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[edit] MCB template in discussion pages?

Hey, could the maker of this bot be so kind as to include {{Wikiproject MCB|class=Start}} into the talk pages of the new articles it creates. I went through the first 500 in the ProteinBoxBot edit history and added it to those latest ones, but after noticing how many more pages of 500 there were I noticed I don't want to waste my the effort doing it manually (and am ignorant on how to make bots for tasks) when it probably is much easier for you to add that extra function to your bot (and maybe make it go back through and do similar to the new pages it had created in the past with a red "discussion" page that I was unable to get through to). 216.161.88.183 (talk) 03:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Yup, it's on the list of things to do. (Both adding the template to new pages and adding it to previously-created pages...) Cheers, AndrewGNF (talk) 00:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I went ahead and added the template to all new pages made by ProteinBoxBot after January. January & before are still lacking the template. I won't worry about it if it's on your to-do list, seeing how many pages there are just of articles made in January. ;-) Nagelfar (talk) 02:54, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, if you're doing it in some sort of automated manner, we'd certainly welcome the help doing all of the retroactive changes (leaving us to focus on the new pages). If not, no worries, we'll get around to it. cheers, AndrewGNF (talk) 02:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect naming of articles

Hi. I think that the naming of articles by this bot contravenes the style guidelines. For example MAGI1 should be Membrane associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain containing 1. The same applies to all the other articles this bot created. Can it automatically move the pages to meet the guidelines? If the page already exists and is a redirect to the page that is being moved, the bot can continue the move; otherwise, human intervention would be needed. --Seans Potato Business 16:10, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Upon further inspection, I think I was wrong. Please disregard everything I ever said or did. ----Seans Potato Business 16:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
(well, I don't know if I'd go that far... Anyway, had the response all typed out, and I guess that others may have the same question.) Hi there. Yes, it was a conscious choice to default the page name to the gene symbol instead of the gene description (I know there's a discussion in the archives here of the village pump discussion...) In many cases, the gene description is quite convoluted. For example, do we really want ABCB7 to be moved to ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP), member 7? ATP6V1B1 or ATPase, H+ transporting, lysosomal 56/58kDa, V1 subunit B1 (Renal tubular acidosis with deafness)? CBFA2T3 or Core-binding factor, runt domain, alpha subunit 2; translocated to, 3? Anyway, lots of really gross examples like this. Having said that, I'm open to changing the behavior if there's consensus to. AndrewGNF (talk) 16:44, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I wonder if the bot could automatically create redirects from the alternative names, though? ----Seans Potato Business 10:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, in theory it could but is there much value in putting a redirect from a horribly obscure gene/protein name? In my ideal world, the article would be at the most common gene/protein name, to which the symbol would redirect. Unfortunately I think that requires some amount of human intervention, so thus far we've just relied on knowledgeable editors stumbling on the page. But we're certainly open to revisiting this if we can come up with some hard and fast rules... AndrewGNF (talk) 04:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Empty line

Refer to Template:PBB Controls. Since the template is empty and is used first thing in some articles, it is causing a lot of pages to start with an empty line, which i think makes the article look strange. I propose the use of this bot (if possible) to correct the code source of the protein articles where this happens. The solution is to start the article with the current <!-- --> comment and, in the same line, start off the template with the {{PBB Control|...}} command.

I'm adding this same comment on the Template:PBB Control talk page. ~ Jotomicron 15:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, this is a known issue, and we hope to the problem fixed soon for both previously created pages and future pages. Cheers, AndrewGNF (talk) 17:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:PBB Protein PPARA image.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Hi ProteinBoxBot!
We thank you for uploading Image:PBB Protein PPARA image.jpg, but there is a problem. Your image is currently missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. Unless you can help by adding a copyright tag, it may be deleted by an Administrator. If you know this information, then we urge you to add a copyright tag to the image description page. We apologize for this, but all images must confirm to policy on Wikipedia.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks so much for your cooperation.
This message is from a robot. --John Bot III (talk) 20:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Taken care of... Thanks Fvasconcellos! AndrewGNF (talk) 22:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)