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==Welcome==
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{{Notice|From time to time, I clean up my talk page simply by removing items. Discussions here do not usually contain anything of lasting importance, and therefore I do not keep a separate archive. You may find older discussions in the {{history|User talk:B. Wolterding|page history}} .}}


== wolterbot listings have not appeared ==
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I subscribed ] to wolterbot's cleanup listings last year. As the "wolterbot coming soon" message is still on the pages, I began to wonder if I subscribed incorrectly, or if something else needs to be done to get things rolling. Thanks for your time and trouble. ] (]) 02:35, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
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== Spam == == New bot dump. ==


Just a quick note, there's a new bot dump for Wolterbot to go through. ]&nbsp;{<sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;]} 01:14, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi. You tagged ] as spam. It is not. A whole house fan is an appliance like an air conditioner or a water heater. You tagged ] as spam. It is not. It is an appropriate article for ]. It is inappropriate to tag such pages as spam and highly inappropriate to tag them for speedy deletion. When an article contains spam, it should be tagged with ]. Then the spam content can be removed. But the article itself is not under consideration for deletion. Thanks for helping to improve the Misplaced Pages. — Reinyday, 23:07, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
: Yes, they seem to come in every 5 days now. However I was away from the machine where WolterBot runs. Will try to catch the next "fresh" dump, around Oct 15. --] (]) 22:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


== Notability sorting == == Cleanup Listing ==
Hi! I noticed that you do quite a bit of sorting for ] and want to thank you for all your work, especially since you also specify a subject parameter (e.g., "Biographies"), which is especially helpful to new users. I am just writing to ask if would you also please specify a date parameter (in the form, e.g., <nowiki>{{notability|Biographies|date=May 2007}})</nowiki>, so that the articles are sorted into the monthly maintenance categories? Cheers, ''']''' <sup>''(])''</sup> 18:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
: Hi! I was assuming that the date was automatically added by robot ] every now and then. Actually that happened at least to some articles I edited. But you say that some of them were not updated? (Maybe only the more recent ones?) --] 19:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
::Yep, SmackBot does date them. It's a ''very'' minor issue really and the subject parameter is, of course, more important than the date ... adding the date parameter just reduces the lag time in subcategorising articles placed in ]. Cheers, ''']''' <sup>''(])''</sup> 19:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
*My bad on using ''subst'' in the {{tl|notability}} tags - It's difficult to keep track of which templates are subst'd, and which aren't. - ]<sup><span style="color:#FF0000">(])</span></sup> 13:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


Hi, thanks again for your participation in ]. Ran across several articles where you forgot to delete the 'notability' tag, which kept it on the project's to-do list after you had nominated it for deletion. Just a reminder to remember to do this. Thanks! ]<sup>]</sup> 08:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC) Can you have Wolterbot update ]? I saw that it had updated some but not all of the cleanup pages and was wondering if you could get around to this one? ] (]) 16:59, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
: The subscription template had been from the project page, therefore the listings were not updated. I have re-added the subscription, you should see the updated listing soon. --] (]) 19:56, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
* Hi! I usually keep the notability tag on the article until it actually gets deleted (or sorted otherwise). This prevents articles from just "falling of the list" in the case that for example a PROD is contested, but I didn't have hte article on my watchlist. --] 11:38, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
: My opinion on this is that once we sort an article and add a <nowiki>{{db}}</nowiki> or <nowiki>{{prod}}</nowiki> tag, it becomes part of another process (speedy deletion, deletion) and the article appears on another list where it is handled by another segment of the community. Our function is to arbitrate cases where notability is contested and get them to the next step in the process. Once we have done that, I think the article should be taken off our to-do list. That's the way I read #6 ]. ]<sup>]</sup> 20:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


==Mentoring== == Bug ==
I realize that you are fairly new to WP and might like some help with your deletion projects. Normally, I am concerned about new volunteers getting overly involved in deletion, but you seem to be very conscientious and we could really use you your energy. I would be happy to help you anytime that you have a question regarding policies or guidelines. If I don't know the answer, I know the people who will. I should disclose that I am inclined toward finding alternatives to deletion for borderline topics, but I am not naive when it comes to getting rid of spam, vanity, and other crap. --] 19:26, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
:Thank you; yes, there's indeed some point now and then where your assistance would be helpful. If I have a question, should I just post it to your talk page? --] 19:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
:: Yes, or feel free to email me if it is urgent. --] 02:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
:::I'd hate to bring this up here, but since Kevin's understanding of policy and guidelines is fundamentally incorrect in several areas, you would be better off bringing your questions to the ], which was made precisely for these questions and gives you wider input, rather than one person's opinion. ] 11:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


I see you are active at the moment with edits in the last few minutes. I thought I'd make sure you noticed a suggestion of a possible explanation for a bug at ].--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 23:39, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
==Notability project==
: I have responded there. --] (]) 00:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Just wondering how this project exists. I am all for removing spam from wikipedia it is a good thing but if you keep deleting people's work your gonna get some opposition. Isn't your split second decision of notability a bit POV? Mikko Innanen is a noted saxophonist - copywright should be removed but not the entire article - leaving it as a stub with a brief rewritten summary would have been the right way to do it -it shows a complete lack of respect anyway that you don't contact the creator before systemically wiping out articles. ] <sup>]]</sup> 21:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
:I actually did not list the article for speedy deletion because of notability issues (that would be against policy). I listed it because the initial version was a copyright infringement, uploaded by a single user, criterion G12. If you want to create a new version of the article without copyvio, you're welcome! --] 21:34, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


