This is an archive of past discussions with User:Addshore. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
What is a permission? More abilities than other users here on the wiki
What pages are un-registered users able to edit? The ones that aren’t protected or semi- protected
What is an auto confirmed account? the account has to be around four days old and make 10 edits to be granted like to registered users. users that are autoconfirmed have normal access to wikipedia
What permissions do registered accounts have? You can edit any page that is not all the way protected, moving and creating pages, and uploading pictures and such
Who can grant rollback? admins & sysops
What privileges do acccountcreators have and why? To create accounts that are not profane names, to create an account for someone who doen’t want to.
Who can grant accountcreator and how do you request it? Sysop’s talkpage
What does rollback enable you to do? Reverting multiple edits of vandalism at a time
What should you not use rollback for? Content disputes and such
What are administrators able to do? access to the rollbacker and accountcreator permission and grant rollbacker accountcreator to other users
How do you request adminship? On the RfA
What are bureaucrats main duties? they have control over the technical things of permissions
Sorry I do have a registered account but I only use it when I'm not in work and on my home computer, and even then I only make small edits to Wikipedia, most of which are edits I wish I never needed to make. There are systemic problems in Wikipedia which really need more automated testing to avoid obvious problems such as poor spelling and grammar and style that is not in keeping with Wikipedia style rules. It is unrealistic to expect anyone to know all these rules and worse than that a waste of time to expect people to correct such mundane mistakes (mistakes that happen over and over others will even revert back to). It is not an easy skill to know the difference between news writing and encyclopedia writing, so much so that many writers do not even see there is a problem with their use of "current" and "recently" (and even in good news writing one needs to careful and avoid too much ambiguity). I fix things little things as I go but I simply do not have the patience to take on the entrenched forces of Wikipedia who do not seem to even recognise there is a problem. So thanks for your time and taking an interest and best of luck and I'll keep doing what I was doing but be a little more careful about the inline comments in the text in future. -- 86.47.161.201 (talk) 16:21, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm considering nominating you to become an admin.
At your last RfA, one of the reasons you were criticised was because so much of your user interaction is through templated messages via Huggle etc.
Can you point to some recent discussions you've been involved with that show you discussing issues with other users, engaging in debate and not "drive by" commenting? Please post some diffs to my talk page.
Dweller just stole my idea - I came here to offer to nominate you (I'm amazed you're not an administrator yet) and found that message. If you want a co-nom, I'll do it. =) DendodgeTalkContribs15:14, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Dweller would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Dweller to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Addshore 2. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
I'll probably be offline, so please feel free to transclude it yourself once you are done, being careful to reset the clock on the end of the RfA to 7 days from that time. Or, feel free to drop a line to another admin or crat and ask them to do it for you. --Dweller (talk) 16:45, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi. :) I'm concerned about your labeling of these edits--here & here--as vandalism. Adding hidden notes to the article as the IP editor did in the first instance is obviously a graceless way to discuss a problem with text, but unless there's a history with this contributor that I'm unaware of, I don't believe such edits with such edit summaries should be viewed as vandalism--intentional disruption. They seem like clearly good faith edits to me, particularly with those edit summaries. I'd like to ask you to consider striking those warnings or removing them, since this seems to be a stable good faith IP contributor, and displaying such notices may lead future contributors who interact with him not to extend good faith. Of course, the IP editor can remove them (I don't know if he knows that, since he seems inexperienced with some facets of Wikipedia), but that removal would only be interpreted as "warning received." I'm watching your talk page and would be happy to discuss this further. Thanks. --Moonriddengirl(talk)11:48, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
(EC) =[ Hi there and thanks for noticing this error in my ways =].
