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[edit] Koji Date

I don't believe this page should be deleted for the same reason given to all the other pages relevant to the Prince of Tennis musicals. These are actors that deserve to be given credit for the work they've done.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenta_Kamakari

I don't see anyone deleting his page, why delete Date's? Honestly it was completely unnecessary especially since I posted a notice that it was still in progress when I was writing it.

Well, Thank you for your time, but please don't do it again... Vadervox 01:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Template Tag

I noticed in Wikipedia:Bot requests that you have a bot that can tag articles based on category. I'm looking to tag all the articles' talk under the "North Carolina" Catagory with the {{Project North Carolina}} template if the template does not already exist on the page. I'd also like to tag everything in the Catagory "Cities in North Carolina" with {{WikiProjectCities}} Do you think you might be able to do this? Thanks 04:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I've gone through and added a strike to Cats / Sub-Cats that would probably be better off without the tag. I'll add them manually if needed. If you see any that you think should do without based on your experience, feel free to exclude. Let me know if there is anything else you need from me. Thanks! Morphh 01:21, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] hello

Hey! It's been awhile. What's up? Email me or something - I don't check Wikipedia anymore. --WhyBeNormal? c · t · m 22:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sharks

I have actually went through and put the talk template onto all of the pages last night so i wont be needing the bot for that anymore. Although it might be useful for changing the {{portalpar|Sharks}} to {{Sharksportal}} on all of the pages in Category:Sharks --chris_huh 13:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Sharks watchlist

Thanks for the offer - we already use this - were you thinking of something different? Yomanganitalk 22:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

If it could list everything in Category:Sharks and Category:WikiProject Sharks that would be very useful. Thanks Yomanganitalk 23:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Good stuff, thanks. Yomanganitalk 23:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Will it update automatically? --chris_huh 00:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Betacommand/rollback

Hi. I was just wondering what that page is for and how it works? I'm suspecting there's a "good idea" lurking there! :) --kingboyk 19:39, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

It's a project for me to have his bot tag all the Cat's listed with the {{Project North Carolina}} tag and all NC cities with the {{WikiProjectCities}} tag. Morphh 19:45, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
On the new page User:Betacommand/North Carolina, could you rerun this without Category:U.S. Highways in North Carolina & Category:Interstate Highways in North Carolina - This is spiderwebbing way to many articles. Also should remove the sub-sub Category:Great Smoky Mountains National Park Thanks - Sorry.. they seemed good until you start to dig down into them. Too may Cats of Cats. Better to figure it out now though before we tag. I'll look through more tomorrow. Morphh 02:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Betacommand, can we start over with the rollback. I greatly underestimated the complexity of Categories and their sub-sub linking effects. I'm trying to clean up the categories now for Cats that should not be in the North Carolina sub-tree but I expect I'll still want to exclude some that don't make sense. I'm going through each cat this time and following it all the way down. Sorry for all the effort - Thanks, Morphh 17:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Ok, I finished adding all the categories to User:Betacommand/rollback. This is for the {{Project North Carolina}} tag. Morphh 15:51, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Shark stuff

That will be handy. But i think it will be best to wait til the project has been fully deleted in a day or so. I will get back to you --chris_huh 23:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Well it seems that the project has effectively gone, so if you could get it to remove any template hosted in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Shark/Userboxes directory type thing - i am not sure what it is called in wiki. I don't know if this is the best way to do it but there are about 6 or 7 'userboxes' found there. --chris_huh 11:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Revert of my talk page

Hi. I saw you reverted my talk page after it was vandalized. Many thanks! I was in the middle of hunting him... As it turns out, it was successful. Happy hunting! --Storkk 18:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the quick revert on my userpage! The vandal was blocked. Cheers, --TeaDrinker 18:20, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] North Carolina Project

Should I stop my bot? It tagged 600 articles already, your bot can do the rest if you'd like. —Mets501 (talk) 00:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

haey i might have to revert some of those edits made by your bot no hard feelings, I am working out the kinks for this run at this & User:Betacommand/North Carolina because some of the sub cats shouldnt get tagged. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 00:20, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
No problem, revert whatever you need to :-). You're not reverting me, it's my bot ;-) —Mets501 (talk) 01:04, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Bot for Writing systems

I've added a lot of info to the page, but I'm not finished. Many of these articles overlap in the categories, and they exist in multiple ones. Will this be a problem? I'm hesitant to add more cats until I know. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 01:25, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] HEY!

