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Re:Top bar

His coding for it was here, but you can use {{DISPLAYTITLE:}} to pick what you want for the title.   jj137 (talk) 02:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC) Bold text

It may just be the namespace, because I know I've gotten it to work before. Try {{User:One/Title|}}, that definitely will work.   jj137 (talk) 02:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Lepoglava prison potential DYK

Well the good news is that the criteria was recently bumped back down to 1500 characters of pure article text. However, Lepoglava prison is currently at 1,198 bytes. But there is still 4 more days to expand it. AgneCheese/Wine 02:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I actually like the second better. But nom them both. Other editors may have different views. AgneCheese/Wine 21:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you



My RfA
Thank you very much for your support in my RfA which I really appreciate. It closed at 83/0/0. I was surprised by the unanimity and will do my best to live up to the new role. All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 16:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


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RfA?

Would you mind if I nominated you? WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDENplay it cool. 21:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

That's okay. If you ran today I think you would definitely get the mop. And LAX removed it... Good while it lasted! WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I suppose so. I think a user with 11,600 edits is an asset to the Wikipedia in itself. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Cheers :) and bad luck for the Patriots on Sunday :P WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I didn't know you were from New England. But you have to say that a 35-seconds-left winner is a GREAT end to a Superbowl! P.S. is the 1% from New York? WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeh I know...I don't think they use their feet very much in American football anyway. The biggest known MLS team over here is LA Galaxy because of the whole David Beckham thing...WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, some say it is a different language  :) Most popular sport is association football. I follow Aberdeen F.C. and Chelsea F.C., Aberdeen just lost 4-1 to big rivals Dundee United.  :( WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, that's not surprising... I mean they do play in Scotland. It's Stamford Bridge, for reference :P And yeh, Anthony Horowitz is his name, I just finished reading Evil Star, which is his book in a different series. It's good, you should check it out WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:59, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I've read up to Ark Angel myself. Snakehead good? (I didn't look at the article because of spoilers, I would read like mad) 81.151.247.140 (talk) 22:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh and best edit summary ever! WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 22:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Protection

I have reviewed and declined the page protection request for Stormbreaker (novel). Generally we only protect when there is a period of recent vandalism activity - in this case, there's nothing for about a week, so I'm not comfortable pre-emptively protecting it. Thanks for keeping an eye on it though! I encourage you to watchlist and revert and let me know if there are problems. - Philippe | Talk 22:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Fantasy Baseball

CBS Sportsline is up and running and the description is....

"A league for wikipedians that have organized it"

Apparently everyone EXCEPT us has joined it. I'll create another one.

ALSO! ESPN.COM OPENS UP ON THE 17th! MAYBE WE COULD TRY THAT IF SPORTSLINE DOESN'T WORK! HPJoker Leave me a message 00:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Before I set it up, anyone know the difference between Standard Rotisserie, 5X5 Rotisserie, Roto Plus, and Weekly Head to Head? Those are the different types of scoring options on CBS Sportsline. Should I do Head-to-head, like it was set up on stormtracker's league? HPJoker HPJoker Leave me a message 01:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
First of all, whats a good draft date? HPJoker Leave me a message 02:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Go cbssportsline.com/fantasy, click play fantasy baseball, look below and click FREE FANTASY BASEBALL. After you've clicked that, click the yellow PLAY NOW button, then enter in you're team name (you're wikipedia name?). After you've entered in your team name, scroll down. You'll see a link that says Search for League by Name. Click that and search for Boston Red Sox Wikiproject. Description is A league for me, jj137, Stormtracker94, and Milk's Favorite Cookie. You should be there then! It's a private league so let me know if you can't find it.
I KNOW WHY YOU COULDN'T GET IN! YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PLAYER NAME! HPJoker Leave me a message 02:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
After you click play now it should pop up. The league also has a password. Do you have an IM or e-mail that I can send it to? HPJoker Leave me a message 02:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Why haven't I gotten a conformation e-mail yet? Not even in my spam folder, and what date will you be able to draft? HPJoker Leave me a message 02:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I need a draft date and time first. Did everything else go fine? Please forgive me. I'm sick, again. And yes, I did give it the right e-mail. Not in my spam folder either. HPJoker Leave me a message 02:25, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry. It wants a draft date before I create it. HPJoker Leave me a message 02:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm Mountain Time Zone. You're Eastern time zone?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HPJoker (talkcontribs) 02:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
7:38 HPJoker Leave me a message 02:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry. Can't. School. Just a cold so I'll be back on Thursday.
Anytime after 4:00 PM I'll be fine. ALSO! I'll be here tomorrow, so I'll be able to draft ANYTIME tomorrow. HPJoker Leave me a message 02:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)r

