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STBotI is too fast

Since I prefer to add fair use rationale to the "Licensing" section on an image description page, I usually upload the image first, and then edit the Licensing section (in Special:Upload, it is impossible to edit the Licensing section). However, on Image:Asian Games logo.svg, STBotI beat me to the edit, and put on a "no rationale" tag on it in just 2 minutes. Could you make it run slightly slower (like 5 minutes) or put me on its whitelist, whichever is more convenient for you? Thanks. -- King of 18:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I've added you to the image bot's whitelist. --ST47Talk·Desk 18:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

The bot is saying that I need a copyright tag for my own work. If I believe I think that you can upload an image with no copyright license if it is your own work!!!! Chrismaster1 14:57, 10 August 2007

Why?

I just uploaded the MLS eastern and western conference logos. Why does this crap about "rationale" keep popping up, if I list them as logos? HELP! (mlseast.gif and mlswest.gif) Revzzz 16:21, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Just curious

An anonymous user had written hello on my user page. You came in and deleted it. Just wondering how you knew / why you did so. Just curious....... hjuk 08:17, 11 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Look at his contribs: He'd been spamming about 20 talk pages. --ST47Talk·Desk 10:57, 11 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I didn't

I invited you to join WikiProject Debating and you have the right to simply ignore my invitation. Choice is yours, whether you wanna join or not. But you don't have the right to call others activity as SPAM. For your kind information, I didn't spam on random user pages. I invited those people who are involved in debate related articles. I am trying to gather them together to create a working group in order to improve quality of those articles. Unfortunately you were a bad choice for that group. Niaz bd 15:45, 12 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image:1940-1961 Bears helmet.png

Hey. Your bot left a comment on my talk page about this image, saying there was no fair use rationale. I uploaded the image to Image:1940-1961 helmet.png and accidentally re-named it because the title was misleading. So the image that was tagged can be deleted right now. Ksy92003(talk) 20:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I've deleted the unused image. Thanks, --ST47Talk·Desk 21:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thank you; I'm sorry to bother you with my mistake. Thank you for cleaning up my mess :) Ksy92003(talk) 21:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Bug in AccReqBot

Hi, I've noticed a bug in AccReqBot (talk · contribs). When a header is missing from a request and that request has been tagged as This username has been created. Created, welcome to Wikipedia! (e.g. here where Superhearts (talk · contribs · account creation) has been created), the bot then archives the request above it [1] then, a few minutes later, the one above that [2] and so on until the bot edits are reverted and the correct header is added back in. Would it be possible to fix this or to perhaps make the bot ignore requests where the {{account request}} templates does not have a corresponding header above it, since as malformed requests, they would need human intervention to be archived properly. Tra (Talk) 14:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I've made a change to ignore any section with two {{ACC}} tags. --ST47Talk·Desk 14:29, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Thanks (I presume you mean {{account request}} tags), hopefully that should stop the problem. Tra (Talk) 14:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

STBotI vs. fu rationale template

Your bot (which is great) catches new images that does not have fair use rationale on it. However, it doesn't seems to be satisfy when all relevant rational is provided in a fair use template box, such as the one for logo. Is the bot looking for more, or more a technical issue? KTC 21:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

You are correct, those little tags are not sufficient. See WP:FURG for more information :) --ST47Talk·Desk 21:15, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
When I said fair use template box, I meant the rationale one, not just the license selection one.
"An appropriate copyright tag..." - So we have something like {{Non-free logo}} which comes with license selection on upload.
"A detailed use rationale...." - Here I'm talking about something like {{logo fur}}. -- KTC 21:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Oh. Policy is unclear on templated rationales, so I choose to err on the side of caution. I'll look into a way to allow this sort of template to pass through unharmed. --ST47Talk·Desk 00:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I think User:Betacommand has figured out a way, in case that helps. There are several different templates in use for non-free use rationales. Wikidemo 02:36, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Trying To Discern An Okay French Website To Take A Movie Cover From

I'm trying to help start Mon fils à moi. Is [3] acceptable? (And my apologies if you don't speak French.) I don't speak French either. :P -WarthogDemon 00:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

That website isn't free, so you'd have to upload it with a fair use rationale, but you probably won't find a free image. --ST47Talk·Desk 00:35, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
How about Rotten Tomatoes? Does it have a French version somewhere? (As that place and imdb.com is where I go for movie covers. Neither the english imdb nor Rotten Tomatoes seem to have them though. -WarthogDemon 00:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I don't have a clue, I don't speak french. --ST47Talk·Desk 00:40, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Fair Use outside of mainspace

Hello, I was wondering why you removed the Achtung Baby cover from the WikiProject newsletter. Your edit summary said "FU outside of mainspace", what does that mean? Thanks, Neranei talk 15:17, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

It means a fair use image was used outside of the mainspace. See WP:NFC. --ST47Talk·Desk 15:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Ah. Thanks! Neranei talk 17:08, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

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COI?

OCL IP = 209.212.21.182 ---- Check for COI in related article. --User:ST47 (logged out) 23:05, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I will do so in the morning. --ST47Talk·Desk 00:39, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image:Deepali-profile.jpg created by STBotI

Just letting you know... STBotI created the page Image:Deepali-profile.jpg (with no upload) shortly after the image was deleted therefore the message it left was about a resolved issue. Please see page history and logs. Thanks. --Jeremyb 07:56, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

National Liberation War of Macedonia

Please, the article needs to be only semiprotected against annonimous provocators. At the moment they have vandalized it! They will comment anything! Please correct as follows

Allied Powers (communist): Macedonian Partisans Macedonian National Liberation Army Serbian, Aromanian and Bulgarian collaborators - this is nonsence!

