If you have any questions please post them here on my talk page as my I.P. address is blocked.[[user:Eagle 101|Eagle]] ([[user_talk:Eagle 101|talk]]) ([[user:Eagle 101/Desk|desk]]) 15:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
If you have any questions please post them here on my talk page as my I.P. address is blocked.[[user:Eagle 101|Eagle]] ([[user_talk:Eagle 101|talk]]) ([[user:Eagle 101/Desk|desk]]) 15:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
== Welcome Email ==
Just wanted to say thanks for the 'welcome' message you sent, its always great to be said hello to when new! And i got some useful links into the bargain.
[[User:Oliver Brown|Ollie]] 21:10, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
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I am no longer on wikibreakEagle (talk) (desk) 19:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You have my support
Be assured of my support - even when we differ. I have to say I have suffered much the same type of treatment. And this place does seem to be awash with egos. No names of course but this behaviour is potentially a serious problem for the life of this encyclopedia. Much as life as a whole of course. I for one will welcome you back. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page) 07:33, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've spoken to Zoe regarding the bot problem. As I understand it, the only problem was indeed the {{cleanup}} --> {{stub}} behavior, which had objectors we didn't know existed. (Check my and her talk page for our discussion.) In addition, a perusal of Zoe's user talk shows she (he?) has a more general problem with being abrupt and gruff, although willing enough to calm down later.
I'm sorry you had such a bad experience. I should have suggested that the bot test be put off until I was around to discuss its features and implementation. I'll be back on Monday so maybe we can restart the bot test then -- please don't start it before then!! If we do that, and I'm around to field the non-technical questions on bot behavior, then we can perhaps get the ball rolling. Please don't run off entirely; I think these problems are a lot less than emotional responses on all sides have made them, and I am a strong believer that assuming good faith can carry us a long way.
Anyway, I hope you're feeling better and that we can get Gnome rolling along soon. Take care.
Hey Eagle, based on comments by User:Beland, let's reprogram Gnome to add tags rather than pulling them out of cleanup altogether. The reasoning is twofold:
Cleanup might be referring to multiple problems
keeping the stuff in the cleanup category lets us make sure we're killing it all, whereas splitting it into myriad categories makes keeping up with the statistics harder
I've also revised the GnomeBot task list and reasoning to match all this, as you asked. Alba 22:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
cleanup taskforce
I saw your note on the cleanup taskforce list for March. You can grab any of the unassigned articles and assign them to yourself. A lot of the assigned articles were assigned to people who are now inactive and could be (should be) reassigned.
Would you be interested in programming a bot to help keep track of which members are active? I'm thinking of something that would go through Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/Members/Members by interest and for each person check how many contributions they've made in the last month and prepare a new page that would list those who have few or no contributions in that time marked as inactive. There are other tasks that a bot could help with too. RJFJR 20:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Colonel Marksman
Yo, you helped me earlier, and I thought you would help me again.
How do you create a page that formally does not exist (the one I'm trying to work on is NASV) and make a redirect route link to a page that DOES exist (NASV is NASB, the difference is Version, and Bible, but essentially the same thing). So, in a search for NASV, I wanted to make a redirect route to the NASB page.
Colonel Marksman again
I made a page on the "Battle of the Kegs" (kinda funny, check it out urself),
but I when I thought someone deleted it, I found out it was just case sensitive.
... ????
PS: I forgot about the Colonel Marksman 02:32, 4 April 2006 (UTC), but yeah, I know it's there.[reply]
Welcome back - short breaks can be good too - I did leave a few small ideas for the gnome bot they are the last two in your archive2. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page) 07:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok - Fuel for the BOT and it's list creation - I would say any category with Novels at the end of it's title. e.g. {Spy novels}. I think that should cover it, Thanks :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 16:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Help with Terry Goodkind
mystar
Ron wilson
webmaster@terrygoodkind.net
I do not know if I am doing this right or not. I am unfamilure with this format and how it works.
I am greatly disturbed at the attempt to post misinformation and an attempt to maline Terry Goodkind.
I would greatly appericate your help in this matter. Am I wrong in thinking that personal attacks are not allowed?
