User talk:DyceBot

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Notice This talk page is for my bot, DyceBot. If this bot is causing trouble, please ask an administrator to block it. If you have any comments/questions/concerns, I'd recommend you leave them on my talk page because you'll get a faster response, although I will check this page at some point. Please limit all queries to matters involving the operation of the bot itself. If you have a problem with a userbox that has been userfied, please see the note in the operation section of the bot's userpage. Also, my bot is compliant with the {{bots}} tag. If you wish to prevent my bot from editing your page for whatever reason, please see the documentation for that template for more information on using it to opt out of my bot's services.

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[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) 19:02, 12 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 02:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] For You

The Minor Barnstar
For making those minor edits that ensure our userboxs display properly, I herby award DyceBot The Minor Barnstar. Keep up the Good Work! TomStar81 (Talk) 06:03, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One problem I'm seeing with the bot

Thanks for cleaning up these changes. I hadn't even noticed! One thing to note is that I had a header on my user page that got changed unintentionally by the bot. Specifically, I had the following: {{userboxtop|Travel|right}} {{User travel}}

And BOTH instances of the word "Travel" got replaced by the bot:

{{userboxtop|:UBX/travel|right}} {{User:UBX/travel}}

(see at right)

:UBX/travel
This user is addicted to traveling.

Not a big deal, but I thought you'd want to know. Thanks again. --Robb0995 02:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In a sandbox?

This bot edited my sandbox! How bizarre. Is nothing safe? ;-) --Euchiasmus 19:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, with few exceptions, no, nothing is safe. The bot loads a list of all the pages transcluding the {{User UBM UBX to}} template and scans them for userboxes to replace. The only pages I purposefully exclude from that list are those in the TfD and MfD archives, because changing those could cause trouble. It needs to edit user subpages because of the number of people who keep their userboxes on a subpage and transclude that onto their userpage. If for some reason you want one of your pages, such as your sandbox, DyceBot-free in the future I'd recommend you check out the {{bots}} template. It will allow you to exclude my bot and any other exclusion compliant bot from any page of yours that you wish.--Dycedarg ж 04:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

What does UBX even stand for? (My page was one of those that had templates replaced.) Powerfulmind 00:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. I figured it out. Powerfulmind 00:10, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notification

Hey, I just noticed your bot's edits on my page, but I would like to request that you make your bot notify the users on their talk pages that their user pages have been edited, I saw userboxes I didn't recognise and saw other peoples edits to my page, and thought they were vandalism before properly reading. I would also like to be informed when bots are editing my userspace. I know I don't own my userpage, however it is common courtesy to inform me. Note: I don't mean anything bad against you or the bot, it's incredibly usefull :)

Thanks! Matt - TheFearow 02:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)