User talk:Tawker/Sep06

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[edit] Article: Jeff Terrell

I beleive your bot may hve deleted or reverted a legitimate edit to the afore mentioned article. Currently the article redirects to a disambiguation page for the word "shaft".

[edit] Yor bot made a mistake but...

I just complained about vandelism (a tiny note at the bottom of the Russel's paradox article) And your bot took it away as "vandelism" I NEVER VANDALISE!!! ANYWHO I AM 12! P.S.How do you get a bot?Hi its mina19_1919! 05:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)--

[edit] Treasure Trooper

Tawker,

I've been using Treasure Trooper now for two months and have actually gotten paid real cash. With over 100,000 members and millions changing hands every month, it is unfair to permanently delete a Wikipedia article. We don't delete George W. Bush's article because of vandalism.

I understand that there exist many online survey scams and because of treasure trooper's referral policy, many spammed forums. But regardless of these misgivings, they are a legitimate business and have paid millions of real dollars to real people, represent a creative new model for internet marketing, and appear to be growing very rapidly.

I would be willing to write an objective article (fully cited) on Treasure Trooper- subject to peer review of course- if you could lift the lock on recreation.

Thanks for your time and wonderful work within the wiki community,

Charles Hoskinson

Feel free to contact me anytime at hoskinsonc@comcast.net

[edit] Bot mistake

Your bot corrected my correction of vandalism on Liberalism in Canada calling it vandalism. Turn it off or I will report you for creating a bot that protects vandalism.

[edit] Clay Serby Article

I deleted the majority of the article as it was taken directly from another website.

[edit] Bot made mistake with revision

The bot reverted an edit of a release date for the port of Half-Life Deathmatch. The original version said it was released 21 days ago, on May 2, 2006. I have been playing this game for quite a bit longer than 21 days. It is an undisputed fact that the game was released on November 30th, 2004. The article is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life ; and the date is under the "Later Developments" heading.

[edit] I need your advice on my edits on Khatri article

I made some edits to the khatri article twice but they were reverted both times by Moderator3000. One was correcting a link to surname called Seth. The other was about Walias (which I linked) also being also called Ahluwalias.

Both these modifications are valid but they are being reverted both the times. I don't know if Moderator3000 is an official moderator of Wikipedia or is just doing what he seems fit.

-User:Unitedroad 11:39 8th May 2006 (IST)

[edit] bot reverting to bad changes

i made changes to make the facts correct about Pathans and infact it reverted back to the old Pashtun changes which is wrong

[edit] Highway's RfA

[edit] Thanks

[edit] TawkerBot2

Do you have an IRC recent changes feed

We have RSS and atom feeds. I dunno what else you mean. We don't have IRC. http://www.biosector01.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss That would be our RSS feed. I hope you can work with that. ~~U

[edit] Thank-you

The count is in, and now I join the crew who wield the mops and pails. Thanks for your support! I pledge to serve both you and Jimbo Wales. If you have anything you need, then please don't think to hesitate. For I am the very model of a grateful admin designate! ♫Bucketsofg✐♪

[edit] CorbinSimpson's Request for Adminship

Thanks for voting in my request for administrator rights, even though it failed (13/30/4). Sadly, work has forced me to respond to you all using a substituted message rather than a personalized response. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that administrators, to me, should be chosen and approved by the community, and I will continue working to become a better editor and Wikipedian. No matter what the alignment of your vote was, I will take your comments seriously and use them to improve myself. If you wish to discuss your comments personally with me, I would be more than glad to talk about things since the RfA is now over; just leave your concern on my talk page and we will sort things out. Thanks again for voting, and happy editing! - Corbin ^{Be excellent}

[edit] Lithuanian Military Edits Re

yes i was

[edit] Railer 201

Three of us indef'd it, I was about a minute slower. :P

I do think it could be Eddie (partly from the name ["Rail"]). NSLE _(T+C) at 01:39 UTC (2006-05-30)

[edit] Griffjam

Just that if you look at his contributions, you'll notice he has made good edits in the past... I didn't take into account him being an 'abusive sockpuppet' at that point, just that he was vandalising with previous good faith edits, so I didn't block indef. — FireFox ^user_talk 19:11, 04 June '06

[edit] Tawkerbot2 - Clone?

I was just wondering if you are still 'looking' for another person to host Tawkerbot2? If so, I'd be interested in giving it a go, if possible for both me and you. I had a few questions which I hope you'd have time to answer even if you don't need another host for Tawkerbot2.

1. What are the specifications for running the bot? For example, operating system – I know a lot of bots these days are only Windows or Linux compatible for example.
2. What programs are required for running the bot?
3. I'm not incredibly clever with the technical side of things, so what other kind of things are needed and are they all free?
4. Would the clone be capable of running simultaneously with Tawkerbot2? That is to say, if the two are reverting at the same time (Tawkerbot2 getting some vandalisms, and the clone getting the others), would they work well or would this produce malfunctioning, for example the clone reverting Tawkerbot2?

