User talk:ST47/Archive6

[edit] Thanks for unblocking my IP!

Happy Halloween! :)

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[edit] WP:POST bot request

I'm sorry; I thought I had set that as my default setting. It should be fixed now, but if it happens again, let me know. You might also avoid other AWB users doing this by moving the page to a template in your userspace, and transcluding it that way. Ral315 (talk) 21:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for your support in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of (56/0/2). It was great to see so much kind support from such competent editors and administrators as commented on my RfA. I know I have much reading to do before I'll feel comfortable enough to use some of the more powerful admin tools, so I'll get right to it. Again, thanks; └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 13:20, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikispecies bot request

Hi ST, the bot edits can be summarized on this page: Wikispecies:User:Kempm/Request For Change II. Wikispecies has been using a layered structure for taxonavigation, but it has become to difficult to maintain. Inserting and deleting taxons ran into major problems. We're currently revising all our taxon templates (upto about 10.000), to make a tree flat. So what a bot needs to do is check the taxonavigation section and remove all ':' colons starting at a page. A sample diff: [1]. This is the most important part, that can affect upto 80.000 pages.

There could be a further request that looks like this: Check if the Taxonavigation section looks like:

==Taxonavigation==
 {{template}}
 childtaxon: [[link1]] .... [[link100]]

If it does not fit this standard, a tag should be add, for admins to take actions (Perhaps just placing the page in a category.) So admins can create the template and change the section. --Kempmichel 11:49, 3 November 2006 (UTC) (Wikispecies:User:Kempm)

[edit] Sorry:

Apparently I can't spell, sometimes. —Nightstallion (?) 20:55, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Somanathapura

I noticed you are doing a spell check on this. I should be done with my edits in about 2 hours. I would appreciate if you could do this at that time, to catch more errors.thanksDineshkannambadi 21:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA thanks from Mike

Thank you for your Support on my recent RfA, which I withdrew at 16/20/4. The criticism I received will hopefully result in me learning becoming a better editor, and thanks again for your support! — Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 23:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I was fixing the Arnod article dummy

I was fixing the last article ... and as far as harper goes, most of what I said was true

[edit] Plural links

I was looking through Convex function's history and I noticed that STBot had edited the article and replaced [[tangent|tangents]] with [[tangent]]s. I don't think that is something that should be included in general bot cleanup. Personally I prefer wikilinks styled like the former and I change any links like that I find. Wikilinks with text outside of the brackets drive me nuts... it's a matter of personal preference, and I really think that bots should be restricted to changes that have a general consensus. ~MDD4696 18:20, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

That edit was almost 3 weeks ago, the bot is no longer doing that. ST47Talk 18:57, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thank you for your support!

23:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

If I'm a bit pale in the face now, it's because of the amazing support during my recent request for adminship and because of all those new shiny buttons. And if in the future my use of them should not always be perfect please don't hesitate to shout at me any time, sunset, noon or sunrise.

[edit] Thanks

Hi ST47, thanks a lot for your support to my RFA. I see you are a very prolific editor and have already amassed a huge number of edits and running a bot too!! Do let me know if I can be of any help at all. (Sorry I am not good at making templates, and hence this plain looking note..) -- Lost^(talk) 10:58, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

LOL! np, good luck, and don't let the bureaucrats bite ST47Talk 11:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Axel Lesser article

I changed your bot remark from East Germany back to the East German. I appreciate your bot's efforts, but it made the first sentence read odd. Thank you for your efforts. Chris 02:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

actually, the bot changed East Germany to East Germany, as the pipe isn't necessary, however I agree that your version makes more sense. I actually just finished watching a show on how someone thought technology was going to take over the world - apperantly not so, huh? Thanks for letting me know! ST47Talk 03:03, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA:

Thank you so very much for voting support in my RfA. However, I have withdrawn due to reasons that a stressed user would withdraw under. I'm sorry I have failed you & your expectations. Thanks, Spawn Man 09:00, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FLV article

It wasn't a finished edit

Since some editors seem to think there should be no external links at all in the article , no matter how useful , I was just doing a quick revert which had the bad side effect of disrupting the wiki links. I was aware of that problem and I was planning to fix it in time Garda40 13:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

My RfA done I hope to wield my mop well (Her name is Vera) I appreciate The support you have shown me (I hope I don't suck) Anyway, I just wanted to drop you a line (damn, haikus are hard)

EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for the extra feathers on my wings! Thank you so much, ST47, for your support in my RfA, which passed on November 11, 2006, with a final tally of 82/0/2. I am humbled by the kind support of so many fellow Wikipedians, and I vow to continue to work and improve with the help of these new tools. Should you have any request, do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Húsönd 19:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Erik Regtop

Hi, please can I ask why you have flagged the article Erik Regtop as a candidate for speedy deletion? Thanks, GiantSnowman Sunday, 2006-11-12 T 16:52 UTC

That may not have been the criteria I was looking for. Can you add some more information to the articles, instead of all the intimidating question marks? Thanks! ST47Talk 16:55, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My failed RfA

I deleted the comment that I left here, as I was in a bad mood at the time due to the failure of the RfA and said things that I now regret. I realise this isn't good Wikipedia etiquette, so please accept my apology for that. Walton monarchist89 20:22, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Vincent Black Shadow

Can you give me a chance to finish? Fears in the Water Hackajar 01:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thank you! Hackajar 02:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion bot(?) slightly impatient

I just got started with writing European mythology and I got your "Marked for speedy deletion" notice. Of course it is a good thing that there are people like you who try to keep Wikipedia a clean place. However I think you should wait until at least a week or so after the creation of a page before you post any of such markers, because this will probably scare new editors.

nope, not a bot. pretty much, we get a lot of bad stuff (LIEK ZOMG I R TEH FIRST PERSON WIT AN ARTICLE ON WIKI) - so when you created that there wasn't much on it. There still isn't much, why don't you expand it and I'll go remove the tag. Thanks! ST47Talk 11:57, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your input!

Thank you for taking part in my RfA. The RfA was not successful, mostly because I did a pretty bad job of presenting myself. I'll run again sometime in the next few months, in the hopes that some will reconsider.

In the meantime, one of the projects I'm working on is A Wikimedia Administrator's Handbook. This is a wikibook how-to guide intended to help new administrators learn the ropes, as well as to simply "demystify" what adminship entails. If you are an administrator, please help out with writing it, particularly on the technical aspects of the tools. Both administrators and non-administrators are welcome to help link in and sort all of the various policies regarding the use of these tools on wikipedia in particular (as well as other projects: for example, I have almost no experience with how things work on wiktionary or wikinews). Users who are neither familiar with policy or the sysop tools could be of great help by asking questions about anything that's unclear. The goal is to get everything together in one place, with a narrative form designed to anticipate the reader's next question.

A second project, related but not entailed, is a book on wikimedia in general, with a history of how various policies evolved over time, interesting trivia (e.g., what the heck was "wikimoney" about?), and a history of how the wikimedia foundation itself came about and the larger issues that occurred during its history (such as the infamous "Spanish Fork").

Again, thanks for your input on the RfA, and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide for the handbook. --SB_Johnny|^talk|_books 13:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] anon with no sig and who is trying to mess up my talk

Why is my submission flagged! Can you give me a reasonable explanation to why this occurred?

JBalton

WHY WAS MY SUBMISSION BLOKED 0 CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE???

[edit] About useless edits

Considering the message you left me on my talk page, I replay that I won't do it again. Thank you for your polite language. --Meno25 22:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Nice to know you. --Meno25 23:15, 14 November 2006 (UTC)