User talk:Soldier 1033

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Spam
Your new talk page has been spammed by this unnecessary comment. 07:52, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

POWERS YOU FAIL
I WAS GOING TO DO THAT! ARGHHHH! RUINER! YOU RUINED IT!

07:54, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

ANDREW! YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED!
GET ON VENT! NO ONE ELSE CAN FIGURE OUT HTML AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING, FIEND! GO GO GO! 02:41, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello Player
=) 07:53, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikibot Bug
Hello, there is an important bugfix for the wikibot.php file, to avoid an infinite loop. Be sure to change the following line in wikibot.php:

} while (!$defer);

to

} while ($defer);

Thanks! -- 22:51, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * You should probably check to make sure you are getting the original text from getArticle or if one of the str_replace/preg_replace functions is doing it. -- 23:28, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, but debug the contents of $text to find out when it blanks the page. You may even have to do it within the editArticle and getArticle calls to pin down where the text is getting blanked.  If you comment out the $this->callAPI parts in the editArticle function, you can do a dry run without affecting the actual articles. -- 00:04, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Nice -- 03:16, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Good job with your Yew Grove thread. By the way, I posted another update to wikibot.php. There were no problems with the last version but this one has a couple of extras. You don't have to update if you don't want to.


 * You can now limit the number of retries due to temporary network or server errors.
 * You can redirect log output using any file handle.
 * getArticle and getCategories now follow redirects by default.
 * callAPI is now a public method.
 * All the hard-coded configuration variables have been replaced by numerous accessors. The Wikibot constructor now only accepts one parameter.

I have updated the documentation, which is important to look over first before updating your wikibot.php file, since some methods have changed. -- 06:01, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

List Category
The best way to use this function is something like:

// Start from the beginning $titles = array('next' => '');

do { $titles = $bot->listCategory('category', 500, $titles['next']);

// Do stuff with the list of titles here. ...

} while (!empty($titles['next'])); // Keep iterating while there are more items in the category.

The call works this way because the MediaWiki API limits the number of members returned in a single call, probably for performance reasons. -- 21:10, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:^^
No exact number, I just wanted to give it about 3 days to make sure that anyone who wants to can post their comments/support/concerns is able to before the flag is given.-- 22:51, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:O_o
Look carefully at their revision near "Bagged plant 1." See something that should be there? 19:22, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Contrast in Gaming Skin
Hello, I wanted to point out that there's some contrast issues in the Monaco skin with the Gaming theme selected. Here's the a [ preview of the main page], whose headers are barely readable. Tables with the "wikitable" class and the site notice also have problems. I think some site CSS needs to be changed so that anything with a set background color also sets a font color that contrasts with it. -- 20:08, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I made a new topic. -- 20:27, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:Regarding checkuser
I'll do that now and ask them to give it to the other person I was going to choose instead but happened to not be on at the time.-- 23:22, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Archive
Sorry to bother you but how do you make a new page... Sorry, Im new to this...

FluffyBunnyBot‎‎
FluffyBunnyBot‎‎ has the bot flag now. 02:03, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

FBB
I would like to suggest as a "todo" item that FBB try merging nested sets of  by combining their CSS style attributes. This can help reduce the code size a bit after it makes its normal tag replacements. Also, you also might want to consider moving "align" and "clear" attributes into equivalent CSS styles. Not sure if you seen the discussion at wikitech-l about a possible doctype transition of MediaWiki to HTML 5, but here it is for your enjoyment. -- 04:34, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Awesome, it seems to be working quite well. I suspect the signatures and the user namespace is the main place it's going to find errors, I've already done a great deal of cleanup in the main namespace myself previously  -- 05:22, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm going insane
I tried for ages to fix this but idk howwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Help pls. Look here to see the problem it's causing. Christine 16:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

