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Possible Helpful Pixie Bot error[edit]

In this edit to Frank Sinatra, Helpful Pixie Bot rearranged the sequence of two references for the same content; around line 100 in the diff, <ref name = "Kelley" /> was moved in front of another existing reference. However, the "Kelley" ref was originally followed by an {{rp|91}} template that was not moved. This appears to have separated the page number from its proper book and attached it to another which already had a page included. Would it be possible to have the bot check for {{Rp}} templates (and maybe others likely meant to refer to the immediately preceding ref, such as {{Rs}} and {{Fv}}) and keep them associated with their original targets? Fat&Happy (talk) 00:30, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for notifying me. This is an AWB feature, and I logged a bug for that sometime ago (with {{Rp}} I think), which was fixed. I suppose it must be a regression. I scarcely use AWB for Helpful Pixie these days, so no real worries there. I will log another bug. Thanks again. Rich Farmbrough, 01:17, 1 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Noted. Thnx. Fat&Happy (talk) 01:35, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Portal/Portal box merger[edit]

Greetings Rich, I was just wondering how much longer we should wait before moving forward on this proposal. It seems the overwhelming majority Support this and even those that oppose seem to be doing it from a keeping the status quo standpoint. --Kumioko (talk) 17:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I was looking at it today, and tempted to snow-close it. Rich Farmbrough, 17:06, 31 December 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Ok thanks for the quick response. Its fine with me either way I just don't think that the outcome will change at this point by leaving it open longer. Considering that the merger warning is displaying on 300, 000 plus articles I don't think anyone can say they didn't know or didn't have time to respond. --Kumioko (talk) 17:11, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blockquote[edit]

WP:MOS#Block quotations explicitly gives <blockquote> as an example of how to format a block quote. There is no reason to replace this with {{Block quote}}, as that template is only useful when the additional parameters are used. In particular this edit [1] is a violation of your editing restriction. — Carl (CBM · talk) 12:42, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree in general with the above, but in this case Rich actually fixed the quote because it was not closed properly. I have now refixed it. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:54, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource1911Enc Citation[edit]

With regards to this edit and its revert, please see Template talk:Wikisource1911Enc Citation#Redirect. -- PBS (talk) 22:59, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Office Hours[edit]

Hey Rich Farmbrough/Archive/2012 January; another Article Feedback Tool office hours session! This is going to be immediately after we start trialing the software publicly, so it's a pretty important one. If any of you want to attend, it will be held in #wikimedia-office on Friday 16th December at 19:00 UTC. As always, if you can't attend, drop me a line and I'm happy to link you to the logs when we're done. Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:31, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on linking to streamed copies of albums[edit]

Wikipedia policy allows us to link to legal streamed copies of albums. It would be useful to draw up a guideline on how and when to link to such albums; however, there is concern that it may not be appropriate as the music would not be available in all parts of the world. Is the benefit of having access to the music for most users outweighed by the fact that some users will follow a link to find the music is not playable in their region? Your view would be helpful at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums. SilkTork ✔Tea time 02:33, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

hlist[edit]

I left you a belatedly reply at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Article message boxes#Classes - sorry, I didn't notice your question 'til now Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:26, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

FYI Portal box[edit]

Saw you were in the talk about Portal box.. pls see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#December 22.Moxy (talk) 04:48, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Query[edit]

Hi Rich. An editor, User:Edenc1, removed the theatrical poster image for the 2011 film Footloose in the Kenny Wormald article. See:

  • 09:20, 30 December 2011‎ Edenc1 (talk | contribs)‎ (7,636 bytes) (→Career: WP:NFC#UUI) (rollback | undo)

Is this on the up and up? Happy New Year. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc (talk) 19:24, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. We have very strict rules (over strict, some might say) on the use of non-free content, that poster can probably only be used on the film article itself. Rich Farmbrough, 01:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks, Rich. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc (talk) 04:19, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can AWB access arguments?[edit]

That is, in its search replace commands, is there a way to specify the name of the current wikipedia page it is working on?

I'd like it to be able to insert that name, as the name and not as a sticky variable (I need the actual title of the page).

I'm guessing that regex can then be used to assign that name to a variable for modification.

The trouble I'm running into is that I often need to use the subject's name in replace strings, but the pages' names are "Outline of subject". This renders MediaWiki's variables useless. So if I can access the pagename within AWB, I think I can solve this problem using regex's variable manipulation.

Can AWB do this, and if so, how?

Also, if AWB can do this, where is the documentation on it? I'm sure there'd be other useful things in there.

I look forward to your reply. The Transhumanist 19:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.: I'd like to do this all in one pass, if possible.

