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And then my situation with NPWatcher comes in the way :( - Oh well - thanks anyway. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:06, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Also, is there a log which shows all the articles you created? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Bot
This list says all common mis-spellings. You think (I know you are not so experienced with bots) you could make a bot for me, If not I know where I can suggest it. It's just that I want a bot so bad... - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
That's great! Which one do I download? I use WIndows XP, if that helps. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:26, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I downloaded the framework. What exactly do you download from here[1]? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:35, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
It's downloading, should be done by the time you read this. Can you give me step by step after this? And I'm not very familiar with command line. Could you help? Also should I go ahead and request approval for a bot? Thanks! - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:40, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, I meant if you could give me step-by-step instructions. I installed Python what next? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:43, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Yep - did all that. Should I open "Python Command Line"? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:45, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Oh. I didn't. What do I do next then? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
At this point it seems like I'm reading like a different language. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, looks like I'm bothering you. I was actually reading through the directions in the Oython attachment, those look easier. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Confused
I was reading the directions in the Python manual (confusing) - those are easier (the ones you just showed me). How do you open a text editor? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:03, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Done. I did everything up till "Other wiki pages". Now what? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:09, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Oh ok. I named it "Oreobot" - Can I just create a new account with the link. Also, should I go to RFBA now? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Created it. How do i log in with command line? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I typed in "user-config" for the first step, and it says name error: "user" is not defined. Any suggestions? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
command line I think - the place with the black screen in the background. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Bot 2
Here is what it says:
mylang = 'en'
usernames['wikipedia']['en'] = u 'Oreobot'
Nope... I'll try it on my laptop tomorrow this doesn't have service pack 2 - that might be the problem? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:36, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
You use XP right - well I'm not sure if you have it but its free download it. Do you want a link? It's extremely helpful. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:49, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Most XP people already have it. (except me) - and I can't download it either. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:52, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Hope so, we'll find out at 3pm tomorrow - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:54, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
And just for the heck of it: click here :) Those are all of em. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, yeah... I moved the file before I took the shot. Sorry :(- Milk'sFavoriteCookie 03:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Efficient
Nice to see you're working efficiently![2] :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 02:58, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, thanks. :) I guess we both just posted at (nearly) the exact same time. jj137(talk) 03:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
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Question
Would it be plagarising/non-free use to use the info in this pic to make an svg file for wikipedia (specifically, Sirius)? I wasn't sure, so I would appreciate your opinion on whether that would be ok or not. Thingg⊕⊗ 04:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I would say maybe GFDL or fair use, but you might want to get a second opinion, because I'm not 100% sure. jj137(talk) 12:16, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
SANTANA TO METS!
BREAKING NEWS! SANTANA TRADED TO THE METS FOR 4 PROSPECTS! --HPJokerLeave me a message 23:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Just heard! Wow! Do you think you will write something about it in the newsletter this week? jj137(talk) 03:07, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
You think? You think! Hell yeah I will! Story of the off season. I just wish we had more readers.
ALSO! How can I apply myself for an RFA? I'm considering more of myself as a vandal fighter than an editer. More like a power running back in football. Could you give me some editing tips? --HPJokerLeave me a message 03:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Can you nominate me? Having some trouble finding it....?
