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Please take action

Hi there, please can you take action on against User:46.64.146.45 and User:BethIsrael as I have had to revert edits on the Jonathan Cahn again, the information is basically inappropriate and making it advertosement for Johnathan Cahn which is not keeping the page natua and your warnings are doing no good at so I request further action like blocking please as it is just messing up the page in question and if you can't do please pass it on to someone who will. Thanks (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 16:33, 22 April 2015 (UTC))

There is not a lot I can do at this point - did you try talking with the editor? --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:43, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

I haven't spoken to either one of them no but considering you have put several messages on their pages, in fact they are two accounts from the same person I believ and have fallen completely on deaf ears somehow I don't think the editor is going to take much notice, I am just fed of having to revert but I don't have much knowledge myself on how to tackle this sort of problem. thanks for getting back to me so quick and I know there are other editors who like me who feel the same. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 16:48, 22 April 2015 (UTC))

Wait .. there are more than just that IP and that account - there are more IPs in that range active on that, and other pages. That makes both handing out blocks or protecting pages not necessarily helpful. I will see to give that a try anyways. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:58, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, we must do something, I will be keeping as close a eye as possible, will let you know of further problems. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 18:13, 22 April 2015 (UTC))

If you think a block will help, WP:AIV is a better place to post a request, and WP:RFPP is a good place for asking for page protections - both pages have more eyes on them. It would be good if the data that gets changed all the time got proper, even if primary, sources on them so it is easier for admins to check 'what is correct'. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:28, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much I have taken the appropriate action and sent requests to WP:AIV, thanks for your help again. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 21:27, 22 April 2015 (UTC))

Jonathan Cahn Please Change

Please correct These thanks on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Cahn

Birth date: born September 25, 1959


Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BethIsrael (talk • contribs) 15:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

@BethIsrael: - No, you take that information to the talkpage, and provide a proper independent reference for that. You may very well be right, but with the history of promotional edits on that page, we are not having that information changed without those proper independent references. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:49, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Stefie Shock - Facebook link reverted

Hi,

I am the social media manager of the artist Stefie Shock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefie_Shock). The facebook link (https://www.facebook.com/StefieShockmusique?ref=hl) I added to his auto generated wikipedia article has been made purposefully for the sake of his visibility and on the demand of mister Stefie Shock. I would like to see this link reintegrated to its original place.

Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tandem.mu (talk • contribs)

@Tandem.mu: "his auto generated wikipedia article has been made purposefully for the sake of his visibility and on the demand of mister Stefie Shock" .. Please review WP:NOT, WP:SPAM, WP:NPOV etc., all of which you are blatantly violating, as well as WP:EL for why the facebook link is inappropriate. Please stop your promotion activities on Wikipedia, repeated abuse of Wikipedia's servers will result in blacklisting of material and deletion/salting of pages. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:13, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

I worked hard to update an entry, and it was all deleted

I added many updates to the page for Billy Collins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Collins

I spent a lot of time on this, included only accurate, verified information, and then it was all deleted.

Please help me learn why this was done and how to un-do it. Thank you.

142.197.123.4 (talk) 22:38, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

@142.197.123.4:I see you found already how to undo it. Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:28, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

hijacked web site, advertising, doing business on wikipedia

Information about Homeyra, and Iranian singer is being used for business and advertising. They have created a site under her name and have put it on wiki for sale.

this is against selling, advertising, or doing business on wikipedia.

the page is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeyra

and on the right box they list the web site address for sale, when you click on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehrdad214 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

@Mehrdad214: I see you re-reverted the bot. I had a look at the article, and I do not see any references. On a BLP that is a serious issue, we need at least some references showing notability, and I think this is very strange for a singer who has been in the business for more than half a century (she started singing at 16, now she is 70). I have therefore brought the article up for a deletion discussion. I however do hopoe you can help. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:40, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

hey watch out, you destroyed my work !

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ligardes&type=revision&diff=659940723&oldid=659940646 92.156.193.124 (talk) 22:59, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

there are 25 links with this image, one for each language of the french village called Ligardes

image accepted here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Image_release_on_Facebook

Ligardes

92.156.193.124 (talk) 23:09, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

@92.156.193.124: Indeed a false-positive, and/or a bug in the rules. I'll have a look if I can adapt that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:42, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
could be *@*.[jpg|png|svg|wtf] from all documents name, and call a license reviewer ;)
have a nice day, cheers 92.156.193.124 (talk) 05:44, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
@92.156.193.124: - the license is not XLinkBot's mission, its mission is to help stopping inappropriate link additions and spam. Often email addresses are either spam, and generally unwise to have in mainspace anyway (that email address will just collect a lot of spam if a spambot managed to parse it out). Unfortunately there are a couple of things looking like email addresses that aren't really .. this is one that indeed may be catchable and hence can be put onto a whitelist as exclusion. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:56, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

homeyra should not be deleted

wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeyra should not be deleted. Homeyra is the most famous persian female classical singer. She is considered to be Ella Fitzgerald of Iranian music and millions of Iranians listen to her music every day. That's why she becomes the target for abuse. Somebody is using her name and trying to sell and auction off domains names on her wiki page. This abuse is done by:

DVLPMNT MARKETING, INC. Street: Hunkins Plaza Main Street P.O. Box 556, City: Charlestown, State/Province: Nevis

They use wikipedia to sell domain names. We just have to stop abuse, not delete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehrdad214 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

The abuse should stop as well, I agree. But the article should also be notable according Wikipedia's notability policies/guidelines. I agree that she is notable in Iran, but I haven't seen much mention of her outside of that area. Please include references that show notability outside of Iran, and I am sure that the discussion will be closed in favour of keeping (and I may even retract my suggestion). --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:10, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

PLEASE PUT BACK MY EDITS

Please put back the last edits on the Sini Anderson profile!!!! I didn't know we weren't allowed to use twitter and i don't care that we weren't!!! just take out freaking twitter and put ieverything else back oh my god Maggiefrank (talk) 01:01, 4 May 2015 (UTC)maggiefrank

I think you did that already. Anyway, you have since been reverted twice, you may consider to first discuss your edits on the talkpage Talk:Sini Anderson and/or on your own talkpage. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:40, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 4 May 2015

Jonathan Cahn

His correct birthday is: September 25, 1959 - www.safesearch.net/jonathan+Cahn

Another correction that should go up is:

The article speaks of The Harbinger, which is right, but makes no mention of the next major book The Mystery of the Shemitah, which has not only been a NYTimes bestseller, but has come out even stronger than did The Harbinger. A simple sentence along the lines of:

In 2014, Cahn released The Mystery of the Shemitah connecting the ancient biblical seven-year cycle to the rise and fall of economies, the collapse of Wall Street, and the rise and fall of nations.

One other should include: The original article had mentioned that Cahn gave the keynote address at the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast.

should be replaced with: In 2013, Cahn delivered the keynote address in Washington DC, at the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast.


Should also include:

In April, 2015, Cahn spoke at the United Nations concerning the persecution of Christians worldwide. He has spoken annually on Capitol Hill before Members of Congress and leaders of faith.

Thank you

BethIsrael (talk) 13:29, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

@BethIsrael: Not done: this is the talk page for communicating with the user XLinkBot (talk · contribs). Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:34, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Basilica of Candelaria

Is official website.--88.10.54.93 (talk) 20:12, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

@88.10.54.93: I see you reverted per the suggestions of the bot. I extend the apologies of the bot, this is indeed a false positive. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:47, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Deleted all links?

I don't understand why all of the links I've made on an article have been deleted. I get a message on a page stating that the article does not link to other wiki articles, so I make those links, and then you delete them. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CountryBoyTonka (talk • contribs) 19:37, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

@CountryBoyTonka: The bot reacted on the inclusion of youtube. I have reverted the 2 or 3 wikilinks back in. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:32, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Charlie and the Bhoys

I don't understand what is wrong with links/references. I passed a lot of these link with a different user a few months back.

Are youtube links ok or itunes etc. I've tried to only use recent newspaper stories. Would linking to us mentioned else where on wiki help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rabthekebab (talk • contribs) 10:12, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello,

Matchup Cricket

The above link to PlayStore download app is all over Wikipedia under Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Cricket, Daily Fantasy Sports since quite a few months. Considering this, I had posted link to Dream11 as I have been using that site since a few months and wanted to share with like-minded enthusiasts. Please let me know how both the links are different as purpose is same.

Regards, Todd — Preceding unsigned comment added by ToddVilla (talk • contribs) 05:50, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

@ToddVilla: They are all there for one reason: promotion, and should all go for the same reason, see WP:SPAM. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:40, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
@Beetstra: It would be nice if you can remove the mentioned link on Wikipedia totally as otherwise other users can get confused especially because it has been consistently present since a while.— Preceding unsigned comment added by ToddVilla (talk • contribs)
@ToddVilla: It looks pretty much spammed throughout indeed - maybe more definite measures (blacklisting) may be in order. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:12, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Ouija Links?

My links that I put on the Ouija page that took the reader to YouTube to watch trailers were removed. Please put them back... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.187.74.164 (talk) 19:42, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

We're not writing an internet directory, you can report on the release of the trailers without linking directly to them. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:21, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Constructive Criticism

Hi. Let me know what I can do to make my article better. I removed the link to the blog review, but replaced all the reference links (at the bottom--which were also removed (?)) which supported all the quotes from critics at trusted sources, as well the poet's list of works and awards. None of the material violates copyright/was cut and pasted, as the first editor suggested, which is still in a big box at the top of my page. It was all written by me, except the quotes from critics, of course. Which have now been referenced. Ranger x (talk) 10:46, 13 May 2015 (UTC)Ranger x

I've cleaned up the article - the blog might be a reference, though blogs are generally not considered reliable sources. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:28, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

False positive

Just a note to let you know that this is definitely a false positive. It reverted my edit claiming that I had added a link to the website free.fr. Not only did I not link to free.fr, I did not even add any link to the article. All I did was edit text around an existing link to st-and.ac.uk. I reverted it and made other edits. -- 173.150.213.44 (talk) 00:25, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

@173.150.213.44: Hi, no, it is not really a false positive, though a quirk of the system where the detection breaks: in this version the page is broken, resulting in the bottom half of the page not being parsed by the software. Through the fix you applied here it unboke, and it appears to the system that you added all the external links that are at the bottom of the page. Because that included the 'addition' of the free.fr page, the bot got triggered. My apologies again. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:30, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Cut and paste/plagiarist knee-jerk response still there...

Hi. Thank you for the help on my article (assuming it was you.) My question now is: why is this box still at the top of my page, which is barely discernible, even to a somewhat intelligent person such as my self? : "Copyright-problem paste 2.svg This article may have been copied and pasted from a source, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Please remedy this by editing this article to remove any non-free copyrighted content and attributing free content correctly, or flagging the content for deletion. Please be sure that the source of the copyright violation is not itself a Wikipedia mirror. (May 2015)"

My article was not copy and pasted from anywhere, and now all my sources have been adequately referenced. (PS I looked at other contemporary writers wiki pages, and noted mine was much more fully sourced...) Anything else I need to do? PS-I do not take plagiarism lightly, so this really got under my skin. When will the dreaded box begone :) Ranger x (talk) 11:19, 14 May 2015 (UTC)Ranger x

@Ranger x: - I guess you can remove the box, if someone finds that it is still a likely copy/paste from somewhere, it will likely be retagged. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:36, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
@Ranger x: - I have however re-added other tags, and cleaned up the internally used external links again - please follow our policies and guidelines. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:57, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

m-trill

hello stan,

this is m-trill. I would like to remove any mention of my age from Wikipedia as I would like to keep that information private. --41.58.226.11 (talk) 17:23, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

@41.58.226.11: That is always difficult, if it is known and reliable people will publish it - they can find it anyway. Otherwise indeed it can and should be removed. But I see you are already getting help with this. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:16, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Please check before you delete

I saw your message, and found that you have deleted a few external links. Please note that The Fox Chase Review and Reading Series is a significant literary journal published in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania], and they don't publish advertisements. Hence, the links that I placed under "External Links & References" are valid and important. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shambhabi (talk • contribs) 03:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

@Shambhabi: That is not an inclusion standard, is it? That whole list is anyway completely out of scope for Wikipedia in this way, I have deleted thew hole list, and only included his official website. Do note, the page is in the scope of WP:BLP and utterly unreferenced - I probably will nominate it for deletion shortly. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:09, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Jadav Payeng

itshuman

Dear XLinkBot:

We are the official website handling PR for Jadav Payeng.

We made changes to 1. his brief profile 2. Updated 2015 image and 3 added content In popular culture section.

Does adding Youtube link is against your policies. We are new to wikiedits. Please guide us / do necessary changes to suite our interest at the earliest, as we are expecting good traffic to Jadav Payeng's wiki page considering June 5 - World Environment Day.

Regards from INDIA, www.JadavPayeng.org Itshuman (talk) 11:21, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Paul Morantz

I made changes on my entry out of frustration of about 8 years. Back then you wrote do something it was one sided. I wrote this was disparaging of me and if they wanted negative views see if they could find them. If something written in background too much edit it. I sais I didn't write it, but obviously people who did were advocates. You then eventually removed that disparaging paragraph but now replaced it.

You have changed the description of my specialty 3 times in the pasr. Originally it was correct. It is correct now.

Somebody took out fact I was part of Molko legal team concluding I didn't do enough. Ask Ford Greene how much I did. I wrote writ for Leal, spent 2 1/2 months pro bono on amicus brief and did plaintiff's oral rebuttal argument. One can track my brief with court's decision. I have a video of my speaking before the Supreme Court. This was main accomplishment of my career which is now subject of 2 documentaries.

Last, as article on est says, after I intervened LAPD est training stopped.

You removed or shorten many other things, but that is your right. I only complain when you describe inaccurately my l.specialty and remove 2 of the 4 things that caused people to put me up in first place.

I would like this ended. I think Wikipedia does a service in organizing resource material, but none I have seen--about 1/2 dozen I am in are completely accurate and the public knows this about Wikipedia. You make contributing accuracy very difficult. Nor do people have time or abilities to go through your rule book. I am giving you advance notice of what I did. Sources are next to it. Appreciate if this is resolved and once again you remove para. suggesting entry is one-sided. And you have had 8 years to tone it down. I have about 10,000 entries on net. Your welcome to assign people to read them all. 108.38.31.251 (talk) 20:30, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

@108.38.31.251: - I have reverted the bot as suggested to you, but removed the 'offending' link - the general facebook (or even a specific post) is really not a proper reference there. I have also put all links into references as throughout the document. Please have a look. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:05, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Unfortunately two of those "sources" are not acceptable as they written by the subject, Paul Morantz, himself (L.A. Time opinion article and additional commentary from his own website.) Also, the USC link is simply a general description of the papers in their archives and is not, under any circumstances, acceptable as a source for the kind of edits you are attempting to make, which are the same exact edits attempted just prior by Paul Morantz himself. Laval (talk) 07:05, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You are one super nice bot :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:27, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Your message

All I did was fix some markup. Your reversion of my edit only restored a jacked up link, congratulations. 184.8.101.78 (talk) 21:22, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

@184.8.101.78: I've remove the link to facebook - that type of inline links are inappropriate and should not be there in the first place. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:03, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia's policies and guidelines on linking to external sites such as YouTube do not seem to be universally applicable. Many Wikipedia pages contain external links to YouTube pages; these links have presumably not been reverted by XLinkBot. My attempt earlier today to place such a link on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Warlock was reverted, even though that page already contained a separate YouTube link not placed by me.

I do not wish to cause problems, nor do I wish to fall foul of XLinkBot again. How is it possible that one external YouTube link is permitted, while another on the same Wikipedia page is not? And how am I to know, at the point of editing, whether a proposed link will be acceptable?

If you can shine any light in the darkness, it would be much appreciated!