I agree, after looking at them again, that they are good faith edits. I have removed the warnings from the ip's talk page and I have replaced them with a little message. I hope the editor continues to edit and help Wikipedia :). As ever I know I am not perfect and I do make mistakes so thanks for finding these. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont15:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Well, perfection is a pretty high bar. :D The only reason I'm currently watching your page is because you noted and addressed a mistake of mine, so, quid pro quo. :) --Moonriddengirl(talk)15:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Good luck with your RfA, personally I think the current opposes are downright ridiculous. With any luck, common sense will prevail :) If you need anything, I'm not sure how I'd be of help, but the offer is there anyway. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 12:04, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the support :). If I ever find anything I need help with i will be sure to call on you :P *adds your name to the list*. Thanks again. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont15:06, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Cyndi Lauper discography
Removing discography, pasted from Cyndi Lauper discography]--Moonriddengirl(talk)00:47, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Okay, this is the one I recently edited and I don't know you keep changing it back. Why? This is a list of the STUDIO albums released by Lauper (excluding Christmas, EPs, Cover/Standard, and Re-recorded Compilations). You should notice that those albums are listed in the Others: section. So please explain to me why you keep changing it? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Huney dani (talk • contribs) 00:30, 31 October 2008
Hi. ·Add§hore· is evidently not online at the moment, but I thought to point out to you that according to the edit history of that article, Addshore has never edited it. He is not the one changing your edits. That history shows who changed your edits and in one case provides some information: "rv removal of albums with no explanation, fix table". You may wish to note in the edit summary that you are removing redundant listings. Also, with respect to certification claims it says "remove unsourced certification claims". You can counter that one best by providing a reliable sources to verify that what you say is true. (See WP:CITE for more information.) I've removed the discography section from this page as it is rather a lot of material and isn't necessary for this conversation. If you want to refer to specifics, you can do it by linking (as I did) to the article. --Moonriddengirl(talk)00:47, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
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 serves only to attack some entity. Please do not continue to create attack pages, as you will be blocked from editing.
Wow, I cant stop laughing after realising it is a test edit ! ( Btw Addshore may be able to block you in few days ;) ) -- TinuCherian - 03:18, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
I should probably just add the of the csd that huggle identifies in some comments :P Then I won't get the messages any more! But i need to get round to doing that :P ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:32, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for applying to access the account creation tool. I have approved your request. You may now access the tool here. Before you do so, please read the tool's guide to familiarize yourself with the process. You may also want to join #wikipedia-en-accounts on irc and/or the mailing list. Keep in mind that the ACC tool is a powerful program, and misuse may result in your access being suspended by a tool administrator. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for your participating in the account creation process. -·Add§hore·Talk/Cont22:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Adoption
Hello there! I'm Chris, and I saw you on the WP:AAU Adoptee's area page with the message "Currently full (Check with me)" so I decided to check with you. Are you currently adopting? Thank you for your time. Chrishy23:10, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry I currently have five other user already. I would really love to adopt you and show you the ropes but I really don't think I could keep up with another user. I hope you find another good and willing experienced user to adopt you. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont23:13, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm about to go offline, so I wanted, without putting the commentator's curse on it, to congratulate you in advance on a successful RfA. Well done and put that mop to good use. I think you'll be a valuable addition to the admin ranks. --Dweller (talk) 16:30, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that I hadn't been listed as completing the Wikimarkup section. My apologies, I thought I'd listed my sandbox here for you to peruse. I put in a whole bunch of "junk" and various things from different pages that I've done so far. :) Also, I added a new hilarious knock knock joke a couple sections above this post to congragulate you on your successful RfA. ;) Banaticus (talk) 05:59, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the thanks :). I don't know if I missed it or what. The good thing is that you passed that section and I will go an update it now :). Thanks continuing your adoption! ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! My talk page is always open if you have questions, and you'll probably have many. If you're afraid it's a stupid question, you can email me or pm me in IRC. :D لennavecia20:04, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Belated congrats. Now with trusted burrito in hand, you will be able to clean up vandalism, while munching your tasty mop. Or something like that. Congrats again. PhilKnight (talk) 22:35, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Old'n'busted: mops. New hotness: Übercleaners. I'm getting sick and tired of these ancient, technophobic admins and their old'n'busted mops, handing them down to new admins. In a world of increasing vandalism and the need for ever-watchful admins, I present to you, The New Hotness: The Übercleaner 9000™. Influenced by the BFG 9000, the Übercleaner 9000™ boasts top-notch wiki cleaning abilities, ranging from spam deletion to vandal blocking.
