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[edit] Not added references

Crazy bot :) my change's diff is [1] Correct settings, please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.76.116.39 (talk) 16:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] link deleted

the music link to the bowery boys was only added so fans had a chance of contacting each other - again there are not many bowery boys sites on the internet. So I don't understand why these have been edited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.219.41 (talk) 00:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] references

The other two links I added as references were from reputable newspapers and thus serve as a good source of information. Why were they deleted? Thanks.

- Alfonso129

[edit] Sophie Aldred page reverted?

I dont see how this is classed as spam, I only linked to the facebook group as a source.

[edit] Bad Manners

the band Bad Manner's official site is closed and the link is not-working, when i tried to add a link to their official myspace page i got a rejection

[edit] RE:Revision history of Love Boat (study tour)

Good work on your part in the effort to eliminate extraneous links. However in this particular case you did not do your research or check in depth. The friendster loveboat2000 site is an alumni site for Taiwan studytour participants like some of the others. If you look and read closely to the message board there are testimonials to the tour's impact and there is absolutely no spam nor is it used for advertising. It is further evidence of the many people who had a significant cultural experience when going to Taiwan on the tour. To delete such a link is to show a cultural insensitivity and an obtuse racial blindness to significance of these networking sites to the Overseas Chinese Community. Please continue your efforts to reduce spam and porn links on Wiki, but please also leave well meaning and appropriate links to sites such as these alone. Thank you.

[edit] Cruella De VIlle

Regarding the alteration of this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cruella_de_Ville&diff=205995108&oldid=205995092)

The CDV Wikipedia page is the ONLY up to date information site for the band...!

I included the list for videos availble on YouTube as factual information (as well as showing what few video performances of the band have survived)... and the link to facebook was only added so fans had a chance of contacting each other - again there are not many CDV sites on the internet.

So I don't understand why these have been edited... especially the video list


PLUS you've reverted to a version the contains a link to the CDV "Stage 6" webpage... Stage6 has closed down so the link was removed.

James (a CDV fan in contact with Philomena & Colum Muinzer of CDV)

[edit] High Rollers

I wasn't trying to vandalize High Rollers. I was adding links so that interested people could see the pilot episode of the Wink Martindale series. Where's the harm in that? --24.106.53.166 (talk) 02:44, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

We are writing an encyclopedia here, not a linkfarm and not an internet directory. Hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] video about color revolution

It is a documentary movie. The sound track is in Japanese, the subtitle is in Chinese. If you know either language, you should know the reason I add this to external link. However, I don't care too much.--70.79.204.95 (talk) 15:49, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

If you really believe it is appropriate (see the policies and guidelines cited in the warning on your talkpage for concerns), then you can undo the reversion by the bot, it will not revert you again. Hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Love the welcome, but...

...you need reprogramming. I was repairing damage that someone else had done to the Fouke article. 65.163.115.254 (talk) 04:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Heh, sorry, that indeed happens, and is impossible to detect. You can just revert the bot, it will not revert twice in a row, I'll remove the warning on your talkpage. --Beetstra (public) (Dirk BeetstraT C on public computers) 09:51, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] external link not working

Sorry for my total lack of Wiki experience! Thanks for following revision (BOT - Notifying 213.174.185.143 of reverted changes to Sonic Belligeranza (first warning)) I noticed the external link to myspace doesn't work because of a mistake in the url: an / more at the end of the url. Can you remove it or is better that I do myself? Thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.174.185.143 (talk) 13:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

You can undo the bot if that fixes the problem, or, when the link is not in line with policies and guidelines, remove the link. Thanks for helping out! --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:34, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Permission sought to add an external link

Dear Sir/madam

In Student-centered_learning, would you agree to allow the following link to be included under External Links? Children First: the case for child-centred education. The website (of which I am NOT the author!)includes a paper discussing the practical experience of applying a child-centred approach to learning in the Primary school as well as a video of the approach in action. I think it is both relevant to the article and would be interesting for visitors to the page.

