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proposal - need collab
I've invited a number of people to join at this thread, so thank you for looking. I'd like to develop something similar to wp:AWB, except PHP based (frankly, I'm starting this because I'm annoyed that there's no version of AWB that works on Macs). My idea is to create a separate user (much like a bot-account): people can navigate to that user's page, where they will find an assortment of HTML forms where they can perform AWB-like functions straight through wikipedia's servers. My problem is the learning curve - the PHP coding is not beyond me technically, but the project is too large for me to handle on my own, given my current informational deficit. I've contacted you (as a group) because you have worked on or developed PHP bot code, and will probably be much more 'up' on this problem than I am. what I need to know is the following:
- Which of the various available bot frameworks is best suited to this task?
- How difficult do you think this project will actually be?
- What's the best approach (In your view) to achieving this?
- What considerations am I missing? I'm already concerned about keeping this from turning into a vandalism tool, for instance, and about server resources (it would probably be best to have a system of queueing requests, which would help with both problems).
I'd also like to know if any of you are interested in collaborating on this project - that would make things a hell of a lot easier for me, and make development much faster. Please let me know. --Ludwigs2 06:09, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
User:Raul654/Raul's laws#Laws by others
See my recent addition of yours. You might like to reformat your name and/or rename the law. Peter jackson (talk) 15:06, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
- I'm out of town for the weekend so I can't give it much of a lookover yet, but from a quick glance I'd point out that the 20% figure was not meant to be analytical. If I were writing it to day I'd probably say something like 'a small bit significant minority'. I'll look at it more closely on tuesday.
Chinatown 1840s
Thanks for accepting my edit of SF Chinatown's correct establishment date of c.1840s. Why is it always so hard to accep such changes on Misplaced Pages, even when very reliable sources and detailed explanations are given? Regards, MM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.115.155.107 (talk) 19:16, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
- You ran into wp:pending changes, which holds edits by very new editors to be approved by others. it will pass if/when you get a few more edits under your belt. --Ludwigs2 20:04, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Gender question
Hi. In fringe talk you were uncertain what pronoun to use for Verbal. In the edit war that brought me to that page I guessed she (based on a talk page comment about taking time out to have a baby) and he rather tartly corrected us. Bn (talk) 21:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
- I'd kind of guessed that. wikipedia editors are overwhelmingly male; there's not a good gender distribution on project at all. but I hate to make assumptions on gender without due cause. --Ludwigs2 05:11, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Adminship
Hi! Since you have made so many edits to WP:AN/I, would you like me to nominate you for adminship? --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:25, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- If you'd like; do you think that would be a good idea? I'd been considering opening an RfA myself, but was debating the response I'd get if I did. --Ludwigs2 05:09, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Your name came up in a discussion - in a good way
Just thought you should be aware of this discussion in which you were mentioned. Cheers! -- Scray (talk) 15:57, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, and thanks to both of you for helping cut through all the various clouds of confusion around here! So "cheers" all around!
Wikiscient (talk) 17:02, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, and thanks to both of you for helping cut through all the various clouds of confusion around here! So "cheers" all around!
Removed your post at WT:RD
I removed your latest post to the RD talk page. We're not going to get into battles like that. I'll protect the page if I have to. Please keep your comments civil, no matter what the provocation. Regards. Franamax (talk) 22:55, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- If you like, I won't argue with it; though I suspect the reason you removed it has nothing to do with the reason you gave. It was a harsh statement, yes, but not precisely what would be called uncivil. Closer to morbid humor, really... Sometimes one needs to accept the worst potentials in a person if one wants them to make better of themselves. --Ludwigs2 23:04, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment on content, not the contributor. I don't think I actually gave a reason for the removal, but that would be it. We don't concern ourselves with motivations, only outcomes. And yes, I don't always follow that rule exactly... Franamax (talk) 23:14, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- point taken, and understood. apologies for stepping over the line. --Ludwigs2 23:40, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment on content, not the contributor. I don't think I actually gave a reason for the removal, but that would be it. We don't concern ourselves with motivations, only outcomes. And yes, I don't always follow that rule exactly... Franamax (talk) 23:14, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Another editor has brought this up at WP:ANI#User:Ludwigs2 advocating other users commit rape.. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:43, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- An admin boxed that complaint as being trolling. I found Ludwig's comment quite fitting, though I wouldn't have said it. I would have suggested he do something more subtle, like taking up a 3-pack-a-day cigarette habit. :) Trouble is, it only eggs the troll on more. CU has finished with it for the time being, and hopefully things will get quiet again for awhile. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 23:58, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- yeah, I am recognizing that it was maybe (just possibly) a bit over the top. I'll take a nice long pause before I post anything quite like that in the future. and bugs... ex-smoker here: don't even joke about that! --Ludwigs2 00:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- An admin boxed that complaint as being trolling. I found Ludwig's comment quite fitting, though I wouldn't have said it. I would have suggested he do something more subtle, like taking up a 3-pack-a-day cigarette habit. :) Trouble is, it only eggs the troll on more. CU has finished with it for the time being, and hopefully things will get quiet again for awhile. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 23:58, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- About your comment on ANI, I'm satisfied with calling it a day as long as you realise what was wrong with that comment. A block now would be purely punitive anyway, but please don't make comments like that again. They don't help anybody and will end up getting you blocked. Find a more constructive way to work out your frustration. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:46, 6 September 2010 (UTC)