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The Signpost: 17 July 2013

Question

Theopolisme, I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly, but here goes. On October 11, 2012, you undid an addition I made to NFL's Greatest Games, deeming it didn't appear constructive. I'm not a wiki guru, so I'm not sure I made my edit correctly. However, the game that I inserted into the list was valid as I had watched it on NFL Network that same day with the same title and it was listed as being with that series. Searching the internet, I was not able to find any source to reference on it, though. I did find other blog-type pieces of other people watching/referencing the same episode (provided below). I would ask that you undo your deletion. If there is something that needs to be done, perhaps you could help me. Thank you.


[1] [2] [3]

75.64.60.2 (talk) 16:56, 18 July 2013 (UTC)Dave

Hi 75.64.60.2! If this was the edit you were talking about, the reason I reverted your addition was because in addition to adding new information, you also removed existing content from the page without an explanation. Hope the helps, Theopolisme (talk) 17:23, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

STILL pretty much lost...

I had started a dialogue, you responded, but then nothing.

I'm not complaining, just trying for perhaps the last time to engage this process.TomGulley (talk) 17:13, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi Tom! Really sorry that somehow our discussion went under my radar. I'll write a full reply momentarily. Theopolisme (talk) 17:24, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
So, here's the thing. You said, "notable sources are somewhat non-existent" -- that's a problem. One of the principles of WIkipedia is "An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. All content must be verifiable. If no independent, third-party, reliable sources can be found on a topic, then Wikipedia should not have an article on it." (from Wikipedia:NCORP). With this in mind, and having done some searching on the company, I'm afraid it's probably not notable enough for its own article. Rovi Corporation did manage to satisfy the notability requirements, as you can see here, due to it being covered in a variety of sources -- however, until the same happens for FYI Television, a Wikipedia article doesn't seem to be in store. Please get back to me if you ever have any more questions, Theopolisme (talk) 17:44, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Adminship Requests? (from LogoSubcheck)

Listen, I have made a near-thousand edits, have made less mistakes than you have, and can code a "Theo's Little Bot" in four hours flat. I am ready to take the responsibility as an admin. (btw, my grandparents live in Memphis.)

@LogoSubcheck: Please remember to sign your posts using four tildes (~~~~). The fact that you didn't do that only makes me warier of your ability to become an administrator. I don't call 116 a "near-thousand," but of course your mileage may vary. Also, there is no need for derogatory statements like less mistakes than you have. Thanks, Theopolisme (talk) 18:44, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

I don't see you as admin, either. Just because I don't add "... and happy editing!" at the end of my comments, or go on with the "four tildes" does not prove anything in concern of being in the state of an amateur on Wikipedia.LogoSubcheck (talk)

How about we keep it a bit more civil :-) . I hate to say it but I doubt you would pass an RFA at this stage. ·addshore· talk to me! 18:55, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Okay, but try to keep your "Bot" of yours off of my helpful contributions, Theopolisme, I know what I am doing. And second of all, I used to sign, <LogoSubcheck (talk)> instead of <LogoSubcheck (talk) 19:00, 18 July 2013 (UTC)>. I did not know there was a shortcut for signatures. LogoSubcheck (talk) 19:00, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
(talk page stalker)The bot is meant to reduce image quality; non-free images such as File:PeoplemoverPoster.jpg should not have a higher resolution than necessary. WP:NFC says than most images can do with about 100,000 pixels in total, and that's what the bot aims for. In fact users twice deliberately summoned the bot to have it perform this task. Huon (talk) 19:37, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Weird barnstars from an unapproved bot that was cloned from Theo's Little Bot

Extended content

A Wikimedia award for you!

The Good Communities Award
In recognition and appreciation of your hard work in reverting changes and cleaning up the articles on over 1678 Wikipedia Articles. WeldingBot (talk) 19:31, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

A gear for you!

