User talk:WatchlistBot
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[edit] Two projects could use this bot's help
WP:CMC and WP:PGH could both really use this bot's help; tell me what I need to do to. Thanks, Chris Griswold (☎☓) 17:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- I've been on wikibreak. If/when I come back, I'll post on your talk page. Ingrid 00:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- Ossum. Thanks. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 00:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Templates
I object strongly to bot-added templates -- especially HUGE bot-added templates that fill the first screen of any talk page and make readers scroll to read anything but template. Bot-adding ends in strangenesses like claiming various Persian shahs for India. Please stop that dang Hawai'i template campaign. Zora 00:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'm sorry you feel that way. My bot received approval to do what it's doing now. I have received many appreciative comments about it. If you do not like the Hawaii template, I suggest you talk to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii about it. I have nothing to do with that. If you have a problem with any specific article that my bot has tagged, I will look into it. If I can't tell if it should be tagged, I will consult with the project. Ingrid 01:34, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reverted an edit of this bot.
Specifically this one. It looked TOTALLY out of place. Please revert me if this was a correct edit. I'd like an explanation, however, so I can not make such errors in the future. Thanx. 68.39.174.238 07:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- That page is in Category:Currency copyright tags and is used to mark Polish currency images. The bot tags all articles in any tagged category. So, it does sometimes make mistakes, but I think this one belongs (and I'll put a note on the talk page explaining why). Ingrid 15:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Talk:Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.
How is this article: Talk:Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. related to WikiProject Texas? MUZ 20:44, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Addition of C. M. Newton to WikiProject Baseball
Not sure why this bot may have added C. M. Newton to WikiProject Baseball. Newton has made significant contributions to the game of basketball, but to my knowledge, made few if any to baseball. Acdixon 17:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- Just noticed why. Newton did play baseball at the University of Kentucky, but I doubt WikiProject Baseball cares much about that. I'll remove the template. Acdixon 17:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Doug Harvey
Hey,
You added the WikiProject:Baseball template to Talk:Doug Harvey (a hockey player) but I think you meant to add it to Talk:Doug Harvey (umpire). I reverted it once, only to have it added back, which is the only reason I felt I should bring it to your attention. Thanks for looking into it. --SuperNova |T|C| 05:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
- This one is weird -- thanks for pointing it out. Turns out there are lots of different teams called the Buffalo Bisons. The category was supposed to be just baseball, but had football and hockey players in it too. I think the situation has been fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out. Ingrid 02:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mario on WP Baseball
Is there a reason why Mario was added to the Baseball WikiProject? Sure he was in one baseball video game, but I'm not sure if that's good enough. Just pointing it out though, probably up to the discration of the project though.--Wizardman 06:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
It has now done this three times; please reign in your bot. --Golbez 06:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'm sorry. I made a mistake in not checking my messages here before running the bot, which I normally do. As soon as I saw the message, I fixed the problem. I removed the reference the last time it was added, and put Mario in the bot's exclusion list so it will not be added again. Ingrid 02:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Not only Mario, but also Princess Peach. I think you need a major re-work on your codings for WikiProject baseball. OhanaUnited 06:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bot reverting changes.
Your bot is continuing to add a baseball tag to the article All_Along_The_Watchtower. Please desist unless you can add a reason in the discussion page. I would suggest that you stop your bot as it is it seems to be rather human unfreindly. Thank you. Candy
Your Bot continues to place the tag on the page. I have no alternative but to proceed to make a complaint as you have not responded to my statement above yet continue to keep your bot active. Candy 06:02, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
- This issue has also been addressed. Again, I messed up by not checking messages here before I ran the bot. As soon as I checked the messages, I fixed this problem by adding All Along the Watchtower to the exclusion list. Although in this case, it was caused by a bogus baseball category on the article itself, which Candy had already fixed. Ingrid 02:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] testing
leaving a message to test Ingrid 00:14, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request
I've seen the watchlist for WikiProject LGBT studies, and it would be really great if the WikiProject San Francisco Bay Area had one as well. I was wondering if your bot would possibly do that. Thanks! — Emiellaiendiay 20:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] This is a automated to all bot operators
Please take a few moments and fill in the data for your bot on Wikipedia:Bots/Status Thank you Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 19:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Another request
It would be wonderful if you could make a watchlist for WikiProject Africa as well. In this case, would you mind also using your bot to tag items for the project? The tag is {{AfricaProject|class=}} and some relevant categories are listed on the project page. Much thanks! — Emiellaiendiay 00:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Automated message to bot owners
As a result of discussion on the village pump and mailing list, bots are now allowed to edit up to 15 times per minute. The following is the new text regarding bot edit rates from Wikipedia:Bot Policy:
Until new bots are accepted they should wait 30-60 seconds between edits, so as to not clog the recent changes list and user watchlists. After being accepted and a bureaucrat has marked them as a bot, they can edit at a much faster pace. Bots doing non-urgent tasks should edit approximately once every ten seconds, while bots who would benefit from faster editing may edit approximately once every every four seconds.
Also, to eliminate the need to spam the bot talk pages, please add Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard to your watchlist. Future messages which affect bot owners will be posted there. Thank you. --Mets501 05:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Legal Tender
WatchlistBot seems to have removed the WikiProject Numismatics box to Legal Tender [1], possibly triggered by Searchme's rating of it. I'm still a bit bemused as to why; removing templates doesn't seem to be part of your bot's stated use, even if the article isn't part of the corresponding WikiProject (which Legal Tender is). --Scott Wilson 23:17, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- This bot has also removed the WikiProject Numismatics box from York rating. Plese stop it from doing this kind of thing.
Dove1950 12:30, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
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- It was actually triggered by trying to fix a mistake the bot had made a long time ago. This is not a new feature, or something the bot will be doing regularly. Several categories and many articles which should not have been tagged got tagged. After discussion on the project talk page, it was determined that these categories (like Category:Money for Legal Tender and Category:Money stubs for York rating) should not have been included. So, the bot untagged all articles in those categories. I checked the list of articles that the bot untagged, but missed these. Ingrid 13:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