ArchivesofSound (talk) 12:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

@ArchivesofSound: - why do you think that the first external link is allowed? Maybe it fails our inclusions standards, or it's inclusion has been discussed (also per that same external links guideline)? I'll have a look. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:46, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
I have removed the youtube, it fails WP:ELNO #13. The Youtube is a representation of something by Peter Warlock, not about himself. I have the feeling that the imdb also fails that same point. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:49, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hello !

Thank you for your edit on the new article Awans of Pakistan. I have reorganized the entire article. I have now made sections and also added categories at the end. Although I have added few links but I might work on a few more links so I have not removed the 'orphan' tag as yet. You can also advise me on my talk page if you feel there is any other way I can improve the page further and I would be more than happy to follow your guidelines. Thank you so much again. :) Pixarh (talk) 06:16, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

@Pixarh: - I don't think this bot edited this page. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:51, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

@Dirk Beetstra- Hello Dirk. Thank you for taking the trouble to reply to my query. I agree that the two YouTube links under discussion fail WP:ELNO #13. The article mentions a specific musical work by Warlock (to which the YouTube links applied, in an illustrative sort of way) but is not about that work exclusively. I also agree that the IMDB link fails, for the same reason - even more emphatically, since it links to a general film about Warlock's life.

ArchivesofSound (talk) 11:22, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Hotel Broadalbin

Not sure entirely of the etiquette here - I attempted to add the Facebook link and the homepage link of the Broadalbin Hotel to its Wikipedia page. I don't see anything in the guidelines preventing a Facebook link but I can understand auto-removing Facebook links, I suppose. I don't see why the website link shouldn't be included, however. It seems relevant to know what the current goings-on are... let me know if I am way off base as I don't want to re-add it only to have that removed again. (www.broadalbinhotel.com if you want to look it over.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.110.182 (talk) 05:09, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@72.224.110.182: - I have re-inserted the official link, but left out the facebook. The relevant part of the External links guideline is WP:ELOFFICIAL - we tend not to list all official links of the subject, only what is deemed to be the most official link. The bot reverts the whole edit and notifies the editors suggesting to re-do the edit if it contained more information than just the 'offending' link (but then to leave out the offending link), which I just did. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:24, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

kaleidoscope

I added a link to youtube that has videos, I create, on making kaleidoscopes and tools to help make kaleidoscopes. It does not violate your rules from what I have read. It is more valuable to the kaleidoscope community than many if not all the books quoted in the article.

But at this time, I don't think I want you to link to my instructional videos.

Thanks, Brett Bensley — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.67.16.208 (talk) 21:35, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@139.67.16.208: - I am sorry, but that fails our inclusion standards, see our external links guideline. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:48, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Edit revert on Maxi Nil article

Hi, I'm not sure why my edit was reverted on the Maxi Nil article (i'm pretty new to WP). Do you mind explaining? Even if the link itself is not ok, what is wrong with the rest of the edit? I only added information that is current about the singer. Thank you in advance! tsoukali 14:39, 10 June 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsoukali (talk • contribs)

@Tsoukali: - the rest of the edit was indeed OK, I have reverted the bot, but removed some of the external links. Please have a look at WP:ELOFFICIAL and WP:ELNO - these links were inappropriate. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:46, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Ok, I think I understand what the issue was with the link (>more than one official links). Thank you for the information and the revert of the text! tsoukali 09:39, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

You are Wrong

Hello,

I can only assume that Wikipedia are NOT interested in HISTORY. In ENGLAND we are.

The site and the external links that you have taken upon yourself to remove are NOT commercial in any way, they tell the story of a famous business and their premises that CLOSED down back in the early 1980's.

For your information, our local Council, the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral have requested and are in the process of putting all the original documentation regarding the contents of this web site into their safe achieves at the Borough's Town Hall. Its a shame Wikipedia want to hide all this from the World.

Take another look at http://www.dereliott-conversions.webs.com

Mike. Webmaster Historian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.98.109.249 (talk) 10:34, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

@2.98.109.249: You assume wrong, but can you please point me to the edit you talk about - I don't see any edit by the IP that you used here, and hence it is really difficult to track what article/revert you are talking about. Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:35, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

George Saunders Youtube Video

I added a link to a video hosted by YouTube in the external links section of author George Saunders' page. The video is of a significant talk by Mr. Saunders abot his own work.

Wikipedia's policy states that links cannot be posted to YouTube that violate the copyright of the original artist/user. I work for the organization that owns the copyright to the video, and have been authorized to post the video by the director. Is there any way that I can show that I have permission to share the content so that the video can be posted?

Thanks

puremultiple (talk) 07:05, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

@Puremultiple: What you cite is indeed a complete exclusion criterion. However, it is not the only criterion that we use determining whether a link should be included (copyright problems are not very often a problem, though still in a significant number of cases. I do wonder if on a page with 33 references, a significant amount of prose, and already 5 external links, whether this link is adding anything that is not yet included / can not be included as content (so the interview would fail WP:ELNO #1 / the intro of the external links guideline). --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:43, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

who the fuck are YOU

who re you to decide what is or is not constructive or relevant? im sure you are not the smartest person in the world and if someone says something they have that right. mother fucker— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.42.164 (talk • contribs)

Time for a second evaluation, then. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:18, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

I just tried to fix the broken link on Barunka O'Shaughnessy's page to her Myspace profile.

Myspace pages are now exclusively only on https, and trying to go to the insecure, http link, now leads straight to the Myspace homepage: http://www.myspace.com/i_am_sasha

My request is simple: When a simple change is made, such as changing the protocol on a link from insecure to secure, maybe have the bot recognise that it isn't an entirely new link and that it may be for the better (after all Wikipedia itself has entirely switched to https). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.208.165 (talk) 10:03, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@89.243.208.165: That should have a low occurance, and a reasoned revert is there in place. Most of the MySpaces should not be there in the first place, and not be repaired but removed (and those repairs could also be done by a bot (who will not be reverted) or AWB (which means a regular who will also not be reverted), or just done by regulars (who will not be reverted)), see WP:ELOFFICIAL for more info.
If you are planning to take a good part of the task upon you yourself, then I can whitelist your IP (assuming it is static enough). --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:49, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, but I don't intend to do any more edits on Wikipedia and my IP isn't static between router reboots – I did/do have an account, but I don't use it either.
It might be worth considering sites that switch over from http to https and the need for those links to be updated. And it's not just Myspace, there's more sites making the change – just one recent post on the subject: https://moz.com/blog/seo-tips-https-ssl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.208.165 (talk) 11:26, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
@89.243.208.165: The best way is to omit the prefix or to template them: //www.myspace.com/i_am_sasha or {{MySpace|i_am_sasha|Barunka O'Shaughnessy}}: 'Barunka O'Shaughnessy on Myspace'. And then replace by bot is the cleanest and will trigger the least annoyances (also since the real bot-edits 'do not show up' (unless by design they are made to)). --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:14, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

various editorial comments

Trying to figure out to reply to various editorial comments and advisements on several of my contributions. Please instruct me on how to respond. Thanks. Rexweiner1 (talk) 20:34, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

@Rexweiner1: - You can respond by editing the section on your talkpage and type your comments, or go to the talkpage of the editor that commented to you and reply there. The former is preferred, generally, keeping the discussion in one place. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:21, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

False positive email address detection?

It looks as if this edit by XLinkBot to Suzhou Creek mistook the file name "File:Suzhou Creek From General Post(at)2011.jpg" for an email address due to the (at) sign, which I've censored here just to be safe. The edit summary says "email address removed", so I'm assuming that's what set it off. I don't see anything else that could have caused it. --diff (talk) 00:38, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

@Difference engine: Yep, that is it. I have to see if I can exclude these, need to stop certain 'tld's. Thanks for pointing it out. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:18, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
@Difference engine: - I hope this solved it, please let me know if you see more of these (or repeats of the old one which means I did something wrong). Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:02, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Wiping a welcome

Strangely this edit did just that. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:43, 11 July 2015 (UTC).

MediaWiki quirk - it did not properly retrieve the old revid (hence the '1'), and the bot .. did not detect the failure. Thanks, Rich, I'll keep this in mind for a bug-update in the future. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:50, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Killer Mike

No idea how to rectify the bot's edit summary with the actual reverted edit here. Malfunctioning? Antepenultimate (talk) 03:46, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Crazy error - the editor first made an edit in which a reference mark got broken - that resulted in a lot of links after the inserted paragraph to not show up in the saved page. The consequtive edit (diff) repairs the broken ref, resulting in the second half of the page to be 're-added' to the saved page, and that includes the facebook which triggered the bot. Thanks for catching this! --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:08, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Inclusion of the official "Youtube Channel" of Antara Nandy in the page

www.youtube.com/c/NANDYS

the above is the official Youtube Channel of Antara Nandy for all videos of her.

Kindly suggest how the same to be uploaded in her page.

Thanks.

Nandys20 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nandys20 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

@Nandys20: I presume you came here after an XLinkBot warning - per that remark left on your talkpage, please see WP:ELOFFICIAL - we do not include all official sites of a subject, that is outside of our scope. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:26, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Over-reverting

Just to point out that this edit reverted a lot of a user's contributions to the article, just because they'd also added an external link to blogspot. That seems rather OTT, particularly since the blogspot link is a very relevant one to have in the article! I've reverted the bot's edit. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 13:00, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

@Mike Peel: - please see the User:XLinkBot/FAQ, where this is explained. It is a choice, the other option often not being sufficient by far, and often leading to broken pages. Yet another reason why the bot's edits appear in the recent changes feeds. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:07, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
@Beetstra: OK, but why not just remove the link, in whatever format it's been added, rather than reverting edits? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 14:17, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
Ah, on a second look, that's in the FAQ already. So let me modify my suggestion to removing the line if it's been added in the external links section, if that line didn't exist already, and similar the sentence if in the main text. Basically what I'm saying is, you need to include more nuanced logic in your bot's work, rather than just reverting edits en masse. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 14:40, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
Any partial revert or 'attempt to only remove the part of the text with the link' results too often in 'broken' pages. The cleanest option is a complete revert, which is also the easiest to re-revert and repair then. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:17, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
@Mike Peel: Per WP:ELOFFICIAL, the most official link there is the link to the museum. That page links already to the other pages that are linked, which both are not official subjects of the page, and both fail our inclusion standards - we do not link to everything that is related to the subject, we do not link to everything that is telling about the subject, we only link to material that is needed for understanding of the subject. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:12, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
@Beetstra: Sure, I'm generally against the existence of external links sections full stop, but in this case it seems to be a relevant (and official) website that happens to be running on blogspot, so it seems appropriate for the article (at least while it's not used as a reference). I completely agree with your edit, but I wasn't talking about those links! Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 14:17, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
Removing the link can be just as problematic, as then there is no reference to the statements. A revert shows clearly in one's notifications, and it adds a clear link to the information page. There is no perfect solution and for all the years of the operation of the bot, an occasional OTT is not a bad effort. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:41, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
@Mike Peel: - I know it was the other links in the External links section - we are discussing the merit of those, the other ones were not part of this discussion so I could solve what I perceived as a problem with the statement. My problem with the blogspot (and the other link) is that unlike the museum link (which is about the subject directly), that e.g. the blogspot is about the restoration project (of the museum), which is indirect and therefore fails our inclusion standards. Moreover, the blogspot is linked from the direct museum external link. Our inclusion standards are not that it has to be a 'relevant (and official) website'. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:17, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Basingstoke page

XLinkBot has no idea about the local area, but is a stupid script, so shouldn't be deciding what is local or not!!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rukalukaj (talk • contribs)

@Rukalukaj: The bot however is scripted to stop people from using certain highly unreliable sources as a source of information, like the wikitravel you use as a reference. The rest of the references do not really help either to establish that notability. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:34, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 25 July 2015

Dear XLinkBot The article and links I have added recently is comletely true and verifiable. Because Hurshid Tojibaey is my close friend. I added these info by his personal request! Please, replace all information I have added! 25.07.2015 M.Muratov — Preceding unsigned comment added by MMuratovForUzb (talk • contribs) 10:38, 25 July 2015

@MMuratovForUzb: Note: this is the talk page for communicating with the user XLinkBot (talk · contribs) (which is a bot, not a human) and a protected edit request is not needed for that. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:42, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Jonathan Cahn Edit Protection Extension

Hi there, a few months ago you placed the Jonathan Cahn page under edit protection after several attempts of putting promotional material onto the article. Since the protection was placed it has been very successful however the protection for the page runs out tomorrow and was wondering if you, especially as it was you who protected the page in the first place could extended the protection beyond tomorrow as I am concerned that we will have the same problems again once the protection runs out, Thank you (46.65.148.194 (talk) 05:29, 21 July 2015 (UTC))

That looks strange to me, this is the page of a bot. I'll have a look. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:34, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
Ah, I did it. It expires today. If that is considered a signal to continue the warring I will either protect it again, or liberally hand out some blocks. Thanks for alerting me. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:36, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
Cant you just renew the protection? (46.65.38.53 (talk) 15:25, 22 July 2015 (UTC))
@46.65.38.53: I could, but I'd prefer to have a reason. If edit warring proceeds, I will just block some editors first now (which may be on either side, being right is also not a reason to edit war) - that the page was protected should have been a signal. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:34, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Reverting change to Fine Fare

You have reverted the change of Fine Fare, stating that this is a link that is on your list of removals. However the page is not an advertisement nor anthing that breaks wikipedia rules. The link is the reference of the Fine Fare store in Ramsgate, being not a memory but physical evidence. You have also deleted all the other changes that were made in reverting this change.94.101.168.68 (talk) 08:16, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

@94.101.168.68: Thank you for your remark. I am actually tempted to remove that whole section, as that is utterly unencyclopedic detail. You do not see that type of information on Boots, Walmart or McDonalds either. Lists of that type, however reliable and sourced, do not belong in Wikipedia. A simple remark 'The shop could be found throughout the UK', referenced to a reliable list or an internet archive of the shop's own internet site locations list (if that exists) would be more, more than enough.
Also noting, that a blogspot is not a reliable source, and that is why the bot reverted the edit. If that information is to be included, you'll have to find better sources than that (an internet archive of the shop's own internet site showing that information would be an option, if that exists).
So yes, it does break wikipedia rules. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:18, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

The youtube links on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_My_Head use an obsolete format that results in youtube forwarding users to the LiveVEVO account home page. I've read through the rules on external links and believe the fixed links should be allowed. They clearly meet the "Official links" criteria, and don't obviously break any rules. But if they shouldn't be allowed, then XLinkBot's version of them should also definitely not be allowed. XLinkBot's version would have any problems the corrected urls have, then on top of that they break rule #2 for "official links." This article's primary subject is just the song, but the obsolete links lead to a page whose subject is many of the band's songs. And XLinkBot's links simply don't lead to where a reader would expect based on the text ("Official Music Video" and "Alternative Official Music Video.") 50.158.90.34 (talk) 07:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

@50.158.90.34: Maybe they do not belong in the first place - I'll have a look. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:34, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
I've reverted the bot - but I doubt that the links should actually be there .. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:36, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Maurizio Morandi

Continue Vandalism of the false pastor Maurizio Morandi. Protect this voice, please !!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.40.15.108 (talk) 11:14, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

I am afraid you are barking up to wrong tree - you're interacting with a bot. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:28, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

I ♥ bot I ♥ XLinkBot

Sunilxavier

Thank you for the message & guidance. Will read & learn more about such edits from you (Sunilxavier (talk) 06:27, 5 August 2015 (UTC))

You're welcome. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:04, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Page and URL renaming issue

We are IFA Paris, an international fashion school. We have three international locations, so we have our Wikipedia page in these three languages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFA_Paris This page we have recently edited and everything is satisfactory.

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFA_Paris This page we will updated in the near future.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fashion_Academy The problem is with this page, that the title is different, it should also be “IFA Paris” in the URL as well as on the page, just like the Chinese and English versions. We tried editing it but it doesn’t let us change the page name or URL, we just can change the text. Can you please rename it to “IFA Paris”, also make the URL like the others?

