoginToken" value="8f75526565e9aeb40e90b403f80e7667" />
           Dim wpLoginToken As String = String.Empty
           If Result.Contains("name=""wpLoginToken""") Then
               wpLoginToken = Result.Substring(Result.IndexOf("name=""wpLoginToken"" value=""") + 27)
               wpLoginToken = wpLoginToken.Substring(0, wpLoginToken.IndexOf(""""))
           End If

then i post the source and i was have an error from SVN. after that, appears the code:

           If Result.Contains("<input type=""hidden"" name=""wpLoginToken"" ") Then
               Login.Token = Result.Substring(Result.IndexOf("name=""wpLoginToken"" value=""") + 27)
               Login.Token = Login.Token.Substring(0, Login.Token.IndexOf(""""))
           End If

then the question is, Did you correct my source and add Token to Login class. It doesn't coincidence, the source are equal. Did you receive my udpate? or is very coincidence?

ok, indeed we need in spanish wiki to add this line in ReportRequest.vb line 208: Actual line:

Report &= CRLF & "* Usuario que reporta: ~~~~" & CRLF & "* Acción administrativa:" & CRLF

New required line:

Report &= CRLF & "* Usuario que reporta: ~~~~" & CRLF & "* Acción administrativa: (A rellenar por un bibliotecario)" & CRLF

i was send this change using SVN, but appears not work SVN or the line was ignored. Do you understand me?, Can you do this change and make 0.9.4 please Hprmedina (talk) 17:57, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Huggle Problem

I am facing a problem logging into Huggle. I receive the error message "Unable to login" although i have used it before and downloaded version 0.9.4. See the discussion at Wikipedia:Huggle/Feedback#Unable to login 2 for more details. Andrewmc123 19:36, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

This appears to be a strange problem, as some people have stated they cannot login, whereas myself, and significant others (looking at the history of the whitelist) have been able to login. Orphan Wiki 23:02, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Wikipedia content guidelines

UAA

Is there something you're trying to tell us? :) TN X Man 14:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)