User talk:Tangotango/July 2007

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Help channel malfunction

Hey Tangotango! Sorry to bother you with this, but the two helpmebots in #wikipedia-en-help (meaning helmebot and Tangobot2, but not Tangobot3) are malfunctioning for an unknown reason. Could you come and take a look at it? Regards, —« ANIMUM » 18:02, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Tangotango/RfA Analysis/Report

I've nominated User:Tangotango/RfA Analysis/Report, a page you created, for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Tangotango/RfA Analysis/Report and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Tangotango/RfA Analysis/Report during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. --(Review Me) R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 17:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

(e/c)Closed as utter drivel. Martinp23 17:54, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Apparently, according to an admin, the nom was fatally flawed. However, if you agree with the reasoning stated on the page above, I ask that you change the bot to only show duplicates and past due RFA's, and not the vote counting and percentages. If you agree, please do that. If not, there's really nothing I can do. Thanks, --(Review Me) R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 17:53, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
I think the table is useful. It reflects the current usage of RfA, it does not determine it, so I don't see the point of deleting. Until(1 == 2) 22:07, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
As Until(1 == 2) says, Tangobot reflects current Wikipedia processes; it does not determine what people should and should not do. If bureaucrats and other users find the tool useful then so be it. Think of the report pages the same way as you think of toolserver tools; it just has a different interface. If you don't like it, don't use it; if you don't want bureaucrats to use it, then please persuade them to stop using it.
Moreover, I have seen nothing to suggest that RFA has changed in any significant way in the past year or so that the bot has been active that would necessitate a change in the bot's operations. RFA is no less a vote than it was a year ago. Consensus is not completely separate from voting; voting plays an important part in determining consensus.
Anyway, my stance is that the RFA Report does not represent a political position; it is merely technical in nature. If RFA successfully reforms in a way that makes the report useless or even harmful, I will consider changing the tool; if not, I see no reason to change it now. On the contrary, I feel I have an obligation to keep on providing the current features of the tool for the use of those users who may find it useful. Thanks, Tangotango (talk) 01:14, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

RTL

Hi Tangotango! Regarding the source code here, you have this:

if ($uilang == 'ar')
    $dir_prefix = 'rtl';

I think you should change it to:

if ($uilang == 'ar' or $uilang == 'he' or $uilang == 'fa')
    $dir_prefix = 'rtl';

Best, huji—TALK 18:26, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, you have: 
$username   = @$_GET['user'];
Which would work better if changed to: 
$username   = ucfirst(@$_GET['user']);
or something like that. huji—TALK 18:39, 29 July 2007 (UTC)