Re:RFA

Well, that's good news to hear! There's someone you know will support you when you run :)   jj137 (talk) 01:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

That's even better. I think it always looks good when people co-nom (it shows the candidate must be pretty good).   jj137 (talk) 01:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I know it should, but I don't know if the rule is set in stone. Stormtracker withdrew his RFA, but I really would have liked to see it pass.   jj137 (talk) 01:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I think it would be difficult to create a bot that bolds the title, because it could be prone to false positives (sometimes it isn't the exact article name that's bolded). With Oreobot, doesn't look like it has gotten too far; I suggest saying that it could use AWB's typo list and maybe a handful of others, or something like that. Fixing typos is risky because there could easily be a lot of false positives.   jj137 (talk) 01:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I think I know what's there, so I'll make sure to skip it.   jj137 (talk) 01:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I posted it at User:Milk's Favorite Cookie/Sandbox, if that's the right place.   jj137 (talk) 02:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah :) Have you been able to get on CBS Sportsline? It still tells me there's an error.   jj137 (talk) 20:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm in EST. That time sounds good, I guess. Just found out I didn't finish confirming my account, that's why it didn't work. Click on "My profile" and follow the steps, and it should work...   jj137 (talk) 20:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Did it give you the message saying you're "ALMOST done with your registration/confirmation" or something like that?   jj137 (talk) 21:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Mine too. Try following this link while logged in.   jj137 (talk) 21:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Photographer's barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar. Note that I'm not a photographer by any stretch of the imagination-- per my userpage, I simply nominate photographs that have been uploaded by others for FPC status. Spikebrennan (talk) 21:35, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Copyvios

I think I'll just let them be deleted through AFD, since it looks like they will be. I don't know if they have enough word-for-word content to be considered a blatant copyvio and be speedy deleted. (Sorry, I'm no expert on that sort of situation.)   jj137 (talk) 21:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep.   jj137 (talk) 21:56, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The Bothering User that will never go away... me!

Hello again. I would like to invite you to vote in my "co-founded" poll for the 2008 United States Presidential Election at Wikipedia:Presidential poll. Thank you. Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 23:25, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way, nice archive stack. Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 23:25, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you (for the smile... and voting). Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 23:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, I had just asked Earthbendingmaster about that, because I sort of destroyed another users talk page with a template. Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 00:02, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


That's the thank you box we made. Earthbendingmaster made an invitation box. Here. EBM likes yours too, and we decided that both could be used. Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 23:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Presidential Pool

Neat. Thanks! ROMNEY!

I'm not trying to start a fight, but you know that Obama was muslim, right? HPJoker Leave me a message 01:00, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

No I don't mind. Not racist if it's true. Which league are we doing. jj's new league? Have you joined it yet? HPJoker Leave me a message 02:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

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Font

How does it look?   jj137 (talk) 02:47, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks pretty cool.   jj137 (talk) 02:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Hold on - keep count of what?   jj137 (talk) 02:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL, you don't have to. You might be interested in seeing Interiot Kate's edit counter tool which lists edit counts to certain pages. I've edited your talk page about 400 times, more than any other (besides my own).   jj137 (talk) 02:53, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
They do love to see AFD participation and high Wikipedia namespace edit count. When participating in AFDs, be careful not to go too fast (see also WP:AADD). I used to do that, and it (I think) almost caused my RfA to fail.   jj137 (talk) 03:00, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
This is funny. Want to see my four highest edit counts on user talk pages?
  1. 531 Jj137
  2. 422 Milk's Favorite Cookie
  3. 172 HPJoker
  4. 76 Stormtracker94

  jj137 (talk) 03:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

The font looks horrible. My eyes! :) Nishkid64 (talk) 03:07, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Schools

Hi there; my understanding was that, even for a school, there should be some indication of notability rather than just a one-line statement of existence. That was certainly the policy the last time I searched for it, and I had not been aware of discussion since. But I would absolutely not argue with you, and if indeed policy has changed as you suggest then I would be happy to restore the article. Do you have a diff to point to? --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 12:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

No, the article should definitely stay deleted. But just a notice, that after a long discussion, schools are not to be deleted undert A7. But, no the article should not be restored. Thanks! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 19:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

ESPN Fantasy Baseball

If we can't get 6 more people by Saturday, I'll start and ESPN league. I've screwed with ESPN before. I know how to create a league there. They open up on 11th. Their draft is run on Java and runs a lot better than CBS's. You might want to change your background. HPJoker Leave me a message 20:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

You're talk page backgroud. It's white and it's hard to read the font. HPJoker Leave me a message 22:23, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

What's this about?