Allied Powers (communist): Partisans (Yugoslavia) Macedonian National Liberation Army Jingby 13:33, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply


Jingby is a pov pusher. See history of Alexander Donski and his talk page edits there. I'd suggest ignoring this. SWATJester Denny Crane. 16:03, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Swatjesterр would You tell me pleace, what did You read from Donski!Why did you delete the sourced info about this "historian"? Do you understand Macedonian language? Jingby 17:00, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Nogallery

Hi, why did you added the NOGALLERY to the image subcategory starters. These categories were one of the reasons Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria exemptions was created. Personally I find it much easier to already see what the image is before going to the image page. I already reverted it once so won't do it again. :) See also Category talk:Candidates for speedy deletion#NOGALLERY on image categories. Garion96 (talk) 16:58, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Well, with the images there it takes longer to load, and it's easier to click them with only link names there, because there are more on a page and you don't have to scroll to get a good amount. --ST47Talk·Desk 17:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Anetode's idea, to include a prominent link to a prior revision that features galleries. In a long existing category that would be easy but I have no idea how to do it in a category created every day. Do you have any idea? Since I still really don't like it. Garion96 (talk) 17:36, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Well, what about the bot that creates them? The operator could set it up to do that. --ST47Talk·Desk 17:39, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Please Undelete Halle Concentration camp article

Please see OTRS ticket 2007071910012533 for details. Or contact Phil Sandifer. The note should have been all over the Halle page. And on my user page.--USHMMwestheim 19:58, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

There was no confirmation on the talk page, I will work to confirm the ticket. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:00, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I apologize for the inconvenience, I have restored the article. Thanks, --ST47Talk·Desk 20:09, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
The article is fine. Phil Sandifer 20:21, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
OK, thanks! --ST47Talk·Desk 20:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply


Please Undelete Haim Nathan Dembitzer article

The article was based on the public domain Jewish Encyclopedia as was stated in the article. There is no copyright violation in the page. Thanks KosherJava 20:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I see: Parts appeared to be from another site which made no mention of the jewish encyclopedia. I've restored. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. KosherJava 21:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Fair use rationale tagging

Hi, your bot has tagged Image:Migros logo new.gif for lack of fair use rationale about 1 minute after it was uploaded. While I applaud its efficiency, would it not make sense to wait a little bit more, just enough time so that the rationale can be written ? Of course, removing the message is not too difficult, but it is still annoying to have to resolve an edit conflict that could have been avoided easily. Thanks, Schutz 17:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Crabjuice_sm_homer.jpg

Hi - you deleted Crabjuice_sm_homer.jpg but did not state why. Please expain - thank you. --Gekritzl 19:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

It was a non-free image with no valid links: See WP:CSD I5. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Bordeaux1.jpg

Kindly let me know if the copyright information passes muster. MyPOV 23:17, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Looks good to me! --ST47Talk·Desk 23:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Ginko_Plaque.JPG and Clinton Ginko.JPG

These are MY images and they are of an area in Clinton, New York. Is there a reason you are removing them?

Where were they removed from? And who are you? --ST47Talk·Desk 11:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

MGM Grand Detroit Edits...

I don't understand why you changed the date for the opening from November 1st to October 2nd when the referenced article clearly states the permanent casino will open on November 1st because that is when they are starting to accept reservations for, Also why did you usurp the proceedure of put a VfD or whatever it is called now so that there can be a consensus on whether it should be kept or deleted, I understand that you are an admin but you can't just delete an image without leaving some sort of explanation and reason for the deletion in the MGM Grand Detroit and the image's talk pages first. Simon Bar Sinister 04:43, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

What do you mean? And go read up on WP:CSD. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Rational

How do I add rational for Image:WorkersPartyofNewZealandLogo.png? --Postbagboy 05:30, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

WP:FURG. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Please Revert

You deleted MY image on MY personal page for what reason? Tmcsheery 07:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

It was a non-free image, as stated on the description page, which cannot be used in userspace. And it was deleted. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Felipe C.S ( talk ) 20:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

umm...what? --ST47Talk·Desk 20:27, 17 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Your robot

Your robot claims that I have uploaded a fair use image when the image is infact a companys logo, please reply to my talk page.

--Muriness 00:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply


I am correcting that problem as we speak, and also how do I make a Wikipedia robot? --Muriness 00:29, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Lots of into at WP:BOT, but there's a tool you can use called AWB that's really easy to learn. :) --ST47Talk·Desk 00:30, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I currently have an AIM bot, can I use it on here?

--Muriness 00:34, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Nope, that's very different. --ST47Talk·Desk 00:37, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for this information, How do I rename a article I have already started? (please reply to my talk page)

--Muriness 00:40, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Use the move tab at top. --ST47Talk·Desk 01:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Your bot request

Hi ST47 I wanted to let you know that Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CSDWarnBot is labeled as needing your comment. Please visit the above link to reply to the requests. Thanks! --BAGBotTalk 00:25, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, son! --ST47Talk·Desk 00:26, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
If you require assistance, you can ask here, myself and several others watch it. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Robot image tagging template suggestion

Hi, I think your bot is doing a great thing by catching people immediately when they upload an image without a license tag or use rationale. The faster you can catch people the less likely they are to let a noncompliant image remain, or to become upset if it is deleted. If they upload then add a rationale a few minutes later, no harm done. One suggestion by way of friendliness and customer service: perhaps when you catch images right after upload you would consider using a modified template that is less official looking and bureaucratic, more in the line of "perhaps you forgot" than the red-boxed warning. You can say the same thing, but it could help people feel welcome, especially newbies who don't understand the image policies yet. Thx, Wikidemo 02:46, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Well, the thing we put on the userpage isn't really the annoying red thing, and I'd hope that's the one they'd see. Regarding the templates on images, I'll make some. --ST47Talk·Desk 12:14, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Calumet, Colorado

After about an hour of looking for information/sources, I've come up with the article Calumet, Colorado and am wondering if it's suitable for Wikipedia (as it was a rather small ghost town). -WarthogDemon 23:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Looks popular from a google search. Anyway, I think there's a policy that says even villages can have articles, so you're good. --ST47Talk·Desk 23:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Page deleting

User:Roremaster has moved article Dalmatian anti-Serb riots of May 1991 on Dalmatian Serb pogrom of May 1991 (it is not possible to speak about pogrom because nobody is killed or injured). Ti block users return article back he has writen data on page and then deleted this data so normal user is not having possibility to return article. Because of that I ask you to delete article Dalmatian anti-Serb riots of May 1991 so that article can be returned on that page (if you look history of that page you will understand) My second question is can you block user:Roremaster because of hate editing (he has edited only 3 articles with strong Croatophobia) and because he is sockpuppet of user:Roramaster (and somebody else but who ?). -Rjecina 23:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Can you check your bot?

