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Talkpage indexer

What are the instructions for your talkpage indexer? It looks like a great program, whatever it's using. Are you running a bot under your username? Also, is it approved for general use? I'd like to index my archives, too; does this indexer retroactively index archives? Thanks! This looks cool! — Tuvok 01:31, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

It requires a number of templates to be transcluded wherever the index needs to go, and a data page set up to hold data for the index. I have written a script to update it, which I've run under my username purely for testing purposes. At the moment I'm trying to get approval to run a bot to do regular updates; I can't do anything at the moment, but I may be able to do so once the bot is approved. Indexing of archives is possible in the same way, if desired. Thanks – Qxz 01:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Looking forward to your getting approval. Will you let me know when the tool is up and running? Thanks! — Tuvok 02:53, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, unfortunately I've decided to withdraw my request due to objections that I can't be bothered to address. Apologies for the inconvenience – Qxz 01:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Ad banners

I was wondering if you can make a banner for WikiProject:Armenia something simple, since theres alot of help needed on there and the articles etc, a simple banner maybe a ancient slogan etc anything. Artaxiad 01:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your suggestion. I'll see what I can do – Qxz 01:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, regards. Artaxiad 01:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

– Qxz 00:11, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks alot! looks awesome. Artaxiad 00:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up my userpage after that vandal hit it. Take Care. ParticleMan 03:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hey, thanks for caring enough to revert vandalism on my user page. It is much appreciated. V-Man - /_C 03:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

ad box request

Would it be possible for you to create an ad for WikiProject Radio? It is in serious need of more members. --PhantomS 09:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your suggestion. I'll see what I can do – Qxz 23:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

– Qxz 02:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. It looks great. --PhantomS 03:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment from Lizhoffman

Hi, regarding your comment on the edit I made to http://en.wikipedia.org/Memory_foam . I respect your decision to remove my link and if that's the way it must be then there's nothing I can do about it but can I just ask you to have a closer look at http://www.myfoammattress.net/memory/ild.html . This is the most comprehensive report on memory foam firmness out there, it involved 30+ hours of research, interviewing and writing and is very useful for anyone who wants to understand how memory foam works. The link has been in Misplaced Pages for months now which to me it means that senior editors deemed it worthy and useful. I hope you will reconsider your decision to remove the link.

As for the other links I removed, they were all to merchants and I know Misplaced Pages doesn't like that. If I was wrong in removing them, then I'm sorry. They'd been piling up on that page for weeks now. I was hoping a senior editor would step in. The only link that seemed appropriate was the chemtox one.

Thank you for your time Liz – Lizhoffman 10:12, 21 March 2007

Hi, thank you for your contributions. It may well be that the link you added is in fact the best one and that all the others are spam links; however, the impression that your edits give is that of someone attempting to promote their own website by firstly inserting a link to it and secondly removing any other links that might draw away traffic. If this is not the case, then I apologize; however, it frequently is the case, and it is necessary for us to balance the need to provide useful external links with the need to prevent Misplaced Pages from turning into a marketing tool.

I recommend that if you add an external link to an article, and then find that many of the other links are unnecessary, you contact an administrator or more experienced user, or leave a message on the article's discussion page, suggesting that they be removed. This should remove any ambiguity about your intentions. Thanks – Qxz 10:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Qxz, I had tried contacting senior editors in the past and they never replied but maybe I didn't contact the right people. I wasn't aware of the correct procedure but I do know it now, thanks to you, so I will not make the same mistake twice. Given that you are the first to ever reply to me on Misplaced Pages I'll bring my concerns to you. Regarding the edit I made, is there some way that I can fix my mistake and reearn the spot that link had or is there nothing else to be done about it?

Thanks for the quick reply by the way! Lizhoffman 10:12, 21 March 2007

I've had a look at both the link you added and the other links that were there, and yours seems to bear the least resemblence to spam; as your explanation seems reasonable, I've restored it. Again, apologies for misinterpreting your intentions.

I'm surprised to hear that you had so much trouble getting hold of someone; people are encouraged to at least say something in response to messages they recieve, unless they are obviously rude or insulting. I'll happily assist you with any other problems you may have (though if I'm not online, you may have to wait a little longer for a reply). Thanks – Qxz 10:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I don't mind waiting for a reply if I know it's coming eventually! All the best. Lizhoffman 10:26, 21 March 2007

Troy

Alright, let's take this guy up through channels. What's the first move to get this guy blocked? --HubHikari 12:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Report them at Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Which I did, some time ago :) It's just a case of continuing to revert them until an administrator gets around to dealing with it. Thanks – Qxz 12:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, one step ahead of me, I see. I'm also going to shoot a request up to page protection, see if I can get that working. --HubHikari 12:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

There is generally no need to protect a page when only one user is vandalising – once they are blocked, they can no longer cause trouble. Requests are likely to be declined unless there is a significant recent history of vandalism from multiple users. Just to let you know – Qxz 12:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh. Whoops. My bad; I've already submitted the request. Looks like they've got some backlog over there. Wouldn't mind helping; I've got nothing to do in class today anyway :) --HubHikari 12:37, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Indeed there is something of a backlog – and presumably for the same reason there's a backlog at WP:AIV; no administrators around to deal with it. If you have nothing to do (though I have a feeling you should perhaps be paying attention!), stick with reverting vandalism, probably the best use of your time. Thanks for your help – Qxz 12:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

