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Toolserver.org

Hi X!
Thanks for toolserver.org, I'm a big fan of it. I noticed your "RfA votes" calculator tool. I also noticed it has no RfB votes section. Is this somewhere else, or does it not exist? If it doesn't, would you mind adding one? Thanks, and good luck on your RfB! --The High Fin Sperm Whale 02:55, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

No, there currently does not exist a RfB votes section. I will get on this at some point and it will be here: tools:~soxred93/rfbp. Thanks for the idea, and thanks for the good luck! (X! · talk)  · @164  ·  02:56, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Strike that. I just added a checkbox on the main /rfap/ form, so now you can choose between one of the other. (X! · talk)  · @172  ·  03:07, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Also, how about a tool that shows how many RfAs or RfBs were closed by a particular user? That tool might be especially helpful in WP:RfBs. Another thing, I like the way on EnWiki your tools are at the bottom of a user's contrib page, making them easily accessible. Could you do the same thing on Commons, as your tool is much better the the existing one? Also, is there a tool that shows the XfDs a particular user participated in or closed? Please leave a {{Talkback}} on my talk page. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:19, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Bot Request

Hi,

I'm a member of WP:ESSAY C/C, and we're looking for a solution that will crawl essays, slap our WikiProject banner on those that don't have one, and assign them an importance rating based on how many incoming links they have (or update said rating if it has already been assigned). There are just over 1000 essays, and they need to be continuously crawled (weekly would probably be good) as the number of incoming links change. Is this something you could whip up for us?

Congrats on your RfB nom, by the way, and I hope you get it! ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 09:32, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

No love up in here? That's okay. I know you're busy. At least tell me "no," so I know you've read the request...please. ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 16:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, looks like this message was gobbled up by the next message (I always click the "last change" button on the orange bar). This is something you may want to ask on BOTREQ, as I've always had problems with these types of bots. (X! · talk)  · @714  ·  16:08, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 05:18, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Indonesian Translation correction for the Edit Counter

As "Bennylin" said before (at your archive), please change :

• penggunae -> pengguna
• menterjemahkan -> menerjemahkan
• halamam terjemahan -> halaman terjemahan
• Untuk keterangan bagaimana untuk membantu -> untuk (lowercase "u") keterangan bagaimana cara membantu
• Memerlukan X megabytes memory untuk mengolah -> Memerlukan memori sebesar X megabita untuk mengolahnya

Please change it because Indonesian Wikipedia now use your editcounter at "Toolbox". Thanks.  Kenrick  Talk 13:39, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done (X! · talk)  · @719  ·  16:15, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

SoxBot reporting usernames???

I didn't know SoxBot could report username violations. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 04:22, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

It will for 7 days... Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot 23. :) (X! · talk)  · @225  ·  04:24, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

"The string called IP address has a comment associated with it:Array SoxBot (talk) 04:20, 14 March 2010 (UTC)" Is "array" a bug? NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 04:43, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

It is a bug that has already been fixed. (X! · talk)  · @239  ·  04:44, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Could you please add "vulva" to the blacklist? NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 20:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Could you also add "cunt" to the blacklist? Thanks! NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 18:34, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

The latter was already there, and I've added the other. NerdyScienceDude, in future, rather than bothering X!, just add {{EditProtected}} on the talk page :) - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 20:14, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Automated edits tool

"Script counts not available for users with more than 100K edits, sorry." Can you fix this? NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 17:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

For stepping up with the username bot, it's good to have a bot out there scanning new names again! Beeblebrox (talk) 19:26, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Request

Hey X!

On 9 Feb 2010 you deleted a page on my deceased grandfather, (Master Gunnery Sergeant) Hubert Joseph Kupper.

I don't disagree that his accomplishments may not warrant a Wiki page... but I would like to get a copy of the deleted page(s). I think that the info was originally uploaded by my Mother's cousin, who is also deceased (and so I cannot get a copy that way).