I uploaded an image today and I tagged it as "PD-USGov" when I uploaded it but I got a message immediately from your bot that I did something wrong. What did I do wrong or is there something wrong with your bot? Reservoirhill 23:53, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I'll look into it, but you can ignore the message. --ST47Talk·Desk 23:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

3 Feet High and Rising

I was the one who removed the "song performers" section from the 3 Feet High and Rising article (as well as cleaned up the infobox format). For some reason, Wikipedia logs me out after being logged in for a certain amount of time. Anyhow, if you have any more comments on the matter, please direct them towards me. Pele Merengue 03:09, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Ugh, and now it seems I can't remove the "new message" band from when you last left a message on the IP address... you wouldn't know how to fix this, would you? This is a shared computer, so I can see this being a nuisance. Pele Merengue 03:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
That's bug 9213. --PEJL 05:14, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
OK, when you're going to remove lots of content, you should probably use a summary. --ST47Talk·Desk 13:13, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Helperbot Code Update

Good morning! I just wanted to let you know that I've updated the HBC AIV Helperbot source with version 2.0.8, and you will want to update your bot at your convenience. This version fixes a small issue that came up with indef blocks due to a change in the formatting of Special:Ipblocklist. Let me know if you have any problems. Thanks! —Krellis (Talk) 12:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks - I should probably watchlist that page, eh? I'll update right now. --ST47Talk·Desk 13:10, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Yup, it's probably a good one to watchlist. I also set up a mailing list that we use for discussing any operational issues regarding the helperbots, including code updates. If you want to be added, just let me know and I'll add you (either using the e-mail address you e-mailed me from previously, or, if you prefer a different one, just e-mail it to me. —Krellis (Talk) 13:42, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, sure, you can use the address I emailed you from. Thanks, --ST47Talk·Desk 19:19, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Okay, I've added you to the list, you should be getting an e-mail with the details. —Krellis (Talk) 01:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia Clock

I noticed how you had yours at the top of your talk page. I need help with mine. Can you help me? Ryu-chan 19:15, 20 August 2007

I've added the clock to your user page - if you want it on your talk page, copy all that stuff I've added, and paste it to your talk page. --ST47Talk·Desk 19:19, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Move Request

Can you please read my move request. It's right here. It's the one about Artificial Human 17. Ryu-chan 19:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Cody Coker

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page and blocking that guy's IPs. GlassCobra 20:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Sure! Bug me if he comes back and we can protect the page. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Will do. Thanks again. GlassCobra 20:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Hey, just noticed that CodyCoker hasn't been banned. Is he not getting the hammer? It's pretty clear that he was behind all the vandalism earlier. GlassCobra 22:28, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Luna santin indefed him [4]. --ST47Talk·Desk 22:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Ah, okay, she didn't leave a notice on his page. Incidentally, would you mind giving this a look? It's my ANI report about earlier events. Specifically, noticing that User:Jereiaki created the first version of Coker's page. Is it possible that Coker and all the IPs could be sockpuppets of this guy? GlassCobra 22:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

bad tag

Please, put the tag what you put in my talk page in the original uploaders.

Thanks.

PD. Sorry by my bad english.

--Bodoque57 22:24, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Some strange parsing error...

Your bot added a tag on User talk:Creativecomponent and for some reason it hasn't parsed, it's just showing the wikitext. I can't work out what's going on, it just isn't substing anything for some strange reason. Editing the page again hasn't helped... I have no idea why, so I thought I should at least let you know. --Tango 00:29, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Oops! Looks like that template doesn't exist - I'll create it. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:21, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

M Night Shyamalan

Hello, there is an image on this article who is a copyvio from [5] ... Can you delete this, or ask it ... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.253.48.3 (talk) 08:28, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

Hi! I've checked, and the image will be deleted in 4 days unless someone adds a non-free image use rationale. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Your excellent bot

Slightly unusual situation, in that I nominated for speedy deletion a category that I created some months ago, but which has now been emptied (I suspect that the article(s) in it were deleted for lack of notability). Your excellent bot then sprang into action, and warned me that another user had tagged the category for deletion - which was inaccurate and unnecessary. Not that I'm greatly bothered, but would it be worth saving the bot's energy in such circumstances by stopping it from warning the creator of the category when the creator is the one tagging it for deletion? Just a thought. Regards, BencherliteTalk 10:04, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Follow-up: I removed the warning from my talk page as unnecessary, and the bot replaced it. I would have thought that there is no need for the bot to issue the same warning twice. Regards, BencherliteTalk 10:13, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
And again. BencherliteTalk 10:15, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I've modified it so that if the creator is also the most recent editor, it will skip the page, assuming that the creator saw the warning. --ST47Talk·Desk 12:27, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Excellent work. BencherliteTalk 19:25, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Retraction of warning

I am dealing with an OTRS ticket concerning your accusation on User talk:86.130.130.101 that an IP address made a personal attack. The user whose page was edited does not understand why this IP address is being accused of making a personal attack when commenting that their command of English is not excellent but they still manage to contribute to Wikipedia.

If you do not agree upon review of the IP's edits that it was inappropriate to issue the warning, please explain on User talk:Marktreut why what appears to be an edit that should have gone on a talk page was a personal attack. The OTRS ticket number for this issue is 2007081910006904, and was raised by Mark. --Brianmc 12:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I have made a post to the user's page, and will watch for a response. --ST47Talk·Desk 12:26, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

John Hooker (Connecticut court reporter)

I think the deletion of an article I started was done prematurely, John Hooker (Connecticut court reporter). I just created the article and was planning to add additional information but no sooner than I created it, it was deleted. This particular person was very active with the women's suffrage movement. He wrote a few books as well. He may not meet the criteria for notability and I would have no objection but I am curious as to the quickness of the article being tagged and then deleted. He was the brother-in-law of Harriet Beecher Stowe and although that in itself does not make him notable. It should be enough to allow for more time to research. Daytrivia 18:39, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I'd recommend that you ask the deleter at User_talk:EliminatorJR. --ST47Talk·Desk 18:42, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

CSDWarnBot

Why is the bot called "CSDWarnBot"? CSD = Criteria for Speedy Deletion. This bot doesn't warn anyone about any "criteria", it warns people about speedy deletion taggings. You should name it something like "SpeedyWarnBot", "SpeedyDeletionWarnBot" or even "SDWarnBot", but not this. Melsaran (talk) 19:21, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

CAT:CSD. --ST47Talk·Desk 19:56, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Bolognaola

Hello.