By editing tips, I mean how do I find bits in articles to edit? HPJokerLeave me a message 23:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Would that affect me in getting an RFA later? HPJokerLeave me a message 01:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
RfA thanks
I am not one for sending round pretty pictures, but after my recent RfA, which passed 68/1/7, I am now relaxed and this is to thank you for your support. I will take on board all the comments made and look forward to wielding the mop with alacrity. Or two lacrities. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey, tried it on the laptop - didn't work :(. Also, can you email me the text that was deleted on Gianfranco Contini, someone said it was copyrighted. I'm not so sure because he placed a speedy on some other articles and they have been removed by other admins, so.... thanks. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Hmm, just read it over - doesn't look like a copyvio to me, can you look it over? Thanks. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:49, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I was going to say that (different language), and no for your second question - why? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Actually that's what I did.... I never knew that was considered a copyvio - but I did not get it from there.... - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Well - I did not get it from there. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 22:02, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Go to my sandbox all the way at the bottom is the exact text. Is that still a copyvio? And also, the guy has received quite a few requests of articles that have been restored. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 22:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you think History of the Byzantine Empire (1430-1453) should be deleted - it's already in Byzantine Empire and its written in a better way, and Byzantine Empire is a featured article. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 22:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I added a Prod tag to it. jj137(talk) 23:07, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Bot
Are you experienced with any other types of bot creations (Python doesn't look like it's going to work) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I am familiar with AWB, which is very efficient, but I haven't really tried any other types. jj137(talk) 23:21, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't think AWB can work automatically - or can it? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Can you help me on this one? (AWB was working fine earlier today when I used it) :) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, a lot of things don't seem to work (NPWatcher, Python) on my computer, so AWB is... - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I did that - so after it/if it gets approved what do I do? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Fantasy Baseball
Seems that ESPN will never open league creation, so I created a new league on CBS Sportsline. You should register an account there, and the draft is this Sunday at 1 P.M. If anything Is wrong, please tell me. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 00:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
That's odd. Do you have an account? STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 11:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Try searching for "League of the Wiki" on league search, and join. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 12:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
RfA thanks from Happy-melon
I just wanted to say thanks for your support for my RfA, which closed (74/2/0) this morning. Your comment and support was very much appreciated. Happy‑melon 10:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Parish of St. Monica and St. James, Capitol Hill
Hello,
This topic is re "03:46, 1 January 2008 Jj137 (Talk | contribs) deleted "Parish of St. Monica and St. James, Capitol Hill" (Deleted because "CSD G11 - spam". using TW)"
I created this page. As someone new to Wikipedia I am not sure what "CSD G11 - spam" means, but to the best of my understanding the page is not spam. Can the page be reinstated?
Thanks,
StMJ
Big hole brewing company
Greetings. I noticed that you switched the speedy deletion on Big Hole Brewing Company to a prod instead. I don't necessarily object, as clearly you have edited far more than I, and thus presumably are better acquainted with deletion policies. But I am curious as to the reasoning, so I can be sure to properly tag any future articles. Thanks. Zahnrad (talk) 12:32, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi. The main reason I changed it to a Prod was simply because I was hesitant to deleted it under CSD, and thought there may be some notability. That's all. jj137(talk) 21:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I have deleted this article (which you created) under CSD A3, because it had no content (consisted only of empty tables and template transclusions, most of which were broken). You're welcome to recreate it, but I thought I should let you know because there was possibly some issue with whatever script you were using to create the season articles (I came across this one via the random article button). —Random832 20:24, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
OK then. There's about 2000 or so of those baseball seasonal articles, and some of them which aren't yet Start-Class or higher still need to be expanded. Unfortunately, I have been delaying the expansion of these articles (which I really shouldn't have done), but since you have brought it to my attention, I will take care of it. If it's all right, I'd like to restore the article, expand it, and expand all of the others around it (or as many as I can). jj137(talk) 21:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I've restored the article (though I don't really see how it's useful in its current form). Sorry for deleting it, I'd actually assumed that this was supposed to have been created with the tables actually populated and your script had had an error or something. —Random832 21:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
