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bot help request

hi reedy boy, i was hoping you could help me by adding {{Rodent}} to a list of pages i've compiled over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rodents/Scope list. additionally, if you could overwrite any instances of {{Mammal}}/{{WikiProject Mammals}} i'd appreciate it, ;et me know if you need anything! --ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 16:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

bot help request

hi reedy boy, i was hoping you could help me by adding {{Rodent}} to a list of pages i've compiled over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rodents/Scope list. additionally, if you could overwrite any instances of {{Mammal}}/{{WikiProject Mammals}} i'd appreciate it, ;et me know if you need anything! --ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 16:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

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Typoscan

Hi, since you're the lead developer of that project, I've got to ask: what happened to Wikipedia:WikiProject TypoScan? Why are there no articles in the database anymore? —bender235 (talk) 15:17, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Lack of time to run the updates. It requires quite a lot of time (processing time, at least) Reedy (talk) 19:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Hm, okay. So is this project essentially dead, or will there be an update at some point in near future? —bender235 (talk) 00:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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SVN Update for AWB

Would it be possible to get an SVN update for AWB please. Theres a few new edits I would like to take advantage of. Thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 14:26, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Not at the moment. I can't upload to the toolserver atm - https://jira.toolserver.org/browse/TS-918 Reedy (talk) 15:18, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Oh ok bummer. Thanks for the reply letting us know though. --Kumioko (talk) 11:56, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
LOL. I tried yesterday to send you an email but gmail won't let me send executables. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:01, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Oh thanks. Darn gmail. --Kumioko (talk) 14:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Bug resolved. Reedy uploaded. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:18, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Awesome thank you. --Kumioko (talk) 01:09, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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EduGeek

Can you review my page?

Littlemisswhite (talk) 17:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

EduGeek

Hi, I'm John Smiths friend who's trying to get the EduGeek wiki article up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Littlemisswhite/EduGeek.net)

I'm going to add some references to TES article where the site has been mentioned. Will that help at all?

Caroline — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlemisswhite (talk • contribs) 23:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

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Context menu in plugin++

Broken. We can toss all the parameters or probably the whole thing. Your call. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

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A comment about AWB users

I left a note on the AWB talk page about possibly removing users from the AWB access list after being blocked (I mean longterm not short periods) and long periods of inactivity (like a year or more). Magio suggested I ask you about it. My reasons are in the comment I left. Thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 15:26, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Image class

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests#Allow_for_.22Image.22_or_.22File.22_class_in_WP:Plugin.2B.2B_for_file_pages.

I.e. Add a box in the generic template: Image class. If unchecked then image namespace gives class=N/A as before. If checked then class is "Image". -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:37, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

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SVN 7731 vs. 7728

I downloaded SVN 7731 from http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/, but then when I ran the updater, it replaced itself with SVN 7728. Should I be going forward or backward? Also, 7728 does not put its version number in the AWB edit summary, as AWB (7780) used to do. Chris the speller yack 14:20, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

If you manually update using SVN snapshots, there should be no need to run the updater. If it's built as a debug build (which all SVN snapshots should be), it will put the SVN revision number onto the edit summary. The packager grabs the files based on whether a SVN snapshot or a release was requested to be gathered. 7728 is a RELEASE, hence, doesn't do it. 7780 I'm guessing is a typo. But whatever. Unless you manually go back, you should only be going forward. Though, going back from a SVN snapshot to a release would be a reason to go back. I've uploaded a 7734 snapshot now. Reedy (talk) 14:38, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, that helps somewhat. Yes, 7780 was a typo. It might be good to change the WP:AWB page to mention that bleeding-edge users should refrain from running the updater and just look at the snapshot page regularly. Now I'm going forward to 7734. Cheers! Chris the speller yack 15:04, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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when...

...do you reckon bugzilla:27078#c1 will take effect? (thanks for that, by the way) –xenotalk 14:45, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

It should've been done as of me setting it. It's there in the InitialiseSettings.php
'wgCheckUserForceSummary' => array(
    'default' => false,
    'enwiki' => true,
),
If it's not, there's presumably some other bug at fault... Reedy (talk) 22:34, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll ask Amalthea to look into it. –xenotalk 13:34, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Looks like it should work, but it doesn't. Reedy is in a much better position to figure out why though. :) Amalthea 15:40, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
Reopened bugzilla:18613 to get more eyes on it. Thanks, –xenotalk 15:44, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

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York meetup

Hi Reedy. Just to let you know there is a Wikimedia meetup being planned in York for Tuesday. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:56, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

bugzilla:27078

fyi, slight issue there. thanks! –xenotalk 12:30, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

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Back

At ya
:P --slakr\ talk / 20:03, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

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bugzilla:29210

Hello! A few days ago you closed a request for creating an alias in ukwiki. Please note that when performing the upgrade a probable mistake occured, which I described on bugzilla. I don't want to bother you once again, but at the same time I can be sure that my remark there will be processed soon, therefore decided to remind you of it personally. Since the remaining adjustment is extremely minor, nothing will happen if it's dealt with out of turn. Thanks ahead. --Microcell (talk) 20:50, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Some WikiLove b/c you helped out with the Image thumbnail problem with your multicast fix.