Thanks, Karen Heckman 70.100.106.66 (talk) 02:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I've userfied it at User:X!/Hubert_Joseph_Kupper. (X! · talk)  · @483  ·  10:35, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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Pages created not working

The tool isn't working for pages created in the project space. Instead it treats the links as if the pages are in article space.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 08:46, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Fixed.... looks like I'm still cleaning up tools from http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2010-February/046777.html... argh... (X! · talk)  · @601  ·  13:24, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

User:SoxBot/UAA/Blacklist

Hi, I made some changes to this page. I just wanted to make sure what this wouldn't affect the bot. Cheers — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Nope, that's why I used an on-wiki blacklist. :) (X! · talk)  · @597  ·  13:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Account Creation Tool Interface Help

Hi :) If you could take a look at my discussions with User:Stifle on my talk page, you might be able to suggest to me what should be the next step to be taken to allow me access to the tool. Do please reply on my talk page, in case you do reply. Warm regards, ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:34, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Got solved :) Thanks anyway ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 12:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

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Admin Coaching: Reconfirmation

I was looking through the coaches at Wikipedia:Admin_coaching/Status and saw that your entry was commented out. I have moved it to the "Reconfirmation" section.

Could you let me know if you are still interesting in being involved with Admin Coaching, or if you would prefer to have your name removed from the "reconfirmation" list and placed on the "retired" list. If you want to be involved, could you please move your entry from "Reconfirmation" to "Active" and indicate how many students you would be willing to have (obviously, if you are actively coaching at the moment, then please indicate this!)

If I do not hear from you within a week, I will assume that you would like to have your name removed from the list of coaches and moved to the retired list.

Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 07:50, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

linkspam triggering by external links

Hi X!, In the last couple of days, I added links to the website of Nema (www.nema.be), a Belgian organization of patients with a neuromuscular disease (NMD). I added this link in both dutch as well as english WIKI pages, because a lot of patients and their families in Belgium and the Netherlands look up information on English WIKI pages. Apparently, I triggered the linkspam filter 80 by doing these additions so quickly and on so many (around 20 I guess) pages. However, we really provide information for all diseases described on the pages where I inserted the links. To proof this, please have a look at http://www.nema.be/index.php?cat=nma&p=lijst_nma , where you can find a list with all diseases we have information on. Since I am a WIKI newbie, please let me know if I did something wrong in the way I added these links. I really hope the links may stay, because we surely have relevant information for patients and their family and a lot of them look up info via Wikipedia.

Looking forward to your answer,

All the best, --Patrik claes (talk) 12:30, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

SoxBot namewatcher

"Andrecknes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · edit filter log • hardblock · softblock · spamblock) Matches the literal pattern called German for "filth". SoxBot (talk) 21:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC)"

Which part matched? NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 22:51, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Looks to me like a false positive match to dreck. ϢereSpielChequers 07:45, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Finished translation for Edit Counter

Italian Translation

• Edit Counter (versione $1)
• Navigazione
• Mostra sorgente
• $1 non è una wiki valida
• Benvenuto nell'edit counter di X!
• Username
• Wiki
• Invia
• MySQL error, per piacere segnalato a X! usando <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:X!/Bugs">il bug reporter.</a> Assicurati di riportare il seguente SQL error quando riportando:
  

  $1

• $1 non esiste.
• Attenzione: Replag è alto, le modifiche più recenti di $ 1 non possono essere visualizzate.
• Voce
• Informazioni generali dell'utente
• Gruppo utente
• Prima modifica
• Unico articolo modificato
• Media delle modifiche per pagina
• Modifiche totali (eliminate incluse)
• Modifiche eliminate
• Modifiche reali
• Formato numero($1)
• Namespace totali
• Mesi conteggiati
• Log
• Blocchi utente
• Permessi utenti modificati
• Utenze create
• Pagine cancellate
• Pagine patrollate
• Pagine protette
• Pagine ripristinate
• Utenti sbloccati
• Pagine sprotette
• File caricati
• Utenti rinominati
• Permessi concessi
• Permessi revocati
• Pagine spostate
• Voce più modificata
• Eseguito in $1 secondi
• $1 megabytes di memoria richiesti per eseguire.
• Mostra in altre lingue:
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• L'edit counter di X!'s è fermo a causa di un problema di MySQL.