That would be great, then we could get to work in editing and completing this page. It is also important to us to have the correct name as our Wikipedia page is shown quite high in organic search results when searching for our brand name. Furthermore, Google displays International Fashion Academy in the local business and maps, and not IFA Paris. They take it from Wikipedia, so we must change it to our correct brand name.

Thanks so much in advance! Nikki38394724 (talk) 02:57, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

@Nikki38394724: You'll have to raise that issue in fr.wikipedia, not here.
However, I hope that here you are aware of all our local policies, and that you are abiding by them. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:16, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
I am adding to this, that you have obviously not gotten the message that Wikipedia is not here for you to advertise your business. Please do read our terms of use, and here the local policies and guidelines WP:COI, WP:NOT, and WP:SPAM, and abide by them. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:24, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Canadian Museum of Rail Travel

Hello,

My name is Connor, and I was updating the description for the Cranbrook History Centre. After updating for 3 hours, my page was automatically deleted. I used information from our new website (cranbrookhistorycentre.com) so I was not citing as I go (because I am new to this). So how can I update the Wikipedia description without having everything deleted? Everything is from the website that I included at the end, so that could be included as a general reference. I would prefer not wasting more time typing the same thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StudsMcCormmick (talk • contribs) 21:00, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

@StudsMcCormmick: I don't see this having anything to do with the bot. Anyway, you were including a lot of information. Some of that was promotional language, and in a non-Wikipedian style(You used 'fortunately' .. we are not writing a newspaper or an opinion piece, we are writing an encyclopedia). Moreover, the statements were not sourced to an independent source (that is, not a source that has relation to the museum). But you'd have to ask the person who reverted you for more info. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:41, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Hobby Def

Hi! sorry for not creating account in this site. I just don't agree of the previous definition. Based on my research, hobby is genetic factor. However, I still doubt of what the name of that factor which influences intensity of the "hobby". --— Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.79.63.167 (talk) 02:44, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

@114.79.63.167: 'Based on my research' - Wikipedia is based on verifiable information, not on original research. Can you provide proper references for your information? --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:40, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Re:Hobby Def:

  1. I'm not trying to promote my research
  2. My research is under Hypotesis (as I wrote in my post)
  3. My research is private since I have no time (40 years old now) to go to univ.
  4. Everyone knows that hobby is regular activity and enjoy doing it. "collecting bla bla bla ... etc" is not the definition. my friends say that wikipedia is scientific site, not spamming site. I myself hate spamming. I posted here since I try to study other reference, but I just get here. No approved definition I can find in study of "hobby". It's just a piece of cake, perhaps. But "Hobby" is the key of a process of human skill, intuition, creativity and so on.
  5. you can find other relevant references for that. I just want to share the best I can.

Really thanks for your reply. Rasyid Habibie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.79.63.167 (talk) 07:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

@114.79.63.167: - I was not saying you were spamming, what I was saying is that your addition was not using a reliable source. sentences 'I just don't agree', and 'I still doubt' are not enough to apply the change. But I think it is better that you discuss this on the talkpage of the page, i.e. Talk:Hobby, you might find more people who can help you there than here. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:22, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for my emotional char. I realize it. And I agree at your advice to talk to talkpage (when I have time and really am eager to). I'm not the only one who disagree at the previous def. I hope my son will soon talk about it clearly. Best regards, Rasyid Habibie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.79.58.131 (talk) 09:41, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

FAQ grammar and a clarification

Could someone possibly edit the FAQ please? The possessive "video's" is used in the FAQ to mean the plural "videos" and that really bugs some readers. It also violates WP:MOS. I'd do it myself but it seems the page is protected from editing. Thank you. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  11:03, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Second question -- I've read the FAQ but something remains unclear about this bot: Let's say that User A (an IP user) makes several constructive edits. Then other users make their own constructive edits. Then User A makes more constructive edits and then (perhaps in good faith) adds an external link to a blog (perhaps on blogspot) about the same subject. In this scenario, will the bot revert just the most recent string of edits back to the last edit by someone other than User A, or revert every edit back to the first edit by User A, including those edits made by other editors? Thank you for your attention to this matter. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  11:42, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

@Etamni: I've adapted the typo, and lowered the protection level. Note that non-mainspace articles are not necessarily having to follow WP:MOS.
It will only revert the latest string of edits. It should never revert edits of other users than the editor who added an offending link. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:37, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the typo. The reference to WP:MOS was intended to be humorous but as I read it again I see it fell a bit flat. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  02:49, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

While looking for examples of radio or television adaptations of stories by the British writer John Wyndham I found the Wiki page “Consider Her Ways”. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Consider_Her_Ways&gettingStartedReturn=true

Near the bottom of this page is an ‘External Links’ section, one of which is shown as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Consider Her Ways" (1964) on YouTube Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQJy-HYfMio

But when I click on it, I see a YouTube page that says “This video is unavailable – Sorry about that”

So I went to YouTube and found the correct link to that video which is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLPfPlbNQQQ

So as the line ‘External Links’ has the word [edit] next to it, I did, replacing the faulty link with the correct one.

But now I am told that change has been reverted. “The external link(s) you added or changed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLPfPlbNQQQ) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.”

So surely if the correct link is not acceptable then the wrong link should not be there either, so THAT also should be removed.

Please explain.

GormetToo GormetToo (talk) 20:00, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

GormetToo

@GormetToo: Although I am doubtful whether the link should be there (still contemplating), I have reverted the bot (as it also suggested to you). --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:16, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

I am trying to get our social media profiles listed as external links in the GiftCards.com article like many other companies have. It is added information for people hoping to learn more about the company. Because i work for the company, I cannot add them myself. Can someone please help me?

Official Facebook Profile - http://facebook.com/GiftCardsCom Official Twitter Profile - http://twitter.com/GiftCards_Com Official Google Plus Profile - https://plus.google.com/+Giftcards_dot_com/posts Official Pinterest Profile - http://pinterest.com/gcgirlfriend/ Justinfritz (talk) 16:15, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

@Justinfritz: - Those links fail our inclusion standards, so they should not be added (and if they are there, they should be removed). Please see WP:ELOFFICIAL. Wikipedia is not here to promote your company. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:19, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

False positive

This edit made by the bot which reverts this legitimate edit is a false positive since the string "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com" is not an email address but a name for an OpenSSH cipher. --79.242.4.116 (talk) 14:00, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

@79.242.4.116: You're right - difficult/impossible to exclude (and quite useless to whitelist for one occurance). Just revert the bot. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:45, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Addition of interviews

Both interviews I added are clearly newsworthy and relevant to their political careers. They do not violate any copyright rules. Jg10101 (talk) 04:47, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

@Jg10101: Newsworthy and relevant are not the only criteria why we add external links. We are not writing a linkfarm. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:47, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

I've now fixed the link on the [National Cartoonists Society] page but this box has reverted it twice now. The url does not work. Mine does. Please kindly override the bot. --74.1.240.170 (talk) 14:16, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

(by talk page watcher) The IP user is correct. I've checked both versions of the link, and the one that the bot reverted back to does not work correctly. Additionally, I don't think the material violates other policies or guidelines and it does appear to be relevant to the article. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  18:08, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
That link is not supposed to be there in the first place, it is not in support of the material, it is the material. Please see the external links guideline, and what our policy says about statements. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:48, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Irony

I noticed today that the bot sometimes welcomes new users using one of the standard welcome templates. I found it ironic that the bot essentially told an IP user the following: If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Maybe there needs to be a version of the welcome template for the various bots to use that doesn't include a reference to the bot's talk page. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  08:54, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

The editor is fine to ask questions here, I, and other tps'ers are happy to either help out, or to point in the right directions. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:08, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

correction in article limb legthening methods

Hey, I don't know why all my improvement were not accepted. the name of the product fitbon is wrong, it is called FITBONE and so I don't know why I couldn't correct it. And I want to right something more about the use of the product but my changes weren't always accepted.

If my changes are not correct in your point of view than please let at least the wrong former content (name) in the article.

Another question is why the external link for the fitbone didn't work or was not accepted? If I saw the other different external link it is always the link for the distributers why I cant link the manufacturer of the FITBONE?

Thanks a lot. It would really help me to know why I cant do that little corrections, for better understanding an searching for other users. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.192.2.224 (talk) 08:58, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

They are indeed not accepted, as per the reasons described in the warnings on your talkpage. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Deleted All of my hard work entering cited research!

I have been updating a singer and actress Alexz Johnson's page with cited material, sure I've had to go back and change a few things, but it is not spam! I am upset because I worked extrememly hard to write the material posted and now I have to start all over because of a link posted incorrectly. Damn! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.145.107.101 (talk) 05:01, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

So review the edit summary left by the bot, then undo the complete reversal of all your edits, then go back and manually remove the questionable links. Note, do not link to any song or video subject to copyright, and do not reproduce the lyrics in Wikipedia -- these are all problematic when it comes to being compliant with copyright laws. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  05:09, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
The edit was already reverted - I have however removed the offending Twitter. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:44, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

New Single

Hi Fine about you removing the external links but why did you remove the news about the new single ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.48.133.234 (talk) 13:35, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

@87.48.133.234: As the bot suggests, you can undo the edit, but leaving out the Facebook. News .. do you have a proper reliable source for the information you added. Have a look at our verifiability policy. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:48, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Heroes for Hire

Would you mind helping create a navbox for Champions (comics) and Heroes for Hire (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:14, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

@Rymax28: - technically, you're asking that to a bot, an automated account :-) .. I'm sorry, but I am not knowledgeable enough in that subject. What regards the box itself, please have a look at other navboxes and use the same concept as there to create yours. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:14, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

I have added what I believe to be very relevant links on three pages but the xLinkBot keeps removing them.

The edits are on the following pages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyons_(actor)#External_links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunella_Gee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Kennedy

Can you look into this please ?

4-3TV Retro (talk) 18:24, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

4-3TV Retro

Relevance is not an inclusion standard - we are more strict than that. For what I can see, it fails our inclusion standards, see WP:ELNO, I believe that this fails quite some of it. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:42, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Michael Bennett page

Hi XLinkBot, this one is a quandary because that link is Michael Bennett's dedicated facebook page - created by me, but under the guidance of the late Michael Bennett's brother. I can appreciate the issue of copyright cross-over to linked pages, but you might clarify? Thank you. DamienSlattery (talk) 19:16, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

@DamienSlattery: - but that is not a reason for us to link to it. We do not link to all online presences of a person, only the one that is deemed to be the main official website of the subject (with some exceptions if the person is also particularly known for their secondary website or if it is significantly more informative - I think that neither is here the case). --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:44, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Dirk Beetstra, I see your logic about an official website, but I would heartily disagree with you on the latter comment of yours, as you are not exactly informed on what the FB page truly holds. DamienSlattery (talk) 17:26, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

@DamienSlattery: - I obviously went and had a look - it does not show anything unless you join the group (which I obviously did not) .. for which you first would need to sign up. Do I have to point to WP:ELNO, as XLinkBot also did? Facebooks almost always fail inclusion standards, and so does this one. For people without Facebook account it is useless, for people with Facebook account they first need to get access .. do you really expect that anyone who wants more info needs to become a 'facebook fan' of Michael Bennett. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:46, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Dirk Beetstra, I see your point. I also think that most of the planet are on Facebook, but I get our meaning of course. DamienSlattery (talk) 22:25, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

@DamienSlattery: strange, I know several who are not. There are many people who are using the internet but who do not have a facebook account - there are even people abandoning their facebook account ... --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:19, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

I have reverted your reversion of a good edit. Please take note.

You reverted a good and useful edit on David Webb (Hong Kong activist). I have restored it, with a small tweak to the link which wasn't working properly. It is a valid link to an interesting interview with the subject of the article, which provides support for some of the information in that article. Perhaps you might consider whether your bot is over-enthusiastic.

I note also that part of the text you post on user pages after you revert an edit does not appear to make sense. You write "Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright...". Without any further explanation of who you mean by "the creator" this can only be taken to mean the creator of the site which is linked to. Yet what does it mean to say that a site may contain information in violation of the copyright of the creator of that same site? You seem to be saying that people are violating their own copyrights.

Perhaps you should think clearly what you are trying to say in that text, and rewrite it so it makes sense. Thank you92.90.16.163 (talk) 09:26, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

@92.90.16.163: Well, what you added was a reference in the external links section. If you would have read through the rest of the article, you would see how references are added. Now there is an unsourced claim, and a loose a-specific external link. I have therefore done this.
Regarding the copyright, blogspots sometimes contain copy-paste copyvio's, which indeed violate the copyrights of the creator of the content. But I'll have a look if I can update it a bit. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:55, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Adding books under Zabbix

Hello,

All I did was add links under Books section for Zabbix, as it already links Packt Publishing books there. (2010) Zabbix 1.8 Network Monitoring and (2013) Mastering Zabbix are the books that are already listed there. I added 4 more books that were published recently. This is not for advertisement purpose. It's for referencing more related books. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Packt Publishing (talk • contribs) 07:01, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

@Packt Publishing: They nonetheless fail our inclusion standards, we are not writing a linkfarm, nor do we need to link to everything about a subject. Moreover, you seem to be editing in violation of local policies and our m:Terms of use, your username is clearly in violation of our username policies, suggesting promotional use and/or group use, and your edits are all related to the username and hence company you seem affiliated with. I have therefore blocked your account. Please create a new account, or ask for account renaming, and refrain from editing in a way that may be construed as promotional (also on the new account/username). --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:17, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

If i need any help regarding Wikipedia, surely i contact to you via your talk page. (Parthimurugesan (talk) 10:00, 13 October 2015 (UTC))

Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:37, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

error on Kanhaiya Lal Misra page

@Munindramisra: I find that the photographs I had uploaded regarding 'Kanhaiya Lal Misra' have been removed. These photographs are my property and do not violate any copyright when I permit their free use under C.C.. Kindly restore the same. Regards. Munindramisra (talk) 02:05, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

The bot does not deal with uploads, and I am not proficient in that either. Probably there was either something wrong in the tagging, or you have to send additional permissions (just saying that they are yours is not enough - how would one check that). --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:39, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

About the kyo band page

irina_orange Hello, XLinkBot. About the kyo band page, I understand that Twitter links are apparently not admitted on the page, but I'm French and now the problema, Kyosphère is now existing only on Twitter and the band is OK with it. This Twitter gaves the most of the informations about the band. Concerning the origin of the band, Yvelines is a departement of Ile-de-France (number 78), Absolutly not Brittany. You can see it on every cart of France, Yvelines are under Paris (number 75) in the same region, so this is an important error. Yours sincerely, Irina orange (talk) 11:16, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

@Irina orange: If Twitter is the only online presence of the band, then that is indeed one of the few exceptions. I'll have a look. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
The subject of the page is Kyo (i.e., the band). The official site of the band is listed. For Kyosphère no external link needs to be listed, it is mentioned in the page, and it is not the subject of the page itself (that is the band). I don't see why the link needs to be included (see the external links guideline for more info. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:43, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

robot seems broken; error on Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) page

The bot appears to have erred in making this change. Would someone please review that? Bo99 (talk) 13:05, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

@Bo99: Likely, the old page does not seem to exist (anymore). --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:37, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
So the robot seems broken in this regard:
1. The unregistered user Biopter very helpfully changed an outdated, nonworking link,
<http://taimur.org/kaufmann> to the working address
<http://taimur.wordpress.com/kaufmann>.
2. But then the robot changed the link back to the nonworking link.
So it would seem a very good idea for someone to fix the robot so that it does not propagate its erroneous approach over and over.
Bo99 (talk) 15:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
@Bo99: No, it is not broken. Wordpress is still a blog, and most of the links to wordpress are simply failing our inclusion standards (and strictly speaking, this link also fails the inclusion standards of WP:EL/WP:NOT) - one could question if that link should have been there in the first place.
And even if we decide that wordpress links are too often false-positives, then the solution is to remove the rule, it still is not a broken bot. I however think that wordpress reversions by the bot are still largely appropriate. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:55, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I just checked, but the first link mentions the other two as well and more. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:01, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jun Hong Lu‎

The article Jun Hong Lu‎ has been proposed for deletion. The proposed deletion notice added to the article should explain why.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.

