User talk:DatGuy/Archives/2016/December


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The Wikipedia Bot Builder Award
For your work on DatBot. Its AIV reports are highly useful for catching vandals that slip through the cracks because the edit filter stops most of their vandalism. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 19:57, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Agreed - I like how it has just flagged up a potential sockpuppet name over at UAA. Good work. Patient Zerotalk 13:12, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
@Ks0stm and Patient Zero: Thanks! If you'd like, you can join #wikipedia-en-abuse-log connect. Another, more efficient way than cvn-en-wp to catch vandals. Dat GuyTalkContribs 17:29, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
Will do. Thanks for the link. Patient Zerotalk 09:23, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
+1, I've blocked a few vandals based on this already. BethNaught (talk) 16:15, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

New Page Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC))

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

AfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thankyou for editing my article. How do I add pictures ? I couldn't add it the first time. When will it be published?

Regards, Krishna Krishna mazumdar (talk) 11:44, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

@Krishna mazumdar: First of all, please see this and this pages on how to properly cite sources. See the tutorial for a basic guide on editing Wikipedia, and I believe that it also says how to add pictures there. Dat GuyTalkContribs 11:52, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thankyou for the links to the guides. I made few changes and added a wiki link as you had mentioned. I am not an IT engineer. I can't trouble shoot it further. Please help me out to make this article live. Krishna mazumdar (talk) 12:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Underlinked?

So which terms in the short stub Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women do you think need to be linked? I'm genuinely curious. There's no point in linking common terms like country names just so that the article looks as if it has plenty of links. I suggest that sometimes the right number of outgoing links from a well-sourced stub can be one (as here), or even zero. PamD 16:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

I agree with your last sentence. How about linking [[Nonprofit organization|not-for-profit]]? Dat GuyTalkContribs 16:26, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The International 2016

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The International 2016 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 16:02, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

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Bot stopped!

I've stopped DatBot as due to the replag it is reporting stale IPs/users. I'll keep an eye on the replag level and try re-enabling it once it drops -- samtar talk or stalk 21:45, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi DatGuy. The timing of this and this (over a day late) caught my eye. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:09, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

I see there's a few. Some kind of catchup, right? I wonder if that could be avoided after some limited time, as it might get problematic. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
@Zzuuuzz: Yeah. Labs replag was super high yesterday (800 minutes?). Its either trying to catch up off that or the replag today is still quite high, but not high enough to not report. Dat GuyTalkContribs 06:49, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
I think the bot's block log puts my concern best. However, I have another concern after noticing that this thread was merged with the one before it: if the bot was stopped at 21:44, it should not have been editing at 21:48 or when it was blocked. -- zzuuzz (talk) 11:55, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Looks like the bot isn't checking /Run before making an edit? Simple if there DatGuy: if [/Run content] = "Run" then {make edit} else {don't make edit} -- samtar talk or stalk 12:00, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
@Zzuuzz and Samtar: God, I'm super sorry for it not stopping. I'll review the code again. Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
@Zzuuzz and Materialscientist: God I'm dumb. It looked for the page title instead of the wikitext. At least it just reported an annoying sock to UAA. Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:48, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

DatBot/pendingbacklog pause

Hi DatGuy, noticed that DatBot/pendingbacklog hasn't been updated for 18 hours: Noyster (talk), 14:24, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

@Noyster: Restarted it. I'm hosting it locally until the trial ends, and I'll then put it on TL. Dat GuyTalkContribs 14:58, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The International 2016

The article The International 2016 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The International 2016 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 11:41, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Woo! :D -- samtar talk or stalk 11:42, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

CVU

Hello, I just started here at Wikipedia a couple days ago and have found pretty quickly that my favorite thing to do is revert vandalism. While i've been alright so far (meaning no one has yelled at me for bad reverts) I still have a ton of questions and was wondering if you could help me - I noticed you're available on the trainers page :) Tesla (talk) 18:12, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Hey DatGuy, when will we start my CVU training? JustAGuyOnWikipedia ( To see my User page, click here) | (talk) 22:05, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

@JustAGuyOnWikipedia and Tesla400: Sorry for the late reply. Anyways, would both of you like to be trained together? You two can either choose a super simple, not pressured course or a more "strict" one. In the former, my student was actually blocked as a sockpuppet but in the latter they've all progressed well and had rollback. Thoughts? Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:19, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
I would personally prefer the more strict one. Definitely wouldn't like to take the same course as a sockpuppet (blech!). Tesla (talk) 19:55, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
@DatGuy and Tesla400: I'm fine if were trained together. (I'll also be fine if we took the more strict one.) JustAGuyOnWikipedia (talk) 20:28, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
I forgot to mention earlier that I'd also be fine with being trained together. Tesla (talk) 01:00, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
Is a very impatient person Exactly when do we start anyway @DatGuy and JustAGuyOnWikipedia:? Tesla (talk) 21:51, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
I don't know when we will start @Tesla400:.
Understood, I'll hopefully get there soon. Tesla (talk) 20:48, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
Ditto. JustAGuyOnWikipedia: Is ONLINE. (Merry Christmas!!!) (talk) 20:58, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Hello DatGuy: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 16:48, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

