I run my own bot, DASHBot, which does a variety of tasks. See here for a list.
I periodically make changes to the Edit Filter: Responding to false positive reports and browsing the requested filters. here is a log of the changes I've made to the Edit Filter (some users will not be able to see some of the detailed changes, for security purposes).
I have an account on the Wikimedia OTRS system. I am not very active there, but I do periodically log on to answer emails sent to the foundation.
I have an account on the Wikimedia toolserver. The toolserver hosts DASHBot, online tools, and a partial copy of the Wikimedia wiki databases. See a full list of my toolserver projects.
The Wikiproject Watchlist is a tool designed to help wikiprojects keep track of their articles. It is made to look and feel similar to the watchlist that wikipedia users have access to. It accepts a wikiproject baner template or category.
Hot Articles produces the most edited articles that are in the domain of a cetrian WikiProject, over a certain period of time. It has an API that User:HotArticlesBot uses to generate it's lists.
Cat Track logs the number of pages in a category over time. It then produces a graph showing the population of that category, which is intended to be useful in monitoring the status of backlogs. I use the google visualization API, so its nice and intuitive (although it does require flash) See the page tracking the number of unreferenced BLPs as an example.
The tool also has the option to export the raw data (in CSV and WikiText format).
This tool is in development: intended to create graphs for use with Sock Puppet Investigations. Currently it is limited to administrators on the English Wikipedia (users must log in using their TUSC account). It relies on Google's visualization API, and crashes when users have many edits (because it renders the scatterplots client-side). I don't know, either, how useful it may be.
This tool ties together Google Maps and the wikipedia API. It allows users to search within Google Maps, drag and drop pins, and then save to Wikipedia in one click. It's still kind of buggy and I'm not sure how useful it really is. Anyways, if you want to see something improved/implemented: leave me a message on my talk page.
This was an idea I played with a while back. Basically, I was playing around with X!'s (awesome) edit counter tool and was given an error that the request I'd given had taken up too much memory. I found out that this happened because X!'s tool pulls all of an editor's edits into memory, and then computes the edit time graphs (the bars that indicate how many edits you've made to which namespaces by moth). I decided it'd be nice to see if I could do this entirely on the database side, saving Toolserver resources. I did, and it's faster too! I haven't gotten X! to use it yet, though.
Paramters & Output
Parameters
user : The username of the editor for whom you want edit time details.
db : The toolserver code for the wiki you want worked on. (e.g. 'enwiki_p' for the English Wikipedia)
MonthCounts: Moths (in YYYYMM format) with a corresponding sets of Namespace (numeric IDs) with the number of edits made that month to that namespace.
Barnstars
Barnstars
The Userpage Shield
For the reverting of vandalism that I took forever for me to notice on my userpage, I award you The Userpage Shield. Spitfire19 (Talk) 03:25, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
To Tim1357, for all his work in optimizing and improving the Abuse Filter. Prodegotalk 02:23, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
The Multiple Barnstar
The "What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar should be awarded to a user who identifies a means to improve Wikipedia in a profound way.
This rare multiple barnstar is awarded to Tim1357. Thank you so much for making the User:DASHBot/Wikiprojects bot, which will help wikiprojects reference living people articles. Okip 09:31, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
The Bio-star
For making decent stubs about insects instead of my smelly breath. I dream of horsesIf you reply here, please leave me a ((Talkback)) message onmy talk page. @ 23:24, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence may be awarded in recognition of...community service.
This barnstar is awarded to Tim1357 for his valiant volunteering to create a bot. Thank you for your efforts, you are a real benefit to the project.Ikip 18:19, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
The Wikignome Award
I was unaware of the policy, "Relative newby" here Weaponbb7 (talk) 05:12, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Times 2 billion. Long overdue! --Hammersoft (talk) 16:55, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Please accept this Barnstar for all the improvements of articles resulting from Dashbots gentle chidings ϢereSpielChequers 23:01, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
The da Vinci Barnstar
For your expedient, high-quality work in providing us with a configurable bot to announce filter hits which has been of immense help today and will surely be of help in the future, I hereby award you this slightly renaissance but highly valuable da Vinci Barnstar. Thanks! Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:43, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
The Cleanup Barnstar
For your botty help with unreferenced BLP cleanup, thanks! Gigs (talk) 13:36, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
For making the WikiProject Watchlist tool. This will be brilliant for projects. Mr.Kennedy1talk 14:26, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For DASHBot which has become a great help to AIV and one of my favorite bots. Materialscientist (talk) 05:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Bot operator's barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to you for the work onWikiProject Watchlist. I find it very usefull. Keep up the good work!
Rebuild CatTrack Database
