Slakr

slakr's life is currently frolicking with chaos, so his activity and response times to queries will be highly variable. Leave a message and he will respond whenever he gets a chance— that is, assuming he gets a chance. Cheers =) zOMG!!! I need urgent assistance!!!1!! — banana? — kiwi?

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Ideally, please use this link to post new messages at the bottom. If you can't find something you recently posted, I might have moved it down there or it could have been archived if you posted it over 7 days ago. Cheers :)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Regarding slakr: Why did my page get deleted? Please see Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? first. I have no idea what you're talking about. What's vandalism? If you received a warning from me and you're not logged in, you might have gotten an old warning I sent to someone who shares your IP address. On the other hand, if you've made recent edits and received a recent warning message from me and you genuinely believe that it's not vandalism, don't fret-- simply drop me a message below, because I could have simply made a silly mistake. :) Regarding SineBot: Why does SineBot keep signing stuff I've already signed? All comments should have a signature that includes both a link to your user page (slakr) and a datestamp (05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)) (per signatures - internal links). This is most easily generated by placing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your contributions, which makes something like "slakr 05:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)". If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing. If you're still having problems after trying that, post a message below. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. I don't want my comments signed by SineBot. How do I get it to ignore me or my talk page? Please use one of the opt-out methods listed on its user page. SineBot forgot to sign something it should have signed. Usually this happens because the bot isn't sure if it really should sign something, so it defaults to not signing it (e.g., in cases of complex edits). It does this to avoid being annoying. Other times, a comment might be made when the bot is down for maintenance, so the bot simply never sees it. SineBot signed something that it genuinely should not have signed. Please let me know-- especially if you think it's not a one-time thing. Be sure to include diffs to make sure I can reference the problem. Is SineBot's source code available? Not currently. I'm signing with four tildes (~~~~) but it's still saying I didn't! You likely enabled raw signatures. Open your preferences, click the "User profile" tab, make sure that "Treat the above as wiki markup" is NOT checked, and click Save; it should be fixed. If you have an interwiki-linked user page, consider either creating a user page on enwiki that redirects to your preferred home wiki or simply opting out of automatic signing.

hi

i got a polite message from sinebot to sign my name on comments. i did not know about that one. my common username online is catlady87 so if you want to track the about half dozen little things i added on a few topic entries, please feel free to do so. thank you. sinebot's page is adorable :) she or he waved at me :)

ps: my great grandparents were russian/romanian on one side and french cajun on the other, so i know about the vampire thing. i'm light sensitive and can only eat very rare meat. i'm from and in california, better known as moonbeamland right now ;)

i type one handed, hunt and peck, and i'm from the pre computer era, when typing involved paper. you can delete this note after you read it if you like. it would not let me email you.

pss: i agree about dallas! ~^..^~ (that's my signature) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.52.121 (talk) 23:52, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Defamed By Wikipedia

Hi. My name is Harold Covington. I have had my account permanently banned by Wikipedia for removing false and defamatory material from my article, and for generally back-sassing them. You will find more back-sass at

http://defamedbywikipedia.blogspot.com/

I'm sorry, my actual account is banned, so I have to post from my IP address until that is presumably perma-blocked as well, so I can't sign with the four tildes. However, since I am not a Wikipedia editor, I sign everything with my own name.

-Harold A. Covington — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.113.172.237 (talk) 19:22, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

NARA

Please see Commons:User talk:Slakr. -- 签名 _sig at 06:23, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

SineBot

Greetings. I cannot quite pinpoint the reason why, but I prefer to type out the entire signature code myself at the end of my edits, as opposed to typing the four tildes or using the sign button. However, SineBot doesn't seem to recognize this and it always signs my edits even though they're already signed. Is there anything that can be done about this? I will show you an example of how I like to sign my edits as I sign this one...

Psychonaut25 (13375p34k!) 8:51 AM EST, 26 July 2011 —Preceding undated comment added 12:52, 26 July 2011 (UTC).

haha. see what I mean? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Psychonaut25 (talk • contribs) 15:29, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

You're using a non-standard datestamp. Consider using the standard-format datestamp. --slakr^\ talk / 17:07, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Does that simply mean adding (UTC) at the end, or does it also involve switching to military time and removing the time-zone specification? Thanks (I am also testing it here).

By the way, I'm sure you're already aware of this, but your talk page is rampant with little immature kiddies editing things to use words like dick and balls and whatnot...lol just to let you know. I've seen five or six edits of that nature, if not more, simply in the few hours I've been on this page (including edits to my own message). That includes the very beginning/top of your talk page, involving the word penis ad-libbed where I think the name of a drink goes. I hope that information benefits you somehow in preventing/reverting such things.

Edit 5:56 PM EST - Nevermind, that seems to have worked (adding the UTC part). Thank you!