== closed system drug transfer device ==


hello,
== ] ==
Please take a look at the input I have made at ] and weigh in. Specifically, I found that the correct article was at ] where I replaced the unsourced version with a sourced version that I just put together in trying to respond to the (mis-spelled) stub. Can you please weigh in on the need for merger at this point? My opinion is that we need both Mantra and ] to remain, putting a redirect on ] to go to ]. ] 23:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


i am trying to get a reliable source to come and review the closed system drug transfer device page on wikipedia. it would be awesome if you could come and read the discussions page and make a comment if you know anything about this subject. thanks. brendan tate <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 20:37, 2 November 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Closing discussions properly ==


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Hey, thank you for working really hard within ] where I also participate. Just wanted to note that you didn't close ] merger discussion formally, as advised ar ], which is important for automated archiving of talkpages. -- ] 11:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
This list seems to be broken. Not that anyone seems to care... ] (]) 22:27, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
: There was a problem with the parameters used in the subscription template; it's corrected now. --] (]) 18:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)


==Today's update==
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Thanks for the update. However, I have a question: I noticed that articles from categories "coordinates missing" and "need cleanup" do not appear on the ]. Is that intentional or some bug? ] (]) 00:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello. ] has actually previously survived prod. You might try AfD instead. ] (]) 02:15, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
: Hi Renata. No, that's nothing to do with the Lithuania listing specifically. The bot basically scans ] and its sub-categories; and for some reason, both ] and the "coordinates missing" categories (]) had been removed from there. I have fixed this for both now, but I'm unsure about "Coordinates missing". Are these considered "cleanup"? Should they be in a "cleanup listing"? --] (]) 22:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
:Oh, I'm sorry; I missed that point in the edit history. --] 08:08, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
::Ok, thanks. I think they should be in the clean up listing. There is something wrong with the articles & they need fixing. I wanted to thank you for making these lists. Very slowly I am working on cleaning up some of the oldest articles in my pet project and your listing is the best! :) ] (]) 22:34, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
::I don't think that the coord missing is a cleanup item. Lacking that information does not mean the article is really missing anything or that it is bad. ] (]) 01:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)


== Active user verification == == Been a while ==
Hello, {{BASEPAGENAME}}. Due to the high number of inactive users at ], we are asking that you verify that you are still an active contributor of the project. To do so, please add an asterisk (*) after your name on ]. Users without one by the next issue in 2 weeks will be removed off the list. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. ] 03:34, 19 June 2007 (UTC)


Been a while since I heard from you (the ] requests and bugs are starting to pile up). Hope all's well and a merry 2010. ]&nbsp;{<sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;]} 17:39, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
==Delta Theta Sigma==
Hi there, I added some to the article on ] in the hopes of at least removing the no reference tags removed from the article. Since you were the last user to edit the tags, I was hoping that you would remove the tags from the article. It seems like cheating to remove them myself. I know that it still isn't a very good article, but it at least has some reference3s to corroborate the information. Please let me know what you think and, if appropriate, remove the tags.] 20:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
*Thanks for your message, I have responded on the article's ]. --] 16:26, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks for reviewing the article for me. Maybe I'll get around to finding more objective sources in a couple months. At least the new tag is some improvement.-] 23:20, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
== John Colling and Dixie ==
Hi there, just wanted to give you a heads up that I posted on the merger section. Thanks for my own heads up in talk, appreciated. ] 22:05, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


==assistant professors== == wolterbot ==


Could you take a look at ] and let us know if your wolterbot could be adapted to do this?---''']''' '']'' 22:15, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
agreed that assistant professors in general are not notable--even at universities like Berkeley. academic notability depends primarily upon the publication of work recognized by other experts in the field, and most assistant professors have not done enough. One published book is certainly not enough. If you find any more, put them up for prod as well. In the last six months, I think AfD only accepted two or three as notable at that stage in their careers. ''']''' 03:30, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
::There has been a lot of discussion recently about unreferenced BLPs as some admins started summarily deleting them. We were wondering whether:
::#Wolterbot would be willing to take on some additional projects.
::#Can WolterBot allow projects to adopt a category or does it only work on the project tags on talkpages?
::#If a project signs up to Wolterbot will they get their first report based on the November dump or will they not get a report till you next process a database dump?
::#Could Wolterbot possibly give a little extra emphasis to the unreferenced BLPs to alert projects to the possibility that those articles may be about to be deleted.
::'']]<span style="color:DarkOrange">Chequers</span>'' 01:54, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
== Chess project ==
:From: User talk:Ikip
The chess project uses cleanup (]) but the unreferenced lists BLPs only. Can it list all unreferenced articles? ] ], 02:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


== Urgent request for bot run ==
==]==
Per your request for a response: article deleted as promotional article requiring rewrite. Also one might add notability not evidenced. ] 15:41, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