No, just my laziness showing. :) I'll get to work. jj137(talk) 21:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi! This article, that you deleted as a result of an AfD, has been recreated. I don't know how close the current article is to the one that was deleted, but the sources look identical to me. Please let me know if there is a step I should take here, or if you can handle this. Thanks, Darkspots (talk) 21:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
It was exactly the same as the deleted text. I deleted it per CSD G4. Thanks for telling me. jj137(talk) 21:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. Darkspots (talk) 23:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
"An error has occurred"
Each time I try to join the league it keeps saying, "An error has occurred" - Any suggestions, or is it just me again? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
No, it's not just you, it's doing that to me too. I'm stuck. jj137(talk) 22:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't know why it isn't working. We should find a new website. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 22:25, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Well they are the same thing (Fox=MSN).... and yeah I would say they are good. I'm pretty sure you have to create a new Hotmail account though. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Well... yeah. I have just about an account on every possible 'mail' website - so no need for me to worry :) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
2 things
Where is the list that shows all pages that need Disambiguation on Wikipedia? And, on the little images on top of my talk page - why do the feautured images when you click on them lead you to nowhere? Thanks, - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I fixed the links. Do you mean all disambiguation pages that need ((disambig)) added? Or just links fixed so that they don't link to disambiguation pages? jj137(talk) 23:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I mean pages, um, that have multiple links and a new disambig page needs to be created. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:31, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh - because like a month ago I saw that page, and I wanted to do that now. Bot ok. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm not going to - there's only been two different vandal edits. jj137(talk) 02:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
True, but with the Super Bowl, you can definitely expect a lot more. But, ok. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Alright - also - Boston Celtics I added about 35 references to that, now I do I split the ref list at the bottom into two sections like, well most other featured articles? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:09, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, ok. Also, can you believe it: I still (along with around 80 other people) haven't been approved for Vandal Proof. (Didn't we have this conversation like...in December?) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Johan Santana
Want to help me here. Kind of an edit war going on the Santana page. I'm wanting to put Mets on there and he reverts it talking about a physical, which is scheduled for Saturday. My case is that a pitcher like him ain't gonna crash at that moment. Everyone passes the physical, or at least 2 time Cy Young Award winning non-power pitchers that I wish I could write about but can't since I can't find the newsletter. =-) HPJokerLeave me a message 05:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
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So sorry I couldn't do it yesterday. I was so busy yesterday with homework and getting ready for the Super Bowl. I can make it up to you. Have anything in mind? HPJokerLeave me a message 16:20, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
PATS! Trying to create a userbox right now. Have any tips? HPJokerLeave me a message 16:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm trying to create a userbox that says "This user is rooting for the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl". I'm copying User:UBX's template for the Pats userbox and modifying it. How do I get it to be a subpage? HPJokerLeave me a message 16:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Also, when you get back. Could use some help. HPJokerLeave me a message 16:42, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Never mind! Done! Userbox finished! It's under the other section in AFC under the American Football, if you want to check it out. HPJokerLeave me a message 16:58, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Super Bowl...
...and you don't see every games pre-game show starting like 12 hours before the game. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 19:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Yep :) - I saw that, when I saw it edited in Recent Changes. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 20:11, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
It's supposed to start at 6, but probably won't start till 7 :( - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:05, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, here's a nice little true story:
2 years ago (was it?) I was watching the Super Bowl - going for the Pats (like every time...). "The Super Bowl now only 15 mins. away..." said one of em pre-game show guys. So, I ordered Pizza had it delivered, and I was thinking I would be eating pizza, and drinking Pepsi while watching the Super Bowl - both things were done and the Super Bowl hadn't even started :(. So this year I'm going to wait until one team actually kicks off :). I don't trust the guy who just said it's only 15 mins. away now... - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, they keep saying "...in 15 minutes..." every 15 minutes. But looks like its gonna begin now ^.^! - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:06, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
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Halftime...