All pages
Do you need a framework method for listing all pages in a namespace? It might be useful so you can process pages that are not within a specific category. The documentation for listing all pages in the API is here. If you prefer to call allpages yourself, just mark the bot's callAPI function public and use that. -- 18:33, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No, you'd still have to set up the call according to the allpages API query, but I believe the framework you are using has callAPI marked as a private function which prevents you from using that method from your code (I've already changed that in the newest framework code). Changing it to public lets you make your own calls to the MediaWiki API regardless of whether there is a built-in function for it.  Anyways, I went ahead and made a function, just copy and paste this into your wikibot php:

/**	 * Get all article titles within a specific namespace. *	 * @param int|string Limit of articles to return. To use the maximum allowed limit for the current user, use 'max'. * @param string Start of the first article to return. * @param int The namespace to use. * @param string Filter to use on redirects. Possible values are 'all', 'redirects', and 'nonredirects'. * @return array An array of strings containing article titles. If the limit was reached, 'next' will be set to the first unreturned title. * @throws Exception on API error. */	public function getAllPages($limit = 500, $start = '', $ns = 0, $redirects = 'nonredirects') { $response = $this->callAPI(array( 'action' => 'query', 'list' => 'allpages', 'apfrom' => $start, 'apnamespace' => $ns, 'apfilterredir' => 'nonredirects', 'aplimit' => $limit ));		$pages = array; foreach ($response['query']['allpages'] as $page) { $pages = $page['title']; }

$next = $response['query-continue']['allpages']['apfrom']; if ($next != '') { $pages['next'] = $next; }

return $pages; }

Then change this line in your source code:

$titles = $bot->listCategory(CATEGORY, 500, $next);

to:

$titles = $bot->getAllPages(500, $next, '0');

Note that the namespaces are identified by their ID numbers, and the list of them on RuneScape Wiki is here. The main namespace has an ID of 0.

Fluffy
This looks bad. 19:28, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * This proves I have no knowledge of bots.  19:35, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Signauture
Oh, sorry. How do I fix it, or will the bot fix it?

RE: Your Signature
Oh forgive me, I didn't know it was a bot - I thought it was some random guy >_< Thanks for updating it though, and for telling me - sorry again!

RE: Wrong IP? :P
Nooo not a wet noodle! 22:34, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:......
I was assuming that they were testing out how to use the edit button and how to link to other articles. 02:14, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:Hmmm...
I hadn't realized, though knowing cabbage is a popular RS joke, I assumed it was to be classified as vandalism. I looked over the top when I was editing it out and saw "If you are undoing vandalism, please additionally report the vandal at RS:CVU to notify administrators. Your assistance is appreciated." so it appeared that I was to simply report anything that appeared to be was vandalism. I will look over the policy you linked me to and hopefully I won't make the same mistake again in the future. Thanks for telling me :). 02:33, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: :/
Oops, try changing these lines in the function I gave you: foreach ($response['query']['allpages'] as $page) { $pages = $page['title']; }

to:

foreach ($response['query']['allpages'] as $page) { $pages[] = $page['title']; }

Sorry about that! -- 04:48, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Awesome. -- 04:54, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I checked that out. By the way, what do you think of my item comparing page at Forum:Comparison? -- 05:06, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Signature
Mine was messed-up by the bot too. =/ E.T. Prod U  ( Talk ) 07:29, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fix, keep up the good work... whatever it is you do. XD E.T. Prod U  ( Talk ) 17:32, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Those cookies I forgot
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll277/Jeboyzdragz/cookies-and-milk.jpg

'''You can never leave out Andrew. He's the best.''' 13:59, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Odd little bug
Occasionally, I see '&#160;' jammed into random spots in the edit summary of different articles. Any idea what's causing this? WWTDD? 15:34, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * [[File:Zaros Statuette.png]] WWTDD? [[File:Zaros Statuette.png]] 15:42, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Whoops, it's when I'm looking over the differences between one edit and the previous one. Sorry 'bout the mix-up. [[File:Zaros Statuette.png]] WWTDD? [[File:Zaros Statuette.png]] 15:45, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm still having the '&#160;' bug in comparison screens. :( [[File:Zaros Statuette.png]] WWTDD? [[File:Zaros Statuette.png]] 23:34, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I checked this and it appears that this HTML entity (&amp;#160, the entity code for &amp;nbsp;) is being inserted for some reason by some editors. I've removed quite a few of these in the main namespace already but can you possibly modify FBB to look for these and change them into regular spaces?  -- 02:19, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes I can. 02:52, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks. -- 03:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