I am not sure that this is in the right area but I have had a page deleted. Bolognaola. I created this page to inform others on about a slang word that is use in everyday guy talk. I wanted to add this in the vane if Bling Bling and other slang words that hav become everyday speech. Please let me know why mine is any different then a Dirty Sanchez.


Bryan —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Silverbaxent (talkcontribs) 20:35, August 21, 2007 (UTC).


An editor has asked for a deletion review of bolognaola. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Silverbaxent 20:48, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I didn't even delete it, why are you sending me these templates? --ST47Talk·Desk 21:02, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I thought I was doing this thing right. Your number poped up as the admin. that deleted my entry. I would like some help if you could, in finding the right person to contact about Bolognaola. I would like to have it un-deleted or at least answers why it can'y be a part of this site.

Thank you, Bryan Silverbaxent 21:21, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

You'll see at the WP:DRV. --ST47Talk·Desk 21:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Fair use rationale tagging

Hello, you have not replied to this comment I made a few days ago, but your bot again tagged an image one minute after it was uploaded, and did not leave me any time to add the fair use rationale (5 minutes later, way too late). Is there any way to improve this behaviour ? Waiting 10 minutes or so before tagging the image would seem reasonable to me. Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers, Schutz 21:18, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

As I've said in at least two other topics, it is easy enough to add a rationale at the upload page. I've added you to the upload reporting bot's whitelist. --ST47Talk·Desk 21:34, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, haven't looked at all other topics in your talk/archives (although I see now that some people like the fact that the bot tags articles so quicly after upload). The upload page does not have a "preview" button, which is the reason why I would usually just pick a licence in the drop-box and complete things after upload (although this particular case was special, since I was reuploading an already existing image). Thanks, Schutz 21:55, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Reply


Hi. I'm quite new to this and so I was wondering if you could check whether my rationale is okay? [6]. Thanks, GoonersWCCF —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 11:40, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

Looks good to me! --ST47Talk·Desk 11:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

CSDWarnBot

Hi there. When I removed a notice the bot stuck on my talk page page (here) it later replaced it (here). Cheers. --slakr 03:16, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

your speedy warn bot is too speedy

can you get your warn bot to wait 5 minutes before warning the user? I like to warn users myself, but it got there before me! Thanks! — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 04:13, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Oh dear! I'll change it to run less often and maybe wait a few minutes when it does run. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:10, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Seljuqs

Hi. You have protected the Seljuq dynasty article. Thanks for that. However, there is a small mistake incorporated in the introduction. I am sure that a new edit war will start right after the article is unblocked again, so I want you to change that small mistake. The introduction says "... They are the ethnic ancestors of the Western Turks ...". While this is promoted in Turkish nationalist circles, it is a really a rediculous claim, since the Seljuqs were one family, and they cannot be the ancestors of more than 80 million people today. That's like claiming that "the Merovingians are the ethnic ancestors of the modern French people" or that the "Habsburgs are the ethnic ancestors of modern Austrian and German people". The correct sentence was "... They are the regarded as the cultural ancestors of the Western Turks ...". The correct text was changed by an IP on July 27th. The same IP also deleted various scholarly sources from the text and his edits have a strong Turkish nationalist bias. The IP (User:85.178.186.143) is probably the anonymous account of User:Q.Fānasī, whose account was only created to edit the Seljuq dynasty page: his contributions. Thank you. -82.83.149.154 12:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I cannot change the article's text while it is protected except to correct blatant typos and perform maintenance. If you have consensus, you can use the {{editprotected}} template on the talk page. --ST47Talk·Desk 13:47, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
A consensus is not needed, because the earlier version was written in the article much earlier and was undisputed. For example, see this version from July 25th 2006 (more than a year ago). It was only the IP who changed this, and it seems that nobody noticed this obviously wrong claim. In this case, his edit is rather vandalism. -82.83.149.154 15:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Since it's protected, there is no way to dispute an addition, and I'm not going to do it unilaterally. Get a consensus, or find another admin. --ST47Talk·Desk 16:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
And what about the sockish nature of User:Q.Fānasī's account? -82.83.139.128 22:50, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
WP:SSP. --ST47Talk·Desk 22:52, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply


Films by shooting location DRV help

Please advise on discussion at Category talk:Films by shooting location. WP:CHICAGO needs your help on this issue.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 21:02, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

It doesn't seem like you've done anything..figure out who ran the bot (history of a member) - the longer you wait, the harder it will be, as more and more entries are edited. --ST47Talk·Desk 21:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Trevor Foster (drummer)

You requested deletion of information re the above because o irrelevence - how so - check guidelines, he has an extremely relevant background if you check carefully, please do not delete new info. grizzleguts. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grizzleguts (talkcontribs) 10:13, August 23, 2007 (UTC).

Warning for image Helenarussell.jp

I removed the warning because I put in the correct copyright tag. Many thanks for the warning, I used the setup wizard for uploading (the first time I have done so) and it didn't tag the image. I think I will use the manual method in future. Does this image meet with your approval now? Douglasnicol 20:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

That's fine --ST47Talk·Desk 11:32, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image tagging

Why is STBotI putting a template mentioning non-free content on images that lack a copyright tag, such as [7]? Applying the standard "no source" and "no license" tags would make more sense, since those describe what's actually wrong with the image. --Carnildo 18:24, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Better? --ST47Talk·Desk 18:30, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Yes. Now maybe people will be able to tell what needs fixing. --Carnildo 06:29, 25 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

WorldWiki

This happens to all of my articles. So I made a wiki. And I have nothing else to add. You see, all my articles get deleted because no one is actually helping the article expand. A simple visit to the wiki will tell you a bit more about it. I can never come up with good info to post in wikipedia, so I post what I can. But "what I can" isn't enough, apparently. I'm not an adult like most wikipedians, I don't have a mind to create an FA, yet. As much as it will get deleted soon, I need someone to expand the article. I need someone to make "what they can" because "what they can" is enough. "What I can" isn't. Please respond on my talk page. Coastergeekperson04 07:34, 25 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

The article is being deleted not because there isn't information, but because it isn't notable enough to meet our inclusion standards - have a look at that page, maybe it will help. --ST47Talk·Desk 10:26, 25 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

STBotI encoding issues?

