User talk:Harej/Archive07

RFCpol not added to RFCpol list

I used the RFCpol template to list an RFC with the specified new format, but it was not added to the RFCpol list. I fixed everything I could think of (see Template talk:RFCpol list#RFC not added to list for detail) but it's still not been added. What should I do to list? — Athaenara ✉ 01:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Having trouble making an RFC

please help

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Josh_Gibson#Josh_Gibson_homers_RFC 64.131.205.111 04:37, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

not sure.. it didn't show up on the RFC bio page :( 64.131.205.111 05:43, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

In a similar vain...

I've tagged a section on WT:U for RFC, and it hasn't been added. Docs seem to disagree as to whether the template call should use !! or | between arguments. This should perhaps be clarified somewhere? SamBC(talk) 19:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

RFC Box dropping text again

Take a look at this diff to see what's been lost this time. Pairadox 00:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Neither "!" nor "=" can be used anymore. The way to get around that is by including the diff links themselves on the page where the discussion is taking place. I wish there was a more convenient solution. MessedRocker (talk) 01:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I was just reporting a problem I noticed on my Watchlist. I'm not keeping up on the specifics of the evolving formatting because it's changing more often than I file RfCs. Pairadox 01:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Heh. Though actually, it should be staying like this now, for a while actually. MessedRocker (talk) 02:07, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Bot not working

I noticed that the RFC at Talk:Kiev/naming was not showing up on the list. Can you figure out what needs to be done to fix it? 199.125.109.78 06:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Neither has Talk:Acoustic guitar showed up. Loom91 07:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Elisha Cuthbert isn't there yet either. — Timotab ^{Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!)} 19:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

article not on RFCpol list

added tag to Talk:Senator,_you're_no_Jack_Kennedy but it's not showing on the list. It says you are the person to report problems to. tia Dlabtot 22:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Mine is, too, but I read the message at the top of the page, and I heartily thank Messedrocker and Betacommand for their hard work on this tough problem. ←Ben^B4 02:18, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

Hello,

I think I'm the one who messed up the RfC bot with a mis-typed request.

Sorry about that, hope I didn't screw it up too much.

Horlo 02:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I set up a RfC on the Kiev:talk page.

I noticed somebody else tried setting one up after me.

I'm glad everything's under control again.

Horlo 02:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with the whole RfC section, by the way. Horlo 02:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. And that was pretty recent, wasn't it? The bot started throwing up errors sometime around September 4. In any case, your mistakes probably didn't do much in the whole scheme of things. MessedRocker (talk) 03:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Admin Day

Wishing Harej/Archive07 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! MacMad (talk · contribs)  05:49, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 16:27, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Request for Comments: Economy page has a spam message on it from a self-described stock tips service.

Please archive, robut. MessedRocker (talk) 03:16, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

How would I get my email to do that again?

See above.--Rmky87 01:58, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!--Rmky87 12:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

RFC bot bug

The RFC bot is missing a <noinclude> tag from Template:RFCpol list. This causes the wiki-formatting to appear as plain text on WP:RFC/P, and makes it look different from the other RFC pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sigma 7 (talk • contribs) 04:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Dead links

Good catch on the dead link on this edit. Did you know about the archiveurl and archivedate parameters to {{cite web}}? Anomie 03:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology Update

Here's a brief update in some of the recent developments of WikiProject Pharmacology!

• Aspirin has just completed its two week run as the first Collaboration of the Week! Many thanks to those editors that contributed; the article got a lot of good work accomplished, and in particular, much work was done in fixing up the history section. It's still not quite "done" yet (is a wikipedia article really ever done?), but after two weeks I think it's more important to push onwards with the development of the new collaboration of the week program. I will be fixing up Aspirin in the next few days and possibly nominating it for either GA or FA status.

• Muscle relaxant has been selected as the new Collaboration of the week until October 2, 2007! This article is currently rated as a "stub", so it's got quite a bit of work cut out for collaborators! Admittedly, featured status could be a long way off,... but still attainable! At the least, maybe we could at least get it up to meeting the Good article criteria? Please stop by the article and help improve it.

• Resveratrol, having recently achieved GA status on August 16, 2007, is now making a run for featured status. This is quite a fascinating compound. If you can, please stop by its discussion page and leave comments in support of it.

• Please remember that Wikipedia is not a forum for discussing or dispensing medical advice amongst users. Specifically, talk pages of articles should only be used to discuss improving the actual article in question. To help alleviate this situation, the template {{talkheader}} may be added to the top of talk pages, reminding users of the purpose of such pages. Additionally, unsigned comments and comments by anonymous users that are inappropriate may be removed from talk pages without being considered vandalism.

• There was an interesting article on ZDNet last week about Hewlett Packard licensing its patented microneedle technology used in common inkjet printers to be used in transdermal patches to deliver a time-controlled release of drugs to patients. This information could be added to articles such as route of administration or drug delivery.

You are receiving this message because you are listed as one of the participants of WikiProject Pharmacology.

Dr. Cash 04:57, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Satanic ritual abuse

can you help format my RFC at Satanic ritual abuse. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 06:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Problems with adding RfC tag

I have tried to add an RfC tag to the article 3rd US Infantry, can you please help? Thank you. -TabooTikiGod 13:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Googl

A tag has been placed on Googl, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia per CSD g1.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the article and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the page's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. Tiggerjay 20:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

• Isn't it just a redirect for a common misspelling? --David Shankbone 20:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

RfC for Talk:Fightin' Texas Aggie Band

Still haven't seen this one pop up on the list with the bot??? — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...still waiting... — BQZip01 — ^talk 14:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

RFC bot

You should be aware that there is a serious dissonance with policy RfC listings.[1][2]Resolved. However, timestamps would still be nice. :o) Additionally, the template listings do not list the times, which would be convenient and helpful. Thanks! Vassyana 18:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

RfC for Talk:Adi Da

Sorry, this is my first article RfC, and I just can't seem to get it to work (i.e., show up on the WP:RFC/REL page). Probably am overlooking something obvious, but would sincerely appreciate your assistance since I've tried several times. thanks! Comesincolors 16:17, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing! Weird; seems like it should have worked before, but along the way I somehow I dropped the time tag. (Maybe the bot would have compiled the earlier version, in the above diff, had I left it alone?) Anyway, all good now thanks to your fix. cheers! Comesincolors 20:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

NPA

I would ask that you look at the User Contribution history. Every time he gets reverted, he updates the section, and is clearly NPA. Removing it isn't vandalism, and he's ben advised by admins that its being done in poor taste. I am tired of editors being afraid of being referenced on his user page fro contradicting his edits. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 00:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

He's kind of an odd bird, to be sure. a couple of weeks ago, he was finally called on a single edit he had been adding daily into the Lead of the Ronald Reagan article for almost a month. It took three admins over the course of two days to politely point out that he could be blocked for it. His conclusion? They were ganging up on him. Lol, like I said, the guy is painting himself a corner and losing AGF with every poor edit. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 00:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

German

Thanks for your contributions to Deletion gestapo. To answer your question, "and again" in German is "und noch Einmal" (lit., "and again another time"). -- GeĸrίtzĿ._..•˚^˚ 01:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Tag bot problems

Hello, a few days ago I added a RfC tag to Talk:Javier Pérez de Cuéllar but so far it hasn't been added to the {{RFCbio list}}. I must have done something wrong but I don't know what. Could you help me out? --Victor12 02:34, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! --Victor12 02:43, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Me. too. I added an RfC tag to Talk:Apples_and_Pears but it hasn't appeared on the "media" RfC list. I, too, think I must have done something wrong. -- SocJan 07:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Fast action! Thanks enormously for your assistance. I'll do better the next time (if there is one).SocJan 11:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

PageName

Just writing in because I followed a link to PageName, and it says you are the last person to edit the page. The page should probably redirect to Wikipedia:Vandalism or some similar page since it is the default vandalism page, instead of just going to a blank page. I would make the required edits, but it is protected. Just letting you know. :) Thanks! Cardsplayer4life 19:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Red links in "Oscar Pistorius" article

Hi, I agree that red links are useful as they encourage other editors to create new articles. However, whenever I've nominated articles for "Good Article" status, I've inevitably been advised to remove such links or create stubs – even though there doesn't seem to be any specific requirement for red links to be removed. Therefore, if the "Oscar Pistorius" article is to achieve Good Article status at some stage, the red links may need to be removed. Cheers, Jacklee 21:36, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Heya MessedRocker

Heya Messed, you might be interested in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Kurdish-Israeli relations. I'm sending a short note to people who were involved in this debate and a related debate at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kurdish-Chinese relations, to allow for maximum consensus. It would be great if you could review my deletion decision and make comments accordingly. Thanks! - Ta bu shi da yu 23:38, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

RfC working as advertised?

I ask because I just put a RfC request here, but it doesn't appear here in the list of requests. Did I do something wrong? Not do something I was supposed to? (I'll watch this space for replies.) +ILike2BeAnonymous 00:30, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind; I just saw it appear in the list. Apparently it isn't instantaneous. Perhaps a note to that effect would alert possibly impatient users in the future ... +ILike2BeAnonymous 00:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, lead and copper rule, was selected for DYK!

