User talk:Moritheil - Misplaced Pages

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May 2009 Bot Messages

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page The King of Terror has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Misplaced Pages. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Misplaced Pages. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): \babout\.com\b (links: http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa070599.htm, http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa070599.htm (redirect from http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa070599.htm)).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Misplaced Pages's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 22:57, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

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Just notifying (more likely reminding) you that your bot is unable to distinguish valid from invalid use of links. In this case I'm talking about pop culture, so linking to a pseudoscience web site from About.com is essential to proving the point that the issue is still talked about in pop culture. -moritheil 23:01, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, we are aware of this limitation. This is why the bot only reverts commonly misused links when they are added by new users. In the case of about.com, while the site has some of original content, a large portion of the information there is a mirror of our content. --Versa geek 12:44, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate the response. Sadly, this is happening again. I've been trying to reinstate the link section over at Symbolism and this bot has started edit-warring me because it doesn't like the wikia link that the original link section included. I'm not sure why it hasn't stopped after I undid it once and continued editing. I have no objection to the idea that we need to find better links but it's annoying to get warnings from a bot that doesn't understand what I'm doing, which is restoring an entire section that was deleted in error. -moritheil 02:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Restored link section again and it seems to have stopped reverting me. Working fine now. Just a suggestion, maybe you could make it selectively identify and remove just links instead of using reversion. If I had not stuck around we would have lost not only the link section but also all the other edits I had made for NPOV, style, clarity, etc. -moritheil 02:23, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Symbolism do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Misplaced Pages is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Misplaced Pages uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Template:Do not delete
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Misplaced Pages. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Misplaced Pages. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): \bwikia\.com\b (links: http://symbolism.wikia.com/, http://symbolism.wikia.com/Symbolism_Wiki (redirect from http://symbolism.wikia.com/)).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Misplaced Pages's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 02:03, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

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Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Misplaced Pages. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Misplaced Pages. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): \bwikia\.com\b (links: http://symbolism.wikia.com/, http://symbolism.wikia.com/Symbolism_Wiki (redirect from http://symbolism.wikia.com/)).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Misplaced Pages's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 02:06, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

General question re: past work from different IP

Moved from user talk:Ikip

I actually edited Misplaced Pages years ago from another IP address (college dorm). I created an article or two but did not make an account. Would it be feasible for me to attach those to my account? I'm unfamiliar with the process if your current IP is not the same as your old IP (or indeed, if it's even possible.) I just realized that while it probably makes no real difference, it might be nice to be able to point and say, "I created that." Thanks for any light you can shed. -moritheil 12:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

The short answer is no, you cannot attach the information from another account.

I would suggest asking at WP:Village Pump (techinical) they may have a different answer.

Just because you did the work under a different account, does not mean you cannot mention this work on your talk or user page, saying, "I did this work".

You could also redirect the IP address to this account. Ikip (talk) 16:49, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Article Rescue Squadron: Welcome

Articles tagged for deletion and rescue
Category Articles tagged for deletion and rescue not found

Hi, Moritheil, welcome to the Article Rescue Squadron! We are a growing community of Misplaced Pages editors dedicated to identifying and rescuing articles that have been tagged for deletion. Every day hundreds of articles are deleted, many rightfully so. But many concern notable subjects and are poorly written, ergo fixable and should not be deleted. We try to help these articles quickly improve and address the concerns of why they are proposed for deletion. This covers a lot of ground and your help is appreciated!

Some points that may be helpful:

Our main aim is to help improve articles, so if someone seeks help, please try to assist if you are able. Likewise feel free to ask for help, advice and clarification.

Many times we are asked to help rescue articles by people new to our notability and sourcing policies. If the article is not fixable we can help explain why and offer alternatives. Many of these editors are also new to Misplaced Pages so may see deleting "their" article as "bitey". Encourage civility and maybe even {{welcome}} them if they have only been templated with deletion messages.

The Articles for deletion (AfD) discussion is where the concerns regarding each article are brought up and addressed. To be an effective member of the project you need to know how AfD works as well as how to improve articles. Introduction to deletion process gives a good overview and some good advice for newcomers to deletion.

Our primary work is improving articles tagged for rescue. On this template you can see a drop-down list of current articles tagged. You can install it on your own page by putting {{ARS/Tagged}}. A more dynamic list with article links and description is on our current articles page. It is highly recommended you watchlist it.

If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to the list of translators available. Articles and sources that use non-English languages often need translation for those of us who cannot translate for ourselves.

Many important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is recommended that you watchlist it.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you.

And once again - Welcome! Ikip (talk) 14:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Can I ask how you found out about the squad? Ikip (talk) 14:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome. As an inclusionist, I was looking at (and improving) articles up for deletion, and ran across some that were rescue flagged. -moritheil 20:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Great. I am glad you have signed up to help. I am unwatching your page, so if you need any help, don't hesitate to message me. Ikip (talk) 00:25, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello, Moritheil, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} and your question on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

We hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Ikip (talk) 14:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the kind comment. Unfortunately, I am far too irascible to have been here for three years without stepping on way too many toes to feel it's worthwhile even trying to become an admin. Grace Note (talk) 09:11, 4 May 2009 (UTC)