User talk:Rich Farmbrough


 * ''See also /2007,/2008,/2009,

SmackBot
Your bot is updating the GE prices with an old timestamp. And it updates the prices while it has already been updated earlier on the day by GEBot, thus this item does not reflect the GE market movement anymore... AKA, the arrow is yellow instead of green or red. 14:01, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The timestamp is a acccurate: it when the information was taken from GE.
 * Yes, this is a problem. SB wasn't designed to run with another bot. For this reaon I'm thinking about scrapping it. Rich Farmbrough, 14:06 5  June 2009 (GMT).
 * OK I fixed it. Rich Farmbrough, 19:33 5 June 2009 (GMT).
 * What does that mean? :P 21:34, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * IF the price recorded is the same as it will make it, it won't make the change. Rich Farmbrough, 16:14 6 June 2009 (GMT).
 * OF course this means NO YELLOW ARROWS. Rich Farmbrough, 16:41 22 July 2009 (GMT).

Note to self
Item number 14836 not found. Item number 14838 not found. Item number 14840 not found. Item number 14842 not found. Item number 14844 not found. Item number 14846 not found. Item number 14848 not found. Item number 14850 not found. Item number 14852 not found. Item number 14854 not found. Item number 14856 not found. Item number 14859 not found. Item number 14870 not found.

Exchange:Unfueled oil lamp Item number 2476 not found. Item number 361 not found. Item number 3761 not found. Item number 95 not found.


 * Removed wanted pages clutter. 09:42, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Something wrong with SmackBot?
http://runescape.wikia.com/index.php?title=Exchange%3ACurry&diff=1461570&oldid=1457422 21:21, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hm not that I know. maybe a GEDB glitch. Rich Farmbrough, 18:38 1 July 2009 (GMT).
 * There is definitely something wrong with it. http://runescape.wikia.com/index.php?title=Exchange:Teak_logs&diff=1539380&oldid=1534741 Golladan 08:35, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes in that case it wasrunning a bit late for reasons including a wedding, and the bot stalling. It is designed to not update if there is later update than its snapshot, but expects this to be within a day. Rich Farmbrough, 16:40 22 July 2009 (GMT).

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Comma separators in Exchange prices
The next time SmackBot updates the prices in Exchange pages, could you add comma separators? i.e. instead of "11000", use "11,000". I've fixed the templates so that prices can now be inputted using commas. Distinguishing 100000 from 1000000 and spotting vandalism will become easier if the comma separators are included. 07:40, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

RE:Ceased item?
It is still being traded in the Grand Exchange. I think someone changed the Item ID... from 10,367 -> 10,366. I have corrected the ItemID for that item. 03:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Moving Exchange items
I will be moving 163 Exchange pages soon. You said that you updated your local database/table manually, so I wanted to let you know first before I moved them. 13:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Smackbot error
Smackbot incorrectly updated the Exchange:Dragon pickaxe page here. You can see here that the price isn't 7.5m, but 8.3m as it was before. Thought you ought to know! 02:43, September 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * Reason is simple, your dates are backwards, in fact maybe all sig dates are backwards. This sort of change,  which provides no benefit and breaks everything, is called an "upgrade". Currently SB can't edit because of another "upgrade".  Rich Farmbrough, 11:00 18  September 2009 (GMT).
 * That's weird... I never noticed that before... My number is in the wrong spot! But yours isn't.... Intriguing! 15:13, September 18, 2009 (UTC)
 * I really think you need to shut Smackbot down until this gets sorted out; it just incorrectly updated the dragon pickaxe page incorrectly again.  03:21, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello Rich, SmackBot has incorrectly updated numerous pages and will temporarily be blocked for a day to prevent false price updates if it incorrectly updates another GEMW page, please fix any issues with the coding immediately and be sure not to run the bot until such time as the errors have been corrected. Many thanks.-- 04:54, September 19, 2009 (UTC)

The wat to stop the bot is to leave it a message. Rich Farmbrough, 14:53 20 September 2009 (GMT).

SmackBot not running
Hi, SmackBot appears to have quit running since the 22nd. - 22:03, October 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * I believe this may be caused by the url change, http://services.runescape.com/m=itemdb_rs/viewitem.ws?obj=453 is the new url scheme for the gedb. By the way, can I have a copy of SmackBot's source code, I'm interested in maintaining a backup solution for times like these. - 22:26, October 29, 2009 (UTC)
 * SmackBot still has not yet run. - 23:18, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

Fixed, I hope. Just had to find time for it. Rich Farmbrough, 17:07 14 November 2009 (GMT).
 * I'm glad you got SmackBot running again. I will continue to keep AmauriceBot updating prices so we have some redundancy in the system.  14:09, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

O.o
Who spells it like that? 22:32, November 3, 2009 (UTC)

Lol
I lol'd  600613 H4XX0R  Talk  01:20, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Good. Rich Farmbrough, 02:46 10 December 2009 (GMT).

