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| Hi slakr. Could I ask you about unblock decline? I was out of the loop for a few days and Guido got impatient and posted an unblock request. Partly my fault for not chivvying things along a bit more, but now we are in a strange situation where Guido's block will expire towards the end of November, and he may not feel he has to keep to the voluntary restrictions he had agreed to (and for the record, I have a bit more faith than you that he will keep to such an agreement). I'd much prefer to see him unblocked and voluntarily restricting himself on how he behaves on certain pages, rather than have things go back to the way they were before. Do you think you could waive your unblock decline and let David and me continue to talk to Guido about this? ] (]) 20:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Lacey Chabert (3RR)
For the record, both users are edit warring. That said, the text that was added is not supported by the reference, as the article says nothing about a donation; so, I understand the claim to the biographies of living persons policy (incorrectly sourced information is still unsourced information) and therefore the exception to the rule; for, unsourced information is better removed from the article than allowed to remain in it. Since there is an ongoing RFC regarding this information, I highly suggest keeping it off of the article until the assertion matches the source; and, then, if there is consensus to add it from the RFC, then do so; if not, then don't. --slakr 04:30, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
- Question: Thanks for your comments. If the statement said that she attended the fundraising event (nothing about donation), is that properly sourced if the same source is used? If you don't mind responding on the same 3RR page I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Ward3001 (talk) 13:00, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, thank you for your comments, Slakr. Please weigh in on the discussion's page as well. Wontonkok (talk) 17:18, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Cool Rhino
I might need some help in creating an informative article that does not really giving publicity. Can you please advise me on that after reading the article I've wrote? Thank You. Qeassy (talk) 04:07, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
- Looks like it was deleted because it contained mostly fluff (and therefore read like a spam article). The best advice that I, personally, could give is to check out our conflicts of interest and notability guidelines (just in case), then write the article like a boring dictionary definition. Pretend like the reader knows nothing about it, doesn't share your interests, and just report the facts— good or bad. Be sure to source them as well. We've got a killer article on writing your first article which should also help you immensely. Cheers. --slakr 03:52, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Biometricsinstitute
Hi Slakr, there was a user that you blocked back in February, Biometricsinstitute (talk · contribs), for a bad username, and they just resurfaced again and asked to be unblocked so they could change name. I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of going ahead and unblocking them so that they could request a name change. If you have any concerns about this, let me know? I realize it was a judgment call on my part, and technically, I should have asked you first, but it seemed like a reasonable call to make. --Elonka 05:28, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
- No prob. :P --slakr 03:21, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
When you're free
I have seen that you are a part of WP:WIKISTATS. I was wondering whether you would be able to help me out, on the Special:Statistics page there is a section "active users" which is the number of registered users with at least 1 edit or action in the last month. At the moment it is around 160K, i was wondering whether there would be anyway to see how this figure has fluctuated in the past, is there anyway to find what this figure has been in the past? I would be particularly interested. I know that you are extremely busy on here so theres no rush. I had a look at the other members of the wikiproject and most of them seem to be inactive, one even left in 02! Thanks, best Monster Under Your Bed 03:25, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah. It would basically involve a few custom SQL queries that would be easiest to pull from the toolserver. --slakr 03:19, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- Cool, when you have time let me know on my talk page the information. Cheers Monster Under Your Bed 12:59, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
SineBot could pause
SineBot is generally useful, but sometimes I think it is too fast. For example, I just spotted some nonsense vandalism on Talk:Napoleon I of France, but before I could roll it back, SineBot had already signed it and I had to manually revert two edits instead of automatically doing one. Could you program SineBot to pause, for say five minutes, before signing new posts? --Russ (talk) 11:24, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
- It does this to avoid edit conflicts on high-traffic pages. Otherwise, it waits a minute or two before signing. It has basic vandalism checks in the algorithm, so it won't sign vandalism if it matches them. When I get around to it, I'll actually make a more fluid delay so that the bot automatically adjusts its delay based on how frequently the page is modified, as well. --slakr 03:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
"TooMuchData" Error
Does anyone exist who could fix this problem, that you might direct me to? Here's what I get when I sign with four tildes, and the comment I've started putting after doing so every time follows:
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00:03, 27 October 2008 (UTC) <--(that's where the tilde's go, but it always says "too much data" and gives the date: so I'm guessing the system will autosign for me after this arrow--)-->
- Not sure what you mean. Look in the top right of this page. Click my preferences -> user profile -> replace the content of "Signature" with your user name and uncheck the "raw signature" box. Then click save. That should probably fix it so that next time you use four tildes (~~~~) you should get your normal signature. --slakr 03:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Marshalltown Christian School
Kurt,
I was reading your school page and noticed that we were not there. Could you please add us?
My email address is hageralice@yahoo.com
It is an interesting page and someone coming to the area would enjoy knowing about the city. Congratulations on all the information that has been published!
Sincerely, Alice Director of M. Christ. S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.205.194.68 (talk) 20:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
- I'm a bit more on the administrative side of things, though there are a bunch of people who love writing new articles and might be interested in helping you out over at requested articles. Take a peek over there. Cheers =) --slakr 03:10, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
SineBot down?
Special:Contributions/SineBot. J.delanoyadds 07:20, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
- Weird. It wasn't detecting being logged out. I'll have to look into it. For now, back up. --slakr 05:08, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
RfC/U request
A Request for comment/User conduct has been initated here regarding User:Roux (formerly User:PrinceOfCanada). As someone wish past interactions with this user, you are invited to comment. --G2bambino (talk) 16:52, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Sinebot format: cosmetic
Minor cosmetic issues, really. See and look at the bottom of this section Thanks! Regards. FangedFaerie (Talk | Edits) 17:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
User BarackBlows
When can he be unblocked? Please answer on his talk page. 76.110.175.48 (talk) 17:16, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Declining of unblock request
Hi slakr. Could I ask you about this unblock decline? I was out of the loop for a few days and Guido got impatient and posted an unblock request. Partly my fault for not chivvying things along a bit more, but now we are in a strange situation where Guido's block will expire towards the end of November, and he may not feel he has to keep to the voluntary restrictions he had agreed to (and for the record, I have a bit more faith than you that he will keep to such an agreement). I'd much prefer to see him unblocked and voluntarily restricting himself on how he behaves on certain pages, rather than have things go back to the way they were before. Do you think you could waive your unblock decline and let David and me continue to talk to Guido about this? Carcharoth (talk) 20:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)