Not even close to anything I expected... We actually have a game here. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I'll welcome any user regardless of edits or not (also I tend to go for users with good faith edits). jj137(talk) 01:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Okay. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a rule that everyone has to follow. --Alisyntalk 01:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, BTW... The giants will win! --Alisyntalk 01:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The giants won! The pats are done! Giants are best! Pats are much less! --Alisyntalk 03:05, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Milk'sFavoriteCookie 03:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
HELL YEAH!!!!!! IM GONNA GO GLOAT ON IRC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!--Alisyntalk 03:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to invade HP - I really can't believe, I think I'm going to be cashing out a lot of money tomorrow. :( - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 03:17, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Don't be. It's jjs talk page. How can I edit your (Milk) userpage? HPJokerLeave me a message 03:22, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Template_talk:Family_guy_star_wars
The talk page for this template was moved and subsequently deleted. I am requesting that the original contents be restored.Phatom87(talk • contribs) 17:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Never mind looks like the template was delete.Phatom87(talk • contribs) 17:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Black Face appears to be a copybio of[3]. Please delete it. The loss seems to have left a scar, I can't get it out of my head. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
It looks like it has already been deleted. I think the loss gave me some brain damage. jj137(talk) 23:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Lol and you should have seen everyone at school today...... - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah - if the celtics don't make it or win the finals this year - I will probably end up in the hospital. And just to add it all up look at the news section on the main page =(- Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
You're probably not liking eli manning right now either. Oh well, You guys need to draft a running back... RC-0722communicator/kills 23:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Then you need to draft Someone like Jamal Charles. Actually, he'd be good for you guys cuz he can catch. Anywho, thats my opinion. RC-0722communicator/kills 01:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I thought the Pats traded for another 1st round pick? BTW, being a Buckeyes fan, I know all about losing the big game. :) Burner0718(Jibba Jabba!) 02:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I think they might have... I don't keep up with every NFL news, but that sounds right. jj137(talk) 02:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I saw on a mock draft a couple weeks back that the Pats had a top ten pick. Burner0718(Jibba Jabba!) 02:13, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Then they should draft RB Darren McFadden or MLB Laurenaitis (is that how you spell it?). I want to see the Chiefs draft Super Mario. The Pats don't need him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RC-0722 (talk • contribs) 02:25, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
BAD NEWS (well could be)
Asante Samuel has a really good change of nnot staying with the Pats next season - they say he wants too much $money$. NO!!!!! - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Tell me about it - and today I overhear this conversation of someone going: "Remember when the steelers won the Super Bowl" - "Yeah" - "And now they suck" - "Yeah" - "I bet you the Pats are going to as well next year".
- If only I had a gun during that time. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Question
Is there a way to get rid of the title at the top on your user talk page - similar to this guy? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
His coding for it was here, but you can use ((DISPLAYTITLE:)) to pick what you want for the title. jj137(talk) 02:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah - that works, thanks (again) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Bot Help
With your experience, I thought you might be able to create as bot (or possibly two). Please tell me if you could and I will give you more details. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 11:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm sure I could help. I'm very familiar with Python wikipedia bot and AWB software. What exactly do you have in mind? jj137(talk) 20:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I was thinking about a different type of anti-vandalism bot, one that removed gibberish from pages (I'm sure there's a code for that somehow...). My other idea was a bot that patrolled userpages for vandalism, which is something that ClueBot and VOA Bot II both do not do. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 21:22, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm leaning towards Python, and think the user vandal bot would be the best to go. I am pretty sure there is find a way to make it that only other users are counted. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 23:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't really have a lot of time working with PHP. I could try and learn it, though. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 11:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Upon further review, I think it would be easy to modify ClueBot's PHP source code to create a bot that monitors the userspace for vandalism. I'll create a userpage and a RFBA soon. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 11:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, that would be what the page would be for. I may need help with the PHP code, though. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 11:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
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RFA
Someone wanted to nominate me for Admin! So I'm going to run right now - No just kidding, (someone did nominate me, but I'm not running). NOT TILL MARCH :). - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, that's good news to hear! There's someone you know will support you when you run :) jj137(talk) 01:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yep :). I told him you were already nominating me - he said he will co-nominate me instead. :) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah - I was really surprised that Stormtracker's didn't pass. He must have had 10 co-noms. Also, the bot think does not seem to be moving forward. And is it required (I'm pretty sure it is) that the title be bold in the article, like the first time it appears in the first sentence? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah - great editor! Just asking the above because well, a bot should be created to simply bold the title. Oreobot does seem to be moving forward BTW. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
And oh yeah, I was checking my mail, and if you have Yahoo Beta - I suggest you don't check it. Or close you eyes when looking at the front page, and click "Inbox" without seeing it. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Can you see the deleted text of Shrewsbury High School (the one in Massachusetts)? I didn't make the article, but it was deleted as nonsense, and the school exists, so I don't see a reason for that. Just post the text in my sandbox. (Not going to have you email it to me). Thanks. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks - guess it was total nonsense. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 19:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
BTW, I think I have a way to make it work. Is Friday around 3:30 eastern a good draft time for you? Pretty sure you are in eastern time. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 20:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Fantasy Baseball
CBS Sportsline is up and running and the description is....