Huh? Do you want a review or something? And you changed the font..:S WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

It is a bit...weird... That's a shame. I'd go for Obama anyway. He rocks. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Pardone moi? WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh I see. Who would you vote for anyway? WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Heh, it's just your country's immediate future at stake, no biggie... WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 21:58, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, don't feel bad, I think, after a good look after I put it up, it doesn't focus at all... never mind. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 22:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, it's not my country, so...meh WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 22:08, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
[claps] that is correct. He's Scottish (woohoo!) but really dull...and he has royally screwed up the country, IMO...WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 22:13, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Wait, it's Arnold Schwarzenegger, isn't it? :P WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 22:18, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
He is? :D Yeh, he is, just looked xD WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 22:28, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Ahaha! Oh well, I was surprised I got it right first time... WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN round of applause 22:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Page Protection

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Re:Player Stats

I think it would be better to just input the stats ourselves. They can be sortable, and plus, some people can't even see the images. I would still like to see an example, though.   jj137 (talk) 01:22, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you could upload it, and I can just delete it after seeing it. That may actually be faster. :)   jj137 (talk) 01:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, well, OK.   jj137 (talk) 01:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Looks good, but I still think it will probably be better to just input it in wikitables. That way we can customize it however we want, and you can't always do that with images.   jj137 (talk) 01:48, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Not really. If you want me to create wikitables, I can do that.   jj137 (talk) 01:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, there's been a backlog of unassessed Red Sox articles for a while now - need to get around to that.   jj137 (talk) 02:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Go to List > Convert to talk pages.   jj137 (talk) 02:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Whoa - that's a lot. You will probably come across a "streak" where there is a lot unassessed.   jj137 (talk) 02:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Best of luck, and take your time with it. No rush. You'll be mentioned in the newsletter this week.   jj137 (talk) 02:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, it's good to have lots of areas of work and keep it balanced. I think the more different areas of work, the better.   jj137 (talk) 02:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Eventually you'll get some. There's about 500 assessed total right now.   jj137 (talk) 02:46, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
In the "Set Options" tab, check to see if there are any boxes checked that automatically skipped when no changes made.   jj137 (talk) 02:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Wait - undo that box you said you had checked.   jj137 (talk) 02:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

(unindent)

Good luck! :)   jj137 (talk) 02:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

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Your DYK nomination for hyperdeterminant was successful

Updated DYK query On January 28, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article hyperdeterminant, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 05:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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DYK

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Talk:Global warming

Hi! I removed the Wikiproject Environment template you put on the top of Talk:Global warming because the template is already on the page; it's just contained in the "this article is covered by multiple wikiprojects" box. - Enuja (talk) 22:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Featured image

Congratulations! I'm not sure about how to make certain parts link; I know it can be done with the Imagemap extension, but I know it's pretty complicated.   jj137 (talk) 23:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Further on this: I read over the page and I think I have it figured out, if there was something you wanted to try.   jj137 (talk) 23:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
That's really strange. If it's exactly the same as the other one, I don't understand why it isn't working correctly...   jj137 (talk) 23:59, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

ImageMap

Wow. Using Show Preview, I tried to "redo" it, but for some reason I still can't get the links to work properly. I'll keep working on it.   jj137 (talk) 02:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... not yet... going to have to work at it some more... this could take a while to perfect.   jj137 (talk) 02:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Eh, you're right, we have plenty of time. I'm not going to give up until I get it right, though. :)   jj137 (talk) 02:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

dyk

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Are you an imagemap fan? Victuallers (talk) 13:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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Article

checkY Deleted it. Haven't had a chance to work on the archives yet; just got online for the first time today (although I think I have an idea of what to do).   jj137 (talk) 20:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm curious to know who the editor on the radio was (if you check out the list you could probably figure it out :))   jj137 (talk) 21:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Gurch, maybe? Yes, I did know Rudget retired, it was for personal reasons.   jj137 (talk) 22:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Gurch? No, I don't think so, he's still actively editing.   jj137 (talk) 22:17, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

confused

hi mfc, i'm confused by recent messages. You have a template today for the DYK (see above) and a thx for the RFA support - (hope you found the bucket) Can you explain? Victuallers (talk) 21:23, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 29 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dorothy Canning Miller, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
-- oops..O I C ... missed this one Victuallers (talk) 21:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Charlotte Anderson