Unsigned. Anyway, the bot can't help this. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:27, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your help 2

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshi Umesh (talk • contribs)

You're welcome. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:14, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello Sirs, we have placed the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OgtaiP246HU that personally believe the unique that shows the GTEM inside and outside in all details! I thing it represents a usefull contribute for the community to understand better a brief description..If we have to modify something we are at your disposal. Please analyze better the position before delete us and apologize us because we are new entry in wikipedia! Thanks Fiorenzo--Gtemcell (talk) 00:13, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

@Fiorenzo:. We are writing an encyclopedia, not a linkfarm. The prime goal should be to write in the article what is not there, not just link to it (it might be a reference to go with the information, though). Also, I do think you have a conflict of interest with the inclusion of this link.

Protected edit request on 29 October 2015

Kalathilsharath82 (talk) 05:25, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:32, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

hi ,i am new here. pls help

--Kalathilsharath82 (talk) 05:44, 29 October 2015 (UTC) my contributions are not displayed in the page

@Kalathilsharath82: It may very well be that they were changed after you performed them. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:04, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

someone keeps posting known incorrect info

Hi,

Someone keeps changing a band member's name to a fictitious person -- I've correct it twice now. They are changing it from Durwood Martin to Jamey Ledbetter -- how do we keep this from happening? Thanks --Musiclvr45 (talk) 15:25, 31 October 2015 (UTC)musiclvr45

Hello Musiclvr45, the bot reverts your edits because you add inappropriate links to Facebook. Don't do that, and the bot will leave the rest of your edit alone. You'll want to cite a reliable source such as a newspaper or an article in a music magazine when you change the article's content, though. See WP:RS for the kinds of references Wikipedia considers reliable; WP:Referencing for beginners explains how to easily add them to the article.

Louise Labe page has a broken link that I fixed, but it was rejected

On the Louise Labe page, at the bottom there is a link to "Translations of 24 sonnets". These translations were done by my late wife Alice Park. The link was to our Comcast home web page site. Comcast has now terminated all support for user web pages so this link is broken.

I have established a new site on WordPress and transferred all of Alice's poetry including the Louise Labe sonnet translations there. The link to the Louise Labe translations is:

https://davidandalicepark.wordpress.com/home-2/poetry/the-sonnets-of-louise-labe/

These are the same translations as the old link. (Someone else actually made that link.)

So I tried to fix it, and you rejected it and I don't know anymore how to work my way through the Wikipedia hurdles. I would appreciate it if you could change to the new link as the old link is definitely broken and it would be nice if her translations were still available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djmpark (talk • contribs) 20:17, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

This is a bot - it removes certain spamlinks based on a list. You might want to talk to User:Versageek, as he's the operator of the bot. Aryamanaroratalk, contribs 20:01, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Please help. Undid revision 689003534 by XLinkBot (talk) I

I tried to add to links these two actors, Candice Patton and Carlos Valdes, media platforms aka twitter since I've seen other actors had it listed as well. But it keeps not letting me. Am I doing this wrong? It's my first time using Wiki so any help is appreciated. FandomsDilemma (talk) 10:38, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

@FandomsDilemma: - the other pages should not have the twitters listed either, see WP:ELOFFICIAL. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:05, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Anna Calvi discography

Hi, I think my site could be very useful to Anna Calvi' paghe in Wikipedia. Please do not remove it, thank you. Matteo Tonolli — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matteotonolli (talk • contribs) 18:40, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

@Matteotonolli: Hi Matteo, if the bot removes it, there are reasons why that link should not be included. If you think that the link should be included nonetheless, you can make your case on the talkpage of the page where you think the link should be included. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:08, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Daniel Fernandes

Hi,

I am trying to recreate the page Daniel Fernandes (comedian). Noted your comment on the external link.

Please help me keep this page and any more edits to be made to ensure this page does not have any more issues and is not deleted in future.

Thanks.Chirayu81 (talk) 08:01, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

@Chirayu81: I can't do that - if that page is complying with our inclusion standards, it will stay, otherwise it will be deleted. Subjects should be notable, and should show that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:08, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:45, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

@Versageek: Look, the bot can vote .. you want to take this ballot, or shall I .. ;-) ... --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:10, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

external links were made and the rush to take down the page left them hanging with nothing referring to. the two websites shown on youtube host official videos including international scientific conference with reknowned scientist Paul La Violette accrediting the pyramids of Dr. Osmanagich's discovery, and Paul has received accolade letters from global leaders including Obama, while Dr. O has received Congressional praise letters himself. Time to stop hiding this lab-dated discovery which embarasses the very wrong dates in Genesis and move into the sphere of reality and honesty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Letterhead330 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Not Obama, a 3rd level official in Reagan's Executive Office, not an accolade of any kind in any case. Doug Weller (talk) 11:14, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
@Letterhead330: 12 external links, and you add 2 youtube links. I hope you understand that we do not write a linkfarm here, and that youtube links often violate our inclusion standards, even despite not being a copyright violation or even when being an official channel. On 12 external links, I think that number 13 and 14 are very likely to violate the very core of our inclusion standard anyway. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:26, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Welcoming "old"users

I would suggest a change of condition making a user being welcomed on his talk page. Having no revisions is not the best indicator, for example my first edit is more than four years ago, so inserting a big colorful block with tens of help links, first of them to a page which has words As a new contributor... in the beginning is not quite useful. Maciekz (talk) 18:36, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

@Maciekz: Having less than 10 edits, whatever the age of an account, ánd not having been talked to is however a reasonable indication of 'newness', and that is what the bot goes by. And age alone is never an indication of knowledge - I think that this error rate is extremely low - and I think that a late welcome is always better than none, isn't it? --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:31, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
@Beetstra: While I totally agree that the number of edits is a reasonable indicator of newness as in assuming that the user is up to date with the rules, and I do not mean to change that, especially since the rules are adjusted at times. But a late welcome does seem a bit like pointing the user out as newbie, for example by the words As a new contributor, you may feel a little overwhelmed ... (those are found if you follow the wikilink Welcome). And having no talk page entries indicates mostly lack of interaction with the bots and, to some extent, doing changes which are not controversial. Maciekz (talk) 21:54, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
@Maciekz: - what I mean is the product of the two - having less than 10 edits ánd a talkpage without any revisions. Welcoming an editor with 5000 edits and no remarks on the talkpage would be out of place (and the bot does not do that, because there are more than 10 edits by the editor), as is welcoming an editor with remarks and/or edits to their talkpage - which is also out of place. I agree that there may be editors who have been around for 5 years, no remarks on their talkpage, and who have no edits but nonetheless know their way around (as they usually edit as an IP for example, or just read before they started editing), but that will be very few editors (AFAIK, you're the first here, though that is not an indication either). --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:08, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Please Do not misguide

Please Kindly do not misguide people on page of Saraiki .Punjabi is dialect of Hindi language , Punjabi do not have any alphabet or keyboard .Punjabi is written by Hindi keyboard and in other Hand Saraiki have its own keyboard , called Saraiki Keyboard.Punjabi Culture is a Hindi Culture and Saraikies Have their own Culture , Own Civilization But punjabi and Hindi have Same civilization . please Kindly do not mind and misguide People thanks— Preceding unsigned comment added by Saraik (talk • contribs) 17:20, 26 October 2015

@Saraik: The bot only reverts likely inappropriate external links. I presume it did the same here (I do not see any warnings on your talkpage - I presume you talk about some other revert). --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:12, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

On the article about the Sámi people, under the culture section, the bot deleted the entire subsection on traditional games. This was likely because there was a link to a youtube video there. That video is referenced because it is an example of how Sámi culture is appropriated by outsiders for commercial purposes, and the Sámi origin of said culture belied - it's an ad in which a Sámi board game is sold by an American firm as a "traditional Russian game". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.191.8.110 (talk • contribs) 13:42, 8 December 2015‎

@89.191.8.110: The bot does not recognize plain links as references (see the rest of the text as to how references are formatted). And there must be more scholarly references than a youtube movie for this I would guess. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:47, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
@89.191.8.110: See diff. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:24, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

The bot is vandalizing the article Sáhkku

The bot has just removed -1,964 signs from the article in the board game Sáhkku, including most details on how to play the game and a good chunk of the history section. That seems to be way, way outside the scope of what this bot is supposed to be doing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.191.8.110 (talk) 11:26, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

@89.191.8.110: Well, no, it is within it's scope. Wordpress blogs are hardly useful for anything, even for referencing. Do understand that everything on this Wikipedia needs to be reliably sourced.
As I was alluding to above in your previous remark, you format your reference as an inline link, if you would format it like is usual, and is done in the rest of the document, then the bot will recognise you added a reference and not bother you on that one. I've reformatted this specific link for you to a regular reference, see diff. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:23, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

This bot destroyed the Google page

This bot took out most of the content on the Google page and replaced it with content about google+. It removed >84,000 bytes. The edit summary said it was removing a link. --bojo1498 talk 19:48, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Ohoh .. I think that this was a case of pagename not properly being parsed. Please just revert. I'll try and see if I can patch this so it does not happen again. My apologies for the inconvenience. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:43, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Edits to page removed

I have added a link to my school name on the cities page. This link points to facebook page of my school, it is totally legit, kindly consider it a request and revert the changes made by you' thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by DexterminatorX (talk • contribs) 11:41, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

@DeterminatorX:, please first read m:Terms of use and our conflict of interest guide, followed by the link that the bot pointed you to: the external links guideline (specifically the point that is referred to in WP:ELOFFICIAL). In short, the facebook of your school may very well not belong on the page, and you yourself should probably not be adding that type of information anyway. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:47, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
And this is of course completely inappropriate - it is not even in line with the rest of the list. Moreover, you had several people reverting you before the bot - it appears it is inappropriate. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:49, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

malfunction wiped out user talk page

XLinkBot wiped out an existing user talk page here [1] Meters (talk) 08:17, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

And again here [2] Meters (talk) 08:30, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
This looks like 'edit conflict' - but why is parsing this going so slow that the bot seems to load a previous revision instead of the last revision. I have to check the timings, see whether this is a bot-slowness problem (i.e. then probably a computer-speed problem) or a MediaWiki slowness problem. It looks like this happened a couple of times over the last days. Thanks for bringing it up. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:45, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
@Meters: - I checked again, and it seems to have happened only on this userpage in the last days (250 edits). Curious quirk, maybe something with the Wikipedia server being slow, or the Labs being busy (slowing down the bot). I hope this resolves the issue. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:58, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for looking at it. Transients are the wortt to track down. Meters (talk) 19:30, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
@Meters: I know, I will keep an eye on it. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:21, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Good luck. My guess is that the bot is fine and somehow the talk page was never flagged as having been created on the file system (or does the bot just look at whether the take page has content?) Meters (talk) 05:30, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello , This is Wasif Malik, former student of Cadet College Petaro. I have hundreds of pictures of Cadet College Petaro at my flick page. I took all these pictures and they are for free public viewing with no copyright issues. I own these pictures. Please allow this external link added by myself.

thanks Wasif Malik — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.19.196.238 (talk) 18:32, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

@108.19.196.238: A plain collection of pictures, though illustrative, is hardly ever an expansion on the encyclopedic information the article is providing - generally articles have a couple of images included that illustrate the subject already, and linking to picture galleries does not expand on that significantly. Maybe you can upload a couple of the pictures for illustrating the article? --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:16, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

updating the manila times page

to whom it may concern: i tried editing and updating the information on the wikipedia page of the manila times, but it was all reverted back to the unedited version, which is limited and not up to date. i don't understand what happened. will someone please explain and help? thank you.

DANTE "KLINK" ANG II executive editor, president and ceo the manila times

danteang2@manilatimes.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danteang2 (talk • contribs) 00:39, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

@Danteang2: I have reverted the bot, but cleared out the external links section. That was obviously too much. Just as a reminder, please read our conflict of interest guideline, you are connected to the subject you are editing, and I therefore urge you to be careful in editing. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:30, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

modifications cancelled

Hi,

I was just sent a message saying that I put too many external links and blamed me for spamming Wikipedia.

I did not want to spam anything, I was just modifying some obsolete information.

Yours sincerely

Krotpoulay (talk) 13:36, 7 January 2016 (UTC)KrotpoulayKrotpoulay (talk) 13:36, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

@Krotpoulay: Hi, thanks for the message. You were not blamed for spamming, you were reverted because of addition of an inappropriate link. I agree with the bot here, the link should there indeed not be placed. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:44, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Natasha Zouves

Yes, I believe XLinkBox accidentally erased the whole section of USC on Natasha Zouves page I was working on. How can I get it back? Peter Reynosa 1000. Peter Reynosa 1000 (talk) 22:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

@Peter Reynosa 1000: I see you already managed to do what you requested here. I have however again removed the twitter, that fails our inclusion standards per WP:EL. Thanks.--Dirk Beetstra T C 03:44, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello. Perhaps it is because I am anonymous and that's maybe the reason why the bot thinks that I am spamming, but according to this edit here I just fixed dead link. Since then I made a few of such edits since that link was pretty much dead in all Pakistan cities articles. Now my talkpage is full of blocking threats from your bot! Is there is a way to solve this issue? Many thanks.--184.97.149.210 (talk) 18:13, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

@184.97.149.210: I have reinstated this section, as I do think it warrants an answer. No, I don't think the problem is solved. You are continuously adding a notoriously unreliable site as a reference: Fallingrain.com. Those links should all be replaced by a proper source, with the fallingrain one removed. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:27, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Nate Walka

Hi, I was updating Nate Walka's reference links on his Wiki page to make sure that the information was current and accurate (a previous author who created the official page link did so incorrectly). I updated the links again, since it was reverted by bot, but did not include the youtube, twitter or instagram links as I did previously. I did add an all music link, as I also saw this on Jamie Foxx's site and assumed it was ok as an additional reference point. I also read the guidelines mentioned in the commentMrenytfall (talk) 08:39, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

@Mrenytfall: Thanks for your understanding. Looks good now! --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:31, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Todd Field

Hi this is Edithevers. The bot link converted or rather reverted the proper link back to a broken one.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Edithevers (talk • contribs)

I think you are trying to contact the bot owner. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message. (talk to me) (My edits) @ 02:07, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
@Edithevers: I have cleared out the links, whether or not broken, they fail our inclusion standards. Please see WP:EL. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:16, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm trying to include a link to a youtube playlist.. The Youtube channel is the Academy of Model Aeronautics, a non-profit youtube partner.

I was trying to link the Narration work of John Facenda ‎ (→‎NFL Films: added his work on AMA FILMS) (Tag: Visual edit) Jefferson Kaye ‎ (Added a link to his work on AMA FILMS) (Tag: Visual edit)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbenson001 (talk • contribs)

@Mbenson001: Thank you for your remark. Well, you were trying to include information, and that part was good. However, the inline external links are not what are supposed to be there. Can you please read through our External links guideline. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:35, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Ustad Munawar

Dear Mr Wiikipedia

How are you I am Naqqi Ali Khan nephew of Ustad Munawar Ali Khan i am contributing a proper info about my Uncle Ustad Munawar Ali Khan please do not revert my contribution which i just made to add proper and true info about my uncle on his page.

