User talk:Sam Korn

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And also ...

User:In case you're wondering can be added to the list. Feel free to archive this afterwards.PelleSmith (talk) 13:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC) ‎

 Confirmed and blocked. Thanks :-) (I archive my talk page in big lumps -- it maintains a sensible history.) Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 13:40, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I have showed that Imnotacoolguy is a sock

I showed it here: User talk:98.21.185.149 and other editors added more info here: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Imnotacoolguy. Schuym1 (talk) 23:48, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Glutton for punishment

I am glad to see you running.[1] Jehochman ^Talk 18:40, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Dar book for Indef Block

Hi Sam Korn,

This is, once again, about the subject of this checkuser.

I don't think this even merits another checkuser because the situation is quite plain. Dar book has been using 222.127.223.70 as a sock, and the latter's talk page is replete with warnings of all types (all seemingly unheeded). It seems that he forgot to log in and accidentally used it instead of his Dar book account to edit the Eli Soriano article.

This is the line that gave him away:

why would a person buy a website just to lie?. (edit summary)

why would a person buy a website just to lie?. (please scroll down to red letters)

Another slip, a Marikina Science High School edit also gave him away. Dar book is the creator of that article.

This user is becoming a big nuisance.

Many thanks,

– Shannon Rose (talk) 13:31, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

 Confirmed that this logged-out editing is him. I wouldn't be too certain that all the messages on the page are intended for him, though, as there are a lot of users on the address. Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 16:31, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Quack! Quack!

You might be interested in this thread canvassed on some noticeboards :) I've directed him to OTRS just in case, but he's kinda quacking loudly. -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:24, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK v2.0

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Recorded debates and discussions

Candidates and the community,

Wikivoices (formally NotTheWikipediaWeekly) would be interested in making several podcasts with candidates running in the 2008 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election. Given the high number of candidates likely to be signing up during the nomination stage (likely to be around 45) it will be a very busy 2 weeks. These shows typically last about one and a half hours to record, taking into account setup time, and are recorded using the free, downloadable programme, Skype. The programme can be used on Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems and is also available on some mobile platforms. If any candidates have problems with installing or running the program please contact either myself at my talk page or by email

There will be 2 formats being run over the next 2 weeks. The first will be general discussion with a small number candidates at a time with several experienced hosts from Wikivoices. Each candidate will be given 2-3 minutes to introduce themselves then the main body of the cast will begin. The topics discussed will vary in each recording to ensure fairness however the atmosphere will be generally free flowing. These will be running throughout the two weeks starting tomorrow. Specific signup times can be found here at our meta page.

The second format will be based on a similar style to election debates. Questions will be suggested here by the community. A selection of these will then be put to a panel of larger panel candidates with short and concise 1-2 minute responses. Other than an introduction and hello from each candidate, there will be no opportunity for a lengthier introductions. Specific signup times can be found here at our meta page.

It is recommended that candidates attend both formats of casts and we will try to be as flexible as possible. We are looking for the greatest participation but also for shows with enough members to keep it interesting but not too many that it causes bandwidth and general running issues. I look forward to working with all candidates in the coming weeks.

01:54, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiVoices

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Re: Check

Thank you, that helps :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:32, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Question #4

(xposting in case you aren't watching my page)

Hi. With respect to your questions, do you think you could clarify what question 4 means? Are you discussing the role of Jimmy in deciding the results? That seems to me the only way to read it, but it's quite possible I'm reading you incorrectly. Thanks, Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 00:50, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi, correct--the notion of "no Jimmy" in the elections, so that it's handled entirely as other WMF wikis do it. That is, it could be a straight vote--5 open slots, the top 5 get in--with us deciding what the is. Percentage? Raw support? Inbetween? Etc., but where the process of selection/approval of who is trusted to be an Arb laying entirely with "us". rootology (C)(T) 01:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom Candidate Template

Hello, fellow candidate! Just so you know, in an effort to announce our candidacies and raise further awareness of the election, I have created the template {{ACE2008Candidate}}, which I would invite you to place on your user and user talk pages. The template is designed to direct users to your Questions and Discussion pages, as well as to further information about the election. Best of luck in the election! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 16:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Sambot

Would it be possible to use Sambot to update articles like List of Australian ODI cricketers? One of the problems with some of WP:CRIC's FLs is that the statistics are out of date. Nev1 (talk) 14:39, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

It's actually already on my to-do list :-) I'll have a look probably in about a month's time to see if I can do it. Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 14:58, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Bsrboy

Hi Sam. Looks like he's back again as Samuel Anthony Davidson. Could you confirm as you did with Vittel Salt? TVMIA.  —SMALLJIM  11:20, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

 Confirmed and blocked. Thanks, Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 11:33, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. It's not really a satisfactory situation, so I've asked for some input at WP:AN.  —SMALLJIM  12:29, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Arbcom Election - Questions

Hi. I've posted the remaining General Questions to your Questions for the Candidate page; please answer them at your convenience. Good luck in your candidacy, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 15:22, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Sam Korn's Day!

User:Sam Korn has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Sam Korn's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Sam Korn! Peace, Rlevse ~ A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:EVula/Userboxes/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:03, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Wiki UK Ltd Membership applications now invited!

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Roz Lipschitz

Hey Sam. I have an unblock request from Roz Lipschitz (talk · contribs), whom you blocked at 17:03 today for resuming sockpuppetry. I'm seeing a discussion of an earlier block, here, but I can't find any discussion on the current one, if any. Is there a checkuser page I could look at? Thanks in advance, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 20:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom questions

Hi. I'm Ral315, editor of the Wikipedia Signpost. We're interviewing all ArbCom candidates for an article this week, and your response is requested.

1. What positions do you hold (adminship, mediation, etc.), on this or other wikis?

2. Have you been involved in any arbitration cases? In what capacity?

3. Why are you running for the Arbitration Committee?

4. How do you feel the Arbitration Committee has handled cases and other situations over the last year? Can you provide an examples of situations where you feel the Committee handled a situation exceptionally well, and why? Any you feel they handled poorly, and why?

5. What is your opinion on confidentiality? If evidence is submitted privately to the Committee, would you share it with other parties in the case? Would you make a decision based on confidential information without making it public?

6. Why do you think users should vote for you?

Please respond on my talk page. We'll probably go to press on Tuesday, but late responses will be added as they're submitted. Thanks, Ral315 (talk) 10:25, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom votes

Hi, Sam. I have posted a concern here about some of the reasons given for opposing you. Bishonen | talk 21:59, 1 December 2008 (UTC).

