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Drinibot

I've archived the page. Just wanted to let you people know that I've debugged the bot so it won't shuffle categories around within a page. -- Drini 13:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

The main problem I saw was that the bot was messing up table syntax when removing categories. It ended up leaving the table close tag (|}) on the end of the preceding line instead of the beginning of the line as required, which broken dozens of user pages. Just wanted to point out what the actual problem was since I wasn't sure from this note if you had fixed that specifically. Mike Dillon 04:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I thought the problem was caused since I left out the -inplace parameter (so it shuffled categories around), if that's what happened it's indeed a very serious bug, but not my bot's one but the whole m:Pywikipedibot framework. You should comment them about it. -- Drini 21:29, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The specific script I used from that framework is m:Category.py -- Drini 21:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Drini. I came here to point out that your bot did some serious damage to several of our cryptography templates. Especially to this one: Template:User WikiProject Cryptography. I hope the fix you mention above solves it. You should not let a bot automatically edit pages, you as a human should visually check each bot change before letting the bot save it. Now I have to manually check all the edits your bot done to our project... :((

--David Göthberg 14:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Category:The J.B.'s members

I just noticed (I don't watchlist) that this was created by Drinibot from the old category I created, Category:James Brown instrumentalists, evidently with the consensus of the interested parties on Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion. My question is, does this leave Bernard Odum, who played bass on most of Brown's classic 60s recordings but never performed with The J.B.'s in the 70s (or The J.B. Horns in later decades), irreparably out in the cold? Or is it permissible to massage the category description somehow to include him? Would appreciate a response.

Nice bot you created, by the way. It seems very useful. InnocuousPseudonym 19:38, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I really don't know about individual entries. I just get my task list from Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Working but I don't participate on the specific debates. I suppose you'd be better asking people involved in editing such topics. Sorry :), I just don't know what to advise you. -- Drini 21:27, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

WhisperNumber.com deletion

Hello Drini, You deleted an article titled WhisperNumber.com on 21:45, 29 May 2006 . I looked in history and and elsewhere but couldn't find why. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. john

It was marked with Proposed deletionfor 5 days and noone objected. I happened to be doing the janitorial work that day and performed the deletion. I didn't do it by will, again, I was just doing the clean up work of the day. -- Drini 05:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Hehe

Nice job :D Yonatan 05:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Fluenceopedia

Actually, it is. Did you not visit the link? If you do a Randompage there, chances are that the page was written by Fluence. I would have no issue with that (we have other Wikipedias which are like that), except that Fluence gives herself a level of nah-1 (more appropriately, according to language codes convention, nci-1). I guess you see no problem with that. Note that the person who has the second most edits, User:Glenn, has claimed a similar level of Nahuatl abilities and is responsible mostly for number pages. The only user who comes close in edits to either of the two of them is Ricardo_gs, but he has over 200 edits less than either of them, but it's really not important either as he also lists a level of nah-1.

So again, I tell you, it is the Fluenceopedia. --07:11, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

CBOTB GA

For Drinibot:

	Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Chicago/Chicago Collaboration of the Week
Barbara Elaine Russell Brown is the current Chicago COTW You were a contributing editor to Chicago Board of Trade Building during its tenure as CHICOTW. It has successfully achieved Good article status thanks in part to your efforts. See its GA review and help us raise it towards the featured article classification level. Recall that during its tenure as CHICOTW we built this page from scratch. See our CHICOTW Improvement History. Note our good articles.
Contributing editors:AKeen, ChicagoPimp, Drinibot, Elkman, ILike2BeAnonymous, Shsilver, SmackBot, TheQuandry, TonyTheTiger.
	Good Article

Wikispecies

All set buddy :-) --lightdarkness 17:17, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Haha

I didn't even notice :) No harm done! – Riana 18:17, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Shell account

E-mail me a username and an initial password to use, and I'll try to get a shell account up for you. Ral315 » 06:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Ward Wettlaufer

Why did you remove the Sigma Phi category reference on the Ward Wettlaufer page? I don't know that would not be of interest given he is a notable brother of Sigma Phi which is itself a notable collegiate fraternity since it is part of the Union triad and the first intercollegiate fraternity in the US.