Bert, I have recently added the Wolterbot template to a great number of country Wikiprojects' main pages. Could you please run you bot once again, now. I'm aware that the bot will run on a dated database dump, still, the results will still be highly useful. It will provide the country projects a list of articles in dire need of references. It will also identify those unreferenced BLP articles that have already been deleted for being unsourced, not stating importance of subject, housekeeping, and all other sorts of reasons, for which BLP articles presently are summarily deleted with little oversight. We need that list as a basis for transferring articles to the incubator or for requesting undeletions. ] (]) 19:53, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
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== Question ==
I have added some sourced material to this article about the Ivan Southall book. I would be grateful if you could take a look. ] 01:51, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks for the changes, I have responded on the ].--] 09:25, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


Hello B. Wolterding. I added subscription for your bot to the ]. Yesterday, I created page ], where I'm adding unreferenced BLPs. Suddenly, I realized that existing page may confuse your bot (to be honest, I know absolutely nothing about operating a bot). I hope I didn't cause any confusion. If any problem arise just let me know, I'll move the content to my user subpage so we can delete it. Thank you, and apologies for my stupid questions :) --] (]) 15:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
== Nokia 6151 ==
Hi. I have undeleted the article ] after someone contested the prod. If you think it should be deleted, feel free to nominate it on AfD. Cheers, --] <small>(] <nowiki>|</nowiki> ])</small> 15:13, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


== Subst == == Bot not running ==


It's been a while since there were updates for the projects I follow. Is the bot still running? ] (]) 00:54, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Sorry about the substing on ]. Usually I remember tags like coi and expand, etc, don't need subst tags. Must've done that instinctively and didn't notice. Anyways, sorry and thanks. -] 20:18, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


== Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Children's literature ==
== Asbjørn Lønvig ==
Would appreciate a new run of the clean-up listing for ]. I have added the subscription template to our main page.--] (]) 07:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


==Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Contemporary music ==
I reviewed ] per your suggestion and posted my findings on the ]. Per my findings, I proposed the article for deletion.
Hi. Apparently the bot hasn't run since November, see ]. Would it be possible to get this going again? Thanks. --'']]'' 11:34, 19 February 2010 (UTC)


== Do you have to wait for the database dumps? ==
Thanks for the notification on the ] page! Cheers. ] 18:37, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


These lists are very useful, but do you have to wait for the dumps? Can you not have access to the toolserver or some other backdoor? Also, given the recent issues with unreferenced BLPs, these should be highlighted or listed at the top of your list, not hidden in the middle. Thanks, ] (]) 07:18, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
==Stella Maris==
: Unfortunately yes, the bot needs database dumps. (And I would rather have it not to, because each time a new dump comes, it takes half a day alone to import the relevant portion of the data into my database.) But the bot is very resource intensive, and needs to run on its own machine. On the toolserver, it would probably block everything else that runs there for several hours. --] (]) 22:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Actually, it is more appropriate to simply delete this article now. Stella Maris is no longer is school and is used only as a convent see http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11293 about what has happened to the school. I will tag it for deletion for you. ] 18:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


==Anti-clericalism==
==Mead and Spokane==
The ] article needs rewriting. I don't know how to notify the WikiProject Atheism about this. --] (]) 00:28, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for tipping me off to the merger discussion. Although I've spent only minimal time on the Spokane article, this proposed merger aroused my interest. ] 14:10, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


== Dead user equals dead bot ==
== AFD nom on ] ==


Given that the honorable Mr. Wolterding seems to be dead (no edits since January 3rd), what is the Plan B for WolterBot ??? --<span style="color: #4590ff; font-family: Times; font-size: small;">]]</span> 19:19, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
This nomination does not seem to have followed the Notability project's guidelines. Your AFD reasoning isn't compatible with the project pages instructions. ] 19:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
:Only four edits siince 9th of November looks even worse.--] (]) 08:43, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
::I've started a discussion here: ]. Sadly, Mr Wolterding doesn't provide an email address so we can't get his attention that way. ] <sup>]</sup> 14:56, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
:::Yep, I had started one ''']''' before (and elsewhere) without much success. In the case of yours, it got archived these last hours and I had to revive it. Seems nobody is interested in Cleanup listings... --<span style="color: #4590ff; font-family: Times; font-size: small;">]]</span> 04:56, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


:I'd really like to have WPMED's cleanup listing updated. Even twice a year would be helpful to me. ] (]) 05:20, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
==Prods==
Thanks for all your good catches. But you could help even a little more by making it easier for us admins who have to sort through them to do the final deletion--when you mark a bio as non-notable, please say what sort of a person it is -- a singer, a politician, a businessperson, or whatever. Not all of us are competent at everything--I don't want to be the one to screen bios of athletes, for example. ''']''' (]) 19:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
: No problem, I will include that in the PROD rationale from now on. --] 13:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


Has someone tried emailing B. Wolterding? <span style="border: 1px #F10; background-color:cream;">''']''' *]</span> 23:39, 22 March 2010 (UTC) Ah! No email. <span style="border: 1px #F10; background-color:cream;">''']''' *]</span> 23:41, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
== De Aston School‎ ==
:He doesn't seem to have an email account enabled. I also checked his de wiki account, but ] indicates he was inactive there since 2008. It's a problem, as the WolterBot seems like a very useful bot - I was hoping to see his results for WP:SOCIOLOGY :( --<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]|]</span></sub> 17:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)


