User talk:Rspeer

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Part I (July 2004 – July 2005)
In which I get a really heart-warming reply from a newbie I helped, manage to not mess up too many things in my first year editing Wikipedia, and end up in a content dispute
Part II (August – November 2005)
In which I resolve a content dispute, appear in the Wiktionary definition of "loser-fucker", and incidentally realize how deeply AfD sucks
Part III (November 2005 – February 2006)
In which a conflict is narrowly averted, much confusion arises from the letters "XD", and I get an article featured, but Henry Ford wrecks the party
Part IV (February -- August 2006)
In which I am given the ceremonial mop, and nothing interesting ensues except for the personal threats

Intermission

Part V (December 2006 -- February 2007)
One day we will all look back at this and laugh.
Part VI (March -- July 2007)
In which being an admin is no big deal, and I finally earn a barnstar
Part VII (August 2007 -- May 2008)
Bitey the Bear says: Only you can prevent unnecessary username blocks.

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[edit] RFV: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Instant-runoff voting controversies (2nd nomination)

I found you on WikiProject Voting Systems and saw you specialize in NPOV, so I'd like you to please have a look at Instant-runoff voting controversies if you have some spare time, and then post your opinion at WP:AFD/Instant-runoff voting controversies (2nd nomination) when you have a chance. Thank you. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 07:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The bad DEFAULTSORTS

So how is the mass revert going to be handled? Are we going to have a bot do it? If it's going to be done manually, I'd like to help, like the other time a bunch of editors helped mass revert the bot's improper removal of red links. All in all, I think it's a good day. Enigma message 07:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

With all the bot-type people around, you'd think we'd be able to get a bot to do the reverting. I think it would be appropriate to ask who wants to do this once the furor has settled down, if it's not dealt with by then. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 08:11, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I need a couple thousand more edits... ScarianCall me Pat! 09:11, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 13:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

A while ago, you mentioned something about using some sort of hack involving sys.argv to log into multiple accounts using the pywikipedia framework... I remember seeing it at the time and noting that it was pretty ingenious, but can't remember for the life of me where it was at. Mind sharing again? :) east.718 at 06:37, May 23, 2008

Sure. You want to change your config.py so that it can choose a different login name based on which top-level script you're running. Something like this should do the trick:
tasks = {
'interwiki.py': 'EastInterwikiBot',
'imagetag.py': 'EastImageBot',
'doom.py': 'EastDestroyTheWholeWikiBot'
}

usernames['wikipedia']['en'] = tasks.get(sys.argv[0], 'EastDefaultBot')

rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 06:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I probably would never have thought that up: I'm not a programmer, and I'm even less of a Python programmer. Thanks for the tip! east.718 at 07:59, May 23, 2008

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for taking care of that. —BradV 16:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I said this to Bish too, but yours was one of the ones that meant a lot. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 23:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A little help?

I'm kind of new here but I understand you have some connection with usernames. Can you do anything about this? 24.36.74.15 (talk) 23:00, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

My mistake, I see it's already been dealt with. I expected to see the block on the talk page. 24.36.74.15 (talk) 23:04, 8 June 2008 (UTC)