See [8]. Your bot created Image:ВикиЗнание.PNG, but I think it meant Image:ВикиЗнание.PNG. --Pmsyyz 14:35, 25 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I see. --ST47Talk·Desk 19:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

notification

I know about the speedy deletion nom before the bot warned me, and I really do not need it to do it over and over and over again when I delete the warning on my talk page since I voted for delete on the redirected page. Can this possibly be fixed so it stops doing? MythSearchertalk 15:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Yes, please. It's enough, already. One warning is enough. Let us delete the damn notice and move on. –SESmith 09:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Hi,

While the English (and most other languages') article on Jack Kirby is about the comic book artist, the Norwegian one is about a soccer player. I removed the incorrect link from the English article but STBot readded it right away. How can I make it so that the bot knows not to do that?—Chowbok 00:21, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

BAGBot is editing from IP

Hey ST47, Just to let you know, for the last few edits, ST47 has been editing not logged in - Just from the Hemlock Toolserver IP

Cheers

Reedy Boy 11:17, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

WP:ADMINSTATS

The most recent update is entirely incorrect. Cheers. --MZMcBride 23:56, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I know, mysql is driving me nuts. It's ignoring all users who haven't made deletions in the old log. I think I've almost got it down, if not, I'll run the old query to update before I leave. --ST47Talk·Desk 00:13, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

IEEE j QE

Hi, operator. Will you check please IEEE J of QE. I made redirection to IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics; for some reason, your bot did not like it. dima 03:59, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Looks fine now. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

the dark side (band)

why was it deleted? i don't understandt why the page couldn't be left there it was not a "personal attack" page, it just told the history of a local band so if you could please explain why you deleted it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonny disturbed (talkcontribs) 10:57, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

I didn't delete your page, however the person who did said that it was not notable - review that page to see why. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

CSDWarnBot

Someone moved User:Butseriouslyfolks to IDIOT, and then I reverted it and marked the resulting redirect for speedy deletion. The bot thought it would be handy to notify me. Could you perhaps disable notification for when you tagged the page for speedy deletion yourself? Melsaran (talk) 13:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

It isn't supposed to notify when the first editor and the last editor are the same, but I've added some more cases to be sure. --ST47Talk·Desk 13:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! Hope it'll work now. Melsaran (talk) 15:19, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

more pertinent information, please

Thank you for writing CSDWarnBot. I just received a warning that a redirect was speedily deleted. I don't know who gets this warning; if the bot warns the creator then I apparently must have created the redirect. I try to create only meaningful redirects to encyclopedic articles, so a message like this naturally raises a red flag for me.

Unfortunately, as is in the nature of things, the object of the warning has been deleted already so I can't see what it was that I did, and where the redirect linked to. Therefore, it would be a big help if the bot reported the name of the linked article. It also would be helpful if it told me why I am getting the message.

If you're concerned about the message getting too long, there is a lot of text that could be cut, such as the quadruple link to the deleted article, and the double (indirect) link to CSD. IMHO it also isn't necessary to write the {{hangon}} instructions since they should already be on the nominated page and are of no use anymore once the page has been deleted. (Besides, they are on CSD, too.) — Sebastian 20:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Don't worry, it was just a redirect to an alternate capitalization. I'll consider adding some more information in. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:35, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Eula Beal page

I've just read about the Eula Beal page being deleted. Why should it be deleted? I've searched all over the internet and on here about her performance and you still want to delete it? How much more do you need? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ineversigninsodonotmessageme (talkcontribs) 03:40, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean? I don't want to delete it, I don't even know what it is. --ST47Talk·Desk 10:49, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Spam

Thanks for the note. I would very much appreciate your advice on the issue. I have been announcing the new task force to editors whom it might interest (e.g. editors active on pages treating the same kind of public/private sector relationships the task force deals with). I certainly don't want to circulate a disruptive message; at the same time, I feel entitled to reach out to other editors. Can you suggest a safe policy for me? I read wp:canvassing and wp:spam and did not think that my task force message fell under either category. Cyrusc 17:17, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Well, I'm not sure where you got your list, but I certainly am not active on those pages any more than others, unless either you caught one of my bots or I was reverting vandalism - just be careful :) --ST47Talk·Desk 17:20, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. I see now that your edits were more administrative than topic-specific. I'll be more careful about whom I spam! Cyrusc 18:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion canidate:Googkle

Ummm why delete it? It's have plenty of value and its one of the biggest Virus sites around.It value is vitale,the site has plagued nearly 15 million pcs.It is also typosquatting a big company named... Google.Please restore it :),The information on the article is good enough.--Hitamaru 21:28, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Broken redirects

When you have a minute, can you look at my reply / question here? Cheers. --MZMcBride 19:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Once there's a list, I'm more than happy to help delete the broken redirects. WP:CSD#R1 is one of my favorites. : - ) Cheers. --MZMcBride 00:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
It should be up within an hour or so, I've run a huge query. --ST47Talk·Desk 01:02, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much for running that query for me. I've been busy deleting broken redirects, and I've managed to rid the database of over 1600. Your help was invaluable. Cheers. --MZMcBride 20:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Systematic bias

Hello.I am one of Turkish Wikipedia's users.I wondered sth. and found you on administators' category.Do you think that English Wikipedia is England's or/and America's or/and other English speaking countries' own Wikipedia?Or Do you sometimes make systematic biases to come to a decision while preparing main page?I mean do you add on main page some local issues.I just wonder that.I ve just asked this question another administrator but i ve realized that you are logged in.I don't log in so often on this Wiki, so please send your message to my Turkish Wiki talk page.Thank you.Sincerely.Saglamci 22:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I don't edit the main page much. --ST47Talk·Desk 22:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I got my answer from Carabinieri.Thank you.