I just found the specific cause of this. See here and here. It's a bug with the rich-text editor, and hopefully will be fixed soon by the Wikia techs. -- 05:51, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

FluffyBunnyBot
It corrects "outdated" html. Would it do anything to my signature? JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 20:49, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay. Someone on another wiki pesters me about my "deprecated" signature but he refuses to answer when I ask him to explain what the problem is if it still works. Would you be able to explain, please? JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot  21:11, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Nothing really major, but your FFB is kinda ruining the "active talk page" widget. The widget is used to see what is the most recent talk page that was edited. 05:35, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Checkuser transfered
Here you go. Feel free to run a few practice checks on the old vandalbot accounts to familiarise yourself with the tool.-- 00:26, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: You should ask for rollback
Yeah, I 'spose so. -- 19:55, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

SOLDIER
HI!

BYE! 07:10, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * D00D! I LUVS U MAN! 07:14, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, sure. I just love to read other people's talk page haha. It's my hobby on wiki! :P 07:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Who said I don't oh mister person who ran for admin under 1k mainspace edits and who was here and ran for rfa after he joined wiki for about 2 months. *GASP* I was running out of air. 07:20, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * IT MEANS I, powers38, Read your archives! 07:58, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Ahem...Who advertised their RFA to a friend of theirs? Not me. :O! Eat that!  08:13, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

D00d, add more gossip in your archives. Barely any! 08:22, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

ANDREW
Meepit petpet? Meep? Err..hi? 07:25, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

1$
Is FluffyBunnyBot messing up the templates. 

14:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Lumbridge Teleport
Any reason for this edit? All the new GEMH images are in Category:GEMH images and the old ones are in Category:GEMH Images. AzBot will be deleting the old ones in "GEMH Images" soon, and putting that image in the old category would result in AzBot deleting it. 09:28, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: =P
Are you sure? Lol. I was going to put outdated, but caught myself.... =/ 18:00, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Depreciated is a cooler word IMO... too bad I failed english, lol. 18:19, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Site Notice
Could you please add this to the Site notice: 'The names of the emoticons have been changed, so they are easier to use. For more information, click here.' . 18:30, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I noticed that too. Gaz and me are trying to fix it now! . 18:37, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Done! It's fixed now: . 18:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

The Joys of Being a Faithful Counter-Vandal
Don't forget this or this. :P-- 00:43, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

heya
Pretty good so far. I have a few concerts to go to in the next few weeks, those are always fun. You wasting your days or doing anything cool?--Degenret01 05:47, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Rock, metal type stuff. Even some 80s and 90s bands like Queensryche, and Dream Theatre. Get in a mosh pit then I'll realize I am not 20 anymore lol. I'll break a freakin hip. :P --Degenret01 10:52, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

About FluffyBunnyBot
Does FluffyBunnyBot also take care of the Forum: namespace? I would really appreciate it if there was a way to fix up Forum:Archive12. Thanks :) Butterman62 (talk) 21:37, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, it looks okay now. Thanks anyway though. :) Butterman62 (talk) 01:30, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: FBB
That's odd. If you suspect it's a bug with the bot and not because of an internet issue on your end, could you send me the log when it happened? Maybe via http://pastie.org/? -- 22:44, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No file based logging? Tsk tsk. Do you by any chance remember what the cURL error was? -- 22:56, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1500 milliseconds? That's definitely a bit too low, I looked at your source code and it should be getting set to 15 seconds:


 * curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, self::API_TIMEOUT);


 * and API_TIMEOUT is set to:


 * const API_TIMEOUT = 15;