(cur) (last)  21:00, 23 April 2007 Drini (Talk | contribs | block) m (2,044 bytes) ("Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 April 17 " removing:Sigma Phi brothers)

Here, click on Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 April 17 and look for Sigma Phi. -- drini 22:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

However, if you feel it's important to know that WW was a member of Sigma Phi, then do mention it on the article, don't recreate the category. -- drini 22:33, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks.

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Qian Zhijun

Please undo your premature close of Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Qian Zhijun. It had just been relisted, with a strong request to let it run the full five days, when you clsoed it, thus undoign the actions of the relsiting admin. DES 16:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

No. WP:IARis a policy allowing me to. -- drini 16:19, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

It looks like Daniel was rather bounced into relisting. I don't see what difference another 5 days would have made. Both he and Drini made the right call deleting this article. It just isn't what we're about. WP:BLP and our basic duty to act responsibly trump a rather weak appeal to WP:NOT#CENSORED. WjBscribe 16:23, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I was about to vote keep when this was clsoed. I will take the matter to deletion reveiw, and we'll see what happens there. DES 16:33, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh FFS. First amendment knee-jerks again.--Doc 16:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

The meme is notable and deserves an article. This is about the kid's article (but I expect most people won't be able to make the distinction) -- drini 16:44, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

It is not a question of the first admendment (I know perfectly well that doesn't apply on wikiopedia, which is not a governmental project). It is not even a question of whether the article should be kept (although i think it should). it is a question of closing an AfD against the expressed consensus, closing it early for no good reason, and thereby undoing another admin's judgement. I ask you one more time, please reconsideer the early clsoe. DES 16:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

No. Anyway Matt Crypto override me now, wheel warring anyone  ? :P -- drini 16:56, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, yes, fair point...wheel warring not good; sorry about that ;-) More discussion on this won't hurt, though, and I think it's not a straightforward issue either way.. — Matt Crypto 17:01, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I see that the close has been reverted. I wouldn't have done that, I was in the process of composing my DRV post, but there is no issue for DRV unless you or someone else reverts again or closes early again. I hope you can see my point even if you disagree with it. DES 17:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Although I would have liked to have seen the discussion run another couple of days, my comment was merely a suggestion, and I respect Drini's actions. What I do not respect is the unilateral overturning of the deletion closure. I have reverted to the closed debate and redeleted the article. Matt's actions were most certainly not called for. Daniel Bryant 23:42, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I have now listed this on deletion review. DES 00:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Nuvola Firefox icon.png

Hello, Drini. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:Nuvola Firefox icon.png) was found at the following location: User talk:Drini/2006-01. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 07:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Bot error

It looks like your bot edits are coming through on your main account by accident. Might want to have a look at that. --Cyde Weys 16:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Stopped, weird bug, though. -- drini 16:56, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Spoiler

Your edits have really screwed up articles like Babylon 5. I don't really want to get into an edit war with a steward... but... can you please consider things like that? gren グレン 21:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

AN/I

Per your edits to {{spoiler}}, WP:ANI#Abuse of administartive abilities to edit protected pages by Steward/Admin Drini. Matthew 21:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Spoiler

Take a look at Template talk:Spoiler There is huge opposition to your edit. Any trick which turns of spoiler warnigns by default defeats the purpose of this tempalte, and changing a widely transcluded termplate liek this without prior discusion is IMO very very unwise. i am revertign to the stable version. Discuss before changing again, please. DES 21:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

alright, you guys do as you wish, I guess the times to go bold and try new stuff are gone, replaced with brain damage "let's recall administrator" zombies -- drini 21:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

What the heck did you do? that thing is a graphic design abomination. It creates multiple nested boxes around articles, misaligns sections, rearranges images, reduces font size, changes font... holy smokes. Please test in the sandbox befoer trying to readd that. I know youre' trying to help out, and the folding idea has some merits, but throwing the entire style of wikipedia out to get it isn't responsible. ThuranX 21:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