Not sure if this is what you were looking for but AWB and Wikipedia have certain "Magic words like PAGENAME, NAMESPACE, %%KEY%% and others. If you look at the magic words link under variables I think that will help. --Kumioko (talk) 20:25, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I know. But when you just want the subject name, using PAGENAME in this situation produces "Outline of subject", which necessitates a second pass with AWB to get rid of "Outline of". There are about 540 outlines, so an additional pass even with AWB is pretty cumbersome and time-consuming. I'm looking for a more efficient way to do this. Thank you though. Every input helps. Can you think of anything else? Where are the advanced features documented? The Transhumanist 01:30, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
%%title%%
Rich Farmbrough, 16:40, 7 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Thank you. I'll try it. The Transhumanist 19:21, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Infobox cardinal maker[edit]

do you still need this template? if so, we should add some documentation. Frietjes (talk) 00:43, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it's obsolete. Rich Farmbrough, 12:28, 6 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

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Wikipedia perl script repository[edit]

You mentioned interest in starting a repository for perl scripts.

What should its structure be? That is, how should the perl scripts be presented? (Each on its own page, all on one page, or some other way?)

Here's a place to start: Wikipedia:Scripts/Perl scripts

This is something we can build as we go, while working on other perl-related projects, starting with the initial script you sent me. That script isn't proprietary, is it? (I figured I better ask before I deposit it).

I hearby release it GFDL/CCBYSA3.0 Rich Farmbrough, 00:55, 11 December 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Which reminds me, have you found the second script you were going to toss at me?     The Transhumanist 00:41, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Db-vandalism-notice[edit]

Hi Rich Farmbrough, I've reverted your edits to this page. I don't think being "friendly" is necessary to users who attempt to create inappropriate pages. --Bryce (talk | contribs) 06:37, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen people being warned with this type of template for creating GF pages. Our templates are one of the biggest reasons of new editor loss. Rich Farmbrough, 12:41, 31 December 2011 (UTC).[reply]
I've altered it in a different way - what do you think? --Bryce (talk | contribs) 05:21, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good to me. Rich Farmbrough, 12:09, 4 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Nonexistent template[edit]

Hi Rich. Not sure who to ask, but I thought I'd try you since you seem knowledgeable about such things. Do you know what {{ISO 639 name sux-Latn}} is, and why all the constellations transclude it? 28bytes (talk) 20:22, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sux is the ISO 639 code for Sumerian, and -Latn determines the script. This is actually based on an IETF RFC, I believe, which is in turn based on two standards for languages and scripts with a bit of faffing about thrown in. The tempalte family is intended to be flexible, rather than rigorous, to accommodate user error. Rich Farmbrough, 20:37, 4 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Forgive my ignorance, but what does it actually do? 28bytes (talk) 20:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well mainly puts articles in Category:Articles containing Sumerian language text, via {{Lang|sux}} for example. But also can be used anywhere you want to convert from a code to a language name. One of incidental the advantages is that text included in {{Lang}} templates has implicit meta-data that keeps spell checking agents away. Rich Farmbrough, 21:00, 4 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Ah, OK, that helps. What is the significance of the superscript "MUL" in Orion (constellation)'s transclusion of the template? 28bytes (talk) 21:16, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect it is that Orion is a multiple star system, and does not belong inside the template, but I do not know. Rich Farmbrough, 21:19, 4 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
OK. Well, at least one mystery solved, anyway. Thanks for your expertise! 28bytes (talk) 21:25, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
" The determiner glyph for "constellation" or "star" in these lists is MUL (𒀯)." Babylonian star catalogues Rich Farmbrough, 21:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Huh. Learn something new every day. Wonder if would make since to link the "MUL" to that for readers as clueless as me? 28bytes (talk) 21:55, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Presumably when web-fonts are available,the original can be added (𒀯 doesn't render for me, and most stuff does). But maybe an explicit note. Rich Farmbrough, 11:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
The footnote you added was perfect! Thanks again. 28bytes (talk) 18:06, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Outline of Perl#Text editors that support Perl scripting (eom)[edit]

TB[edit]

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Awkward[edit]

Template:Awkward now also takes a date parameter. Debresser (talk) 23:22, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Rich Farmbrough, 23:29, 15 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

How many Morphos[edit]

You were right to question this and I'll change the text.Lamas reduced the number of Morpho species without saying why.In fact synonymies (in any taxon) are seldom explained Funet being no exception.The problem is Le Moult and Real (with it's many faults) remains the standard work hence "many authorities". De Vries has faults too.Web names are variously derived and EOL and NHM opt out altogether (for many Valid name = Valid species so this term does not help in the least) I'll put something alng these lines on the articles talk page. Modified it can then replace the unrefed text.All the best and a Happy New Year Notafly (talk) 09:29, 4 January 2012 (UTC) PS. What do the Japanese make of all this I wonder.[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:First year of decade et al[edit]

Template:First year of decade,Template:First year of next decade and Template:First year of previous decade has been nominated for deletion. Rich Farmbrough, 17:20, 11 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you and update[edit]

Hi Rich,


I wanted to thank you for your reply at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Academic_Conferences, and to tell you have I've now extended the query to cover three specific conferences relating to a particular paragraph (I'm a little worried that it's an old enough thread that it won't get enough attention, hence my hawking for more opinion here... :) Failedwizard (talk)

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False Positive from FemtoBot[edit]

Hey Rich, could you doublecheck one of FemtoBot's edits here? It seems that the bot re-created an old cleanup category for September 2006 - but, near as I can tell, there are no articles to populate it. I can find no related changes that add (or remove) the category, so it's not like the category had an article earlier today. The kicker is that the bot termed the category as "Non-empty", which may point to the error. Not a huge deal, but thought you might want to look into it. Thanks! UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 14:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this happens. There was almost certainly an article where either someone misunderstood the dating, or, more likely a revert was done, which has since had the tag re-dated or removed. Finding the article now is almost impossible, I am planning to have the bot add the name of a member of the cat to the edit summary when re-creating, just to satisfy our curiosity. Rich Farmbrough, 14:06, 12 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
That's kinda what I figured - crisis averted, it would seem. Thanks for checking on it for me. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 15:06, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stub tags[edit]

Please stop removing stub tags from short articles containing long lists (e.g. Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, Munidopsis, Draba, etc.) It is not helpful. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:48, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I hear you. Rich Farmbrough, 07:57, 19 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Adrian Edmondson[edit]

You have made a recent edit to a page about me. I have tried a number of channels to try and remove factual inaccuracies about me on this page, all to no avail. How do I do it? Do you know? Can you help? Where can I be verified as myself??? They're not huge lies, it's just the boring kind of stuff I'm bored of answering whenever I'm interviewed... Cheers, Adrian Edmondson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrianedmondson (talk • contribs) 00:17, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

info-en@wikipedia.org. Two people have left you messages saying that. I did remove a couple of sentences that you challenged, a lot of this stuff is of borderline significance whether true or false. Rich Farmbrough, 21:35, 11 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

NRIS dead link[edit]

Template:NRIS dead link also takes a date parameter, and is quite full (with 800 articles), but there is no structure yet. Debresser (talk) 01:19, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, got it. Rich Farmbrough, 01:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Another one is Template:Third-party-inline. Debresser (talk) 01:39, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, already got that one. Rich Farmbrough, 01:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Userspace edits?[edit]

Why does this bot make edits to pages in userspace? I created an article "template" (containing the basic outline of an article without details) in my userspace to facilitate creation of articles with similar formats and it kept adding dates that I don't want in a blank template that I plan to use for future articles where the current date will not be applicable. I had to remove the {{Userspace draft}} template from the page to get this bot to stop editing it. Why edit pages in userspace? The edits were invasive & unwanted and wouldn't stop until I removed that useful template from the article. DemonJuice (talk) 21:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I understand. However the page is not a userspace draft. The {{Userspace draft}} template is for actual drafts, and is dated so that we can keep a record of how old they are. If you want to create articles directly by cutting and pasting this then you don't need the userspace draft at all. If you want to create userspace drafts then you can use includeonly tags, and create a new user draft page by entering (for example) {{subst:User:DemonJuice/sandbox/Portland Timbers season template}}. Rich Farmbrough, 21:39, 19 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
What template would you recommend I use on a blank article template such as that then? I'm using {{Userpage}} right now but that didn't seem to suit it as well as {{Userspace draft}}. DemonJuice (talk) 21:48, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well you could try {{Workpage}} or {{User sandbox}}. Or not use one at all, since you have "only" another 10 or so season pages to create. Rich Farmbrough, 22:00, 19 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
OK, thanks. I was just worried about it being picked up by one of those aggregator sites that seem to pinch content willy-nilly from Wikipedia and publish it. DemonJuice (talk) 22:04, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Today I found a couple of pages which mirrored diffs' of User:SmackBot's most mundane edits.... Try adding __NOINDEX__, although I think those templates probably include it. Rich Farmbrough, 22:07, 19 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
Excellent. Thanks again. DemonJuice (talk) 22:16, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Mathdab[edit]

Since you have taken part on the discussion about the reversion of the common-sense move of Template:Mathdab to Template:Mathematics disambiguation, you may wish to comment on a new move proposal. Lmatt (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Linear-gradient[edit]

Please review the documentation on {{linear-gradient}} and note the different parameter format then that of {{gradient}}. — Edokter (talk) — 18:31, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, foolish me. Rich Farmbrough, 09:06, 15 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Your recent edit to my user page[edit]

Please refrain from removing content from my user page; instead, please leave me a note on my talk page so I could reduce the "massive cruft" if it really bothered you. Thanks --Bryce (talk | contribs) 03:01, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, would have left a note if I'd realised it was you. I was doing some work on 41,848 user pages and yours was third biggest.... Rich Farmbrough, 11:21, 5 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Asked[edit]

There is a question at Template_talk:Monthly_clean-up_category/core#Edit_request, which I think you are most qualified to answer. Debresser (talk)

Thank you for doing so. Debresser (talk) 03:32, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Libby Zion law[edit]

I notice both you and RjwilmsiBot are adding persondata to plenty of articles. I have been trying to add short description parameters and have noticed that in the last two days both of you have added the template to the above article. I'm not sure what category is being used to pick this up (possibly the WP: Biography talk page template) but is there any chance of blacklisting this article, It's hard enouogh clearing a 600,000+ category without articles being wrongly included by automatic edits. Thanks. Waacstats (talk) 16:36, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Don't know how I missed them. Waacstats (talk) 16:46, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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