:: As you will have noted, I have started WolterBot now. However, this is most likely the only message you will get from me at this time - I will be unavailable for another 4 weeks or so, due to other commitments. --] (]) 19:38, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
I have removed the {{tl|prod}} tag from ], which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. I have nominated the article for deletion instead; the debate may be found at ], which overrides the need for a {{tl|prod}} tag. I have explained my reasons for doing this in my nomination. Thanks! <!-- ] --> ] 01:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
:::Thank you! We've missed you!--] (]) 21:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
:::Thank you! Could you consider making the bot code public so in case of another long break somebody else can step in your shoes? --<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]|]</span></sub> 00:25, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
:::Thanks! I really appreciate it! ] (]) 18:57, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


Thanks B. Wolterding. A very useful service. <span style="border: 1px #F10; background-color:cream;">''']''' *]</span> 10:55, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
== Electric helicopter ==


== ] ==
* See ]. ] 19:30, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


As the person who redirected this page to ], you may be interested to know I have nominated it for deletion. Your comments are welcome at ]. ] (]) 12:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
== ] ==
The ] is proposed for ]. You have made edits to this page, so I have informed you as a courtesy. ] 14:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


==Random question==
== Uzinele Braşov ==
Hi, Bert! I'm not sure if you know the answer, but since you do much work related to project-tagging, I thought I'd ask. Do you know if there is a tool with the functionality of ], but limited to a specified WikiProject? If not, do you know if building such a tool is theoretically possible (not necessarily by you :))? Thanks!—]&nbsp;•&nbsp;(]); March&nbsp;15, 2010; 15:29 (UTC)
: I'm quite sure that there is no such tool on Misplaced Pages itself, because the software internally "does not know" about project tags at all. It would, in theory, be possible to build such a tool: You'd need to download a database dump to your computer, extract the project--article relations from it, and choose at random from this data. This tool would, however, work on your computer only, and not for other users. For a while, I used a similar approach for tagging articles that had ''no'' project tags on them. --] (]) 22:17, 23 March 2010 (UTC)


:This might not be quite what you want, but ] can be used in specified category combinations (and project banners can and do add categories). Check out how I've used it at ] and ] (the latter showing how to get around the bot's limitation of only being able to have one update entry per page: make subpages and transclude). ] <sup>]</sup> 11:58, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I received a notice about this article, apparently by mistake since I did not write it (or even contribute to it). Regards, ] 15:22, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
::Anomiebot is indeed not quite what I had in mind, but it's the closest thing available, so I'll probably make use of it (the database dump will not work for me for reasons outside my control). Thanks much for pointing out that option! Best,—]&nbsp;•&nbsp;(]); March&nbsp;25, 2010; 12:37 (UTC)


== Rerun to update now-corrected listing errors ==
* I'm sorry, I must have mixed up two history pages somehow. --] 07:56, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


Hi, I've gone through ] and cleaned up over 100 cleanup listings with errors (mostly subprojects that didn't provide the necessary banner/category details). If you could please run the bot again to update these listings, that would be great. I've deleted the erroneous listing subpages, so you could possibly tell the bot to skip listing pages that exist, if that saves time. Thanks! ] <sup>]</sup> 18:16, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
==]==
OK, I agree, I din't started the article anyways. Nothing would be lose, for sure. ] 21:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


== AAbot broken due to API Update ==
== ] ==


So it looks like because of a API update involving logging in, AAbot broke. When do you think you would have an update by, as it seems the entire system is broken right now? <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">]]]M</span> 22:54, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Have added in the URL of the copyvio on the article page for you. --''']''' (] - ]) 20:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
:B. Wolterding, just a quick message to tell you how useful that bot has been - the absence of it is really fealt! ] (]) 13:33, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
* Oops, I messed up the template parameter. Thanks for fixing this. --] 20:24, 11 October 2007 (UTC)


== Bot ==
== Highways in Saskatchewan, etc. ==


Just wanted to ask you what happened about your wonderful bot? Will it be running any time soon? --<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">]<sup>]</sup></span> 08:52, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Go ahead! The two I removed were notable enough on their own but the rest are not much! On another subject, the Dec 2006 notability left-overs contains two Minnesota theatres that could go either way. (nimbus & fifty foot something) Are you going to Afd them? I did a lot of searching; didn't find much but they would probably rate a ''weak keep'' at Afd. What do you think? --] 17:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
* I've merged them. About the theatres: I have asked WikiProject Theatre for their opinion, let's see what they say. It's a somewhat borderline case. --] 18:42, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


:See the section just above and ]. <span style="font-variant:small-caps; whitespace:nowrap;">] {] / ] / ] / ]}</span> 09:50, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
== ] ==


== clean up request ==
The above is a third theatre in the same vein as the two mentioned in the previous post. They look like they are the same general type. (I can't decide on this one either.) Thanks! --] 21:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
* I added it to the review list. Hopefully someone will answer. --] 15:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
==Kroll==
Could you please refrain from frivolous prods such as the one you did with ]. Kroll has published anthologies for ] which is one of the major publishers of photography and art books worldwide. Thank you. ] 19:53, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
* Note that the fact that Kroll has published anthologies does ''not'' make him notable - it's rather source ''about'' him that are needed. See ]. The article did not give hints to such coverage, and I was not aware of any. Also the article had been tagged with notability questions for more than half a year. You added ] now - that's fine; but calling the prod "frivolous" seems like failing to ]. --] 16:36, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


