User talk:CounterVandalismBot

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia

Welcome!

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Psst: It's a bot – Gurch 22:18, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
lol Jeeny (talk) 01:43, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry but just had to chuckle! :) Ryan (talk/contribs) 20:24, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
couldn't resist pressing that red button... was waiting for a Douglas Adams style reaction along the lines of 'do not press this button again'...;) Dietwald 03:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Malformatted warning messages

This bot is attaching vandalism warnings which are not in the standard format. See, for example, this recent warning. Specifically, the bot is attaching a top-level header to the warning. Those headers are not part of the preferred format for warning messages and make it harder for subsequent readers to scan the list of warnings to determine if/when a block is appropriate. Templated warnings are supposed to be added to the anon's page as comments. To the extent that there are any headers on the page, they should be time based - usually in monthly buckets.

If this were a one-off warning, I wouldn't be worried about non-standard formatting. But as a bot, the mistake gets propogated very widely. I would appreciate it if you could update your bot's formatting. Thanks. Rossami (talk) 16:09, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Rossami, im currently at a LAN gaming event in Newbury, but once I return on Tuesday i'll adjust it, its something thats been on my todo list for a while just iv never got around to changing it. Lloydpick 09:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)