 * And according to here, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT is in units of seconds. Maybe you should try increasing API_TIMEOUT?  I fixed Auto CVU, by the way.  -- 23:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Try:

importScriptURI('http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:John254/mass_rollback.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');

-- 01:40, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I looked at the script, and it only works for Monobook; do you want me to port it so it shows on Monaco? -- 01:50, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Script is at User:Quarenon/massrollback.js, you can copy and paste it into your file or do: importScript('User/Quarenon/massrollback.js'). The links should show up on any Special:Contributions page as the first link in the toolbox.  -- 02:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Check now after force-refreshing your browser. Wikia's caches sometimes need a little bump to get going.  -- 02:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Eeek. Can you try closing all instances of your browser and then reopening it, then check Special:Contributions/Quarenon?  -- 02:50, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for being patient! Can you try refreshing once more? I made a change to the script. -- 03:09, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That really should not matter, it adds the link regardless of what's already in your toolbox, but I'll try moving it elsewhere. -- 03:14, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I moved it to the top bar where the "Edit this page" usually goes (but is normally blank on the Special:Contribs page) -- 03:34, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it's kind of hard to fix something that I can't reproduce myself. You're still using Mac/Safari, right?  You might try opening the error console and see if there are any messages that come up when you reload a page where it should show up.  You can also try replacing the importScript with this line in your monaco file:

alert('Adding portlet link...'); addPortletLink('page_bar', 'javascript:rollbackEverything;', 'Rollback all', 'ca-rollbackall', 'Rollback all edits displayed here.');
 * That should unconditionally add a rollback link to all pages, as well as throw up a message box right before it does it, to make sure we know that call is getting executed. -- 03:58, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's what it should be doing, and at least we've pinned down the problem by a lot. I'll add some alerts to the massrollback.js script.   Would you mind reverting to the importScript version of your monaco file and let me know what the alert boxes say? -- 04:16, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you tell me which alert boxes you are getting and the contents of those boxes when you load a contribs page? I know it might not be possible to copy/paste from them but try to do your best to copy it verbatim if you can.  -- 04:33, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've removed the debug boxes, and made another change. Let me know what happens after a refresh.  -- 04:47, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Woot! Now I need to figure out what was happening, because I think there is a problem in Wikia's code. Anyways, thanks again for helping for those few hours .  -- 05:44, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: gemw1?
Ah, I sometimes get the two mixed up. I need to preview more. :d 16:51, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: cURL error
Do you know which article it was trying to edit/fetch before it gets into this loop, or does it happen as soon as it tries to login? -- 18:11, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll investigate this. -- 18:15, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Do you know what article it tried to get/edit after User:Daves.not.here? It seems like it was able to edit the User:Daves.not.here article just fine, but I'm guessing that something about the next page it tried to work on somehow broke the cURL library which does all the HTTP connections.  -- 21:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * AFAIK, there should be a message about "getting wikitext for article x" right before the errors start showing up. Also, as far as script problems are concerned, one of the wiki functions I use is not reliably working for Mac/Safari, and unfortunately I can't really get details about why since I don't have access to a Mac right now.  I've been poking Wikia about it.  -- 22:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Speedy deletion
The last time I put something for VfD, it was put on speedy deletion. It's quite confusing. Plus, the linking to the file is unfamiliar to me. 19:05, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * For your information, the image was unused when I put the tag on. 20:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Stop trying to argue with me. I make mistakes. Don't accuse me of doing something bad when I didn't know. 20:14, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * No harm done. Though, I am sensitive. I have a lot of social problems too. 20:22, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: Banned German Sprite commercial
I rofled, after hopping to firefox for youtube to work  23:27, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Script Test
Hi, thanks for helping with the rollback script. Would you mind doing some testing so I can verify a possible Wikia bug with scripts? It's not urgent or anything, just let me know if/when you want to help. -- 23:54, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Also post your replies here so it will be easy for other people to follow -- 23:55, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this script looks kewl. lol =/ 00:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'm more than happy to help. 00:25, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Here's a snippet to put in your Special:MyPage/monaco.js file. Let me know if you are always getting an alert box every time you load a page (annoying, I know, but this is the quick and dirty way to test this).  Try loading several pages to make sure it works, and also, try testing this snippet when it is located at the top of your monaco.js file as well as the bottom.  Lastly, try doing this test from Monobook as well.  You will have to insert the snippet into Special:MyPage/monobook.js.  If the wiki gets a bit laggy the box may take a few moments to appear but it should still show eventually.