Re: New fields
The new fields were suggested by Robert in the proposal for AmauriceBot to update the Exchange pages (in the event of possible SmackBot failure).

You are right that there were problems with the GE pages exceeding the pre-expansion buffer size. We do still need to be careful, but we do have a bit more leaway now since the later version of MediaWiki (now used by the wikia) does not combine all the pre-expand templates into a single buffer but keeps them as a seperate nodes in the tree.

Prior to this change, I had AmauriceBot update the junk item and anti-junk item pages. However, these pages would not be kept up to date if the item prices were changed by another bot. This is why I then implemented Robert's suggestion of keeping the minimum and maximum limits (the hard limits that is) in the Exchanges pages (where known). Then category of junk and anti-junk items can be maintained automatically (like the profitable high alch). AmauriceBot will now just update the AbsMinPrice and AbsMaxPrice if it identifies a new one that has not already been set.

Robert also suggested including the Volume from the GE high volume page, but I'm not convinced how useful this will be as it only lists the volumes for the top 100. Also, unlike the hard min and max limits (which do not change), the volume will change regularly so would probably need updating when any Bots update the market prices to be consistant.

00:17, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Alching prices
No I have looked no further into the matter. I tend not to play RS these days, a small handful of people have taken all of the fun out of it for me. 07:46, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Old dates?
Is SmackBot updating wrongly here? It seems that it is updating the price from 5 February 2010, rather than the current price on that day. 16:36, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes... the wiki is slow and AWB keeps timing out. The processes designed to skip updated pages, so I have been pushing it through, however I forgot that it assumes no more than the following day. Sigh. I really need to re-write the update part of the process separate from AWB. Rich Farmbrough, 17:46 9  February 2010 (GMT).

This
Smackbot blanked the page. I have no clue what went wrong. FIX PLOX D: 06:48, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. There was a very rare bug in the MediaWiki software that could cause this, I would imagine that is what happened. We can keep an eye on this page as a precaution. Rich Farmbrough, 13:35 11  February 2010 (GMT).

He did it again. 03:26, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, very odd. Rich Farmbrough, 03:54 27 February 2010 (GMT).

Sysop tools?
Would sysop tools aid you in your tasks? You've been an awesome contributer for so long I don't know why you haven't been nominated before but I think you should be.--Degenret01 23:04, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes from time to time. I would be happy to be nominated, although I haven't followed the sysop process here. Many thanks, Rich Farmbrough, 23:08 3  March 2010 (GMT).
 * Okay, head on over to RuneScape:Requests_for_adminship/Rich_Farmbrough, sign, and answer the three questions. Then it begins. Best of luck.--Degenret01 23:28, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

Convesrion?
Your current mass edit info has a little typo in it. ;) He has knocked four times. 01:39, March 4, 2010 (UTC)

Re:LP update
I'm using your XML prefrences, so it should be adding to each page. I'll start adding (approx) from now on, sorry for blundering ahead w/o knowing what to do =P -- 03:14, March 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean, its added to every page I've edited. -- 20:25, March 4, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, if it's not too much trouble, could you explain to me how I use User:Rich Farmbrough/HP2LP.xml? 09:40, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, AWB seems pretty neat. However, how do you set it to specifically go through the monster articles? Currently, it seems to be going through all the articles hat haven't been checked already. 13:30, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the help.  14:23, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Smackbot behind?
I looked at the price of blood and death runes (which are both currently crashing), and it looks like smackbot might have put on some old prices for them. It looks like the prices are much further behind than I would have expected. 18:43, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes 8:36 on the 4th I'm just kicking of an update with prices from 15:36 today (5th) and will run again shortly. I didn't know about the price of Chaos runes,but I just sold 3000 from my general stock... Rich Farmbrough, 00:20 6  March 2010 (GMT).
 * (Sorry you said blood and death not chaos. Rich Farmbrough, 00:43 6 March 2010 (GMT).)

Confuzzed
I'm slightly confused - do I add the to every page that I change from HP -> LP. How on Earth are you editing like 100 pages per second xD. Is it some kind of bot? Shall I change to {{Check HP|checked if the conversion is right? I'm still pretty nooby so I don't know much =P If you find time please answer on my talk page, because I would like to help. Thanks {{Signatures/LordDarkPhantom}} 12:34, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for clearing that up =) Am I right in thinking that if you used the browser, all/most of the conversions will be done in a short amount of time? {{Signatures/LordDarkPhantom}} 12:51, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