Thanks, — FireFox 19:29, 11 June '06

[edit] Your userpage

Not sure if you noticed yet, but you've got some formatting problems on your awards section. The text that's supposed to name the specific award is sort of... Out there. :) 69.145.123.171 ^Hello!

...Wait. What? Your page is protected, so I can't edit it. That, and my formatting skills are terrible. :) 69.145.123.171 ^Hello!

[edit] Super serious vandal

I have left a reminder on this ip's talkpage about how offensive nazi type vandalism can be, you might want to raise it at WP:AN. Myrtone

[edit] RFA thanks

[edit] Followup on WP:LIVING issues with your bot

You had asked for diffs.

[1]

[edit] Barnstar

For helping defend my User Page and so many other pages against vandalism, I award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. Thank you! Johntex

[edit] Esperanza Elections

Tawker

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Thank you for your vote in the Esperanza Elections. Your support is much appreciated, and it means that I am now in the Council. I will continue to try my best, and if you have any questions or queries, please don't hesistate to leave me a message. Thanks again, — FireFox 15:42, 10 July '06

[edit] Thank you for your support!

[edit] Vancouver Wikipedians Meetup

Greetings, you're getting this spam (courtesy of Tawkerbot) because you were listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vancouver. In short, we're trying to have a meetup and we'd appreciate it if you'd join our Yahoo Group setup to figure out a time/place that would work. You can find the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouver_wikipedians/. If you have any questions feel free to make a post there or on the WikiProject page.

Happy Editing!

[edit] Div style="display:none" Spam

Hi, Tawker, thanks for all your contributions of work to Wikipedia! I came across a form of spam that I hadn't seen before[2], where the user is inserting commercial links inside a "<d!v style="display:none">" tag, so they don't show in the article itself. User:JesseW suggested I ask if you should add that to a list for the Tawkerbot?Eaglizard 05:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

[edit] Antivandalbot reverted my bunion corrections twice

T 25 Jul 6 6:24am EST

Your autobot reverted my changes to bunion twice. The changes I made are valid I corrected the spelling & spacing error, as well as added more info and a url. The changes I made are valid. Pls look into this. Thx.

[edit] Antibot Reverting Edit

I was redirecting the page Rockman ZN because it was a dupe article. There is another one Rebirth Rockman: ZN. Can you do something about it, please?

[edit] The Airport Vandal Returns! (talk • contribs • page moves • Current Autoblocks • block log) .. and causes AOL collateral damage ..

--AOL account 12:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Notice to AOL users: Get a real ISP :) -- Tawker 19:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Hahaha owned. I don't think AOL account uses AOL still, though. AOL has a bug that converts all text into capital letters. Anomo 04:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've got a Thank you card!

Open your card!

Dear Andrew, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me! My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.
Dear Andy, this is the perfect opportunity to finally speak to one another after reading your words for months and months. I am sure that we'll be able to talk often, and trust me, it'd be my pleasure. Both your contributions and, most important your warm way to deal with others made me notice you long, long ago; and being supported by a person I look up to, like you, meant the world to me. I sincerely hope this is but the beginning of a friendship, and such thought fills me with joy. And btw, I simply "love" Riley and Georgie! :) With a big hug, your friend,

Phaedriel ♥ tell me

[edit] Bot

I have been interested in starting a bot to help reduce vandalism. I would like to know what clearance is needed to start a bot. I would also like to know somebody who is capable of writing a good anti-vandal bot. Thanks! Viva La Vie Boheme

[edit] range block

hi tawker

please have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:65.98.90.51 again. user is still blocked, seems like a range block.

[edit] RFA thanks

Thanks so much for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (64/3/3). I will be stepping lightly at first trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! NawlinWiki 11:52, 26 August 2006 (UTC) talk contribs

[edit] User:Tawkerbot4 (edit|talk|history|links|logs)

From Wikipedia:Requests for page protection:

The user page was once a redirect to User:Tawkerbot2, after adding a doppelganger template to it. It was then turned into a bot's user page. There's no reason to keep it permanently protected, as long as there were no vandalism towards the page since creation. -- ADNghiem501 07:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Please contact User:Tawker.Voice-of-All 21:18, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I was told to contact you here, so you can decide whether to unprotect your bot's user page or not. -- ADNghiem501 03:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RfA/Consumed Crustacean

Thanks for the support vote. I'm an admin now. Scary. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA message

		My RfA video message
		Image:RfA message.ogg Stephen B Streater 08:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teke's RfA thanks

Thank you for your support of my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Wikipedia in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Happy editing to you! Teke^(talk) 17:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Riverside, Oregon

