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slakr's life is currently frolicking with chaos, so his activity and response times to queries will be highly variable. Leave a message and he will respond whenever he gets a chance— that is, assuming he gets a chance. Cheers =) zOMG!!! I need urgent assistance!!!1!! — banana? — kiwi?

Ideally, please post new messages at the bottom. If you can't find something you recently posted, I might have moved it down there or it could have been archived if you posted it over 7 days ago. Cheers :)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Regarding slakr: Why did my page get deleted? Please see Misplaced Pages:Why was my page deleted? first. I have no idea what you're talking about. What's vandalism? If you received a warning from me and you're not logged in, you might have gotten an old warning I sent to someone who shares your IP address. On the other hand, if you've made recent edits and received a recent warning message from me and you genuinely believe that it's not vandalism, don't fret-- simply drop me a message below, because I could have simply made a silly mistake. :) Regarding SineBot: Why does SineBot keep signing stuff I've already signed? All comments should have a signature that includes both a link to your user page (slakr) and a datestamp (05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)) (per signatures - internal links). This is most easily generated by placing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your contributions, which makes something like "slakr 05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)". If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing. If you're still having problems after trying that, post a message below. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. I don't want my comments signed by SineBot. How do I get it to ignore me or my talk page? Please use one of the opt-out methods listed on its user page. SineBot forgot to sign something it should have signed. Usually this happens because the bot isn't sure if it really should sign something, so it defaults to not signing it (e.g., in cases of complex edits). It does this to avoid being annoying. Other times, a comment might be made when the bot is down for maintenance, so the bot simply never sees it. SineBot signed something that it genuinely should not have signed. Please let me know-- especially if you think it's not a one-time thing. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. Is SineBot's source code available? Not currently. I'm signing with four tildes (~~~~) but it's still saying I didn't! You likely enabled raw signatures. Open your preferences, click the "User profile" tab, make sure that "Treat the above as wiki markup" is NOT checked, and click Save; it should be fixed. If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing.

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SineBot at en.wikinews

Hello, I just wanted to let you know that the SineBot at the English Wikinews seems to be broken. It hasn't been working for a month (contribs here). Perhaps you could get it working again? Thanks,  ♪TempoDiValse♪  18:36, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Have been in the process of slowly moving them over to a new server. I'll get it back up soon. --slakr 08:56, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Exclude pages under Wikipedia_talk:Articles for Creation?

Hi slakr,

I noticed that SineBot signed an article that was in the Articles for Creation queue . Since these are technically talk pages, but they could become actual articles eventually, I wonder if SineBot should be modified so that it doesn't modify pages under the AfC category? Thanks, Matt (talk) 06:45, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I've explicitly hardcoded an exception for now as a kludge. :P The categorization of the AfC process under the Misplaced Pages talk: namespace (a change that looks like it occurred within the last few months) is where the problem originated. It should ignore any page starting with Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Submissions/ now. --slakr 08:51, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Seth Sabal Photographer

Hello, Can you please tell me how to have my deleted page restored? I wrote an artical yesterday about a photographer named Seth Sabal. I followed all the rules and established "notablity", sourced all my references and it was deleted. I think this might be a bias delete, based on old posts. I dont even know how about having this fixed, I think it should be included.

Now the editors are insinuating some things about my grammer, and I feel so angry. This is supposed to be a great resource for students like myself, Its even our class assignement to make a Wiki article. I am flabbergasted that it been so difficult with all the correct reference links and obvious notability. PhotobloggerNYT (talk) 20:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Can you please help me.

