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Unexpired request

Hey -- I just wanted to make sure I let you know, I re-opened a bot request, which you had previously expired (the user wasn't active at the time), because the user came back and asked to re-open it. Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval/PseudoBot. I hope that's the right way to go about it... SQL 01:25, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

That's fine, don't worry about it :) --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 01:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, regarding the NFCCBot thing.... If I "screwed the pooch", and messed everything up, I'm sorry. I just have a lot of other stuff going on right now, and, I've got no desire to work on it anymore, particularly with the ratio of amount_of_crap_generated to usage_and_usefulness at this point. Were you even still planning to run it anymore btw? I kinda figured your image bot, and Carnlido (I hope I got the spelling right...)'s (which, can do DAB's I understand), and the other one which for the life of me I can't find so may very well be imaginary, coupled with BCBot, kinda eliminated the need for further image bots of that type right now. Anyhow, After the last couple days, I'm done with it. Sorry again. SQL 03:08, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Image tagging bot

I uploaded an image of an album cover a while ago, having checked the Fair Use Policy, and included justification for why it complied with the fair use policy. However, STBotl tagged it, and (seemingly) subsequently removed it, before I'd had the chance to respond to the initial tag. I'd thought it was ok, so I just wanted to check whether it was a misunderstanding on my part of the fair use policy. Thanks

What image? Who are you? --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 00:50, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Jealousy screwedcover.jpg

Hi, can you send me a copy of that image? (Image:Jealousy screwedcover.jpg) I saw on the deletion log that you deleted it, and I can't find anywhere on the internet. I would like to have a copy of it, for private use (on my music library). Is that possible for you? :D — Jhn* 20:45, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Please email me through the wiki interface so I can sent it as an attachment. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 00:49, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Newusers

Heya, regarding User:ST47/newusers, I've been updating it near-daily lately, and, I had a question. Would it be possible to filter out blocked accounts? SQL 05:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

That uses a database query, right? Post it here and I'll see what I can do. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 14:39, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure, here she is:

set @counter:=0; select @counter:=@counter+1 as rank, user_ids.user_name as username, count(logging.log_timestamp) as number from logging, user_ids left join ipblocks on ipb_user=user_id where logging.log_type='newusers' and logging.log_user = user_ids.user_id and ipblocks.ipb_id is null group by logging.log_user order by number desc limit 100;

I tried a few times, but, for the life of me I couldn't get it to do what I wanted it to :( SQL 00:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

That got it, thanks! SQL 01:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The remedies decided by the Arbitration Committee, viewable here, instruct Betacommand with regards to the operation of BetacommandBot, including placement of notifications and civility in replying to concerns raised about its operation. Betacommand is urged to be significantly more responsive to good-faith questions from users whose images he tags and either to respond directly to such questions, and also to develop an "opt-out" list for BetacommandBot without imposing conditions on its use.

All editors are advised that periodic review of images and other media to ensure their compliance with the non-free content criteria may be necessary for policy, ethical, and sometimes legal reasons, and are invited to participate in policy discussions concerning this and related areas. Editors are cautioned not to be abusive toward or make personal attacks against participants, including bot operators, engaged in this work. The community is also urged to re-examine our policies and practices for reviewing, tagging, and where necessary deleting images in light of experience gained since the policies and practices were previously developed, including the disputes underlying this case. The Committee listed five specific points in the specific remedy that they believe any review should attempt to cover.

The Committee expects that the disputes and disruption underlying this case will cease as a result of this decision. In the event of non-compliance or a continued pattern of disputes, further review by the Committee may be sought after a reasonable time. In such a review, the Committee may impose appropriate sanctions including but not limited to the revocation of any user's privilege to use automated tools such as bots and scripts, revocation of other privileges, topic bans, civility restrictions, or any other remedies needed to end the disruption. However, please note that nothing in this paragraph restricts the authority of administrators to take appropriate action to deal with any disruptive incidents that may occur.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Daniel (talk) 12:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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Your recent bot approvals request has been approved. Please see the request page for details. When the bot flag is set it will show up in this log. — Werdna talk 08:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 10:28, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Malfunctioning bot

User:STBotI again tagged for deletion sourced images, claiming they're unsourced (Image:EuropeanSerbia.jpg). --PaxEquilibrium (talk) 17:02, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

The image didn't, and still doesn't, have a copyright tag explaining the type of image. Foundation-level NFCC policy requires machine-readable non-free media verifiability, and we implement that through the copyright tags. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 18:04, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

RFRBot

RFRBot doesn't seem to be working at this time, is there anything wrong? — E _aussie 00:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

It seems a few changes I made to my common library caused all my bots to be unable to notify me if they got logged out. RFRBot got logged out, and I didn't notice. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 02:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleted Fruits Basket images

A comment about your deletion of a large number of images that were various Fruits Basket character articles. I fully understand, and agree with, the need for free use rationales and for using only essential non-free media. And, indeed, many of those were not essential -- and, in fact, I'm preparing to merge several of the affected articles into the list of characters, making images moot. But not all of them. It is extremely annoying that no notice that these images needed rationales was ever given in the articles, either by editing the captions or on the talk pages, thus giving interested editors the chance to provide valid fair-use rationales. Please, in the future, stongly consider giving your fellow editors due consideration. Or in other words, play nicely, eh? —Quasirandom (talk) 16:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Or, to put it another way, this is supposed to be a collaboration. —Quasirandom (talk) 18:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

They were tagged for over a week, and they were uploaded incorrectly in the first place. If you need then, reupload them properly. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 19:02, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

They may have been tagged, but pretty much no one but the original uploader watches an image. And since I wasn't the uploader, I don't have them to reupload. In other articles I've worked with, notifying the editors who work on it, somewhere in the article/talk page, has been SOP courtesy. —Quasirandom (talk) 19:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Chuck Lorre

Hey, I just wanted to say good job on that edit you did to Chuck Lorre's page. It was getting ridiculous. Misplaced Pages could use more people like you who cut out the BS and the spin and just state the facts. Well done.