Greetings

Saglamci 22:28, 28 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

Thank you for the information. Killerman2 06:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Tokyo Tokyo article

Please don't delete the Tokyo Tokyo article. I know it's short but I assume it will extend in the long run. I even marked it as a stub.FoxLad 07:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Santa Wheels

You've used a 'bot' or some other technical method I don't understand to zap an item on an effort titled Santa Wheels within 12 hours of it's creation. I followed the instructions to add the request to discuss rather than simply delete but now all of the article information is completely gone.

I've read a good deal of the information regarding how to go about this but either don't understand many of the technical terms or cannot get them to work as described.

I would appreciate the return of the information I entered and the opportunity to discuss the noteworthy aspects of this article. Santa Wheels is a very unique effort which brings together both charitable and for profit entities to provide gifts and encouragement to children who otherwise would recieve little or nothing for christmas. The effort uses private funds and has been covered in several local level media outlets including newspaper and television.

You may see some of this information at santaweels.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsreams (talkcontribs) 13:00, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

I did not delete it, insteak I simply warned you that it would be deleted. To contest this deletion, visit WP:DRV. --ST47Talk·Desk 13:44, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Question about bot

How do I create a working bot? NHRHS2010 Talk 13:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

[9] --ST47Talk·Desk 13:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Deletion reversal request

You deleted Image:Fort Bend Westpark Tollway logo.png on July 31, with I5 as the deletion rationale. Mistakenly, an svg image (Image:Fort Bend Westpark Tollway shield.svg) was created to replace this png image, which is not allowed for fair use images. I would like to request that the png version be undeleted and the svg version deleted as I5. Thanks. --Holderca1 14:54, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Actually, conversion between file formats is OK for non-free images, as I recall. --ST47Talk·Desk 15:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Is 3b of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria not applicable in this situation? --Holderca1 15:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
It is applicable, but I'm not sure how it's enforced for SVGs. --ST47Talk·Desk 18:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Well there is no limit to the resolution of an SVG, I could blow it up to the size of a football field and not lose quality. PNGs don't have that same ability. WP:LOGO also says to avoid SVG format of copyrighted logos and PNG is preferable. --Holderca1 19:05, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
OK, I'll undelete the old logo ;) --ST47Talk·Desk 19:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Tor proxy

No problem, I use Wikipedia in Tor network for read articles not for editing; it's a good solution to defeat vadalism of bad users.--121.9.75.168 18:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Before I was 85.183.44.12 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.9.75.168 (talk) 18:11, August 29, 2007 (UTC)


Category: List of Palestinian Artists

Regarding the category mentioned above, I honestly don't mind deleting it completely. When I created it I did nor realize there was another. I did this mistake because the letter case is case sensitive, if you miss a capital letter or a small letter you don't find the page you want. So either please tell me how to delete it my self, or please go ahead and delete it....Thanksmnb 22:39, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

FYI

FYI, I consider ANY unwanted changes to the userspace with my name (since I can't say "my userspace") to be vandalism. Vandlism is against WIkipedia POLICY - it's not a guideline, so how did I bereka my own rules?? Idiot. I know we didn't start off on the right foot today, but I did aplogize for it. Yet you insisted on redacting my userspace, like I was a common vandal, wtihout even the courtesy to appraoch me first liek a real adult would. If the wiki-break notice is a personal attack on my paer, then I'm sorry your feelings were hurt. I've had it today with people protecting the real vandals and abusers, then going after me like I'm worse than the vandals. Well, I've had it with idoits like you. And you really are stupid for nominating the largest airlines list. THere, now THAT was a REAL personal attack. GO get me blocked if you wish, but I'm gone from WIkipedia anyway. THought I may come back as an IP, since they get more respect than regular users from the likes of morons like you! - BillCJ 03:27, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

note 21 aug on above68.245.214.59 00:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

What? --ST47Talk·Desk 00:30, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Who knows, who cares? The identical rant was posted elsewhere. -- Hoary 00:44, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, I got that far, and blocked the IP ;) --ST47Talk·Desk 00:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
No, I'm not stupid enough to use an IP to leave messages like that, and then sign my name. I have a wiki-stalker, and this is its idea of getting back at me for reverting its vandalism. It has used multiple, unrelated IPs thus far, and never the same one twice, so blocking that IP would be useless. Sorry, but there's nothing anyone can do about my stalker short of blocking all IPs, and that AIN'T gonna happen as long as Jimbo Wales runs Wiki. Sorry you got caught in this, but there's nothing I can do to stop it. - BillCJ 00:55, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I don't think the above was an attempt to impersonate BillCJ. Please run the user contrib log for BillCJ for 03:27, 21 August 2007 (UTC) and see for yourself. BTW, you may want to consider an unblock on 68.245.214.59. It appears that this user was just forwarding content for your review.68.244.106.253 01:06, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Oh, that edit. But what purpose (aside from trolling) is served by splattering it on other people's pages? And would it be a mere coincidence that both you and the IP who splattered it have IP numbers belonging to Sprint? -- Hoary 04:02, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
For the record, I did write that rant, but I have also apologized to the recipient, and he has accepted it. Also for the record, other items have been posted on user talk pages by IPs in the same pattern above, before the rant was written, most of them claiming my edits to be vandalism. Interesting, huh? - BillCJ 04:14, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Minor improvement to bot

The bot should not bother to warn about a speed deletion template on a redirect if the editor adding the deletion template is the same as the editor being warned! R.e.b. 16:38, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Rambutan's Archive4

You might want to revert that edit, because it was done by a banned user (Sixty Six, who has been proven by two checkusers to have edited from the 66 and 24 ranges), containing information I've had oversighted elsewhere. Will (talk) 16:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