Psychonaut25 (13375p34k!) 1:50 PM EST, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

How can the timestamp be both EST and UTC? Can't you just use UTC timestamps, so they can be easily compared to other comments signed in UTC? Your nonstandard timestamp may cause archiving bots to function improperly. Note there is a user gadget that can change your local display of timestamps without affecting other users. –xeno^talk 23:14, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

What xeno said. You should really be using the standard datestamp that everyone else uses. It's fine to customize your signature all you want, but you should be concerned my when my bot doesn't recognize a datestamp, as it has exceptions for a handful of different forms of datestamp that I've randomly seen being used on enwiki. As a result, if my bot has trouble recognizing your datestamp, you can be almost certain that the various other bots will have trouble as well. That said, you can have my bot ignore you if you'd like; however, the main bot you need to be compatible with is User:MiszaBot—that is, if you don't want people getting annoyed with you. :P --slakr^\ talk / 01:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

sinebot signed something i signed

i signed my name on a page but sinebot said i didnt sign it 212.121.212.207 (talk) 16:46, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Use ~~~~ instead. --slakr^\ talk / 01:12, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Error In SineBot's message

I'm amazed that no one has noticed this, considering how long SineBot has been in operation, but its edits have a terminological mistake. It always signs "Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs) 00:00, 1 January 1000 (UTC)". There is a confusion of verbs here: precede means "to come before", and SineBot's autosigning does not come before the users' statements. The correct verb is proceed, which means to follow. Interchangeable|talk to me|what I've changed 23:08, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

It is the user comment that precedes SineBot's note. –xeno^talk 23:16, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Those strings aren't hard-coded in the bot. Whatever the correct wording is for whatever the template is, you should mention it at the given template's talk page or implement the change yourself (if you have the appropriate user level). Please see {{tilde}}, {{unsigned}}, and {{undated}} for the relevant templates. --slakr^\ talk / 01:04, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

My impression was that preceding referred to SineBot's comment. My interpretation of his statement was, "Sinebot's edit precedes (sic) the edit by the user." I don't know how common this impression is among other users, but the wording can certainly be improved. Interchangeable|talk to me|what I've changed 20:25, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Proxyblock.png

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Proxyblock.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. –Drilnoth (T/C) 13:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Hello slakr! I hope you enjoy this scrumptious treat as a friendly greeting from a fellow Wikipedian, SwisterTwister talk 05:39, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Signature

My signature does not include a link to my userpage, and as a result, my messages are tagged as "not signed" even though I use four tildes behind each and everyone of my edits. Mr. Daniël 16:17, 15 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanielAbyss (talk • contribs)

A link to one of your user page, user talk page, or contributions is required by the signaturen guideline. So, fix your signature and SineBot will stop signing for you. –xeno^talk 18:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Check out WP:FIXSIG to fix your signature. Ditto what xeno said. --slakr^\ talk / 00:43, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

We need to ban/block SineBot

Looks like we need to ban/block SineBot for doing a job it wasn't approved to do. See here and here. (In a nutshell, it thwarted an IPs attempts to make it look like Jimbo Wales was leaving Wikipedia. In other words, SineBot basically revealed a impersonator.) LikeLakers2 (talk) 18:02, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

lol... and actually it's still well within its operating parameters. The user, impersonator or not, left a comment that didn't contain a link to his user and/or user talk page—it was a link to another user's user and/or user talk page. As a result, it's still an unsigned comment in violation of WP:SIG. ;) :P --slakr^\ talk / 00:41, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, its like you know you are failing at vandalism when you are gettin your ass whupped by SineBot. Though I do wish to say that the IP user that posted those messages did seem to put effort into making it look like it actually came from Jimbo Wales himself, wouldn't you agree? And so I won't have problems with SineBot, like the IP user did: LikeLakers2 (talk) 05:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

SineBot's talk page notes

Is it possible for you to keep SineBot from using {{uw-tilde}} because of tests in User:SineBot/Sandbox? ...Dynamic|cimanyD... (talk|klat) ☺ 19:37, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? –xeno^talk 19:51, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Defeat the purpose of what? ...Dynamic|cimanyD... (talk|klat) ☺ 20:15, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Of testing SineBot's functionality... –xeno^talk 20:29, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Isn't User:SineBot/Sandbox for testing its functionality with {{unsigned}} etc., not {{tilde}}? ...Dynamic|cimanyD... (talk|klat) ☺ 20:51, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

I guess slakr will tell us =) –xeno^talk 21:00, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Eventually... ...Dynamic|cimanyD... (talk|klat) ☺ 00:58, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

What xeno said. --slakr^\ talk / 00:19, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

• Note: The contributions links (☺) in my signatures above do not work due to a rename. ...Dynamic|cimanyD... (talk|klat) ☺

How to edit a page and How to develop articles

Hello there, just to say, I like your page - Sinebot - and found it quite amusing. Your professional assistance and expert advice would be much appreciated with regards to the "Varban Stamatov" page on Wikipedia where it is constantly being bombarded with warning boxes to improve style and check Wikipedia Manual of Style before editing further. Being a new user, naturally, that is the primary intention, and have done my very best in a short space of time, working on 4 articles concurrently only since 01.08.11. so please give the "newbies" a chance. Where in the article should an improvement be implemented in accordance with Wikipedia guidance and advice? Please respond to my talk page, thank you --Dobrevasnejana 10:06, 24 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dobrevasnejana (talk • contribs)

Help with Getting Results the Agile Way

Kurt -- I need your help with Getting Results the Agile Way.

I wrote a factual overview of the system, consistent with the following existing Wiki pages:

• Getting Things Done
• Pomodoro Technique

The page is a description of the system, the same as the pages above, all of which are time management systems, identified on the Time Management page.

If there is any unambiguously promotional statements, then I would need your help identifying these examples, and changing them. It might just be a case where the bot, was just in automatic mode, and now the page needs the attention of a human. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InfoArtist (talk • contribs) 00:50, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

oh sorry i didn't know im new

i don' really know what to do and stuff but thanks for letting me know — Preceding unsigned comment added by Javiermanuel5886 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

can you temporarily undelete a page for me?

you are the most recent admin to block someone in the logs, see

Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#copy_of_Template:ARSHa would like Template:ARSHa temporarily undeleted. so i can get the info from it. Okip 22:16, 3 September 2011 (UTC)