User talk:Slakr/Archive 4

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You sad cunt. Is there anything more pathetic than a sad internet hero like you threatening others with being banned? Got a few issues because you're not an Admin, have we? Oh dear. Ruiruihrg 09:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. Please see the blocking policy for more information on blocks and why they're added. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 09:32, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey im new to wikipedia and wondering as i tried to edit the Alexandria page but deleted some of it and how you found about it so fast? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Braden Bird (talk • contribs) 06:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Please see the recent changes list. --slakr^\ talk / 05:18, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Your bot keeps signing for me even though I use the four tildes. The problem seems to be that for some reason my automatic signature doesn't provide the link to my name automatically. So it's not really a problem with your bot, but I'm not sure who to turn to. See, I'll try to sign it and it will probably come up without the link. Buirechain 17:25, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Same here. -Goodshoped 04:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

In a few minutes, see what happens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodshoped35110s (talk • contribs) 04:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

It's because your link to your user page/user talk page is a shortcut, which the bot doesn't recognize. --slakr^\ talk / 05:16, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey. I added a couple of items to a list on a discussion page, and Sinebot signed the addition. Not sure if you can filter this out, since some people discuss using lists, but here's the diff (right after my edit). Cheers. —Michael Z. 2007-10-23 23:26 Z

It probably would have ignored it if you had made it faster (i.e., if the edit was within 5 minutes of your last one to the same page). --slakr^\ talk / 05:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I understand that you know French? OK. It's because someone was vandalizing my page at first and left this message on my userpage: Vous êtes une chienne. Does it really mean what it really mean? No offense or anything. -Goodshoped 03:20, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

une chienne is a female dog, while vous êtes is the formal of "you are." Essentially they said you're a bitch. :P --slakr^\ talk / 05:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I will be hiding this page so you do not get into trouble. -Goodshoped 05:24, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

No worries-- I won't get into trouble. Wikipedia is not censored. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 05:26, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Why is your sinebot writing my IP on the discussion board? I like my privacy, and let me know if this is a problem, an I will go away and never come back to your site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.199.61 (talk) 20:37, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Please see the signatures guideline. All talk page contributions should be signed, hence the reason why the bot adds the signature. Furthermore, your IP address is visible--no matter what you do--in the page history. If you do not wish your IP address to be shown to normal users and/or the public, you might consider creating an account. You might consider reading the privacy policy as well. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 22:51, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Can you tell me how to get those tags that say,Example:"This user has a pet cat" or "This user eats hamburgers"with pictures? Eddymania7 01:00, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Check out the userbox info page. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 21:42, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Two things to say:

1:How do you get all the bots????

2:Can you ask your Sinebot to send a message with his signature to Eddymania7 01:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)? I just want to post a message to him.

Cheers Slakr

Eddymania7 01:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

1:How do you get all the bots????

Not sure what you mean. You might take a quick peak over at the bot policy page.

Can you ask your Sinebot to send a message with his signature to Eddymania7

Again, I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. SineBot's only purpose is to sign unsigned comments and/or notify people that repeatedly forget to sign their comments how to do so. If you would like more information on signatures, check out the signatures guideline. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 21:46, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Is it 'cos I'm doing something wrong or is it Sinebot's mistake, please?

Here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Singapore_Airlines&oldid=167557359 Alice.S 03:44, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

It signs for you for the same reason it signs for me, our signatures are actually links to one of our user subpages, not our actual user page. If you ask why the bot requires both a user page link and a time stamp when one or the other would be enough, I would have to agree that the rules seem a bit overly specific for a bot (Hagermanbot was never this strict). You have done nothing wrong, you and I just don't fit into the mould that the bot is expecting to find us :). NoSeptember 01:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by NoSeptember (talk • contribs)

I hope I don't fit into any mould - they broke it when my parent's made me!

Seriously, though, I'm sure you're right. If the bot's author is unwilling to change it, is there anything I can do to stop it AND still have my name show up red in my Watchlist 'cos I don't have a user page - it is a bit aggravating... Alice.S 01:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

You can Opt out per instructions at user:Sinebot, but you may be saying that all opt-out options require that your user page exist, which is a problem (To bot owner: the bot should have an opt out option for those without user pages - hint hint. Maybe allow a list of user subpages that will be accepted as user page substitutes).

Also you may want to make your signature a direct link to your user talk page, that wouldn't affect your watchlist red linking, although it appears that you want the subpage to be built into a user page substitute. NoSeptember 02:02, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Since I deliberately do not have a User page, I have placed the code [[:Category:Users who have opted out of automatic signing]] on my User talk page in what I hope will not be a forlorn attempt to disable sinebot from forging my signature.

I had already made my signature a direct link to a subpage - which I intend will substitute for my user page - thus keeping my name coloured red in my Watchlist.

Thanks for the care you have taken in trying to assist me resolve this problem - I hope the bot's author is able to reply shortly. Alice.S 05:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah, yes, this has been on the to-do list for the greater part of the month, but I've been ridiculously busy. I should hopefully fix this soon, though. I should hopefully have a solution for people linking subpages as well as a non-user page thing that should allow people to opt out from their user talk page. --slakr^\ talk / 21:48, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for considering the minority situation, User:Slakr, the more elegant of the two solutions would be to allow people to include (ie detect) a link to any subpage of their user space rather than insisting on a link to a user page being present as well as a date stamp but I appreciate that some folks may wish a mechanism to opt out of Sinebot altogether.

Thank you very much for helping forgetful Wikipedians like me with your programming efforts! Alice.S 02:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Fixed in 1.3.3p7. Now {{NoAutosign}} will work on user talk pages (which everyone should have). Also, now subpages in signatures should be okay now. Lemme know if you run across any problems. Sorry for the small delay, and cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 23:33, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Good job on doing the quick fixes as new issues come up. Cheers, NoSeptember 02:09, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for fixing that! I assume I just place those {{NoAutosign}} characters on my user talk page (which I do have so folks can tell me what I'm doing wrong/help me) and Sinebot and his ilk will leave me alone...