Sorry to see that you have decided to withdraw

Certainly understandable, but regrettable. Best wishes. I look forward to working with you in future. ++Lar: t/c 22:32, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Culture of secrecy

I believe, then, that we're concerned with quite different aspects of the "culture of secrecy". I believe there is an incredibly vast middle ground between "respecting confidences" and the sort of obfuscation that has become the daily fare in ArbCom operations. For those of us who 1) care about the project and 2) volunteer hours to it, this stonewalling can be infuriating. We end up with completely incoherent communication from ArbCom on cases like SlimVirgin-Lar, and for no good reason. When the details emerged, it was apparent that it would have been trivially easy for Arbitrators to have said what happened without breaching any confidences or violating anyone's privacy. Too often they simply make no effort, and ludicrously claim confidences or privacy concerns. Another example, off the top of my head, is the block of User:Melsaran. Just tell the community. "He was creating sockpuppets to harass and attempt to out another user. This user has been the victim of such harassment in the past. Although we cannot determine who exactly he is a sockpuppet of, the behavior is clear and Arbitrator A, Arbitrator B, Arbitrator C, Arbitrator D and Arbitrator E have evaluated the evidence and all agree." Instead we got several weeks of drama created by ArbCom. I know it is not easy. I am sure it takes a lot of careful thought. But the questions I highlighted in my oppose were opportunities to demonstrate the balancing act of transparency that we desperately need from the Wikipedians who govern us. Being unable to mention a single final decision with which you disagree, for example, because of your need to "respect confidences" is not what I mean by transparency. On the contrary, it's the very behavior that I find exasperating and demoralizing. --JayHenry (talk) 23:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I do agree it is possible to respect confidences and believe the confidences unnecessary. But in instances where it's necessary to keep confidences (and it will always be necessary to keep at least some), there is still a vast middle ground for better communication. Perhaps I'm naive, but I believe it would have been quite possible for you to publicly identify a final decision with which you disagree. More generally, it would be very possible for the ArbCom to respect confidences in every case it already does so, but to dramatically increase their transparency. I'm not calling for the ArbCom to keep less confidences. I'm calling for them to learn how to respect confidentiality, and still communicate. --JayHenry (talk) 00:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Regarding this

I hope that your health improves. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 01:22, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Possible Sock

Please check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Walkel01 ; seems like a sock of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wallamoose RafaelRGarcia (talk) 19:17, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Thanks for all the help over the past year, Sam. Have a great Christmas and take care! Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 15:55, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

IP 194.176.105.40 talk

Your name has come up as blocking this IP address (which is fine, BTW; the longer the better. I've just written to dougweller about the same thing).
But the block you've used is messing with me accessing WP though my user account; do you know why? Or if it can be fixed, without unblocking? Xyl 54 (talk) 17:35, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry you were caught in the block -- I thought I'd found everyone who'd edited recently from the address. I have given you IP block exemption so the block won't affect you. Please see that page for more information and for cautions about how to use the privilege. Once again, apologies for the inconvenience! [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 21:37, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah! Thanks for that. I seem to have caused some confusion here; sorry about that. Xyl 54 (talk) 09:32, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

2 other users, Custardninja (talk) and Sulfis (talk), are also blocked by this IP block. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:57, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Also myself (currently on secure log-in). Nick Cooper (talk) 17:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to those who have sorted this out. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 21:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I've also been caught in this block (can use secure log-in but its a pain) because I login from an NHS machine after work. Can I not be blocked? Dmvward (talk) 18:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Done. Apologies for the inconvenience. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 18:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Ring out the old,
and Ring in the new.
Happy New Year!
From FloNight

Thank you

Thank you for doing the checkuser on Nizevyn as requested. --Theblog (talk) 03:02, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry if this is the wrong place, your talk page is confusing me.--Theblog (talk) 03:03, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Moved from User:Sam Korn/archivetemplate -- ed.

User:Cambios and User:Kallimina

Hi Sam, per an off-wiki conversation that myself and User:j.delanoy had with the above two users, they have demonstrated that they are two separate users (they are indeed husband and wife - I suppose the old unblock reason "It's my wife!" had to be true sometime), and I have unblocked them with conditions that you can see on User_talk:Cambios. I have of course left the other "probable" sock blocked. If this is a problem, please contact me. Thanks, Black Kite 00:19, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I also had an off-wiki conversation with j.delanoy, and this is no problem at all. Thanks, [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 12:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Help!

Please see this discussion Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games#Final_Fantasy_Legend_name_translation_woes.2C_mk._II

There is an ongoing issue with Kung Fu Man over an edit dispute which is getting out of hand, and I'm fairly certain the user is relying on sockpuppets to make revisions to the article. Check the revision history yourself to verify this. Also, I've been receiving harassing comments and threats from this user and am not sure where to turn for help. Please get involved and try to act as the voice of reason. Thank you. 74.242.123.2 (talk) 01:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

This kind of request would be more effective if it wasn't spammed to a dozen other admins. If these issues are real, you will need to present some kind of evidence for them. I don't see anything in that discussion that makes me wary of Kung Fu Man. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 12:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

You reviewed the case of gothamist1 as being created by the same user 12thanduniversity but where is the checkuser for 12thanduniversity? It seems many users are blocked automatically and without checkuser requests by wknight94? I have also been blocked unjustly as well, and in connection to this same puppetercase and had no way to defend myself. The situation seems overblown and is certainly resulting in many false determinations. This is why im making mention of this newest incident

User checks

You reviewed the case of gothamist1 as being created by the same user 12thanduniversity but where is the checkuser for 12thanduniversity? It seems many users are blocked automatically and without checkuser requests by wknight94? I have also been blocked unjustly as well, and in connection to this same puppetercase and had no way to defend myself. The situation seems overblown and is certainly resulting in many false determinations. This is why im making mention of this newest incident —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.255.180.61 (talk) 20:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

The block was made on behavioural evidence, with which I concur. I don't know in what fashion you have been blocked so I cannot comment further. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 20:45, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

This IP is in a range commonly used by Jvolkblum (talk · contribs). —Wknight94 (talk) 04:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Sambot - error logs

Hi, Is it possible for you to add to Sambot's coding, so that the list of players without valid boxes is either updated or transcluded onto the WP page for requested infoboxes - it probably gets a bit more traffic and is more likely to be checked and worked on. I did transclude User:Sambot/Issues but then realised that it was really old info!

Thanks,

—MDCollins 00:19, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

This should now be done -- Sambot will put the list at User:Sambot/infoboxes and I have transcluded this page to the requests page. It should do so on tomorrow morning's run. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 11:31, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Cheers.—MDCollins 18:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Second opinion

Hey!

It's been a while since I bothered you with this but I'm pretty sure I have a Brexx sockpuppet in Anywhere But Home (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). I filed an RfCU at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Girl Get it a couple of weeks ago but Avi found the results inconclusive. Would you mind taking a second look at it? By the contribs, I'm all but convinced it's Brexx and the recent block for edit warring looks all too familiar.

Thanks! SWik78 (talk • contribs) 01:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Technically, it's certainly possible. I agree with Avi that there is nothing that links this conclusively to Brexx technically. From a limited familiarity with Brexx, I can see similarities that would cause suspicion. I am, however, not personally confident enough at this stage to block myself. Perhaps you could go to WP:SSP and file a brief case there? [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 10:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I think I might have to do that. I certainly do appreciate your second opinion and your fast reply.

Peace! SWik78 (talk • contribs) 13:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Sambot error

On the latest round of updating infoboxes I notice Dimitri Mascarenhas and Luke Wright have had their International Twenty20 stats replaced by Twenty20 ones, a possible error to fix? --Jpeeling (talk) 11:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up. I think this is a consequence of their being listed as IT20 rather than T20I, which is what Sambot is looking for. I have programmed it to have IT20 as a synonym. Many thanks, [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 15:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

...That's probably my fault for thinking that IT20 was more intuitive than T20I (which can look like T201)! Incidentally the error log didn't actually transclude probably (see above) - it listed "Array*" followed by the last in the list.—MDCollins 23:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I'd seen this. I made a small error in my programming that is now fixed -- it will work on next week's run. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 07:56, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Next Cambridge meetup

This is now planned for Saturday 28 February. The idea is to do the same sort of afternoon gathering as before. Details to follow when they are confirmed. Charles Matthews (talk) 22:32, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

There is now a page here. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

And it is now confirmed for this Saturday, 3 pm! Charles Matthews (talk) 21:10, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Home367

Hi, thanks for your work on this one. Not sure if you noticed but it seems to be the same person as Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Jump2255 this one. DuncanHill (talk) 23:50, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

You're quite right -- it does indeed appear to be the same user. I now note the range's block log and am considering whether a longer-term block would be appropriate. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 23:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

There was another case too, linked from the Jump2255 case. The latest one seems to have started almost as soon as the last block ended, I think. DuncanHill (talk) 23:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

I have changed the block from a one-month soft-block to a year-long hard-block. Thanks for pointing me towards this! [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 00:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem - glad to have been able to help :) Best wishes, DuncanHill (talk) 00:35, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

This account User:Undrwood9098 seems to have edited this month, and not to be blocked, it was in the earliest case and the userpage is marked as blocked. DuncanHill (talk) 00:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not convinced this user is related. The location is very wrong and the other socks have been extremely obvious. I think a relationship here is highly  Unlikely. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 00:53, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough! DuncanHill (talk) 01:04, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

what is going on here?