I would be more than willing to help. I have done clean up on a number of boxing articles, and extensive clean up on Andrew Golota, and Riddick Bowe. I know that many more are in dire need, and the ones that I have touched up are a long way from being finished. Please let me know where I can be of further assistance. All the best-] (]) 06:59, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
==Michael Tornambe==
:Perhaps ] will help you. ] <sup>]</sup> 07:19, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
::I may have responded in the wrong place. I was specifically interested in boxing articles. I'm afraid my expertise is quite lacking in the areas above.] (]) 07:43, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
:::OK, I see. I've added a cleanup listing request for WikiProject Boxing; this will be generated the next time the bot is run. Hopefully that won't be too far into the future - but that's entirely up to the busy-in-real-life B. Wolterding. ] <sup>]</sup> 11:24, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
::::Great, thanks! Hope I can help!] (]) 13:34, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


== You are now a Reviewer ==
You're right, I speedy tagged it with the wrong code. Thanks ] 16:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


]
== Hay ==
Hello. Your account has been granted the "{{mono|reviewer}}" userright, allowing you to ] on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a ] at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).


Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not ] to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.
Thanks for informing me on that article, I completly forgot about it. I have left a comment on the discussion ].


When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious ] or ], and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see ]). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found ].
] <sup>]</sup> 16:51, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. <!-- Template:Reviewer-notice --> ] (]) 18:48, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
== ] ==


== Idea for WolterBot ==
While I don't agree with the afd, I appreciate how you notified me. --'''] ]''' 00:21, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
==]==
Please don't redirect articles without merging information from the redirected article to the new spot. ] 01:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
:My mistake! I see it's already there. Never mind. ] 01:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


Hi Bert,
== Atze Schröder ==


I see you're busy in real life at the moment, but I'm just letting you know I made a suggestion regarding WolterBot ].
You went to exactly the right place to raise the issue of whether to include the real name of ]; there is no other particular board which would be appropriate. However you might want to go to get a ], or raise an article ] which are ways of getting other editor's opinions on the subject. As there is no legal question of the Florida-based Wikimedia servers being caught by a German judgment, it is not likely that anyone else would get involved.


Cheers, ]<sup>(]•])</sup> 14:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
You can also remove the name yourself if you want to, but be careful not to get into a revert war over it if another editor puts it back. Just contact the editor and discuss the matter on the article talk page. I would also advise you to be prepared to concede the issue if it becomes clear that there is a consensus that it is acceptable to include the name.


== Article Alert Bot ==
The article could still do with expansion; non-German users are unlikely to be familiar with the subject. What sort of humour does he use? Are there additional characters in his shows? ] 23:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


Hello, I just wanted to suggest that you post the code for Article Alert Bot somewhere so that in the event of breakage (such as due to the recent API update) someone can update the code and run a new version without having to bother you about it. Article Alert bot is such a valuable tool for the WikiProjects it would be a shame if it ever had to be discontinued due to people not being able to update the code. ] (]) 18:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
* Thanks for your answer; I have opened a request for comments now. Hopefully this will result in more responses. --] 16:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
#Agreed. I no sooner found out it existed -- and was about to make sure various projects had it -- than I discovered it had been down for months and no one could try to make the necessary adjustments without you. Pretty please? ] (]) 21:37, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
#Agreed. It is sorely missed. ] (]) 18:46, 31 August 2010 (UTC)


== EASY CLEAN UP TASK for http://en.wikipedia.org/Robert_Livingston_(1746-1813) ==
==]==


I don't know how to edit articles but I at least got to this point. Simple format edit needed. One of the .jpeg files is overlapping a text box to its right, obliterating important info. The offending .jpeg is of the painting of the Committee of 5.
Hello Wolterding, are there any particular facts that you would like to see verified? I can throw in some more references, but perhaps you had some particular points in mind when asking for verification. In other words, one or two more <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> requests would be helpful. Just for background information: I felt uneasy that Top ended up with no entry because of a few unclear statements, although he is very notable by our standards. Best regards, ] 13:37, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


Nancy James <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 13:37, 6 September 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
* My concern was not so much about the factual accuracy. Rather, it seems (from the sources you gave) that the article was written only from ]: his website and the website of his publisher. If you say he's "very notable", then certainly more ] exist - press coverage, for example, that gives biographical information about him. These should be added, or even more: they should be the base for the article. --] 13:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


== ArticleAlert Bot source code ==
::Hello again. So you do want a few independent sources, without being concerned about a particular fact. Thank you for setting that straight. There are plenty. BTW I ''did not'' use his website for the writing or the publisher's website. The publisher (]) is a not-for-profit Dutch music institute. Best, ] 13:58, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


What license do you have on the AA Bot source code? I am wondering how freely I can distribute it. You can reply here or email me with your answer, whichever you want. ] (]) 00:24, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Hello Wolterding, I have added several references. If you have any additional concerns, please let me know. The case of Edward Top was a clear "spite delete" (deleted in spite of notability) that I am happy to set straight. Regards, ] 23:37, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

== WolterBot replacement ==

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== proposed deletion of redirect to Extreme Programming from ] ==

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==Zoo Basel==
Hi, I've been working at the ] page and subpages for quite some time. The goal is to have a higher rating for a better article.