The Gears Keep Turning!
To commemorate your duty of keeping the articles sourced and presentable on Wikipedia. WeldingBot (talk) 19:44, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

A Trademark For You

The Orange Trademark!
Dedicated to fellow bot Theo's Little Bot for outstanding work for trademark scanning on Wikimedia files! WeldingBot (talk) 19:50, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Every day is an adventure :/ Theopolisme (talk) 19:59, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Every day is full of socks! Literally everyone has two normally! And thats not even counting the ones they keep stashed out of the way! Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/LogoSubcheck ·addshore· talk to me! 07:25, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Heh; yep, I saw. Theopolisme (talk) 15:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Theopolisme, we moved your Teahouse host profile

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TOC

Do you know why my TOC spans my whole page? If you could fix it, it would be much appreciated! Dan653 (talk) 21:56, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

@Dan653: Which TOC is this? The ones on your userpage and talk page both appear correctly formatted for me in Safari. What browser are you using? Theopolisme (talk) 00:37, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Chrome they span the whole page for me, really annoying and weird looking. Dan653 (talk) 01:26, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
{{you'vegotmail}} Dan653 (talk) 01:32, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Should be fixed. Theopolisme (talk) 02:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Great! Now you got 2 figure out why it does it on every other article I look at too :P Have fun with that 1 cause i have no frickin' idea what is going on and why it does that :( Dan653 (talk) 02:03, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
That's a shame. :/ WP:VPT, perhaps? Theopolisme (talk) 02:06, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Technical 13 (talk) is looking into it... Technical 13 (talk) 03:14, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
    • Okay, Dan653, here are some steps to try and fix this for you:
      1. Blank User:Dan653/vector.js -then- place {{db-u1}} on User:Dan653/vector.js and hit save.
      2. Enable Preferences → Gadgets → Advanced = Real-Time Recent Changes: Patrol recent changes (unpatrolled filter only works for new pages). See also m:User:Krinkle/RTRC-docs.
      3. Finally, User:Dan653/common.js should look like: importScript( 'User:Bility/copySectionLink.js' );
      4. Then hit save. Press ctrl+F5 on your user talk page. If that fixes it, let me know. If not, try putting // in front of importScript( 'User:Bility/copySectionLink.js' ); on User:Dan653/common.js and hit save again. Press ctrl+F5 on your user talk page. If that fixes it, let me know. Technical 13 (talk) 03:34, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

GOCE July 2013 news report

Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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This week's articles for improvement - 22 July 2013 to 28 July 2013

This week's article for improvement is
Architect
Please be bold and help improve it!

posted by Northamerica1000(talk) 10:32, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I've added an opt-in section for those interested in receiving TAFI notifications on the project's main page, located here. Those that don't opt-in won't receive this message again. Also, a revised notification template has been created, located at Template:TAFI weekly selections notice. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:23, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Snuggle issue discussed in IRC

I was unable to replicate a Snuggle bug that you reported on IRC. Could you tell me what version of OSX and Safari you used? See [1]. --EpochFail(talk • work) 19:24, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 July 2013

User talk:Soprani

In June, your bot added a template about a missing file description on the talk page of banned user Soprani; a sockpuppet of User:Daddy Kindsoul who's page I had already redirected in May 2012. A few days ago, I made a good faith revert and nicely explained why it wouldn't be feasible to add that in the edit summary but the bot added it again so I had to rollback it. Is it possible that you or someone can make it so the bot won't edit that user talk page again? The user is banned and you can't see the edit anyway unless you look at the differences in the history. Sorry I didn't report this at Github but I didn't feel comfortable getting an account on there. --Thebirdlover (talk) 00:37, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Thebirdlover, hi! Thanks for letting me know (and don't worry about not reporting at GitHub—it all gets to the same person eventually :) ). I've added {{nobots}} to the talk page in question, so no exclusion compliant bots will edit it (Theo's Little Bot included). Please let me know if I can ever assist you in the future, Theopolisme (talk) 02:42, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: The Badenvilles

Hello Theopolisme. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of The Badenvilles, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Having members who are notable indicates importance/significance. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:33, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

@Malik Shabazz: Could you please clarify which members are notable? Just because somehow has the same name as an Australian poet doesn't make them notable, y'know. (If I missed something obvious, of course please tell me.) Theopolisme (talk) 04:37, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I think the poet is the band member; see Talk:The Badenvilles. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:39, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Ooh, tricky-tricky. Forcett Hall is quite a ways away from Tasmania, but I suppose even a poet has his ways of getting around. Going to AfD, then. Theopolisme (talk) 04:44, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
@Malik Shabazz: AfD created, poet deleted, article retagged (A7) by User:TEB728. Theopolisme (talk) 05:14, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

re World Cerebral Palsy Day

Hi Theopolisme It seems that the above article was removed mainly on the basis of copyright issues. I had previously replied to you re the Notability and Verifiability issues you raised. I have been able to find an email from Starling which supports my contention that I have the copyright: it is copied in below.

