User talk:Chris G/Archives/2011/November

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Fading (song) was passed, but my watch list for the good article nominations said it has been failed... Calvin • ^NaNaNaC'mon! 15:09, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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DRN on Dashboard

Hi Chris G, and many thanks for running User:RFC bot; it is a very helpful tool indeed. I have a request for you: could you update the code for the bot so that it lists Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard on Wikipedia:Dashboard/Editorial noticeboards? It's a new-ish noticeboard (started in June), and I just noticed that it's missing from the dashboard. I thought there must be an obvious way of changing this, but I couldn't see what it was. All the best — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 10:01, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Fixed --Chris 06:30, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll let them know on the DRN talkpage. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 07:57, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

problem in Template:Rfcquote, text parameter

The RfC at WT:V has had a problem in Template:rfcquote such that it will not display correctly.  Here is a diff, where you will see that the text is correctly entered, showing that this is a display problem in "Template:rfcquote" parameter "text".  The display stops before the first pipe in "{|":

The proposal is in two parts...

*1) change the opening paragraph:

{| style="border:black solid 1px;font-size:95%;margin-left:10px"

|

*'''From:''' The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is '''verifiability, not truth'''—whether

I realize that there are a variety of solutions besides modifing Template:Rfcquote.  In general, the solution for the specific case at WT:V should avoid changing the text of the RfC as posted on October 6.  Thanks, Unscintillating (talk) 13:37, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

At the moment the problem seems to have been resolved by some changes to WT:V, and I think the best way to deal with this particular problem is on a case by case basis. --Chris 07:42, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

"Visions of Johanna" nomination

Hi. For the "Visions of Johanna" GA nomination (Music), on the article's Talk page, I added a note that Mick gold was a co-nominator, but then I added him beside my name in the nomination because I thought maybe that was a better way to do it. I didn't know the Note was going to appear like that, and now I feel kind of foolish because his name appears twice in the nomination. Could the Note be removed? Thanks! Moisejp (talk) 07:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Fixed --Chris 07:40, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Healthcare in the United States

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Hazard-Bot 2

Please see my comment at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage#Bots, thanks - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 06:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, I've responded there. --Chris 07:12, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

RFC bot edits not being marked as bot edits

I checked the userrights and RFC bot has the bot flag; however, its edits are not being marked as bot edits, and therefore still show up in my watchlist when I hide bot edits. Any ideas ? Regards --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 11:43, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

See here. I might have to change that, but I still thing it makes sense that talk page messages be considered "human" edits. --Chris 11:46, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

DYKUpdateBot, for example, also leaves talkpage edits but they are rightly marked as bot edits, and hence hidden when you ask to hide bots. I am strongly of the opinion that edits made by bots should be marked as bot edits, so that those of us who don't want our watchlists polluted can remove them. Thanks --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 12:39, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I've changed it. It should now mark all edits as bot edits. Ping me if it happens again. --Chris 12:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for addressing that so quickly. Regards --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 13:39, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

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Bot confused by MfD redirects

Please see this edit where the bot has transferred Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Rhain1999 down to 1970 January 1 (I absolutely refuse to write any date as m-d-y). I think it happened because, at the time of the bot's edit Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Rhain1999 was a redirect to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Rhain1999/Superman and so the bot could not find any date in the redirect page. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 10:14, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I will look into fixing that. --Chris 09:16, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

botclasses.php example

Hi Chris,

I have looked over your code for botclasses.php and am hoping to use it for a bot written for my wiki. I have written bots using the Wikimate framework before, but need something more powerful, and your framework seems to be pleasantly straightforward, while having more power. I'm planning on using the version at http://toolserver.org/~chris/highlight.php?d=chris/classes/&f=botclasses.php

Would you be willing to include the simplest of examples in the source code for botclasses(or linked from it)? My programming background is in C from many years ago, so while php was easy to pick up, I don't have any experience with object oriented programming. Such an example would definitely help me, and I'm sure it would help many other newbies as well.