Please have your bot leave this page alone. There are actually TWO Riversides in Oregon - one in Malheur County, and one in Umatilla County. So there has to be a page under Riverside, Oregon that points to both, not defaulting to one or the other. Thank you. Rarelibra 21:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clary

Hey there Tawker, I noticed that you voted against the Johnny Lee Clary article and I was wondering if you would be willing to help with an article or perhaps help with getting it out of its deletion tag. Any help would be appreciated. I have drafted it over again here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Potters_house/Johnny_Lee_Clary Nick. Potters house 06:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JPD's RfA

Thanks, Tawker, for your support at my RfA, which finished with a tally of 94/1/0. I hope I live up to the confidence you have shown in me in my activities as an administrator. JPD (talk) 16:32, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  :D

Luckily for me, classes don't start until tomorrow. Whee!--§hanel 18:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] something wonky about the template placed by you

see User:Knowledge of Self ... the template there was throwing errors about not being subst'd. I wasn't sure how to fix it so I deleted it and left only the imposter template... ++Lar: t/c 19:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tawkerbot on wheels

User:Tawkerbot4 has gotten wheels and is doing page move vandalism on meta.

Kim Bruning 15:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Apparently this is not your bot, but a clever impersonation. Aphaia blocked them. :-) Kim Bruning 16:34, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Nope, it's not mine - I have lots of impostors :o -- Tawker 17:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] proposal of updated bot warnings

I'm proposing some changes to the warnings issued by the anti-vandalism bots.

• proposed test1 warning
• proposed test2 warning - this version covers both the standard test2 and test3 warnings
• proposed test4 warning

Could you please tell me what you think? Thanks. --Ixfd64 04:52, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Bot warning a Bot - lol

Check out [3]. You might wanna whitelist Werdnabot. :) alphaChimp^(talk) 06:13, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New IRC bot needed

Hello Tawker. I do not know if you are following the discussion at WikiEN-I about WP:BLP. We are discussing the possibiity to have a similar bot as the one running at vandalism-en-wp, that monitors the newly created Recent Changes page for articles on living people, that can be used by the newly forming Wikipedia:BLP Patrol. Could you help? ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 13:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Any chance you can respond to this request, Tawker? ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 19:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, current IRC basis does not report them directly to IRC which makes things tricky, pgk might be the best person to ask as I'd assume having pgkbot grab the cat page every now and then and specially flagging that way would be best -- Tawker 00:20, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Will ask pgk as suggested. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @

[edit] Tawkerbot2

Hi - what are the requirements to run a clone of Tawkerbot2? I'm interested in doing so and was wondering how to go about starting to run it (if possible) Thanks Martinp23 13:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Right now it's amy LAMP based box will do, it uses python w/ a couple optional modules, MySql is a MUST. We're working on a new version which should be more cross compatible (it's Java) -- Tawker 14:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks. What do I do after I've got this set up (ie - where can I get the bot files from, before I apply for a bot flag for it). Thanks again Martinp23 16:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Our SVN is down atm, it's not botflagged, I'll go gunzip up a copy and email you a URL -- Tawker 17:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks very much :). Is there anything else I should know about it? Thanks Martinp23 17:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi - I've got a server set up, and have sent you an email so you've got my address (or you can just email me through WP) . Martinp23 19:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] If you're online

I've got a server set up (LAMP), and it's ready to go, however your email hasn't come through yet. Perhaps you could re-send it? Thanks Martinp23 16:02, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:Bots/Requests for approval

Voting has ended (results will be posted in a separate thread below) Redux 20:00, 9 September 2006 (UTC) since you poked at me for my spelling i have to poke back [4] the election closed 2 days ago :) Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 19:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Go raibh maith agat!

Hi there Tawker!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 02:11, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] School IPs

To me, that just sounds pre-emptive. Blocking a range of IPs over one or two vandals just seems like a bad move to me. "a strong majority of the legit editors from schools are using an account anyways". How do you know that? And I don't think it's something we can assume. Blocking a range in the thought that "well the a strong majority of the legit users all have accounts" seems rather anti-wiki to me. Just refuse to do it. If you want to, be my guest. But it's not something I will do. --Woohookitty^(meow) 14:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

The bot rules. :) --Woohookitty^(meow) 03:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tawkerbot2

Hi - just thinking about it, would it be better for me to just get the files from another user of a clone - it may be easier to transfer. Let me knwo what you think :) Martinp23 16:20, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry - it looks a bit like I've been pestering you about TawkerBot2 - this wasn't my intention, but seems to have happened :( - so I'll stop now. Could you please let me know IRC/email probably best when anything is ready, or ehat's happening? Thanks Martinp23 17:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tawkerbot2 problem?

Hi, I clicked onto wikipedia without being logged on and saw that I had a new message. I saw that it was from tawkerbot2 saying that there had been defamation of the Berry Gordy article by my ip address. I(or anyone using my computer) have never edited the Berry Gordy page and I can only presume that tawkerbot2 has made a mistake beyond failing to recognize vandalism or non vandalism.