I need your advice on whether this can be used to resolve any conflict. I am a volunteer for a NGO involved in broadly publicizing this event which is why the information was sent to Starling and many other online calendars. However I do not wish to spend much more time on this.

Thanks and regards Phil.

Email thread

From: Conference List <list@starlingweb.com> Sent: Wed 17/07/2013 1:53 AM To: 'Phil & Joan Bratel' RE: Calendar of Events Submission

Your conference listing has been added to the Calendar of Events in Disability, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology. You can see the revised entry at http://www.starlingweb.com/adp/current.htm#oct

Our automated submission and update applications are still out of order (although we are hopeful they will be fixed soon). In the meantime, if you have any further changes, please reply via email to this address.

Regards, List Administrator, Starling Access Services

Original Message-----

From: Joan & Phil Bratel [2] Sent: July-14-13 10:36 PM To: list@starlingweb.com Subject: Calendar of Events Submission


NAME: World Cerebral Palsy Day

DATE: Wednesday 2 October 2013 (first Wednesday in October each year)

DESCRIPTION: World Cerebral Palsy Day is a global innovation campaign to change the world for 17 million people with cerebral palsy (CP). From July to the end of October, people with CP post an idea for something that would change their lives for the better. Three ideas are shortlisted, and inventors and researchers are challenged to create a prototype and compete for a prize pool of $US 50,000. World Cerebral Palsy Day is the initiative of a global group of non-profit cerebral palsy services. In 2013, the project is sponsored by The Allergan Foundation.

CONTACT: Robyn Cummins, World Cerebral Palsy Day Project Manager. E: rcummins@cerebralpalsy.org.au. T: +61 2 9975 8712.

WEBSITE: www.worldcpday.org – The website is in English, French, Spanish, Turkish and Chinese. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjbratel (talk • contribs) 05:54, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi Pjbratel, thanks for messaging me. In response to "I am a volunteer for a NGO involved in broadly publicizing this event which is why the information was sent to Starling and many other online calendars": this is in and of itself a problem, and I strongly suggest that you read WP:COI. I'm afraid that just being listed on a website doesn't satisfy the notability requirement. My advice to you: if the event is notable—and by that I mean "has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"—then an article will follow. This article may not be written by you or by someone associated with the event, but that's okay. Until then, I wish you the best of luck with the event. Trust me, Wikipedia isn't the be all and end all for PR. Special:Random will verify that...just because something's on Wikipedia doesn't broadcast it to the world, and vice versa. Thanks, Theopolisme (talk) 06:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Your article submission sandbox alt

Hello Theopolisme. It has now been over six months since you last edited your article submission, entitled sandbox alt.

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note, however, that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, copy this code: {{subst:Refund/G13|Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/sandbox alt}}, paste it in the edit box at this link, click "Save", and an administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Theopolisme (talk) 02:56, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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-- ТимофейЛееСуда. 21:23, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Template:Rotten Tomatoes score

Would it be possible to combine the all_in_one and concensus options? The Problem is that when you use both separately, the citation only appears after the all_in_one template. Perhaps they can be combined in the following manner:

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 78% approval rating with an average rating of 7.0/10, based on 263 reviews. The website's consensus reads; "Ted's 'romance versus bromance' plot is familiar, but the film's held aloft by the high-concept central premise and a very funny (albeit inconsistent) script."[1]

Thanks.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 13:56, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

@TriiipleThreat: That's a great point; do you think it'd be better to have a completely new "all_in_one_and_consensus" parameter that looks like your example, or to merge the "consensus" data into the current "all_in_one", or to do something completely different? I appreciate all the feedback and suggestions, Theopolisme (talk) 14:10, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
I would say a completely new parameter, I think its best to give editors a lot options. Actually just combine it into the current "all_in_one", all the options are still there individually. And the template is that widespread yet where it would be hard to make the necessary changes in articles where its currently being used.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 14:28, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
I've decided to add it as a new parameter, so as to not break previous instances. It can be accessed as all_in_one_plus_consensus...note, however, that it will take up to five days for it to be available in all old uses of the template. Let me know if there's anything else I can do! Theopolisme (talk) 16:13, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

Sorry about that, I was just checking out the code you used to update the days you have been editing and just, well, couldn't help myself :( (All fixed now :) --NFHC (talk) 18:21, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

TAFI in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on Today's Articles For Improvement for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 02:08, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2013

A beer for you!