I'm still wondering why these 2 folks have exactly the same edits? Please see the diff of the most recent edits. --Roadahead ★ 18:10, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

The problem is that  CheckUser is not magic pixie dust. I have looked at the technical evidence, and there is no technical evidence to link them, and some to suggest they are unlikely to be the same user. This is not conclusive and does not mean there should be no further action taken. I suggest you contact Tiptoety and suggest he review it. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 18:19, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Jimbo policy listed at RfD

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:Jimbo policy. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:Jimbo policy redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Unscented (talk) 22:12, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Sambot for 2 nationalities

Hi,

I was just wondering whether Sambot can cope with the dual-country problem. As far as I know, Gavin Hamilton (cricketer) is the only current player that it may effect - I've just updated his infobox (country=England, country2=Scotland). The problem will be whether the bot is programmed to work out the lasttestfor/lastodifor field. It's probably clearer if you could have a look, although he isn't likely to play in the near future.

—MDCollins 23:12, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I have to say I'm not exactly sure what Sambot will do here... I think it might work perfectly, but I'm not absolutely sure -- it's not a functionality I had considered (I was only thinking of Test teams at the time, and Kepler Wessels is long retired...). Sambot takes its idea of the player's nationality from User:Sambot/players, not the infobox, so it should be OK from that perspective. The real question is what it's going to do with the debut matches when he played for England... We will see on Saturday -- if it breaks, Sambot will edit then. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 23:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

It broke!. I've reverted the changes, probably best to leave them out and do it by hand maybe. Could Sambot recognise when "country2" is set and just skip it and put a note in the log flagging up the error? Or just unlink him from the player list but leave him there to show he is current?—MDCollins 12:13, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Probably best to remove him from the list for now. The functionality isn't impossible -- I'll have a look at it soon. The trouble is that I built it to ignore matches when players had played for the World XI, so it's using that procedure. I could take that procedure out, I guess, on the grounds that World XI matches seem less than imminent... [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 13:05, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Cool - I've delinked him and put a note in case anyone adds him back again. I assume what I've done will mean Sambot ignores it. Thanks.—MDCollins 22:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, exactly so. Sambot doesn't go player-hunting ;-). [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 22:56, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/NisarKand

Hi Sam. I was wondering if you could check this case again. As Banigul just e-mailed me telling me that he is not "NisarKind". --Kanonkas :  Talk  14:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

The evidence is not by any means conclusive. I suggest that any block be assessed upon behavioural evidence as much as CU evidence. The CU evidence is fairly weak as there have been no recent "confirmed" socks. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 14:52, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Please look at this what user/junglebrother has to say about all this. I don't think Banigul and Nisarkand are same people. Nisarkand told me he is 100% positive that Banigul is someone else. Also, please tell user:kingturtle and user:tajik not to revert the checkuser until investigation is completed, tajik is creating socks and getting away with it, he is also using annon IPs that start with 82, 84 and 88 which are all located in the same exact location and edit-warring with same exact POVs as user/tajik. I.e. labelling everyone as ethnic tajik when they are not, harshly degrading other ethnic groups, always claiming that Afghanistan was created in late 1800s when that is untrue. Look, tajik claims to be Afghan but he is critizing everything about Afghanistan and its people with the most negative view you can image, why are such people allowed to edit Wikipedia?--Tytooring (talk) 03:57, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kwisso

Hi,I Filed the above case a few days ago and no-ones payed any attention.--DFS454 (talk) 11:31, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

A problem with the bot led to its not being listed on the main SPI page -- it is now listed. Apologies for the problem! [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 14:13, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

No worries :-) --DFS454 (talk) 17:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Checked

Will do, thanks for the heads up. -- Avi (talk) 16:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Lzki

On this SPI, you seem to indicated that SeventeenForever17 is a sock of Lzki, and say nothing about Unwrittendrew700. Rlevse indicates that SeventeenForever17 is the same as Unwrittendrew700, but that is an independent case from Lzki. Rlevse confirmed his results. Are you in actual disagreement, or is it just an error in the summary?—Kww(talk) 13:21, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't recall the results in detail. As I am no longer an enwiki CU (I am now an ombudsman I can't have another look. I'm sure Rlevse is correct. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 13:40, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 2

Provisionally scheduled for February 28. Comments welcome, & seeing you there even better! Dsp13 (talk) 18:46, 31 January 2009 (UTC))

Infobox tool

Hi,

Posting here to save cluttering WT:CRIC.

A few more minor points...

• the 'batting ave, top score, bowling ave, best bowling' don't appear when it is producing the box text
• The link to [[All-rounder (cricket)]] needs changing to [[All-rounder]]
• I prefer it to say "Right-hand batsman" rather than "Right-hand", but that may be just personal preference!
• Could the "role" option also have an "other" box, so we can also type Umpire/captain/match referee etc?
• Could "–" be left, rather than it automating to – ? (so people remember to use it)
• Could the "deliveries" field be automatically filled in as "balls" - I think 99% of records will use that...
• [[One-day international cricket|ODI]] needs correcting to [[One Day International|ODI]]
• Something went wrong with the Test debut/ODI debut section - I "think" that it is reading the same field twice (the Test information is coming from the ODI boxes?)...
• Can you include a 'back' button?!! I pressed continue twice and couldn't go back again!

Hope that all makes sense, that's all for now!!

Thanks again, —MDCollins 20:04, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

All done, apart from the last one. It will preserve what you've written until you hit "new infobox", so you can just start again from the beginning. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 22:12, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Great! One problem, the create infobox/finish and new infobox buttons have gone!!—MDCollins 23:22, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't see that problem... Is it still there? The server it's running on is in its "scheduled instability" time, so it could be that... [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 23:34, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

I wondered if it was me being stupid. When I go to the site now, it gives me page 1 (general info), including what I typed before, I can then 'continue' through columns 1-4; from column 4 I can continue (back to the start!) and that's about it. It might be a cache thing (for either of us), but I can't think what else to do!—MDCollins 01:05, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

There is now a "new infobox" button on the front page -- try pressing that and starting again. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 14:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Great - it's all good (apart from the FC batting top score...!! Sorry :-p —MDCollins 19:53, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, typo! Fixed. I'll work on a domestic one shortly. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 20:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you

My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in, and I wanted to let you know I appreciated all of the comments, advice, criticism, and seriously took it all to heart this past week. I'll do my absolute best to not let any of you down with the incredible trust given me today. rootology (C)(T) 08:08, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Infobox template - yet again.

Hi,

How are you regarding template coding? I just had a thought that we could code the cricketer infobox so that if "deliveries1", "deliveries2", "deliveries3" and "deliveries4" were all left blank, the infobox could omit the fields balls-->best bowling. If noticed a few 'batsmen' only, who just have 6 rows of ndashes, which is just wasting space. I'm ok with "if" commands, but I'm not sure about "if p and q and r and s = "blank", then...".