As Zoo Basel is Switzerland's second most visited tourist attraction, I believe it falls well into this project and I would love to hear your comments/suggestions. Thank you!!!
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This user may have left Misplaced Pages. B. Wolterding has not edited Misplaced Pages for a considerable amount of time. As a result, any requests made here may not receive a response. If you are seeking assistance, you may need to approach someone else.
This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.
From time to time, I clean up my talk page simply by removing items. Discussions here do not usually contain anything of lasting importance, and therefore I do not keep a separate archive. You may find older discussions in the page history .

wolterbot listings have not appeared

I subscribed Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Graphic design to wolterbot's cleanup listings last year. As the "wolterbot coming soon" message is still on the pages, I began to wonder if I subscribed incorrectly, or if something else needs to be done to get things rolling. Thanks for your time and trouble. UnkleFester (talk) 02:35, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

New bot dump.

Just a quick note, there's a new bot dump for Wolterbot to go through. Headbomb {κοντριβς – WP Physics} 01:14, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, they seem to come in every 5 days now. However I was away from the machine where WolterBot runs. Will try to catch the next "fresh" dump, around Oct 15. --B. Wolterding (talk) 22:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Cleanup Listing

Can you have Wolterbot update Misplaced Pages:WikiProject South Dakota/Cleanup listing? I saw that it had updated some but not all of the cleanup pages and was wondering if you could get around to this one? Spiesr (talk) 16:59, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

The subscription template had been removed from the project page, therefore the listings were not updated. I have re-added the subscription, you should see the updated listing soon. --B. Wolterding (talk) 19:56, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Bug

I see you are active at the moment with edits in the last few minutes. I thought I'd make sure you noticed a suggestion of a possible explanation for a bug at Bugs#University_of_Chicago_WP:GAR_review_is_being_overlooked.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:39, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

I have responded there. --B. Wolterding (talk) 00:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

closed system drug transfer device

hello,

i am trying to get a reliable source to come and review the closed system drug transfer device page on wikipedia. it would be awesome if you could come and read the discussions page and make a comment if you know anything about this subject. thanks. brendan tate —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brendan tate (talk • contribs) 20:37, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Russia/Cleanup listing

This list seems to be broken. Not that anyone seems to care... Renata (talk) 22:27, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

There was a problem with the parameters used in the subscription template; it's corrected now. --B. Wolterding (talk) 18:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Today's update

Thanks for the update. However, I have a question: I noticed that articles from categories "coordinates missing" and "need cleanup" do not appear on the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Lithuania/Cleanup listing. Is that intentional or some bug? Renata (talk) 00:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Renata. No, that's nothing to do with the Lithuania listing specifically. The bot basically scans Category:Misplaced Pages cleanup categories and its sub-categories; and for some reason, both Category:Articles needing cleanup and the "coordinates missing" categories (Category:Articles needing coordinates) had been removed from there. I have fixed this for both now, but I'm unsure about "Coordinates missing". Are these considered "cleanup"? Should they be in a "cleanup listing"? --B. Wolterding (talk) 22:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I think they should be in the clean up listing. There is something wrong with the articles & they need fixing. I wanted to thank you for making these lists. Very slowly I am working on cleaning up some of the oldest articles in my pet project and your listing is the best! :) Renata (talk) 22:34, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
I don't think that the coord missing is a cleanup item. Lacking that information does not mean the article is really missing anything or that it is bad. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Been a while

Been a while since I heard from you (the WP:AALERTS requests and bugs are starting to pile up). Hope all's well and a merry 2010. Headbomb {κοντριβς – WP Physics} 17:39, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

wolterbot

Could you take a look at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_comment/Biographies_of_living_people#View_by_Balloonman.2Ftechnical_option and let us know if your wolterbot could be adapted to do this?---Balloonman 22:15, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

There has been a lot of discussion recently about unreferenced BLPs as some admins started summarily deleting them. We were wondering whether:
  1. Wolterbot would be willing to take on some additional projects.
  2. Can WolterBot allow projects to adopt a category or does it only work on the project tags on talkpages?
  3. If a project signs up to Wolterbot will they get their first report based on the November dump or will they not get a report till you next process a database dump?
  4. Could Wolterbot possibly give a little extra emphasis to the unreferenced BLPs to alert projects to the possibility that those articles may be about to be deleted.
ϢereSpielChequers 01:54, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Chess project

From: User talk:Ikip

The chess project uses cleanup (WP:WikiProject Chess/Cleanup listing) but the unreferenced lists BLPs only. Can it list all unreferenced articles? Bubba73 , 02:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Urgent request for bot run

Bert, I have recently added the Wolterbot template to a great number of country Wikiprojects' main pages. Could you please run you bot once again, now. I'm aware that the bot will run on a dated database dump, still, the results will still be highly useful. It will provide the country projects a list of articles in dire need of references. It will also identify those unreferenced BLP articles that have already been deleted for being unsourced, not stating importance of subject, housekeeping, and all other sorts of reasons, for which BLP articles presently are summarily deleted with little oversight. We need that list as a basis for transferring articles to the incubator or for requesting undeletions. Power.corrupts (talk) 19:53, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Question