Yarrow (il server database) è rotto, e, come tale, non vi è alcun altro modo per ottenere dei risultati del tool. Questo problema è comune a tutti i tool che accedono al server database. Se si desidera solo un numero normale, è possibile ottenere dalla tua finestra delle preferenze. Ci scusiamo per il disagio.

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• s —Preceding unsigned comment added by PersOnLine (talk • contribs) 00:03, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

New edit counter tool

Are you looking to switch over interfaces with the new one? I do like the newer one (looks clean); except, I would kindly ask that you add the user logged actions to the newer counter before switching over (if you decide to do so). Thanks again for the tool. Kindly Calmer Waters 07:35, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

I removed the log actions for three reasons:

1. They slowed down the tool for quite a few seconds,
2. The code used to generate them was a mess, and
3. I am planning on making a special log counter that duplicates the functions of the edit counter, but for logs. Part of the rewrite of the entire edit counter code was that it would be portable, meaning I could make a log counter fairly easily. With the old code, it was very difficult.

If it turns out that it was too popular to remove, I'll go ahead and put it in, but it's a lot faster and cleaner without it. (X! · talk)  · @621  ·  13:54, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

That makes alot of sense. Well, thank you for taking the time to explain that for me. I'm am only beginning to scratch the surface of the vast intricacies involved in the making and maintaining of such tools, but understand that even the things that "appear" easy, are in reality usually far from it, so thanks again. Kindly Calmer Waters 02:16, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Your new edit counter

It looks great but maybe it would be nice if you added the amount of edits on each type of page (eg. article 654 edits, 76.5%) to make it clearer. Apart from that, well done--Pianoplonkers (talk • contribs) 15:13, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Done. (X! · talk)  · @694  ·  15:40, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• The counter's great; I especially like the popups and the fact that it fills the entire screen. I'm aware that this might slow down the counter, but is it possible to add "top edited" for editors with 100,000+ edits (or wherever the cutoff point is)? Overall, it's a superb tool. Airplaneman ^talk 02:29, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
• I like the new edit counter. "©2010 Soxred93" Why is it copyrighted? Also, why doesn't it say X! rather than Soxred93? And what happened to the log actions? NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 02:40, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Pianoplonkers, I think I've fixed what you asked for. Airplaneman, no. Even if it does load a little slower, it is also very resource intensive, and I must only use my fair share of resources on the Toolserver, as it is a shared server. NSD: I think you have a slight misunderstanding of copyright. Everything that anyone creates is copyrighted, under the idea of Natural copyright. By adding a © to the page, it is just indicating to people that it is indeed copyrighted, for people who may not have realized that before. Additionally, if someone were to steal my design or code, it proves that I was indeed the rightful creator in the event that I decided to sue. Soxred93 used to be my username here, it was the username in which I got a toolserver account, in which I passed RfA, and spent 3 months as an admin under that name. I was renamed to X! in August 2008, long after I started my toolserver account. It's impossible to rename accounts, so I kept it as Soxred93 for continuity. As for log actions, please see the penultimate section on this page. (X! · talk)  · @213  ·  04:06, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah yes, if it's copyrighted, then would that mean it would be impossible to upload a free screenshot to Commons. Afterall, what's wrong with free and open-source? NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 04:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Good job. I like both...Modernist (talk) 04:18, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

If you click the username on the new counter, and it has a space, a "+" is put in place of that. Nubio^2 might be dead, I don't know though. Just some notes. -- /MWOAP|Notify Me\ 21:52, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Nubio² moved to a new server, I'll fix that. With the +'s, that seems to be a fixable issue too. (X! · talk)  · @497  ·  10:55, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