On October 9, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article lead and copper rule, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 02:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Is there a central page?

Is there a central page for RFCs? Maybe a category, or a navigation box? I am finding it difficult access the RFC tags and discussion, unless I stumble upon one. I am sure it is possible to make the RFCs more accessible and therefore more useful. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 05:21, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

RFC problem

I've added an RFCsci template to Talk:occam (programming language), however it hasn't appeared in the RFCsci page but it has appeared in the error list. I'm afraid I can't see anything wrong with the template syntax. Am I missing something? Letdorf 16:09, 10 October 2007 (UTC).

Thanks for fixing this! Letdorf 22:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC).

New York City Meetup

New York City Meetup Next: Saturday November 3rd, Brooklyn Museum area Last: 8/12/2007

The agenda for the next meetup includes the formation of a Wikimedia New York City local chapter. Hope to see you there!--Pharos 20:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

RCF not working

Hi, there seems to be something wrong with the RFC template in the talk page o Talk:Nelly Furtado It does not show up in the RFC listing. I cannot find what is wrong. Thanks Topodegama 23:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

PA

Please can your bot not revert this personal attack, Rfc's should not be used to attack individual editors as this editor has chosen to do, SqueakBox 19:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

you should edit the useage of the template ie the "reason =" field and that will change the RFC listing. βべーた^_command 01:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I already fixed it, Beta. MessedRocker (talk) 01:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

RfC issue

I attempted to add an RfC to Talk:Gary Weiss, but I think I may have messed up the template. Can you fix? Thanks.--Samiharris 23:06, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I think this may be one that I fixed last night. DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 01:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I want RFC on article campus watch but am not able to follow computer instructions please help I put a message on talk page of campus watch but could not activate/figure out how to use the bot thanks Bigleaguer 14:47, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Seems to be an RFC there now DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 01:40, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I attempted to add an RfC to Talk:Ronald K. Maxwell. The page states it will be put on the RfC bio list automatically, but it has not appeared Pupluv 21:12, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

RfC on Talk:Ronald K. Maxwell now HAS appeared. Pupluv 21:57, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

RfC template changes may take a few minutes (usually less than 5) to be processed after saving the discussion page concerned. DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 01:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, it seems that multiple RfC requests on the same page may confuse the bot. For example see Talk:Medical University of the Americas - Belize which has two Science RfCs at sections Request for Comment and RFC Oct 2007; and one Policy RFC at section RFC Oct 2007. The bot has put one entry in each of the Science and Policy RFC lists, however they both link to the first Science RFC in the article with the reason of that request. This means that the Policy RFC appears with the wrong reason in the Policy RFC list, and isn't correctly linked to from that list, and the second Sci RFC doesn't appear at all on the Sci RFC list. I've tried an interim fix in the talk page by putting message boxes in at each RFC template with links to the other RFC section, but this may be something that needs consideration in the RFC bot code. DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 01:27, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Followup - I resolved this by removing all but on of the RfCs involved on the page concerned, and that has fixed the problem. Maybe a note could be put somewhere that relevant that RfC bot may get confused by an excess of RFCxxx tags in a single article? DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 01:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Boredom

Things for bored insomniac wikipedians to do in the middle of the night - go through the RfC bot error log and fix all the broken rfc templates, then go through the rfc lists and "nowiki" any rfc templates in archived talk pages. DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 04:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Followup Observation - Error list hasn't reset yet, maybe because the bot can't find any broken RFCxxx templates and so isn't generating any output to the error log, so the old log isn't being overwritten by the first output of the new day? DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 01:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I assumed that as the 01:38 UTC on 25th Oct log was the same as at 04:17 UTC on the 24th, the log hadn't been deleted / reset at midnight UTC. Maybe there is an error in the cron job? I ran an awk script to count the instances of the first line in the log file, 1750 hits. If the bot runs every 5 minutes, then I think the file is at least 6 days old. DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 12:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

NYC meetup change of schedule

You've expressed an interest in the upcoming New York City Meetup for Saturday, November 3. I'd like to update you on an important change of schedule.

• It's been agreed that we should have a 2-hour formal meeting period to start organizing meta:Wikimedia New York City, and this will be held at the Pacific Library (note this is different from the Brooklyn Central Library, which was discussed earlier) from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.

