User talk:DatGuy/Archives/2017/March

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Train2104 in topic Reducing DI-tagged files


Your GA nomination of Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The article Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kees08 -- Kees08 (talk) 21:41, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The article Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kees08 -- Kees08 (talk) 05:02, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

23:23, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Update on Test of code

Hi DatGuy, Not sure if you had read my ping on Wikipedia_talk:Files_for_discussion#Admin_bot_to_delete_old_revisions_of_non-free_files - to read User:Ronhjones/Python, but while at work today I had a sudden idea and on a trial tonight User:Ronhjones/Python2 it was confirmed. I get the hidden file listed as I'm using my admin account - admins can see hidden files. When I use my alt account, the hidden files don't list. You have got an "#except" in there so maybe it won't be an issues if wiki tosses an error? Since no-one else is offering, shall I go and make a new Bot account so we can apply for trial/run it? and use yourself as the tech expert? Ron. Ronhjones  (Talk) 21:53, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: I indeed haven't noticed the ping. Great finding! I commented out the except for debugging, but perhaps you could include it for personal preference. You could either put it on WP:BOTN, ask one of the sysop botops (which you could probably find around WP:BRFA), or go ahead and create the bot account yourself :). Keep in mind WP:BOTPOL, in particular, not to edit outside of it's userspace until it has been approved for trial. Dat GuyTalkContribs 21:56, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
See how we go... Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot Ronhjones  (Talk) 22:45, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
Just reading the proposed code to run (User:RonBot/Source1) - (trying to improve my python!) - where does it remove the template??? - the one DatBot 6 adds to show it's been processed - like {{Orphaned non-free revisions|date=19:55, 22 February 2017 (UTC)}}. Ronhjones  (Talk) 01:36, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Could you add some input at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/RonBot? Thanks Ronhjones  (Talk) 16:07, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

CVUA

@DatGuy: Can you train me in counter-vandalism?AWMSSilent (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

I already have a student. Dat GuyTalkContribs 19:43, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Request to join the Counter-Vandalism Academy

Hi, I'm Algmwc5 and I wish to join the Counter-Vandalism Academy. I've been patrolling the Recent Changes and I'm interested in stopping and removing vandalism on Wikipedia. I don't know the requirements to join the Counter-Vandalism Academy though, so I'm not sure if I can join the Academy. Thanks! Algmwc5 (talk) 10:35, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The article Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kees08 -- Kees08 (talk) 07:14, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

15:26, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Request to join Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy

Hello there, I was wondering if you could train me on counter-vandalism, as I saw that you had 1 open student slot over at Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy. I've been editing for some time now, and been reverting vandalism for a while. but I'm not quite certain that my fundamentals are as in-shape as they should be, and that my understanding of the process is as strong as it could be. If you could mentor me, I'd greatly appreciate it.

--Kostas20142 (talk) 12:04, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

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  • this edit saved a link that is not dead. It can be reported through the same interface used to run the bot as it keeps a database of false positives and relies on user input. -- GreenC 00:10, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

RonBot

Hi DatGuy, I tried a dummy run with save lines commented out - see User:RonBot/DummyRun. A few syntax errors, I think I've sorted those out, other interesting bits listed on page as well. Ronhjones  (Talk) 00:33, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

22:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Reducing DI-tagged files

Would it be possible for DatBot not to reduce non-free files tagged with DI tags? As the file is most likely going to be deleted after a week (or 2 days), the size reduction is pointless. — Train2104 (t • c) 02:16, 22 March 2017 (UTC)