bot bug
"hitpoints" changes to "Constitutions"... I just noticed this in the Grim Tales walkthrough. It should be "lifepoints"... --Agamemnus 01:16, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Um bot? It is a human edit as far as I can see. And it should probably be "low Constitution level, becasue cons is what we have levels in now. But it's a poorly worded sentence anyway. Rich Farmbrough, 02:01 8 March 2010 (GMT).
 * Ok, qool... I wasn't 100% sure that a bot (which may or may not have been made by you) was not involved /lawyerspeak. Nice rewording. :) --Agamemnus 07:42, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Summary
How do I change the summary that awb will use? 02:18, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm not familiar with awb. 03:19, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * I would like a slight change ( I already made it in mine, but I don't want to conflict with your usage). When it says 'damage', I think it should stay. I.e. deals 150 damage as opposed to deals 150 lifepoints. The first sounds much better to me. 05:39, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * The reason I made that change is so that there is no confusion. I have myself been thrown by somehting using the old term and the new numbers. If you read "150 LP" you know it is up to date. And while damage might sound better there are so many absolutely awfully constructed sentences...  but in due course you can change them if you wish, or change the settings. Rich Farmbrough, 11:31 8  March 2010 (GMT).
 * Another more important change is adding recognition for Hitpoints/hitpoints by itself, not attached to a damage amount. In some cases it might cause an error, like in Constitution or Hitpoints (historical), but I haven't seen any after I added a rule for it. 08:03, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Scratch that, pouchs use hitpoints as the param, not hp, and life points is invalid. 08:33, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * I found a bunch, discontinued events for example, where the HP should stay with a LP note "... did 2 HP (20 LP)..." Rich Farmbrough, 11:31 8 March 2010 (GMT).
 * Also, there is a problem/bug/glitch/etc. It replaces 0 with 00. I.e. 0 damage > 00 damage. 08:26, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I have that fixed in my version I think. As I say all edits should be checked by eye! Should I upload the latest? Rich Farmbrough, 11:25 8 March 2010 (GMT).
 * Yes pl0x. I don't know how to fix the double 0 thing. 21:43, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Forum:Change the way we update Exchange pages
Could you please update SmackBot to include commas when it updates prices? Commas should be added to the following parameters: Price, Last, LowAlch, HighAlch, AbsMinPrice, AbsMaxPrice (and possibly Store). Thanks. 09:17, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Done, more or less. Rich Farmbrough, 13:25 8 March 2010 (GMT).

Calculators/Runcrafting fractional rates
I have one on my user page. 64 runecrafting at nature altar. I have 3 different fractions for some reason. It seems to me that it gets higher the more I craft. Which should I add in? The 1k, 2k, or that other one? 13:40, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1k pure ess got me 1,230 nature runes. 2k pure ess got me 2,496 (I rounded it on user page, but not on my account notes). 2,293 pure ess got me 2,869 nature runes. Which to add? :/  14:07, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * I plan to try and craft as much as I can until I level up. Hopefully it provides a more accurate ratio. 14:36, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Tagging
I have a question, why are you tagging articles that don't have any conversions to be made, like bronze knife? Many of the pages you are tagging are ones I didn't because there weren't any matches of hp, etc. 09:27, March 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Are you saying that all or most content pages should have check hp and/or |checked on them? 09:35, March 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * So basically it's better to add to check them if it matches the regex? I'm asking because I see a few pages you added the tag that have nothing that need to be checked. 09:54, March 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks, I got it now. 10:02, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Smackbot
Is it possible to use Smackbot to make the Charm log updates, seeing as they don't need to be semi-automated? 09:36, March 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * What updates? If you mean the charms paege, I'm doing that now. Rich Farmbrough, 09:39 12 March 2010 (GMT).
 * Sorry, by updates, I meant changes. The reason I asked you to use Smackbot was because Smackbot's edits do not appear in the RecentChanges, so it wouldn't be flooded with the edits. 10:26, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

RfA
You now an administrator, I'm sure you'll put the tools to good use.-- 19:00, March 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the news I have deleted a page already! Rich Farmbrough, 21:11 16 March 2010 (GMT).
 * Gratz on adminship! :D -- 21:19, March 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Grats!!!!  02:11, March 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Congrats!!!! You have been with the wikia for over 3 years now. You deserved it! Do you think you will try for bureaucracy in coming time? -- 19:19, March 17, 2010 (UTC)superplayer08

Thank you all. Rich Farmbrough, 09:15 17 March 2010 (GMT).


 * Grats! Well deserving. 11:09, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

great work :) 18:37, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Stubs
Why does SmackBot move the stubs below the Categories, just like how you did with Check HP? --Coolnesse 20:32, March 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * So that if the category Category:Stubs is unhidden it will be the last on the list at the bottom of the article. I also noticed we have some interwikis which usually would go right at the very end. Check HP arguably doesn't belong at the end, but that was for ease of adding it, and it will be removed in due course. Rich Farmbrough, 21:11 16  March 2010 (GMT).