Hello B. Wolterding. I added subscription for your bot to the WikiProject Czech Republic. Yesterday, I created page Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Czech Republic/Cleanup listing, where I'm adding unreferenced BLPs. Suddenly, I realized that existing page may confuse your bot (to be honest, I know absolutely nothing about operating a bot). I hope I didn't cause any confusion. If any problem arise just let me know, I'll move the content to my user subpage so we can delete it. Thank you, and apologies for my stupid questions :) --Vejvančický (talk) 15:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Bot not running

It's been a while since there were updates for the projects I follow. Is the bot still running? Vegaswikian (talk) 00:54, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Children's literature

Would appreciate a new run of the clean-up listing for Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Children's literature. I have added the subscription template to our main page.--Plad2 (talk) 07:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Contemporary music

Hi. Apparently the bot hasn't run since November, see Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Contemporary music/Cleanup listing. Would it be possible to get this going again? Thanks. --Kleinzach 11:34, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Do you have to wait for the database dumps?

These lists are very useful, but do you have to wait for the dumps? Can you not have access to the toolserver or some other backdoor? Also, given the recent issues with unreferenced BLPs, these should be highlighted or listed at the top of your list, not hidden in the middle. Thanks, The-Pope (talk) 07:18, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately yes, the bot needs database dumps. (And I would rather have it not to, because each time a new dump comes, it takes half a day alone to import the relevant portion of the data into my database.) But the bot is very resource intensive, and needs to run on its own machine. On the toolserver, it would probably block everything else that runs there for several hours. --B. Wolterding (talk) 22:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Anti-clericalism

The Anti-clericalism article needs rewriting. I don't know how to notify the WikiProject Atheism about this. --Tediouspedant (talk) 00:28, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Dead user equals dead bot

Given that the honorable Mr. Wolterding seems to be dead (no edits since January 3rd), what is the Plan B for WolterBot ??? --AlainR345 19:19, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Only four edits siince 9th of November looks even worse.--Stone (talk) 08:43, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
I've started a discussion here: Misplaced Pages:Bot_requests#User:WolterBot. Sadly, Mr Wolterding doesn't provide an email address so we can't get his attention that way. Rd232 14:56, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Yep, I had started one here before (and elsewhere) without much success. In the case of yours, it got archived these last hours and I had to revive it. Seems nobody is interested in Cleanup listings... --AlainR345 04:56, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
I'd really like to have WPMED's cleanup listing updated. Even twice a year would be helpful to me. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:20, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Has someone tried emailing B. Wolterding? SilkTork * 23:39, 22 March 2010 (UTC) Ah! No email. SilkTork * 23:41, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

He doesn't seem to have an email account enabled. I also checked his de wiki account, but de:Benutzer:B. Wolterding indicates he was inactive there since 2008. It's a problem, as the WolterBot seems like a very useful bot - I was hoping to see his results for WP:SOCIOLOGY :( --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
As you will have noted, I have started WolterBot now. However, this is most likely the only message you will get from me at this time - I will be unavailable for another 4 weeks or so, due to other commitments. --B. Wolterding (talk) 19:38, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Thank you! We've missed you!--Plad2 (talk) 21:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Thank you! Could you consider making the bot code public so in case of another long break somebody else can step in your shoes? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:25, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! I really appreciate it! WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:57, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks B. Wolterding. A very useful service. SilkTork * 10:55, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Contrariwise

As the person who redirected this page to Lewis Carroll, you may be interested to know I have nominated it for deletion. Your comments are welcome at WP:Redirects for discussion#Contrariwise. Robofish (talk) 12:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Random question

Hi, Bert! I'm not sure if you know the answer, but since you do much work related to project-tagging, I thought I'd ask. Do you know if there is a tool with the functionality of Special:Random, but limited to a specified WikiProject? If not, do you know if building such a tool is theoretically possible (not necessarily by you :))? Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 15, 2010; 15:29 (UTC)

I'm quite sure that there is no such tool on Misplaced Pages itself, because the software internally "does not know" about project tags at all. It would, in theory, be possible to build such a tool: You'd need to download a database dump to your computer, extract the project--article relations from it, and choose at random from this data. This tool would, however, work on your computer only, and not for other users. For a while, I used a similar approach for tagging articles that had no project tags on them. --B. Wolterding (talk) 22:17, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
This might not be quite what you want, but User:AnomieBOT/RandomPage can be used in specified category combinations (and project banners can and do add categories). Check out how I've used it at Misplaced Pages:Venezuela-related_regional_notice_board#Proposed and Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons/randomunreferencedmultiple (the latter showing how to get around the bot's limitation of only being able to have one update entry per page: make subpages and transclude). Rd232 11:58, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Anomiebot is indeed not quite what I had in mind, but it's the closest thing available, so I'll probably make use of it (the database dump will not work for me for reasons outside my control). Thanks much for pointing out that option! Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 25, 2010; 12:37 (UTC)