Yours sincerely MargyW (talk) 08:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I see you've asked this on the talk page of the article, which is what I was going to suggest. You may also consider inquiring at WikiProject Education. --Versageek 16:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: May 2008

The external link I added on the Ace Hood page was not advertising or spam, and it was his MySpace link. Many other articles have rappers' MySpace links, so I was simply adding Ace's. Sorry if I wasn't supposed to, I was only trying to help. ♣ ℳakaveli ♣ Talk ♣ 04:46, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

The bot expresses concerns which are generally there with myspace links, if you believe it is correct, just undo the reversion. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rabbit Rescue

add http://youtube.com/watch?v=0vC9taroEsI&feature=related ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.161.90.238 (talk) 03:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't see the direct link between the movie you link to and the subject (see WP:EL, links to be avoided), and it is to an advertisement. Would say this removal is correct. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:59, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adding External Link to Big Wednesday - Why am I regularly squelched by some lame random computer?

All i did was add an external link (of the trailer) for a movie, Big Wednesday. I don't understand why it was reverted, and in fact am getting a little upset that when I make small improvements so often that their squelched by some random computer. can this be reverted back or should I just bloody give up on helping the Wikipedia project? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.133.108.219 (talk) 13:30, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Though I think that trailers should be linked from their primary source (the page of the movie), in this case it is correct to link. Just revert the bot (use the undo functionality), it will not revert you again (I see you reverted). --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Linking to youtube

"There is not a blanket ban on linking to" YouTube, Google Video, and similar sites Wikipedia:External_links#Linking_to_YouTube.2C_Google_Video.2C_and_similar_sites, yet the bot removes links and warns the users automatically. It is a good way to violate WP:Bite and drive away new users. Although these links may be spam (I'd agree in most cases that it is), it is not necessarily so and think there must be some way to fix this on the bot. 66.177.175.115 (talk) 17:23, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

True, and therefore it is not blacklisted, but on autorevert. Most of the youtube links (or myspace etc.) added by new and unestablished editors are questionable against policies and guidelines (though some may be OK). That is why the bot can be reverted (it will not revert undo etc.), and it does leave (at least in the beginning) a good faith warning and an excuse if it made a mistake (we could consider making the 'warnings' even softer; e.g. not leaving a {{uw-spam1}} in the first warning, but just a message).
I concur, they should be all checked manually, but with an average of about 11 external links added to en.wikipedia per minute (3 day average), and only something like 4-5 people watching the feed (if they are really watching), that is quite undoable. If the bot really makes too many mistakes then a rule should be considered for deletion, but I don't think it does make that many mistakes on these. Hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tour de Wayne

I added links to the Wayne County Chamber of commerce with Tour de Wayne information which is an annual event hosted in Wayne County, they were reverted. Why?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.52.232.147 (talk) 21:11, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

You (probably accidentally) inserted also a link to example.com (see diff, on top), which is on the revert list. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] links to a. ghaustlee ghoul

i am sorry i did not know that and was just trying to add as much info about him as i coul. please remove the links you feel are bad but please re enter all the other info i gave about him.

bloodline —Preceding unsigned comment added by BloodLine Video (talk • contribs) 22:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I see you did the correct thing, you reverted the bot. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:53, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] my YouTube links to be included in the Roswell section

The two YouTube external links I attempted to add into the Roswell crash section...are genuine videos of interviews I conducted with Beverley Beanm who father was a soldier at Roswell air base in 1947. I own the copyright to these interviews, and I thought Wikipedia would be a good site to share these authentic interviews with a relative of a genuine witness to Roswell - Nabil Shaban

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjS3sC6dmnw http://www.youtube.com/v/usLDpin6G-Y —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.44.38 (talk) 18:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

You conducted the interviews, which gives you a conflict of interest. You may a) want to discuss on the talkpage, and b) if these people tell something interesting that can be used, then maybe these videos can serve as a reference (see WP:CITE, [[WP:FOOT]). Hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:19, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Also, there were, before you added the link, 22 external links, I think that is more than 'a few' as expressed in what wikipedia is not. I removed the youtube videos from, and added a {{linkfarm}} to the section. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:22, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Myspace account.

Hello, the myspace account for the artist formally known as Violet Blue has been deleted pursuant to the lawsuit. I am now known by Noname Jane and I have a new myspace page to reflect that, which is why I changed the myspace page for me aka Violet Blue aka Noname Jane to www.myspace.com/noname_jane. I'd appreciate it if you don't change it back to www.myspace.com/violet_blue because that is a dead link. Thanks! Love, Noname Jane —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.118.7.140 (talk) 20:38, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

You might want to check the conflict of interest guideline, but if you use the undo function on the bot, it will not revert you again. Please make also clear in the edit history why you change. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for manual review

This revert was of a link I added to an ongoing comparison of three popular distributed revision control systems. It looks quite useful and relevant to the Comparison of revision control software article to me; it's really primary research, and blogspot.com is just used as a convenient place to hold the information and receive feedback.