"A league for wikipedians that have organized it"
Apparently everyone EXCEPT us has joined it. I'll create another one.
ALSO! ESPN.COM OPENS UP ON THE 17th! MAYBE WE COULD TRY THAT IF SPORTSLINE DOESN'T WORK!HPJokerLeave me a message 00:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Before I set it up, anyone know the difference between Standard Rotisserie, 5X5 Rotisserie, Roto Plus, and Weekly Head to Head? Those are the different types of scoring options on CBS Sportsline. Should I do Head-to-head, like it was set up on stormtracker's league? HPJokerHPJokerLeave me a message 01:10, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
First of all, whats a good draft date?
Go cbssportsline.com/fantasy, click play fantasy baseball, look below and click FREE FANTASY BASEBALL. After you've clicked that, click the yellow PLAY NOW button, then enter in you're team name (you're wikipedia name?). After you've entered in your team name, scroll down. You'll see a link that says Search for League by Name. Click that and search for Boston Red Sox Wikiproject. Description is A league for me, jj137, Stormtracker94, and Milk's Favorite Cookie. You should be there then! It's a private league so let me know if you can't find it.
I KNOW WHY YOU COULDN'T GET IN! YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PLAYER NAME! HPJokerLeave me a message 02:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Whats a draft date that will work for you? I can't create the league until I know a date. HPJokerLeave me a message 02:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
First of all, I need a draft date. Remember it doesn't have to be this weekend. I'm available all day tomorrow and Milk doesn't care. Do you have an IM or e-mail I can send the password too? You'll need to give it to me directly because the E-mail this user thing in the toolbox doesn't work for me. HPJokerLeave me a message 03:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Ain't working. How bout this. e-mail me at silentrepublican (at) aol.com
Thats a spam e-mail of mine. I created it a while ago for things like this. HPJokerLeave me a message 03:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm here all day if you want to talk about it. HPJokerLeave me a message 17:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Sportsline works fine for me, I'm not sure if it's your computer or just a server error in your area. Also, the link to ClueBot's PHP code is located here. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 20:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I guess so. I'll create it soon. What will the draft time be? STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 21:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I'll download PHP now. I may have a few questions later. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 21:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Once I get it open, what's the first thing I should do? STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 21:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Let's see, how far along in the installation are you? jj137(talk) 21:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
It says "select a web server." I'm not sure which one to use. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 21:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
It says I don't, but I'm not sure how to open the program after trying not to use a web server. (I don't see Firefox listed, I see things like Apache or CGI.) STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 21:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Looks like sometimes the words have been switched around just a little but other than that... They are all AFD's and while voting and looking over the article I found they were all copyvio's. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I think I'll just let them be deleted through AFD, since it looks like they will be. I don't know if they have enough word-for-word content to be considered a blatant copyvio and be speedy deleted. (Sorry, I'm no expert on that sort of situation.) jj137(talk) 21:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Alright: I got it to work. Is this[7] the league? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
We need 10 people - or the league... "...will be abandoned and you will have to create a new one...". Right now, we have four. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 21:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Whose league are we using? Draft time for my league is at 2/23/08 1PM Eastern Time. So we can see how some of the players do in Spring. HPJokerLeave me a message 22:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I can't draft on Friday at 1. More like after 3 is when I can draft. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 22:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Friday at or after 7 PM ET for me. Thats 5 PM for me. HPJokerLeave me a message 22:32, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
And are those three people, you, milk, and stormtracker? HPJokerLeave me a message 22:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
MORE fantasy baseball
