User talk:X!/Archives/02/2008

RfA thanks from Happy-melon

I just wanted to say thanks for your support for my RfA, which closed (74/2/0) this morning. Your comment and support was very much appreciated. Happy‑melon 15:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

BAG Changes

Hello. You may remember, some time ago, joining the BAG under the trial "open membership" system. Based on a lack of opposition to a reversion of this trial, I have now decided to be bold and perform it. The BAG has returned to a system under which users must go through a short period of discussion (like RfA, but less formal) before being added to the group by either a 'crat or an existing member. At the moment, I have said that discussions should last for 10 days and that community noticeboards should be spammed to encourage participation in each request - evidently this is to avoid the "cabal" impression.

As you have already been a member for some time, you're likely to be an excellent candidate to apply to the group and I encourage you to do so. Alternatively, if you totally disagree with my changes and fail to see any merit in them at all, I'm hoping to take part in discussions on WT:BAG. Though I must ask now if I may - please don't revert me without a decent amount of discussion first. Thanks, and if you have any questions about what I've done, please leave me a message, send an email or chat on IRC. Martinp23 17:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:ACDClogo.svg)

Thanks for uploading Image:ACDClogo.svg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 00:53, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Vandalism information/Level

Template:Vandalism information/Level has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Thinboy00 @066, i.e. 00:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Pyromaniacs

Should the tag on Pyromaniacs be kept? It seems to have reached an uncertain equilibrium. Enigmaman (talk) 22:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Josh Bunce

Hey, I'd appreciate it if you'd let the baseball WikiProject know about the AFD you placed on Josh Bunce. I'd do it myself, but I don't want to be accused of canvassing, so I think it'd be better coming from the nominee, just as a good faith gesture. Thanks much. matt91486 (talk) 02:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

typo on user page

Happened to notice "Athletes who played 1 game over 100 years ago and did nothing gain notability, and the professors that try to help keep the people of today educated struggle for notability."

I think it should be "to gain notability." Cheers, Enigmaman (talk) 03:48, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Soxred 93

Oh, you're right, I do know you from the MarbleBlast forums! I gave up on MBG for a long time because Technostick was making way too many frustrating levels... Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 02:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I left in January (it's a long story). Soxred93 | talk count bot 03:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Cesar Tort's "interphase" problems

It "works" but —:

Personal tools

   * Cesar Tort
   * My talk
   * My preferences
   * My watchlist
   * My contributions
   * Log out

—are curiously placed at the bottom of the page (for two years they appeared at the top and looked far more elegantly. I have made a point-by-point comparison with my es:wiki "Preferencias" (Preferences) and unless I missed something it seems that all the boxes are marked just the same. es:wiki looks as I have been looking it for two years. And I also checked the French wiki and it looks good too.

Thanks for your prompt reply anyway,

—Cesar Tort 22:15, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

• Oh! It fixed itself! Shall I remove now the "help me" template above or leave it as it is? Thanks a lot for everything, SoxBot. —Cesar Tort 23:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I think you mean Soxred93, right? SoxBot is my bot. Soxred93 | talk count bot 03:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry: I meant that. I know what happened now. My Java script became overloaded in my Firefox browser. I just had to clear the memory to see the wiki images again. Cheers! —Cesar Tort 08:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Shiny

		The Articles for Creation Barnstar
		Great work, keeping those backlogs down! Keep it up. Tiptoety talk 06:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Your WP:AFC rejection of Bill Whitaker

I've overruled your rejection of the Bill Whitaker on WP:AFC. The reason you rejected the submission was that CBS News was not a reliable source. That was simply mind-boggling to me. A correspondent for the CBS Evening News is notable and CBS News is a reliable, albeit primary, source. -- ShinmaWa^(talk) 19:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I rejected it because it was the only source. And yes, it is notable most of the time, but this time, it was the only source and it is a primary source. It says it must have reliable secondary sources, which it only is one of. Soxred93 | talk count bot 20:20, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I think your threshold is a little too high for stub articles, especially from new users. Throwing CBS News's information on one of their correspondents into the same bucket as a kid who points to his MySpace page is pushing the intent of these guidelines a mite too far. The idea behind WP:AFC is to give new users the ability to create articles by proxy and to weed out vanity articles from anons. We are not here to hold anon users to a higher standard than we hold for our registered editors. The criteria for rejection should be the same as that of WP:CSD. If the article wouldn't be speedily deleted, the article should be created. I can't imagine that this article would have ever been speedily deleted. -- ShinmaWa^(talk) 20:44, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I have no problem with that article being created, just with a secondary source. I'll go find and all one to that article, hen I'll be happy. I am glad that IP's are trying to make articles, that shows how great Wikipedia is. Soxred93 | talk count bot 20:51, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Surrey cricket logo.png

Hold your horses. I'm still trying to figure out the horrifically complicated methods for asserting fair use. Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 22:06, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I see your FAQ above. Have you considered whether it might be a good idea to set a greater time between upload and warning, if this really is a "frequently asked question"? Goodness knows that the image upload procedure is arcane and complicated enough to make it take some not inconsiderable amount of time. I've been a Wikipedian for three years and more and it took me a good fifteen minutes to work out what to put. Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 22:20, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Im not trying to vandalize

You tagged me for vandalism, im not trying to, there was information put up on wikipedia about our fraternity that is not ment to be public. How do i go about removing it ?

Instead of fully blanking the page (which is vandalism most of the time), try removing only the information that is private. Good luck! Soxred93 | talk bot 04:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

SoxBot on es.wikipedia

Could you make the request correctly? Thanks. Rastrojo (talk) 16:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'll fix it soon. Soxred93 | talk bot 17:01, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Bot status on BG WP

Hello, please get acquainted with the requirements for the applicants for bot status, as described on the top of this page bg:Уикипедия:Бот/Заявки. Your application is not going to be taken into consideration before providing the necessary information (filling the template) and making the minimum of edits. Cheers, --Spiritia (talk) 17:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Your bot on lb-wikipedia

Hello,

thank you for your request for bot status on lb-wikipedia.

You may continue to run your bot during a test-phase while not exceeding 10 edits per day until your bot will have reached 40 edits. Meanwhile we would really appreciate if you could answer us the following questions

• How does your bot proceed actually? From which data do you start when running your bot, how often will you run your bot?
• Are there any known difficulties in your bot and how does it interact with other bots running actually on lb-wikipedia (RobotQuistnix, Robbot, TuvicBot, Escarbot, FlaBot, JAnDbot, ...)
• What will be the added value for lb-wikipedia if your bot runs there? (compared to other bots (especially those running already on lb-wikipedia))
• Are you ready and able to run your bot for us if we will have a special request?

with best regards from Luxembourg lb:User:Robby --LURobby (talk) 20:14, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

SoxBot on ia.wikipedia

Hello Soxred93, and thank you for your request on ia.wikipedia . Please, have a look of the required information. Especially, we are interested in what kind of interwiki bot you plan to run and how it is configured. Once you have completed the information, you may let it make test contributions. Thank you in advance. Regards, --Julian (talk) 21:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Languages

I can understand redirects, but this is just the wrong article. « ₣M₣ » 17:24, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

So what can be done to prevent that? « ₣M₣ » 17:30, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Fix interwiki.py, I think. Soxred93 | talk bot 23:12, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

SoxBot at cs.wiki

Hello, please see cs:Wikipedie:Bot/Žádosti#SoxBot. --Luděk (talk) 15:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

SoxBot on dv.wiki

Please have a look at the SoxBot's section on this page. Thank you

--~GlaCiouS~ (talk) 17:28, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Your bot request

Hi Soxred93 I wanted to let you know that Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot III 2 has been approved. Please visit the above link for more information. Thanks! BAGBot (talk) 18:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

RfC type

For this [1] do you mean a policy or user conduct RfC? If its a policy RfC, I'll certify (or whatever that process requires), if its user conduct, I'll probably just endorse various points and comments. MBisanz ^talk 22:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

DL

I mean is the page a part of wikipedia?--Mark Chung (talk) 01:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

your bot at ka

Hi there. Could you please give us more info on your bot here? Thank you very much, Malafaya (talk) 08:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

YekratsBot

You moved YekratsBot from the trial category to the denied category yesterday[2], but its BRFA says it's approved for trial. Was this a mistake or is something missing on the BRFA? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 23:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep, my mistake. It was late, I was tired. Sorry about that, go ahead with the trial. Soxred93 | talk bot 23:12, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

It's not my bot. I just was curious about was approved / denied in the last couple of days and noticed it. -- JLaTondre (talk) 23:17, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBot V

I see that you approved ClueBot V for a three-day trial. Well, an admin has pressed the emergency shutoff button after only three hours of operation, opposed to the very principle of this bot, and stating that a bot would hinder rather than help with newpage patrol. He was not alone: the request for approval page has nearly tripled in size just from complaints about this bot's very existence. I left a note to Cobi asking him to discuss the matter at WP:WPNP, and I hereby invite you to take part in the discussion there. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 03:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:AFC Backlog Drive

WikiProject Articles for creation needs your help!