On the other hand, I also understand the general policy that blogs are of questionable provenance, and the value has to be high enough to overcome the cost of clutter. But such comparisons of actively developed software grow stale quickly, so current (June 2008) information is extremely valuable.

I'm not quite certain enough to just override the bot, but could someone else please review the matter and render a tiebreaking opinion? Thank you. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 06:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I think it is good to first get some info on either the talkpage, or on an appropriate WikiProject. If specialists in the subject think it is a good link, use the undo functionality to undo the bot (or let an established editor add the link). Hope this helps. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gedo

This edit reverted all of the edits made by 65.60.138.17 (many of which were valid), not just the last edit containing the blogspot.com link. I have already reverted to an intermediate version. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Always a difficult choice, revert only the last (which may leave other questionable edits), or revert all (which may also revert good edits). Good you kept an eye on it! Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:40, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Biggs link

I did not intend to break rules by changing the link to the Richard Biggs tribute video. The link I posted was to the Youtube page that had the same video. The only difference was that the Youtube video loaded faster. My intention was to give impatient surfers quicker access to the video. It was *NOT* to provide access to spam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.202.40 (talk) 02:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I guess the choice should be the 'official' site for the video, even if that would be a slower site. If there is no difference in the former, just undo the bot's edit. It should not revert you then. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Turkey United States Relationships

Whomever you are, please stop acting idiotic by reverting links put in the above article. Those video links do not fit in any of the filmsy excuses you list in desperation to justify your vandalism. The link is a historic political video of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, for reference purposes, directly relevant, appropriate and with great intellectual value (where you stumble). Do not fartz about in this page again. 64.179.16.177 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:55, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Just revert the bot, or use it as a reference. I hope the video is not a copy of a news-broadcast from a company, as it is then likely copyrighted, please check, and please, as you think this is a person (it is a bot actually), please read WP:NPA. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:34, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Character (computing): Citation I added was removed

I added a citation to Character (computing) where the text says "citation needed". Unfortunately, the source is the Google Blog, which is on blogspot, so the change was reverted. Can some Wikipedia user please redo my change? ([2]) 213.39.218.170 (talk) 10:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Just undo the bot's edit, or use it inside reference tags (see WP:FOOT). It should not revert again. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:35, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dick Tiger, Boxer

I added a myspace link in regard to Dick Tiger. It was apparently barred. The page itself is the biggest repository of information of information on the subject matter on the web. It contains photographs and links to audio and written materials on the World Wide Web. It is utterly ludicrous to bar this page given that it surpasses the link which claims to have the most photos on Dick Tiger on the web and another which simply gives the address of a gymnasium run by a person who claims to have been his nephew! How does a gymnasium run by a purported relative add to an understanding of and provide vital information on the life of Dick Tiger? Can we please get our priorities right here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.85.185 (talk) 12:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

If the link complies with guidelines/policies, just undo the bot revert, the bot will not revert that again. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:37, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] bot reverting change not related to intent

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portugal_national_football_team&diff=218166307&oldid=218166258 doesn't really match the message your bot left http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:85.27.111.54&diff=cur --85.27.111.54 (talk) 13:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Right .. there is something wrong there. Thanks for showing me this, this is the first time I see this going wrong. I have adapted the section, though. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] link reverted

I believe the external link I added to St Brigid of Kildare was valuable and information in terms of it being a link to photographs of the St Brigid's Well at Liscannor. Might it be re-instated? Clodagh831Clodagh831 (talk) 17:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

There was already a linkfarm, we are not a linkfarm. I reverted, and left you a response on your talkpage. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:51, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Second Supper

When I added a link to The Second Supper's official Myspace, the bot threw the baby out with the bathwater and reverted the entire article back to last week. There have been improvements on the page since then which make it far more relevant and current than the old one, and I will continue to improve upon it. Feel free to check the validity of the myspace address if you wish, and please keep the improvements made to the article. 68.113.253.202 (talk) 05:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

The bot indeed reverts all consequtive edits by the user who adds a link under concern. The link you added was in this case fine, and I (as the bot also suggests) reverted to the version with the link. Happy editing. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:54, 11 June 2008 (UTC)