Thank you for your help with the minor planet project! Chrisrus (talk) 02:48, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Help

That user is constantly making taunts, harassing me. He is here to disturb others. He never learns. He took his given barnstar back which shows how? childish and indecure is he! He alwauys attacks me and an article of an actress which he hates as he plays favouratism on wikipedia. Please, protect me from that user as he always underistimates me. His constant peronal attacks are frustating me. Some of his friens are helpuing him to get be block namely IdianBio Gleekvampire. He constantly makes peronal opinion on actress tal pages. Please do somethoing.—Prashant 07:41, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Resolved on user's talk page. Theopolisme (talk) 07:49, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks.—Prashant 07:50, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Theopolisme. You have new messages at Pigsonthewing's talk page.
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Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:39, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

IRC Ping

Please feel free to poke me on my talk page when you have some time to chat about python coding style and bots. Hasteur (talk) 23:45, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

IRC

IRCPlease check your IRC client; JustBerry has left you a message.
--JustBerry (talk) 00:00, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Timestamp Theopolisme (talk) 13:57, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Template:Rotten Tomatoes Score

What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Why hasn't anyone made such a thing before? Nice work. — Reatlas (talk) 13:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

The new face of DRN: Theopolisme

Recently the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard underwent some changes in how it operates. Part of the change involved a new list of volunteers with a bit of information about the people behind the names.

You are listed as a volunteer at DRN currently, to update your profile is simple, just click here. Thanks, Cabe6403(Talk•Sign) 17:26, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
For your work on the AfC helper script! APerson (talk!) 13:37, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

COI Talk template

Hi Theopolisme. I've been trying to get a test implementation of {{COI editnotice}} since we got consensus in Proposals in March! Back in June, you mentioned here that you were taking over some stuff from the original bot operator who retired and I wanted to ping you to see if it was something you had time to work on. ;-) CorporateM (Talk) 21:34, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I completely forgot about this; I'm going to be traveling a bit this week, but I'll get the code together and file a takeover WP:BRFA either today or tomorrow. Again, sorry for the delay, Theopolisme (talk) 23:56, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
This delay is unacceptable. You're fired! Oh wait... I don't pay you anything. :-D
Ok, guess I'll twiddle my thumbs and wait patiently. CorporateM (Talk) 04:55, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Here's the BRFA, sorry again for the wait. Theopolisme (talk) 01:38, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks!!! Question, is there any way of testing how many people use the template? The trial's success will be measured based on whether it increases the number of Request Edits we receive. For example, if we could measure how many people click on the "Click Here" button. CorporateM (Talk) 23:35, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I think I have an idea of how we can do this. *please hold* Theopolisme (talk) 23:41, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
The bot will add {{COI editnotice|track=yes}} to talk pages—this will make "Click here" preload Template:COI_editnotice/preloadtracker (instead of the normal /preload). When someone clicks that link, this will be preloaded, and the number of requested edits from bot-added links will be available by looking at Special:WhatLinksHere/User:Theo's Little Bot/coi_tracker/bot. Will this suffice? (Just thinking aloud, would it be helpful to track the number of requested edits from normal Click here's as well?) Theopolisme (talk) 00:28, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
That's perfect! Someday I would like to replace it with a wizard, but one step at a time. CorporateM (Talk) 00:46, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 August 2013

GOCE July 2013 copy edit drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter

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Pageview stats down

Based on your prior understanding at Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013_July_26#Page_view_stats_down, could you comment at Wikipedia:VPT#Friday_pageview_stats.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 05:53, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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Northamerica1000(talk) 15:01, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Please delete a few pages

Thanks! (Please disable the speedy deletion template when done, obviously.) Theopolisme (talk) 23:39, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done -- Ed (Edgar181) 00:38, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

You asked about the copyright status of the seal of the US Patent Office (PTO). By statute, the US cannot own copyright in govt works. 17 USC sec 105 says: "Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government...." 216.59.96.10 (talk) 01:07, 15 August 2013 (UTC) (PraeceptorIP)

Hi 216.59—it sounds like you were notified about this by Theo's Little Bot; could you provide me with a link to the image in question? Theopolisme (talk) 01:24, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 August 2013