Any ideas?

Also is the "deliveries = balls" necessary anymore? Isn't CA and CI completely converted to balls and not overs now?

Regards, —MDCollins 14:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I have been looking at this -- so far without what you might call "resounding success". The easiest solution might be a "hidedeliveries= true" field. I don't think there are actually many occasions where it happens! I have done a mock-up at User:Sam Korn/infobox cricketer biography (see a test at User:Sam Korn/infobox cricketer biography test). The changes I've made are this diff

And yes, I think we could happily remove the deliveries=balls field.

If these changes seem like a good idea, I could get Sambot to make the appropriate changes.

[[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 15:32, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

That's quite a good workaround which works nicely. Kamran Akmal [2] was the example that gave me the idea. Roll with it!—MDCollins (talk) 15:43, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

I've done Kamran Akmal -- it looks a lot better. Especially as there was, for some inexplicable reason, a second infobox to allow for Twenty20 stats to be included as well... Bizarre. I'll get on with generating a list of players with no deliveries. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 16:44, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Excellent - there are a few Pakistani's with a strange use of double infoboxes, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/requested infoboxes.—MDCollins (talk) 17:03, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Cheers for the heads up!

Yeah, as above – I wasn't aware of any injunctions about the delinking of dates, and just thought that it was still being treated as the common way to go on articles nowadays. But yeah, many apologies. Regards, Cs-wolves(talk) 14:59, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

There may have been a flaw in the translation :)

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Infobox updating!

Sambot seems to not like "NB Extra fields available from Template:Infobox cricketer biography" (Morne Morkel)- I'm not sure why it's been added in the first place (messages like that aren't normally added to infoboxes...

Is the simplest solution for Sambot to automatically delete the line? Can it do that or does it skip due to "too many boxes" (like those stupid Pakistani ones before it gets to do any editing?

All the best, —MDCollins (talk) 12:46, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

I'll have it delete it. It will do so on the next run. It's not a useful note, IMHO. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 15:17, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Cool.—MDCollins (talk) 22:58, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Robert Fisk

I take exception to your characterisation of my edit of the Robert Fisk article. You say that I "inserted text that gives a highly misleading impression of a living person", yet you in no way explain what impression this is or why you believe it is misleading. The arguments against the inclusion of this material on the Mark Steyn article do not apply here; looking at the Fisk talk page I see none have even been raised. This concerns a topic about which Fisk has spoken and written of often. I would advise you not to rush to judgment in future, as you seem to have done in this instance. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 15:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I repeat: "you in no way explain what impression this is or why you believe it is misleading". The arguments are not the same, nor could they be, for the article is regularly referenced by Fisk to illustrate how vehemently he is opposed. Your remark about Fisk's position being "ironic" mean you cannot reasonably pretend neutrality on this issue. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 14:05, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

On Fisk's article, I wrote: "Fisk has taken exception to and often made reference to comments made by fellow journalist Mark Steyn on his account of the incident, when Steyn wrote : "You'd have to have a heart of stone not to weep with laughter."" Despite my being careful to distinguish Steyn's attitude to the attack (of which I am ignorant) from his comments on Fisk's attitude to the attack, you contend this gives a negative impression of Steyn (I presume you mean undeservedly negative). Do you believe more care is needed? Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 14:25, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Firstly, clarification could have been easily provided if sought (it wasn't). Secondly, I haven't come across anyone who disputes that Fisk objects to the comments, and I have provided several sources on the noticeboard which shows he does. Thirdly, I have no objection to lengthening the quote. I asked you did you believe more care was needed, not why. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 14:45, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Infobox bot Request

Hello, Sam Korn. You have new messages at Peachey88's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

RE: Bot request

We've asked Happy-Melon to revert the change, so we'll see what happens. I'll keep you posted (and thanks for taking on this request, BTW) :). PC78 (talk) 00:41, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I've left a comment at WP:BOTREQ. We're good to go! :) PC78 (talk) 12:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Sam, that's a big help. :) PC78 (talk) 17:38, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Requesting feedback on Open source notability and rewritten TurnKey Linux article

Hi Sam! You participated in the discussion on open source notability a month ago and I figured you might want to pitch in again and help get the discussion going on User:Abd/Open Source notability.

Also, I've rewritten the proposed article at User:Abd/TurnKey Linux, added reliable sources and opened an RfC requesting comments on how to improve the article and establish consensus regarding it's notability (or lack of). See the talk page for details.

Cheers! LirazSiri (talk) 16:27, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Suspected sock of User:Fredrick day

Hello! As you were involved with a checkuser of this editor, I am notifying you of this ANI thread. Respectfully, --A Nobody^{My talk} 20:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

comment on Unban case requested

Hi. I have opened an Unban request on behalf of Jvolkblum and others, which also includes a ban request on Orlady, at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Proposal for unban, apology, amnesty for Jvolkblum and related others, and topic ban for Orlady. User:MBisanz expressed interest in hearing your views. doncram (talk) 00:35, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Steven Davies

Hey - any reason why Steven Davies keeps getting removed from the Sambot players list? Does sambot not recognise T20I matches?—MDCollins (talk) 12:09, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Sambot recognises T20I matches, but didn't recognise the .co.uk domain name. (It needed this to determine the URL of, e.g., http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45352/International_Twenty20_Matches.html.) Now fixed to convert .co.uk to .com (the easiest solution). [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 10:48, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh! Didn't even realise there was a .co.uk or that there was a difference. Good spot!—MDCollins (talk) 21:11, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Tenmei to ArbCom clerk

Re: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tang Dynasty

The following constructive comment was posted on my talk page:

• 21:59, 6 April Teeninvestor posted I find it strange that in your response, you did not respond to any of my diffs and resorted to complex, vextatious arguments that no one can understand. Also, keep in mind the limit is 1000 words...

I need more time to make my contribution shorter. We have been encouraged to please submit our evidence "within one week, if possible." This suggests that I may reasonably ask for more time. --Tenmei (talk) 02:15, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

The rough draft will be cut tomorrow. I plan to finish editing on Friday. --Tenmei (talk) 04:02, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Deleting evidence

In the context created by the following, I have no objection to deleting the evidence offered by Bueller 007, which -- for whatever reason -- seems to be what he/she wants.

The following shows that Bueller 007 reconsidered what was initially added to the Evidence page, deciding instead to add a comment on the Workshop page. Then, Teeninvestor reverted that change. When Bueller 007 tried to correct what Teeninvestor had done, it seems to have caught the attention of Coldmachine.

Evidence page history

• 1. (diff) 01:40, 9 April 2009 Bueller 007 (talk | contribs) (55,415 bytes) (→Evidence presented by {your user name})
• 2. (diff) 01:49, 9 April 2009 Bueller 007 (talk | contribs) (53,605 bytes) (i'm moving this to workshop, because i don't have the time to root up all the links that would make for actual "evidence")

Workshop page edit history

• 3. (diff) 01:51, 9 April 2009 Bueller 007 (talk | contribs) (41,241 bytes) (→{topic})
• 4. (diff) 12:16, 9 April 2009 Teeninvestor (talk | contribs) (39,452 bytes) (Removed the comments of Bueller007. Workshop page is for discussing & talking proposals)

Evidence page edit history

• 5. (diff) 12:15, 9 April 2009 Teeninvestor (talk | contribs) (58,507 bytes) (→Evidence presented by {your user name})
• 6. (diff) 12:17, 9 April 2009 Teeninvestor (talk | contribs) (58,508 bytes) (Added this from workshop. Workshop is for discussing proposals, evidence belongs on evidence page.)