No, no, you misunderstand. Class is going to be focused today (presumably Friday, too) on completing a lab assigned on Monday, because the professor hasn't gone over how to do what he's asked in class. But I'm so smooth that I was able to get it converted and running without him talking about it to me.  :) But yes, I'll keep plugging away at the RC page. --HubHikari 12:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

RaftaSchool

You're faster than me with reverting this person - FYI, I've got them listed at AIV, just a matter of waiting until someone gets it done. Lcarscad 12:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your help. AIV was a little slow to clear earlier this afternoon, but it looks like the user was dealt with fairly quickly. Thanks again – Qxz 18:47, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey You

Upon what grounds do you revert my edit to Archetype? I would like to see a refutation to my edit and not a simple revert. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.10.96.197 (talk) 13:37, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

Edit in question here. Another edit by same user three minutes before here – Qxz 22:15, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment from HoJii

Excuse me so much, i did a stupid thing leaving my computor on while i was away and i can see my little brother has been doing some vandalizing. I'm sorry about this. If there is any vandalizing again done by this user it's not me, just so you know. But i won't do the same mistakes in the future, this has actually happened before.HoJii – HoJii 15:46, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Very well. I suggest you exercise a little more care in future; persistent vandalism may well lead to your account being blocked even if you are also making good edits. Thanks for your understanding – Qxz 18:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment Contribs for this user are any thing but productive. HoJii (talk · contribs) Purgatory Fubar or Snafu 19:58, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Please check out what i have written on my talk thing, HoJii – 20:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Responded at User talk:HoJii – Qxz 19:57, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Template change to my archive

I had never done one of these before, so I'm not sure what was wrong with what I did. What you did looks fine, though, so I'm not gonna worry about it much. Thanks, I guess. --Orange Mike 17:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Just a case of adding {{talkarchive}} to a page when you want to use the template, rather than copying and pasting the code of the template from Template:Talkarchive. Otherwise, all sorts of strange things happen like your archives get categorized into Category:Protected templates when they aren't templates at all. Nothing to worry about. Thanks – Qxz 17:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Ad Formats

I was wondering if you could create ads in the sidebar format. I like how bars like them look on my userpage. Thanks!Canadianshoper 18:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your suggestion. This has been brought up before; I'm reluctant to do ads of a different shape because it would require me to re-do the existing ads from scratch in order to have content, and to do two new ads each time there is a request (to satisfy users of both formats), which would take a long time. Having separate formats also has the disadvantage of added complexity. Thanks – Qxz 18:42, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I understand. Canadianshoper 18:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Adminship?

Qxz, you are a very dedicated vandal fighter and civil Wikipedian. Your experience with this community seems superb and for a long time I have admired it. Have you ever considered running for adminship? I'm tempted to consider nominating you one of these days but I rather have your approval first :). Keep up the excellent work.¤~Persian Poet Gal 18:20, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I have considered the possibility of adminship; as you will notice if you look through my talk archives, so have several other people. However, I am not interested. There are a number of reasons for this, but I'll stick with the most obvious for now; I have been here for less than two months (two months as of tomorrow, in fact). One has only to take a quick look at the standards generally applied at RfA to see that one would have to be mad to apply with anything less than three times this amount of experience. Thanks – Qxz 18:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

• Heh, I should have looked through the talk page archives first! Anyways, I appreciate your response. I think though you are definitely an indispensable member of this community. Thank you for all your hard work and service.¤~Persian Poet Gal 18:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Lol, I think there is a line of wikipedians who would like to nominate him. I know I have personally offered to as well as many others. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

A line that is (a) over four months premature and (b) unwanted. And each of you will recieve the same answer. I'd put this at the top of my talk page, but that would seem rude – Qxz 18:29, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I apolagize if my response seemed rude. I think what I was trying to say nicley is that you did not feel that you were ready without outting words in your mouth. I understand how you feel, and you have expressed it to me before. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

No, it wasn't rude at all; don't worry. It's just slightly irritating that people offer to nominate me without even checking the age of my account – it only takes a few clicks, after all – as if they had, they would surely see that an RfA would have absolutely no chance of passing. Thanks – Qxz 18:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Ad Request

I'm part of Wikiproject Vancouver. Its not new, but I think that actvity had fallen lately. Could you please try creating an ad for it. Thanks! Canadianshoper 18:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your suggestion. I'll see what I can do – Qxz 18:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Canadianshoper 18:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

– Qxz 00:12, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Thats a great banner Great Job! Canadianshoper 01:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Benidorm

Can you fix this page? Mmcknight4 20:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Fixed, I think – Qxz 20:14, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thank. I'm polishing my revert skills. Mmcknight4 20:16, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Special links

Where are all the "Special pages" links, like "My page", documented?

I don't have a clue where to find the syntax for those.

And I've been here over a year!

(sheepish grin)

The Transhumanist   22:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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