This will be in addition to the previously scheduled roving activities at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (this activity has also been cut short a bit) and at the Brooklyn Museum. For full details, see Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC. Ask any questions at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/NYC. Thank you.--Pharos 21:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

WT:PHARM, Veropedia

After some thought, I've asked Alison. Business at the project is still painfully slow. Haven't seen you around much, by the way :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Islamophobia (talk)

Good day, MessedRocker ;) just enquiring about the activity of the above case? Is it still active, and is a successful closure likely, and if so when? Cheers, Anthøny 14:50, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

RfC: Is deletion of entire pages necesary

{{RFCxxx}} section=RfC: Is the deletion of entire Dragonball Z pages necesary just cause each point doesnt have a reference? This includes the main page and the links to the different sagas done primarily by User names DBZROCKS and Sesshomaru (suspected to a sock puppet of DBZROCKS)[3] This person or persons seem like he/they are not leting anyone else edit!! reason= Is deletion of entire pages necesary? !! time=00:47, 29 October 2007 (UTC)}}

Beg your pardon? MessedRocker (talk) (write this article) 02:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello badge

Hi. I made a Wiki Hello badge in case anyone's interested in using it for the Meetup. It's on the Meetup page. Nightscream 16:48, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

People's Park (Berkeley)

I just can't tell what's wrong with the rfc template I added to Talk:People's Park (Berkeley). I would appreciate your help, thx. Dlabtot 20:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology Update

Here are a few updates in the realm of WikiProject Pharmacology:

• The Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week has been changed to Collaboration of the Month, based on current participation levels. It is also more likely that articles collaborated on for one month are more likely to achieve featured quality than articles worked on for only a week or two.

• The current Collaboration of the Month for November is Receptor antagonist. Please take a look at that article and contribute to it if you get a chance. Ideally, the article should adhere to the featured article criteria.

• Therapies for multiple sclerosis is currently a featured article candidate. If you are familiar with the featured article criteria, please visit WP:FAC and review the article.

• Anabolic steroid is the wikiproject's newest Featured Article, having been promoted on October 8, 2007.

• Theobromine was delisted as a Good Article. The Peer review and GA reassessment discussions provide suggestions on improvement. Muscle relaxant was recently reviewed for Good Article status, but not promoted. Please see the full review full review here for details.

Dr. Cash 22:14, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Trying to create an RfC

Dear Friend, I tried to follow the steps to creat an RfC on the proposed speedy deletion of the article Gabrielle Roth, but I just didn't under stand them. Could you help me? As I say on the talk page, she is a well-known author, performer and teacher with three books published by major non-vanity presses, a good deal of press including two reviews of her work by the New York Times, over a dozen CDs and a few videos, and faculty membership in several prominent schools in her field. I am afraid that the editor proposing the deletion simply doesn't want to allow enough time for the existence of this article and this controversy to be known, and I don't know how to bring it to the attention of the general Wiki community within this short time. Could you help? Thanks in advance for whatever you may do.Rosencomet 21:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the RfC tag; however, you had it go to the Society page. I corrected it to go to the Biography page. I hope I did it right; please check it when you get the chance. Thanks again!Rosencomet 01:27, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

RfC tag

I added an RfC tag to Talk:Stephen Colbert but it's not being automatically updated on the RfC bio list. What did I do wrong? --David Shankbone 23:17, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Bot reverting changes of correct link address

How do I tell the bot that the correct address is not Talk:Loudness war#Loudness_war_external_links but Talk:Loudness_war#RfC.2C_.22Loudness_War.22_external_links?

It's not redirecting to the right section and I can't change the list. Please help. Jrod2 09:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Smile

Mercury 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.

Mercury 01:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Problem with RFC Link

A link in the RFCs at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Style issues seems to be broken. Could you take a look at it? Thanks. JKBrooks85 16:04, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Another problem with RFC Link

I tried to make a link from the RFC/sci-page to Talk:Digital_Audio_Broadcasting#RfC:_Is_this_article_biased.3F, but it’s somehow seems to fail. Can you help me? I really wish to get a second opinion on the digital aduio broadcast article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ga-david.b (talk • contribs) 18:44, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

redirect

I wanted to discuss the possibility of creating Slide.com which would redirect to Slide (website). The talk page does not exist. I would create it but I noticed it was deleted and I concluded it would be bad manners to create it without consulting you. Do you have an opinion on the matter? Just leave me a note by clicking here [4] or email_me.

Don't worry, I am not creating Slide.com without further conversation.

Have a nice weekend!

regards,

--Kushal^t 20:32, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. --Kushal^t 20:50, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Editing Template:RFCpolicy list

I cannot fill out template correctly. I do not understand the directions.

• Wikipedia talk:J. Vernon McGee Editor removes reference tags from article without fixing problem as if WP:OWN -Thanks for any help. Mattisse 16:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

How do I add to policy list?

I do not understand the template.

{{RFCpolicy | secion=RfC:Should articles be verified and referenced !! reason=Editor removes tags without fixing the problem, as if [[WP:OWN]] !! time=~~~~}}

Please help! Mattisse 17:05, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Should be five tildes, but other than that it's fine. MessedRocker (talk) (write this article) 21:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Islamophobia

Hey Messed. ;) following a small request on the MedCom's list, I'm here to ask for a quick update on the status of your case. How are things coming along? Do you see a resolution/closure coming up soon? Do you need some assistance in Mediating it? In your opinion, as Mediator, do you think the best course of action would be to close the case as stale?

I apologise for some over-lapping with my informal comment a little while back, by the way. If you wish, check here to reply to me privately.

Kind regards,
Anthøny 19:33, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

RFC bot

Hi - Are the bots working now to automatically add to RFC lists, and if so, how long should it take? I have RFCs for history and art on Talk: White House and manually added them to the lists, following the instructions - someone reverted, saying the bot will do it, but I don't see the bot doing it. I'm kind of confused at this point. Thanks for any enlightenment. Tvoz |talk 05:45, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I was going to ask the same thing. Does the bot update the list only once a day, at midnight? StrengthOfNations 16:03, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, I probably did something wrong, but I placed the RFC/HIST and RFC/ART templates on Talk:White House a while ago and don't see the item on those RFC lists, except where I manually added them. Not showing up on Template:RFCHist list or Template:RFCArt list. Thanks Tvoz |talk 06:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing them - I knew I must have done something wrong! Tvoz |talk 07:25, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Problems with bot

Is there a reason why the Talk:IRV#RFC isn't showing up on the list Template:RFCpol list? -- StrengthOfNations (talk) 17:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I award you this Working Man's Barnstar for honouring my plea for help via your bot, and in turn helping improve the accuracy of the encyclopedia. Thanks! Daniel 03:34, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Clarify instructions

Hi,

In order to clarify the RFC process, I tried to add a templatename parameter to Template:RFC tagging instructions, but I see that your bot just removes the extra information. Could this behavior be changed so that the template instructions can be more clear? —Remember the dot ^(talk) 03:58, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

RFC template

Hello Messedrocker. I have started a request for comment here, but it doesn't seem to get listed on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Policies. Could you please verify if there's anything wrong with the template? Thank you. Best regards, Húsönd 19:16, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, never mind, it's listed now. Thanks anyway. :-) Húsönd 19:17, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

WP:ADMIN

In response to [5], sorry for adding the GFDL as one of the protected pages administrators can edit. I did not know that administrators weren't supposed to edit it also.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 03:45, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

And sorry to see you were delisted from the arbitration committee election list. Frankly, I believe that everyone should have a chance to run regardless of age. I think there a plenty of minors with the maturity and judgement needed.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 18:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

RfC

I have added two RfC templates to the article Urolagnia, but they don't seem to be appearing on the relevant pages. Have I messed it up in some way? Paul B (talk) 17:10, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix, but it's still not appearing on the Biograohy and Sport etc RfC pages. Is there usually a time delay? Paul B (talk) 19:24, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Harej', from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! User:Shadowbot3 (talk) 06:04, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

• FROM YOUR FRIEND:

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

\o/ MessedRocker (talk) (write this article) 01:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

RFC for Talk:2007 Georgian demonstrations

I added an RFC to the above article but it doesn't seem to have gone on the list. Would be kind to have a look and let me know if I have done something wrong? Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 21:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Signature

You should change it now :) – Gurch (talk) 22:17, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom elections

I'm sure you're already aware from the cabal channel, but I've delisted your candidacy because of the recent ruling about minors. Please do run again when you become of age, and good luck. east.718 at 23:12, November 19, 2007

• Darn, you would have been a great asset to Arbcom. I hope you still want to do it when you're 18, or if not I hope at least that you won't have gotten bored with us;) Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 02:44, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • You've been one of the citable examples that age doesn't matter one way or the other -- well, at least that it doesn't matter in one direction :) DGG (talk) 00:58, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

• Sorry to see this development. You had my vote. You've always demonstrated the perfect temperament and WP perspective for the position.Professor marginalia (talk) 17:09, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

You're assistance is requested. Can you help? - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 10:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

RFC Bot Not Listing

RFC can be found @ Talk:Yamashita's_gold#RFC:_Urban_Legend_or_Historical_Fact

Hope this is the right area to report this (probably something i goofed up) Jim (talk) 19:13, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Advice

You can choose to delete this, but I assure you that I'm not here with ill intent. You say a lot of things on IRC, some of which may be construed as being derogatory to others. My advice to you is not to do this. It can be fun to make fun of people who do silly things sometimes, but IRL, it really does create big problems. You're still young and may not realize this, but people really do think worse of you if you say bad things about others, even if you're just trying to make a joke. No particular incident in mind, but every time I've been on IRC, you've said something un-nice about someone else. Probably not the best thing to do as a pattern. Just friendly advice. Bye bye. Again, feel free to delete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.29.115.69 (talk) 07:50, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

RfC bot?

The User:RFC bot page states: "If the RFC is wrongly formatted, then it will not be listed! Instead, it will accumulate on list." Clicking the link gives me: "Safari can’t connect to the server. Safari can’t open the page “http://tools.wikimedia.de/~messedrocker/RFC_bot_template_errors.txt” because it could not connect to the server “tools.wikimedia.de”." Is the server just down, or is there an error in the link somewhere? Geoffrey.landis (talk) 18:32, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

--Oops, I just read the RFC_bot page again, and noticed it said that the page is updated at UTC midnight, and if the page doesn't exist, that means no errors as of that time.

Nevertheless, I'm puzzled that the RFC that I put up yesterday hasn't showed up on the list, and the history section for the RFC list is very odd-- yesterday before noon every item on the list was deleted, and then a little later all the items were put back on the list. Did the bot go down? Geoffrey.landis (talk) 23:42, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Weekly

I was listening to the latest Wikipedia Weekly. You said something along hte lines of "make censorships" in regards to the board publishing their notes and blacking out sensitive topics. The word you were looking for is "redact". See Sanitization (classified information) Raul654 (talk) 21:57, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm..

• 03:09, 4 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m I‎ (→Use in Germany - inserting some words)
• 03:08, 4 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Will‎ (merging two sections)
• 03:07, 4 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Bbl‎ (redirect tagging) (top)

I guess you'll be back later? — Save_Us_229 03:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Wishing you the very best for the season - Guettarda 04:26, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

RFC bot is behaving a little oddly

Season's greetings!

Could you look into this when you've got a moment?

Here you can see that it's updating the RFC pages to 0 RFCs, then back to a non-zero number a few minutes later. This has happened twice today. My guess is that the bot may be misinterpreting null pages or error messages resulting from the current server outages. --Tony Sidaway 15:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I have been experiencing the same problems for a while. I put up Asian fetish for RfC but it's not on the {{RfCsoc}}. I also put up So Far from the Bamboo Grove for RfC, but it's not on its respective list either. миражinred 02:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC) Sorry, that was mistake on my part. миражinred 03:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

request help with RfC bot

Hi, a couple of days ago I tried to make two RfCs here but they have not registered on the RfC pages .... I am concerned I somehow screwed up the template/request, though I cannot figure out how. Would you mind checking and correcting any mistake I made? Thanks, Slrubenstein | Talk 22:19, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Request has not appeared on the list

I added a RFCHist template to Talk:Easter Rising at 19:33.[6] It still has not appeared on the list at 20:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC). Scolaire (talk)

RFCsoc

I've asked your robot several times [7] to stop altering the premise. That was before I realized it was a robot. Duh. Sorry about that. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 03:47, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

A request for your consideration regarding CAT:AOTR

...My guinea pigs and the "A"s through "K"s having felt this message was OK to go forward with (or at least not complained bitterly to me about it :) ), today it's the turn of the "L"s through "O"s! I'm hoping that more of you chaps/chapettes will point to their own criteria instead of mine :)... it's flattering but a bit scary! :) Also, you may want to check back to the table periodically, someone later than you in the alphabet may have come up with a nifty new idea. ++Lar: t/c 00:02, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

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Admin?

Hey, are you an admin? I noticed that you removed the admin thingy from your userpage, but you have admin logs. Did you give up the tools? Sorry, just curious. Regards, Keilana^talk_(recall) 22:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the explanation. Keilana^talk_(recall) 22:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh, you popped up on my watchlist. Hope to see you around, and good luck with Wikipedia Weekly, I quite enjoy listening to it. :) Keilana^talk_(recall) 22:41, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

(Belated) Happy New Year! spam

Here's hoping the new year brings you nothing but the best ;) Fvasconcellos* (t·c) 15:16, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

The design of this almost completely impersonal (yet hopefully uplifting) message was ripped from Riana (talk · contribs). Please feel free to archive it whenever you like.

RFCbot missed one?

See: Talk:Fifth Beatle. Unless I messed up the syntax. Could you help out a bit? Thanks! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 13:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

RfC not showing

I have tagged the Talk:Brazilian waxing page for RfC. But, it's not showing on the Template:RFCsoc list page. May be I didn't do it right. Could you check on what happened? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 12:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit on Talk:Juris Doctor

I assume this removal [8] was an error due to the RfC block below it...if not, it certainly shouldn't be marked minor. JJL (talk) 18:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

RFCpolicy list

Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(music)#Rfc:_C4_International_concert_tour hasn't shown up at Template:RFCpolicy_list yet. Anything I did wrong? Cagey Millipede (talk) 21:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

RfC not transcluded

See: Talk:United Kingdom. I could have got the code wrong, but I've checked it and it looks OK now. Could someone help me out please? Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 22:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi there

Hi there, Messedrocker, I was looking for any past article RfCs on Animal testing. Howe could I check to see if any have been done? I had a look in the Talk:Animal testing archives, but couldn't find anything. Tim Vickers (talk) 22:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks anyway. Tim Vickers (talk) 23:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

RFC question

I filed an RFC as seen here and it still hasn't shown up on either list. Any help would be appreciated. AniMate 04:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

User:RFC bot

BetacommandBot has been blocked by a dev for a week for abusing system resources Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Vital_tasks. Since he'd taken over most of the RfC notifications, and RfC is an important part of the WP:DR process, can you bring User:RFC bot back online for a week to fill the gap? Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 04:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Featured sounds

I noticed that you have participated Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates in the past. There are now two candidates and the project appears to be abandoned. If you could look at the candidates and vote it would be appreciated. Zginder ^{(talk) (Contrib)} 18:20, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Working Group login

Hi Messedrocker, just letting you know I've sent an email (via the English Wikipedia email function) to you with details about your Working Group wiki login details. Be sure to change your password once you log in, for security reasons! If there's any problems with the login (passwords, username not working, or anything), fire me an email and I'll try and sort them out for you. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 04:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Much love. MessedRocker (talk) (write these articles) 04:19, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Discussion regarding Category:Wikipedians open to constructive criticism

Hi Messedrocker. You may wish to see a discussion regarding Category:Wikipedians open to constructive criticism, a category that you are in, at User categories for discussion (UCFD). --Iamunknown 23:28, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Much apathy. MessedRocker (talk) (write these articles) 02:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

User RfC bot

Hi Messedrocker (love the name!) Mangojuice directed me to your page after I inquired about a delay in the updating of listings of RfCs by the bot. The page in question is Talk:Palestinian archaeology. I'm pretty sure its listed properly. Can you do anything about the delay? Thanks a bunch. Tiamut^talk 20:06, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if you had a hand in fixing it, but thought I would say thanks anyway, just in case. :) Tiamut^talk 16:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for fixing my RFC Kardashev scale, it's very nice of you to take the time. I admit, I was having a bit of a time getting it to work correctly. Thanks again--Sparkygravity (talk) 04:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow the bot went off into a parallel universe huh? well thanks again!--Sparkygravity (talk) 01:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

• FROM YOUR FRIEND:

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

	Happy Birthday	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Harej a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

--Nadir D Steinmetz 00:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy birthday, Messedrocker. · AndonicO ^Hail! 00:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Request for comment on main page deletion incident

As you made an edit to the incident listed in the Administrators notice board, it is requested that you confirm the details of the incident here (section 1.1.2)

This is as the incident is used as the basis of an argument and needs to be confirm by persons familar with the event

Regards --User:Mitrebox talk 2008-02-22 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.11.244.78 (talk) 07:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

New mailing list

There has been a mailing list created for Wikipedians in the New York metropolitan area (list: Wikimedia NYC). Please consider joining it! Cbrown1023 talk 21:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

RfC

Me and several other editors have been drafting an RfC on JzG here. We listed an effort by you to influence his behavior in the past but don't necessarily expect you to be one of the certifiers for the RfC. But, if you'd to look it over and tell us if you think anything that we listed is unfair or inaccurate before we post it, that would be very helpful. Thank you. Cla68 (talk) 01:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

History RfC list update?