The percentages seem to be a little off, by a few tenths. I noticed it when comparing the old one with the new one. Before this post, mainspace edits showed 53.33% on the old (which is what my calculator tells me) and 53.41% on the new. —Akrabbim^talk 03:47, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I noticed that, I'm unsure about why that's happening. I'll go have a look at that. (X! · talk)  · @497  ·  10:55, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

The counter looks nice :) But, I think it would be nice if there was an uncollapse all option. Also, is it possible to add brackets, on the deleted edits, that would show the number of the edits that were deleted by the same editor himself? I mean, I have reverted many of my edits and it's ruining my stats :P Oh, and when the tooltip is showing up when look at stats by hovering the cursor over a month's stats, it would be nice if there was some way to add color to it to distinguish which color is which, without having to go up to the color legend. --JokerXtreme (talk) 10:48, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

"Deleted edits" does not mean "reverted edits". It is ones that have been on a page that was deleted. (such as tagging a page for CSD) (X! · talk)  · @497  ·  10:55, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

New edit counter: show/hide issues

Hello! I've been using your new edit counter. I like it! It has a much more usable interface. The one issue I've noticed with it so far is that upon clicking "show" in the top-edited articles statistics, the "hide" link is shifted right to the end of the longest page title in that particular list. That makes it rather frustrating for someone (like me) who just wants to take a quick glance at it, clicking it, and then clicking again to hide it. It would be nice if it could keep still. Thanks for looking at this issue, and thanks for a great edit counter! :-) Cheers!☮ —Ecw.Technoid.Dweeb | contributions | talk 11:38, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

If you want screenshots, I can provide them. Cheers!☮ —Ecw.Technoid.Dweeb | contributions | talk 11:44, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for making this counter; it's such a useful tool. I just came here to note the same issue that I find is already mentioned here: the jumping show/hide links. It would be a lot more intuitive to have them stay in the same place. I would also second the request, in the section above, for an "uncollapse all" option of some sort. Princess Lirin (talk) 01:18, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the idea, both of you. Unfortunately, I am not very good at Javascript (The show/hide code is the one used for navboxes here), so I may have to outsource for help. I will have a look at it, though. (X! · talk)  · @493  ·  10:50, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Just so you know, they are staying in the same place now, but they are stuck on displaying "hide" (the lists are shown), and clicking the "hide" links doesn't do anything... :-P Good luck! Cheers!☮ —Ecw.Technoid.Dweeb | contributions | talk 01:28, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

bot username reports

Sometimes the bot is reporting names, such as User:Purist productions with the comment that the report was delayed till the user edited, when in fact it has not. (I even checked the edit filter for attempted edits the last time I saw it) Beeblebrox (talk) 18:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit Counter

Hello, I really like your new edit counter; I would also like to mention that the color scheme needs to be changed. I'm tired of red, yellow, green, blue and pink. --White Trillium (talk) 04:58, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. The problem is, when there have to be over 20 colors, my choices for colors which are easy to recognize are extremely limited. As such, there is very little ability to change the colors. If you could come up with 20 unique colors that work equally well, I would be happy to put them in. (X! · talk)  · @491  ·  10:46, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the blanking the page, my computer is really slow. So what colors would you like me pick and what colors are not suitable. --White Trillium (talk) 23:50, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Anything that is visible. (X! · talk)  · @039  ·  23:55, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Alright, how about #cef2e0, #cedff2, #ddcef2, #f2e0ce and #fcfcfc. --White Trillium (talk) 00:43, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm... Please *don't* change them — I have become familiar with the colours and I associate them with their corresponding categories (red=article, yellow=user, purple=user-talk, &c.) ;-) Thanks. Cheers!☮ —Ecw.Technoid.Dweeb | contributions | talk 01:38, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit-Counter