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User:JamesISCOOL3366 as a fake article on user page

Hello, this is an urgent message, On the user page JamesISCOOL3366 it is written as an article on a user page. So no articles written on it's user page. Could you go to user page User:JamesISCOOL3366 and remove the fake article, that is not allowed on written articles on user pages. Reply me back and it has been resolved, Thanks. 2001:569:70DD:7500:39EA:19D8:DF90:EF4D (talk) 21:04, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Merry

Season's Greetings, DatGuy/Archives/2016!
At this wonderful time of year, I would like to give season’s greetings to all the fellow Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past! May you have a wonderful holiday season! MarnetteD|Talk 16:38, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for reverting all that vandalism on my talk page. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

ACC tool access request approved

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Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Again welcome!  FastLizard4 (talk•contribs) 07:23, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

CVU

Thank you for offering to be a trainer. Please remember that we expect users to have at least 200 mainspace edits before they can enroll at the WP:CVU/A. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:28, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

@Kudpung: Why do you have to have at least 200 mainspace edits? JustAGuyOnWikipedia: Is ONLINE. (Merry Christmas!!!) (talk) 18:28, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
Several reasons, JustAGuyOnWikipedia, among which are those which help to ensure that:
  • The user is not using the encyclopedia as a MMORPG
  • The user is not simply a hat collector
  • The user knows how to respond to messages and communicate properly
  • The user at least has been around long enough to understand what Wikipedia actually is
- and it's still not enough aand still gives us problems, so it's one rule for all, and admins make no exceptions when it comes to according additional user rights. It also provides users with an opportunity to be trainers which further helps to develop their skills and to have the satisfaction that they have helped others. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:37, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Account creator granted

After reviewing your request for the "accountcreator" permission, I have enabled the flag on your account. Keep in mind these things:

  • The account creator right removes the limit on the maximum number of new accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period.
  • The account creator right is not a status symbol. If it remains unused, it is likely to be removed. Abuse of the account creator right will result in its removal by an administrator.

If you no longer require the right, let me know, or ask any other administrator. Drop a note on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of the account creator right. Happy editing! — xaosflux Talk 17:30, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Thanks! Isn't the trkplate broken? (You can contact me at {{{...) Dat GuyTalkContribs 17:32, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
lol yup. — xaosflux Talk 17:42, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

uploading fair use images for current events articles

Hi DatGuy, I recently followed your example of uploading an image from a news agency to Wikipedia under a fair use justification. The image was placed on the article December 2016 Congolese protests which is now featured in the "In the News" section of Wikipedia's home page. I was following your example of using an image on the 2016 Eséka train derailment page but instead of the image coming from Reuters mine was a low resolution screen grab from AFP. Have I done something wrong? I don't understand how your image is ok but mine is copyright violation. Please join the discussion on the image's talk page where Ramaksoud2000 has tagged my upload for speedy deletion. Thank you.Monopoly31121993 (talk) 12:56, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

In the interest of keeping this discussion in one stable place, I have replied at Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content#Are_all_journalistic_photos_banned_from_Wikipedia.3F. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 13:09, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Eséka train.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Eséka train.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a non-free file with a clearly invalid licensing tag; or it otherwise fails some part of the non-free content criteria. If you can find a valid tag that expresses why the file can be used under the fair use guidelines, please replace the current tag with that tag. If no such tag exists, please add the {{Non-free fair use}} tag, along with a brief explanation of why this constitutes fair use of the file. If the file has been deleted, you can re-upload it, but please ensure you place the correct tag on it.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Ramaksoud2000 (Talk to me) 13:02, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Hello DatGuy: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, 🎅Patient Crimbo🎅 grotto presents 20:27, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas!

Hello DatGuy: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 15:06, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas!

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Happy Holidays

The 12 Days of Wikipedia
On the 12th day of Christmas Jimbo sent to me
12 BLPs
11 RFAs
10 New Users
9 Barn Stars
8 Admins Blocking
7 Socks Socking
6 Clerks Clerking
5. Check Users Checking
4 Over Sighters Hiding
3 GAs
2. Did You Knows
and an ARB in a pear tree.

-May your holiday season be filled with joy, laughter and good health. --Cameron11598

Your GA nomination of Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The article Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kees08 -- Kees08 (talk) 04:01, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

BAGBot: Your bot request DatBot 5

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Merry Christmas!


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