Thanks

Naqqi Ali Khan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.70.121.218 (talk) 02:37, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

@67.70.121.218: I see that you are including a lot of information, and that you have not re-added the links that the bot found you adding. Do you mind going over your edits again, the style is sometimes too promotional - it should be more neutral. Moreover, it needs proper independent references (what did other people than those close to the subject say). Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:38, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Burum

Obviously I am totally wasting my time contributing to Wikipedia, because my perfectly sensible contributions are deleted by idiot-users or Bots. 86.171.96.43 (talk) 06:52, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

@86.171.96.43: I am sorry that you feel this way, but this is certainly not in line with the rest of that page, and actually not in line with our inclusion standards. Disambiguation pages are not to contain external links, but should be collections of internal links. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:56, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

LiftDNA

First, Leon was not a founder of LiftDNA. All mentions of him should be stricken. Second, why were changes not accepted?Alana1818 (talk) 16:45, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

@Alana1818: I am unsure why you ask here on XLinkBot - XLinkBot reverts only edits with questionable external links, and I don't see any warnings. If you ask about your article-for-creation submission - that you will have to ask to the editors who handled that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:58, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

This bot removed official links associated with the official site which I added to Animism: The Gods' Lake so I undid it and I hope it leaves the page alone in the future. 184.145.18.50 (talk) 05:47, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

@184.145.18.50: and I re-removed them, plus a good handful of others. The criterion is not whether they are official sites belonging to the subject - we are not writing a linkfarm - our inclusion standards are way more strict than that. The links you added fail WP:ELOFFICIAL, many of the others fail inclusion standards of WP:ELNO (mainly, they are indirectly connected to the subject). Please read, as the bot suggests, our external links guideline for guidance. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:09, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Jayna Tida

Hi

I recently created an article on Jayna Tida. I don't know her personally and hence kept it brief but have come across her profile several times and felt she would be a suitable wikipedia subject. However there seems to be a box above the page now that says this article may not meet a biography criteria. This intrigued me to study other relatively new actresses page. Its strange why such a box would appear on her page given the body of work she has done and I've listed over 12 references of articles written about her to support everything written. I'm new to wikipedia and plan to create more articles on worthy subjects. However my research shows there are plenty of people on wikipedia just due to sensationalised news rather than work of merit. By all means remove my first page if you need to but a leading a Musical, a leading TV show and over 20 commercials, music videos and short films. I feel is noteworthy of a wikipedia page. Would like to hear your thoughts.Kiarasampson11 (talk) 10:55, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Kiarasampson11 (talk) 10:55, 29 February 2016 (UTC)Kiarasampson11

@Kiarasampson11: Thank you for your question. I guess you would have to have a look at the history of the article, and see when and by who the tag was added and ask that person to comment. Maybe you are right, and the tag can just go if there are enough independent references to show notability of the subject. Please note that comparing to other articles is not always a good idea - there are indeed still many articles out there that actually should be tagged and which are not. I'll have a glance as well, but it may not be my specialty. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:13, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
And please note that references need to be of a reasonable quality, not just 'local village newspaper'-like (though I think there are which within reason show that). --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:38, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Bateman Pulsed Columns - page revisionSivan dror (talk) 09:35, 3 March 2016 (UTC)sivan dror

--Sivan dror (talk) 09:35, 3 March 2016 (UTC)sivan dror

Hello, i updated the Bateman Pulsed Column page yesterday i didn't understand your message about the Links - they are referring to our LinkedIn and YouTube pages if that is not allowed i can remove them but i cant see the page with all of my new changes...

i appreciate your input and help Sivan

@Sivan dror: The bot reverted your edits based on the external link to a youtube movie you included. However, I have now re-reverted because the whole prose of the text you put in the article is way, way too promotional. I have reverted back to the previous version which was not very informative, but does not contain the promotional language. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:08, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

why did you delete ALL my edits?

I am learning Wikipedia editing today at a University editing event and now understand why you deleted my last link, but do not understand why all my edits were deleted including minor grammar changes. Any insights are appreciated, AccurateAnnie — Preceding unsigned comment added by AccurateAnnie (talk • contribs) 21:41, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

@AccurateAnnie: hi Annie, thanks for your question. The bot cannot distinguish between the different types of link additions, so it can not take out only the offending external link. Also, as the link may be part of a larger edit, it may leave parts that are equally unwanted. The bot can also not distinguish between good and bad edits. As in the case of real spammers or real inappropriate links sometimes multiple edits are used, of which one is an external link, or new editors need more than one edit 'to get it right', reverting only the edit with the 'offending' external link' would leave other material as well (or in some cases a seriously broken page). The best choice generally is to revert back to the last version by another editor, as that is the one that is most likely to be 'fine'. We understand that that sometimes results in reverting (a lot of) good edits / material out of the page, but that is easily solved by undo-ing the bot edit, but removing 'offending' material before saving (and note, that if you just undo with re-inserting the 'offending' links, the bot will not re-revert you).
Again, my apologies for the revert and please undo the bot-edit but leaving out the links that are likely not appropriate (or leave them if they are appropriate). --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Is blank check blog site reversion appropriate?

Just because certain web sites have been hosting blogs do not necessary mean all web pages in the sits are blogs. The threshold for exception 11 for minimum standard only applies to people instead of being extended to corporate entities, which inappropriately excludes edits by design. Furthermore, not all 'blog sites' and blog hosts are created equal. Credibility should not be evaluated based on wild card matching by some dumb bots. --142.150.48.217 (talk) 23:18, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

@142.150.48.217: By far the most data hosted on blog sites are .. blogs. Few pass that bar. I am not going to remove such rules based on generality, I'd like to see proper statistics for that - how many additions that get reverted by XLinkBot were really appropriate according to our inclusion standards for external links. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:24, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Watts revert

what did i do wrong with my additions sjl16904— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjl16904 (talk • contribs)

I see you have been using plain YouTube links. Those are often inappropriate and therefore reverted and a remark is left on your talkpage. I see you add a lot of info, I think you need proper references for that, not just a youtube movie. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:27, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

robbery

Hi ! Part of this content (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogea_Mitu) has been stolen from Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper and from http://vanatoruldelegende.blogspot.ro/2013/03/gogea-mitu-colosul-de-lut.html. Please remove it or cite the source. Thank you. Mamedu Octav office@vladoproduction.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamedu (talk • contribs) 16:38, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

@Mamedu: I guess you should remove it if it is copied - references are not enough in those cases. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:28, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Marie Henein

Regarding the linked YouTube video, I already explained, in the previous summary: there is no copyright violation, because it is on the official YouTube channel. If you have another reason for undoing my edits, please let me know what it is. 109.149.250.155 (talk) 15:30, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

@109.149.250.155: It fails other parts of WP:EL, copyright violations, albeit still occurring regularly, are not the most important problem. Here, "Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer, Marie Henein, speaks to Peter Mansbridge" does clearly not suggest that Marie Henein is the subject of the interview, it is Jian Ghomeshi('s lawcase), and Peter Mansbridge is the interviewer. That means that such a link is just marginally of interest to Marie Henein, we are not linking to everything that is marginally linked to the subject of a page (as is the case with many, if not all, of your youtube additions). This is of interest to Jian Ghomeshi, and there the information disclosed in this interview is used in a reference. Maybe you should read up on your guidelines and policies. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:07, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

How can I link to a video showing how the technology works? I keep trying to add a link to a video for PSA nitrogen generators and it keeps bouncing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdcook (talk • contribs) 19:48, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

  • @Bdcook: Thank you for your question. You mean edits like this? Those are inappropriate, as explained by the editors who removed the links a couple of times, and as explained by the bot in it's warning on your talkpage. Our aim is to make sure everything is explained in the text and with references, not to point people elsewhere to see it, and especially not with 'click here'-type of messages. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:48, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

David Sobrepena

Why did you let a seven year old Wikipedia page be suddenly changed? Check David Sobrepena edit history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.190.115.233 (talk) 00:45, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

@180.190.115.233: XLinkBot only reverted because you were inappropriately linking to something on the revertlist. A follow up edit reverted way further back, and I think I agree with the remark of that, that most of the information that was added lately should not be there. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:42, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

I don't understand why the youtube video link was removed as many other wikipedia articles about other cities' subways contain links to subway videos. I thought it was usefull to have the link to subway video since wikipedia doesnt host such videos and there doesnt seem to be any CC ones either. Anyway. Havige Azmoth (talk) 23:36, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Should links to youtube videos from other subway wikipedia articles be deleted? Havige Azmoth (talk) 23:37, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

@Havige Azmoth: thank you for your question. Links to videos and so are very often discouraged as they do not really add anything that is not already in the article, or which is not already covered by other external links. In this case, the official homepage of the Athens metro does already link to their own YouTube channel with videos, making these superfluous. We are not here to replace external search engines, we are here to report encyclopedic information.
It is therefore likely that also the other ones should be removed, but that is to be determined on a case-by-case basis. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:21, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Tribble edit

Hi, I redid the edit I made to the Tribble page so the offending external link to Wookiepedia is removed, I hope that is okay! 92.251.175.12 (talk) 02:45, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Alain Reza Yavari

Thank you. I'm not sure I understood. These links were to give source of his work and show webpage about his team and work. I took off the link but let the url w/o link. Is it OK ? please, if you remove it, don't come back to previous version. I had added a lot more data that I might loose.

UPDATE : I moved it to source. is that compliant ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keihann.Yavari (talk • contribs)

@Keihann.Yavari: As references is much better, though it looks like everything in the article is primary (produced by the subject), not a lot secondary (what others say about the subject). The article certainly needs more work. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:31, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

URL of a school website

I have seen other schools having a url link to their school website. I wish to add the school website which is https://mrcgsm.wordpress.com

Is this inappropriate?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danbarmt (talk • contribs) 04:35, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

@Danbarmt: It appears to be one of the exceptions. I'll have a look. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:32, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Edits to page Mahtab Farid

Hi. My name is Mahtab Farid and I am the actual living Mahtab Farid. Last night I noticed the info was old and needed updates and unfortunately none of my edits and updates showed on this page. I ask you please to include the edits and the updates because the new info can impact my work and I wish to have a new photo. Thank you and please let me know. Thank you. Mahtab Farid You may email me at mahtabfarid@gmail.com (MFARIDUS (talk) 14:14, 11 May 2016 (UTC)).

Hi. My name is daniel mitwali and I am the actual living daniel mitwali. Last night I noticed the info was old and needed updates and unfortunately none of my edits and updates showed on this page. I ask you please to include the edits and the updates because the new info can impact my work and I wish to have a new photo. Thank you and please let me know. Thank you. daniel mitwali You may email me at danielmitwali@hotmail.com . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.21.14.186 (talk) 23:59, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Alteration with ill intent

To whom it may concern,

My name is Kousaku Yokota. I am the founder of A.S.A.I. organization, one of the Shotokan styles. I asked my administrator to post the outline of our organization. I asked him to keep it business like and to put only the facts. Last week I checked the page by chance and found someone (who I do not know for sure) changed the content making it sound bad for the organization. There were more than a few places so I had to scratch the whole page and put the new page. I only guess it was done by someone from the other organization who either considers our organization as their competitor or that person does not like me for some reasons. I have a few names I can assume but I am not sure how I can see the author of the edits so I cannot make it sure.

So, my question is how can we prevent someone from adding some ill intended remarks to make us look bad in the section covering our organization? It is very bothering and not fair for this or these persons to do this.

Regards, K. Yokota Founder of ASAI — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:B836:CFC0:97C:8313:65E6:6953 (talk) 01:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to add these links to external websites so that they follow the guidelines. They all relate and are work done by the artist but all the codes are extremely confusing. How would I go about adding the Artist's interviews and discography to their wiki bio site? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollawaltliquor (talk • contribs) 01:58, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

The Sunjata Epic

I supplied to the Sunjata Epic lemma two links to an extern (YouTube)server, believing that those fine recordings of that epic would be a justified enrichment of an information rich lemma in wiki. Try them out, and make your own wiki decision. With all my compliments, R. Mollevanger (Cuijk NL) 145.129.221.24 (talk) 19:15, 24 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.129.221.24 (talk)

We are not an internet directory for examples, we are here for the encyclopedic explanation of the subject. To see recordings, people should use those pages which yield that (google search, youtube search, etc.). --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:13, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "Malla chandra shekhar"

Malla chandra shekhar, a page you created, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how they are important or significant, and thus why they should be included in an encyclopedia. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and the guidelines for biographies in particular..

You are welcome to contribute content that complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. David.moreno72 (talk) 12:17, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

I doubt XLinkBot is the creator of that content. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:15, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Bahariibaadat

Hi what does good faith remark mean ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haroonazizi (talk • contribs) 16:06, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

What is meant there is that it is your very first time you get reverted by the bot - so it does not issue an official warning but a mere explanation to the user that we do have rules for external links. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:15, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello

I represent Petra as her manager and had updated the Wikipedia to better reflect her work. Is it possible to revert to our changes? Thanks so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.197.125.86 (talk) 23:19, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

I should first point you to WP:COI and m:Terms of use - you can update her information but are very strictly suggested to adhere to all possible policies and guidelines, ánd to go to talkpage discussion in any case of doubt.
The bot reverted on a reference that you used, and that was found in the past to be having very limited use. It does not say anything about the rest of the edit. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:18, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Pyotr Patrushev

Hi,

I am Pyotr Patrushev's wife and I tried to make changes on his webpage, which you deleted. I put in new external links and changed the ones that did not work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Patrushev

Why are you doing this?

Can I have clearance to change my husband's wikipage please?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alice Messerer (talk • contribs) 04:06, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

It probably reverted because the links are inappropriate. I think the relevant part is WP:ELOFFICIAL. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:19, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Reverting the wrong edit

You reverted an anon edit at Tokoroa and also left them a warning, in both cases saying the link they added to Facebook was the cause. The problem here is that the link they added was to http://www.waikatodhb.health.nz/about-us/rural-health/south-waikato-health-centre, which is appropriate for the content they were adding. The link you are objecting to was added on 2 April and was not removed by your edit. If your algorithm says "IF facebook link found THEN revert last edit" then it is manifestly inadequate. Please ask your creator to apologise to the anon you warned, or at least to provide a relevant warning, and consider getting an algorithm upgrade.-gadfium 01:06, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

The problem here was purely technical. Between here and here there is this edit. In the first of the two versions, the page is broken and there was no facebook link, in the second the page was repaired and there was a facebook link. So the algorithm was OK, though the reason why the algorithm was triggered maybe flawed.
Anyway, I have reverted the bot, and subsequently removed all the inappropriate inline linking. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:10, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation.-gadfium 23:33, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey

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Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Schreiber Ontario

Hi A section that I had added to the Schreiber, Ontario wikipage consisting of links to various newspaper articles from years gone by has been removed. Can you help me to understand why? Thanks.Jetson9207 (talk) 17:57, 6 June 2016 (UTC)Jetson9207

I saw you had an answer on your talkpage already for a similar question. The way of linking is inappropriate, we do not link to persons like that. I have cleaned the page further, there were more of these links that should not be linked like that, and external links which were not directly on the subject. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:34, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Addition of Ashwani Chopra in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopra

To whomsoever it may concern

Please add the Name of Ashwani Chopra ( Born 1969) in the above mentioned link

As we feel he has done a lot for the game of cricket in Russian Federation. He is the President of Cricket Russia. It is only because of his efforts and passion for the game of cricket Russia became member of ICC ( International Cricket council) Below mentioned few links throw light on his works: http://rbth.com/sport/2014/04/29/cricket_in_russia_a_search_for_new_boundaries_36295.html http://in.rbth.com/arts/2014/03/13/russian_t20_team_to_play_in_goa_cricket_league_33711.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Russia-heads-for-cricket-revolution/articleshow/31908709.cms http://www.eurosport.ru/cricket/story_sto4039450.shtml http://stumped4aduck.com/2013/07/29/qa-with-cricket-russia/ https://www.facebook.com/CRICKETRUSSIA http://www.aif.ru/sport/other/950160 https://www.facebook.com/ashwani.chopra http://indrus.in/articles/2010/09/16/cricket_in_russia04703.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/putting-local-cricket-on-map-for-world-russians/442195.html http://stumped4aduck.com/2013/07/29/a-russian-cricket-revolution/ Hope this information will help you. And please also advice on how we can create his page on Wikipedia. regards Management Cricket Russia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roniyash (talk • contribs) 14:26, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