I solicit you to add an Opt-In to your Edit-Counter. The Data assembled via this tool is obviously beyond what can easily be achieved directly on the public wiki sites. See the Toolserver Privacy Policy for details. Thank you, --Gnu1742 (talk) 08:07, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, but tswiki:Rules#Special_Cases explicitly says that edit counters are allowed, as long as they do not filter by time of day. That said, I will be offering an opt-out for the graphs at some point in the future (before it becomes the main edit counter). (X! · talk)  · @487  ·  10:41, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I do not object to the counting like "User:xyz has 17 edits in Article-Namespace and 42 on User-Discussions". I object to the aggregations like "Most edited pages in Namespace z", which is beyond counting. This is the part where profiling begins. --Gnu1742 (talk) 11:35, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

tswiki explicitly disallows filtering by time of day without consent, "..., because it may lead to conclusions about the user's location or lifestyle.". Understand this as an example. Filtering by other criteria may also lead to conclusions about private circumstances and need consent. This tool should immediately changed, must have opt-in. -- Smial (talk) 12:58, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, I guess it's either opt-in or removal of those lists at the bottom.... for the Monthly stats and the overall edit distribution seem to be okay. Easier would be to suppress the lists that come after the Logfile stats, I guess. --Guandalug (talk) 16:46, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I think that the answer is obvious, but is presume this is the reason why i suddenly don't see the statistics on most edited pages anymore? I have to admit i kind of miss the statistics regarding my UAA, AIAV and SSP reports. :)

On a more important note for comparisons sake, have a look at this site that we list on our WP:EC page. Fill in your username and set it to the last 100.000 edits (Or more, if you have more edits) and look at the results. The person maintaining this site is not related to Wikipedia, offers no opt-in or user check, and seeing he uses public logs, doesn't do anything that someone else cannot do. I understand why we don't want data mining and data-analysis, but i would argue that this particular tool offers more sensitive data then X!'s tool does. Frankly, if we allow full access to this data, does it make sense we demand a certain code of conduct? Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 23:26, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I have sent multiple emails asking them to at least remove the hourly edits graph, but I haven't heard anything as of yet. (X! · talk)  · @022  ·  23:31, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, this entire argument is BS. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I concur. Some might also use the phrase, "Load of flaming horse shit" alternatively. Outback the koala (talk) 03:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

IMHO, I think there should an option to opt-out rather than opt-in. Seriously, why are we letting some troll ruin it for everyone? -FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 06:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Agreeing with Fastily here. It would be trivial to go through a user's contributions and figure out which pages they edit most often, maybe not so easy with users who have a higher edit count, but still possible, "The information they provide is available from the public sites, though it would be very hard to come by using the web interface" ^{- toolserver rules}. If the hours of the day is an example, as Smial claims, then the most edited pages is pretty far from that example, and should be fine. - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 08:04, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh look, the editor that ruined it up for everyone seems to be a GNU Stallmanite. Colour me surprised and shocked. Don't let them get you down, X! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 04:36, 26 March 2010 (UTC).

That's out of line Lankiveil. I'm not very happy with this situation either. X! why did you remove the month-by-month instead of only the top articles breakdown? Wasn't the complaint about top articles? Gigs (talk) 15:08, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, but the email I got from the admins asking me to remove it asked me to remove the month-counts too. (X! · talk)  · @886  ·  20:16, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Removing month-by-month makes no sense, since it is so very trivial to do manually with very little work. Not that anyone can't do time of day manually, but it's a good deal more work. All this is public data displayed at the most superficial level. DGG ( talk ) 19:34, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Option for other wikis in Range Contributions tool

Hi X!,

I really like this tool but I think it would be even better if it's possible to (dropdown) select the database in the form. Currently it seems limited to en.wikipedia. Thanks for this great tool, Krinkle (talk) 12:25, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

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Month counts

I would appreciate having the month counts back, can you please resume them? Thanks...Modernist (talk) 23:26, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Wheres the month counters???