So, do I join your league? Are the 3 people in it you, Milk's Favorite Cookie, and Stormtracker94? HPJokerLeave me a message 01:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Here. Should I leave mine and join yours? I like ESPN better because it has more options. I can have a league for 4 people. I also experienced MAJOR lag in a mock draft on sportsline today. I wanted Billy Wagner and ended up with Gil Meche after hitting Billy Wagner's Draft twice but nothing happened. If this league doesn't work out I can check out ESPN and try out that free league option that Stormtracker found. Is there one for baseball? There should be. I think I might scout Yahoo. So, should I leave my league and join yours? HPJokerLeave me a message 02:41, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to make an ESPN league next week at some point incase CBS doesn't work out, like the draft doesn't work out or something. I can create a league on there so we can draft with four people. HPJokerLeave me a message 04:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Most likely (Yes). Hopefully I can get to know you guys (especially Stormtracker) a bit better in a more playful kind of way instead of this serious wiki way. Would you follow me if CBS didn't work to ESPN? IT'S FREE AND MOCK DRAFTS BEGIN February 11th. HPJokerLeave me a message 04:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for saying yes to my ESPN invite. Talk to your friends. I'm asking an XM DJ right now, and he's saying no! I'll help you ask other people in the project. HPJokerLeave me a message 20:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I meant for the CBS league, but I'll tell Stormtracker and milk about the ESPN thing. I can set-up the ESPN league. Don't worry. I've screwed with ESPN before. HPJokerLeave me a message 20:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
?Question?
How can I have my talk page font the same as the first message in the talk page? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Great! Thanks (I'm going to keep count now - LOL) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks (for saying it looks cool) - Keep count of: The # of times I've said "Thanks" to you. Wait didn't I just do that? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:51, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL - 631 here. I'm just 100 away from reaching our set goal. (12,000) Also, since RFA voters love to see AFD votes, I started voting on just about AFD since yesterday. I want to get my 'Wikipedia' edit count to about 1000. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:57, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Military history WikiProject coordinator elections
The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14! Kirill 03:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
sandbox vandalism?
How did i vandalize the sandbox? also, your message told me that instead of vandalizing the sandbox, i should use the sandbox.WTF???
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Wikipedia:Sandbox. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. jj137 (talk) 23:36, 7 February 2008 (UTC
Ok, now i get it. But why is it blanked every few minutes? the thing says every 12hrs?
Player Stats
Would it be a good idea to upload a large image (seen extremely clearly) of every player's stats of the Celtics? I have a shot of just about everyone's stats. Tell me, and I will get started. Would you like to see an example? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I think it would be better to just input the stats ourselves. They can be sortable, and plus, some people can't even see the images. I would still like to see an example, though. jj137(talk) 01:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I just emailed it to you. No point of uploading it. Should receive the email in 5 mins. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:38, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, well it's already gone, so now there is no real point at all of uploading it. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I was about to start that, going to take a long time, unless of course there is a easier way, which I don't think there is. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:49, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Nah, I'll get started :) - Also, a lot, many of the articles need assessments of the Red Sox players. Get started on that to. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 01:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
How do I make it link to the article talk pages with AWB again? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:22, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. It's ignored 60 pages so far - articles which have already been assessed. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah - the first 200 were assessed, I just skipped them. Here we go - 1004 articles to assess. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:38, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Yeah I won't rush. I want to keep everything leveled out. If the RFA people see 1000 straight assessments - well, yeah... So I will vote in AFD's edit in the mainspace, and assess and keep everything balanced :) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Wow - looks like more pages are being ignored now. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Seems to be skipping several non-assessed articles. Under 'Set Options', I checked Skip if contains and put Red Sox. But it keeps skipping many many un-assessed articles. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, I'm an idiot!! I had 'Skip existing pages' checked from last time! I'm going to continue from where I am now, I'll go back later. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 02:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of One Fine Day!. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Fkick (talk) 03:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)Fkick
AWB
Wow - that was quick! Thank you very much for adding me to the user base. Cheers. --Ckatzchatspy 02:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Article Devadasi revert war
Multiple sock puppets are adding false references about devadasis in this article. Devadasi phenomenon was an offshoot of old Hindu kingdoms in India. The phenomenon has ceased to exist for since 1925 AD. So everything in this article refers to the past not present.