I'd say thanks, but I haven't a clue what you're talking about - I've never edited that page. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 01:01, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Error with Bot/WP/EN/ST47/AfDBot/1.2

Bot/WP/EN/ST47/AfDBot/1.2 needs to be logged in! 91.198.174.194 (talk) 13:02, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Ecudor Mining

The information provided is correct, and is not copyrighted. Foxfoxfox87

Rationale tagging issue

Hi. Some non-free images were incorrectly tagged as having no/invalid rationale on 21 April . I just looked at a few of the more than 500 images tagged yesterday and noticed these; there may be more mistagged images. Also, you did not reply to my 20 April message about mistagged book covers on User talk:STBotI, so here is a link to it in case you did not see my message on that busy page. All the best, Bláthnaid 13:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I haven't been looking at stbotI's page recently. I've fixed the problem in your first link, however 2 and 3 are valid taggings - the bot needs to see a link back to the page it's used on, not just a reference. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 15:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

A wikilink to the article the image is used in is not required in WP:NFCC#10 (it is just "recommended"). Editors who hand-write their fair use rationales often to not have a link to the article because the article name is in the header, and headers generally do not have wikilinks. The tag added to this image says that the rationale does not have "The name of each article in which fair use is claimed for the item", when it clearly does. I don't mean to pick on your bot, as the vast majority of tagging it does is accurate, but mis-tagging might whip up more of the drama about bots tagging images that has thankfully died down in recent weeks. Bláthnaid 16:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh wait, I've just noticed that there is a conflict in the wording in WP:NFCC#10 ("The name of each article (a link to the articles is recommended as well)) "and the 2nd paragraph of {{Di-disputed fair use rationale}}, which says ("per WP:NFCC#10c, each fair-use rationale must include a link to the specific article in which fair use of the image is claimed") so that tagging is not your bot's fault. That's my mistake, so apologies! Bláthnaid 16:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Dividing

Is requesting unblock. I don't believe it is a bot, and do similar things myself with FF tabs. Please look into it and provide more guidance to the user if you would like him to get a bot flag. Either way, he can probably be unblocked. Thanks, - Rjd0060 (talk) 17:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I unblocked cause he gave a reasonable and plausible explanation why he edits taht fast and Werdna pointed out that there is no rule against high speed editing, just against unapproved bot editing. MBisanz 17:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

User:MediationBot1

Hi ST47. If you have a moment, could you take a look at MediationBot1? It seems to have made rather a mess of the formatting on pages it edited today - e.g. , . Much appreciated, WjBscribe 18:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Probably from when I was screwing with my utf-8 code. I've reversed my changes. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 21:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

AWB Help

Hey, I was wondering if you could approve ShepBot for AWB so I can get to the trial edits soon? Thanks a ton! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 19:38, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Bot tagged Image:DatsolaleeBaskets.jpg in error?

Hi, your bot tagged this image in error, I believe. I carefully examined the image page, and can't find any problems. Would you please take a look, and let me know if I missed something? If not, please remove the tag. Thanks, Pete Tillman (talk) 20:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I've never seen a rationale tag accept unnamed parameters like that. I've added a way for the bot to check for that way of doing it, however rest assured that the image is correct. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 02:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Pete Tillman (talk) 15:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

MfDbot possible additional duties

Ping. I've left a message for you at Misplaced Pages talk:Miscellany for deletion#Think we could find a bot? regarding the addition of a task for MfDBot. Thanks.--Doug. 20:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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eh? —Dark 11:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

That's a strange way to post a rationale, but I thought I accounted for that. I've added additional rules to the bot to prevent such issues. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 18:24, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Undelete Pamlico 140, please

Hello, ST47, nice to talk to you. Okay, So my username is Pamlico 140. And I created a Page Named Pamlico 140. Your spam bot read it and blocked me from posting, and therefore i had to log off to write this message. I can see how the bot recognized it as a page about me, or about my beliefs and opinion. But please, I can Explain. You see, I am a devoted sea kayaker. i own a kayak called the "wilderness Systems Pamlico 140" , Pamlico 140 is the model name (Like Camry, in toyota camry. it is my username because i am very fond of this kayak and It is my username for every website. I made a page for the Pamlico 140, and I was very neutral about it and it was an article about the kayak, not me. It simply stated facts, not opinions. At one point, some people changed it and put their opinions in it, but I fixed it. Also, your bot recognized it as an advertisement, and heres why thats unlogical- There are hundreds of articles on individual car models, just like my article of an individual kayak model. So if the "Subaru Legacy" page is not spam or an Ad, what makes "Pamlico 140" an ad or promotion. I did not intend to promote it. Please, if there is something unsatisfactory about it, tell me, and I'll try my best to correct the problem 64.136.26.201 (talk) 04:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)