Rerun to update now-corrected listing errors

Hi, I've gone through Category:Subscriptions with errors and cleaned up over 100 cleanup listings with errors (mostly subprojects that didn't provide the necessary banner/category details). If you could please run the bot again to update these listings, that would be great. I've deleted the erroneous listing subpages, so you could possibly tell the bot to skip listing pages that exist, if that saves time. Thanks! Rd232 18:16, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

AAbot broken due to API Update

So it looks like because of a API update involving logging in, AAbot broke. When do you think you would have an update by, as it seems the entire system is broken right now? LegoKTM 22:54, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

B. Wolterding, just a quick message to tell you how useful that bot has been - the absence of it is really fealt! Tomas e (talk) 13:33, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Bot

Just wanted to ask you what happened about your wonderful bot? Will it be running any time soon? --Tadija 08:52, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

See the section just above and User_talk:Legoktm#AA_bot. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 09:50, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

clean up request

I would be more than willing to help. I have done clean up on a number of boxing articles, and extensive clean up on Andrew Golota, and Riddick Bowe. I know that many more are in dire need, and the ones that I have touched up are a long way from being finished. Please let me know where I can be of further assistance. All the best-Mk5384 (talk) 06:59, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions will help you. Rd232 07:19, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I may have responded in the wrong place. I was specifically interested in boxing articles. I'm afraid my expertise is quite lacking in the areas above.Mk5384 (talk) 07:43, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
OK, I see. I've added a cleanup listing request for WikiProject Boxing; this will be generated the next time the bot is run. Hopefully that won't be too far into the future - but that's entirely up to the busy-in-real-life B. Wolterding. Rd232 11:24, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Great, thanks! Hope I can help!Mk5384 (talk) 13:34, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Misplaced Pages:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 18:48, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Idea for WolterBot

Hi Bert,

I see you're busy in real life at the moment, but I'm just letting you know I made a suggestion regarding WolterBot here.

Cheers, Adrian J. Hunter 14:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Article Alert Bot

Hello, I just wanted to suggest that you post the code for Article Alert Bot somewhere so that in the event of breakage (such as due to the recent API update) someone can update the code and run a new version without having to bother you about it. Article Alert bot is such a valuable tool for the WikiProjects it would be a shame if it ever had to be discontinued due to people not being able to update the code. Kaldari (talk) 18:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

  1. Agreed. I no sooner found out it existed -- and was about to make sure various projects had it -- than I discovered it had been down for months and no one could try to make the necessary adjustments without you. Pretty please? Lawikitejana (talk) 21:37, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
  2. Agreed. It is sorely missed. Arlen22 (talk) 18:46, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

EASY CLEAN UP TASK for http://en.wikipedia.org/Robert_Livingston_(1746-1813)

I don't know how to edit articles but I at least got to this point. Simple format edit needed. One of the .jpeg files is overlapping a text box to its right, obliterating important info. The offending .jpeg is of the painting of the Committee of 5.

Nancy James —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.85.150.135 (talk) 13:37, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

ArticleAlert Bot source code

What license do you have on the AA Bot source code? I am wondering how freely I can distribute it. You can reply here or email me with your answer, whichever you want. Arlen22 (talk) 00:24, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

WolterBot replacement

I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot. See the tool's wiki page and the tool itself. Svick (talk) 18:09, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, B. Wolterding! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Misplaced Pages, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 02:25, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

proposed deletion of redirect to Extreme Programming from Testathon

Testathon listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Testathon. Since you had some involvement with the Testathon redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Martijn Meijering (talk) 20:30, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Zoo Basel

Hi, I've been working at the Zoo Basel page and subpages for quite some time. The goal is to have a higher rating for a better article.

As Zoo Basel is Switzerland's second most visited tourist attraction, I believe it falls well into this project and I would love to hear your comments/suggestions. Thank you!!! (talk) 10:08, 02 August 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Forgotten Realms Wikia

Template:Forgotten Realms Wikia has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:51, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions

Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Armbrust 13:17, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Request for Comment

Based on your comments here: https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Avoiding_harm, I am interested in having your feedback/criticism dialogue here: https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Guideline_for_crime_victims_of_world_wide_significanceMeropeRiddle (talk) 11:05, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Just to let you know -- Missing Wikipedians

You have been mentioned at Misplaced Pages:Missing Wikipedians. Ottawahitech (talk) 16:34, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

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Bots Newsletter, April 2017

Bots Newsletter, April 2017

Greetings!

The BAG Newsletter is now the Bots Newsletter, per discussion. As such, we've subscribed all bot operators to the newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

Arbcom

Magioladitis ARBCOM case has closed. The remedies of the case include:

  • Community encouraged to review common fixes
  • Community encouraged to review policy on cosmetic edits
  • Developers encouraged to improve AWB interface
  • Bot approvals group encouraged to carefully review BRFA scope
  • Reminders/Restrictions specific to Magioladitis
BRFAs

We currently have 27 open bot requests at Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing!

Discussions

There are multiple ongoing discussions surrounding bot-related matters. In particular:

New things

Several new things are around:

Wikimania

Wikimania 2017 is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, let us know!

Thank you! edited by:Headbomb 11:35, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

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Just to let you know, since you are inactive, I have unsubscribed you from the bot spam list. Feel free to subscribe back at any time if you do return, however! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:56, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Forgotten Realms Wikia

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Pizza Pop!

Article restored. Harizotoh9 (talk)

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