(ec) Thanks! But you misunderstood - the template was irrelevant to the request!--Rambutan (talk) 16:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Will: There is no information there at all
Rambutan: How is the template irrelevant? That's what you were edit warring over! --ST47Talk·Desk 17:08, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
No it's not - you misunderstood. The template was something I did and was deleted by Nick - Sceptre never actually interacted with it. I'm concerned with his deletion of the thread. BTW, when you remove it: under what policy should it be removed if there's "no information", and what noticeboard?--Rambutan (talk) 17:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
It seems there was, in fact, information, information which was oversighted elsewhere, and I mean the administrator's noticeboard. --ST47Talk·Desk 17:46, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Well, start a thread then, or put it back. Anyway, you say (correctly) that there's "no information" there, so I object to your removal of it. That's endorsing Sceptre's viewpoint, and he's wrong.--Rambutan (talk) 17:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I did start a thread, 15 minutes ago. --ST47Talk·Desk 17:49, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

pt.wikipedia

The flag bot for pt.wikipedia was approved. Rei-artur 22:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Anna Wilding, User:Tonyx123, User:Real77 and Special:Contributions/24.189.29.208

Hi there. I wondered if you'd be willing to look over this for me. Something strikes me as not quite right about this, but it's hard to fully put my finger on it. I'm trying to WP:AGF but it's been getting increasingly difficult. The history: Anna Wilding was created in pretty poor condition, and these users kept removing {{copyedit}} and {{fact}} tags. Eventually, through discussion on the talk page, they agreed to leave the {{copyedit}} tag, and provide references in the article. It seemed that it was all taken care of. There was even a free-license image added to the article by someone else! Now, there seem to be problems again, they are adding what appear to be WP:VIO images, claiming that they have permission from Anna Wilding herself. On her talk page they say

If you need to clarify that I have the ownership of these images, please send an email to Anna Wilding's representatives at "carpedieminv@yahoo.com" which is the official email of Anna Wilding and her company Carpe Diem Films. Tonyx123 15:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, I don't believe for a minute that that's their official email, especially as simple investigation reveals it not be be so [10]. Furthermore, while each of those users has removed stuff discussing the issues over this article from their own talk pages, one of them removed such information from the other's page today [11]. I strongly suspect that he forgot to log out of one account and into the other. I would not be surprised if an IP address check were made that both would come from 24.189.29.208 I'm not sure that there's enough evidence to call sockpuppetry, as their... contributions... seem to be limited to the single article. But something about this all bugs me thoroughly. Thanks.— Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 16:31, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

The WP:VIO images in question are Image:WildingMalibuFinal.jpg and Image:WildingMalibu.jpgTimotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 16:47, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

User talk:24.45.36.107 and User talk:Comperr

You blocked this IP address as a Tor node; the user Comperr says he has disabled the node for access to Wikipedia. I'm not sure how we can verify something like that. Since you're the one who blocked the IP, I figure you might know a thing or two about Tor and might know how to verify this, or be willing to work out something with the user. Thanks. Mangojuicetalk 19:33, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Indeed, I've re-reviewed the exit policy, and all the necessary ports are closed - proxy unblocked :) --ST47Talk·Desk 20:18, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Great. I've notified the user. Mangojuicetalk 20:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Bot accidentally blanking talk page?

I'm not sure your bot is supposed to be doing this. Thanks. Katr67 19:42, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Probably a bad GET, I'll fix it. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:15, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
OrphanBot used to do that: it seems to happen about one edit in 20,000 or so. My best guess as to what causes it is MediaWiki returning an empty edit box. --Carnildo 03:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Userpage

Sorry you didn't like the changes I made, I thought it made the page flow better, with your theme, colors, etc., and you invited anyone to improve it, so I thought I'd give it a touch-up. I've done other users' userpages, so figured I would spruce yours up. My apologies. ArielGold 23:45, 1 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

I do like it - I didn't revert you, I just re-centered everything, and removed some clutter that I had added long ago :) --ST47Talk·Desk 23:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
Hrmmm, it removed the changes I added (The green box around your info that matched all your other boxes.) Odd. Oh well, I'm glad you didn't think I was a vandal! ArielGold 00:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

confused by bot

Hey I was told by your bot a redirect on Elementeo was going to be speedily deleted? Did the bot mean Educational Game was up for deletion? THanks. Mathiastck 03:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

The redirect was up for deletion, but it was kept, so you can disregard the notice ;) --ST47Talk·Desk 11:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Exempting me from the bot

As a bureaucrat I do a lot of renames which involves automatically making redirects from one username to another. If the renamed user deletes a page in their userspace I'll get a bot warning (I've had two now!). As I've renamed more than 300 people (some with many many pages in their userspace) I'm worried about being swamped! I don't need to know about these! Thanks. Secretlondon 08:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Oh dear. Well, The bot is setup to only have one or two warnings on your page at a time, and it shouldn't bug you (anymore) if you're the one that started the page. I'll set up an exempt list anyway :) --ST47Talk·Desk 11:06, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

"Fair use" ribbon

How do you get the "fair use" ribbon on your userpage? It's cool.--Rambutan (talk) 10:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

It's that {{User:Mecu/NoFU}} thingy ;) --ST47Talk·Desk 11:10, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

OK, thanks.--Rambutan (talk) 11:12, 2 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

User:CSDWarnBot

ST47, this bot may be malfunctioning. Example: User talk:85.138.0.92 was warned about a CSD for article Bill Sienkiewicz, although they were not the "creator". Please look in to this. Additionally, what brought me to looking in to this is that it may not really even be appropriate to inform anonymous users about potential CSD's, often times it's just vandalism. Thanks, — xaosflux Talk 06:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC) Please place any replies on my User_talk:Reply

More possible errors:
  1. User talk:Niteowlneils warned of tagging for List of individuals executed in Arizona, created by User:Seth Ilys
  2. User talk:86.129.176.186 warned of tagging for Giorgio Armani, created by User:Raul654.
xaosflux Talk 06:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
I think I know why, let me look at it. --ST47Talk·Desk 10:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, still acting up see User talk:192.117.112.77 warned regarding List of machine translation software. — xaosflux Talk 16:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
That was probably before I fixed it, if I force it to try that page, it does get the right result. --ST47Talk·Desk 17:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

CSDWarnBot RFE

Could you have your bot's edit summaries wiki-link the page names, would make checking up on things easier. Thank you, — xaosflux Talk 06:54, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Done. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Broken image removal

Hi!