Hi, I noticed the Charlotte Anderson article that you have contributed on the uncatagorized page list. However, sources indicate this actress was Charlotte Ander (de:Charlotte Ander), for whom a Wikipedia page already exists. • Gene93k (talk) 23:31, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

  • re: I suggest merging the filmography and new sources to Charlotte Ander. The Charlotte Ander prose appears to be a more complete and polished translation from the German wiki. As for Charlotte Anderson, this appears to be the name of a missing notable professor and physician. Once the merge is done, we can make a stub. • Gene93k (talk) 21:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

ImageMaps

Victuallers told me about this tool which helps create imagemaps. Wow. Check out the changes I made to archives till 38 page (still a couple I have to fix, I think).   jj137 (talk) 03:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Boston Celtics FA Nom

Though this seems like it won't succeed, I could help you with the issues addressed to help bring the article to FA status. Just drop me a note on what to do and I will get started. STORMTRACKER 94 Go Sox! 20:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll get started later today or tomorrow. Also, it seems that the Mets getting Santana is good, because I wouldn't want to see all of these young prospects being traded. STORMTRACKER 94 Go Sox! 21:02, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

AWB

Yes, you should be able to - when you compile the list, there should be an option in one of the tabs to change all of the pages to Talk: namespace. To make your TOC in the center, just use {{TOCcenter}}.   jj137 (talk) 21:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

The image (til 38) is fixed now. I'll work on adding the archive images by adding them in a scrollable (sic) box, if that sounds correct.   jj137 (talk) 21:19, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'll just put that in a box. Do you want me to go ahead and do that?   jj137 (talk) 21:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Argh. Worked around with it but couldn't get it to work right (still trying!). Have you ever considered linking any of your Oreo pictures to Oreo?   jj137 (talk) 21:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Aah, I'm completely stuck. If you suggest it at the help desk I'm sure someone will probably be able to solve it within minutes.   jj137 (talk) 21:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Boston Celtics assessments

Hey. Seems like you're assessing a slew of start-class articles as stubs. May I ask about your criteria, or the reason for this? Wizardman 21:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Ramón Rivas, Fred Roberts, Dwayne Schintzius, Rajon Rondo among others. (I only checked a few, there may be more). Wizardman 03:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Just makign sure you saw this, since jj sent so many messages below you may have missed it. Wizardman 03:49, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

mistake no maybe not

I see Removed it! - - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:02, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

2 things

For the new pages, nothing I know of. New Page Watcher may have something you can use.

I haven't been able to find anything for the Celtics other than the all-time roster. I guess we will just have to tag non-bios the "old-fashioned way".   jj137 (talk) 22:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

At Special:Newpages you could sort them for the last month or so, but you would have to keep track for longer.   jj137 (talk) 23:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Sacha inchi AFD

Hi there, i'm sure you've noticed which way the AFD is going, perhaps you would consider withdrawing your nom? -- Ļıßζېấשּׂ~ۘ Ώƒ ﻚĢęخ (talk) 23:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Love your archivebox!

That's all I wanted to say! Yngvarr 00:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Bot