The person posting this slanted post has not such creadability for making the statement of a conrvsery. Only that he is doing his best to make one. Which I might add he is taking Goodkinds words out of context and twisting them for his own delight.
I can assure you I am speaking for Mr. Goodkind himself. On your Goodkind
page this erroneous message keeps being placed.
Recent Controversy
Recently Goodkind has come under fire from critics and fans alike for
comments he made about his work. In an online chat[1] with fans he claimed,
"I am a novelist; I am not, in the essential sense, a fantasy author. To
define me as a fantasy writer is to misunderstand the context of my books by
misidentifying their fundamentals," and "My books are novels that deal in
important human themes involving the faculty of reason. I tell these stories
through heroic characters."
Goodkind further claimed that it was never his intention to market his books
in the fantasy genre, but due to business considerations they were anyway.
He also went on to claim that due to "unthinking individuals", his books
were further classified as fantasy due to, among other things, cover art.
Goodkind continued in this vein for quite awhile, demeaning fantasy authors
and their fans, and stated that his ideas were original because they dealt
with human thoughts and emotions. It should be noted, however, that for all
of Goodkind's praise, his ideas (a magic sword, evil empires, the hero and
heroine falling in love, and wizards who can only call on their power when
under duress), have been done many times over.
Also, when his novels were accused of being a bit "too preachy" by a fan
during the same chat, Goodkind lashed out at those who had criticized his
writing style, saying that they were not fans, and that they hated that his
novels existed. He also claimed that "their goal is not to enjoy life, but
to destroy that which is good... These people hate what is good because it
is good."
With these comments and several others, Goodkind effectively drew a line in
the sand, implying that you were either with him or against him.
[edit]
Footnotes
Please note that this is an attack from some people that have a less than
desirable intent toward MR. Goodkind. I can assure you that no such
controversy exist. I have found that this individual is from a message board
where they have had an extensive "we hate Goodkind" thread.
http://www.malazanempire.com/forums/showthread.php?t=693&page=15
I was able to appeal the fact that these people openly and blatantly
discussed doing this very thing the malicious and Untrue post about Mr.
Goodkind for nothing more than to stir up an uproar.
I can assure you that NO SUCH INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE. This will hopefully
allow you to see the intent of this person is nothing but malicious and he
has nothing but the greatest harm for Mr. Goodkind's reputation.
PLEASE feel free to call me at 1-888-855-1954 and I will connect you with
MR. Goodkind himself as to the validity of my words.
Ron Wilson -----(Unsigned post... will leave up for 1 week, please sign your post with ~~~~ thanks
p.s.
If I am barking up the wrong tree or doing this wrong, please be so kind as to let me know what and why.
Cleanup and WikiProjects
Hi, I see you are envolved with the Cleanup TaskForce
I am a member of Archaeology WikiProject, so I noticed the template inclusion in the end of their Main Page. Can you just give me a short summary on what the idea is and where it has got to as it at first sight looks like a very good idea to get into the other two project I am part of "Sports Olympics" and "Novels" (but that one you know about. Regards :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If you didn't understand you may not be the one to ask. But is the end of the WP:ARCHAEO project page is a section call "Pages Needing Attention" that include a template inclision from the Cleanup project pages. I think I know what they are about but thought you might know more. Anyway on the Novels bot work front no problem about the delay, there is now real hurry pleant of other things to do. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 19:45, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Gnome (bot)
Thanks for your changes to the criteria. My only concern was the removals of the cleanup tags, but if your bot performs as the page you linked to indicates, then I have no problems. User:Zoe|(talk) 17:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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--- I blocked my self by attempting to run User:Gnome (Bot), I asked and User:Zoe agreed to unblock the bot. But apparetnly Zoe did not realize that another admin also blocked the bot for the same reason. (i.e. zoe blocked, and than 1 day later another admin blocked as well) both blocks were indefinate. If you don't belive me look at User:Gnome (Bot)'s Block log. In addition look at my previous message, posted by zoe above
If you have any questions please post them here on my talk page as my I.P. address is blocked.Eagle (talk) (desk) 15:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome Email
Just wanted to say thanks for the 'welcome' message you sent, its always great to be said hello to when new! And i got some useful links into the bargain.
Ollie 21:10, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]