User talk:Amorymeltzer

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Refund request

Hello AM, could you please restore all the subpages of Portal:Reptiles and Portal:Amphibians that you deleted due to this request? We want to compare the current single page version with the old historical version, and need to have the subpages in order make that comparison. UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:31, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, where's the discussion? That is, who's "we?" ~ Amory (u • t • c) 19:27, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We is: the participants of Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals. The specific discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals#Portal restoration to pre-automated versions and in the threads that followed. Thanks again. UnitedStatesian (talk) 19:28, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@UnitedStatesian:

Done Just referenced you since there don't seem to be any ongoing discussions. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 20:54, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Scripting help

Hi. Do you think you can take a look at User:DannyS712 test/redirects.js? I'm building a bot to automatically patrol redirects, but I can't get it to properly patrol the pages. The doPatrolFromId function is triggered for all of the pages, but only the first in each run is actually patrolled. I don't know enough about javascript to figure this out. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 07:46, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What's the error? If you're sure the code is being reached and you're doing bulk work, I'd imagine it's a token issue. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:53, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the "console.log( "Should patrol: " + pageId);" is reached, but it doesn't actually do the patrolling. I use the token via API.postWithToken. Do you have any suggested changes? --DannyS712 (talk) 07:39, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So are there no errors? I'd add an onRejected function to your .then, that should spit out what the issue is. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 09:54, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That is, something like:

API.postWithToken( 'csrf', to_send ).then( function ( response ) {
		console.log( response );
	}, function(fail) {
		console.log(fail);
	});

~ Amory (u • t • c) 09:55, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Amorymeltzer: I didn't see this, but I tried it differently and found out the issue: ratelimit. Thanks though, --DannyS712 (talk) 07:20, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback for Accesscrawl

Hi Amory. Can you restore my rollback right? The 2 month trial was expired. I have used rollback with care and never abused it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Accesscrawl (talk • contribs) 08:21, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Accesscrawl: I've extended your trial for a few more months — your edits with it were mostly fine AFAICT but you weren't particularly active. I had a few concerns about cases where it might've been better to leave a custom edit summary where maybe the person you reverted was editing in good-faith, so do consider that. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 09:46, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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15:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your time and efforts on Wikipedia. Your calm amidst the storms is always welcomed, as is your good cheer and thoughtful use of the sysop toolset. On top of all that fantastic work you also do such fantastic work in developing Twinkle, an essential tool for so many of us. Thanks for all that you do. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:52, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, Barkeep49! That's really very kind and really means a lot. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 15:48, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect for discussion

Hello Amorymeltzer. I think I saw you close a discussion for a redirect. Could you help me close Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2019_May_27#AEW? I am the proposer. There are many opposes, so could you help me close either as a withdraw or WP:SNOW? Thanks. starship .paint (talk) 10:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]