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infobox settlement task

Special:Contributions/Xenobot

Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Xb

Category:Infobox settlement uses with imprecise region codes

Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval/Xenobot 6.2

Y Phase I complete

Initial run targeted Infobox settlement uses transcluding CountryAbbr with inline,title set - approximately 82174 uses of countryAbbr were bypassed. semi-automated Error correction edits are useful in seeing where CountryAbbr might have been unable to provide a result due to the variance in parameters supplied to subdivision_name & _name1.

Discussion regarding Phase I has been archived to User talk:Xeno/Archive 22#user:xenobot/6.2.

Phase II

Phase II of the task will find Infobox settlement uses transcluding CountryAbbr and not displaying title coordinates, supply the region code and add the title coordinates to standardize the articles.

 Task running... . –xeno 15:17, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

region code unknown

See Category:Infobox settlement uses with imprecise region codes which now includes Xb uses without a parameter or unrecognized parameter. –xeno 14:03, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

I cleaned it out earlier today. --Stepheng3 (talk) 03:54, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Appreciate it. –xeno 15:53, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Catalonia = ES ? –xeno 17:29, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes. To be more precise, it would be ES-CT. --Stepheng3 (talk) 03:49, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

• {{done|Task complete.}} I think we're just about finished here. Any of the remaining 11000+ uses of CountryAbbr probably result from geobox; which we've agreed to table for now. –xeno 15:53, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Might've jumped the gun here; CatScan 2.0 found some more. –xeno 17:38, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Do you know of any more templates calling infobox settlement like these: . Easy elimination of CountryAbbr, there. –xeno 15:52, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

These edits could probably do with a bit of spot-checking, they had to rejig things a little. –xeno 16:32, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

coordinates_region

Sure, no problem. I'll leave it to Xenobot to fix the articles I've already written. TheCatalyst31 17:45, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Yep, that's fine. Cheers, –xeno 17:49, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Y Phase II complete

• I think, at long last, this task is pretty much complete. Or, at least the portion of the task that seeks and destroys CountryAbbr uses resulting from Infobox settlement. Over 31,000 uses of CountryAbbr were bypassed in this phase. –xeno 18:15, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Phase III

The third and final phase of this task seeks to standardize Infobox settlement uses that do not display title coordinates and set |coordinates_display=inline,title. It would probably be worthwhile to add the coordinates_region here, even when it's vestigal. –xeno 15:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Task will commence shortly. –xeno 19:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, and a question

Thanks. Now... Have I otherwise done this right? I have not created an RfA before. I still need to transclude the request somewhere, right? Herostratus (talk) 15:10, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you transclude it at WP:RFA once it's ready. –xeno 15:16, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Query

Please see . This is a wholly inappropriate comment, it is a violation of WP:NPA, it is an inappropriate "Support" comment as it states no rationale about the candidate himself whatsoever, but is instead purely abuse of the RFA page in order to attack another editor. It is conduct wholly unbecoming of an administrator. What do you think is the proper place to address this, as the admin is refusing to redact the comment? I am coming to you for advice, because you are a bureaucrat who has edited the RFA pages, and because it is not appropriate to use the RFA location to attack other editors in this manner. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 16:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Seems like an WP:WQA issue maybe? I'm not sure that any bureaucrat will even touch that RFA in a bureaucratic capacity now or after it expires (I certainly won't, and my comments there should be read as if I was wearing an editor or admin's hat). –xeno 16:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

As a point of order, MZMcBride is on another of his adminship breaks. Will we ever see Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/MZMcBride 4? Time will tell! (or will it?) –xeno 17:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Posted a query about this, to WT:RFA. -- Cirt (talk) 20:10, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. –xeno 20:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Xeno, per suggestion from Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for adminship#Is it appropriate to violate WP:NPA policy during RFA?, can the text be replaced with, "Support, if for no other reason than to offset Cirt, who in this case I strongly disagree with". ? Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 20:56, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't think that would really jive with WP:TPO. Can't you just ignore it? –xeno 20:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Alright. Hopefully the inappropriate behavior pattern by the user in question will not repeat again in the future. Thanks for your advice, -- Cirt (talk) 21:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Question re giving notice

Xeno, do you think it would be alright to post a matter-of-fact notice to the individuals that participated in Admin recall petition for Herostratus - that the RFA page is now ongoing? This would be intended to be posted to both the users that supported, and those that opposed, the idea at the recall petition. Sound good? Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 20:10, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

That seems sensible. –xeno 20:12, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. And,  Done. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 20:23, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Name change

You recently granted a request to change a username from FloridaHospital to FLHGRI. However, since the Florida Hospital hosts an activity known as the Global Robotic Institute, whose activities this user has been promoting on Misplaced Pages, it appears that the new name may be no better than the previous. What is the policy in such a case? WikiDan61_ReadMe!! 18:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah. I searched for the acronym but didn't find anything. I'll leave them a note. Thanks! –xeno 18:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Further to PRPLwiki (talk · contribs) -- after you userfied his article, he immediately recreated it (see Dr. Vipul Patel). I've communicated with him about this already, but because I was the one who initally tagged it for deletion, he may feel I have an axe to grind. Perhaps an independent voice might help in the matter. WikiDan61_ReadMe!! 21:17, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

User:Tresury Tag

• • I am being bullyed by the above user thank youKnowIG (talk) 21:20, 23 June 2010 (UTC)