Thanks again for being so rapid and responsive! Alice.S 05:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Someone vandalized my origninal content Crackhead. You do not want to tangle with me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.42.35.66 (talk) 01:56, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

You readded vandalism here. If that was unintentional, please accept my apology; however, please do not threaten or attack your fellow editors. --slakr^\ talk / 01:59, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reverts on my user page :D. Nn123645 02:54, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

No prob. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:52, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I was using the Wikipedia Vision Website to look at some recent changes, and I found someone had edited that high school page in question (I forgot the name already) and it contained a blatant example of vandalism to the mission statement, which I removed, instead of reverting it...my apologies, but my displacement of vandalism shouldn't be further characterized as vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.150.189.129 (talk) 03:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah, then no worries. Just ignore the message then. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:52, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the almighty SineBot which so helpfully signs my posts whenever I am incapable of pushing '~' 4 times. --Magus05 ^(talk) 08:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

If it isn't too difficult, SineBot probably shouldn't add signatures inside galleries since they are not displayed.[1] Walter Siegmund (talk) 00:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed. I'll add an exception for this so that if the bot can see the <gallery> tags in the context of the diff, it won't touch the edit. However, a bulletproof full fix probably won't be available until I get to the next major revision (which is going to deal with enhanced logic to definitively put an end to it). Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 00:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look. Walter Siegmund (talk) 00:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Sinebot shouldn't sign edits to Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log as it has the past three months. Thanks! --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 01:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

It's a subpage of a page that is in category Category:Non-talk pages with subpages that are automatically signed. --slakr^\ talk / 01:50, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

True: posts to WP:FAC ought to be automatically signed (people arguing over the merits of a particular article) but WP:FAC/Featured log is generally only edited once per month to add a count of the FAs promoted each month. Is it possible to keep Sinebot active on WP:FAC but not on this subpage? Otherwise SineBot will be reverted every time the page is updated. --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 02:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Yep. Check out {{bots}} and see User:SineBot for even more info. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 02:42, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Aha—that's what I was looking for. I've added {{nobots}} to the page, so I suppose that solves the problem. Thanks! --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 02:51, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I've noticed SineBot signing when people ask "optional questions" at WP:RFA's. I'm not sure if they are required to sign after the questions, but if they are (supposed to), it should definitely be at the end of the question, not in the answer space.

Diffs:

• One example

• Another from the same page

I was unable to find any other example diff's from other randomly selected RFA's. SmileToday☺(talk to me , My edits) 03:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Ah yes, I already know of this problem... it occurs when people add an answer section without an answer (i.e., the submitter of the question leaves an answer space for the RfA candidate to reply). I've got plans to eliminate this once and for all in an upcoming release, which will enable a page to tell the bot to only sign certain headers. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Artoftransformation 05:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for telling me that but I already knew that.:D —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mooncrest (talk • contribs) 17:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh, lol, that was SineBot, my bot, that left that... not me. :P --slakr^\ talk / 21:52, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I have made quite a major edit to one of the sections in the Race debate article, hope you don't mind, I've been working on it for some time on my sandbox, but I am a very slow worker. I'd appreciate your comments/corrections etc. You have a ballanced and good understanding of the subject. Thanks. Race_debate#Clusters_or_clines.3F_Isolation_by_distance_and_small_island_models. Alun 17:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll try to take a peek at it when I get a chance. I've been a little busy throughout this week. You might consider using the article's talk page. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:38, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

...for reverting that asshat's vandalism on my page. I wasn't aware of it until now.--CyberGhostface 19:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

It wasn't me officer! I am not Alexbrewer. I am concerned as the IP address you listed is mine, but I am not Alexbrewer - he is a College student in the USA and I am sitting on my fat arse in New Zealand. I don't even have an account with Wikipedia, and have never edited an entry. This is a stand alone PC on this IP address. How can it be the same as this cat in the USA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.32.74 (talk) 09:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

No worries, per the FAQ at the top of this page, if you received a warning from me and you have no idea why, it's safe to ignore it— at least, especially if it's outdated. The block has since expired; but, you might consider creating an account to avoid them in the future. --slakr^\ talk / 03:41, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey,

Would it be possible to get SineBot to run on the English Wikinews? We have a Comments namespace for comments on the news that is used almost entirely by new users, and its rare to see someone who actually signs. It would take a bit of a load off those of us who bother to sign those comments for them :) (Idealy we could get the opt-in features etc from other namespaces and places like the watercooler (village pump thing) but just in that namespace is fine if its easier). We are quite low-traffic so it wouldnt put much strain on your server, or if you like I could run it on the toolserver. Please reply on enwikinews if possible.

Thanks, Matt from enwikinews (User:TheFearow here, but I cant be bothered logging in) 20:27, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Replied there. --slakr^\ talk / 03:41, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Im still having problems with when I Time the tidles my name is not coming up as a link to my user page it just writes my signature without haveing the accessbility of it linking to my user page, can You help me with this. Prince Of All Saiyans 18:14, 6 November 2007 (UTC)--Prince Of All Saiyans 18:14, 6 November 2007 (UTC), SEE NOW ITS SHOWING THE LINK FORGETT EVERYTHING I SAID IT MIGHT BE MY COMPUTER.

Lol. No worries. Lemme know if you have any more problems. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:42, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

How do I start a brand new page? I've only edited things. If I search it whatever it is it usually has something completely unrelated and I don't see the Create This Page link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EuroJordan (talk • contribs) 23:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out our info page on creating new pages. Lemme know if you have any questions, or place {{helpme}} on your user talk page and someone will be along to assist you. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:44, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out this edit; could SineBot notice that someone has added text only within <math> or <nowiki> or so and avoid this? --Tardis 00:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that's on the to-do list-- I need to get the bot to recognize math (and gallery) tags, but since it uses diffs (which have a limited context) it can be a little bit of a challenge :P Though, I'm working on it. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 03:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Someone deleted material from Talk:Milk, and when I replaced it your bot signed the replaced material: [2]. ENeville 23:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Why does your bot hate my sig?[3] ··coelacan 18:06, 9 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coelacan (talk • contribs)

I think it has to do with the whitespace. I'll fixify momentarily. :) --slakr^\ talk / 03:26, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

ok ok i stop. sorry. bed time i think. it's 05:05 in uk! lol. --79.72.104.149 05:06, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I've been having some problems with Sinebot signing vandalous edits. This disables the Undo-edit feature, which is helpful for those not using/not able to use anti-vandal scripts. It often causes edit conflicts (several times today, such as this diff) while I'm trying to undo the vandalism, which makes me have to take even more steps to undo the vandalism. Is there anyway you can incorproate some sort of vandal-recognition capability into Sinebot, or something that at leasts skips signing questionalbe edits and passes it off for further scrutiny to one of the many anti-vandalism bots running around? Thanks for you kind consideration of this matter. - BillCJ 00:23, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't have an explicit anti-vandalism control built in (but I was thinking of building one in to echo to an IRC channel). It does, however, wait about two minutes to sign a contrib on almost all pages (exception: certain high traffic pages). All anti-vandal bots would have reverted during that period of time, and the bot skips signing on contribs that have a revision after them. I would highly suggest you look into using twinkle, because it has a built in mechanism to skip over SineBot (and certain other bot) edits when doing rollbacks. --slakr^\ talk / 03:23, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

THe fact that all the anti-vanadl bots didn't think the insertion of the phrase "I'm a nigger" into a talk post is vandalism does not change the fact that it IS vandalism. I'm really not complaining here, just letting you knwo of the problems it's causing me. I am glad you are aware of it, and hope that your tweaks are able to help the situation. Overall, I think Sinebot is good, better than the Haggermanbot that used to do roam around, as it was not very effective. Also, Twinkle is primarily for Mozilla/FIrefox, and it causes great havoc with my IE6. I've tried FIrefox, and didn't like it. I know scripts for IE are difficult-to-impossible to do because it's not open source, so that's something I have to live with. - BillCJ 03:41, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for providing SineBot and using it to help people get in the habit of signing their talk page posts.

However, it seems SineBot added that template where it genuinely should not have done so, just after I used the new version of that template shown on WP:WARN, Template:uw-tilde. Please see this diff for details, and look into this matter.

Thanks again!   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 09:03, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

No worries. It was pure coincidence that you added it and that the bot added it after you, because the bot saw the 3rd unsigned post here, then, two minutes after it was made, signed it, and did what it always does— adds {{tilde}}. It doesn't detect whether someone has already added it before it has done so, because few people actually send tilde warnings. --slakr^\ talk / 09:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Western Airlines now works, thanks! Bzuk 11:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC).

If you want to operate a bot to add the date to people's comments, then fine, but please just have it add the date itself, not some unnecessary stuff about the preceding comment having been undated. Thank you. — Alan^✉ 09:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. It adds the {{unsigned}} (and other) templates so that people will know why the bot modified another person's talk page contrib. --slakr^\ talk / 05:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Just a suggestions: would it be possible to add the templates as a hidden note? That way the info is there in the edit screen, but it's not taking up so much space on the main version. - BillCJ 06:02, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

It might be an idea on the {{undated}} handling, but when it comes to the {{unsigned}} and {{unsignedIP}} handling, the templates add all of the necessary information to conform to the signatures guideline, including internal links. Moreover, the bot uses the {{unsigned}} et al templates, so you might consider looking into revising the templates themselves as opposed to the bot. --slakr^\ talk / 06:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps we could make a custom template for the bot to use, one that adds one or two visible links, but puts most of the info in hidden text? - BillCJ 06:13, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

That might be a good idea, but my question is why isn't the current one sufficient? --slakr^\ talk / 06:17, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

My original comment in this discussion was because I believe that the current form of message draws unnecessary attention to the user's lapse in protocol at the expense of the actual content of the user's comment. If the aim is that comments should be dated (which is fine), then all the bot need do is to add the missing date. Thank you. — Alan^✉ 20:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Your Bot (SineBot) has been approved (with flag) to run by the community at en.wikinews. Cheers Brian | (Talk) 07:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Your idiot bot has just erased TWO of my signatures and replaced them with its embarassing "unsigned" tag. --Gp75motorsports 02:34, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Yikes, that sounds like a problem. I'm having trouble locating the problem, though, as it seems your most recent talk page contribution that SineBot signed (here), weren't signed; hence, the bot signed it. If you could please provide diffs as to where the bot went wrong, I will further be able to help you if there's a problem. --slakr^\ talk / 06:01, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, when I signed and saved, it replaced my signature as the page was saving, thus causing my signature to be lost. --Gp75motorsports 16:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

No, I meant to put it up on a page. But if I'm not supposed to do that please let me know. Please let me know whether I can post it again or not. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doommaster1994 (talk • contribs) 15:01, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

On Michael Jordan you reverted an edit by an IP address that corrected vandalism. That edit by 128.138.64.35 was not vandalism. Thanks. --MacMad (talk · contribs)  16:00, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Correct, hence the reason I reverted my own revert directly afterward (here). --slakr^\ talk / 16:02, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

It's okay, just I know what it is like to be wrongly accused of vandalism. --MacMad (talk · contribs)  16:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Lol, yeah... I made sure not to add a warning to the user's talk page, but sadly I can't undo the edit summary. It was a little chaotic when I made that edit (lots of schoolip vandalism), so when I saw the <math> tags, I just acted reflexively (assuming best case it was a test edit). :P Anyway, thanks for the heads up, and cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 16:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Stupid schoolips, they are so annoying, you can't block them easily and they keep on vandalising pages because they won't get blocked! :-P --MacMad (talk · contribs)  16:40, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I DID want to make my own Wikipedia page. Is that okay? I wouldn't give out any of my personal info. It would basically be about my own youtube account and stickam account. Please get back to me. Thats all I wanted to do. Thanks! -Doom —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doommaster1994 (talk • contribs) 09:10, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, you might consider reading up on info on creating new pages first. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 13:04, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Is there a way I can become a Wikipedia Administrator? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doommaster1994 (talk • contribs) 10:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

You can become a admin at WP:RfA, but they wouldn't let someone with only 8 edits become one. I would say 1000 edits would be acceptable, 1500 good and 2000+ very good. I have over 800 edits but I don't have enough edits to become admin. I hope this answers your question. ps. to sign comments on talk pages press the button at the top that looks like a signature zoomed in. Cheers --MacMad (talk · contribs)  16:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Whats your e-mail? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doommaster1994 (talk • contribs) 12:04, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

If you'd like to e-mail me, use this form. Cheers. =) --slakr^\ talk / 13:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate it, I did and it helped. Unfortunatly I don't know how to post a picture yet on my page. Can you help???????

Rianon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rianon Burnet (talk • contribs) 14:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out our page on using images and play around in the sandbox if you would like. If you run over to wikimedia commons and use the mayflower search, you can find all sorts of free images to use. You can use the same image name from there here and mediawiki will automatically recognize it's a commons image. Also take a peak at our featured pictures for some exceptionally good pictures. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 15:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[4] [5] [6] Make it stop, eh? —trey^{omg he's back}_{Forrmerly Know As TREYWiki} 15:43, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Your signature points to your old username's User: page. Cheers. :) --slakr^\ talk / 20:12, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Eh, I didn't see that. Hehe I feel embarrassed. —trey^{omg he's back}_{Forrmerly Know As TREYWiki} 00:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trey (talk • contribs)

Sorry about that but can you help me decorate my page PLEASE ;P--Roxmysoxo 22:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out some user page info first. You might consider simply copying the layout of someone else and modifying it from there to suit your own needs. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 06:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I reverted you. "how youtube makes money" is a worthy topic of discussion and inclusion in the main article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.164.46 (talk) 22:38, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

It's already in the article. If you're interested in asking questions about certain topics, please visit the Wikipedia reference desk, where fellow editors will be more than happy to answer your business/economics questions. --slakr^\ talk / 22:42, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Mmm, is the bot broken? It seems to have stopped signing for a day now. -- lucasbfr ^talk 06:50, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Argh. Apparently it wasn't able to login for whatever reason. I'm assuming there was maintenance of some sort going on last night around midnight UTC. :\ --slakr^\ talk / 07:56, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Glad to hear the little enslaved hamster is back to work! -- lucasbfr ^talk 08:21, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. --Chetblong^{talk to me} 21:49, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

No prob. Anytime =) --slakr^\ talk / 01:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

SineBot has been approved on the English Wikinews. Could you start it up? Thanks! 202.36.224.9 (talk) 20:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. :) --slakr^\ talk / 01:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Is it okay if I make a page about my Stickam and YouTube? Please get back to me -Doommaster1994 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doommaster1994 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, not sure, as I don't know exactly what you'd be covering:

• A great place to start is at your first article, which has a bunch of information on how to start a new article, what to have in it, what to avoid, and some basic information about whether you can save yourself a lot of time by finding an article that might already be written about it.

• You'll definitely want to be sure that the subject you're covering meets notability criteria for inclusion, and that you state why it does in some manner in the article you create to avoid it being deleted.

• Also, try to avoid things that wikipedia is not when brainstorming up the content for your article.

• Finally, for some basic page creation information, check out some basic info on creating generic pages.

Hopefully this helps get the ball rolling. If you happen to have any more information for me on what you'd like to create, feel free to drop by and I'll be glad to give you some pointers; or, go ahead and be bold. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 01:32, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Template talk:Did you know, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. —slakr^\ talk / 05:50, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Slakr, please look carefully what I am doing. The "deletion" is not a deletion, but a move to the Next Update page. --74.13.131.237 (talk) 05:52, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Ah, then feel free to ignore. However, I highly suggest that in the future you use an edit summary to let other editors know your intentions so as to avoid future confusion. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 05:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the reason I did it is because someone had replaced her page with the lyrics of the Calabria song, so I tried reverting.

Apologies if it had already been done.

66.176.10.224 (talk) 05:37, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh, lol, don't worry about it. Just ignore the warning— I had to revert even more back because it was some old vandalism. Thanks for helping out, and sorry for any confusion. Cheers =). --slakr^\ talk / 23:11, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Is there a way you could program the bot to delay the reaction time? Your bot essentially disables the admin's rollback button. Giving an extra few minutes to deal with vandals would be helpful. AKRadecki^Speaketh 04:55, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Argh— I already increased it recently. :D But, thank you for emphasizing the point: it's clear a quick fix isn't the solution here. :P The problem is this: if I increase it too much, posts won't get signed because the bot won't sign if there's an edit in the delay period. That means if someone else modifies the page, the bot will not sign the edit. The problem is that the people who forget to sign their posts tend to also make multiple edits to the same talk page in a short period of time to copyedit/add more information on to their post; so, if the bot waits too long, it will postpone signing until it hits the last revision made to the page (which will be the copyedit edits), and it will end up ignoring it all together because it thinks it's merely a copyedit. Even worse, if the delay is increased to User talk: pages, it'll cause edit conflicts for active users who are responding to a talk left on the page.

So, I'm thinking that I'm probably going to do one or both of the following to actually fix the situation:

1. Integrate basic vandalism checks into the bot. I've wanted to do this anyway and have it echo to countervandalism channels. At the same time, it would increase the delay on potential vandal edits dynamically (instead of a catchall for all edits).
2. Rewrite the RC checking portion:
   1. Check the last 5 revisions to a page to see how frequently edits tend to be made to the page in the first place (i.e., gauge the traffic to a page).
   2. Cache those results.
   3. Dynamically adjust delay based on edit frequency (thus eliminating the need for its manually-maintained high priority page list).

Anyway, I figure that the two, combined together, will make the best lasting solution across the board. High-traffic Talk (including User talk) pages get posts signed quick enough to avoid edit conflicts, low-traffic pages get signed at the normal delay, while vandal edits receive a higher delay before signing. *shrug*

Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 18:16, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Btw, as a quick fix, Twinkle has a rollback-over-bots feature to ignore edits by sinebot and a couple other bots, for example. I know that it's not actual admin rollback, but it might work if it's a huge problem for now (while I implement the above changes). Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 18:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't you love it when that happens! Gets me all the time too. Keep up the good work! Ioeth _{(talk contribs friendly)} 19:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

In this edit you warned an anonymous editor for blanking a talk page. There's nothing wrong with the warning, but I noticed that your edit summary described his edits as "vandalism". It's plainly obvious that the anonymous editor was acting in good faith; therefore, his edit was not vandalism. Please exercise caution in the future and do not describe good faith edits as vandalism. Thanks, Chromaticity (talk) 05:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

It's an automated twinkle warning, and it's a user warning level 1, which assumes good faith. Thanks for looking out for the newbies, though. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 05:09, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

If the warning is automated, then you really need to adjust your automation. Looking back at your contribution history I see you've made this same mistake with several other editors, so it does appear to be a problem with your tool configuration. You are responsible for all edits you make, especially those made using automated tools like Twinkle. It just doesn't do to go about wrongly accusing people of vandalism, especially in edit summaries (which can never be changed), and especially when one is purporting to assume good faith. Please ensure that your automated tools will not make this mistake again. Chromaticity (talk) 05:15, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand your opinion, and I believe you have a good point. However, the edit summary is automated and is used by many vandal fighters across the encyclopedia. It's important that when users blank their talk pages of warnings in an attempt to evade blocks that we are able to easily see what type of warning was given without having to spend a sizeable period of time sifting through diffs to the user's talk page. I understand that it's not "vandalism," but I also didn't revert the edit citing it was vandalism, either. This was also the second time that the same IP has blanked a page to insert content, so I feel that a warning was appropriate; however, I simply do not have the time to custom-tailor every warning to every situation, and I apologize for that. --slakr^\ talk / 05:39, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm disappointed that you don't care enough about not biting the newbies to reprogram your software. The fact that many people are using software that apparently bites newbies is no excuse. I suppose I shall have to take this up with the maintainers of the program, since you're unwilling to address the problem yourself. Regretfully yours, Chromaticity (talk) 05:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay. Clearly you feel strongly about this issue. As a result, I went ahead and brainstormed up a better wording for the level 1 edit summary to use "General note: Altering talk page comments" instead of using "Talkpage vandalism." You might consider dropping by Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/Twinkle as well. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 05:59, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I do appreciate that. I was inappropriately accused of vandalism and threatened with a block in my first dozen edits by an overzealous admin; I admit that I'm a bit sensitive to the "newbie biting" issue. It really does matter. Chromaticity (talk) 06:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Yikes... that must have been stressful. :( I hate getting accused of wrongdoing, too :\ Hopefully now we'll be able to better prevent that happening in the future, though. :) --slakr^\ talk / 08:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Unless you have evidence that something is original research, AND BIASED, do not vandalize a page. All you have to do is check the references for yourself, don't undo a page merely because it doesn't suit your personal opinions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unbiaseduser (talk • contribs) 06:10, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

My primary concern is that the content you have now added multiple times is original research. You have cited no criticism outside the scope of your own edits and direct links to user profiles on the site, which constitutes original research on your part. Please see our guideline on adding reliable sources for more information. Consider modeling the criticism section after PayPal's. Also, I would suggest that you avoid name-calling when dealing with other editors and remain civil in your discourse on talk pages. --slakr^\ talk / 06:21, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for reverting the latest vandalism to the article "Flag of Singapore", which I'm one of the contributing editors of. As you know, the whole article was replaced by a warning box with the following message:

BEWARE THAT IF YOU DO NOT DELETE THE ARTICLE YOU ARE REQUESTED, YOU WILL GET INTO A BIG TROUBLE. I GIVE YOU UNTIL 26TH DECEMBER 2007. IF YOU STILL DISOBEY THE ORDER, VANDALBOT AND SPAMBOT WILL BE UTILISED. REMEMBER, BLOCKING AIN'T HELP. HIDE-IP-SOFT CAN CHANGE TO ANY IPS ON THE WORLD IT WANTS AND THE STUPID ANTI-VANDAL PYTHON BOT WON'T GONNA CHECKED EDTING EITHER BECAUSE THE BOT TO VANDALIZE IS CREATED IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. LAST WARNING, DELETE THIS ARTICLE OR ELSE YOU WILL GET INTO A BIG HUGE REAL SERIOUS TROUBLE OF VANDAL, SPAM AND TROLL ON 1ST JANUARY 2008. DELELTE THAT ARTICLE AND THE PROCESS OF VANDAL WILL STOP. OBEY OR NOT ? P.S. Popups/Twinkle/Recent2/Cluebot/RC aren't gonna work. Assembly is more complicated than any other tools. You are given almost a month to have an anti-vandal tool written in assembly or else don't say that you are not warned.

What is this all about? Is it a hoax or for real? If the latter, what is Wikipedia doing about it? — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 02:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not too worried. People constantly threaten Wikipedia, and we usually just ignore them. In particular, I'm not too worried about this one, because as a coder myself, I can clearly see that the person has no idea what he's talking about. :P --slakr^\ talk / 02:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Phew, that's a relief. Wonder what the person behind this has against Singapore. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 03:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't know quite what to do here, so hopefully this isn't off topic. Slakr ish teh uber-pwnzor!!! Pookeh 22:05, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Is there a bot I can opt into that will auto-sign my comments in place of SineBot's reminder signing? Mbisanz 22:21, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Not really bots, but there are scripts for reminding you to sign over at Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts. Mediawiki doesn't automatically do it because it never really knows when you're adding something that actually should be signed or not, so it'd be extremely hard to design a bot that does it for you. --slakr^\ talk / 23:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I guess I'm new enough to not have encountered something in a talk-space where I didn't want to sign. Thanks for the pointer to the Scripts, the first section edit script is awesome for long page edits. Mbisanz 07:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Stop it! You've beaten me three times tonight. You are just as bad as that damn bot. :) 74.133.9.95 05:32, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Um, maybe you could stop that from happening by, Uh, I dunno, not vandalizing pages! And besides, even though you are vandalizing pages, it's Slakr's job (well, not a real job, but, whatever) to stop vandals! Pookeh 22:24, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Lol, no worries, 74.133.9.95 was helping to fight vandals— he/she was just joking about me "beating" him/her to the punch when it comes to reverting the vandalism that's added by others. =) --slakr^\ talk / 22:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh! My mistake. Sorry 74.133.9.95! Yeah. Sorry. Oh, and Slakr pwns!Pookeh-ookeh 22:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

... the vandalism on my user page! --Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

No prob. Keep up the good work. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 22:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello. It's hard to revert vandalism signed by SineBot. Is it possible to include in the edit summary the URL to the editable version before the vandalism? This may facilitate the reverting of both the bad edit and the bot-added signature at the same time. Just a thought. --74.14.20.57 17:56, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, sounds like a good idea overall. Though, SineBot always adds signatures directly after the unsigned comment, so once you find SineBot's contrib, the vandal contrib will always be directly before it. I am in the process, however, of improving SineBot's vandalism detection, dynamically altering its internal delays, and having it report to vandalism patrollers in order to make reverting vandalism much easier. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 22:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Slakr, I am simply trying to highlight an issue that brings into question the integrity of this project. According to this[7] article from a leading IT news site, a specific wikipedia admin has been abusing the privileges of her position. I posted a message on her talk page asking about this issue. It was deleted. Repeatedly. On your talk page you mention the internet as the last bastion of free speech in a world where traditional media are increasingly controlled by corporate and political interests. It is a view we share. If I seem insistent on highlighting this issue, then it is because I believe this issue is one that needs to be highlighted and addressed. --Bobcat_of_Justice 10:11, 4 December 2007

I understand your concerns, however, usually User: space edits are left to the person whom they reference, and addition of potentially inflammatory material might be considered vandalism. You might consider simply readding it on the User talk: page, though, if you feel that its content is critical for one reason or another. --slakr^\ talk / 10:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Just wanted to give you a heads up. When you split the article 2007 Texas Longhorn football team, it created multiple citation errors in both articles. →Wordbuilder 17:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the heads up. Fixed. Sorry if there was any confusion. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 19:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I noticed it and knew I wouldn't be able to get to it soon. Keep up the great work. →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Fifth try's a charm.  :) Keegan^talk 21:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

im sry for vandalizing shelly mannes page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.219.254.134 (talk) 01:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Sent you an e-mail. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 04:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Pong. :P Replied :) --slakr^\ talk / 06:20, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Keep up the good work! You save me from my absent-mindedness and alleviate WP-wide comment confusion! -Verdatum (talk) 18:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, after reading several Main Stream Media stories I noticed your edits to User:Durova's page. I wonder what your opinion is on where this content should reside. Since this is a major issue and you removed the information without redirecting or leaving any other information can you please tell me where this info regarding this major issue should reside (or is currently residing?) If not the users page, I suggest a notice on the users page letting the people at large know where the information is. Scott Keeler (talk) 02:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually I have no idea what's going on and consequently have no opinion, so I'm sorry, but I can't provide any input on the situation. Judging by SineBot's logs, the text that the editor added was initially added here (on User talk:Durova), and Durova removed it. It looks like after that point, an editor continued to add the information despite Durova removing it.

When it was then added on the User: page, as well, I simply treated it as vandalism, since it is a safe bet to assume that the user did not want it on his/her User: space. If you do happen to have a complaint of abuse or a serious disagreement with an editor, you might consider bringing it to the attention of the arbitration committee, who will investigate it thoroughly. Cheers, --slakr^\ talk / 03:13, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help keeping the "Emo maker" off the Shooting page--Cody6 (talk) 04:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

For Westroads mall shooting I suggest we protect it, because it's gonna get alot of spam.--Cody6 (talk) 04:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

-Goodshoped has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Oh, and if you come across him again, please log him and his edit here. He is a sockpuppet, and we are trying to stop him right now. Thanks. -Goodshoped 04:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I completed the draft of the nomination page. You should click the link in the template below, accept the nom, answer the questions, and then follow the directions here to transclude the nomination to the RfA project page. I'll be online for a few hours so let me know here or by email if you have any questions. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 04:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Good luck. You deserve it. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

By the way, you haven't actually accepted your nomination!! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Rofl, see, I knew I'd forget something silly. :P Thanks for the heads up. *smacks forehead* :D --slakr^\ talk / 09:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the acetone! I gonna need that. :) The Chronic 05:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

When I post on talk pages, alot of the time SineBot will autosign my stuff, even though I make it a point to almost always sign. And not only does he(?) do this, but his posts are like, unremoveable! Sorry, but this is a bot we really don't need anyways. Are we really so lazy we can't type four of these ~? C'mon people! User:Radman622 19:03, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I understand your concern. SineBot's posts are removable using the page history and/or using the undo link. Alternatively, you can simply edit the page and remove what he adds on to your post, as he will not re-add it. And, if it's a nuisance, check out its user page for information on opting out (so that it'll leave you alone :P). Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 19:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Every once in a while, my wiki talk page gets deleted all of the sudden... even when i'm reading or typing something! WHAT'S HAPPENING?--Leprechaun17900 (talk) 19:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... I'm not sure; for, it could be any number of things. It's most likely that another editor removed the content you added. Don't worry, though, as you can easily see who and undo it using the page history. If you happen to have any specific instances of where this happened, send me a diff and I should be able to explain it more fully. Thanks, and welcome to the project =) --slakr^\ talk / 19:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey. This diff is interesting. It's under scrutiny at WP:AN/I and there's a big possibility that the author is a sock, but, despite that, I think it'd be really good if you could answer these questions, should you feel brave enough. Off-wiki stuff is hot topic and it'll be interesting to hear what you have to say (and to gauge the response of others)... However, your RFA is going brilliantly so far so no need to risk it. Your call. I think you've got the capability to answer it (even if, by the time you get there it's been deleted by someone else) and answer it well. In my opinion I'm sure it'll help Wikipedia as a whole. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... it looks like someone removed it shortly thereafter. On one hand, I'd answer the questions, but on the other, it might be better to WP:DENY a sockpuppet the pleasure. I'll just wait to see if someone else asks them. *shrug* --slakr^\ talk / 01:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

i think you have been joffeed!

i resent the statement of you calling me wiki-vandal!

You wiki-bastard —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fraser saville (talk • contribs) 11:20, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the welcome. and, mmmmm - those cookies were good!

u should go to this link. it is funny. [8]Leprechaun17900 (talk) 18:52, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

You have no sense of humor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.21.71.101 (talk) 11:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Slakr, in this edit, an editor forgot a </math> tag, but did include four tildes. SineBot then added the unsigned template, but still within the math environment, which didn't help. Perhaps this is just something that occurs too infrequently to bother dealing with, but perhaps you could add a check for a missing </math> tag (the same would go for missing </nowiki> tags, I guess). Anyway, just wanted to let you know. Regards, Phaunt (talk) 12:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... that's definitely not the first time that's happened... I had to create {{Unsigned2Fix}} just to fix those situations when they get out of hand. I'm thinking that I should add in a check to see if "~~~~" is in the edit without <nowiki> or <pre> nearby, which would signal that there's a problem with parsing on the page. I'll probably have it halt and log the problem so that an someone can fixify it. Cheers :) --slakr^\ talk / 00:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

--Jeffro100 (talk) 03:15, 9 December 2007 (UTC) Did you really have to send me a warning for changing the "North American Man/Boy Love Association" to a bunch of ROFLs? That isn't that bad. I didn't even know it was a real organization until I saw that article. I really don't think people should be informed on a sick organization such as NAMBLA, especially on a global website such as Wikipedia. If pedophiles don't realize that an organization of sickos exists, less members will join. Really, it's just free speech. You aren't really allowed to censor something as long as it isn't threatening or blatantly racist/sexist. Although my paragraph of ROFLs wasn't constructive, but does anybody really NEED to know about NAMBLA? No. So if you would please send me a pm and explain in a personal matter why putting ROFLs covering sick content is wrong, that would be great.

Replied on your talk page. Cheers :) --slakr^\ talk / 03:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Im new to wikipedia but do not like vandalism. how do i join the counter vandalism groups??? thanks for your timeOttawa4ever (talk) 02:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the interest in helping to clean up vandalism. Check out the counter-vandalism unit page. Anyone is free to join. If you'd like the little button thinggy, there are near the bottom of the page. You might also be interested in the quick guide to cleaning up vandalism. Lemme know if you run across any problems or have any questions. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 02:25, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for writing SineBot and thereby signing a talk page entry I had neglected to provide with a proper signature. Saugart (talk) 14:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Everything I reported on Wartburgs site is true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.202.144.202 (talk) 15:15, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. --slakr^\ talk / 15:18, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Any thoughts on how we can stop repeated vandalism to the John Ross (chief) page? It seems to attract a considerable amount of obscene vandalism. Regards. Jaedglass (talk) 17:38, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

dude that bot is usefull but sometimes i think its just plain anoying ANOMALY-117 (talk) 23:04, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Has just vandalized The Blair Witch Project, and as you said they were getting one last warning, you should block it now :) Judgesurreal777 (talk) 18:53, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For all you work protecting wikipedia from vandalism. Tiddly-Tom 19:14, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

• gets all warm inside*. Thanks a million. :) Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 19:16, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Your very welcome. Both of us have reverted vandalism on East Side Dave. There are several IPs doing it - makes it hard to revert it all. Could you semi-protect it for a bit? I could take it to RFPP but thought I would speak to you ;) Tiddly-Tom 19:29, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Forget it - Someone beat you/me to it :P Tiddly-Tom 19:29, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I was wondering whether there is a way to get the source for your bot, as I am hoping that it will be useful at the OLPC wiki. ffm 22:25, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I would suggest you first read "Knock It Off" in the 4th Gen discussion page before you revert this again. It is not vandalism and it has been discussed.70.18.1.60 (talk) 04:46, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Replied. on your talk page. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 04:54, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

So how do I stop your bot signing my name to something where I choose not to sign, as seems to be my right, without placing categories alll over my user page, which I also choose not to do? Sandpiper (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 09:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Check out the FAQ at the top of this page or simply visit its user page for other opt out methods. You might be most directly interested in {{NoAutosign}}. Cheers. :) --slakr^\ talk / 10:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

But why should I have to clutter my page with such stuff? Why don't you create a page which you can add names to when people complain as I have? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandpiper (talk • contribs) 11:39, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

If the bot made a good job of signing comments I wouldn't mind, but it leaves a load of rubbish on the page as well as the signature. It seems my best course might be to simply stop signing anything myself at all, and complain each time it leaves rubbish behind it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandpiper (talk • contribs) 11:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

You can now add {{NoAutosign}} to your talk page OR your user page. It takes up no room, produces no visible output, and doesn't require a category. Of course, if you want to avoid it all together, you might consider fixing your signature to include a datestamp and the bot will leave you alone. The only reason why the bot even bothers you is your signature doesn't have the timestamp portion (per the signatures guideline). Lemme know if you need any help. Cheers. --slakr^\ talk / 01:59, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

There is no policy requiring users to sign pages at all. Why are you taking it upon yourself to do this for users who have chosen not to? The edit is automatically recorded in the history so anyone interested can find out who wrote it. It is always possible to change a page so it shows the wrong signature to an entry, so this should never be utterly relied upon in any case. The simple fact that users are given the option of signing with three, four or even five~ means it is optional and up to the person signing. On the whole, I wouldn't mind if all signbot did was simply add the name. Unfortunately it also insists on advertising its own name all over the place. Please stop it doing so.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandpiper (talk • contribs) 13:48, 13 December 2007

There aren't any de jure policies that force people to sign. However, there is the signatures guideline, and consensus is that contributions should be signed. You are more than welcome to ignore it, and I have given all users an option to do so. --slakr^\ talk / 13:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Interesting, but I'm unable to find enough documentation on them to even begin to use them myself. Do you really want to do all the work?

Thanks for archiving all that you did. There shouldn't be a need to go through the archives as the discussions began with Talk:Quackwatch#The_.22Peer_Review.22_or_lack_thereof_cite. --Ronz (talk) 19:59, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Further, I don't think there is much that is agreed upon concerning the current dispute. As for things that are constantly a problem, those we could probably list fairly easily. How do we go about it? --Ronz (talk) 03:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

We're limping along trying to figure out how to use the templates. Can you take a look and maybe make some suggestions? --Ronz (talk) 05:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 16:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, I have closed your Request for Adminship as successful and you are now a sysop! If you have any questions about adminship, feel free to ask me. Please consider messaging me on IRC for access to the #wikipedia-en-admins channel. Good luck! --Deskana (talk) 12:25, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool... thanks a million. :) Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 12:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations Slakr!!!! Enjoy your tools! And you probably know, but you can practice at the new admin school! Ariel♥Gold 12:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Wow, Well, congrats! You're already beating me to CSD's! I see the community made a good choice! :) SQL^{Query me!} 13:19, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Straight into it, I see. Well done. Congratulations. Woody (talk) 13:50, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 13:59, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

w00t! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 20:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