They were very helpful, especially with my anti-vandalism work. Any idea when they might be coming back? Outback the koala (talk) 23:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Opt in?!? Thats ridiculous! I'll also ask my credit card company not to keep track of my purchases - just send me the blank check! What could peoples objections possibly be? Please reply when you can. Thank You. Outback the koala (talk) 23:36, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

It started with the section above, followed by what is essentially a cease-and-desist letter from the toolserver administrators. To say that I'm unhappy that my edit counter, which has existed for well over a year and a half, which was based on many other edit counters which use the same features, which I've spent dozens of hours work on, which has resulted in over 800,000 hits, has been asked to make two features which has made it as popular as it is, is a large understatement. I'm doing all I can to get them to reconsider. I apologize for the convenience. (X! · talk)  · @031  ·  23:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Seconded. Yours are terrific tools and people can always "opt out" of using them. Keep up the good work. Johnlp (talk) 23:49, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

No good deed goes unpunished :/ Calmer Waters 23:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm... I opt in :). —Airplaneman— 01:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Where do I go to opt in? Acebulf (talk) 01:19, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Better yet, how do I opt in? --White Trillium (talk) 01:33, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Instructions are shown when you get your edit count. (X! · talk)  · @108  ·  01:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Dammit the hell, I'm getting tired of this crap. Please let me opt in? --White Trillium (talk) 01:40, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

"Graphs have been set to opt-in as a result of a single complaint resulting in what is essentially a cease-and-desist letter from the toolserver admins. If you want to see graphs, please create User:White Trillium/EditCounterOptIn.js with any content. Alternatively, you can create meta:User:White Trillium/EditCounterOptIn.js to opt-in across all Wikimedia wikis." That do? (X! · talk)  · @117  ·  01:47, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the OptIn code, X!, and so quickly. To be honest I was afraid you would simply abandon the tool in frustration. —Soap— 01:54, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I tell you, it crossed my mind. (X! · talk)  · @129  ·  02:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear that, X. I just wanted to let you know I think this decision is bullshit, considering there are far more pervasive tools out there. Again ridiculous!! Stay strong (you can always call upon the hoards that support you, don't forget!) Outback the koala (talk) 03:11, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Late agreement, this is absolutely ridiculous, and if I was any good at coding, I'd be making my own counter right now. 70.243.143.172 (talk) 05:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm surprised the toolserver admins don't care more about clogging up the recent changes at meta with opt-ins ;). Seriously, I expect I'll find myself emailing them a complaint. - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 08:14, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Indeed, thanks for changing this is so soon. Im glad this great tool didn't get strangled by all that excessive red tape (Again, for the love of it, public logs + external tools = nonsensical to filter). Just a question though: Even after i opted in, the "Top edited articles" refuses to display for me. Has it been disabled completely for now, or is it a bug \ something on my side? Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 08:53, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm really very sorry for all the problems you've had with the editcounter servertool. To have a whole opt-in/opt-out discussion seems ridiculous, like many people have already written here, since if you don't want your Wikipedia edits to be displayed, then you shouldn't really be editing here. I for one really appreciate your hard work across all Wikimedias, X!, please don't give up – having your tool is great, especially the link at the bottom of one's Special:MyContributions page. Don't let any of the crap here get you down and please keep up with all of the amazing stuff you do! If there's anything I can do to help, you can always let me know. Jared Preston (talk) 09:45, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I would also like to offer a word of encouragement. I love your tool and hope you are able to convince the toolserver administrators to agree to an opt-out model. —Ute in DC (talk) 15:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		Special work requires special barnstars! Jared Preston (talk) 09:50, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Smile!

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Set Sail For The Seven Seas 35° 7' 45" NET 02:20, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

New edit counter

Not a bug -- but is it possible to have all namespace listing opt to "show", maybe a "show all" switch or a preference to be set? Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

P.S. Thanks for your work, I use your stuff frequently. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Not a bug at all, but I came here with exactly the same thought as Beyond My Ken. I like the expanded boxes for quick browsing. Shadowjams (talk) 05:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Not a bug here either; it looks great. Why show all edits as the "bottom line" rather than all-minus-deleted as per custom? And what are deleted edits anyway? Sarah777 (talk) 22:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Finished translation for Edit Counter - pt

