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Took you long enough to welcome me, unlike wikias (wikis hosted on Wikia) which has a bot to automatically welcome new users. I've been a Wikipedian for months, or maybe years! --Stranger195 (talk) 12:05, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

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I don't know what to do, I just converted File:AP600PassiveContainment.jpg and copied its info. --Stranger195 (talk) 00:49, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

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Archivization

Hello, Wikipedians and talk page stalkers! I will archive this talk page to remove old discussions. If you would like to read 'em, go to /Archive 1. Thank you! Stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 10:54, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

City wiki

Re this - next time you remove a merge tag, please have a bit more thought for other editors and give a useful edit summary. Thanks.  — Scott • talk 13:52, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

You also failed to remove the merge tag from wiki itself. Don't bother; I'm fixing it.  — Scott • talk 13:09, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

RELEASE TEH KITTEHS!

But seriously, nice meeting you. And merry christmas.

TheFallenOneGOTH (Talk) 10:11, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas, TheFallenOneGOTH! -- stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 03:53, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Signature

Just a reminder that your signature here is about 350 characters long, which contravenes WP:SIGLENGTH. It might work with a few more "subst" statements added, so that the code that checks the current month name is not saved permanently as part of the edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:34, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

I added <includeonly>subst:</includeonly> on the two #ifeqs. So, is my sig okay now? -- stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 05:07, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

And now the sig isn't working as expected anymore. It's still December and my sig is no longer red. Maybe I should change it back. -- stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 05:09, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Why not configure your December signature in your preferences, and then change it on January 1st? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:48, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

I'll try. -- stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 08:55, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

I wonder what my sig will look like... --Merry Christmas from stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 08:58, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Redr template

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Okay. --stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 12:49, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

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Virtual shoutwiki

Hi!

Is it an abandoned project? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:6D55:6166:6F06:6C4D (talk) 08:03, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

You mean VirtualWiki on ShoutWiki? Yeah. The founder and only admin stopped editing there a month after s/he founded the wiki. --stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 03:14, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Rcat shell

Thank you, Stranger195, for all your contributions and especially for your help categorizing redirects! I notice that you're still using the deprecated template {{Redr}} to tag redirects. That has been replaced by the {{Rcat shell}} template. So if you tag redirects with...

#REDIRECT [[(target title)]]

{{Rcat shell}}

...that will do the same thing as the Redr template and place the redirect in Category:Miscellaneous redirects. Again, thanks and Best of Everything to You and Yours!  Paine Ellsworth  ^u/c 16:30, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Okay. --stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 09:53, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed PR budget merge

Last year, you added merge templates proposing Puerto Rico government budget balance to be merged into Budget of the Government of Puerto Rico. While I agree that that stub, the former, should be merged into the latter, the merge template notice on the latter page links to Talk:Budget of the Government of Puerto Rico on the "(Discuss)" link, which doesn't say about anything at all and has no archives, the last time I checked. What to do? stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 12:40, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

The fact that there hasn't been a discussion probably just means no one objects to the idea. Feel free to implement the merge if you have time, or leave it for someone else. -- Beland (talk) 02:11, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

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Caught by a web host block but this host or IP is not a web host.
I've been editing Wikipedia since forever with this IP address. I don't see why I just got blocked now. stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 23:58, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
See http://imgur.com/a/NDIMO stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 00:03, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. You forgot to tell us your IP address, so we can't investigate your claim. You can use WhatIsMyIP to find your IP address. If you don't wish to provide it publicly, you may use WP:UTRS. Yamla (talk) 14:20, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

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(Non-administrator comment) @Yamla: they did provide their IP address by posting a screenshot and linking to it. 50.205.94.22 (talk) 17:32, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Caught by a web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address right now is 180.191.79.205. I think my ISP gives me a dynamic IP address (it changes from time to time), but I don't think I can solve that. stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 09:47, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Since you have made numerous edits since posting this unblock request, the unblock is clearly unnecessary. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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• It seams the whole Special:Contributions/180.191.0.0/16 range is globally blocked. @Masti: What is the exact nature of this block? Vanjagenije (talk) 10:10, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@Vanjagenije: The global block is anon-only and shouldn't effect Stranger195 as long as they're logged in. It's Katie's 180.191.64.0/18 hard block which comes into play here.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Vanjagenije: The global block is there for abuse on multiple Wikipedias. Logged users are excluded as stated above. Masti (talk) 07:09, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 6th issue of the Bots Newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM

• Nothing particular important happened. Those who care already know, those who don't know wouldn't care. The curious can dig ARBCOM archives themselves.

