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[edit] tagging as minor and bot edit

ShepBot made this edit here, it's a correct edit, but it's not flagged as "mb" as it should be. The bot should use the adequate flags when making changes like this, please fix it. Cheers. --Enric Naval (talk) 16:59, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Are the last few edits marked correctly? §hep • ¡Talk to me! 17:00, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I looked at this one. It's marked as minor "m", but it still needs the bot tag "b" damn, I can't find the "b" tag anymore, I don't know if it's no longer used, you should ask in Wikipedia:Village Pump (technical) or to other bot owners about that flag. Maybe it's still being used for internal purposes even if it no longer appears on the history. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
It's probably still being used because on "My preferences", under "Watchlist", you can mark "Hide bot edits from the watchlist", so you should look into usinf that flag if you didn't already. Cheers. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:36, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I've stopped the bot until I can figure this out. Thanks. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 17:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Should ShepBot be subst'ing {{unsigned}}s at all? It doesn't appear to be an approved task for the bot, {{unsigned}} isn't on the Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/User talk templates list, and Wikipedia:Template substitution lists it as "under debate". RossPatterson (talk) 18:27, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

If you had read Template:Unsigned you would see the bold print that says it must be substituted. My original request was for template substitution; the list at AWB was to show a general idea of templates that would be used and I shouldn't have used the word only. Unsigned does appear on user talk pages though and is now on the list at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/User talk templates. I'm contacting a member of the BAG to see if I need to file a BRFA. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 18:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
The guideline on template substitution says "Some have suggested that since user sig templates should be substed, {{unsigned}}, {{unsigned2}} should be substed for the same reasons. However, the latter are all protected and will change much more infrequently than most signature templates; also, they are significantly longer." It doesn't change often, but it did change 7 times last year. RossPatterson (talk) 03:12, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to note however that, that another bot was approved for the same task speedily. Since that bot is no longer active ShepBot would just be clearing up at 35,000 long back log. I'll wait for a reponse from the BAG and file a BRFA if necessary. Feel free to voice your opinions there if is one. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 03:16, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About mb edits

I would like to quote Happy-melon:
"If I remember rightly, the "b" only shows up in Special:RecentChanges and the watchlist - try clicking "show bot edits" in your watchlist and see how many "b"s appear - but note that no bot edits have the "b" next to them in the history. IIRC, it's because the bot/not bot status is stored in the recentchanges table, which is purged on a 30-day rolling cycle, so it's only used for watchlists, RC and other things that can't be viewed months after the fact (the IP addresses used for CheckUser are also stored there, and a whole host of other data to make those feeds more comprehensive). All edits by a bot account are unavoidably recorded as bot edits for as long as the bot remains flagged. Happy‑melon 22:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)"
So it seems marking them as minor makes them show as mb only in RC and WL. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 22:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
"My preferences" has a "Hide bot edits from the watchlist" checkbox. I have it unchecked and still can't see the "b" thing on my watchlist Under the "Recent changes" list, I checked the "Enhanced recent changes (JavaScript)" box, and I can now see the "b" flag on both RC and WL. --Enric Naval (talk) 23:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] rollbackSummary tool

Hey, it works! :) My left-click finger almost hurts from so much work. Almost 300 rollbacks on a row --Enric Naval (talk) 00:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Glad to hear it! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 00:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox artist

Thanks for fixing. :) Ty 01:12, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Doing it by hand is much faster than filing a BRFA. Should be done within the hour. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 01:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Owen Sound, Ontario

FYI, ShepBot tagged Owen Sound, Ontario with a WikiProject Ohio banner, which doesn't make much sense. I undid ShepBot's edit. PKT (talk) 15:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

For some reason the article is under Category: Miamisburg, Ohio. Thanks for pointing it out. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 15:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your banner is finished!

WP:OH AD
I hope you like it! I have uploaded it in place of the old one and it is now in the {{Wikipedia ads}} rotation. Feel free to worship me as your new goddess!just kidding
All the best- L'Aquatique[talk] 05:00, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I haven't had a chance to implement it yet, but...