1) Thanks for the revert. 2) Thanks for the block - I was watching that IP's contribs. Cheers buddy ! Pedro :  Chat  14:10, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey - one of your first admin actions - cool! Pedro :  Chat  14:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Lol, no problem, and yep... that was like my second block. :P It feels weird not having to report stuff to AIV any more. :D --slakr^\ talk / 14:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello, you're a new admin right? Congratulations! Hope you enjoy using your tools! :-) Btw may I know what's wrong with the name I've stated above? --King Edmund of the Woods (talk) 15:57, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the congrats :). Redstarcommunity was promoting a "do it yourself" record label of the same name, which is in violation of the username policy, as it is the name of a company and it is being used for promotion. The user is free to create a new one. Cheers. =) --slakr^\ talk / 16:05, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

That's good to know -- thanks! (Oh, and I'll be sure to sign this one.) Kevin Forsyth (talk) 17:20, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Your edit to my page (Welcome message) appears to have been made by a bot (based on the timing). Is that true? If it is, the bot's edits should (IMO) be identified as such, instead of appearing to have been made by you personally.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.22.240 (talk) 17:37, 13 December 2007

Believe it or not, I'm just that darn fast. :P I saw your good edit and thought I'd send you a welcome. :) --slakr^\ talk / 17:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Dude don't be such a dickhead, I'm just fucking around... you stupid fuckers always banning me and then allowing me to play again... I'm more patient than your stupid little pathetic bans. Loser. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.209.102.124 (talk) 20:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

why did my page get deleted.... it is real it isn't made up it is usefull i need administartors that can help me recover the page client.silabsoft

client.silabsoft was real no lie and it was usefull it listed information on moparscape and also gave rules and guidelines please help me recover.

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Plakat9 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 14 December 2007

Please see frequently asked question #1 in the big FAQ at the top of this page (please check out Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? first). I didn't delete it. You'll want to follow the directions there to see who did and the most likely reasons, as well as how to appeal it, if you feel that's necessary. --slakr^\ talk / 05:34, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I noticed you deleted a page, how do you do that, and how can i. Thank you Mcrazychick (talk) 06:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. Thanks for your interest in helping to improve, but unfortunately only administrators can delete pages. You can, however, tag a page for deletion if it does not satisfy our policies and guidelines and an administrator will review it. Please see our deletion policy for more information. Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 06:48, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. Mcrazychick (talk) 06:58, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Classical_High_School —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.252.46.239 (talk) 07:35, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

.. for reverting vandalism on my talkpage. (ugh, this is the second person interesting in decorating my talkpage tonight...) Thanks again! --guyzero | talk 08:23, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

The sockpuppet you just blocked is of WikiTony. See my report on WP:AN/I at the bottom. Jose João (talk) 07:55, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I didn't block a sockpuppet that I know of (or if I did, it wasn't for that reason). I blocked 70.251.112.0/20 in response to an IP hopping vandal (directly above that report). Perhaps the two were one in the same? --slakr^\ talk / 15:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove speedy deletion tags from articles that you have created yourself, as you did with Daisuke Kishio. If you do not believe the article should be deleted, then please place {{hangon}} on the page (please do not remove any existing speedy deletion tag) and make your case on the article's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. Collectonian (talk) 14:58, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page :P --slakr^\ talk / 15:00, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the article; the tag had been restored and I agreed with the assessment that there was no assertion of notability (and I didn't see you had removed the tag until after I deleted it). Can you explain your reasoning? I've undeleted it in the meantime—Random832 15:04, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually I was simply on a middle ground on that one. On one hand it didn't outright say "zOMG he/she's been in a gazillion films" (and thus "prolific" per WP:BIO/actors), but the list was sizable so I gave it the benefit of the doubt not having known anything about any of those films (nor really even cared to). :P Anyway, it's totally up to you. I just thought it was fun to get warned, since I'm normally the one warning people for CSD tag removals :D --slakr^\ talk / 15:15, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Eh - there is that. On the other hand, they're voice roles, and mostly in television and video games at that. —Random832 16:27, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I will show my boobs to you. Will you fuck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SexyGirlWithSexyBreasts (talk • contribs) 16:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd show my boobs to you, too, but I think for now, for the sake of everyone maintaining their eyesight, I'll respectfully decline. --slakr^\ talk / 16:17, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Just to say, the link on Hitler Adolf does not work on your user page. Simply south (talk) 16:29, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah, fixed. :P Cheers =) --slakr^\ talk / 16:35, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, nice handling of the vandalism above. :) Simply south (talk) 16:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

You blocked a user this morning. User:Inconspicuous Vandal It was no use to block him. He's a sock of hayden5650. He has a lot of socks out there and he can get back on to wikipedia any time he wants. So I know you meant well, but he's still out there. Seth71 (talk) 20:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps, but I figure it's at least worth putting the dirty socks in the hamper if we're attempting to keep the place clean. ;) Eventually he'll tire, and if not— if he feels that creating socks well into his 50s is a worthwhile endeavor— then so be it. :P --slakr^\ talk / 20:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Have you ever heard of Hayden. Seth71 (talk) 21:49, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes. He was the dude who played Vader in the new trilogy. --slakr^\ talk / 22:20, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Not him User:Hayden5650 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seth71 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Nope, and I don't really even care to. Any online environment will always have people like that, and I don't really care what his problem is or why he feels the need to disrupt anyone else by creating malicious accounts. Those types of people are a dime a dozen on the internet, and they can cause as much trouble as they want, but in the end it's a sheer numbers game: they'll always lose, because there will always be more of us— the nice people. Consequently, all of his time spent causing trouble would have just as well be spent painting a wall made of Teflon— it just won't stick. --slakr^\ talk / 23:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

This was just a one time thing, but i thought you'd probably want to know. I reverted some vandalism, and sinebot signed my edit - [9]. Happy editing. Bawolff (talk) 23:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I must say your bot is absolutly amazing. Bawolff (talk) 23:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Could you please give me the diffs where I forgot to sign? I am pretty good at remembering to do this but I do have problems remembering things. If the notice was about my sandbox that I have attached to my user page for easier location, then all you need to say is that it's my sandbox. Thanks, --CrohnieGal^Talk 12:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah, that's exactly it. It's 'cause your sandbox is in your User talk: space. If you want the quick fix, you can just add {{bots}} to deny it on that page. If you'd like I can help you out. I'll also stick that minor SineBot bug on the to-do list, as it shouldn't sign User talk: contributions from the person whose talk page it is. :P --slakr^\ talk / 14:54, 15 December 2007 (UTC)