Why did you change Ashley Tisdale's singles back to THE WRONG THING. Kiss The Girl is her lastest single. The music video just premired last night and she isn't doing one for Someday My Prince Will Come. So I'm changing it back. Jtervin 00:54, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:BAG

Welcome to the Bot Approval Group. Its gonna be nice having some help in there! If you like userpage meta icons, feel free to copy or use mine User:Xaosflux/BAG. See ya around! — xaosflux Talk 01:57, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bot status

Hi, Betacommand. I see my bot User:MalafayaBot has been approved. But the bot flag hasn't been set. Has it been forgotten? Cheers, Malafaya 14:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Approved bots

I liked to add debate tags on approved tasks so that when the bot owner checks it, they know its approved. I suppose the debate tags are not needed, and "no include" tags are useful so that they can make future requests on the subpage. However, we may want to leave approved requests out for a little longer so the person can see it and knows what happened to it. I suppose that for bots it a trial period, we can remove the translusion sooner since it gets listed at the bottom of the page though.Voice-of-All 22:08, 10 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Excellent spam clean up

Excellent spam clean up, but sadly my bag is missing an anti-spam barnstar :(.--Andeh 23:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Heh, your still at it! Maybe your a bit like me, an anti-spam janitor type person.--Andeh 23:06, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Angela Shelton

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I found several articles where Myspace links are included. I read the WP:EL you linked to in your response. My purpose in adding the myspace link is because she often discusses updates about the film, etc. I thought it would be helpful to anyone interested in finding out more about her and her film. kc12286 03:27, 11 September 2006 (UTC)kc12286


[edit] Katelyn Tarver

If you wish to remove external links to Katelyn Tarver or whatever, and there's likely to be a dispute (as there is), please do not use a robot. Robots are obvious undisputed cases. WP:EL makes very clear, that "Links normally to be avoided" does not override all other considerations. Using a robot to remove links is good, if and only if, they're spam, likely added by a robot. If you disagree about the appropriateness of the link, I am open to discussing it one the relevant talk page. Also, note the MySpace is an official page, in addition to katelyntarveronline.com. As for your concerns about security, I consider that absurd. Microsoft's site has some security problems to (e.g. pushing ActiveX, etc...), but we'll keep linking to it. Also katelyntarveronline.com and MySpace link to each other, so its absurd to say its safe to send somebody to one, and not the other. MySpace is a signficant component to how certain artists, including Tarver, are promoted, and is too signficant to leave out. --Rob 00:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] My bot

Hi. As far as I'm aware, my bot Kingbotk (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) is approved and the request can be archived (unless you have any further questions). I've been running with a bot bit for quite some time now. --kingboyk 08:34, 11 September 2006 (UTC) Just an addendum: the case was dealt with by Tawker, and since he's a member of the approvals group I presume that his arranging for my bot bit == approval. However, if you'd like to confirm this with him please go ahead. Cheers. --kingboyk 11:01, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] .

What does the monobook do and can I modify the appearance of Wikipedia with it? Thanks.

Please message me.

--Adriaan90 13:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. --Adriaan90 16:51, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Well

At least I can claim I'm under the "weather" :) -- Tawker 20:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About WS template and your bot again

Hi Beta. Sorry to keep bothering you ;-). First off, I'm still adding categories to the bot page, but I should be finished soon. Secondly, I wanted to let you know that the template should not be subst'ed, because there are multiple variables which can be added and modified later (you probably already knew this, but I wanted to play it safe and tell you, so there wouldn't be any possible mess-ups). I'll talk to you again when I finish categorzing. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 23:09, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I just added the last category to the list. You can start up the bot now. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 22:28, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Spam kill

Please be careful removing links, some legit links sometimes look like spam links. If you want spam links check the blacklist at metawiki. And please, tell me more about this "spam tool kit".--Andeh 17:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Looks interesting, myspace is sometimes a helpful link. It is either an un-official myspace account which should be deleted, or an official one run by the subject. I don't actually know how to find out which is which.--Andeh 17:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
There is also blogspot.com, though I found a lot of articles reference to things on there. Just letting you know. I am not that familiar with the website so I am not totally sure.--Andeh 20:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Your barnstar.