• Contador de Edições (versão $1)
• Navegação
• Veja fonte
• $1 não é um wiki válido
• Bem-vindo X!Veja a contagem de suas edições!
• Nome de utilizador
• Wiki
• Autorização
• Erro de MySQL, por favor avise para X! Use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:X!/Bugs">aviso de bug.</a> Seja claro na indicação sobre o erro de SQL quando o reportar:
  

  $1

• $1 não existe.
• Cuidado! O número de acessos está alto. As modificações antes de $1 podem não ser mostradas.
• Artigo
• Informações gerais do utilizador
• Grupos de utilizador
• Primeira edição
• Únicos artigos editados
• Média de edições por página
• Total de edições (inclusive anuladas)
• Edições anuladas
• Edições válidas
• Formato numérico($1)
• Total de Domínios
• Contagem mensal
• Logs
• Utilizadores bloqueados
• Modificação na habilitação do utilizador
• Novas contas
• Páginas eliminadas
• Páginas patrulhadas
• Páginas protegidas
• Páginas restauradas
• Editores não bloqueados
• Páginas desprotegidas
• Arquivos carregados
• Renomeio de nomes de utilizador
• Direitos do utilizador
• Direitos revogados
• Páginas movidas
• Artigos com mais edições
• Executado em $1 segundos
• Usou $1 megabytes da memória para executar.
• Vide outras linguagens:
• (Mensagens de incompleto:$1)
• Quer ajuda com as traduções? Veja <a href="http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/translate.php">página de traduções</a> para informações de como ajudar.
• Ações
• O contador de edições de X!' não funciona por um problema no MySQL. O servidor Yarrow está fora do ar e assim não há maneira da ferramenta trazer os resultados. Esse problema é comum em todas as ferramentas que acessam o servidor de dados. Se você quer apenas os números, pode pegá-los de sua janela de preferências. Desculpe a inconveniência.
• Status do MySQL
• Desculpe mas por força de disponibilidade para ferramentas, a contagem dos artigos com mais edições não carrega para utilizadores com mais de 45000 edições.
• w
• d
• h
• m
• s

--Arthemius x (talk) 13:24, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit Counter idea

Is it possible to have an edit counter add-on that used the size of the edits as another factor? My understanding is that the edit counter, as great a tool as it is, does not take into consideration whether edits are minor or made by bots. Nor does it look at the size of the edit. So if editor A just changed a spelling, and editor B added a hundred words to an article, both edit counts would be considered identical while the actual "improvement" value is nowhere the same. The usefullness of adding the size of the edit would also be a great value to "Revision history statistics" in an article's "history" page. Just an idea, but I'm sure it would be a lot of work to incorporate. --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 18:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

First of all, this would not be necessary. Edit counters are supposed to be impartial when counting edits, they must give exact figures. It's the responsibility of the person behind the screen to take the results with a grain of salt. Secondly, the size difference is not stored in the database, so it would not be possible either. Sorry. (X! · talk)  · @851  ·  19:24, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I would recommend a minor word change at the bottom. It currently has "Sorry, but in order to consume my fair share of toolserver resources, Top Edited Articles are disabled for users with over 45000 edits." It implies that somehow disabling it for users with 45,000+ edits helps you consume some alloted amount. I'd recommend rewording to something with the effect of "...in order to consume only my fair share..." Also, can you configure it to display the number of minor edits? I'm not sure if that's do-able, but that would approximate the request above. Useight (talk) 22:29, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit Counter

Hey, I tested your new edit counter out, and it seemed to work fine, except my monthly edits and all that stuff was not available because it said I had not "opted in". I'm just wondering if this is normal, and if you wanted to be notified of this.-Jakkinx|Talk|Sign! 22:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

See this conversation. Apparently someone complained about the month, even though it uses public log data and a lot of external sites offer the same feature. Therefor the counter is opt-in now. Just create the .js file it mentions with some random content, and it will work again. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 22:28, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