• 7. (diff) 06:03, 10 April 2009 Bueller 007 - (39,226 bytes) (yes, but i have presented no 'evidence', and i don't have time to go looking for the links. i've asked to have this removed. please don't add it back again. you do not have permission to do so)
• 8. (diff) 07:07, 10 April 2009 Coldmachine - (41,003 bytes) (Then strike it out - see WP:TALK which states "It is best to avoid changing your own comments. Other users may have already...responded to your statement" (best to preview beforehand))

In addition to the diffs noted above, Bueller 007 amplifies his/her disinterest in participating further in this ArbCom case -- see short discussion threads here and here.

Since I don't know where this should be posted, I'm posting it on the talk page of both clerks and here. --Tenmei (talk) 17:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

It wasn't necessary to post it on my talk page now, but I appreciate the follow-up and response. :) To repeat here what I mentioned in my response E-mail, I'm sorry for any possible "tetchiness" in what I wrote: I thought the fault was mine, and not anything that you did. Keep up the good work you do. Best wishes. Acalamari 23:18, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem in the slightest. I thought you'd appreciate the orange bar ;-) [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 23:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Links to motions

Hi Sam. I'm not sure that many people want it (might just be me), but do you have a link to the state of the motions at the time they were closed in the Aitias case? I sometimes like to look at the voting and comments later. Kind of like the equivalent of the PD page, but for motions. What's on the page at the moment is only a summary of the final vote. Am also posting something to the evidence talk page - if you or Tip could follow up with a notification (unless I've done it myself) or ask other parties giving evidence to be more explicit, that would be good. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 03:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Something like Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Aitias/Proposed_decision#Proposed_motions? I'll have a look at your other points later -- I have to go out for a bit. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 10:24, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

<facepalm> - how did I miss that? Thanks. :-) Carcharoth (talk) 10:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Your bot request

Hi Sam Korn I wanted to let you know that Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Sambot 6 has been approved. Please visit the above link for more information. Thanks! BAGBot (talk) 12:55, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Submarines are boats, not ships

Was any discussion made of whether submarine articles should be placed in the ship launch categories such as was done here? --Pascal⁶⁶⁶ 08:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

*Sigh* Firstly, I am not an expert in the matter -- I was asked to make these edits at Wikipedia:Bot requests. However, I did happen to know of this distinction (the benefits of being at a school with a CCF section!) but was given the impression by ship and boat that this was an RN-specific nomenclature. Furthermore, it was not an unreasonable assumption to make, I think, to suggest that a page transcluding {{infobox ship}} should in fact be a ship ;-) If you could discuss this with Belhalla or at this discussion on WP:SHIPS, I can implement whatever you decide is the best route. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 10:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Sam Korn is right; he was merely implementing the bot request. Consensus in the past has held that while submariners tend to refer to their vessels as "boats", they are still classed as "ships" by most reference materials. The categorization scheme maintained by WikiProject Ships reflects this and classes submarines as ships. As an example, you will notice that SM UC-106 (the article you inquired about above) is a member of Category:Type UC III U-boats, which is a member of Category:Submarines of Germany, which is a member of Category:Naval ships of Germany, and so on up to Category:Ships. The boats vs. ships distinction has been discussed at WikiProject Ships in the past, which has resulted in the current, stable categorization scheme. If you would like to revisit the issue, we will welcome your participation and your thoughts at the discussion page for the WikiProject. — Bellhalla (talk) 12:24, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I am not interested in revisiting the issue, I just wanted to make sure that it had in fact been discussed before. --Pascal⁶⁶⁶ 21:00, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Something for you

		WikiProject Ships Barnstar
		I hereby award you the WikiProject Ships barnstar as a special thanks for your coding and running of Sambot to help create and implement the new ship launch categorization scheme. Many thanks! — Bellhalla (talk) 12:24, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

		The Wikipedia Bot Builder Award
		And for building some great bots based on requests from other users, I grant you this. Here's to another five great years on Wikipedia! – Quadell (talk) 20:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

New image project

Hi. This little form letter is just a courtesy notice to let you know that a proposal to merge the projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images, Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use, Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration into the newly formed Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media has met with general support at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Files. Since you're on the rosters of membership in at least one of those projects, I thought you might be interested. Conversation about redirecting those projects is located here. Please participate in that discussion if you have any interest, and if you still have interest in achieving the goals of the original project, we'd love to have you join in. If you aren't interested in either the conversation or the project, please pardon the interruption. :) Thanks. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:37, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Pillar

I must say, I was quite excited to implement your framework, but after trying for 2.5 hours to figure out why I couldn't import your class on php 5.2.6 (as soon as I run it, I'm always told Call to private Pillar::__construct() from invalid context), and if I make the constructor public, there are other errors. Is this a php issue? I hate to say it, but I think I will have to use another framework for my bot. Magog the Ogre (talk) 05:42, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Your query about feedback from ArbCom on proposals

Sam, this is a reasonable indication, bottom of this section. Krill is the Coordinating Arb. Tony (talk) 08:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I have replied here. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 11:31, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Sambot 11

Hello again. Yeah, this is an issue that's been around a while. Even when humans add the puic notice, they don't know what to do in these cases; most do just what Sambot does. I suppose you could force these to thumbnail, or add a small text caption below the image... but that will cause formatting ugliness in some cases that human editors will certainly be unhappy about, especially if the image is kept. I'd say the bot is doing the right thing.

In other news... You may have seen this coming, but I was wondering if Sambot 11 could also add/remove {{ifdc}} tags to the captions of images currently discussed at WP:FFD? Or {{deletable image-caption}} for speedy-deletables listed in the pages at Template:DailyDeletionCategories? It seems like most of the code would be the same for these tasks. – Quadell ^(talk) 14:29, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

puic

Hi
I never considered this before, but adding the puic caption to any image that doesn't have "frame" or "thumb" set is of course a bit pointless, since it will only be "shown" in the alt attribute. If you have enough^W too much time you can try to make your bot add it to the respective caption parameter of the surrounding infobox (since that's the most usual case), but otherwise I'd suggest to not add the tag at all in those cases. What do you think?
Amalthea 13:57, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Amalthea. As you can see from the above discussion with Quadell, I had already noticed this. I think the best solution probably is, as you say, not to tag images that don't use either thumb or frame. I'll have a look at implementing it. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 14:10, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Whoopsie, didn't want to bring your bot to a halt with it by posting on User talk:Sambot. :) Cheers, Amalthea 16:19, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Somewhat related to this, it seems from this edit that Sambot adds the {{puic}} tag even if one is already present nearby. Perhaps its should check if a puic template for the file is already present anywhere on the page? —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 13:50, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I love that new bot function. :) Amalthea 10:39, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Sam

Hi Sam. your bot came to Geraint F. Lewis's page and tagged the photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Geraint_F._Lewis.jpg as deletable image-caption. i did not code the image properly. Can you please come and remove the tag? 11:41, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

"Rules are made for ..."

• Under various formulations, I found these:

1. Attributed to David Ogilvy on p. 56 of Ríos, Sixto (1994). "Decision theory and decision analysis: trends and challenges". Springer, ISBN 0792394666. One other source repeats this attribution.
2. Attributed to Douglas Bader (British World War II pilot) on p. 263 of The "Epidemiology of Plant Diseases" 2d edition, By B. M. Cooke, D. Gareth Jones, B. Kaye. Springer, 2006. ISBN 1402045808. Five other sources repeat this attribution.
3. Attributed to Hobbes on p. 161 of Nokes, Sebastian (2008). The Definitive Guide to Project Management: The fast track to getting the job done on time and on budget (2nd Edition) FT Press; 2 edition. ISBN 0273710974
4. Referred to as "an old [military] service adage" on p. 97 of Neillands, Robin (2004). Eighth Army: the triumphant desert army that held the Axis at bay from North Africa to the Alps, 1939-1945 Overlook Press. ISBN 1585675377
5. Attributed to Oscar Wilde on p. 113 of Liley, Helen Margaret Irwin & Romulo , Beth Day (1967). Modern motherhood; pregnancy, childbirth & the newborn baby Random House, Original from the University of Michigan.

• Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 09:28, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

The quote on your user page, which you believed was by Churchill: "Rules are made for ..." Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 09:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

...and Wikipedia's Douglas Bader article lists another possible source in note 60. Cheers! Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 09:40, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

My BAG membership nomination passed today at 8/0/0 unanimously. I sincerely thank you for participating in my BAG request. I appreciate all the kind words that I received and will endeavor to justify the trust the WP community has placed in me....Have a nice day. :-) -- Tinu Cherian - 09:49, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Oversight request

Greetings. This edit is problematic. No idea if it's true, but it seems to attempt to "out" someone who wants their identity secret. Is this a good candidate for oversight? – Quadell ^(talk) 19:18, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I have hidden it at what will be admin-level, once RevisionDelete is fully enabled. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 19:28, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Ooh! This is new (to me). Where do I find out more about this MediaWiki change? – Quadell ^(talk) 19:44, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

mw:RevisionDelete. It's an enormous improvement. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 19:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Sambot and Speedy Deletion

Sambot keeps tagging a picture I uploaded ith the speedy deletion tag, on the article Baldwin High School (Milledgeville, Georgia). The pic is in the Ongoing Renovation section at the bottom of the page. The pic is of construction adding a performing Arts Center to the school, and I got the pic from the official PAC website. I referenced it as best I could. Do you think you could get Sambot to stop tagging it? I would greatly appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mellophonius (talk • contribs) 19:35, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

You will notice that File:Bhspac.jpg is still tagged as being eligible for speedy deletion. It is a deliberate decision that the bot repeatedly tags images if the problem that has made them eligible for speedy deletion has not been resolved. For my part, I think it is very unlikely that that image satisfies our non-free content criteria. I personally don't believe it is valuable enough to the article to meet those criteria. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 19:46, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Your bot just targeted my photo!

I gave all the proper format and I am waiting for an admin to accept it, here is the photo that your bot tagged MySummerJob (talk) 19:53, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

thumb|Please do something about it.

This image is currently a candidate for speedy deletion. You don't need to get an admin to "accept" the image, but you do need to follow the instructions that you'll find on the image information page to ensure that the proper information is given. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 20:21, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, so I did what it said and I sent a message to an admin. Now what do I do? MySummerJob (talk) 20:33, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

It will be assessed in due course. There's normally a bit of a backlog on these things, but it will be dealt with. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 20:50, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

lol

OK, that made me laugh, which I really needed this morning given the AC fireworks. :) rootology/equality 18:42, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

:-) [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 18:49, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Sambot and stub articles

While working on the WikiProject Food and drink project, Sambot tagged talk:Ponderosa lemon as a stub article. If you disagree, one of thing things it says to change is "removing the stub template from the article." But I can find no such template! The article is at least a Start class article, what triggered this rating? -Dirus (talk) 18:22, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

It took it from the {{WikiProject Plants}} rating below. I've retagged it as start-class. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 18:25, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I hadn't considered that, but I figured it was something I was overlooking. I thought maybe it was the expand template and was going to suggest that didn't make it a stub. Thanks for changing it, I was going to do it myself after I made sure there wasn't something else I had to change first. -Dirus (talk) 18:36, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I think the cause of the confusion is that the auto=yes parameter of the Wikiproject template causes text to display that clearly says the autotagging was due to the presence of a stub template. If there are other cases that result in autotagging, as appears to be the case, that message should be modified accordingly. (Not that I have any clue where to do so.) Powers ^T 13:35, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

To tell the truth, I had never noticed that the template specified that. I'll think about what to do with the tag before I do another run. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 14:03, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Bot Help

Is your bot able to help Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons by adding Template:The Simpsons to the bottom of every episode page? Even if I used AWB I'd still have to hit save 441 times. CTJF83Talk 19:28, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I can do this, but you'll need to wait a couple of days for my exams to finish :-) [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 10:32, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thank you very much! CTJF83Talk 20:17, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

So...umm?? CTJF83Talk 17:22, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh yes, thanks for the poke. Looking at it now. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 17:36, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

so.....?? CTJF83Talk 17:28, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Tenmei

(This is the same copy to another ArbCom clerk for Tang Dynasty case, Mailer diablo) I'm seriously asking you to stop Tenmei continuing disruptive behaviors until the ArbCom case is closed. It is extremely frustrating that ArbCom clerks and Arbitrators just let Tenmei harass me. Tenmei has called me "toxic long-tern edit warrior" more than 10 times during the ArbCom case and attacked me with vicious verbal abuses. I can't imagine this kind of abuses have been condoned for two months that if Tenmei were in other ArbCom cases like Macedonian or Obama case, he would have been already blocked for such behaviors. Since you're a ArbCom clerk, I'm asking you to warn him. Thanks.--Caspian blue 17:08, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Tagging of pic "youthparliament.jpg"

Hi, You have tagged youthparliament.jpg for deletion. Pls note that there is no copyright associated with the picture. Pls advice on procedure for tag removal.Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shweta1977 (talk • contribs) 10:18, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Tagging of pic "youthparliament.jpg"

Hi, Sam, thanks for replying. The pic was taken by a friend of the subject on whose namepage the pic has been used. It does not belong to any newspapers, website or any other media. It comes from the personal collection of the subject in question. As such there is no copyright associated with the photograph. Pls advice how do I go about it? Thanks. Shweta1977 (talk) 10:00, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Bot request

Hi Sam, I wanted to know if you could help out with a bot. I saw that you did the work on a similar bot request for the WikiProject College Football, so I thought I'd ask you directly instead of formally put a request in at WP:BOTREQ. If this is not the proper channel to ask this, I apologize.

Anyway, if you're willing to help, here's what we'd like done: To have a bot go through every article in the Category:College football and all categories nested therein, and tag any articles' talk pages with the project banner (Template:WikiProject College Football) that don't already have it. Ideally, this would also incorporate all the functionality from the aforementioned request, which would auto-assess if another project banner with an assessment exists.