MarkAHershberger (talk) 15:26, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

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Can you protect Muammar Gaddafi also?

Can you protect the Muammar Gaddafi article also? Thanks -- Avanu (talk) 23:57, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject TypoScan

Any idea how to reload the articles? TypoScan returns nothing with makelist. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 14:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

All the initial list have been dealt with. It requires new a database dump downloading and processing... Reedy (talk) 17:18, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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Request for AWB SVN snapshot

Hi Reedy - I see that AWB is up to SVN 7850, but the most recent published snapshot is 7794. Any plans to release a new snapshot soon? I'm looking forward to some of the bug fixes and the redirect template parameters functionality. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:37, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Done. Reedy (talk) 19:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks - can't wait to use it! GoingBatty (talk) 01:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

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AFT 5

Is the bot tagging the dab pages for AFT5 on purpose, or is this something that's been overlooked? I reverted one, but then noticed that the AFT5 cat contains a number of dab pages already, so I thought I'd ask. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 14, 2011; 15:54 (UTC)

Crap. Reedy (talk) 15:59, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Cheers for the ping. I've rolled back the 7 with "(disambiguation)" in the title as the obvious ones, and removed the similar ones from my TODO list. Doing the non obvious ones now is a bit of an issue. As per the usual with enwiki, doing any more that include one of 5 million templates isn't gonna work very well...Reedy (talk) 16:07, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Glad to be of service :) There are still a few dabs remaining that do not have "disambiguation" in the title, however. If you install this script, all of the disambig pages in that cat will be highlighted yellow, which will make cleanup easier. Or, if you don't want to install it, I can go through the cat later this week and take the dabs out.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 14, 2011; 16:54 (UTC)
I'll try and get round to cleaning it up. Just won't bother doing it till I've finished or maybe I should. Circa 10k pages to go... Reedy (talk) 16:55, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
OK, no problem. Just holler if I can help!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 14, 2011; 17:32 (UTC)
Don't know why I didn't do this earlier.. I just added existence of "{{disamb" in the page text as a reason to skip. Won't give any false skips (and even if it did, it's not a big deal), but will stop at least some of the disambiguation pages being tagged wrongly! Reedy (talk) 01:48, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
234 disambiguation pages removed in a run just now. That should probably have cleaned up most of those issues. Reedy (talk) 15:17, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I noticed four dab pages that are on my watchlist had been tagged for this today as well. I'll roll them back for you. Mlaffs (talk) 18:40, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. Nicely this is minimal damage and easily restored Reedy (talk) 18:57, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi - please ensure you don't move the stub tag from the foot of the page, such as this edit. Thanks. Lugnuts (talk) 19:36, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
And this. Lugnuts (talk) 19:39, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
And this. Lugnuts (talk) 19:42, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Reedy_Bot. Thanks. Lugnuts (talk) 19:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

What's your bot doing?

Hey - I'm just curious what's the point of e.g. this edit? what's the point of Category:Article Feedback 5? --Tachfin (talk) 06:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

It's a category to define which pages will get the newer version of the Article Feedback tool, see Wikipedia:Article Feedback Tool/Version 5 Reedy (talk) 12:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Okay thanks for the reply --Tachfin (talk) 12:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Québecair

The article about Québecair, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec is in the list of Cities Served. I think that it was more the isolated village of St-Augustin, on the Basse-Côte-Nord, Québec that was served. There is an airport there. A lot of small villages as Natashquan, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Baie-Johan-Beetz, etc. where also served as correctly listed.

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a suburb of Québec which is well served by Jean-Lesage International Airport. The Lac St-Augustin Water Airport, in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, is only a general aviation airport for small planes that land on water.PierrotDeLaSalle (talk) 21:12, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination of Bubwith Community Primary School for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bubwith Community Primary School is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bubwith Community Primary School until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Epeefleche (talk) 05:32, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

AWB SVN Update

Greetings Reedy, I was just wondering if you could do an SVN update for AWB when you get the chance. There have been quite a few changes in the last couple months. Thanks and Happy Holidays. --Kumioko (talk) 18:33, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Done! Reedy (talk) 20:33, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Great thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 00:11, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

API and Unicode combining accents

Reedy, I had to do AWB rev 7881 as it seems the API doesn't like 'COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT' (U+0301) in page text, gives 'badmd5sum' exception on save. Have you got any info on how the API deals (or not) with these Unicode characters? Ta Rjwilmsi 10:27, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Any ideas how to replicate? I just removed it from the blacklist (ie reverted your rev 7881 locally), and was able to get it to let me save ́... Reedy (talk) 16:01, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
You could save Valeriy Khmelko with the Unicodify edit applied? Rjwilmsi 20:34, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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