It was the subject of an articles for deletion discussion. Please see the following for more info: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Seth Sabal. If you feel that the page was deleted incorrectly or the concerns raised by the deletion discussion are now fixed, please see this page, which outlines what to do next. --slakr 08:56, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot causing double signatures

Sinebot added two signatures it shouldn't have added ( and ) and I am removing them. In both cases there was already a clear signature with datestamp, resulting in posts with double signatures. Sinebot may have been confused because the signatures did not match the editor's name: the editor was just restoring previously deleted comments. --HYC (talk) 03:07, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

The user signed as another user; User:Critical Chris != User:Wayne shoter, thus the signature was invalid. --slakr 05:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

New Option Suggested

I don't worry too much about signing things on talk pages because I know SineBot will sign for me. Recently, I forgot to sign a bunch of things and SineBot posted a message on my talk page reminding me to sign. This made me think it might be nice to have a third option for SineBot. {{AutoSignOK}} If this tag is present on a person's user or talk page, SineBot replaces the clunky:

Sample Comment -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Name (talk) 00:00, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

with:

Sample Comment -- Name (talk) 00:00, 1 January 2009 (UTC) autosigned

P.S. I agree with the above poster who said the message about not signing is a bit condescending. Could be improved.

RoyLeban (talk) 07:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't worry too much about signing things on talk pages because I know SineBot will sign for me.

Don't get in a habit of doing this. The bot automatically ignores experienced users that forget to sign posts.

Recently, I forgot to sign a bunch of things and SineBot posted a message on my talk page reminding me to sign.

That's in part to annoy you into signing. It'll also only do so every 3 days, and only if you've made 3 unsigned posts within a day (if I recall correctly).

This made me think it might be nice to have a third option for SineBot. {{AutoSignOK}}

There's {{YesAutosign}} (once I activate it). It would still {{tilde}} you, though, if simply stop signing your posts. I have absolutely no plans to actually cause the bot to add actual signatures. It's the user's responsibility to sign their posts— not the bot's.

--slakr 11:18, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

delta lodge

i left an imparial and factual account of he delta lodge page that was deleted, why was it so. I thought wiki pedia was all about fact i even provided sources from reputable journalists and city council meetings. I am starting to think that you guys are partisan apologists.... let the people read the facts and decide for them selves..... is this an encyclopedia or a commercial? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeltaLodgeDown (talk • contribs) 21:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

1. I have—well, had— no involvement in that page. However, since you felt it necessary to draw me in, it's pretty apparent you've created several accounts to advance your point of view. As a result, I've semi-protected the page and blocked this account.
2. Please read our guideline against canvassing. Also please see our original research, verifiability, and other policies and guidelines.
3. Evading blocks will result in an even smaller likelihood of whatever it is you're trying to insert being inserted, as we highly frown upon sockpuppetry.

--slakr 23:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Unknown vandal comment

"KURT’S TEXAN ANUS IS STRETCHED AND WIDENED BY GRAWP’S MASSIVE COCK."

1. Hot.
2. Can I get the movie rights to this? It'll be like Brokeback Mountain— except on Misplaced Pages. We can make really bad puns in it as well, like "y'all cum back now, ya hear?" and "everything's bigger in Texas, from our vast stretches of wide'n'open anus' to our massive cocks!" The spooge scene could involve the yelling of "yeehaw!"
3. Already stretched'n'widened after what felt like giving birth the other day. Thought about taking a picture but decided against it.

Cheers. :P --slakr 10:56, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot off?

Hi, Slakr! Is SineBot off? I saw several about three edits go unsigned at the help desk. It is only a few, but by SineBots usual standards, this seems to be something big :) Chamal 14:49, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

81.102.233.188

Thank you for finally blocking this IP. At least 5 admins declined to do so, presumably because the user had removed the vandalism warnings form his talk (thus making it look like he was only warned twice when he was actually warned at least 10), before you finally came along. He was adding insults to my comments to other users, so of course I had to keep reverting him. Now I can finally go back to being productive :) --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:16, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

An article's rating

This is with reference to the following 2 articles- 1. Maratha kingdom and 2. Shivaji. Kindly tell me the procedure, which should be followed in improving these articles (or for that matter any article) and how can I help in getting these articles the ‘A’ rating? ThanksKesangh (talk)