The Template Barnstar
Awarded for your fine work on Template:Infobox Chickenbreed VanTucky 19:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

G'day Stepshep, VanTucky told me about the infobox you created for the Chicken breeds. Well done for that fine effort. I work on domestic pigeon breed articles, and have been thinking about using an infobox also. I took a look at the code on your template and think I could probably adapt something to suit my needs? Then I figured probably better to just ask you as you could whip something up in five minutes that would take me all day to work out? I'll give you my ideas. I was thinking to start off with similar options to the Infobox Chickenbreed, but when you get down to the "apa" section as pigeons are recognized by different organizations world-wide. I think that section might be better linked to a "Breed group" section (such as Fancy pigeon#Major breed families of fancy pigeon, with the options being: Asian feather and voice pigeons, Color pigeons, Frills and Owls, Homer and Hen Pigeons, Pouters and Croppers, Exhibition Tumblers, Flying Tumblers and Highfliers and Utility pigeons. (I plan on doing individual articles on all those in the future). Under characteristics male and female weights don't differ a great deal so no need for that. Egg color is all the same in pigeons and skin color is not noted as such (Utility breeders do look for squabs with light skins though). Feather ornaments are an important consideration. Things like: Crest, (peak, spade or shell). Hood (as on Jacobins), beak crested, eye crested, Muffs (feathered legs), Grouse (smaller feathered legs), Slipper (another feather leg version. All those could go in a "Notes" section though? Let me know what you think please.--Sting Buzz Me... 02:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

That looks great. Thank you very much for your effort. I'll start adding it to a few breed articles. If my fellow editors on the pigeon breed task force think of anything that needs adding. I'll let you know. Cheers,--Sting Buzz Me... 12:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 18:00, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

Didn't quite understand the comment on my talkpage. SportsMaster was the creator of Pioneer. He knew of the AfD before I could inform him. He tracks activity on "his" pages. But Wikipedia belongs to everyone. Have to tell you, I'm sick of people claiming ownership. --GoHuskies9904 (talk) 22:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Alright. Will do in the future. Glad those users can participate. --GoHuskies9904 (talk) 23:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Just a concern about WP:COI. I would think 99% of the users for the pages will vote to keep. How many neutral third parties are going to see the AfD? --GoHuskies9904 (talk) 23:14, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I get that, but things could unfairly snowball here. The fact that high school conferences were noted as non-notable in the past should be objectively looked at. I know I have conflicts of interests with pages I've created in the past. --GoHuskies9904 (talk) 23:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Well, obviously other than spending hours doing each article separate I thought it was in the best interest to bundle them so that this ordeal is taken care of in one full swoop. --GoHuskies9904 (talk) 23:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Fair enough. And I will definitely notify individuals in any future AfD. This was just a bundled 30, 40 affair. I don't have the time:p But I do want things to be fair and an ultimate good decision. --GoHuskies9904 (talk) 23:27, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm sure it doesn't come up all that often; goodluck in your search. --GoHuskies9904 (talk) 23:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Account Creator

Hey. I would just like to say that I have approved you for the english wikipedia internal account creator tool. Have fun and if you need any help please message me on my talk pages. Thanks for helping out the project in this way. ·Ãḍď§ђɸŗЄ· Talk 19:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Can't wait to get started. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 19:16, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Good good ^^ ·Ãḍď§ђɸŗЄ· Talk 19:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Museums

You are tagging commercial art galleries as museums, which I assume isn't correct.[1][2] Correct me if it is. Ty 10:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

That article was under Category:Art museums and galleries in the United Kingdom stubs; which was supposed to be tagged. If galleries were supposed to be left out itwas not to my knowledge. If this was not meant to be done I'll fix it today. Thanks. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 16:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Yep, confirmation from WP:MUSEUMS says that the tags are correct. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 16:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] High school conferences

I don't have a problem with posting those comments from your sandbox there. My only concern is if a consensus has been reached as to whether or not we're going to keep the articles in question or not. If we're keeping them, go ahead...maybe we can get more editors on board. --JonRidinger (talk) 01:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)