User talk:Slakr

slakr's life is currently frolicking with chaos, so his activity and response times to queries will be highly variable. Leave a message and he will respond whenever he gets a chance— that is, assuming he gets a chance. Cheers =) zOMG!!! I need urgent assistance!!!1!! — banana? — kiwi?

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Regarding slakr: Why did my page get deleted? Please see Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? first. I have no idea what you're talking about. What's vandalism? If you received a warning from me and you're not logged in, you might have gotten an old warning I sent to someone who shares your IP address. On the other hand, if you've made recent edits and received a recent warning message from me and you genuinely believe that it's not vandalism, don't fret-- simply drop me a message below, because I could have simply made a silly mistake. :) Regarding SineBot: Why does SineBot keep signing stuff I've already signed? All comments should have a signature that includes both a link to your user page (slakr) and a datestamp (05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)) (per signatures - internal links). This is most easily generated by placing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your contributions, which makes something like "slakr 05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)". If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing. If you're still having problems after trying that, post a message below. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. I don't want my comments signed by SineBot. How do I get it to ignore me or my talk page? Please use one of the opt-out methods listed on its user page. SineBot forgot to sign something it should have signed. Usually this happens because the bot isn't sure if it really should sign something, so it defaults to not signing it (e.g., in cases of complex edits). It does this to avoid being annoying. Other times, a comment might be made when the bot is down for maintenance, so the bot simply never sees it. SineBot signed something that it genuinely should not have signed. Please let me know-- especially if you think it's not a one-time thing. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. Is SineBot's source code available? Not currently. I'm signing with four tildes (~~~~) but it's still saying I didn't! You likely enabled raw signatures. Open your preferences, click the "User profile" tab, make sure that "Treat the above as wiki markup" is NOT checked, and click Save; it should be fixed. If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing.

Your 3RR helper tool

Hello Slakr. Your tool at http://toolserver.org/~slakr/3rr.php has been immortalized by appearing in the header at WP:AN3, and I notice that some people do use it. It occurs to me that it might be expanded slightly (or another tool might be based on its behavior) so as to check some of the input data. This might reduce the incidence of reports that don't meet the criteria. Can you let me know if the source is available? If it's in PHP I'd probably choose something else, but would be interested to see how it works. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Nice tool! Heh, anyhow is there a way to change a couple settings so that the report it leaves is inline with this example? Cheers, Nja²⁴⁷ 10:32, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Marriage privatization

Hi. Just wondering, why did you add the "synthesis" tag to Marriage privatization? Was it something specific, or just a hunch? How do these tags get removed, and who gets to do so?Ragazz (talk) 01:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Because at the time I added the tag, the article appeared to be an original synthesis used to summate to a neologism. That is, someone pulled together a bunch of sources from a bunch of people that vaguely hint at what the article defines as "marriage privatization." If you were to strip it to its core, it reads like a research paper or essay. The intro, alone, is a dead giveaway. Check out some of the comments on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Marriage_Privatization_Model, a similar article that was deleted for the same reason. You're allowed to remove the tag if you believe it's wrong and/or you feel you are able to fix the problems it alludes to. --slakr^\ talk / 01:40, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

I think the article is supported by the sources, from what I can tell, although there may be some (unintentional?) POV and subtle synthesis. The lead seems to be the worst of it, I will try to help. All in all, it's an informative article and does not seem to be mis-representing sources from my brief look into it. Thanks.Ragazz (talk) 02:55, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot down?

I posted at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) as well. Related to new software?--SPhilbrickT 21:34, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Oops, sorry, I even did a search for sinebot, but just now noticed the message that all bots are down.--SPhilbrickT 21:36, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I have no idea what's going on. Someone must have changed something with the API or something. So, until I get a chance to figure it out, it stays broken. I don't have time to play pin-the-tail-on-the-bug. --slakr^\ talk / 20:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Signatures

Hey. The Sinebot gave me a message saying that I need to sing my posts with the 4 tides. I do that but it still keeps signing my talk pages. Why? If there is something i missed on my sig, let me know :) Nicolizzio 11:22, 30 September 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolizzio (talk • contribs)

Open up preferences, untick the raw sig setting and save. --slakr^\ talk / 01:19, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

3RR

Is a preemptive block for 3RR valid to do? It appears that way on WP:3RR. What are the requirements? Admin's discretion? CTJF83 chat 22:33, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Pre-emptive block for the three revert rule? The closest thing I can think of is a block for general edit warring. Keep in mind that the 3RR is simply a stricter version of the edit warring policy, and it doesn't bestow any sort of inherent right upon someone to make three reverts to a page in 24 hours (with exception for vandalism, reverting banned users, etc).

If someone's had a history of edit warring, they don't need to violate the three-revert rule in order to be blocked for edit warring. That is, if they've already edit warred badly enough in the past, then continued edit warring is weighted more heavily—even if they don't violate the 3RR. It's presumed that an editor should know better than to edit war once they've been repeatedly been warned about and/or blocked for it. :P

--slakr^\ talk / 01:19, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, so any user can be blocked, even though they haven't violated 3RR, for edit waring? Opps....CTJF83 chat 07:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Mark Levin radio talk show host

Greetings,

Where is the "Controversies & Criticism" sections for Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, and so many other non conservatives listed at on each individual page as I can not locate them. If it isn't possible to view these missing "Controversies & Criticism" section blocks for others in a political limelight, I sense that somehow persons such as Mark Levin and other "conservatives" for instance have been unfairly singled out due to their political beliefs which is a violation under The United States Constitution.

I would hope that after your perusal of the above note, that this "Controversies & Criticism" section either be added to ALL other persons listed here in Wikipedia or removed from those who's beliefs are NOT consistent but rather contrary with liberal beliefs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by P14u2nv 2 (talk • contribs) 01:15, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Admin help please

Hi there, I see you involved in resolving edit warring - and all I really am wanting to know is how did I simply get an admin to do an assessment - before it turns into an edit war? If two editors are both believing they are correct? Is there a special tag/"help me" page? Or does war have to break out first! Eight88 (talk) 07:53, 6 October 2009 (UTC)