WikiProject Articles for creation has done a tremendous job in working at WP:AFC over the past 7½ months. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication! Together, we've made the submission process easier and more streamlined, developed tools to make the process go faster for reviewers, and cut the backlog down to a mere fraction of what it once was. Well done! As you all are aware, however, our work is not quite yet done. The project still has 10 archive pages left to complete, which include over half a month's worth of submissions, many of which have not been completely reviewed. We need your help to finish looking over these neglected submissions so that we can finally remove the backlog notice from the page, and put an end to the more than two year old backlog that has been a thorn in our side for ages! Participants will receive an AFC Barnstar, so hurry up and help out while there's still work to be done! Make sure to sign in on the WikiProject's talk page so we know who is involved in what promises to be our final effort to complete this goal. Thank you for all your help! - Happy editing as always, Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

You are receiving this letter because you are listed as a participant in the Articles for creation WikiProject at WP:WPAFC. To avoid receiving further notices, please remove your name from the list. Thanks!

Your bot SoxBot at ka.wp

Hi. I just wanted to inform you your bot SoxBot has been granted bot flag in the Georgian Wikipedia. Regards, Malafaya (talk) 10:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC) ka:User:Malafaya

AFC Barnstar

		The Articles for Creation Barnstar
		For your help in finally putting an end to the monstrous backlog at Articles for creation, I, Hersfold (t/a/c), hereby award you the Articles for Creation Barnstar! Well done, and thank you for your dedication to the project! Hersfold (t/a/c) 02:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry it's a bit late. :-) Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Bot on ca.wiki

ca:User:SoxBot has now the bot flag on ca.wiki. Welcome. --Vriullop (talk) 10:16, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Bot on hu.wiki

Hi! I'm Dorgan from hungarian wikipedia. Please do some edits with your bot to get the bot flag! :) Dorgan (talk) 08:53, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

an:SoxBot

Bot flag granted. Thanks --Willtron (?) 12:47, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

RE:GA review of Torrie Wilson

I believe I have addressed the issues you brought up in your GA review of Torrie Wilson. You can read my comment on the article's talk page. Let me know there if you need me to fix anything else. Thanks. Nikki311 20:39, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to The Random Button!

Welcome to The Random Button, Soxred93! Since you are in this project, you might want to add the userbox so you can be in the category of users that push random buttons. Sincerely --Nothing444 (talk) 16:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

de:user:SoxBot

Hi, I have granted the botflag to de:user:SoxBot. Success. Raymond (talk) 08:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

dyk

On 28 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Knox (meteorologist), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 20:24, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Writing for the Signpost

Hello. You expressed interest in writing for the Wikipedia Sign?post (sorry for the delay in responding). I'm sending this message to everyone who commented, so if you have any questions I haven't answered, please feel free to ask me, and I'll try to respond to specific questions.

Essentially, what I'm looking for is writers who can step in and write on subjects that are newsworthy from week-to-week. The content of the stories obviously varies each week depending on what's happening; this is discussed below.

There are three major parts to writing an article:

1. Choosing a topic
2. Writing the article
3. Submitting the article

Part 1: Choosing a topic

As said above, topics will vary from week-to-week. For this week, these particular issues may be newsworthy:

• Bureaucratship candidacies — There are a lot of bureaucratship candidacies this week, for the first time in about six or seven months. I'm personally covering this one for next week, but this is a good example of what might be newsworthy.
• Encyclopedia of Life — This encyclopedia of species has been getting some press, and relates somewhat to Wikimedia project Wikispecies.
• Hidden categories — For those technically inclined, this is a new feature that has some interesting implications.

For more ideas, and for ideas in the future, check the tip-line -- there are usually some good ideas there.

Once you've decided on a topic, make sure to sign up for it in the newsroom, under "Special stories", so that users aren't duplicating each others' work (though multiple writers are certainly free to work together on a story).

Part 2: Writing the article

Now, you've decided on a topic and signed up for it. To write it, create a subpage in your userspace. For my story this week on the bureaucratship candidacies, for example, I'll create it at User:Ral315/Bureaucratship candidacies. The name isn't a big deal, of course -- I'll change it if necessary.

Formatting the story isn't important; for your first article, you should mainly focus on writing a good story, and I'll take care of the formatting when we publish. Try to write it in a newspaper-like tone, avoiding personal comments and opinions in favor of straight-forward facts. The size of an article varies based on what the story is, but a good minimum goal for most stories is two-to-three good paragraphs. Longer articles are even better, so long as they're well-written.

Part 3: Submitting the article

Now, all you have to do is post a link to the article in the newsroom, where you signed up for it earlier. That's it! You're done!

Again, if you have any questions at all, please contact me, and I'll try to respond as soon as possible.

Thanks for your interest in writing for the Signpost. Ral315 (talk) 03:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

SoxBot III

Your bot is behaving funny--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 22:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

What is it doing? Could you be a little more specific? Soxred93 | talk bot 22:51, 29 February 2008 (UTC)