Hi -- is the RFCBot still updating Template:RFChist list? The page hasn't been updated since the 20th, & there's been a few changes in items wanting to be listed. Thanks -- llywrch (talk) 22:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the update, but is that page still part of its functions? I can see that the bot is performing edits, but -- to repeat myself -- Template:RFChist list hasn't been updated in 9 days, & the RFC template has been placed on Talk:History of Sumer, but no link added (& removed from Talk:Mercia but that link not temoved). -- llywrch (talk) 23:01, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

JzG RfC

A user conduct RfC involving the actions of JzG (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) in which you have been mentioned is about to go live and will be found at WP:RFC/U shortly. Viridae^Talk 11:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

bot help wanted

Hello, I have just noticed a lot of bare URLs at the endnotes section in the Antipsychiatry article. Do you know how to run a bot to convert them (instead of doing it manually)? —Cesar Tort 17:38, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:ARD article notice

A tag has been placed on Template:ARD article notice requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Active ban discussion

A tag has been placed on Template:Active ban discussion requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 03:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

that's the label I've given to our experimental skypecast scheduled for March 4th 1am UTC (god knows what time that is for you - sorry!) - check out the page, because I've put a few details there (and been cheeky enough to note you down as a participant). I hope it works out for you to join - and I've got my fingers crossed for the technology too....

I'll be on IRC beforehand anyways to set it up etc. - and I look forward to it!

cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 09:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

You are invited!

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday March 16th, Columbia University area Last: 1/13/2008

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

You're also invited to subscribe to the public Wikimedia New York City mailing list, which is a great way to receive timely updates.
This has been an automated delivery because you were on the invite list. BrownBot (talk) 03:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for being part of the inaugural NotTheWikipediaWeekly - it's all online now and I know some folk are giving it a listen.. I'm looking forward to further feedback, and thank you again for your involvement! Privatemusings (talk) 06:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

RFC Error?!

Hey, not sure what happened here but I'm pretty sure it wasn't whatever was supposed to happen. diff Figured you should know about that. Stardust8212 04:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Question about RFChist

According to the history page for the {{RFChist}} template, RFC bot hasn't added anything to it since 09:45, 20 February 2008 UTC.

Talk:Pelasgians#RfC: Pelasgians Albanian section was posted about an hour ago (diff) but has not been added to the list. Any idea when it might be added? — Athaenara ✉ 23:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Why did you remove the RFC at Teachings of Prem Rawat?

Why did you remove the RFC at Teachings of Prem Rawat?~Yes, it is old but nobody replied so it is still pending and hence should not be removed. Andries (talk) 20:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

RFC's tend to run for 30 days. βべーた^_command 20:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Shall I file a new RFC or go to the arbcom? Andries (talk) 21:02, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Just put the RFC back up, and put a new date up. MessedRocker (talk) (write these articles) 21:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Yet another ignored request for third party

It's been three weeks or more. The bot deleted the RFC for Sexual harassment in education. This may be a good thing. By now, we've forgotton why we were arguing in the first place and the conflicting editors have wandered off. The article looks like the devil, but what the heck? Putting it back up seems useless if there is no one around who is willing to furnish a third party. How about a waiver to go into mediation? Student7 (talk) 01:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Go ahead. MessedRocker (talk) (write these articles) 01:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

RFChist?

Is the bot not handling RFChist? There are requests outstanding but nothing has been added to RFChist list for more than 3 weeks. Sbowers3 (talk) 19:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

RfC

I've started drafting a user conduct RfC that you might be interested in here. There's a lot of evidence to sift through and present, so I think it will take awhile to get it put together. If you'd like to participate, please feel free to do so. Cla68 (talk) 07:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Manhattan podcast?

User:The Placebo Effect has suggested that we could do some audio interviews that would be adapted into an episode of the WikipediaWeekly. Since you're a WikipediaWeekly regular, I thought maybe you would be interested in helping. If this is a possibility, you must register by 8 PM Thursday, and then please get back to me. I've also asked prominent Wikinewsie User:David Shankbone, who I know has a digital recorder and has interviewed a lot of public figures for Wikinews. By the way, there should be quite a media presence there already (Wall Street Journal, WNYC, maybe The New Yorker, Columbia University student TV news, maybe a notable blogger).--Pharos (talk) 07:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:Lectures on the 6th

Kim is starting the lectures on April 6th around 15:00 UTC (although that is apparently open to discussion). Just a reminder (are you going to talk on that date? I dunno what the set up is, but I'm sure you can propose your own date, or something like that. Might want to talk to him about that, though; I just joined up to listen :-p) Xavexgoem (talk) 14:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I dont Know

I dont know but, the bot placed a template on WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008, {{RFC error}}. Is this an error? See here. RkORToN 22:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I DIDNT put it, am just asking. RkORToN 00:06, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Come join us

[9]--Filll (talk) 02:19, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:Lectures

#wikipedia-en-lectures @ 15:00 UTC today, yay. Xavexgoem (talk) 14:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)