Enjoy your new toy— just don't press the big red button on the bottom of it; we're not sure quite what it does yet. --slakr\ talk /23:39, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations Addshoe. I had no idea you even had an RfA. I would have supported you if I had seen it, but it looks like you didn't even need it! Nice going. Happy adminning. Non Curat Lex (talk) 00:03, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Well done - just don't conflict me on anything, especially history merges, because it gets annoying when other people try and do the same thing at the same time, and you don't get conflict notices if you time it right! :P Anyway, time for me to stop complaining/moaning/etc. and do something constructive. Just be careful: you don't want to end up in the village stocks ;) Stwalkerster [ talk ]18:36, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Lol thanks for that Stwalkerster =]. You've now started me off on a random tour around more of the wikipedia name space starting with the STOCKS :P Thanks! ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont19:17, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
go carefully, and you will have my support in what you do. Some people I've had doubs about have made very good admins, & I assume you will be one of them. DGG (talk) 17:28, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! :P. It would be really nice if I could make my blocking quick warn script work =[. I am currently hating my monobook. Do you use a script to warn users after you have blocked them? ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont20:30, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
I usually block people using the MediaWiki Special:BlockIP and then warn them with Xenocidic's modified twinklewarn.js script, which makes the block options show up by default rather than the level 1 warnings. I also removed the ARV module, since I don't ever report people any more. J.delanoygabsadds20:45, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
User:Xenocidic/twinklewarn.js. Here's the Twinkle modules that I use, the others don't seem to be useful to me. I have the bottom one commented out because I don't typically use it, but it is useful for cleaning up after page-move vandalism if no one has one of their Grawp-detection scripts running at the moment, and it is easier to just uncomment it than to try to remember what it is called. J.delanoygabsadds20:52, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
// SCRIPT: Twinkle (modified)importScript('User:AzaToth/morebits.js');importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklefluff.js');importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklediff.js');importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklespeedy.js');importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkleprod.js');;importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkleprotect.js');importScript('User:Xenocidic/twinklewarn.js');// this makes "Blocking" the default selected warning levelimportScript('User:AzaToth/twinklexfd.js');//importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklebatchdelete.js');
Hi, I and one of my fellow editors are facing a deadlock on a issue of bias on a controversial topic Operation Blue Star, the summary of dispute can be found at [1], please let us know your views so that we can solve the dispute amicably. Thanks LegalEagle (talk) 02:54, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi congrats on adminship BTW. Good to see an admin promoted who actually has a decent mainspace edit count. We have a large back log of French commune articles to add the infoboxes from French wikipedia Status check. All that needs doing is copying the infobox directly from the French wikipedia equivalent and with some slight changes. Please see Vulaines. All that needs doing for each article is cutting and pasting the infobox from French wiki into every article which must be bot compatible. So for Vulaines all it requires is pasting the infobox into it from here and pasting it into the english wiki article. COuld you please help programme a bot or use some form of coding to help complete the task in hours rather than months? Count Blofeld12:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry I am very busy currently so I would not really have enough time to code anything. I suggest you past your idea here. This way all of the bot owners can try to help you out. Thanks for the message. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont17:33, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
A block of yours
[2]. The block should be much, much longer than 24 hours. The user was blocked for one year in October 2007 and obviously nothing has changed as seen from the recent edits. Enigmamessage18:57, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
Seeing as it belongs to a school district's tech dept, a much longer softblock might be a good idea. Still debatable though. MBisanztalk03:27, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Well, if that was the reason for the block it should have 1) been softblocked (as MBisanz said) and 2) it should have been specified it the block entry. Really though, no harm done. Tiptoetytalk03:33, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Yea, Tip is right, it is helpful to check the Whois for an IP to set the block time (and reason) to the optimum setting. MBisanztalk03:37, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
The reason that I blocked that IP for a week was that they had multiple months of vandalism, Also in the end they received seven warning for this month and after the final warning they continued to vandalize. Also thanks for the comments :), really helpful! ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:24, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Just remember that blocks are protective not punitive...especially when dealing with an IP. Just because the user has a months worth of vandalism, does not necessarily mean they need a longer block than any other IP. Remember, it is a school IP, so vandalism is very common, and even more common is the fact that t he IP changes hands. So the person responsible for the most recent vandalism was probably different than that of the person who vandalized a week or month ago. Tiptoetytalk21:56, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey Addshore. In response to your query, Elite Rhodes (Death Ball 102) created the account first time around, and the user received their confirmation e-mail from ACC. Since the account had already been created, and the user had already received their ACC confirmation when the request was originally marked as created, I dropped the request.
I became aware of the request due to the accounts-enwiki-l conversation ([Accounts-enwiki-l] English Wikipedia Account Request) between Elite Rhodes and the requesting user, which caught my eye – see my reply for more info on that one. haz(talk)11:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm rather new to wikipedia, so I'm not sure if I'm asking the correct person...
However maybe you could help:
In the Action Aid wiki page, there is a line titled "Criticisms". There you can find
a link that does not work. It is note [1] at the end.
I think this line was added by you - but I am not sure (!)
How could I fix this?
The link now works. The link was not meant to go to an off site page but was meant to take you down to one of the notes or references on the page. Unfortunately no one had added such a section so the link just sat there. I have now added the section so the link should now work. Thanks for tell em about this ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont14:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
ACC user right
Since you were the one who gave me access to the ACC tool, and my request for the user right has been sitting in WP:PERM for a few days, I figured that I would ask you. I keep hitting my max (pretty much) every day, so I would like to get the 6 user cap lifted. If you have any questions, reply here or find me on IRC at #wikipedia-en-accounts --Terrillja talk19:17, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
I have approved you request to use the tool and I will give your account creator status the first time that you hit the limmit (if you tell me). Good luck and welcome to the team! ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:44, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Yes, thank you. I am glad to be part of more Wiki projects. I'm already having trouble with the limit. I hit it last night, and it's only 7.30am and I'm half-way towards another block. Anyhow you mentioned to let you know once I was active and hitting the barrier, so that's what I'm doing. Cheers! Nja247 (talk • contribs) 07:32, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
you thanked me for my neutral vote on your RfA, giving as explanation for your use of templates as "When I "templated" the users that you brought up in my RFA the templates were not the same for all of the users. I tried to send out the message in an easy and understandable way to all of the users while trying not to be to templatey. Due to the amount of people I sent the message to not using templates would be impractical." I was already aware of this explanation (which is totally reasonable) when I gave my neutral vote as I had read all the information on the RfA. It was indeed the reason I voted neutral rather than oppose. I would have supported if something I had read had "gripped" me and given me the feeling that you where a "good" candidate but Balloonman and Banime 's opinions and your responses just took the edge off the nomination for me. I am, however, sure you have taken on board the comments and the advantage of the current RfA system is everyone gets to have their say. I wish you luck with the future Mjchesnel (talk) 07:23, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
The article "Korea" is about Korea. However, this particular article is at several places
out of a neutral point of view. Let me give you a couple examples:
- The sea to the east of Korea, of course, should be the "East Sea (Sea of Korea)"; the
Japanese may write it as the Sea of Japan in an article about Japan. Both names have been
used for several hundred years, the East Sea or the Sea of Korea preceding by several more
hundred years.
- If you write the names of islands in your country, you write them as used in your country
using a proper English expression for each case. In this article, some islands are cited:
Jeju-do, Ulleung-do, and Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo in Korean). Do you notice a peculiarity?
Of course, by common sense, it should be: Jeju-do, Ulleung-do, and Dok-do (Liancourt Rocks).
If some Japanese (or other who knows some history of Korea) might want to include the Liancourt
Rocks--a French/English name. Jeju-do also has an English name.
I cannot avoid the thinking of some Japanese interest in this article--they claim Dok-do to
be their own territory while it has been a Korean territory for more than a thousand years.
- One sentence from the article:
Ulleung-do is a volcanic island in the Sea of Japan, whose composition is more felsic than Jeju-do.
If this article is about Korea, it should be written in a neutral point of view like this:
Ulleung-do is a volcanic island in the East See (Sea of Japan), whose composition is more felsic than Jeju-do.
Please read the article about Japan. They "never" state it like the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
If an article about Korea writes the East Sea (Sea of Japan), is it wrong while in an article about
Japan they never do a similar job?