Thanks for your time. I've added your talk page to my watchlist, so you can respond here to let me know what you decide. 05:02, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I can do that. I've done similar tasks before (see User:Sambot for a list of the tasks I have approval for). I have another request pending, though, so you might have to wait until the middle of next week for me to get the coding done. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 09:46, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Great, glad to hear it. Looking through the BRFA list, it looks like I'm talking about essentially the same thing as task #4. Thanks again, I appreciate your help. Strikehold (talk) 09:58, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

One more thing: before you have the bot run, can you have it produce a list of all the nested categories in Category:College football and have me verify what is to be tagged? I know there are a few nested categories that should be excluded (Category:NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision conferences, Category: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision conferences, Category:American football teams in Mexico, and Category:British Collegiate American Football League teams), and I'd like to make sure there aren't any other inappropriate cats that get included. Thanks. Strikehold (talk) 08:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Tagging of pic "youthparliament.jpg"

Hi, Yes your advice helps. Thank you. Can you please let me know how to change the copyright status of an existing image? Shweta1977 (talk) 19:05, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Tagging Cwr main entrance.jpg and Cwr sale des pas perdus.jpg

The permission for use of these works has been archived in the Wikimedia OTRS system; it is available as ticket 2009060310047417 for users with an OTRS account. Can I delete the delete tag now? Thank you. --Lamerica (talk) 18:07, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

The photographer in both cases (Pierre-Yves Dhinaut of Geneva, Switzerland, November 2007) was commissioned by us and we acquired the rights. Then we granted the rights to publish these photos as per above. If possible we would like to see this tag deleted at your earliest convenience. --Lamerica (talk) 07:47, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Self portrait pic

you recently posted an intention to delete a self pic i posted on MY user page. that pic was a duplicate of another one i had posted with the exception that i had blanked out my nametag for security reasons. after posting the original pic i realized that the nametag was readable. as a personal security precaution i edited the original pic and posted the edited one in it's place in order to remove my name from the pic. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE IT as i do not feel comfortable allowing my name to be viewable on an open website. i have a question tho. why is the content of my profile and my personal info and images being review and edited? why should anyone care what is put on a person's personal profile? thank you for your time. Hueydoc (talk) 04:45, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Unable to delete messages on picture

Image 225px message is appearing along with the pic picofvvs.jpg I tried to edit the page, but there is sign of this image 225px anywhere on the edit text of the page "Vishal Sharma". Where is it appearing from, and how can I make it go away? Please help. Thanks Shweta1977 (talk) 12:48, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

You have been nominated for membership of the Established Editors Association

The Established editors association will be a kind of union of who have made substantial and enduring contributions to the encyclopedia for a period of time (say, two years or more). The proposed articles of association are here - suggestions welcome.

If you wish to be elected, please notify me here. If you know of someone else who may be eligible, please nominate them here

Please put all discussion here.Peter Damian (talk) 14:25, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Bot problem

[3] Has this issue been fixed? Gimmetrow 21:11, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Odd problem. I don't remember fixing it, though I might have fixed it by coincidence when fixing a different issue. I'll have a look before doing another run with that task. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 23:45, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

ImageTagBot

Hi. :) Your bot pulled a strange one here, and I'm not sure if there's somebody about the PUI listing that caused it. The PUI (Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2009 May 14) closed for delete, but OTRS release subsequently came through. Is there something wonky about the formatting there or is this a one-off thing? (I received a confused note through OTRS from the artist.) I'll watch here in case you have an opportunity to give a reply. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:44, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: JavaScript

Hi, I've not been on Wikipedia much and I only saw your comment about the secure server script now. Thanks for your suggestions/work. If I remember correctly, the other wikis didn't have HTTPS when I first wrote that, and although I updated my local Greasemonkey copy of the script to add Commons support a few months ago, I forgot to copy the changes to the one on Wikipedia. I didn't know the other wikis could be accessed like that either. I've now completely updated it to incorporate your additions (and fixed Wiktionary and Wikispecies, which didn't work). I think it handles everything now. • Anakin ^(talk) 21:10, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Tagging of Cwr_aerial_1926.jpg

This photo was uploaded and then removed from Centre William Rappard on 10 June 2009. After that I obtained from ILO Historical Archives the permission to publish it in Wikipedia, as follows. The ILO Archives fully authorizes the WTO to use/reproduce this image for its inclusion in online (WTO website, Wikipedia, etc.) outputs. All photos must be attributed to the "ILO Historical Photo Archives". Then I uploaded it again to Wikimedia Commons "Cwr aerial 1926.jpg". Please do not delete it again.--Lamerica (talk) 08:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - July 2009

The Christianity WikiProject Newsletter

Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors The Christianity WikiProject Newsletter Issue X - July 2009 Project news The Christianity project and its related projects currently have 76 FAs, 8 FLs, and 148 GAs. We gained new recognized content in each field, with 4 FAs promoted, 2 FLs, and 3 GAs. Congratulations and a big thank you to all those who worked on these articles! Member news It was a big month for new members, with User:RandomNumberSee, User:Per Ardua, User:Muzhogg, User:Arlen22, User:Scotchorama, and User:Jaybird vt joining, bringing us up to 292 listed members. Thanks to you all, and a special welcome to our new members! Other news I am still working on the categorization matter. With any luck, we should have some results by the end of the month. There are also some discussions regarding project related activities at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/General Forum. One issue in particular that might be addressed is possible elections of new coordinators. Anyone interested in serving in such a capacity is more than welcome to indicate as much. Related projects news The WikiProject Films has recently created a new task force for Christian films. All interested parties are welcome to join and contribute. Member contest of the month The previous contests are still ongoing, because of the extreme amount of time the categorization is taking me. Anyone who can bring any of the few Stub class articles among the project's 1000 most often accessed articles by the end of July will get an award. Please see the details Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity#Project challenge of the month. Christianity related news Pennsylvania Amish farmer jailed for outhouse violations Obama expands Bush's faith-based initiatives Relics of 39 saints found by British Museum From the Members Welcome to the Tenth issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. It has been a long time since the last coordinators election. There is a lot for people to do, and I certainly would welcome seeing any individuals with an interest in such a position put themselves forward as candidates. I in particular would very much like to see some degree of "specialization" in the coordinators, so that, for instance, we might have someone knowledgable about some of the specific Christian faith traditions or other main subjects, like Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Mormonism, the Jehovah's Witnesses, art, theology, and so on. If any parties who have experience with some of our faith- or- subject-based content would be interested in being candidates, I would love to see them do so. Please feel free to take part in the discussion regading what the minimum number of category items is, and how to deal with the non-qualifying categories, on the General Forum page. John Carter (talk) 23:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC) To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. This newsletter is automatically delivered by ~~~~

John Carter (talk) 22:46, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Sam. Good to see you back. Was wondering for a while there where you'd got to! I thought your bot might have assimilated you! Carcharoth (talk) 20:44, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Your bot

Just curious, how are articles marked for your bot to update their statistics? Is there a tag, or is it any player in a certain category, or...? SGGH ^ping! 16:24, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Pillar

Hey, Sam Korn. Soxred93 (I can't get used to X!) suggested that I speak to you via IRC, but I haven't seen you, so I figured I'd leave you a message. I've started using the Pillar bot framework for MadmanBot (Soxred93 thinks I might be the only one except you and him ;)), and I've run into a couple bugs and feature enhancements that I think would benefit the project. I was going to file them as issues; he suggested that I ask you for commit access instead. So I am; if you don't know me well enough, that's fine -- I'd be fine with simply filing issues. Cheers! — madman bum and angel 00:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I need help using your bot

Hello. I was wondering if you could help me use your bot. I see that it does a good job adding and editing inboxes concerning cricket players. Could you help me tweak your code, so that it would be able to work with ? thanks--Tim1357 (talk) 00:11, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

australian_fuel_label

why delete australian_fuel_label? get rid of this bot and do some thinking pls. Wdl1961 (talk) 13:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

ImageTagBot

Bot keeps adding a deletion template for File:Big-Brother-Front-Door.jpg on Big Brother 2009 (UK), despite the fact that there is no deletion discussion occuring. This has happened twice in 2 days. DJ 12:32, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

See AN thread

You were a checkuser involved in the investigation of Landmark Education related socks at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Eastbayway. As such, I thought you should be aware of Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Proposed_topic_ban_on_Landmark_Education_SPAs. Cirt (talk) 12:46, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi,

I have been trying to contribute to the entry for Jubilee Clips recently - not quite sure what inspired me but anyway.

I added a picture which was marked as a CSD because there was insufficient copyright information. I attempted to address that this morning and I thought I had but the bot seems to have found something about it objectionable and re-listed it as a CSD.