It only does if PEOPLE do not use tempaltes properly, forgetting to put {{endspoiler}} -- drini 21:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

For the record, if you review the AN/I, I support you continuing on, and oppose any sanctions or actions against you. I think you were too BOLD, and that's it. I've seen you on AN/I before, and I think you're a valuable asset. And my above comment was a little rash, in part because of my own mistakes in assuming the template was being applied wrong, and NOT thinking that it could be an edit to the template. Look, if any arbcom type stuff comes up, please find me, i'd like to be 'on your side' and offer public words of support. YOu acted well within policy, if, as I said, too bold in my eyes. ThuranX 01:24, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Zombies was much better than my shooting you in the face analogy. I think that using the navboxes is a great idea, in concept, but weak in practice (formatting). Of course, I'm opposed to 99% of all spoiler templates (only appropriate in extreme cases - 6th sense, Usual Suspects...) Hipocrite - «Talk» 21:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Please don't take it the wrong way... in principle, it is an interesting idea. However, given that this is a *very* widely used template, and that you've already said that the required "end" template isn't properly used in existing pages, perhaps it would have been better to create a new, distinct spoiler template. Then, editors could replace the old one with a correctly positioned new one, without causing disruption of existing articles. --Ckatz_spy 21:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I did NOT create endspoiler, that was the system used before hand. It's documented on the old version of spoiler tempalte. But I don't care, revert me and move on, I don't take you the wrong way, it's the "he made a mistake, desysop him" mob that gets to my nerves. So I'll go back again helping othr wikis, as english wikipedia is very unpleasant for me now. -- drini 21:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry about that, perhaps that was insensitive of me. But, you must realise, I'm quite upset about the edit! Matthew 21:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Please don't feel you have to leave... looking at the "incident" report page, it appears that no-one other than the initial poster is supporting such a move. --Ckatz_spy 21:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not leaving, I'm just going away for a while. If people want me to take me to arbcom over this, I'm fine, let's do it now, else, move on, nothing here to see. -- drini 21:52, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, that comment about abuse really isn't going to matter... you were bold... some people didn't like it and you were checked. It didn't create an edit war so everything worked out, no? What you were trying to do isn't a bad idea... although, I still didn't liked out it looked even when there weren't problems with infoboxes, but... with the MfD and the discussion about spoilers that is going on around it this may all be a moot point. In any case, I hope none of what I did bothered you. gren グレン 01:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Heads up

Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Abuse_of_administartive_abilities_to_edit_protected_pages_by_Steward.2FAdmin_Drini _InBC 21:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Template_talk:Unreferenced#This.2C_that_and_the_other

It looks like you added this entry Template_talk:Unreferenced#This.2C_that_and_the_other in October of 2006 on review it looks like the reference provided for the quotes attributed to Jimbo do not support what he is being quoted as. Can you provide valid references? Jeepday (talk) 07:29, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

• I tracked down the reference and updated your entry at Template talk:Unreferenced it was presented as a text box not as a talk entry so I felt the change was not inappropriate. Jeepday (talk) 15:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

For the 37th time. The url was good at the time I added it, but then the archves shuffled around and I don't know why the previous urls were no longer pointing to the right ones. I had replied this before. -- drini 16:33, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem, stuff happens. I am going to move your comment here over to that talk page. When I refreshed the references today, I add a little more info so they will be easier to find if they get shuffled again. Thanks Jeepday (talk) 18:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom

The Qiun Zhijun situation is at ArbCom, and you have been listed at a party. Please leave comments there. --badlydrawnjeff talk 13:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

• This situation is now at RfC. --badlydrawnjeff talk 22:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, that's why we love you jeff -- drini 02:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Request for re-sysopping

Hi Drini - I had requested de-sysopping on May 21 as I was prepared to leave Misplaced Pages and shut down my account. However, I have regained my composure and changed my mind. I would like to request the return of my tools, which I had voluntarily surrendered, as per this reasoning.

