User talk:JackPotte/2017

Re: Space_Transport_and_Engineering_Methods/Combined_System_Overview
Thanks Jack. I have added a closing font tag to the page. I think the main reason it averages 4 views per day is the page is part of a wikibook on space systems engineering, which is an uncommon subject. As long as the formatting is preserved, I don't mind adding tags. I may be an expert on the subject of the book, but I'm by no means an expert on html or search ranking, so help in that area is appreciated.

Thanks for the help
I appreciate the help. I am pretty new to wikibooks. PSP_Development PauSix (discuss • contribs) 04:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hi Requesting your comment and guidance.

Reading_room/General

Thanks and regards

Mahitgar (discuss • contribs) 06:47, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Edit at Category:Intuitive Trigonometry
Please do not add  to Category:Intuitive Trigonometry because then there is a template loop. PokestarFan*Talk*Contributions 13:08, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * This phenomena doesn't occur every time I watch this page... Nevertheless it's mandatory to categorize this category one way or another. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 13:10, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The template-loop thing started showing up all over the place on Wikinews, late last month. I'm not convinced it's even real; it could just as well be something broken in the wiki platform.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 13:43, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * by the way, yesterday I've used MediaWiki:Category-article-count to automatically deploy our category header on the French Wikibooks. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 13:54, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I believe I've fixed the problem. The book main page was using BookCat instead of subjects, which is what caused the template loop:  BookCat on the book category snarfs the appropriate subject categories from the book main page, which requires transcluding the book main page, and that produced a so-called "loop" because the book main page used BookCat.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 14:03, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * So instead of  I should use  ?  PokestarFan*Talk*Contributions  14:15, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Only on the main page of the book (which I've taken care of for you). Subpages of the book should use BookCat.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 14:21, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Also, I feel a little sorry for JackPotte. PokestarFan*Talk*Contributions  14:25, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Please don't, we have corrected a bug and are studying a new header thanks to this cancellation.
 * actually I'm gonna propose the navigation and tools from fr:MediaWiki:Category-article-count for here. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 14:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * That looks fairly straightforward (unless I'm missing something about it). As I mentioned at the reading room (about a month ago, I see; how time flies), I plan to adjust subject pages so that their contents get echoed at the subject category pages.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 14:41, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

JackBot
I was just observing a specific case &mdash; which presumably generalizes &mdash; where JackBot added BookCat but actually shouldn't have: [ diff]. Parts of that book, including that page, use deep filing, which is arranged through in another template that's transcluded on the page. Presumably, some part of that confused the bot. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 03:53, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Ah, no. My mistake.  The problem was that a vandal had removed the template that did the deep filing.  Never mind.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 03:58, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

user page deletion
Would you care to explain why you deleted my personal page? The given reason: "personal opinions and thoughts" doesn't seem to fit the content of what I put in there... In particular, the content was fairly similar to your own user page...
 * actually my own user page has been deleted the first time, because I had posted my personal website URL. You have posted two different external sites URLs before the first content contribution, which contravenes to our policy. A small explanation is written into Template:Spam. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 10:46, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your explanation. Would be nice if either this policy would have been made clear before I got invited to create a user page or if at least you would have cared to explain it upon deletion. I'll think twice before adding anything to wikibooks now, but maybe that was your intention.
 * A little: we prefer nothing than a bunch of URLs. But specifying it during the account creation could be unfriendly and above all too complicated as it's not managed from Wikibooks but from Wikimedia. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 20:12, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks
Jack, thanks for your help with Oberon book. Many details I am not familiar with. ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 13:09, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Where are my pages deleted by you?
Hi Jack, sorry for posting my Chinese book to a wrong place since I am a newbie. Could you please tell me where I could find the pages you deleted so I can put them to the right place? Thanks
 * ✅ See User talk:云之影. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 19:05, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Python Programming/data types
Can you please delete the above as copyvio? Placing various sentences from the page into Google finds the exact sentences in various books and sites. --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 17:24, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you for your vigilance. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 17:28, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

User page protection request
I would like my user page to be semi-protected. Just in case. Strange quark (discuss • contribs) 02:59, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Explanation
One of these IPs like Special:Contributions/83.24.20.136 is a globally blocked vandal. I see that he reverted his all IPs. You should trust him. 54.74.63.109 (discuss) 09:35, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * OK. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 09:37, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Refer to this w:m:User_talk:RadiX what it is about. 54.74.63.109 (discuss) 09:42, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Chrooted SFTP Accounts
Thanks for the ongoing help in checking the OpenSSH wikibook. I'm planning to update two sections and wonder if you have any feedback. I have only one sandbox so I have to take them one at a time. Right now in my sandbox I have a draft for changes to the Cookbook secction on File_Transfer_with_SFTP in the section on Chrooted_SFTP-only_Accounts. After a day or so, I'll move that to the book chapter and then sanbox a draft of a corresponding section to the chapter on "Logging and Troubleshooting" Larsnooden (discuss • contribs) 09:58, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * OK. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 10:02, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I appreciate it.  There's also a corresponding troubleshooting section for a somewhat common symptom:  chroot sftp - packet_write_wait: Broken pipe; Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer.  I'll transfer both in a few days, but I am grateful to anyone who can spot errors or suggest ways to reduce redundancy.  Larsnooden (discuss • contribs) 09:53, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks again. Larsnooden (discuss • contribs) 08:18, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

JackBot and bookcat
I've noticed that on a few occasions (Diff 1, Diff 2), your bot has added the bookcat template when it was already transcluded on the page, normally when it's capitalised differently, ie. as opposed to. Maybe you could look into this so your bot detects all redirects to the template? A full list:


 * Template:Auto category
 * Template:Book category
 * Template:AutoCat
 * Template:BOOKCAT
 * Template:Bookcat

Cheers, --George (Talk · Contribs · CentralAuth · Log) 09:38, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I'll add the missing aliases and check the treated pages. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 09:39, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for the backlog
That took like half an hour. 14:46, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * You're still signing with NAMESPAEE. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 14:50, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually you're not sorry at all because you've continued to violate our policies multiple times. For example you've asked six times the speedy deletion of [//en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks%3ADomain-specific_languages_bookshelf&type=revision&diff=3282797&oldid=1709364 a used redirection] for reason: "unused", by bot with your user account. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 21:03, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Worse: you've created the page SPEEDY just to ask for its speedy deletion 10 times. The administrators are not the slaves of your clumsiness, or your laziness to practice the needed tests of your scripts. That's why I can predict that the situation won't endure. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 21:09, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * + CATS, CSD & RFU... We are far from half an hour JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 22:00, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of Image THOMAS.jpg
On 8-19-2017 18:44 your bot deleted THOMAS.jpg from Wikibook of Gospel John to move to Commons. I believe this should have been renamed Aramaic-Thomas.jpg since there is now a picture of Bullfighter in the Bible translation instead of Aramaic script picture. How to find the original and restore is the question. I am correcting John 1st chapter v. 42 that you attempted to edit. &#45; Athrash | T a l k 20:33, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ [//en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:THOMAS.jpg&action=edit Well...] it's repaired now, sorry for the mistake. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 19:05, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Help with review
Hello, I am very sorry to bother you, but can you please check my edits on https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Old_English/Numbers please? I'm new and I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask. Thanks! Evilreality001
 * Actually it would have been for Reading room/General, bug I'm going to handle this review for today. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 10:30, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Request
Hi. Please delete this version. Thanks --Samuele2002 (discuss • contribs) 20:23, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Next time please post the request on WB:ADMIN. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 20:29, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Trying to understand why the start of my book was deleted within a couple of hours of starting it?
Jack, I started a new book this afternoon, went to a meeting, came back to continue editing and setting it up and you had deleted the page.

Referenced Page: Unofficial_Guide_To_Expanding_Your_Numworks

Please explain as best I can tell from the Deletion Policy and the Starting a New Book page there should have been time for me to set up the book, talk page discussion or 'query' before this action was taken. Thanks.

Btodoroff2 (discuss • contribs) 01:13, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, sorry but [//en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Unofficial_Guide_To_Expanding_Your_Numworks&oldid=3294175 your first version] wasn't worth a deletion vote, according to Deletion policy. Of course it's a little bit subjective, but according to my experience we have encountered many more people whose first edition pollutes the search engines and will never be developed, than people like you. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 10:28, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, just trying to undestand what I did wrong. You might consider giving it 24 hours or using the query template as described in the deletion policy for meaningful content in the future as it feels pretty crummy and unwelcoming to come back three hours later and get a message of "Your page has been deleted and you should think twice about recreating it." (System's message, not yours) Btodoroff2 (discuss • contribs) 19:11, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help. Now I can search related pages of the book easier.--Efex3 (discuss • contribs) 11:21, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi, my page was deleted for no apparent reason. Where can I find the content that I posted?
Hi, my page was deleted for no apparent reason. Where can I find the content that I posted? I am interested in continuing to add content in the area of essential oils.
 * Hello, sorry but I had justified the deletion of Complete Guide to Essential Oils/A to Z of essential oils/Turmeric in the log summary, and I still think that it didn't deserve to be indexed in the search engines under this unreadable form. However, as the non-administrators can't access to it, I've just exceptionally restored it to let you develop. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 23:30, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

LGBT Young Adult Literature/Annie on My Mind
Hello. May you please reopen Requests for deletion? Your closure was based on solely your vote. Also, one person did not mind having it deleted, though the user said it on the talk page. --George Ho (discuss • contribs) 03:42, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry but I already knew that, as well as Deletion policy which allows this sort of discretionary power. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 07:36, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Removing revisions from history
https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=User:DerHexer&action=history

Some committed by User:Alois Terry Disson.

--84.167.107.66 (discuss) 11:29, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * [//en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=User:DerHexer&diff=next&oldid=3314224 That is a classic vandalism], not to be removed. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 11:36, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

A feeling of dispare has a warring fact/reason41.138.78.21 (discuss) 11:38, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
41.138.78.21 (discuss) 11:38, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Participating doesn't mean posting anything anywhere, there's a minimum publication level to respect. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 11:52, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

jackPotte the critic of no reason deployed for fun41.223.143.169 (discuss) 04:18, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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Learn to recurse youself from issues beyond your reasoning powers41.223.143.169 (discuss) 04:41, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
41.223.143.169 (discuss) 04:41, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

nice job
with the mass deletions. Artix Kreiger (discuss • contribs) 20:07, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikijunior page configuration
Hi. A miscellaneous admin task to keep in mind. All Wikijunior content pages get configured so that the default view is the most recent sighted revision of the page, rather than the most recent revision. That's so the kids don't automatically see whatever vandals put there. The software doesn't configure them that way for us, so each time a page is, an admin needs to configure it. To do that, as an admin, select the "protect" tab for the page; the top line of the change protection level panel should say "This page has an [updated/outdated] stable version; page stability settings can be configured.", where "stable version" and "configured" are links; click "configured". That takes you to a page stabilization panel. On the top item there, "Revision displayed on default page view", select "The stable version; if not present, then the latest revision"; don't touch "Review/auto-review restrictions"; and under "Confirm stable version settings", select from the reason menu "Wikijunior page" (the topmost choice on the menu) and click "Confirm". --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 12:41, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I didn't know Special:Stabilization. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 12:51, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikijunior:The Elements/Thallium
Hallo Jack,

I am no scientific, I try to give categories to images in Wikimedia Commons and I found your photo of Thallium sulfate. I had a look at the article The Elements/Thallium and I have a question. The last chapter, is it dangerous, you say it is dangerous but not why. Could you explain? Thanks.Dinkum (discuss • contribs) 19:18, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, the image has been added by actually. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 20:03, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Radiation Biology for Physical Scientists
Hi. I don't really know about print versions of things, but for some reason had the impression you might. This book looks kind of messed up (and it's tagged as a featured book); there used to be a PDF version tag that was removed, and there's a print version tag but it was changed back in May to point to a collection. Amy help straightening it out would be appreciated. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 22:41, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, I've just created Radiation Biology for Physical Scientists/Print version because the collection is not dynamic or printable in itself. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 22:53, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

REBOL language tutorial disappeared
Hey Jack, I see that you renamed a REBOL language tutorial into Rebol language tutorial in August, but it disappeared completely. Could you fix it back please? It has a lot of useful information for newcomers and I often share links to this tutorial with people. Also REBOL is the official language name, so no reason to rename it to capital-case. Thank you.
 * It's just here: Rebol Programming. But the table of contents doesn't mention Category:Book:Rebol Programming. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 11:36, 28 December 2017 (UTC)