Could use your input on WP 1.0 bot

We could use your input at this conversation Sadads (talk) 02:14, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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AfC

Hi Theo. There is a discussion going on here that might interest you. I thought of you and thought that you might be able to provide some valuable feedback. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:27, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Interesting. Made a brief comment there (basically along the lines of what you said initially). Theopolisme (talk) 03:23, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks enormously for taking the time - and so quickly. Your input is much appreciated. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:33, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC Reviewer permission

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC Reviewer permission. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:50, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

YMMD

hilarious! mabdul 21:37, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

^^ what 2 hours of sleep does to you ;) Theopolisme (talk) 22:52, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation

Guild of Copy Editors August Blitz wrap-up

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The Signpost: 21 August 2013

A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
For your extended, diligent, and timely work with the new requests tool for WP:FFU (and countless other small projects). You are a wizard with coding, and a great Wikipedian all around. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 23:56, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! :) Theopolisme (talk) 20:54, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

AfC

Due to some additional ideas that have been suggested, and because I had some in-depth talks with the Foundation, I have pinged Steven walling and Brandon Harris for a yes/no response on one of those suggestions. If they respond positively, it will relieve the community of the technical development aspect, while I'm confident that the volunteers' ideas will be taken very much into consideration and integrated if necessary/possible. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:55, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

Talkback

Hello, Theopolisme. You have new messages at Jianhui67's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Jianhui67 Talk 01:48, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

wdl template is not working in Bengali Wikipedia

Hi, I've noticed that wdl template is not working in Bengali Wikipedia. I've talked to Sarah Stierch and she told me to inform you, as you've created this template. Also, I can help you in Bengali localization, if required.

Regards. Anubhab91 (talk) 15:57, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Anubhab91, sorry for the delayed response. I'll be happy to work with you to get the bot running on the Bengali Wikipedia. Would the citations be able to be in the same format as on enwiki? Do you know what localization would need to take place? Theopolisme (talk) 21:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

{{COI editnotice}}

Hi Theo. This bot got approval, but I wasn't sure if it is/has tagged the articles already or what the next step was... CorporateM (Talk) 20:03, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi CorporateM, sorry the delay -- the bot has begun running over the 1,000 or so articles in the Idaho category. Thanks for bearing with me! Theopolisme (talk) 21:30, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
Neat!! Thanks for chipping in! I'll be excited to see the results of the test. CorporateM (Talk) 21:37, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 September 2013

Kaypro talk page

The company went out of business in 2001. Adding a COI warning to the talk page as you did here is counterproductive. —rybec 15:03, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Rybec, the COI warning was added automatically as part of a trial for Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Theo's Little Bot 26 per consensus. Your feedback at the bot request page (and in the resulting discussion after the trial) would be much appreciated. Thanks, Theopolisme (talk) 20:41, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the response and especially the link. I couldn't find this on the bot's user page, which is only showing the first 24 tasks. —rybec 20:57, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about that; I've updated the bot's user page. Theopolisme (talk) 21:14, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

bot task 9

Since you were so responsive, I'm making another complaint. Look if you will at the history of WilliamH's talk page. After he put {{retired}} on the page, your bot left a notice. One day later, a few hours after someone deleted it, the bot left an identical message:

2013-09-02T15:54:28‎ Theo's Little Bot (+885)‎ . . (Notifying user about missing file description(s) (bot - disable))
2013-09-02T09:18:27‎ Addshore (-886)‎ . . (messages go poof, pah)
2013-09-01T15:53:56‎ Theo's Little Bot (+885)‎ . . (Notifying user about missing file description(s) (bot - disable))

The code to disable it did work. It seems to me that people who say they've retired are unlikely to remedy problems with their uploads. Since {{nobots}} doesn't add a huge, black banner to the page, I suspect there's a lot less awareness of it. If a human deletes a notice, it may not be desirable for the bot to repost it. —rybec 22:32, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, right now the script doesn't really have an easy way to track what happens to notices after it posts them, and that's something I'm (kind of) working on (tl;dr it will probably end up using some sort of database). In any case, thanks for the report-- Theopolisme (talk) 00:53, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Template:Bureaucrat candidate reversion

The sandbox versions were all working correctly. I'm not sure what you saw I didn't. Could you give me a screen shot or tell me what it was doing? Maybe add a new test case on the test cases page? Thanks. Technical 13 (talk) 00:45, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