- If you respect a "neutral point of view" and have balanced knowledge of the history of Korea and Japan,
please really respect the point of view you emphasize, not affected by any political or historial
favoritism.
I am not familiar with the article but from what you have shown me I have to agree with your concerns. Again as I am not familiar with the article and it appears that you are I suggest that you edit the article and change the points that you have told me about in this message.
Hey there, I was hoping you could supply me a copy of the deleted page Drayson Bowman. Bowman is an ice hockey player whose article was deleted on the basis that he is still in the junior ranks. However, as he is drafted and signed by an NHL club, joining the professional ranks is inevitable within the near future. There was a substantial amount of work and research done on his article before it was deleted and if I had a copy of the page to restore as soon as he merited an article on Wikipedia, a lot of time would be saved. Is this a possibility? Thanks. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 07:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Addshore. I thought schoolblock templates should not be substed, as the instructions they contain are likely to change. The template documentation says as much. Additionally, I reverted one of your edits[3]. -- zzuuzz(talk)02:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
There are several other templates on the list you are working through which should not be substed as they are subject to updated information. Specifically, please don't subst any of the proxy or Tor templates, as they often need updating. These are all but listed at WP:SUBST as templates which should not be substed. Thanks. -- zzuuzz(talk)02:26, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey there zzuuzz. Just to let you know I work from this list. IF you ever find any templates that gets substed that should not then please remove them from that list. I have removed schoolblock and the checkuser-nb template. Thanks for reporting this. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:38, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Yes, i have seen other administrators subst that school block and anon block template when it specifically states this should not be done. Addshore is not the only one in this boat. 211.30.109.24 (talk) 04:04, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
I have reverted the entire list to an earlier version. Do you think its a good idea for me to go through and revert edits that substed templates that should not have been? ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:57, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Probably best to just do a mass-revert of that sequence, some of those like the Checkuser and Tor based templates are needed for tracking purposes, basically just the Tor/Former Tor, *Checkuser*, Blocked Proxy, Anonblock/Schoolblock need reverting. MBisanztalk09:43, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Where the 31 would be the number written by the bot, and I'd probably code in some #if statements to change the colour, similar to the vandalism threat level templates. Would it be easier to have the bot just write a number to a subpage and have the template call that page? [roux » x] 07:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Ok, maybe not tonight. It will take a tiny bit more work than I first thought as using the wikibot classes I can see no easy was to query the special new pages page. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont17:51, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
It looked to happen with just one edit [6] and {{Nothanks-sd}} being the template in question. It wound up completely erasing the user's talk page. I didn't see Nothanks-sd anywhere else in the bot's contribs, so I can only assume it's an isolated occurrence. —C.Fred (talk) 21:47, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Hmm I am very confused as to why this happened. The template was not even on the talk page.Anyway I will remove the template in question from the bot list for now. Thanks for reporting this error. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:46, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Interested in...
Testing out a tool for patrolling AIV that I've been writing? Check out: User:DavidWS/AIV Console if you're at all interested. I have +sysop at testwiki where I mainly developed this, but it'd be nice for it to be tested (and used!) here. Per the request at the top of your page:
Knock Knock
Old Woman: Who is it?
Mike, my last name is Rotch
Old Woman: Okay, My Crotch (mikerotch), I'll come and let you in...
It may have been rather lame, as you said :P, but it was well thought out :). I will try out the program! I have been waiting for something such as this for a while :) Thanks! ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:56, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I've implemented what you asked as well as what xeno asked (showing the reporter's comment), but I have a question about how you do the diffs in Huggle. How does it show it in such a quick, streamlined fashion? DavidWS(contribs)23:24, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Here's a better one:
A man and wife were celebrating their 50-year anniversary, so the man bought his wife a $250 see-through nightgown.
Later that night she was getting ready for bed and realized the nightgown was still in the box downstairs. Walking naked through the house, she passed her husband who said, "My word, for $250 they could've at least ironed it!"