addOnloadHook(function { alert('Hello, world!'); });

Thanks in advance! -- 00:32, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Everything worked fine in Monobook and Monaco on the top and bottom of the .js file. 00:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That's weird, I kind of expected it to stop working at some point. I just don't understand >_< -- 01:39, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Opinion
Hey Andrew, remember that conflict I had with Elf a month ago. At that time, I think I was reckless and lazy but I think I have improved. Could you check my contributions and tell me a quick feedback. Thanks alot. 16:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Your name
Aren't you supposed to be Jediadam4? Judging by your name and jediadam's obsession with fluffy bunnies, I think so. 05:44, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Jediadam4 is obsessed with fluffy bunnies. Strange that your bot is named after them. 18:40, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

u did it
rong. Fix pls. Christine 16:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Strikethrough tag
Instead of using text to strikethrough, you could use text instead. It is much shorter than the span tag, and easier to remember. This text has been struckthrough using the DEL tag. 19:11, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * is even shorter
 * I win! 20:00, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * WUT DEPRECATED MEAN!!! 21:00, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You win this time, but I'll be back!
 * http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5886/curseyou.jpg
 * 21:17, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't think DEL is deprecated. See this page ("Tips and Notes" section) and this page. 03:40, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

FBB Bug
Is it still not working? If not, I can try running your code on QBot to see if I can reproduce the bug, since I can't find any obvious problems with the code, plus it was working for 2000+ edits so I'm not sure why it would randomly stop working. -- 01:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, let me know how it goes. -- 03:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Try this, I don't know for sure if it'll fix it, but it's worth a try.

In wikibot.php, FIND:

$code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

$defer = false;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {

REPLACE WITH:

$code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); $curlErrno = curl_errno($ch); curl_close($ch);

$defer = false;

if ($curlErrno) {

-- 07:13, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

KBD
Sorry bout that. I didn't mean to indef protect. I just wanted to protect it for a bit. :| 05:00, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Izurspacebrokin?? 05:05, 23 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Err..... You're kidding right? o.O I didn't think I was gonna get a second vote. :| 15:04, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Andrew voted once for everyone, therefore rendering all three of his votes completely meaningless. I thought it was pretty funny.   17:39, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I fail to see how it is meaningless or funny at all. Supporting someone means you appreciate their contributions to this wiki. I appreciate Gaz's, Powers', and Hapi's contributions to the wiki so I supported them all. 18:29, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Granted, but, when its a voting system, when you vote for all 3, it cancels all 3 of your votes out. 19:38, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You're failing to see the point of this. 22:02, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I do tend to over-analyze things...  00:17, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Mass rollback
Killr833 said that mass rollback stopped working for him. I know both of you guys have reported various problems and are linked because you both use Macs. Are you having any issues with the mass rollback script? -- 01:06, 25 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I guess that proves my patch didn't work, and actually made the error messages a bit worse, woops >_> -- 05:58, 25 July 2009 (UTC)


 * You said that this fixes itself if you restart the bot immediately when this begins happening, right? If it doesn't, maybe the server is rate-limiting you, in which case you would need to increase your delays after each request. -- 06:10, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I was just gonna say that if you restart it immediately and it starts going into that loop right off the bat, then you'd need to slow down the bot some. How about check the memory usage of the PHP process when it starts doing that, and then compare to the usage when you first start running it.  Maybe it's increasing as it runs and ends up causing that, although I'm not sure how that would happen.  A workaround would be to have it automatically restart itself every hour or so.  -- 06:29, 25 July 2009 (UTC)