@Roniyash: Well, if Ashwani Chopra is so notable, then you first need to write an article for him, after which he could be added to the disambiguation page you mention. Not the other way around. If/when you write that article, please be aware of the policies and guidelines on en.wikipedia. Seen your conflict of interest, I would suggest to write the article in the draft namespace (as Draft:Ashwani Chopra, and submit it to others to decide whether it is ready for inclusion. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:54, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

hey

hey, who is this why r u deleting my changes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.160.97.89 (talk) 06:09, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

@119.160.97.89: you're obviously editing from another IP than the one that got reverted, so I am sorry but I can give you any answer. Can you please specify which edit got reverted? --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:13, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Foto no ficheiro não consigo é de minha autoria

Ola (tales peres) preciso colocar uma foto no meu ficheiro, a foto é de minha autoria — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tales Peres (talk • contribs) 04:43, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

@Tales Peres: I am sorry, I am not sure if I understand your question. Would you mind stating this in English. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:53, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Propuesta Indecente

This edition is legitimate? or there is an error in it. --186.84.46.227 (talk) 21:51, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

False positive

Any idea why we got this AIV report? I don't see YouTube-related stuff in the user's logs — MusikAnimal talk 21:38, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

@MusikAnimal: - the editor is very much active in plain external link additions - diff - 80 reference article, the personal website on angelfire is not going to add anything to the content of the article, ELNO 1 diff - indirect (as are the other 6 links that are there, ELNO 13, diff - too specific, another external link on a 154 reference article, ELNO 1, 13, diff, earlier mentioned article, 80 references; this is not going to add anything - ELNO 1, diff - too specific, 54 references, not adding anything - ELNO 13 ,1, diff, too specific, 125 reference article, not adding anything, ELNO 1, 13, etc. etc. etc. (and I have yet to find an edit where I think that the external link was appropriate) - many of these edits plainly fail our inclusion standards, and should not be linked (see WP:NOT#REPOSITORY] for policy, WP:EL for the guidelines - this is all WP:ELNO-stuff). This user needs to be convinced that we are not writing a linkfarm here, and that these edits are not in line with our inclusion standards. You are right that this is not plain vandalism or spamming, but more of a case of WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT and continuously failing to adhere to our editing standards. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:51, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
@Beetstra: I see. I guess my question is, why were they reported on 28 June? They hadn't edited in two days, and the last external link was added two weeks prior, and the last YouTube link was added an entire month prior. I was expecting to look at the contribs and see there were recent additions of YouTube links, as the bot implied. The last warning was also issued a month ago. In this case, I think you're right we're dealing with the same person with a pattern of external link disruption, but is the bot really able to infer that? IPs can be dynamic, so typically if there is no recent disruption, and especially if the last warning was a month ago, this would procedurally be declined at AIV. I would have the bot only report immediately after it has reverted an instance of related disruption. The fact that the user hadn't edited at all in two days made it seem like a clear false positive. I thought maybe it reported the wrong IP or something. This is a sincere complaint, but at the same time I would like to extend gratitude for your work. XLinkBot is awesome :) — MusikAnimal talk 18:01, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
@MusikAnimal: OI, I see what you mean. It is due to the backlog that the bot had. The revert that is related to the report is 1 month ago. I'll see if I can program something in it that it does not warn/report/revert if the edit is more than xx time ago. Thanks for the heads up, I did not notice that. (the edits of the IP need a cleanup, they are plain linkfarming and many of the added external links by this IP are really inappropriate. I agree that the IP seems static, the edits are the same for a long time. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Request help to add a widely misused non-RS site

I tried following the instructions, and I'm afraid that even after 11 years as an active editor, I found them impossible to follow. Perhaps someone could help me.

I'd like to add EthniCelebs.com as a disallowed link. As noted at the Reliable Source Noticeboard here, EthniCelebs.com in its own Terms of Service says:

The information on Ethnicelebs is provided for entertainment purposes only. Although we may vet information to ensure its accuracy, we make no assurances that all information on our Site is accurate. You agree that you will not rely on our Service for any purposes which could result in a loss to you if our Service did not perform as expected and, in any event, you hereby release Ethnicelebs from any liability relating to our Service.

Despite this, Wikipedia has many links to what is, by EthicElebs own admission, a non-WP:RS site. There doesn't seem any reason to ever use what's clearly a tempting yet wildly non-RS site. Indeed, per WP:BLP, it's disallowed at any biography of a living person. I'd originally proposed this at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist, where it was suggested that XLinkbot would be appropriate. I'm happy to do the work to list it, if someone could please help walk me through it. This ultimately would save a lot of experienced editors a lot of time. --Tenebrae (talk) 19:15, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Copied to User talk:XLinkBot/RevertList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:33, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

I attempted to add links to my Gertrude Stein videos on this page Gertrude_Stein and they were reverted, and upon reflection I can understand why - however - there are many Gertrude Stein videos now on youtube that people have made that users of the wiki page would find useful. Is is possible to simply post a link launching the appropriate search i.e. "Gertrude Stein" on youtube? If not, at least a note about their existence and availability? [There are actually people who still don't just google everything] Organuz (talk) 23:17, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

@Organuz: We are an encyclopaedia, not a links directory, so please look at Wikipedia:External links then come back and reframe your question. — billinghurst sDrewth 06:32, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

This refers to the removal for the external link

The external link is as per the guidelines. The link is to a non commercial site that has high quality content related to the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sa4877 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

@Sa4877: however, those are not our inclusion standards. Our inclusion standard is that it should add something that is not and cannot be incorporated, and which is so noteworthy that it then needs to be linked (see Wikipedia:External Links for more info; see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not). As it is a blogspot, it does not seem to be a special authority that yields so much more information than what can be included in this list article, or in the individual articles about the mosques linked from this page. The page is a list of mosques in UAE, and that should be a complete list, linking to articles and properly referenced. In the external links is already a list linked as well (which in itself already seems superfluous), and this blogspot is yet another list. Missing images can be taken and uploaded, so this link is, per our inclusion standards, superfluous. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:20, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't want to produce any spam. Please point me what place of Wikipedia is appropriate for such information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spacedrone808 (talk • contribs) 04:41, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

@Spacedrone808: well, overall appropriateness is the question. It is not our goal to write a linkfarm, we write content. External links should be kept to a minimum. There is no real need to add these links. Please have a look through the policies and guidelines that were posted to your user talk page. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:17, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Picture insertion

I tried to insert a picture in Krishna Athal's page in the RHS small panel, but it didn't work. How to proceed? My friend recommanded me to insert a picture from that Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6in64t8a0kqicra/1.png?dl=0

Could it be possible at your level to insert it for me in the RHS small panel, insertion an encryption "Krishna Athal" under the picture? Many thanks in advance.

Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ekasringavatar (talk • contribs) 09:20, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

@Ekasringavatar: you need to upload the image on Wikipedia (taking into account the appropriate rules for images) using the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. You cannot insert an image by linking to an external source. I cannot do that for you, as you are the person responsible for and knowledgeable about this image. I hope this helps. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:50, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Hello again,

I sincerely apologise for every inconvenient since it's the first time that I am modifying a Wikipedia article as a new user.

I understand about the risk regarding insertion of external link. However, I don't agree that Krishna Athal's page has reverted to its previous version since I know that person and that there are some information which aren't correct:

- The controversy paragraph: I have checked the references to that paragraph and even have been looking for some other articles certifying about Krishna's controversies, and none of the pages exist anymore. By the same way, Krishna himself allowed me, as per my request, to remove the controversy paragraph, since those are fake information regarding him.

- Some external links to the references don't work properly, which made that I allowed myself to check all those links and to retrieve the correct ones to allow the readers discovering those links properly.

- There were even some references where there weren't any links to them, and I don't agree on that point since it's important to include links to allow readers discovering them.

- I have taken in consideration the picture insertion procedure and I will try my best according to your policy and instructions.

I shall then be grateful if you could revert the previous version to the one modified by me today to do the necessary modifications. By the same way, I am asking you a permission, when modifications are done, to copy and paste Krishna Athal's page since I will use my own references on it and which are those same external links.

Thanking you before hand.Ekasringavatar (talk) 12:31, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

@Ekasringavatar: There are no versions to revert to - all your edits are full of in-text external links, and all of those should be edited out. Moreover, you use formatting that is not used on Wikipedia. I strongly suggest that you edit the information according to those guidelines. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:40, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

MONTOKIA THANKS XLINKBOT FOR HELP

Emily Bear article additions were not unsourced.

The carnegie hall docu can be found on youtube, with English translation. But i am not alloewd to put youtube links in.

The chicago ideas fact are profofed by the links I already had put in. You can find the facts there ;)

The Dennis Green radio interview is iüonky available on youtube ;), same problem....

The Rockford interview talk is only on youtube ;) Btw. Steven Larsen is Illinois conductor of the year, very serious.

I just wanted to put in the Quien Latifah if it is still abailabele on her official website. Its also - naturally on youtube - officila Queen Latifah account.

Posting the most serious proofs!!! on wikipedia is like the quadrature of the circle. ;)

What shall I do? Do you really wantba serious article or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eifelochse (talk • contribs) 03:51, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Undelete

Hello XLinkBot, hope all is well. I was wondering if you can undelete the page "Tony Granger." The biographical information on the page is accurate and I was just about to update it with more current information. I appreciate your help in advance. Thank you. 204.10.132.7 (talk) 15:38, 19 July 2016 (UTC)G

@204.10.132.7: you'd have to ask the deleting admin, I am not knowledgeable about the subject at hand. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:11, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Please Note

Hello, thank you for notifying me via mail. Could you please delete all the files concerning Fideal Odongo. I'll upload them some other time when I am sure I can upload them without errors. Even the image "Fideal Odongo" under Creative Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fideal_Odongo.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Real Ug Hackers (talk • contribs) 19:51, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

@Real Ug Hackers: I am not knowledgeable enough about the status of images, I'd suggest that you ask someone who is active in that field. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:12, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Logo Emblem complication

Hi XLinkBot,

In the inforbox I uploaded a pgn version of our logo which is more clear. I changed it for a jpeg but now that the page has been ammended I wanted to reload the pgn image but it keeps refusing stating that 'the content has been uploaded'. How can I change it back??

Thanks Avrjoeb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avrjoeb (talk • contribs) 21:20, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

@Avrjoeb: I am sorry, I am not knowledgeable in the image area, you might be able to find help - maybe there is some help-link on Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard? --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:13, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Morris Chestnut

Why are my corrections & correct additions to the "Morris Chestnut" page only seen when I am logged in, but not seen when I am logged out?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helper FYI (talk • contribs) 04:36, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

@Helper FYI: that would only happen if a page has pending revisions enabled on it .. which is not the case. That page should look the same regardless. But maybe you should ask this at the village pump for technical issues. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:16, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Day and Age (musical)

With this edit, the bot rightly removed a Facebook link, but it also took out a huge block of text and restored a PROD which the original author contested. Is this supposed to happen? (Other concerns about the article aside of course - I have already notified the author about the need for proper sources and the possibility of deletion). Never mind. I just read the FAQ...-Pax Verbum 20:55, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

First all I was put an link to the page's official youtube channel and how you mistaken it as sound file, Put still is really not necessary undo most this page progress that put into as expanded since, Its look an mess so I my afforded to clean it up if you want put still doesnt give me excuse of undo rest back to pre-mess state. 98.27.20.234 (talk) 08:05, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

You are right in that the youtube channel there is the official website of the subject of the page, and should be included per WP:ELOFFICIAL. However, I am not sure if the article is suitable for Wikipedia (I have therefore suggested deletion). I am also afraid of BLP-issues with the article (which are unreferenced at the moment). --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:16, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Stop removing things

Leave Waterford United page aline BluesFan1930 (talk) 14:45, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

I have cleared out the external links section, please see WP:EL for more info (as the bot also suggested to you). --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:13, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

The link to Christ Church Port Sunlight Bells needs editing as the curent URL no longer exists. The correct URL should be as below.

https://christchurchportsunlight.files.wordpress.com/the-bells

Christ Church Port Sunlight Webmaster

(Webman1904 (talk) 15:52, 5 August 2016 (UTC))

I have removed some links, they fail 'directness' (see WP:ELNO). Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:14, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

writing an article on wikipedia

SIR how can I write an article from my phone browser. I just want to write article about my village. Village abdul latif shar Mushahid Hussain 16:34, 11 August 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamasufi (talk • contribs)

Ehm, from a phone - I expect it to be similar as what you normally do - get to the page, and there should be a 'start new page' link. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:15, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Social Media Links on Toni Baldwin Page

Those links were added as they are official accounts and also used to cite information in her article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aberholli95 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

See WP:ELMINOFFICIAL. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:16, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

/* External links */ Link to Official Page On Facebook

hey guys... am talking about Manmarziyan (2016 Movie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manmarziyan_(2016_film) This page is not linked with its official page on facebook please link this wikipdia page to its facebook page it's official page link on facebook is https://www.facebook.com/ManmarziyanTheFilm/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.157.88.29 (talk) 14:59, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Facebooks are hardly ever the main official site, and secondary official sites should not be linked. Facebook as an official secondary site is only allowed when the subject is specifically known for their facebook personality (which is rather unique). I don't think the page is here appropriate, see WP:ELOFFICIAL. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:18, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Orphan Page