Thanks again for writing the bot. I look forward to using it.

Forest — Preceding unsigned comment added by ForestForTreesTMS (talk • contribs) 22:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

The simplest example, is probably this, which is your basic sandbox cleaning bot. There are a few others like this and this. There is quite a bit of code here, although I must warn you some of it is not pretty, and some of it is out of date. Otherwise, if you need any help/bugs/etc, just drop me a line --Chris 09:25, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Bot Approving

Hi, thanks for approving my bot account, kind regards. Caypartis (♨ | € | ✉) 10:04, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2011 November 14

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My change name request is till on delay

Is there a time frame on how long it takes to log into your new user account. Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk) 19:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Be patient, requests are not processed immediately and can take several days before being processed. --Chris 01:19, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Bot

Hi, please see my reply to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/SharedIPArchiveBot_2 do you think it could get bot flag before it's approved? thanks Petrb (talk) 09:56, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Interwiki sorting order

Hello. Chris G! Can you help me about sorting order interwiki on enwiki - which sorting order is right: [1] or [2]? Best regards, Vago (talk) 13:13, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

As I understand it, they are both correct. See Help:Interlanguage_links#Sorting and meta:Interwiki_sorting_order#By_order_of_alphabet.2C_based_on_local_language. --Chris 10:56, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Vago (talk) 11:41, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:H.P. Lovecraft

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Chris G Bot 3 blanking

Hi Chris G, I had to revert Chris G Bot 3 because it accidentally blanked changing usernames. It may be a case of nothing, but I thought I'd bring this to your attention anyway. Best. Acalamari 13:45, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Hazard-Bot 3

Hi there, I noticed you approved User:Hazard-Bot for renaming categories at closed CfDs on a trial basis. User:Cydebot already does this, and this afternoon I saw Hazard-Bot moving pages at CfDS before the 48 hour period CfdS mandated time period for comment had run out, and without attribution to the previous editors of the categories in question. I have stoppped the bot pending resolution of this - should be discussed at WT:CFD. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 20:43, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Change to Bots/Status page

Greetings. I have recently been adding info to the tables on Bots/Status, as I've been reading through the old bot policy talk archives. With your recent change to the page, though, I can't figure out how to find the subpages you moved the lists to (I'm still a newbie). How do I get there so I can continue to update this page? Thanks in advance... UOJComm (talk) 22:10, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind...I figured it out. I'd definitely be interested in talking to regarding your work with bots on Wikipedia. I'm going to be contacting bot operators soon for a project I am working on. (And thank you for taking the survey for my other project!) UOJComm (talk) 23:33, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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Bot operation query

Please comment at Wikipedia:Help_desk#RFC_tag_not_working. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TonyTheTiger (talk • contribs) 14:16, 24 November 2011‎ (UTC)

This seems to be related to some toolserver downtime/problems, and should now be resolved. Please ping me if there are any more problems. --Chris 08:10, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

GAbot not working

Pls see Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations#Bot_not_workingPumpkinSky talk 21:07, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

This seems to be related to some toolserver downtime/problems, and should now be resolved. Please ping me if there are any more problems. --Chris 08:10, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

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Migration

Hi, can you migrate GA bot to Hindi Wikipedia? If so then that will be really helpful since we are starting GA feature on that wiki. ASHU^IND 19:20, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't think that would be a good idea (I don't speak Hindi). However the source code is here, if anyone else is interested. You will probably find however that it would be easier to just have someone write a new bot from scratch. --Chris 06:27, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

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Renaming the username

Hey I had placed a request to rename my username from Pratiklahoti8004 to BPositive. I just now saw your comments(clerk notes) on thispage. I don't mind going for usurping. But should I place an altogether new request on this page? Pratik Lahoti (talk) 12:14, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, you need to file a separate request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations --Chris 12:20, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank You. I've filed a new request. Pratik Lahoti (talk) 12:40, 29 November 2011 (UTC)