@Technical 13: [3]. I imagine it had something to do with the {{!}}s.. Theopolisme (talk) 00:51, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Question

We had a talk going at Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Request_to_dump_a_Template.27s_usage_list. After and older solution showed up, I raised some other questions. Could you take a look, or have you left the topic? -DePiep (talk) 11:36, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi! I started working on some code for a bot to do what you requested, but I've been very busy lately and didn't have time to finish. Will continue working on it over the weekend, though. Theopolisme (talk) 21:38, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
OK. It has been moved to the archive already, but take your time. -DePiep (talk) 10:14, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Bot job

Hi, could I ask if you're still up to do the job described at Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 55#Google Books links. If so, I'll try to get a better answer to your question, there. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:14, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Andy, sure, happy to do it. Just ping me when you've replied there. Theopolisme (talk) 00:40, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. Please see Trimming cruft from Google Books URLs. I've posted several links to that, on other talk pages. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:42, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

What do you think?

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:Dan653#Accusations_of_vandalism_and_disruptive_editing Dan653 (talk) 02:20, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

@Dan653: I daresay you've made a mistake and owe the user an apology. Theopolisme (talk) 02:26, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Okay, will do. Though I daresay that he 3RR on Lazaro_Mangubat, two of them not because of me and he did get hostile on my talkpage, but I was wrong, but I do think that how he dealt with the situation was very wrong, but never the less a sorry is in order. Dan653 (talk) 02:31, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:86.128.2.106#September_2013 Dan653 (talk) 02:34, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

nice error at testwp (your code!)

Extended content
		// First load the list of wikiprojects and store it to afcHelper_wikiprojectindex
		$.ajax({
			url: "//wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=User:Theo%27s_Little_Bot/afchwikiproject.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript",
			dataType: "json",
			success: function(data) {
				afcHelper_wikiprojectindex = data;
			},
			async: false
		});
		// Then generate a dynamic menu for them
		var wikiprojectSelect = afcHelper_generateChzn("afcHelper_wikiproject_selection", 'Start typing to filter the list of WikiProjects...', afcHelper_wikiprojectindex);
		text += '<br /><label for="afcHelper_wikiproject_selection">Choose associated WikiProjects to be automatically be added to the talk page: </label><br>' + wikiprojectSelect;
		text += '<br /><label for="afcHelper_pagePrepend">Prepend wikicode to page (optional, e.g. maintenance boxes): </label><br><textarea class="afcHelper_expand" rows="1" cols="60" id="afcHelper_pagePrepend" spellcheck="true"></textarea>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_pageAppend">Append wikicode to page (optional, e.g. categories or stub templates): </label><br><textarea class="afcHelper_expand" rows="1" cols="60" id="afcHelper_pageAppend" spellcheck="true"></textarea>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_talkAppend">Append wikicode to talk page (optional, e.g. WikiProject templates): </label><br><textarea class="afcHelper_expand" rows="1" cols="60" id="afcHelper_talkAppend" spellcheck="true"></textarea>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_reqphoto">Does the article need a photo/image? (will add {{<a href="' + wgArticlePath.replace("$1", 'Template:Reqphoto') + '" title="Template:Reqphoto" target="_blank">reqphoto</a>}} to talk page) </label><input type="checkbox" id="afcHelper_reqphoto"/>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_reqinfobox">Does the article need an infobox? (will add {{<a href="' + wgArticlePath.replace("$1", 'Template:Reqinfobox') + '" title="Template:Reqinfobox" target="_blank">reqinfobox</a>}} to talk page) </label><input type="checkbox" id="afcHelper_reqinfobox"/>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_biography">Is the article a biography? </label><input type="checkbox" id="afcHelper_biography" onchange=afcHelper_trigger(\'afcHelper_biography_blp\') />' + '<div id="afcHelper_biography_blp" style="display:none"><label for="afcHelper_dateofbirth">Month and day of birth (if known/given, e.g. <i>November 2</i>): </label><input type="text" id="afcHelper_dateofbirth" spellcheck="true"/>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_yearofbirth">Year of birth (if known/given, e.g. <i>1901</i>): </label><input type="text" id="afcHelper_yearofbirth" />' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_listas">Surname, Name (if known/given, for <a href="' + wgArticlePath.replace("$1", 'Wikipedia:Listas') + '" title="Wikipedia:Listas" target="_blank">LISTAS</a> – e.g. <i>Magellan, Ferdinand</i>): </label><input type="text" id="afcHelper_listas" />' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_shortdescription">A very short description about the person (e.g. <i>sea explorer</i> – <a href="' + wgArticlePath.replace("$1", 'Wikipedia:Persondata#Short_description') + '" title="Wikipedia:Persondata#Short_description" target="_blank">more details</a>): </label><input type="text" id="afcHelper_shortdescription" spellcheck="true"/>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_alternativesname">Alternative names (e.g. <i>Magallanes, Fernando de</i>): </label><input type="text" id="afcHelper_alternativesname" />' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_placeofbirth">Place of birth (if known/given): </label><input type="text" id="afcHelper_placeofbirth" spellcheck="true"/>' + '<br /><label for="afcHelper_biography_status">Is the article about a living person? </label>' + afcHelper_generateSelect('afcHelper_biography_status', [{
[...]
Unhandled Error: Undefined variable: afcHelper_wikiprojectindex

What happened here? The code (core and submissions.js) is in sync (except my additional JQuery improvements) with GitHub and I have no clue what broke, as I didn't hit accept since ages...

Would you please fix the script at testwp (testwiki:MediaWiki:Gadget-afchelper.js/submissions.js) so that I can check if my JQuery (ticket #57) improvements in /core.js are working correctly? mabdul 11:05, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Mhh, problem doesn't appear at enwp's develop-script... mabdul 11:15, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
@Mabdul: It's because the script is trying to load a file from a different domain and your browser is trying to block some sort of cross-site scripting attack. Recommended workaround: replace the ajax block with afcHelper_wikiprojectindex = {}; whenever you're trying to test submissions.js (that's what I do at least). But yeah, this is a known (minor) annoyance. Theopolisme (talk) 13:57, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
Why not using wgserver()+/User:theo'slittle bot... and let the bot update the same list at testwp, too? mabdul 14:24, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
I see no point in keep the list in sync at testwiki, but yes,  Done [4] Theopolisme (talk) 14:32, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Talkback from Technical 13

Hello, Theopolisme. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of recent edits (2nd nomination).
Message added 20:37, 21 September 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Perhaps you can make a bot to do this? Technical 13 (talk) 20:37, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

William A. McNulty

Regarding the photo on the William A. McNulty page, this is my grandfather and the photo is a cell phone picture of the photo which I have in my home. I don't know how to be more specific on the source. I don't believe the photo is anywhere else online other than on his page where I uploaded it. Thortrac (talk) 12:55, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks much, I've removed the tag. I appreciate the message Thortrac! Theopolisme (talk) 21:22, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

File:Bowser Jr.png

Could you check what your bot did wrong here? It didn't reduce the most recent image. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:55, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

@Stefan2: Erm, as far as I can tell, yes it did. Looking at the file history: this revision uploaded at 04:03, September 23, 2013 was reduced by the bot seven hours later here. Am I missing something? Theopolisme (talk) 21:19, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
There seems to be some cache error in Mediawiki... I see one image at the top and another image in the "File history" section at the bottom. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:44, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Also check File:MSSB-CEGET Logo.png where the bot did something strange. The file has a transparent background, but the bot changed it into black. --Stefan2 (talk) 08:45, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks for the report! Theopolisme (talk) 21:08, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Your involvement with DRN

Hi there, I noticed that you haven't been as active at DRN as you was before. DRN has been a bit backlogged lately and we could use some extra hands. We have updated our volunteer list to a new format, Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Volunteers (your name is still there under the old format if you haven't updated it) and are looking into ways to make DRN more effective and more rewarding for volunteers (your input is appreciated!). If you don't have much time to volunteer at the moment, that's fine too, just move your name to the inactive list (you're free to add yourself back to active at any time). Hope to see you again soon :) Steven Zhang (talk) 13:36, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 September 2013


Hello

I saw you are online. I have a problem and need help by a professional quickly but cant find anyone. I got problem with vandalism in one article. A user witch dont like this journalist personaly is allways coming with diffrent ips and accounts and is changing the article in a bad way, no source nothing. and then he suggest it for deletion. can you hale me with that? ITs about this article Michel Von Tell . Thank you very much Adniim- (talk) 07:06, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Looks like someone else already responded. Theopolisme (talk) 10:55, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

CVUA

Hi. I'm having a perfectly friendly conversation here, but I'd like you to weigh in with your thoughts. It's only a short thread, but you'll need to read it all. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:04, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

October 2013 AFC Backlog elimination drive

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from October 1st, 2013 – October 31st, 2013.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1800 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

A new version of our AfC helper script is released! It includes many bug fixes, new improvements and features, code enhancements, and more. If you want to see a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. --Mdann52talk to me!

This newsletter was delivered on behalf of WPAFC by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:11, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Help test better mass message delivery

Hi. You're being contacted as you've previously used global message delivery (or its English Wikipedia counterpart). It doesn't feel so great to be spammed, does it? ;-)

For the past few months, Legoktm has built a replacement to the current message delivery system called MassMessage. MassMessage uses a proper user interface form (no more editing a /Spam subpage), works faster (it can complete a large delivery in minutes), and no longer requires being on an access list (any local administrator can use it). In addition, many tiny annoyances with the old system have been addressed. It's a real improvement! :-)

You can test out MassMessage here: testwiki:Special:MassMessage. The biggest difference you'll likely notice is that any input list must use a new {{#target:}} parser function. For example, {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales}} or {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales|test2.wikipedia.org}}. For detailed instructions, check out mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage.

If you find any bugs, have suggestions for additional features, or have any other feedback, drop a note at m:Talk:MassMessage. Thanks for spamming! --MZMcBride (talk) 05:23, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Comment requested

Can you please comment at Wikipedia_talk:Today's_articles_for_improvement#Rotating_sections.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:33, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Reminder

Hi. I'm having a perfectly friendly conversation here, but I'd like you to weigh in with your thoughts. It's only a short thread, but you'll need to read it all. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

File:JournalofMormonHIstory.gif

Why isn't the bot reducing this file? It has been tagged since August. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:06, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

IIRC the bot was having some trouble with the GIF format so I disabled it for all files ending with .gif. I'll double check to make sure that's still the case, though... Theopolisme (talk) 13:33, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 October 2013

Page Curation

Do you also happen to know where the source code for the Page Curation tool is located? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:48, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) [5] along with most of the other MediaWiki source code. Legoktm (talk) 08:07, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Well that didn't help much did it? I already know about repositories - I was expecting help from someone who knows the exact link. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:16, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you're asking for. That is the link to the PageTriage extension code repository. The 'Page Curation' tool is the entire repository. Is there something more specific you're looking for? Legoktm (talk) 08:33, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
All i see there is links to things such as localisations. i'm looking for the actual source code in .js or whatever langue, that makes the page Curation Tool (the fly-out), together withh it's CSS and all the other trappings. Note, I'm note a programmer, but I recognise computer code when I see it, although not whether it is js, java, php, C++, pearl, or whatever. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:47, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Oh. [6] is probably a better link, the summary page is pretty useless. The localization messages you saw is just the list of recent changes to the repository. Legoktm (talk) 09:17, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. This is somewhat closer but it looks like the php for the actual page feed. I can't identify the elements that make up the separate Curation Toolbar and its front end, which are what I need. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:38, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
I'm assuming the toolbar is written in JS, so it would be in the modules folder. Kaldari should be able to confirm this. Legoktm (talk) 09:43, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I know where to go from here now. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:32, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

The Wiki That Never Sleeps indeed. Glad everything made sense. Theopolisme (talk) 15:49, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

About wdl tag in Bengali Wikipedia

Hi, I've sent you a message a while back; but I missed that you replied (sorry for that). Later, I discovered it. Anyway, I think the citation format is OK. I can translate the text into Bengali, if it helps you. :-)

My apologies for so late response and regards... Anubhab91 (talk) 09:59, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Not a problem, Anubhab91. Is there a bot approval process at the Bengali Wikipedia? If so, would you be so kind as to file a request for Theo's Little Bot (this is the enwiki request for reference)? Otherwise, please translate the text of {{Cite wdl}} (namely the documentation) at your leisure, and I'll work on hooking the bot up with the new site. Theopolisme (talk) 16:17, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
  1. ^ http://en.allexperts.com/q/Dallas-Cowboys-276/f/emmitt-smith-vs-ny.htm
  2. ^ http://dresport.blogspot.com/2012/01/end-of-era.html
  3. ^ https://bleacherreport.com/articles/92714-dallas-cowboys-the-90s-dynasty-versus-todays-travesty
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