Writer7498,

Hello, I am making a entry for National Recording Artist and Music Executive: Dwayne "d-teck" grant! He is a part of Konvict Muzik and made several songs with Grammy Winning Artist Akon! What do i need to do to get the Orphan tag removed! I think i removed the orphan article! Thanks

```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Writer7498 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

'Orphan' means that nothing links to the page - you'll have to find other pages on Wikipedia that link to this subject and make them links. Generally, pages should not be standing 'in isolation', 'notability' hardly ever comes on its own. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:21, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Please explain

See my talk page please. 69.58.42.90 (talk) 00:10, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

This situation gives me a bit of a deja vu, but this is an infobox hack to get the video in. That means that the infobox itself is not made to have a link to the official video, which suggests that either was not discussed (and hence, there is no discussion to override WP:EL on this), or that it was discussed and not deemed necessary. I therefore do not believe that these links should be in the infobox, or in the external links sections for that matter. As such, per our external links guideline, I do not see why we should link the video, where there is likely already an official link of the band, who will then themselves already link to it (hence, the youtube link is just linkfarming, even if it is the second). This type of linking fails our inclusion standards. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:39, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

thanks for suggestions

Thank-you for your suggestions from next time I will keep it in mind. And I will try to not to do the same mistake Sraj2u (talk) 08:43, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

@Sraj2u: You're welcome! --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:26, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Adrian Vernon Fish

I am in the process of editing this page & will be addressing all the issues found, thank you.Dervilia (talk) 15:52, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

@Dervilia: Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:08, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

yet this person undid it without watching the video i added it becuase he made it 198.52.13.15 (talk) 10:28, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

@198.52.13.15: .. the article is about the person, not about the video .. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:08, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Gubbaare

'Gubbaare' is an independent Pakistani short film made for film festivals and online releases. A citing has been added on the article linking to the youtube link of the film. Please look into the matter soon. I need a Wikipedia page because I am a budding film-maker and need platforms like these. Please, look into it soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwideshortfilms (talk • contribs) 20:02, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

@Worldwideshortfilms: see m:Terms of use. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:09, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

tail

I just want to remove the Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). at the very tail end of the story. I accidentally clicked it and now I'm being asked to provide sources which already did provide.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Romy Marquez (talk • contribs)

@Romy Marquez: sorry, but the additions of the youtube channels turned that part into an internet directory. We're here to inform people about the situation/existence, not to send them there. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:22, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

hello there i am repairing dead links but my links are delected. please reply what can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joybiswas389 (talk • contribs) 07:31, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

@Joybiswas389: you are not repairing a dead link, you are replacing them with something completely different. For the case of the Financial Times, a renowned newspaper, you are replacing it with a personal website, not something that is authorative and of the same level. Seen your persistence (you might want to read WP:3RR), this looks more like spamming ... --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:03, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello! I did not get why you deleted links. Is it because of copyright? Copyright of somebody on Facebook and Twitter? Or what? And how correctly to add it? Thanks Alberthas7 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alberthas7 (talk • contribs) 04:03, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Disabled

This bot and all others need to be disabled. Wikipedia is to be edited by humans, not algorithms with no intelligence. 173.31.198.16 (talk) 13:58, 17 September 2016 (UTC)


Keith Clizark

Hi, 

  I need help with this article. I have looked at other Wikipedia Pages of others who have worked on the same projects as him and I don't understand the rejection. I am going to post it below along with the references. Could you please tell me specifically what I would need to change.

Thank you

Keith Clizark (born Keith Clark) is a music producer, engineer, composer, song writer, and programmer from the United States. His works consists of West Coast Hip Hop. He has produced, co-produced, wrote, composed, and engineered for artists such as, Snoop Dogg, Tha Eastsidaz, and B-Legit among others. At the age of four Clizark relocated with his mother, Shirley Clark, from Greenville, Mississippi to Long Beach, California. Keith gained an interest in music after hearing Parliament Funkadelic’s “Flashlight” played at his Aunt Barbara's family gathering. A few years later Hip Hop was born. Keith used Hip Hop as the catalyst to creatively express himself musically. The name “Clizark” was coined from his love of Mozart. Clizark began his career in the early 1980’s as a Disc Jockey with the group Beat Control. At age 17 Clizark and his Beat Control Crew began working for Rory Koffman at the first most popular Hip Hop radio station located in Los Angeles, 1580 KDAY. From 1986-1989 Clizark attended Long Beach City College majoring in Music Theory/Business. In 1991 Clizark landed his first major label placement with Capitol Records for "You Ain't All That" by group 3-D which reached Billboard’s Top Ten Dance Spot. In 1996 Clizark produced The Dove Shack’s “Summertime in the LBC” (Remix). In 1998 Clizark was a writer and Producer on Snoop Dogg’s The Game is to Be Sold, Not to be Told. In 1999 Clizark produced and engineered on B-Legit’s Hempin’ Ain’t Easy Album. Also in 1999 Clizark produced on TRU’s Da Crime Family Album. He produced on the 1999 Thicker Than Water (Soundtrack). In 2000 Clizark produced on The Eastsidaz (Album) “Tha G in Deee”. Clizark produced “Go Away” featuring Kokane on Snoop Dogg’s Tha Last Meal (2000) which debuted on the US Billboard 200. In 2001 Clizark produced “Now Is the Time” on the Tha Eastsidaz Duces ‘n Trays: The Old Fashioned Way and What’s the Worst That Could Happen? [Original Soundtrack]. Also in 2001 Clizark was a music programmer on The Brothers [2001] Original Soundtrack. In 2002 Clizark produced on Snoop Dogg’s Paid tha Cost to Be Da Bo$$ which debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200, becoming certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2011 Clizark created the “Platinum Essentials” for Big Fish Audio. From 2010-Current Clizark has produced music and directed music videos for various artists.




Produced, Composed, Engineered, and Wrote Songs (Highlights) 3-D “You Ain’t All That” (1991) Composer-Label: Capitol Records-DPRO-79831 Snoop Dogg - "C You when I Get There" feat. Mystical,C- Murder, Silk The Shocker and Master P (1998) Writer-Producer-Label: No Limit-Priority B-Legit - "The Game Be Cold" feat. Snoop Dogg (1999) Engineer, Producer-Label: Koch Records, Sic Wid It Records B-Legit - "Where the Gangstas At" feat. Kurupt, Mack 10 (1999) Engineer, Producer-Label: Koch Records, Sic Wid It Records Snoop Dogg - "Go Away" (2000) Producer-Label: No Limit Records-Doggystyle The Eastsidaz - "The G in D" feat. Snoop Dogg (2000) Producer-Label: Dogghouse-TVT The Eastsidaz - "Now's the Time" Feat. Kocane (2001) Producer-Label: Doggystyle-TVT Snoop Dogg - "Suited and Booted" (2002) Writer, Producer-Label: Doggystyle- Priority-Capitol Snoop Dogg- "Fu@! what They Say" (2001) Instrumentation, Producer-Label: Priority

Filmography (Highlights) Thicker Than Water (1999)-[Soundtrack] (Producer) Label: Hoo-Bangin’ Priority The Brothers (2001)-[Original Soundtrack] (Programming) Label: Warner What’s the Worst That Could Happen (2001) [Original Soundtrack] (Instrumentation, Producer) Label: Priority

Project Highlights  1991 You Ain’t All That (Radio Mix) 3D-Producer, Composer  1991 You Ain’t All That (Original Mix) 3D-Producer, Composer  1991 You Ain’t All That (Radio Mix with Rap) 3D-Producer, Composer  1991 You Ain’t All That (Original Mix with Rap) 3D-Producer, Composer  1991 You Ain’t All That (Club Mix) 3D-Producer, Composer  1991 You Ain’t All That (Instrumental) 3D-Producer, Composer  1996 Summer Time in The LBC (Remix) The Dove Shack-Producer  1998 Da Game is to Be Sold, not to Be Told-Snoop Dogg-Writer, Producer  1999 Hempin’ Ain’t Easy-B Legit-Engineer, Producer  1999 Thick Than Water [Soundtrack] Producer  2000 Tha Eastsidaz (Album) Tha Eastsidaz-Producer  2000 The Last Meal-Snoop Dogg-Producer  2001 Duces ‘N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way-Tha Eastsidaz-Producer  2001 The Brothers [Original Soundtrack] Programming  2001 What’s The Worst That Could Happen? [Original Soundtrack] Instrumentation, Producer  2002 Paid Da Cost to Be Da Bo$$-Snoop Dogg-Producer  2011 Preserved-Young Bleed-Composer, Mixer, Producer


References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_(soundtrack) http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-brothers-2001-mw0000586643/credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Game_Is_to_Be_Sold,_Not_to_Be_Told#Track_listing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Game_Is_to_Be_Sold,_Not_to_Be_Told https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duces_%27n_Trayz:_The_Old_Fashioned_Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duces_%27n_Trayz:_The_Old_Fashioned_Way#Track_listing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Eastsidaz_(album)#Track_listing http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/keith-clark/37327 http://www.allmusic.com/album/hempin-aint-easy-mw0000257342/credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hempin%27_Ain%27t_Easy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDAY http://www.allmusic.com/album/paid-tha-cost-to-be-da-bo-mw0000662689/credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_tha_Cost_to_Be_da_Boss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_tha_Cost_to_Be_da_Boss#Track_listing http://www.allmusic.com/album/preserved-mw0002219108/credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Last_Meal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Last_Meal#Track_listing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thicker_than_Water_(soundtrack) http://www.allmusic.com/album/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-mw0000006703 http://www.allmusic.com/album/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-mw0000006703/credits https://www.discogs.com/3D-You-Aint-All-That/release/2257604

Categories: Living People/ American Record Producer


Rroneice (talk) 16:53, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

db-g12

XLinkBot also needs to learn to ignore blacklisted URLs within db-g12 templates: I've had several warnings now on legitmate speedy tags, e.g. [3]. 51.9.185.43 (talk) 12:51, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

@51.9.185.43: I have taught this to the bot - sorry for the inconvenience. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:52, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Overenthusiastic?

An IP made two edits to an article: in the first they added several useful links. In second, they added a Youtube link. XLinkBot then reverted both edits. This seems over-enthusiastic - the assumption that anyone who adds a Youtube link must be an editor all of whose edits should be reverted. Surely the bot should revert those edits it finds problematic and leave alone other edits by the same editor? I expect this has been discussed before. I have come across other instances where an edit with a lot of good work has been reverted for the sake of one link, but in this case, as far as I can see, an innocent and constructive edit has been unnecessarily reverted because of the editor's next edit. PamD 16:14, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

@PamD: This is a choice, explained in the User:XLinkBot/FAQ - basically, it was found that only reverting to the version before the 'offending' link was inserted resulted in more 'broken' pages and/or more rubbish being left behind (either because new editors need sometimes 2-3 edits to 'get it right', or where spammers do consecutive spammy edits. And whether an editor has to revert only the last revert, or all reverts and repair does not make any difference overall for the editor (or someone who wants to follow up). I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:55, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Jacob20162016

hi there thanks for the comment. I have added the authors books on the page. the author is notable. i have added some links also. the bio of the author is in the net if that is needed too may I add them?Jacob20162016 (talk) 16:03, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

@Jacob20162016: Please see our external links guideline for more information. As I see the page that this concerns now, it is a mess and more a linkfarm than a content page. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:00, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Art studio

XLinkBot,

I have created a page about my own art studio. I am a one-man operation and have many requests for information about the studio and my art. I have a [page] about my career (I'm retired) which has been very helpful for providing biographical info for the press. Images of the work produced are also necessary, so I want to create a Wikimedia page about the studio with images of the type of work I do. I followed instrictions and created a subpage to the main article. Perhaps that solves it.

If this doesn't solve the problem, perhaps you could advise me. I tried uploading my own copyright-free images to Wikimedia. I understand that this may seem like advertising, but I am getting older and worry that my life work will be lost or disappear without some organization and documentation. If Wikipedia is not the format, this is understandable, but I feel this is all neutral information. If the external links are the problem I can certainly delete them. Please let me know how I can proceed.

Thanks, Tim HolmesTimeholmes (talk) 20:10, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

@Timeholmes: I would advice you to read our conflict of interest guideline, and m:Terms of use. Moreover, I do get the feeling that what you want to do with Mediawiki is not what Wikipedia is intended for. A read of 'What Wikipedia is NOT' would also be advisable. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:02, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Robert Barron article

Added Robert Barron's Youtube channel in the links section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:41D0:FE59:C200:54BA:AE6C:D41:C502 (talk) 23:05, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

@2001:41D0:FE59:C200:54BA:AE6C:D41:C502: but that may not be in line with our guidelines, please see WP:ELMINOFFICIAL in our external links guideline. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:04, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Reverted YouTube

My edit was reverted because I attached a link to a YouTube video, which does not violate any copyrights since I am the owner and maker of said video. Please help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedualaspecttheorist (talk • contribs) 02:47, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

@Thedualaspecttheorist: thank you for your question. That something does not violate any copyrights does not mean that it should be linked to. That is governed in our external links guideline for external links, and our reliable sources guideline for references. Please refer to these documents for more information. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:04, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Why Offical twitter account not allowed

Hi. I am new to wikipedia. I have added my favorites Paralympic official twitter accounts. Why it has been removed. even official website is allowed. pardon me for my naive comments if any. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shwetamehta2 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

@Shwetamehta2: thank you for your question. Regarding twitter, we generally only list one official web presence of a subject. See WP:ELMINOFFICIAL (part of our external links guideline). --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 19 October 2016


Got rid of information for no reason 80.7.224.255 (talk) 14:13, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

@80.7.224.255: I am not sure what you want to change. Can you please explain? --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:36, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

bot reverted legitimate edits

Hi, the bot reverted my entire edits to the article Spacehive, just in order to remove a link that was not allowed. I have recreated my edits (without the said link), however I'm not sure it's good to have the bot running with excessive destructive power. Just my two cents.

Regards, 2.26.118.21 (talk) 21:28, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

@2.26.118.21: Hi, thanks for your remark. It would have been fine in this case, if you would have reverted, though I think there is for most of the external links a better use, the article can be significantly expanded with the these, or they can be used as references already. I am going to tag it as linkfarming at the moment.
It may seem violent, but despite YouTube getting better and better, there is still a lot of material there that is not for use on an encyclopedia, and that simply fails our inclusion standards. Some form of gatekeeping is still needed. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:24, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Suggestion for external link at article Henry Thomas

Suggestion for external link.

At article Henry Thomas.

Thank you! 69.50.70.9 (talk) 05:29, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

@69.50.70.9: You'd have to suggest that at the article talkpage, the bot, or I, don't know what to do with this. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:25, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

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Help please - Band description completely wrong and all edits keep reverting back to wrong information

Hi, I am part of a band that has been active for around 7 years and the wikipedia page about our band contains some very misleading information and as such I created a user account here to update the page with correct information. The key issue for us is that the wikipedia page as well as being misleading is also being linked to pages that sell our music such as Google Music which means that people purchasing our music are also being misinformed about the band. To this end, the text that I have included in the updated page is taken from our website and is all based on original text that I have personally written for that page. I have referenced the official website for clarity but the page keeps being reverted back to the misleading article that was originally uploaded. Can you please help me correct this. I am the license holder of all the text and any images that are used on our website Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).www.ajammusic.com and I would like to make this available on wikipedia to ensure that the misleading article is no longer a point of reference for people that come across the wikipedia page that is meant to be about band Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajam_(band)

Your assistance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Ajammusic (talk) 22:12, 30 November 2016 (UTC)Amin (Ajammusic)

(responding to ping) The bot reverted because of the inclusion of YouTube links. You can re-do the edit without the YouTube links, they are discouraged for various reasons. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:53, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Dear Sir, I want to link my blog [http://topcoconutoilsecrets.com/ The Coconut Oil Secrets] to this Wikipedia page. Is this possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wallsportfolio (talk • contribs) 18:16, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

@Wallsportfolio: Possible, yes. Desirable, no. We are not writing a linkfarm, and the addition of a blog would only result in that. I think that most is explained by our external links guideline. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:12, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Oh, now it is not possible anymore. I notice that you have created that page to make revenue, hence it is plain spam. It is now blacklisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

I added an external link to my page Bismark Boachie(DJ premier) but u remove it anyway, thanks for the help but i will like you to help me out with the appropriate links for my page to go live. Andy1848 (talk) 19:16, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

@Andy1848: I have been looking at the current state of the page, and at the links you added. I would like you to review our external links guideline. Many of these links are indeed inappropriate. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Dear Sir, I want to link my blog [http://topcoconutoilsecrets.com/ The Coconut Oil Secrets] to this Wikipedia page. Is this possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wallsportfolio (talk • contribs) 18:16, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

@Wallsportfolio: Possible, yes. Desirable, no. We are not writing a linkfarm, and the addition of a blog would only result in that. I think that most is explained by our external links guideline. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:12, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Oh, now it is not possible anymore. I notice that you have created that page to make revenue, hence it is plain spam. It is now blacklisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

I added an external link to my page Bismark Boachie(DJ premier) but u remove it anyway, thanks for the help but i will like you to help me out with the appropriate links for my page to go live. Andy1848 (talk) 19:16, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

@Andy1848: I have been looking at the current state of the page, and at the links you added. I would like you to review our external links guideline. Many of these links are indeed inappropriate. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Breadth testing

How the context of the page Breadth Testing is less? It's just a start. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farooqkhadim (talk • contribs) 01:40, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

@Farooqkhadim: Article need some minimal content as a start. If it is too unclear, they often get deleted quickly. Try starting it as a draft in your userspace, or in Wikipedia draft space (e.g. Draft:Breadth testing). I hope this helps. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:24, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
@Beetstra: My article on breadth testing have minimal content as a start but it's just deleted without any suggestion to improve that article. What gonna i have to do now except drafting?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Farooqkhadim (talk • contribs)
@Farooqkhadim: Draft it until it is ready, and then you submit for review. The easiest way is to go here: Help:Userspace_draft and follow the instructions (use the box there to create your article). --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:48, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