I am not at all worried by this but simply thought you would want to know. If you want any more information please don't hesitate to contact me. Maniacgeorge 16:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:TB4

Well, there's a first time for everything. --Chodorkovskiy ^(talk) 18:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your bot

Your bot reverted my edit of Hasdumpang. I don't know how to delete pages, but that page is a load of bull. My friend created it as a joke. Thank you. --Abnerian 05:25, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tawker, Can we be friends?

Dude, seems you're a teen. Can we be friends? ♔BADMIN♛ (आओ✍) 08:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An edit to Goth subculture by 24.203.115.204

It seems that the vandalism came from this IP because of the recent shooting. Maybe he/she doesn't have a taste for gothic people? --D.F. "Jun Kazama Master" Williams 19:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] signature for above

Markwiki 14:26, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Konstable's RfA thanks

Hi Tawker, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful last Wednesday with a unanimous support of (47/0/0). I will do my best to help keep Wikipedia clean, green and vandal free. Once again, thank you! --Konstable 14:46, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Belated thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA. Consensus to promote was reached, and I am now an administrator. I'll be using the tools cautiously at first, and everyone should feel welcome to peer over my shoulder and make sure I'm not doing anything foolish. --Robth^Talk 04:02, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Unblock requests

Yeah, I know that unblock request was going nowhere, but that IP is the probably the same person as Heyguys (talk • contribs) who stuck two unblock requests on his page, the second showing at least some awareness of policy. I figured it would be best to follow all the rules just in case it didn't get through to him. -- Gogo Dodo 07:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Re your message: I suspect he will be back using some other name or IP. Speaking of bots, did you figure out the possible bug in Tawkerbot that prevented me from reverting a long essay, but allowed an IP to succeed? I had to laugh that an IP put the essay in and it took another IP to take it out. =) -- Gogo Dodo 07:37, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Andrew

Hey Andrew, I just wanted to thank you for your support during my recent RfA. I am very happy (and relieved) that it passed with a final tally of 160/4/1. I was completely blown away by the incredibly generous support I received from so many truly fantastic Administrators and editors. Thanks again, Andrew. :) Cheers mate, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 14:57, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

Hi, thanks for reverting vandalism to MartinBot's user page :) Martinp23 16:49, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Softblock advice

Hello! I notice that you softblocked 142.22.16.55. Can you advise me about doing this, please? I have had a couple of legitimate users suffer with collateral blocks on IP vandals. It would be great to learn about preventing this from happening, if possible. (aeropagitica) 21:03, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about early-close AfDs

What constitutes an AfD as being eligible for early closing? I've read the policy...there was a one-sixth minority (not 98%) on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Levin (second nomination) who agreed with me and it was closed early. There is a unanimous consensus on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cop math that agree with me and it is still open. Why close Rob Levin early? There's a hot debate going on about it, and the AfD wasn't given the full run. --JStalk 23:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Digg as a ref

Hello! Digg itself is user-driven, which marks it as not reliable. It is not better than using GameFAQs, a forum post or a blog. However, most Digg articles point to a valid reference (eWeek, CNN, BBC, etc). Per suggestions, In general it is preferable to cite the original source for an assertion, as well as important confirming sources. It is generally preferable to cite reliable sources over less reliable sources when given a choice. In this case, pointing to a story in Digg adds an extra click the user must do in order to reach the real source, and a bunch of comments by common users that are not useful for the reader. Thus, when the reference pointed by the Digg post is valid, I replace the Digg one with the real reference. When the story pointed by Digg goes down, it is better to remove the link to the Digg story, as the user wanting to check the information will arrive to a chat room with no link. In these cases, either I remove the link and add a {{fact}} call, remove the assertion if it was an obscure one, or replace the Digg link with the broken reference, hoping others will assume good faith and believe the link, at one time, worked. I don't do this with Digg only, but with any heavily user driven site like Slashdot, Reddit, Blogspot, etc. Hopefully that clarifies the matter. -- ReyBrujo 02:04, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

If you check http://www.opendns.com/stats/, you will notice that the peak it reached on July 10 is half the peak reached on September 15, however there is no mention to that fact. And that such peak is basically the common reach the site has nowadays. In other words, the example could work better in an article about Slashdot effect than there. -- ReyBrujo 02:26, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cydebot

Yo, get on IRC, what's up? --Cyde Weys 17:30, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Per some digging at Wikipedia talk:Bots, with some clues from Betacommand, it looks like Cydebot wasn't malfunctioning. Per this, and Cyde saying that he would only work on standard CFD/W moves until he talks to you, I've unblocked Cydebot. If you want more explanation of my findings, I posted at talk:bots linked above. Syrthiss 18:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter