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Look what Lightmouse gave me form Christmas:

• User:Lightmouse/AWB/scripts/delink_to_dmy
• User:Lightmouse/AWB/scripts/delink_to_mdy
• User:Lightmouse/AWB/scripts/all_dates_to_dmy
• User:Lightmouse/AWB/scripts/all_dates_to_mdy

ou're a fucking loser who edits wikipedia pages. Get a fucking life. YIf you need any help installing them, let me know. Ohconfucius (talk) 07:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh nice, thanks. Is there any way to choose when to use one, or should I try to delink by category and ignore ones that change the formatting from dmy to mdy or vice-versa. NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 15:01, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer to go by categories, which I find is more productive. Of course, there will always be misclassifications and the like, which becomes an override decision on the part of users. Happy editing! Ohconfucius (talk) 03:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would add that I have found on my travels that a certain fraction of articles have both linked and unlinked dates, and that in order to make all date formats consistent, it is probably better to use the latter two scripts. The former scripts only converts (and delinks) those which are already linked. Ohconfucius (talk) 04:22, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Insert fake time sig for now, till I can save these links somewhere else. NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 15:01, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• A discussion at Lightmouse's house may be of interest to you. Ohconfucius (talk) 05:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hola, depending on your view of the Arbitrary Committee, you may want to relax your script-assisted date delinking for the time being. Cheers, Skomorokh 04:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notice. I had clarified with Arbitrator Jayvdb, and he said that a delink without automated bots a couple of times per hour would be acceptable. Do you feel I am exceeding this editing frequency? If so, please tell me, and I'll stop. (Note that my whitelinks/ref script does not delink dates). NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 04:15, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, not at all, it's just that one tends to use such scripts semi-consciously, and I didn't want you to run afoul of the authorities in case you decided to go on an altruistic format-fixing spree. It's not the whitelinks/ref script but the "wp:datescript-assisted date/terms audit] mentioned here that tipped me off. Nothing to worry about, happy editing, Skomorokh 04:20, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi NuclearWarfare, thanks for supporting my RFA and indeed for having it watchlisted, if you want to see the full Oscar version of my acceptance speech, click here. WereSpielChequers

Hi, I saw you tl a help template here. The reason I left it active is because I thought another editor should read over the answers I gave and either agree or disagree. I answered because the questions as posed did not give full information and would have required quite a bit of digging for any editor who was not familiar with the situation already. Could you please have a look at the talk page and see if you agree, as the editor has reopened another help template (this time admin help). Thanks. NJGW (talk) 21:40, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message. I have responded to that, and filed a third opinion. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 21:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've read through it and have given the article some minor changes. The GAN reviewer should be able to come up with some problems that need fixing, but hopefully not much (or else I didn't do my job correctly). In any case, I'm putting up the article at WP:GAN on Wednesday, when I come back. You can nominate it earlier, if you want, but I won't be there to help until after Wednesday.

Cheers! --haha169 (talk) 22:43, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll see if I can improve it and flesh out some sections before then. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 23:24, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

found vandalism on this image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SnarkInspiration.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.86.191 (talk) 02:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for alerting me (How did you pick me, by the way?). I have fixed the good faith edits on the image.[1] Feel free to ask me if you need help again. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 02:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have finally finished the prep work for Fielding. Here is a list of things I need you and Peter to complete. If there are any questions about individual sections, missing info, etc, just contact me and I will provide the bulk. I basically need help with all the formatting. Right now, I am keeping everything on one page (the individual plays sections right now). Wikilinks, leads, summaries (for the "early plays" page) and formatting are the primary concerns. Any work is a help, and remember, this will be 15 pages (plus one more about the 1733 Actor's Rebellion, which I will put together tomorrow). Thanks and sorry for the delay. Ottava Rima (talk) 03:26, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Volume 5, Issue 7

Weekly Delivery

2009-02-16

Delivered by §hepBot (Disable) at 07:17, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In your opinion, what are the biggest problems with Avatar: The Last Airbender? This might make my job a little easier. And about the Universe page, there are sections which I think should just be cut and given a mention in another section. WHSL ^(Talk) 03:43, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The two biggest problems, right now, are probably Cultural Influences and Response. If you could prosify them, that would be best.

And do you want to discuss a proposed reorganization of Universe on its talk page then? I'd probably agree with you on a lot of it; it is too long right now. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 03:46, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. WHSL ^(Talk) 06:29, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind explaining why File:Numb3rs Insignia.jpg shouldn't be converted to an SVG image? It's non-photographic, simple, monochromatic, and (I'll confess no firsthand experience, as I don't know how to make them) seemingly really easy to do.

Also, why did you remove the {{watermark}} template from the image? It is watermarked with the CBS eye logo, which should be removed (as isn't not a libre element).

BTW, I like how your page gives me messages when I came to leave you a message. That's really neat. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 07:06, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because...I am an idiot who thought that the image was being used under the NFCC? My mistake. I have rollbacked my edits. Thanks for letting me know. Also, since you seem to have watchlisted that image, you must be interested in Numb3rs. Care to check out Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Numb3rs episodes? NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 07:10, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, gotcha, no problem! I thought I'd missed a memo or something; thanks!

Re: NUMB3RS, I am, in fact, a fan, and I'll take a look at that in the morning. Thanks for the heads up. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 07:25, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I confirm that I made the ACC request for User:Arakumen as a Doppleganger. Thanks! Arakunem^Talk 15:52, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Done It has been created then. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 15:54, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks! Arakunem^Talk 16:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 61 support, 3 oppose, and 1 neutral Cheers! Nja247 19:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately I live in Australia, so I can't really help you out there (not that living in Australia is unfortunate ;)). The list is looking really good, but I must warn you that they may ask you to remove the image. I went through the lead and gave it a small copyedit, but otherwise, everything else looks fine. :) Corn.u.co.pia • Disc.us.sion 04:55, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One person asks for an image, another recommends its removal :) I'll just see what later reviews say. Thanks for the copyedit and the research. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 04:58, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. In this edit, you removed "|Jericho" from Category:Lists of drama television series episodes. I think this edit is not correct because piping is helping in categorisation in List of episodes categories. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:47, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That was a manual part of the changes that I made with that script. I'll see if I can fix that one. Thanks for letting me know. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 15:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support in my RfA, which closed with 83 ayes to the right, one no to left and five abstaining users! Sabre (talk) 20:40, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On February 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 01:28, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

how are you goingThe Nice Hollaback Girl (talk) 07:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I was just wondering why you removed the Morse Code information from the Jericho wiki page. That was very useful information to me a few days ago and now it has been removed. I think it should go back up onto the wiki.

Thanks, Boneill428 (talk) 07:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That information can still be found on the season subpages (Jericho (season 1) and Jericho (season 2)) as well as on each of the individual episode pages, if you wish to find them. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 15:57, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As a Juliancolton-talk page stalker, I have seen you around a lot, asking Julian to do some Demographics work. I looked around, and some of the bot work you are doing seems somewhat interesting. Is there any way that I could help? NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 05:28, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Julian is cool, and his talk page has become an interesting hub of activity. I understand why you lurk there.

First things first, do you have a bot account? If so, what is it called?

I have a bot account, User:NWBot, but it does not have a flag. I'd be willing to go through the BRFA process, but I hope I still remember the password :) NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 22:05, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Next question: are you registered to use AWB, and do you have it installed?

Yep :) NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 22:05, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: we find WP:WikEd and WP:LINKY invaluable tools for batch editing (WikEd for creating input lists (using its search/replace features, and Linky for loading lots of pages into subwindows ("tabs") in Firefox - which brings Firefox's tab controls into play). Which brings us to the next question:

Do you have Firefox, WP:WikEd, and WP:LINKY installed?

Got both of those. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 22:05, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also looking for those rare individuals who are experienced macro users (a rare breed), or willing to become such.

Not exactly sure what that is. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 22:05, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that currently, there are some non-bot tasks that are bottlenecking us that need the close interactive attention of dedicated editors.

For example, in order to apply AWB effectively to the CIA World Factbook Demographics statistics (which are in really sad shape) on the "Demographics of" country pages, we need a key - a standard string we can target for filtering and skipping within AWB - so we can target just the pages with the CIA stat sets, to minimize search/replace errors.

That key shall be the heading for that section - we're standardizing it for all these pages. Unfortunately, this has to be done manually (or semi-manually - as AWB and LINKY can speed up tasks like this to some degree).

The demographics work is a tangent my team has taken on, since it supports our main focus which is the development of the geography branch of Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge, specifically its outlines on the World's countries. There are about 250 pages in that set, and this has proved to be a huge undertaking. We are trying to get these ready to move to article space, and the vast majority of our tasks pertain to these outlines.

We could sure use your help! Would you like to join our team?

Sure! NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 22:05, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And while lots of bot tasks are in the pipeline, we have just as many interactive AWB/LINKY semi-automated batch tasks that need to be done, including a lot of (template) substitution work as well.

Right now, I need the most help on interactive tasks, though if you choose to help here, I'll be sure to throw in plenty of bot tasks (assuming you are set up to do them) over time.

I look forward to your reply.

The Transhumanist    21:57, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I replied in line; it seemed easier that way :) NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 22:05, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, can you remember the password to your bot account?!!!

OK, I got the bot account, and I still remember the password, though it does not have the bot flag. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 23:17, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A macro program lets you record keystroke sequences (what you type in on your keyboard) and play them back by assigning them to a "hot key" that you press to activate the macro. Using macros, you can automate just about any repetitive task on your computer. The best macros are programmable, allowing you to use variables, input breaks (like "Y/N?"), and lots of other powerful features. The macro program I'm experienced with allows me to execute repetitive tasks across Windows (multi-window operations in which the macro switches windows to do something in each, like grab some data from one, and insert it in another). Used in combination with Linky, macro programs are exceedingly powerful - you can use them to process all the pages you've loaded into tabs, save each page, and close out each tab before moving on to the next one. Note that repetitive macros are by definition bots, and so they fall under Wikipedia's bot guidelines. But you can easily make macros that are interactive.

However, note that at the bot department it was stated that we don't need bot approval to use bots on the country outlines. See Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Worldbot for details.

My guess is that macro proficiency would increase your productivity by at least a factor of 3 on this and similar projects.

See if you can understand AutoHotKey - I never bothered with it because Macro Express does just about everything I can think of for it to do.

By the way, welcome to the team.

The Transhumanist    23:08, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, where would a good place to download this be? NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 23:17, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This task has two parts for each page you edit:

1. Add a lead section to those articles that lack one
2. Standardize the heading for the CIA World Factbook Demographics statistics (in those articles that have that set of statistics), and add a standard section lead to the section.

The first thing you need to do is familiarize yourself with the CIA demographics statistics set so you can recognize the complete set when you see it.

Here's the list of the country demographics articles: User:The Transhumanist/Country demographics articles.

Using Linky, from that page you can load 99 of them at a time into tabs to make them easy to inspect. (Highlight an area of the screen and then right-click - select Linky from the pop-up menu and follow the instructions / select from the options provided). When you are done looking at one article, press Ctrl-W, and that tab will be closed and the contents of the next tab will be displayed almost instantly on you screen.

We've already formatted many of them (like about half of them). You'll notice when you get to the ones with crappy formatting. Most of those need the new standard heading.

After you've gotten good at spotting the stat set, I need you to add the standard section heading and section lead to each article that presents the stat set.

You also need to make sure that the stats are included under the same heading. Some editors have divided it up into separate sections, without a heading for the stat set as a whole! You need to consolidate the various sections as subheadings under the standard heading.

Set the heading level of the stat set to whatever works for each specific article. On most pages, the stat sets fits well at the end as under a level 2 heading. On other pages it needs to be a subheading of an existing over-arching demographics statistics section (the CIA isn't the only source for this kind of information after all).

If the stat set has been heavily modified with material from additional sources, you should skip those, unless the alternate sources have been provided as citations.

Don't worry about reformatting all the statistics. Once the heading is in place, we'll be able to automate much of the format fixing using AWB-bots, targetting just those pages that include the heading.

When you come across a "Demographics of" article that has no lead section, place this at the top of the page (after any hat notes - you know, wherever the lead paragraph should be):

{{subst:User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox23|country name}}

Where it says "country name" type in the country's name.

When you come across the CIA demographics statistics set that doesn't yet have the standard heading, replace its current heading with this:

{{subst:User:The Transhumanist/Sandbox26}}

The standard heading and section lead is in that sandbox.

Make sure all the CIA stats fall under that section, adjusting the levels of any other headings used for it, accordingly.

If you have any questions, please ask.

Good luck.

Have fun.

The Transhumanist    23:08, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A lot statistics in that article are not from the CIA. They are from UK sources. It seems strange to state that they are from the CIA unless stated otherwise and then you find that most of are stated otherwise. Jolly Ω Janner 23:49, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for informing me. I saw the pd-CIA tag in this version of the article, so I figured it was OK to add that. I'm still learning though, so thanks for giving me a heads up :) NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 23:58, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the team! I see The Transhumanist has already given you a lot of work to do! :) The Helpful One 11:19, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you run your script on List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Astronauts) too? Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, looks like you did, thanks! — Rlevse • Talk • 12:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem :) NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 15:58, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear NuclearWarfare,

I wondered why you changed the talkshow radio information on the Dwight Schultz page, the information is correct you see. Mr. Schultz will be back with his shows in march 2009. You might want to undo the change that you made or perhaps you could explain to me what was wront with the edit that was made to it?

Kind regards Hilletje

Thank you for your message. I looked over my edit again here, and I think I remember why I reverted this edit. I probably should not have reverted it so quickly without giving you a message, but you can reinstate it quite easily. Your edit, while quite probably true, did not attribute a "reliable source." Reliable sources generally include things like official websites (in this case) or newspaper stories that can verify what you are saying is true. So feel free to undo my edit, but if you do, could you please add a link in between <ref></ref> tags, so that someone could check to see if the content is true? Thanks.

Please feel to ask if you have any more questions.

Regards, NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 17:58, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I got your message, thank you for the explanation.....I don't exactly yet how to put to edit things with stating a reliable source behind it. Maybe you can just undo it with this source mentioned? Here people can read that the edit was correct http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/author/dschultz/

sorry I still don't know how those tildes work...I'll try to figure that out soon. Hilletje

I moved the discussion to the FLC talk page, because it wasn't really relevant to that FLC. I don't understand all of your reasoning, namely the "lost for eternity part". Dabomb87 (talk) 03:08, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]