I had initially expressed a desire to abstain from requesting the tools back out of courtesy to ArbCom and the case I'm presently involved in. With full respect to ArbCom, I feel completely confident now in my ability to do the job properly, so I am requesting reinstatement of my sysop privileges. Rama's arrow (just a sexy boy) 17:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you ask a bureaucrat? Stewards aren't supposed to sysop people on projects with active bureaucrats. Point them to to see that it wasn't an uncontroversial desysopping. -- drini 20:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Bot

I dont know the courtesy rules in english language. My request is simply this: Please add a "bot edit" message to your bot's edit summaries so we can realize it is a bot. Thank you. Argentini an 20:43, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

No, it's already marked. On recent changes and that's what the bot flag is for:

(diff) (hist) . . mb Image:SS Shieldhall 2005a.jpg‎; 21:00 . . (+23) . . MetsBot (Talk | contribs | block) (Marking image as reviewed)

the "mb" means m: Minor edit, b: bot. Those are bolded. That's why I took the trouble of go and get the bot flag approval, it's listed on the BAG page, and it shows on http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Listusers?username=drini&limit=50&group=bot . -- drini 21:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

No, ya está marcado en los cambios recientes. Para eso sirve la bandera de bot. AHí arriba "mb" aparece en negrita, b = bot. Para eso logré la aprobación de la bandera de bot, para eso lo tengo listado en la página del grupo de aprobación de bots, listado en y por eso se llama Drinibot. -- drini 21:13, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

OK. Thank you. I left WP for some time and created this account. Before, bots used to have the "bot edit" thingy and were, in my oppinion, more easly identifiable. --Argentini an 00:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee,

David Mestel 18:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Token Black1.png is being used in an article and it is not a screen capture.

The image you tagged as an orphan and as a screen capture is neither. Please correct your mistakes.Wikidudeman 22:42, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

It's derivative work of South Park, so no at commons, thanks. And it's fair use HERE. -- drini 22:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

See my fair use rational.Wikidudeman 22:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Can you erase the Dave Palumbo image you tagged earlier? I verified it with commons and sent them the permission. It exists on commons so it can be erased from here.Wikidudeman 20:35, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Concerning images PalumboFace.jpg and PalumboFacechest.jpg

The author of these images has notified me that he sent permission to commons twice. Can you fix the image pages so that there are no more tags on it disputing the copyright or license?Wikidudeman 02:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Concerning images PalumboFace.jpg and PalumboFacechest.jpg

The author of these images has notified me that he sent permission to commons twice. Can you fix the image pages so that there are no more tags on it disputing the copyright or license?Wikidudeman 02:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Borrado de imagenes de la Escuela Libre de Derecho

Saludos Drini. Hace tiempo borraste unas imagenes que había subido sobre la fundación de la Escuela Libre de Derecho (version en español) y su escudo, en general.

Tengo la autorización de la Escuela vía correo electrónicoc que es el que sigue y la he pegado en la ventana de discusión, espero sea suficiente. Abrazo.--189.141.55.114 21:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Ver -- drini 22:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Re-created SmartFrog

Hello, I've just re-created the SmartFrog page you deleted last year. I think it is relevant now but can't compare my version to what existed earlier. Do you remember why it was deleted in the first place ? -- Aftereight 21:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone marked it for proposed deletion and it remained so for 5 days. see WP:PROD -- drini 00:21, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Diligence

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I thought I'd give you this Barnstar of Diligence for your combination of extraordinary scrutiny, precision and community service in numerous articles. Wikidudeman 05:22, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Confirm Permission on OTRS System

Hello, would you be able to confirm that permission for the image Washington Crossing Bridge-Flood of June 2006.jpg has been archived on OTRS? The image is currently being used in the article Washington Crossing Bridge, under the section titled, "Recent Floods." Thank you. Sunweb52 22:09, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

santiago 13

hola drini me gustaria que me de la bienvenida a wikipedia

--Santiago 13 19:05, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Estás bienvenido. -- drini 20:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:H3_e32006_storyboard02_cortana.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:H3_e32006_storyboard02_cortana.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Misplaced Pages articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Misplaced Pages:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Misplaced Pages policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Misplaced Pages page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Rettetast 20:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)