BAG

• There were no changes in BAG membership since the last Bots Newsletter. Headbomb went from semi-active to active.
• In the last 3 months, only 3 BAG members have closed requests - help is needed with the backlog.

BOTREQs and BRFAs

As of writing, we have...

• 24 active BOTREQs, please help if you can!
• 5 open BRFAs and 3 BRFAs in need of BAG attention (see live status).
• 54 approved bot tasks since the start of 2018. Of note, Community Tech bot 5 (the #10 Wish on the 2017 Community Survey) was approved to notify users concerning problematic images and files from Wikimedia Commons.

Also

• If you're a bot operator that can help with Tidy/Linter error cleanup (see discussion, discussion), please file a BRFA!
• 8 inactive bots have been deflagged (see discussion, discussion, discussion).

Discussions

These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last Bots Newsletter. Many are stale, but some are still active.

• Use of tags by bots – Exploring the use of a new 'bot' tag.
• Mass page moves – Bot policy question/clarification about mass moves.
• Creation of redirects – Bot policy question/clarification about the creation of redirects.
• Guidance on disruptive use of semi–automated tools? – Related to meatbots (see also MOS discussion, which resulted in small addition to MOS:VAR).
• Discussion concerning WP:BOTFLAG/WP:RC – A reminder that bots should use the bot flag when it makes sense to use it (see also VPT discussion and CREATEBOT update).
• Out of curiosity... (to all bot operators) – BotPasswords vs OAuth usage amongst bot operators.
• Introducing Toolhub – Toolhub is looking for feedback.

New things

• {{Automated tools}}, a new template linking to user-activated tools and scripts has been created. It can be used in articles previews, and can be placed on any non-mainspace page/template (e.g. {{Draft article}}) to provide convenient links to editors.
• AWB 5.10.0.0 is out, after nearly 20 months without updates. If you run an old version, you will be prompted to install the new version automatically. See the changelog for what's new. Note that the next version will require .NET Framework 4.5. Many thanks to Reedy and the AWB team.
• BotWatch, "a listing of editors that have made >2 edits per minute [without] a bot flag", is being developed by SQL (see discussion).
• Massive updates and improvements have been made to Citation bot in the past few months (see discussions, discussions, discussions). You can activate the bot here, amongst other methods.
• HTML Tidy has been phased out (see Tech News #28).
• {{Newbot}} has been reorganized a bit (diff). In particular, it links to previously approved BRFAs (see discussion).
• Wikipedia:Bots#See also has been reorganized a bit (diff).
• The bot dictionary has two new entries, context bot and context-sensitive edit.
• The bot request header has been updated to include better guidance (see discussion).
• The subcategories of Category:Wikipedia bot requests for approval have been sorted in a consistent manner to make past BRFAs easier to find.

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 15:04, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

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Bots Newsletter, August 2019

Bots Newsletter, August 2019

Greetings!

Here is the 7th issue of the Bots Newsletter, a lot happened since last year's newsletter! You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM

• Nothing of note happened. Just like we like it.

BAG

• Several (1 + 12 = 13) users have been retired/resigned from the BAG due to inactivity, per our new activity requirements (discussion).

BAG members are expected to be active on Wikipedia to have their finger on the pulse of the community. After two years without any bot-related activity (such as posting on bot-related pages, posting on a bot's talk page, or operating a bot), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice. Retired members can re-apply for BAG membership as normal if they wish to rejoin the BAG.