Hey. I fixed a typo on the barnstar in your sandbox. Hope you don't mind. --WhyBeNormal? c · t · m 00:59, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CfD query

Hi Betacommand,
Please visit User talk:Kbdank71#CfD: British Geograph project and comment/update accordingly – thanks!  Regards, David Kernow 03:12, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

that was my mistake Category:Geograph British Isles images was listed as the new cat but i se it is now striked out I will fix/
Thanks for your prompt response!  Best wishes, David 03:23, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AsgardBot

I just read you message on my discussion page about AsgardBot. What I have to do now? I have done the test week, and i didn't get any messages. --bDaneE 15:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My new tool (CfD assistant)

here is a link to one of the outputs of my tool..

Just incase it is moved and deleted before then... the output is:

  • Template:User Newcastle Knights Template:User North Queensland Cowboys Template:User Canterbury Bulldogs Template:User Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Template:User Parramatta Eels Template:User Melbourne Storm Template:User Penrith Panthers Template:User Brisbane Broncos Template:User South Sydney Rabbitohs Template:User New Zealand Warriors Template:User St. George-Illawarra Dragons Template:User Newtown Jets Template:User Sydney Roosters Template:User Canberra Raiders Template:User Cronulla Sharks Template:User Illawarra Steelers Template:User Wests Tigers Template:User Gold Coast Titans Template:User Balmain Tigers Template:User North Sydney Bears Template:User Norths Devils Template:User St. George Dragons Template:User Western Suburbs Magpies
  • Please note that each of those templates has in it, but is not shown on the category page or in the category. :)
PS respond on my page, or on IRC —— Eagle (ask me for help) 08:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Trust me, that is not something you want to do by hand! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 08:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RPG Maker Series

We are currently in the process of revamping the RPG Maker Series articles, which is why you may find some with incomplete information. They will soon be complete and detailed, and are all fairly notable. Please don't add delete tags to them without reading Talk:RPG Maker. Thank you for your work anyway! Kopf1988 05:46, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] RPG Maker

Thank you then :) I started my message before that, lol. I'm still working on the pages. Kopf1988 05:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Majestic Tower Wellington

I redirected this to Majestic Centre. The wording was a little poor (it implied it was the largest building in the street), but it is in fact the tallest building in Wellington. I hope you agree that is sufficient reason for keeping the more complete version. - Mgm|(talk) 08:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

  • It didn't assert notability? It said tallest building in Wellington.... - Mgm|(talk) 08:21, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] BetacommandBot & rivers of somerset

Hi,

At 17:25 on 21st Sept your BetacommandBot removed the Category:Rivers in Somerset from the article about Congresbury Yeo.

Was there any reason for this as the category seems valid & appears on several other pages I watch. I don't know much about the operation of bots & don't know whether this is a bug or whether some decision has been made about this category which I don't know about.— Rod talk 09:42, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the difference between Category:Rivers of Somerset & Category:Rivers in Somerset - my error. — Rod talk 12:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Photographic Societies

A quick google search of Wikipedia reveals a couple hundred hits on the term "Photographic Societies." As a newcomer (and an enthusiastic one) I'd like to know how to best create an acceptable catagory for photographic clubs and societies. Why was the original classification deleted? If it simply needs someone to search down relevant articles and build up critical mass on the topic, I'm happy to help. Advice welcome. Binaryrhyme 00:15, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Help?

Would you remove Category:Wikipedians looking for help from the page User:BetacommandBot/DataDump/20060729? Otherwise it will bombard the bootcamp channel with help requests. Thanks in advance. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 03:15, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bot

Could you stop your bot, please? It is renaming a category to a name that already exists, and in so doing is mixing two categories up. Many thanks, SlimVirgin (talk) 18:49, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

There was a vote to see whether Category: Animal liberation movement should be moved to Category: Animal rights. Grutness proposed it. Either that, he said, or Animal rights should be created as a separate cat. I therefore did the latter, splitting the categories into (a) articles about the movement (groups, activists, campaigns), which went in Cat:Animal liberation movement; and (b) more general articles about animal rights, which went into Cat:Animal rights. Your bot has just undone that work, reversing hours of effort, and mixing the two cats up again. There are too many articles for one category: if you lump them all together in Cat:Animal rights, someone will simply come along in a couple of week's time and split them up again. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:01, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. If the bot could undo whatever the bot did, that would be much appreciated. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:08, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Timer

Beta, Just curious. I checked your bot contributions updating bat-stubs. There is no time difference between the edits. Aren't you supposed to wait 10-15 seconds between edits as per WP:BOT policy. Please advise. - Ganeshk (talk) 15:17, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] yo

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GeorgeMoney (talk) 00:30, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Bot problems?!

Your bot removed the "satellite navigation" cat from the StarFire (navigation system) page. StarFire is most certainly a satellite navigation system! Maury 18:59, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] All red ink is not bad

A lot of red ink is there because things are works in progress. Is your bot set for some kind of time limit on red ink? Bejnar 22:12, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ???

Please be more careful in the future about who you give vandalism warnings to. I have never edited that page. I will remove your comments from my talk page accordingly.UberCryxic 00:16, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving Categories

Hello. I have a quick question about the way that BetacommandBot is moving categories. It looks to me like when a new category is being created as a result of a "Rename" decision that the bot is including the old {{cfr}} tag on the category (example). Is this the behavior that you are intending or is the bot supposed to be removing that. Obviously it needs to be removed at some point, but I didn't know if the bot was supposed to do it, or if it was incumbent upon someone else to know that the bot is finished and then do the clean-up (or maybe you do that later and just didn't get to this particular example yet?). Thanks in advance for your response. --After Midnight 0001 00:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi Beta. Did you get a chance to look at this yet? Thanks --After Midnight 0001 02:34, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. I guess that I should have figured that the subst'ing of the templates would have caused that. Also, thanks for your offer, I'll be sure and let you know if I can ever use your bot for assistance. --After Midnight 0001 02:01, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your bot

Your bot is editing at insane speeds, up to (possibly beyond) 29 edits a minute. This is far to fast. Also, do not re-cat a category while another bot is doing it, as it can cause problems, and is irritating for the other bot. Martin 19:37, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Vandal from Action Quake 2

Since you were handling this case earlier, thought I'd let you know... a user you warned yesterday, 165.196.164.202, vandalized again this morning, almost a full 12 hours after you warned him, with an edit to Japanese Wikipedia. --UNHchabo 03:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks for VP

Just a quick thanks for approving me for VandalProof. I had some problems booting it up tonight, but I should be able to figure it out myself on the weekend when I have a bit more time. Thanks again. --Gregorof 04:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VP

It looks like you've removed me from the Awaiting Approval list for VP without Approving or Refusing my request. AA Milne 20:39, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Final warning, next step

I noticed your final warning on User_talk:68.4.211.56. The user has once again vandalized Socrates. I'm not sure what the next step in this situation is. RichMac 00:32, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

The last warning should not be used as a first warning... I'm giving the user another warning, at least. Next time, please consider using the {{test}} and {{test-n}} series with more discretion. Thanks. --Nlu (talk) 02:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VP

You've told me I was approved and removed my name from the "Awaiting Approval" list, but I wasn't added to the "Approved" list. I'm going to add my name; hope that is okay. Dekimasu 23:54, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Since my login request is still failing, I'm guessing that there is a different list of approved users that I need to be added to in order to use the program. Can you help me? Dekimasu 05:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VP

You moved my name from the 'awaiting approval' to 'approved' in your 'Revision as of 01:31, 12 October 2006'; for which many thanks.

I've been trying VP today and it tells me I am not approved (one reason might be that I have given my user name as pc1dmn whereas it should be 'Pc1dmn' (capital P)). roundhouse 18:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

VP 130 tells me (username Pc1dmn) that I am 'not on the user list' and refuses to proceed beyond the initial window. roundhouse 08:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bot

Your bot request has been approved. Please see the caveats. -- RM 03:46, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VP Approval

Hi, You removed my name from the Awaiting Approval list without telling me whether I'd been approved or rejected. I feel that I meet all the requirements, but if there's something I'm missing, please let me know, thanks. GrahameS 05:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Message

Left a message for you at the bot talk page. - Ganeshk (talk) 19:20, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Also, Can you please update the WikiProject India/Automation page with the categories that you have completed. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 19:27, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Just curious. How did you get all sub-cats using AWB? I thought it only shows one-cat at at time? Please advise. - Ganeshk (talk) 19:40, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
(replying to your Woops) Whatever you are doing is fine too. Updating the automation is optional. Thanks for the help. - Ganeshk (talk) 19:45, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Beta, I saw your bot page. I can't think of any better way than reverting. Regards, Ganeshk (talk) 14:37, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
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