Actually, I am very experienced with Pywikipedia bot and AWB bot software (I used to run a bot all day everyday on another wiki). Actually, if you download and install the Pywikipedia bot software (if you want!), I can definitely help you with a bot.   jj137 (talk) 00:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I use XP too; firstly, if you don't already have Python installed, you will need to download/install that (just takes a few minutes, no big deal). Once you do that, you can just download the software from here. Are you familiar with command line at all? That's what you use to run it. It's actually pretty simple, assuming the fact I was able to figure it out and know relatively nothing about command line. (Sorry if all of that was confusing.)   jj137 (talk) 00:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
It looks like you click on "Python 2.5.1 Windows installer" -   jj137 (talk) 00:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
You shouldn't have to open an RFBA yet - just make sure not to make any edits before opening one. Yes, the step-by-step is confusing; once it is done installing, read through it, and let me know if you can't figure something out.   jj137 (talk) 00:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Ah, OK. Just save it wherever you want, I guess; you don't really even need to do anything with any of the files, but the pywikipedia somehow needs it to work.   jj137 (talk) 00:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't think so.   jj137 (talk) 00:46, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
If you have both things installed, I'm pretty sure that's where the directions come in. Try reading through them and see if you can figure out anything. Let me know if you're stuck/confused.   jj137 (talk) 00:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Specifically, what part of this are you confused on?   jj137 (talk) 00:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
OK, now I'm confused! :)   jj137 (talk) 01:02, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Your pick. WordPad, Notepad, etc., whatever you prefer.   jj137 (talk) 01:04, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Wow, that was fast! You did modify it to "Ohmpandyabot", right? (You may want to rename that, if you want)   jj137 (talk) 01:16, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
You can rename it or create a new account while logged in, whatever's easiest. Now, are you able to login using command line?   jj137 (talk) 01:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Here's how:
  1. Open command line.
  2. Type in chdir (whatever file name is where list of .py files is saved)
  3. type in login.py
  4. It should ask you for your password. Type in the bot password (also, make sure "Oreobot" is specified in the file)– it will be invisible, but it will be entering it.
  5. If successful, it will tell you a random note about how your bot isn't registered or something like that.

Let me know if you get this far.   jj137 (talk) 01:26, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Where exactly does it say there is an error - in the command line, or in the file?   jj137 (talk) 01:46, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
OK, do you have "Oreobot" specified in user-config.py? Optionally, just post what the text in that file says and I can fix it :)   jj137 (talk) 01:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Remove the space between the u and the ' . If that doesn't work, I have another suggestion...   jj137 (talk) 02:03, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Just follow the steps above.   jj137 (talk) 02:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Say for example the list of files (user-config.py, login.py, move.py, etc. etc.) is saved in "C:\Wikipedia\pywikipediabot" or something like that. You would type in "chdir C:\Wikipedia\pywikipediabot". Then you would use login.py .   jj137 (talk) 02:09, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
You did type in the location of the file, and not the example, right?   jj137 (talk) 02:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
LOL, just kidding. So, when you open command line, what are you typing?   jj137 (talk) 02:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Don't forget the chdir in front of it.   jj137 (talk) 02:21, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
The second one - there should be a space in between.   jj137 (talk) 02:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Is it still telling you invalid syntax? If you're typing it in correctly, and that is where all of the pywikipedia bot files are, then it should work properly.   jj137 (talk) 02:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
If you open a fresh command line, copy and paste the below code into the command line and press enter, and it surely is telling you that, then I'm totally out of ideas.

chdir C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop1\Desktop\Python\pywikipedia

  jj137 (talk) 02:34, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Wait - try going to that file name through My Documents. Does it come up with all of the pywikipedia bot files?   jj137 (talk) 02:35, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Not sure what service pack 2 is, but yeah, that might be the problem.   jj137 (talk) 02:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Just looked up what it was, and it looks like I already have it. Wow, I didn't even know.   jj137 (talk) 02:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
That's too bad. Well, you said your laptop has it, so maybe that will fix the problem.   jj137 (talk) 02:53, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Now I know!! (I think) You typed in an extra "Desktop". Type in: chdir C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop1\My Documents\Pywikipedia

  jj137 (talk) 02:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Aah, so close.   jj137 (talk) 03:04, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

User talk help request

Well, I tried. I think that's what you were aiming for, and if not, hopefully that's close enough for you to tweak the code around a bit. The changes I made were mainly in your /Top template, and basically consisted of slapping the two archive things and the TOC in an invisible table. Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure how to make your second archive pile as large as the other one (or vice versa), mainly because I have no idea how you did all that in the first place. I hope that works for you - if not, it should be easy enough for you to undo - one edit each here and on the template. Happy Editing! Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I've got the scroll bar in. Had to fight the spam blacklist to do it, though, which was kinda weird. Anyway, I'm not sure what you mean by "wide" - I guess things are running off on your screen? I'm using a 1440x900 screen resolution and it looks fine to me, but I'm not quite sure how to get things smaller without messing with those imagemaps of yours. Which, again, I have no idea how to do. Sorry. Looks pretty good on my screen, though. :-) Hersfold (t/a/c) 05:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Thank you very much! I would have liked to fixed this, though.   jj137 (talk) 03:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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