As this is the first time I have attempted to add an image to Wikipedia, it is perfectly possible that I have omitted something or done something wrong. Problem is that I think I have done it all correctly. Please could you enlighten me?

Many thanks,

Sebh007 (talk) 18:31, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

Dude, you nominated Tvmovietemplate.jpg for speedy deletino when the image has been designed by me. Its my own template and so better not do something silly about it. Nefirious (talk) 20:03, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of File:1917 Darband, SIR GEORGE ROOSE KEPPEL, SAHIBAZADA SIR ABDUL QAYUM.jpg

Hi, you have nominated File:1917 Darband, SIR GEORGE ROOSE KEPPEL, SAHIBAZADA SIR ABDUL QAYUM.jpg for speedy deletion. This speedy deletion nomination does not satisfy any of the wikipedia criteria for speedy deletion; if so do let me know. This pic. is of great significance to the Amb (princely state) page and belongs to my personal collection; and I have edited to mention this in file page. So kindly take back this speedy deletion nomination.Wikitanoli (talk) 00:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

You havent as yet removed the nomination for deletion template your bot noted, from the above mentioned file.Wikitanoli (talk) 14:08, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Indore Image removed

Sam Korn, Abu Torsam has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Respected, I wish to know, that in Indore Article on page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indore&oldid=315451357 your ImageTagBot tagged File:Indore(01).jpg with {{deletable image-caption}}) Please let me know the reason for it.(i think its Copyright status). How can i get this image back? Thanks ( Abu Torsam 07:06, 22 September 2009 (UTC)).

About Update of Cricket statistics

Hi, can you make the bot to update the cricket statistics daily instead of weekly. It would be great.Managerarc (talk) 11:20, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Sam, I think there is a problem with Sambot because it doesnt update the date when updating the statistics, Please fix this issue soon, Thanks Managerarc (talk) 16:10, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

pics in Lama Pai article

SOrry but it seems that tonight no matter what I do it keeps trying to delete teh same picture. It is a PUBLIC FIGURE WHOSE IMAGE HAS BEEN PUBLIC DOMAIN SINCE 1920 and therefore from everything I can figure is fine to upload here. But despite the fact others admins have agreed with me, it's been discussed before, etc it keeps getting tagged Nysanda (talk) 03:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

User:ImageTagBot

Hi Sam.
User:ImageTagBot has stopped editing due to an edit at User talk:ImageTagBot. Since you're not here that often anymore, maybe it would be best if you disabled the automatic stop function for that bot? It could still be blocked if it ran rampage, similar to how other bot editors do it. What do you think?
Cheers, Amalthea 21:45, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi,
I've now asked at BRFA if someone else was willing to take over for ImageTagBot, and Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot 19 has stepped forward – I hope you don't mind.
Cheers, Amalthea 23:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Cambridge November meetup

Set for Saturday 14 November, 3 pm, CB2 cybercafé on Norfolk Street. Please come along if you can: Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 5. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

File:1000rouble highlight.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:1000rouble highlight.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 03:57, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

tiny error in the code perhaps? :)

Hi Sam, just thought I'd mention that your bot has been adding | oneIT20 = true for one-time Twenty20 International players, whereas it should read | oneT20I = true (i.e. the I is in the wrong place). I only mention it because it's adding a redundant bit of text in which is doing absolutely nothing! — AMBerry (talk) 14:56, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello there, Sam Korn!

Hi, Sam!

I knew you were a big name in this racket; but I didn't realize quite how big your name was!

Rob

p.s. I liked the Kantian allusion. Smelly Calvinist (talk) 14:38, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Sysop has disclosed my personal information on diq.wikipedia

Hi Sam,

I am told to contact one of the m:Ombudsmen to solve a privacy issue. I found you in the list.

The issue is that one of the sysop of the diq.wikipedia, User:Mirzali, has disclosed my personal information on diq.wikipedia.

The information includes my real name, when and where I was born, where I went to school, where I currently live, and my occupation (and previously he posted pictures of me).

I feel very uncomfortable about disclosure of my personal information, and I deleted the entry many times before. I still have the sysop authority to delete it; however, sysop Mirzali keeps re-posting the same entry. I know involving in an edit war is an abuse of sysop responsibilities. That's why I don't want to remove the contend again by myself. I am hoping that the Wikipedia community will help me.

Disclosing my private information is a breach of Wikimedia m:Privacy policy and abuse of sysop privileges.

Thank you very much for your understanding. --Xoser (talk) 22:39, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello Xoser, I would advise that you contact someone else about this since Sam hasn't actually edited Wikipedia since early September and thus might not be able to give timely help. At lease ombudsmen meta:User:PatríciaR and meta:User:Tinz note that they speak English, not sure about the others.
Kind regards, Amalthea 23:25, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you for your notification. --Xoser (talk) 03:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Ship categories by year

Are you able and willing to run User:Sambot/Code/Ships again? It's been over 6 months so I'm sure there are a lot of new articles to catch. Thanks. --Brad (talk) 02:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Sambot this morning

Hi. Sambot appears to have wiped some statistics this morning, for instance Kevin Pietersen. I have put them back - I'm surprised no-one else did: did I miss something? Could the bot check for the presence of numbers before updating pages? Best wishes from a former bot owner. --RobertG ♬ talk 21:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Problem with Sambot

Hi Sam. There is a problem with Sambot, see here and here and here. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 10:17, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I've blocked the bot, the auto-shutdown hadn't worked. Cheers, Amalthea 10:37, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Just a thought - the recent upgrade to the CA website could have caused the problem in some way? JP (talk) 12:46, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Almost certainly, yes. Amalthea 13:25, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Sam, why don't you fix the bot quickly? Managerarc (talk) 16:12, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Managerarc, Sam hasn't been on WP for a few months now, so has obviously got other priorities at the moment. For now, we will have to go back to the pen and paper method, and hope that he can fix it on his return.—MDCollins (talk) 00:58, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Best Wishes for 2010, FloNight♥♥♥♥ 13:32, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

request for input on bot-like project

You are invited to join the discussion at User_talk:Ludwigs2#proposal_-_need_collab. Ludwigs2 06:14, 14 March 2010 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox cricketer

Template:Infobox cricketer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 20:37, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Your image is now a Valued Picture

An image created by you has been promoted to valued picture status Your image, File:Off break small.gif, was nominated on Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Spongie555 (talk) 01:45, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Leg break small.gif is a now a valued picture

An image created by you has been promoted to valued picture status Your image, File:Leg break small.gif, was nominated on Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Acather96 (talk) 08:31, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Chinaman small.gif is now a valued picture

An image created by you has been promoted to valued picture status Your image, File:Chinaman small.gif, was nominated on Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Acather96 (talk) 08:40, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Slow left arm small.gif is now a valued picture

An image created by you has been promoted to valued picture status Your image, File:Slow left arm small.gif, was nominated on Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Acather96 (talk) 08:47, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:ArbComOpenTasks/line/test

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Mhiji 02:01, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Vote in WP:CRIC

There has been a issue in WT:CRIC that needs your vote. Thanks --ashwinikalantri ^talk 06:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Treasury of Athens at Delphi.jpg

I'm leaving this more for friends of Sam than for Sam: File:Treasury of Athens at Delphi.jpg is up for delisting as a featured image; comments are welcome. Thanks. Chick Bowen 03:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Suspension of admin privileges due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative privileges of users who have been inactive for one year, meaning administrators who have made neither any edits nor any logged actions in over one year. As a result of this discussion, your administrative privileges have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these privileges reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. RL0919 (talk) 22:18, 9 July 2011 (UTC)