User talk:Chris G/Archives/2012/July
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Please comment on Wikipedia:Authority control integration proposal/RFC
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User Name Change Request
Hello Chris G. Can you please review my user name change request? You (or the bot?) are saying that I am not logged in as Wander Woman's Dog. I am. I think there may be a problem with the html and the apostrophe. I've posted twice to the name change page but I am not being recognised. I hope this can be resolved. Thanks - Wander Woman's Dog (the aspiring Wander Woman). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wander Woman's Dog (talk • contribs) 21:31, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed, there seems to be a bug with the bot handling apostrophes in the username. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 17:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 02 July 2012
- Analysis: Uncovering scientific plagiarism
- News and notes: RfC on joining lobby group; JSTOR accounts for Wikipedians and the article feedback tool
- In the news: Public relations on Wikipedia: friend or foe?
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: Burning rubber with WikiProject Motorsport
- Featured content: Heads up
- Arbitration report: Three open cases, motion for the removal of Carnildo's administrative tools
- Technology report: Initialisms abound: QA and HTML5
Please comment on Template talk:Very long
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Please comment on Template talk:Rihanna singles
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The Signpost: 09 July 2012
- Special report: Reforming the education programs: lessons from Cairo
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Football
- Featured content: Keeps on chuggin'
- Arbitration report: Three requests for arbitration
I've made an RFC on this article, but I've removed the tag and then re-inserted. This might have affected the bot process, as I haven't seen it listed in either category. I wonder if this matter can be remedied. --George Ho (talk) 22:16, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
- Don't worry, it seems to have resolved its self. --Chris 07:17, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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The Signpost: 16 July 2012
- Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- Featured content: Taking flight
- Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
- Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Babel
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RFC bot malfunction?
Hi! RFC bot deleted this RFC straight after i made it on the grounds it had expired. I think it must be malfunctioning. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3APhallus&diff=503378769&oldid=503378763 93.96.148.42 (talk) 03:07, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- That's because there was no signature. It seems to have been resolved now. --Chris 13:03, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 July 2012
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia pay? The skeptic: Orange Mike
- From the editor: Signpost developments
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Olympics
- Arbitration report: Fæ and Michaeldsuarez banned; Kwamikagami desysopped; Falun Gong closes with mandated external reviews and topic bans
- Featured content: When is an island not an island?
- Technology report: Translating SVGs and making history bugs history
RM bot is down
I know you may not have anything to do with the RM bot, but apparently it is down. I heard of many saying that the bot's operator, HardBoiledEggs, is inactive since February! Is there any advice you can give to fix the bot? There is a WP:VPT discussion about this matter titled "RM Bot inactive", which describes this entire matter. Please reply. Hill Crest's WikiLaser (Boom.) (talk) 15:46, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)
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Parsing Timestamp
Any observance edits why from Good Article Nominations?--GoShow (...............) 02:46, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, I can only answer questions I understand. "Any observance edits why from Good Article Nominations?" makes absolutely no sense to me. --Chris 03:55, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) As the one who fixed the problem, it was clear that GoShow constructed the {{GAnominee}} template for the Gene nomination by hand, and filled out the second, timestamp field, incorrectly. This had a number of unfortunate side-effects, since the "GA nominee" template is machine-parsed, and attempts to edit the Good Article Nominations page just get overwritten by that parsed template every ten minutes.
- If the {{subst:GAN|subtopic=name of the subsection on this page where the article is to be listed}} template had been used instead—as the instructions on the Good article nomination page make quite clear it should be—this problem wouldn't have occurred, since the GAN template fills in the date, and everything else but the subtopic, automatically. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:06, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, that makes sense. Thank you for fixing that. --Chris 05:49, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
- If the {{subst:GAN|subtopic=name of the subsection on this page where the article is to be listed}} template had been used instead—as the instructions on the Good article nomination page make quite clear it should be—this problem wouldn't have occurred, since the GAN template fills in the date, and everything else but the subtopic, automatically. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:06, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Dance
Dance has been added to WP:GAN#Other_theatre, film, dance and drama articles, formerly WP:GAN#Other_theatre, film and drama articles Jezhotwells (talk) 01:02, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, it has been pulled because doing so broke the page and prevented all those "other" articles from displaying at WP:GAN. This is a change that needs to be carefully planned, and not made until the bot is able to handle it and proper coordination is done. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:22, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
my botclasses update
Hi Chris !
You can find on fr:Utilisateur:ZiziBot/botclasses.php my own version of botclasses.php.
- I have corrected the last query-continue API changes and a few old bugs, that you can perhaps import in your mother version.
- I don't think that the Sean's lyricwiki class have to be included in the botclasses.
Speedy deletion nomination of File:Perfusion fairy.jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Kelly-liken.jpg
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I have requested for comment, but the bot has not done automatic thing yet. --George Ho (talk) 03:53, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 July 2012
- News and notes: Wikimedians and London 2012; WMF budget – staffing, engineering, editor retention effort, and the global South; Telegraph's cheap shot at WP
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Horse Racing
- Featured content: One of a kind
- Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases