User talk:Rich Farmbrough


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

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 preferences, 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)
 * Congratz! 02:17, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Noob (sarcastic)  22:35, March 23, 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).

Calculators/Supercompost
It needs rounding since currently the price is a fraction. Thanks. 01:40, March 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * TY, changed. Rich Farmbrough, 14:31 22 March 2010 (GMT).

Your user page
The energy pot part is brokey :/ 10:13, March 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Answered on user's talk page. Rich Farmbrough, 20:43 23 March 2010 (GMT).

Re: Userpage Tidy up
I don't really know what I did. Sorry if I messed something up, because I didn't have any intention to do that

01:13, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Exchange bot edits
Try to use instead of (time, day month year) please? --Coolnesse 17:31, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * It is the time that the exchange page was read, not the time the edit was made. Rich Farmbrough, 23:20 27 March 2010 (GMT).

Also, what are Template:Exchange mix and Template:Exchange potion? --Coolnesse 12:18, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * See how it is used on Attack Mix, for example to give both prices (1 and 2 dose). Same for potion, but 1, 2, 3 and 4 dose. Rich Farmbrough, 21:36 24 April 2010 (GMT).

Letter from Uberfuzzy
In light of some recent events here I thought it would be of benefit to share out this letter that Uberfuzzy wrote to Azaz129 with all our active sysops, and he has agreed to let me do so. This is not meant as a slap at any one for recent actions, just as some food for thought about us and where we want to be as a wiki. As you and your wiki has shown in the past, a large stable community can exist and be fairly self sufficient at Wikia, with little need from staff/helper intervention. This is a dream of ours, to have more wikis run themselves, allowing us to focus our finite amount of time and resources on the sites that actually need it. Sadly, your wiki is an exception in many ways, not the norm.

As with the checkuser, we've shown that we're willing to try things out, to break away from the mentality of "how things were done in the past" to see how they fair in the ever evolving world of wikis, and to get some real world data on how a stable wiki will react if allowed more rights. You've been great test of our theoretical worries about granting checkuser where needed.

Done. You bureaucrats can now add and remove bot rights.

One thing We've always admired about your wiki is even though you have a way above average number of sysops, you have managed to keep the bureaucrat list small, showing that you understand what that roll is meant for, and not just another checkbox. We hope to continue to see good things come out of runescape, and can continue to use it as a shining example of our dream.-Uberfuzzy --Degenret01 08:56, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

AWB exceptions
Hey, I was wondering if you could add a few exceptions to RuneScape:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos for me, being that you seem to have basically coded the whole page (And I don't know how to...) The change  →   is causing problems when you run into things like   and , as they are wrong when AWB changes them to. Also, the change  →   causes issues with code such as. Do you know if any exceptions can be coded to prevent this? If its too hard, don't worry, its just a minor inconvenience. Thanks- 00:35, April 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes it can be done, although I thought the html spec was updated to allow both. Rich Farmbrough, 20:33 24 April 2010 (GMT).
 * OK it's better but not yet right. "align=center" needs fixing. Rich Farmbrough, 21:10 24 April 2010 (GMT).
 * Thanks for your help! I've noticed another  →   problem, found when used in image code, such as   Is there a fix for this? -- 21:15, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Your bot, SmackBot
I don't know if this is right or what but it left the summary "Update price - ful weekly update." I believe this should be 'full' not 'ful'. Not a big deal just telling you  17:45, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes I type that line in every week, so there's a lot of scope for error! Rich Farmbrough, 03:31 27 April 2010 (GMT).

RuneScape:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos
Hiya Rich Farmbrough, I have a list of RuneScape-related spelling mistakes that could be added to AWB/Typos. As you seem to be just about the only person who edits that page, and I fail (rather hard) at Regex, I'm asking if you would please add the spelling errors on User:Cook Me Plox/Spelling to the AWB/Typos page.

Thank you, 19:21, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * They are added, those that weren't already there. TY. Rich Farmbrough, 23:13 30 April 2010 (GMT).
 * It seems like AWB is still trying to change humorous -> humourous, and vyre -> very. When I set runescape.wikia.com as the site in my preferences, does it automatically use the Typo list at RS:AWB/Typos?  Am I missing something?  23:08, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey, just wanted to let you know I'm still having problems with this. I asked around on Wikipedia as well, but no one seems to know why it's happening.   18:15, May 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not completely sure, but it seems to load the WP list no matter what. By the way, could you possibly make a Find + Replace thing for changing dates to proper format (i.e. changing May 31, 2006 to 31 May 2006, with or without wikilink brackets).  I'm not really sure how I'd do this, as I've said before I don't really know much about Regex.

Thanks, 22:04, May 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm found a work-around by using a "custom" site and entering runescape.wikia.com. Not necessarily ideal, but it works.   22:10, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey, could you somehow add exceptions for the word "center"? It's trying to change the "center" in the CSS and stuff, so that's not right.  Also, it's changing centered to centreed.  Thanks, -- 05:33, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

Re:Names
Thanks, nublet! Lots of edits btw! 14:22, June 7, 2010 (UTC)

Level up tables
Hey, Is there a reason that you have templates for each level of each skill for the Level up tables? Right now they're cluttering up the WantedPages, and I'm wondering what they're for. 21:43, June 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought I'd draw your attention to RuneScape:Requests for deletion/Template:Agility 52.  19:07, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

SmackBot
Was this edit intentional? Is there something I'm missing? 01:21, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

Smackbot block
Hi, I've just blocked User:SmackBot because it was malfunctioning, as you can see here. 01:24, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * ya smackbot is tring to kil us allll~@~!!@# 01:29, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it's trying to tell us it's being a dummy.

OK this is odd because the DUMMY is a place holder in the text that is substituted and its taken out near the end of the process. All I can think is that the rule-set got "sorted" by a human (i.e. me). Unfortunately the rule-set in transient and is overwritten by the next run. Even more unfortunately (sorta) the next run - which was I suppose blocked would have cleared up all the mess. Nonetheless stopping it was absolutely right. Did you know you can stop it my leaving a talk page message? Rich Farmbrough, 20:40 2 July 2010 (GMT).

Category:Pages to be checked for HP to LP conversion
I recently closed the RfD for that category, since it was essentially an unused category. However, two userpages still included that category, one of them being yours. Since I could not figure out how to remove the category, could you do it, and delete the category afterwards? Thanks. 01:50, July 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Far as I can see, just the header to htis section that was adding it! Deleted. Rich Farmbrough, 17:44 21 July 2010 (GMT).

Email Link on RuneScape:Administrators
Hello, I was just wondering if you would be OK with having a link to your email on RuneScape:Administrators. You don't need to provide your email address, as it will be linked to through Special:Emailuser. Please respond on my talk page. Thanks! 20:21, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

Exchange names
Hey Rich,

I'm sending out a message to all the exchange bot operators that, in addition to all of the new treasure trail items, the following changes have been made:
 * All uses of 3rd age have been changed to Third-age.
 * All (l)s in armour sets have been changed to (lg).

21:12, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I noticed a bunch of "item not founds" so I'm regenerating the list even as I type. Rich Farmbrough, 01:32 9 August 2010 (GMT).

Volume-weighted CTI
Hey, could you check out Talk:Grand_Exchange_Market_Watch/Common_Trade_Index? Is doing something like this feasible? It would involve recording the trade volume. 19:05, September 15, 2010 (UTC)