@Beetstra: Thanks for your help!

Picture Dua Lipa

Ok a few weeks i added Dua Lipa on the Births list.

I added a picture that was also on her own page here the page that she was written about her. Now that picture on the 1995 page is GONE. WHY?. Can't be cause of copyrights cause the other one is still there I did it in the same way others had and it looked fine so why did it get removed.

William— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.206.155.74 (talk • contribs)

@81.206.155.74: You'll have to take that up with the editor who deleted the picture, sorry. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

I am very willing to do so but who is it and why can't I do it again now I did it perfectly the first time I tried it again and it looked rubbish I saw only a link — Preceding unsigned comment added by William Douglas (talk • contribs) 19:47, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Update photo on my OWN page.

Hi. I am Joseph Michael Linsner. I just want to update my photo. It's from 2007 and I never authorized it to be used for my Wikipedia page. When I try to upload a new one, it says it "can't be verified"

Thanks, JML — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph Michael Linsner (talk • contribs) 11:35, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Already discussed at length. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

SUEK

I have changed the reference you did not like for one relating to SUEK/s annual report. I hope this is satisfactory. This edit is an update to a biography that is seriously out of date and, therefore, factually incorrect. So I hope these changes meet your approval.Sedjeplace (talk) 17:17, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

@Sedjeplace: I have further updated the page. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Why is my source not good?

I recently got a message from XlinkBot saying that the source that I have placed in a draft for a page I'm writing, is not good.

"On specific or special releases, UTW would use alias, replacing their 'UTW' tag on releases. For example, releases of Gosick would be released under the alias 'Victorique', named after Gosick's female lead Victorique de Blois. The reason for UTW's 'Victorique' alias for their releases on Gosick is because the translations used in the releases were from Crunchyroll in 2011. Releases using Crunchyroll translations at that time wouldn't be considered as a full-fledged project. Another example of the use of alias comes to releases of the Madoka series. For UTW's release of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the show was released under the 'Meguca' alias for the reference of a meme[1] that came from the /a/ board on 4chan."

In order for me to make my proof, case, and for people to look up for more information pertaining to the topic, I must include the citation as stated on top.— Preceding unsigned comment added by UniWiki (talk • contribs)

@UniWiki: I have reverted the bot. Knowyourmeme is deemed rather unreliable here, not the best source. If there are no better sources, one might want to assess whether it should be mentioned. Note that we do not inline link to Wikia either, internal redlinks or no link should be used there. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:51, 7 December 2016 (UTC)


References

  1. ^ "Meduka Meguca / Being Meguka is Suffering". Know Your Meme. Retrieved 2016-11-26.

The information entered by me is very genuine PratikRupala (talk) 10:18, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

False positive

Surely this bot should not object to a link inside a {{db-copyvio}} template, as it did here? 86.17.222.157 (talk) 16:01, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

@86.17.222.157: I'll have to check the code, it should indeed not have done that and has been told not to do that .. see User:XLinkBot/Settings; noreverttemplates-setting.

Protected edit request on 7 January 2017

this bot is removing things like official links and biographical information on the american dollar wiki page. not sure who put this bot on that entry but it needs to be removed. 

165.230.224.127 (talk) 18:10, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:40, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bot. I believe the links I added comply with the guidelines because they are from Brave New Films' web page. If I am misunderstanding the guidelines could you please explain - or if there is a better way for me to link? It seems to make sense that there would be links to the films in the body of the article - is that incorrect? Thank you for all your work. Carenbenj (talk) 21:23, 28 December 2016 (UTC) Carenbenj (talk) 21:23, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

@Carenbenj: sorry, I forgot to answer. I did revert the edit, though did a cleanup afterward. We do not link in the text to external sources, those should be wikilinks or plain mentions. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:36, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

zeromq.org beeing blocked

Hi, my recent wikipedia edit has been deleted by XLinkBot, because zeromq.org is in a list of blocked domains. However this is domain of well known opensource project, which have it's own wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroMQ. Please drop zeromq.org from this list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.102.89.7 (talk) 12:46, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

@78.102.89.7: so you should not link externally as you did in that edit, you should link internally. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:39, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Bonde das Maravilhas

Why, the article was perfecter with the changes that i was taked! 189.27.174.175 (talk) 20:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

@189.27.174.175: we do not link in the text to external sources. The article anyway has a problem, and has been tagged for over a year for that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:40, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Know Your Meme as a sourced reference

I disagree that 'Know Your Meme' is 'unreliable' & believe that wikipedia should re-think that assessment. The confirmed memes on the site have gone through a more vigorous vetting process than much of the information on Wikipedia & I have found them to be generally on the mark with their history of a meme. Memes are now a permanent part of pop culture, we've even had a president "meme'd into office", they should be recognized as legit. --Rowan N. Martin (talk) 17:26, 4 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rowan N. Martin (talk • contribs) 17:16, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

@Rowan N. Martin: that is not for us here to decide, that should be done through a thorough discussion on the reliable sources noticeboard, showing that it in many cases warrants use as references. As I see it, it is more of an exception to that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:47, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

paoloceravolo

Just to mention that the link I added here to Landell de Moura page was simply the replacement of a wrong link listed in the page. I also removed other links in the page that was pointing to incorrect resurces.--Paoloceravolo (talk) 14:13, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

@Paoloceravolo: I have reverted the bot, thanks for the remark! --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:51, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
@Beetstra: Good! --Paoloceravolo

placemark collection for Google Earth

removed? why? was a pretty good source of georeferences for biography. please think again and let it go!

http://googleearthcommunity.proboards.com/thread/3089/life-ambrose-bierce

thx, g — Preceding unsigned comment added by Syzygy426 (talk • contribs) 13:54, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

@Syzygy426: really, have you read our inclusion standards? On an article with 49 references and already 17 external links you add yet another one. I have tagged the existing list with {{linkfarm}}, as it is most of them will fail even the very intro WP:EL ánd our pillar WP:NOT#REPOSITORY. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:46, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
@Syzygy426: <- reping, failed on previous edit due to typo. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:44, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Why do you keep deleting my external link?

I added a link to the music video for Don't Wanna Let You Go to the article of the same name. Why do you keep deleting it even though it has to do with the article? BSB5ivefan97 (talk) 03:39, 15 January 2017 (UTC)BSB5ivefan97

@BSB5ivefan97: Youtube links are generally discouraged, that is why there is a bot rule to revert those edits and inform the editor. I see that it is now also reverted by another editor, I think you need to bring this to the attention of other editors on the talkpage: talk:Don't Wanna Let You Go. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:05, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Dallas Riordan

Could you please unrevert the edits that undone the ones I had on Dallas Riordan because that stuff took effort to look up. 1:25, January 16, 2017 69.123.55.110 —Preceding undated comment added 06:25, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

@69.123.55.110: I've done that already. You can also do that yourself if you wish. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:44, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Fundación Inquieto Anacobero

XLinkBot-noted/accept reverting of added link to Fundación Inquieto Anacobero because it is a social media page. Note, I also edited/removed other External link as had no relevance to the artist unless they created the Wikipage. I could not find confirmation they created Wikipage and even if they did should they promote their Foundation with an irrelevant external link or list themselves as Reference only. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danilusantos (talk • contribs) 18:31, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

@Danilusantos: That twitter indeed does not belong. Social networking sites are generally not included per our policies and guidelines, with only strict exceptions. This does not qualify as such. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:22, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Note: External link to Fundación para la Cultura Nacional is promoting their foundation and is not directly related to the artist. I have deleted the external link for the second time. If they are a refrence to the page, should sign as Reference not as external link. DanilusantosDanilusantos (talk) 15:18, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Bot not complying with WP:EL for social media profiles

Hi, this bot just reverted the addition of the social media profiles of a politician under the name of Hashem Bathaie Golpayenagi. Per WP:EL these types of external links are fine as long as they are the profile of the subject--which they are in this case. Can you please review the bot's rules? Horseduckcover (talk) 21:58, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

@Horseduckcover:, no, can you please again review WP:EL and WP:NOT#REPOSITORY. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:06, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

St.Lawrence, Newfoundland entry

I just spent about 2 hours fixing this information with some historical accuracy and sources. Why was it deleted? I was trying to add an external link that illustrated a picture of Newman's store and suddenly my whole article disappeared altogether. If you want literate people to contribute to your website you should make it USER Friendly! pspearns@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.189.248 (talk) 13:34, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

@142.162.189.248: The bot's edit is already reverted, as was suggested to you on your talkpage as well. I understand your concerns about being user friendly, but we also have to make sure that our information is presented in a proper way, and is encyclopedic. May apologies for the inconvenience. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:15, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Could you explain to me what specifically was wrong with the link below from the Army Men III article? [4]

I don't see how it violates Wikipedia's policy. It was an interview video of the game from it's article I added in. --Vanguard2042 (talk) 11:04, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

The bot reverts URL updates

Hi. I have made two edits that the bot has reverted. In both cases, the link had existed on Wikipedia for years and now needed to be updated to reflect the new URL of the page after use of the old domain name had been discontinued. It seems counterproductive that the bot would revert a link back to the obsolete URL. I also don't buy the argument that links to blogs would be unwanted: surely, if the content in itself has been considered worthwhile for inclusion, the fact that the page has been moved to a blog platform should not matter. 91.145.87.234 (talk) 11:53, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Column order for common sites on reversion reasons page

Hey! Would it be better to move the "rule" column to be the last (so "domain" and "description" are first) in User:XLinkBot/Reversion reasons. Since this page is linked to from user messages, it seems a bit daunting to have regex (who knows regex, right?) as the first column. Cheers. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 14:56, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Jumia Wikipedia Page

Hello,

Let me first introduce myself, I'm Manal Youssef - PR & Communication Manager at Jumia Egypt.

I checked the comments and tried to add more references to increase the credibility of the information submitted on the page.

Appreciate sending your feedback to make any further enhancements if needed.

Thanks in advance. Manal 156.222.100.211 (talk) 15:50, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

1 question

Hi!

I understand your changes. Thank you!

I have 1 question. When will the Zsombor Deak page be visible on the internet for searchers? When I put the name in Google, there is no result for it.

Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Borihu (talk • contribs) 08:36, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

@Borihu: Please reconsider your edit - your references may have merit, the inline links (like the one to the wordpress) do not. Also please read the directions in the messagebox that appears at the moment at the top of the page carefully .. you need proper, independent sources for this biography. As long as these are not resolved, the page will not appear on Google. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:05, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Reverted to different page

Um, WTF? Yes, it's a new user. Yes, they added a YouTube link. But the reversion is completely out of the blue and unrelated to this new page. — Gorthian (talk) 22:46, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hmmm, that is buggy ... it reverted to a wrong page, probably encoding error. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:42, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Manuel Herrera López - Reply

Hi there from Portugal,

apologies for the insertion of the unreliable links. In all fairness, one of those (LASEGUNDAB.com) had already been sitting there for ages and no one removed anything. I have now duly addressed the situation, hopefully.

Sorry for any inconvenience, attentively --85.242.133.151 (talk) 17:32, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for the heads up. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:56, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for guide me on Wikipedia.Recently I read guidelines of links and thank you again. ((World556 (☎) 03:45, 17 March 2017 (UTC))

You're welcome! --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:56, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Bot down

Bot hasn't edited since March 17, so I'm guessing it's down. —MRD2014 📞 contribs 23:19, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Oi, it logged out. Trying to log it back in! --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:23, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Bot down again

has not edited since 3/21/2017 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.52.13.15 (talk) 10:50, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

@198.52.13.15: I know. It broke, and then I broke it more ... I'll have a look at it this weekend. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:38, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
@198.52.13.15: fixed! Thanks for the heads up! --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:11, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Re: April 2017

I'm confused: After reading through the rules and regulations/policies due to my edit being reverted (see edit with YouTube Link to Love Somebody), the only mistake that I could see in my edit was that although the link was legit (comes from the official Maroon 5 YouTube Vevo Account), it may be viewed as sexual (?). However, in the False Alarm Page, it's allowed to have a YouTube Link (which ALSO comes from The Weeknd's own official YouTube Vevo Account), despite it being viewed as graphic (?). So where is the line drawn between acceptable and prohibited links? -124.106.206.56 (talk) 12:10, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

@124.106.206.56: YouTube links are generally discouraged. That it is somewhere else is not a reason to include it, it must stand on its own merit.
That being said, I think that this removal that you performed says it all - the infobox does not have a dedicated field for the music video, so people hack it in there using the 'misc' field. If we would encourage articles on 'songs' to have a link to the official video on youtube/vevo/whatever-video-server, then the WikiProject would have gotten that consensus to override the guidelines/policies, and have the infobox that they maintain having rewritten to have a dedicated field for the official music video. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:40, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
@Dirk Beetstra: So you're actually in favor of my removal in this link? Does that mean that ALL articles that have YouTube Links for songs SHOULD be removed? So unless I'm missing something and we're going by THAT logic, then A LOT of removing (cleaning) should be done to those articles, don't you think? -124.106.206.56 (talk) 15:50, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
@124.106.206.56: basically, yes, though there are larger mishaps with youtube video's than this (on a song link to every youtube available version for every artist that has ever performed the song, e.g.). I am, related to that, pruning excessive social networking (see this). It does get resistance by vocal users, but the general consensus is that they need to go. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:29, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
@Dirk Beetstra: Ok. So you don't mind me helping out in removing YouTube Links for all articles about songs moving forward? And on an unrelated note, nobody got back to me in the Sara Del Rey Talk Page last February 25, 2017 Re: Page Name (and I apologize in advance for my last comment there), but could you please take a look at that? It feels like that talk page has been SORELY abandoned. I would greatly appreciate it. -124.106.206.56 (talk) 13:35, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Mike Compton (musician)

Hello-I just spent 3 hours updating a page for Mike Compton musician, and none of the changes are showing up. They show up in the edit history, but not on the page. How can be rectified? Thank you. Heidi Herzog — Preceding unsigned comment added by Red Dress Productions (talk • contribs) 22:10, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

@Red Dress Productions: The bot removed this, I presume there are pieces there that you seem to be missing. The bot reverted you on your addition of social media, which I have re-removed afterwards - those links are inappropriate. Please check if there is still information missing. Please note that your username seems to violate our username policy. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:37, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Fran Palermo

Hello,

I corrected a link here, that was reverted by this bot. It was pointing to the wrong Facebook page since the initial version the article. It seems that band's official site is their social media page, so I believe this was a false positive. 109.61.43.46 (talk) 22:45, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

@109.61.43.46: Indeed a false positive, I've reverted the bot. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:26, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Re: April 2017

Thank you very much for your notes about my edit to Miho Mosulishvili. I have made my first editing resources on this page and I ask you check it. Thanks. --Mimos (talk) 11:07, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Social Centres

This bot reversed changes made that were an accurate update of Social Centre projects in the UK and Ireland. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_centres_in_the_United_Kingdom — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.164.229.6 (talk) 16:47, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

I see it already has been re-reverted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:22, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

friends of Zion museum

hello. last week i edited the friends of zion museum page and you deleted everything. i work at the museum and the information that is written now is partly true. i would like to change it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayelet grossman (talk • contribs) 06:39, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

@Ayelet grossman: I have partially undone the bot, merging the previous version and your version. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:55, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayelet grossman (talk • contribs) 10:39, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

I was attempting to add a source, obviously I did it wrong, I'm doing it on mobile, how do I cite something correctly? Did you want APA? S1Blademaster (talk) 07:15, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

@S1Blademaster:, you are talking about this edit. The biggest issue there is that you use Wikia as a reference, and wikis (yes, even Wikipedia itself) are generally not a reliable source. There must be better sources for that info
The style of referencing is using footnotes, references 1 and 2 are defined inline with the text, you are now adding 'manually' a third one, not 'linked' to the text where the reference is for. Have a look at WP:CITEFOOT, which is explaining how to link the reference to the text. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:43, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Blogspot

I have reverted your revert where I only changed a URL from blogspot.de to blogspot.com (and from http to https). 50.53.1.33 (talk) 08:23, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

@50.53.1.33:. Thank you. I have cleaned up a bit. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:29, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

trying to improve article: much careful work deleted

I have made valid corrections to the article on the Cloisters Apocalypse. The link I provided was to a free video series on precise topic that acknowledges all visual and musical materials, in public domain for non-profit educational use. One correction is simple English (source of artwork is "provenance" not "providence." Had friend correct any mistakes in my English. Not bothering her again for this!

I am trying to make valid contribution to this free intellectual resource. Now a bot has undone my work: will not try to help again if this is the treatment I may expect.

Xuan Pin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xuan Pin (talk • contribs) 23:01, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

@Xuan Pin: I've reverted the bot. -Dirk Beetstra T C 02:22, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Xuan Pin (talk) 07:34, 22 April 2017 (UTC)