Hey, I posted a new version at [7]. I use regexp to match vandals now, so that should make it A. faster and B. have less errors. Could you try it out? Cheers, DavidWS(contribs)14:56, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, but the Huggle code seems to be a (no offense) absolute mess. I ended up writing my own code to do this. In Huggle it was first getting the data from custom class ("Edit") and I jumped around to different functions to find out what does what a million times I just did it myself :D. How do you like the app, though? DavidWS(contribs)21:05, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
I just generally like it :P. Does lots of stuff I would want to do. Looks nice e.t.c :P. I also agree the code is a bit of a mess and hard to see your way around the first few times :P ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:09, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
Request
Hi, You were refered to me by : ImperatorExercitus
I really hope you can help.
An overzealous friend of mine tried to write an Article about me for Wikipedia. I didn't meet the criteria, no problem. But now when some one google searches my name, this comes up -
My name From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search
This page has been deleted. The deletion log for the page is provided below for reference.
* 03:30, 7 November 2008 Esanchez7587 (Talk | contribs) deleted "Your name" (G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible)
* 02:41, 7 November 2008 Esanchez7587 (Talk | contribs) deleted "Your name" (G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible)
* 06:11, 6 November 2008 J.delanoy (Talk | contribs) deleted "Your name" (Speedy deleted per (CSD A7), was an article about a real person that didn't assert the importance or significance of its subject. (TW))
Which is very embarrassing for me when potential clients Google search me.
Is it possible to erase my Name and Title from Wikipedia? Or is there any way to have these messages erased and "No File" or something come up instead?
I am in an Industry were my name is constantly Google searched. I have problably lost Business over this and I have definatly lost sleep.
Is there some way The deletion log can left off or blank so its just my name people see and all the embarassing stuff isn't there until it is finally gone.
Will it ever be gone?
People talk about Web-Bots but I don't know how that works.
I didn't try to write an article about myself so this has been a total Nightmare. I'll do anything to fix this just let me know.
I made it so the article cannot be re-created, however, what you are seeing on Google is Google's cache of the page. In 30 days or so it should disappear and no one will be linked to the deletion log from Google. MBisanztalk05:02, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hiya
I rearranged AIV Console so it is in a much nicer layout per J.delanoy's idea, and I fixed an annoying bug. Now, ladies and gentlemen, a joke:
You're welcome. Hey, I set up the subversion repo on googlecode. Want me to set you as a project leader/member/whatever? If so, email me. Your random joke:
There was this American tourist in Mexico, and he was getting tired of walking around, so he went up to a donkey rental place and said, Can I rent a donkey?'
The guy said, "We don't call them donkeys here, we call them asses. This is the only ass I have left, and you have to scratch him when you want to make him stop."
The guy rides his ass for a while, sees a hotdog stand, and asks for a hotdog. The vendor replies, "We don't call them hotdogs here we call the wieners."
Meanwhile his donkey is wandering away, so he goes up to another tourist and says "Will you hold my wiener whille I scratch my ass?"
You'd also commented at the Rfa about my report of User:Fullyang to WP:UAA. I had actually created that account per an Account Creation request as part of my duties on the account creation team. I didn't notice until after I'd created it that the e-mail address was using the Fullyang.com domain name. As someone who's also active in account creation, I'd like to hear your thoughts on that. What should I have done differently?--Aervanathlivesinthe Orphanage03:43, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
No problem for the support as I think you deserve it :) regarding you second question. I probably would not have reported it to UAA straight away. Maybe watched its contributions and latter, if anything poped up, reported it to UAA AIV or maybe ANI. For the account creation side I would probably have done exactly what you did and create the account and notice latter. I thin the account should still have a chance of normal use though and not just top be blocked.·Add§hore·Talk/Cont09:26, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Nobody welcomed me with a plate of cookies. Should I be offended? And now I'm wondering if when I welcome people, and I don't include cookies, am I doing a bad job? Your generosity is causing me a lot of grief and self doubt. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:27, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
I do not think that you should be offended for not receiving a plat of cookies and no you are not doing a bad job for not including a plate of cookies. If you would like me to help you create a welcome template that includes a plate of cookies just ask. Thanks for the message. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont09:09, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
I just want to check with you, is there anyway of opting out of having Addbot do things to user's edits? Like if I screw up, can I stop addbot amending posts I've made? Thanks! Thor Malmjursson (talk) 20:18, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