The following IP addresses may be sock puppets of a single user using an anonymizing website for making edits.
All the following edits are coming via an anonymizer website.
Please see the Archives of the discussion page about the previous dispute resolution. I believe it is probably one of the previous editors(banned) who is now coming via an anonymizer website. So watch all the edits of all the above users and identify who is doing the vandalism if you can find out whether they are using anonymizer website esp. the last IP address 202.134.73.50 who has emptied the article MP3 twice.
I need to be more active in the project. I'm the third ranked member as I like to call it.
If you look at the members list, you'll see that I was number 4 with Albert, so I'm now #3. G'night! HPJokerLeave me a message 04:28, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Re: Fantasy Baseball
I think either the league will be disbanded or the person goes to autopick. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox! 22:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Assessments
I created some templates for the asssessments - is that ok? - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Not sure if that's a good idea. They're a little redundant, aren't they? jj137(talk) 23:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
What do you mean by that - they seem to be working fine. Here is a list:
((redsoxassessment-stub))
((redsoxassessment-start))
((redsoxassessment-start-nested))
((redsoxassessment-stub-nested))
Is the article is mid/hign importance, or higher class, I don't use the templates. I'll stop if you really think so. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
(sigh) Ok. It just made it really fast. I would have '((redsoxassessment' copied, and I would paste it then put '-stub', '-start', 'stub-nested' etc. Just made it 5x faster, but if you say so. Also, that some other assessments have that, and these seem to work perfectectly. :( - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 23:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Why? - It doesn't meet any of the criteria. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:26, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I think I'll stick to your way :) - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I received a message regarding them (someone just renamed them), but I'm still sticking to your way. - Milk'sFavoriteCookie 00:46, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Jj - I've jsut moved those foyur templates to more standard names (mainly so that two of them won't get mixed up with the hierarchy of stub templates on Wikipedia). Assessment templates usually take the form "X-Class Wikiprojectname". They're now at:
You need another user page for the fbb chats.
I get a league on ESPN?
Seriously, nothing happens. It just picks for him/her. Why?
Are we still going to have our own private league, just us four? HPJokerLeave me a message 00:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, and you know why? Because then it's just the four of us. No strangers that are playing with us. Just the four of us. That. Would be fun. Plus it's only 2 leagues. Not that hard to handle. HPJokerLeave me a message 01:26, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I bascially started a new sector about films based on the team. Im not an expert on baseball but I did a few minor edits. Thanks Fattyjwoods(Push my button) 01:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Port Moody revert?
Why did you revert the changes the other person made to Port Moody? The PM article was incredibly bad (stupid long unrelated section on submarines, useless tables), and their changes had certainly improved it. Greg Salter (talk) 01:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
My mistake; I saw a huge amount of information leave and I thought it was someone simply removing content (occasional instinct). Sorry about that, I reverted myself. jj137(talk) 02:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I didn't know you joined the college football WikiProject, I usually pay more attention than that... :-) Burner0718 02:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I joined it a few months ago. Haven't been too active in it, though. jj137(talk) 02:43, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Maybe thats why. Burner0718 02:46, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't be called the most active member either. :) Burner0718 03:07, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
My current Wikiproject count is 6. Burner0718 03:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Wow! Thats alot... :) Burner0718 03:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm, same here. Burner0718 03:18, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
My main activity is reverting vandalism, always enough of that. Whats your favorite NBA team? Burner0718 03:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
For me, It's no. 1, The Cavs, no. 2, The Suns (Before they got Shaq :)). I like the Celtics. Burner0718 03:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, that was embarrassing. :) Burner0718 03:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the Spurs got really hot right then, oh well. BTW, I just found vandalism on the Plaxico Burress article, I wonder why? :D Burner0718 03:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Who knows. The Pats did play very good this year(understatement). Burner0718 04:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, of course, Ohio State fans know all about losing the title game. :D Anyway, off the topic, do you think I would be a good admin candidate in the near future? I'm thinking like reaching at least between 1,000 to 2,000 edits before I run. Burner0718 04:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)