• Two BAG members retired
  • Madman (talk · contribs) retired.
  • BU Rob13 (talk · contribs) vanished and retired.
• Three new BAG members have been voted in, welcome to the BAG!
  • Primefac (talk · contribs) joined on 2018-12-12 (RfBAG). Primefac operates PrimeBOT (talk · contribs) which does a plethora of tasks.
  • TheSandDoctor (talk · contribs) joined on 2019-01-21 (RfBAG). TheSandDoctor operates several bots including DeprecatedFixerBot (talk · contribs).
  • Enterprisey (talk · contribs) joined on 2019-08-07 (RfBAG). Enterprisey operates EnterpriseyBot (talk · contribs), which does a plethora of tasks, RemindMeBot (talk · contribs) which posts reminders, and codes several scripts.

We thank former members for their service and wish Madman a happy retirement. We note that Madman and BU Rob13 were not inactive and could resume their BAG positions if they so wished, should their retirements happens to be temporary.

BOTDICT

Two new entries feature in the bots dictionary

• Editor-hostile wikitext – describes wikitext structuring that is editor hostile, even if it renders correctly
• Spectrum of usefulness – describes how tasks are deemed useful or not

BOTPOL

• Activity requirements: BAG members now have an activity requirement. The requirements are very light, one only needs to be involved in a bot-related area at some point within the last two years. For purpose of meeting these requirements, discussing a bot-related matter anywhere on Wikipedia counts, as does operating a bot (RFC).
• Copyvio flag: Bot accounts may be additionally marked by a bureaucrat upon BAG request as being in the "copyviobot" user group on Wikipedia. This flag allows using the API to add metadata to edits for use in the New pages feed (discussion). There is currently 1 bot using this functionality.
• Mass creation: The restriction on mass-creation (semi-automated or automated) was extended from articles, to all content-pages. There are subtleties, but content here broadly means whatever a reader could land on when browsing the mainspace in normal circumstances (e.g. Mainspace, Books, most Categories, Portals, ...). There is also a warning that WP:MEATBOT still applies in other areas (e.g. Redirects, Wikipedia namespace, Help, maintenance categories, ...) not explicitely covered by WP:MASSCREATION.

BOTREQs and BRFAs

As of writing, we have...

• 20 active BOTREQs, please help if you can!
• 14 open BRFAs and 1 BRFA in need of BAG attention (see live status).
• In 2018, 96 bot task were approved. An AWB search shows approximately 29 were withdrawn/expired, and 6 were denied.
• Since the start of 2019, 97 bot task were approved. Logs show 15 were withdrawn/expired, and 15 were denied.
• 10 inactive bots have been deflagged (see discussion). 5 other bots have been deflagged per operator requests or similar (see discussion).

New things

• All bot-related discussion pages now have a centralized and searchable archive box (see discussion). Discussions are searchable per noticeboard, or globally.
• {{Bot}} now supports |status=expired (see discussion). This led to the deletion of Category:Indefinitely blocked Wikipedia bots as useless (see discussion).
• WP:BOTREQ now mentions WP:SCRIPTREQ and WP:AWBTASKS as alternatives to bot requests.
• The bot creation guide now mentions bot flags, and two new languages Awk and MATLAB. Other minor tweaks have been made.
• AAlertBot has received major code updates. In particular, WP:AALERTS will now report splits, mergers, and AFC submissions.
• Citation bot has received several updates (User talk:Citation bot/Archive 10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17). In particular, the bot stopped the automated removal of |publisher= from {{cite journal}}, and stopped the automated addition of CiteSeerX links, and now uses OAuth to authenticate those who make requests of the bot.

Other discussions

These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last Bots Newsletter. Many are stale, but some are still active.

• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Adminbots requests page
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Double-redirect tagging (2019)
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Long and Winding Road to Parsoid
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Bot-like user scripts
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#WP:URLREQ
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Wikipedia:Bots/Status
• Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group#Minimum edits
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Minor update to WP:BOTISSUE
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Semi-automated Portal creation
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Clarification on "Bots operated by multiple users"
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Bots triggered by multiple users
• Wikipedia talk:Bots#How to use Special:ApiFeatureUsage

See also the latest discussions at the bot noticeboard.

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 17:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

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2019 US Banknote Contest

	US Banknote Contest
	November-December 2019
There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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