What sort of text is supposed to be on the "/EditCounterGlobalOptIn.js" and the other related page? Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:24, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, I guess I will have fun vandalizing my own pages. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:27, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Strike that, I can't get it to work. Any help would be great. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:01, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

It's working for me. (X! · talk)  · @885  ·  20:14, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

After you wrote on my talk page, I checked and it worked fine. I guess there was a delay there. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:14, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Username

Can you change my username to just Rin tin tin please? Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 00:36, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Oops, wrong place to do this. Sorry. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 19:39, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit counter

On my edit counter page, there was a 'User has not yet opted in. If you want to see graphs, please create User:Bejinhan/EditCounterOptIn.js with any content.' Upon clicking the link, I was directed to here. Is something wrong? Also, I want to see the graphs. How do I go about creating 'content' on the js page? Thanks! BejinhanTalk 06:11, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and why was the edit counter removed just because of 1 editor. Seriously! There are many of us out there who use it. Sorry, but I really find this frustrating and not to mention annoying too. BejinhanTalk 06:15, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

(tps)paste User:Bejinhan/EditCounterOptIn.js in your search box or just click on this and it will start the page you need to optin. then type anything and save. then you should be good to go. Calmer Waters 06:19, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Regardless of whether it was 1 editor or 1000, if the toolserver admins say to stop using the toolserver in some manner, you follow that request. And it's not entirely unreasonable – I don't agree with it, but I see where they're coming from. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:28, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

It wasn't removed because of 1 single editor. The wish to remove comes from a discussion at our village pump (perma). It has also been discussed before. See also the discussion at the Administrators' noticeboard (perma). Looks like the German community is a little more concerned about aggregating data than others are. Maybe our laws in that field are stricter too, I don't know. Also note that we have an opt-in at our List of Wikipedians by number of edits instead of the possibility to opt out like over here. --95.88.79.67 (talk) 17:44, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

It has been noted many, many times that only people from dewiki have ever complained. However, no matter how many times it is stated, the admins refuse to change their stance on the issue. (X! · talk)  · @804  ·  18:17, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

It's sad, but I guess despite its limitations and slowness, WikiChecker will be getting a lot more use now. --Tothwolf (talk) 04:12, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Possible loopholes in the edit counter opt-in

Not sure if the tool considers these or not:

1. Any admin can create the EditCounterOptIn.js file for any user.
2. A user who has an account on Meta with a given username is not necessarily the same user with that username on the English Wikipedia.

TUSC, for example, requires that the user make an edit to his talk page with a specific edit summary. PleaseStand ^(talk) 17:27, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit Count Parser Function

Hiya X!! Would you be able to create an edit count parser function? It would come in mighty handy. Thanks. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 288° 13' 15" NET 19:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

I did a few months ago, and it was reverted. (X! · talk)  · @884  ·  20:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

You did? Curious. How comes I didn't come across it? Even more puzzling though, why did they revert it considering that these two pages exist? Are they targeting you in particular or something? Sounds fishy to me! Set Sail For The Seven Seas 358° 4' 45" NET 23:52, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Editcounter

Hi, I've translated the new opt-in message to German for your editconter:

EN: Graphs have been set to opt-in as a result of a single complaint resulting in what is essentially a cease-and-desist letter from the toolserver admins. If you want to see graphs, please create User:Wikidienst/EditCounterOptIn.js with any content. Alternatively, you can create meta:User:Wikidienst/EditCounterGlobalOptIn.js to opt-in across all Wikimedia wikis.

DE: Die grafischen Statistiken wurden infolge eines Datenschutzproblems deaktiviert. Um sie anzuzeigen, erstelle die Seite Benutzer:$USERNAME/EditCounterOptIn.js mit beliebigem Inhalt, für eine globale Zustimmung auf allen Wikimedia-Projekten erstelle die Seite auf Meta-Wiki: Benutzer:$USERNAME/EditCounterGlobalOptIn.js.

--Wikidienst (talk) 21:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh no you don't

Won't be getting away with that you know!