No you cannot stop the substing bot from editing specific pages or users edits. The bot is currently run twice a day and will only act upon edits that it sees at those two points in the day. If you fix your mistke then the bot will not act upon it. All the bot does is gets a template and adds Subst: too it. p.s. Nice joke·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:54, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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Addshore, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to Stwalkerster and Pedro for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ANI and AN to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the non-free content criteria and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply ask at my talk page and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) TheHelpfulOne22:15, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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It's the thought, though, right? Plus, wasn't the U.S. still technically part of the British colonial empire during the first Thanksgiving? :) --Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, A NobodyMy talk03:03, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Yep, but the British have a harvest fest or something around now, actually :D. Yes, it is the though that counts, I'm sure he'll appreciate it regardless :) DavidWS(contribs)03:10, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, a possible Addbot problem. Instead of subst-ing the indef-block template here, Addbot blanked the page of all messages (including the block template itself). Euryalus (talk) 09:37, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. Thanks for reporting and spotting this. I al still trying to correct this bug and this is now the second time this has happened. If you see this again please tell me. Thanks. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont14:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Ok I think the bot has problems with templates that have a | in them. Now i know whats cause the bugs I will try to fix it. Thanks for the two reports. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:32, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
From now on the bot will try to subst templates that include a | first meaning this bug should now be squished from now on. Thanks for the reports. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont17:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the diff Dewelar and I will see what I can do SkyBon although that template should be substed as it is on a user talk page. Also i suggest you leave it substed until changes to the bot have been made. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont23:29, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Possible bot bug
Hello! Was just curious as to why your bot nominated this article for speedy deletion. The edit was [8], at that time the article had been changed to a redirect. I declined the speedy and reverted to the last version that had content, perhaps the bot could check if previous revisions of an article that redirects to itself contain content before speedy flagging? SeraphimbladeTalk to me20:43, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
The reason for the bots tag is clear as it was redirecting to itself therefor fitting the critera. Bots are not the cleverest of things but I will see if i can manage to build somehting into it to look at previous diffs, But this may be worth less than the ammount of extra time / resources it will take.
I requested a bot for categorizing Bulgaria-related images by adding {{WikiProject Bulgaria|class=Image}} to Bulgaria-realted image talkpages, on the Wikipedia:Bot requests page. i was directed towards your bot as a pre-existing bot that could help, however I am not sure how to ask it to do this. Could you please explain how I can apply for your bot to help categorize the images?--P.Marlow (talk) 19:01, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
As i have never done a wikiproject tagging bot before is there any chance you could expand a little on what it needs to look through. Then what it needs to look for on those pages and then what it needs to does when it finds that thing e.t.c? ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont09:34, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
I am not exactly sure how a bot works, but I can see what you mean. Well, one easy thing for it to look through is article pages which have the {{WikiProject Bulgaria}} banner on their talk pages. Then if there is an images on that page, it would then tag them on their talk pages by adding the {{WikiProject Bulgaria|class=Image}} banner to the top of the talk pages. Another way to find pages which are related to Bulgaria, (and might have images), would be to look through the many categories that are related to bulgaria, (see categories), for example the Category:Bulgaria page. Eventually the idea is that Category:Image-Class Bulgaria articles would end up as directory of images for WikiProject Bulgaria.
I realize that this might not be a viable idea, or that it could be one that would be very difficult for a bot to execute, so please tell me if you think that it might not work so that I can see if someone else might be able to help.--P.Marlow (talk) 23:33, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
I would love to help but I am a bit stuk for time recently. Your best bet is to try someone that already has a Wikiproject tagging bot. Thanks. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont07:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
No its not meant to do this. Thanks for reporting the link as I am still trying to locate the exact reason to why this happens. I am also trying to build in a feature meaning the bot cannot blank pages but this does not function properly as of yet. ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont22:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
This is strange as I havn't changed any of the code since the first report by you. This makes me seem to think it is a random error. This giving me almost no chance of stopping this happening. I will still try to build in something that stops the bot from posting blank pages. Thanks for the link! ·Add§hore·Talk/Cont21:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Done and keep it up ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:38, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