In case you are using a bot to remove deleted images from articles, you should note that the bot cannot stop at the first ]], since there may be links inside the image description. See an example of this error.

--Mormegil 13:04, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Possibly invalid speedy deletion

I noticed that you deleted Cristian Ávila Uruburok. CSD A2 only applies to articles that exist in another Wikipedia. Could you please tell me which Wikipedia you found it in? If it is in no other Wikipedia, CSD A2 does not apply, and the procedure at WP:PNT must be followed instead, and the article needs to be restored so that people who can translate it can have a go at it. I just finished listing it there. Jesse Viviano 15:53, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Spanish content should not belong in the article namespace, but instead in a user's subpage while they translate the content. If you'd like, I can move the content to your userspace so you can work on it? --ST47Talk·Desk 15:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
I cannot translate it because I do not speak Spanish, so I do not want this in my user space. Please propose a new policy at the village pump if you want to change the way foreign language aricles are dealt with on the English Wikipedia. As for now, the people at WP:PNT generally leave the article in the main space while translating it. I will go ahead and restore it because I already notified the people at WP:PNT to let them deal with it. They can the decide to translate it, list it for AFD, or mark it for speedy deletion due to a copyright infringement or no assertion of notability (if either criteria applies). Jesse Viviano 16:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
The people at WP:PNT stated that this article had no notability assertions, so I re-deleted it. Jesse Viviano 16:34, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

why on earth did you delete my sandbox?

i had several hours of effort invested there. i was horrified to see that someone had marked it for speedy deletion -- it's a sandbox! -- so i tagged it with "hangon."

but you deleted it anyway!

I HAD SEVERAL HOURS OF EFFORT INVESTED THERE in tracking down citations, reorganizing paragraphs, etc. i was almost done, and ready to place the content back on the page from which i had extracted it ...

NOW WHAT? i have to start over?

I HAD SEVERAL HOURS OF EFFORT INVESTED THERE

are you mad? why on earth did you delete my sandbox?!? Peterhoneyman 16:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

I've userfied the sandbox for you. Jesse Viviano 16:16, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
whew, thank you. i guess (red face) i left a slash out. (i'm kinda new 'round here.) anyway ... thanks! \(^_^)/ Peterhoneyman 16:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
Sandboxes do not belong in the main namespace. The main namespace is for articles. Presumably, Jesse put it in your userspace where it belongs. When you move it to the main NS, please use an appropriate name. --ST47Talk·Desk 17:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
thanks. actually, i knew that, but missed a slash when i named it. Peterhoneyman 17:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Re:Image:Vxr logo.png

Hi, I've just noticed you deleted the above image. The delete log states (I6) as the reason which I believe is "Missing non-free media rationale." As you can see from the discussion on my talk page here I was notified of the image being tagged as such on 26 July and added a FU rationale the same day. I am therefore slightly confused as to why the image was deleted but I assume it was done by mistake. Would it be possible to restore the image? AlexJ 00:32, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

I've restored the image, please ensure that it's used on an article somewhere to prevent tagging as orphaned. Thanks, --ST47Talk·Desk 01:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Deletion, Summit Magazine article

Hi

Noticed you've deleted article on Summit Magazine. It's an established and known UK magazine for over ten years, so this wasn't a promotional post. See existing entries on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_Magazine. And it wasn't half as promotional as say, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fhm. Can you reinstate? Many thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex.messenger (talkcontribs) 09:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

The article doesn't assert notability, and additionally, it's only 3 lines long. I'd prefer that you take it to WP:DRV, where others can decide, but you may want to get some more sources and information before you do so. --ST47Talk·Desk 11:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Deletion, Skiworld

Hi there,

just wondered why you deleted the article on Skiworld? They are a long established and notable independent tour operator in the UK, much in the same way as this company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_Holidays . There was no promotional content in it. The article was a little on the small side, but I was planning on adding to it. Could you reinstate it please? Cheers, Asmith123 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asmith123 (talkcontribs) 11:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

The article doesn't assert notability, and is promotional - WP:DRV is that way. --ST47Talk·Desk 12:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Vandalism

Hi, would you mind deleting Andrew moris and blocking the author Andrew moris due to vandalism. Seems to be vandalism only account. Auroranorth 13:30, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Also, the user you recently blocked (User:Indexehwp) is misusing his ability to edit his talk page. Maybe we should request protection? Auroranorth 13:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
I've blocked the first guy,
As for Indexehwp, I meant to keep an eye on him, but got sidetracked. I've protected the page and removed the misused template.
Thanks, --ST47Talk·Desk 13:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! Auroranorth 13:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply


Deletion Policy

Hello, ST47. Please tell me what I should do to make an article acceptable. I have created an article, PhysicsCorp, and I want to know, if it's not too much trouble, how to make my article acceptable. Thank you, Physicscience 18:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

I'd suggest you ask User:WODUP, however it seems that he deleted it because the business isn't notable. --ST47Talk·Desk 19:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

The "Say NO to Fair Use" on the Right.

How did you do that "Say NO to Fair Use" on the right? And how did it stay only on the bottom right of the computer screen? --  PNiddy  Go!  02:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Evil dark magicks known as 'position:absolute' - it isn't mine, it's transcluded from mecu's userspace, go have a look ;) --ST47Talk·Desk 10:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Why did CSDWarnBot do this?

I didn't create the page - I don't even remember editing (may have placed an sd tag). Seemed to have informed the wrong user - maybe something you should look into. Cheers, --Bentalk 05:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

In fact, you did:
  • 01:39, January 26, 2007 . . Bennyboyz3000 (Talk | contribs | block) (moved Misery / Also known as MyMisery to Misery (band): Title is inappropriate, will be placing redirect on MyMisery page to the "Misery" article)
I'm in the process of changing that bot, however, and I'll include an override. In fact, if you want to opt-out, you can add the string 'User:CSDWarnBot' inside an HTML comment. --ST47Talk·Desk 10:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

void revisions

Hi, could you please stop doing such void changes as ones at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:ST47/BAGLU&action=history ? Every edit like that ends up in many many places, and has zero value to anyone. Thanks. Domas Mituzas 07:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Done. --ST47Talk·Desk 10:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply