User talk:Mike.lifeguard/Archive 27



Still Blank
Are the pages:
 * Social Ballroom
 * Living in Japan
 * Creating a phpBB3 forum

Not needed? -- Climax  Void    ☭.
 * Thanks, fixed. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 00:32, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

undelete "544444445"
undelete 544444445


 * The user,, who posted the above demand does not seem to have had any input into any book of that name; in addition, it seems he has created a book named 12 which probably should be speedy deleted. Apart from that, he has been sprinkling templates around pretty widely... and he seems to have dropped a  on the VFD discussion page, of all things. Chazz (talk) 18:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I blocked the IP for a bit & cleaned up after them. I was almost certain this was an old miscreant, but it looks not under closer inspection. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 18:25, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Removal and move
Hi,

I've made a new (approved) design for a page in The GIMP book, but now I'm unable to move the page over the created redirect (though it is supposed to work, maybe I misunderstood). Could you please remove The_GIMP/Toolbox and move User:Soeb/Sandbox 1 over it? Thanks, Soeb talk&#124;contribs 17:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 20:25, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Soeb talk&#124;contribs 20:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Java Swing 003
About the file File:JavaSwing0003.png. I made that file. It has no copy rights, any one can use it for any purpose. Whats that fair use rationale or what ever? Why are you making writing articles so complex? User:A.K.Karthikeyan
 * Sorry - the image is not eligible for copyright anyways. I've marked it as such. Please see WB:MEDIA for why this kind of thing is important. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 19:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Uploading images
Hi- I've been writing a book on [Using the 3D Connexion SDK], and I wanted to add some images. I don't have the right to do this. Can I, and if so, how can I, get the right to upload images? (It is time-based, do I need to re-confirm my email or is there some other condition?)

Thanks! TDN169 (talk) 15:52, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah- it's alright- I just found it - 4 days. Fair Enough.
 * Please read WB:MEDIA and ask if you have questions. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 02:20, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Methods Manual for Salt Lake Studies
Hi Mike, Someone has put a new temperature correction into a page in the Methods Manual for Salt Lake Studies at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Methods_Manual_for_Salt_Lake_Studies/Salinity/measuring_brine_density and I would like to check with them how they obtained the curve, so I can evaluate it against the pre-existing formula (eg what r-squared does it have, etc). It may be that we should present the two formulas with their r-squared s so that folk can decide which one is more useful. Also, it may be nice for the contributor to pop their name up the top of the page, in the space for authors... My problem is that the user has a number but not a talk page and I am not sure how to get in touch. Could you assist? Peri Coleman (talk) 01:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You can write on the talk page for the IP - if they come back, they'll see the message like normal. Beyond that, there's nothing you or I can do. Hopefully they will come back, and maybe even register an account. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 02:18, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Ta, Mike. I have written on the IP talk page and will wait and see whether they come back. If I don't hear anything in a week or two, I may remove the new formula to the discussion page and revert to the old one, until I can track down the derivation of the new formula. Is this an acceptable approach, do you think, or too authoritarian? Regards Peri Coleman (talk) 04:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Content has to be verifiable - if it's not then moving it elsewhere until it can be verified seems sensible to me. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 17:01, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Decision paragraph
This resembles a confirmation request. But I could be wrong, since I do not read Українська. --M7 (talk) 18:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right, the text said that (I also checked via google), but there was something strange: both the unsigned request, and a sort of "hurry"... We're lucky, when an admin changes his own mind, we keep him at his good work :)
 * It's far different if there is an urgent request, i.e. a compromised account or vandalism...
 * Thank you for your work, Mike, and a special one for your care!
 * Ciao, --M7 (talk) 21:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

renaming: The Guide to Digital Rhetoric
I'd like to request edits to put The Guide to Digital Rhetoric in Compliance with Wikibooks' naming policy.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Guide_to_Digital_Rhetoric
 * AFAICT, it is already in compliance. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 16:42, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Survey
The survey that appears at the top of every page when one is not logged in is no longer available, yet the text requesting that users take it still shows up. Could you or someone else remove it? Thanks. -- Adrignola talk contribs 17:23, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's long been removed - the sitenotice is cached for 30 days. There is nothing you or I could do about that, unfortunately. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 12:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

"Good site, admin" bot
The "Good site, admin" bot is back again. Here are a few more for your list. I applied a one-year block. --Jomegat (talk) 12:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 92.112.123.249
 * 91.206.218.50
 * Thanks, I've done global blocks. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 13:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Here are some more, with a new twist on the wording:
 * 194.135.105.175
 * 61.19.247.195
 * 217.23.64.14
 * 62.233.33.94
 * 86.35.1.12
 * 201.130.79.57
 * 209.237.150.154
 * 217.11.242.115
 * 193.86.238.18
 * 213.188.130.252
 * 82.208.46.3
 * 82.208.46.145 --Jomegat (talk) 13:21, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 88.85.78.146 --Jomegat (talk) 22:13, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Your revert of the anon edit to XQuery/Uptime monitor‎ falls into the same category. --Jomegat (talk) 20:22, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Greetings from Bali
Hi, Mike. See the note I just left Johnny re the portals. You may have noticed some of this in meta, already.


 * User talk:SB Johnny — the “poke”

U can haz tourist-girl, too. Cheers, Jack Merridew 07:58, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up, I'll keep an eye peeled & lend a hand as need be. So far, looks good! &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 19:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Embedding screen captures or vids from secondlife
Hi Mike,

Hope all's well with you. I'm still working with students on our Foundations of Education text, and their questions are getting tougher by the semester.

This term, they're asking me whether or not they can post screen captures and videos generated from secondlife on their Wikibooks pages. My gut says that, as long as these files were created by the users and can be converted to the acceptable formats, it's ok.

What are your thoughts on this issue? Thanks so much for your help!

PbakerODU (talk) 18:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That one's easy, actually: The guy(s) running second life have taken the position that whatever users create in the game is their own intellectual property - so students can license those screenshots however they want. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 20:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Template:Copyvio
I'm late getting back to you on this, but the reason I substituted that before was because of the content on Category:Copyright_violations. Is Category:Images_with_unknown_copyright_status incorrect for as well? -- Adrignola talk contribs 03:54, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed the instructions for copyvio. For nld, yes you subst -- that template is a wrapper that fills in some parameters on . So &rarr; . Hope that's not too confusing!  &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 14:48, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Request for Permissions
Hey Mike. It has been over a week since User:Adrignola accepted the admin nomination. The only show of disapproval was a comment and not a vote, so IMO, it's time to take action. --Jomegat (talk) 13:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I wanted to give a bit of extra time because only a few people left comments. I'll give it another day or so unless some other bureaucrat beats me to it. Thanks for the reminder though. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 18:03, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Category:Middle-earth source templates
I took a look at these and they are not included by any books at this time. You had imported them from Wikipedia, so I was curious as to whether they are still needed. If they are, I can put them in a category where they'll be found. Thanks. -- Adrignola talk contribs 01:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * IIRC, they used to be used... feel free to apply nuke :) &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 16:39, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Twinkle
I used Twinkle to delete a vandalism page created from a red link on a book's table of contents, but it then proceeded to remove that link on the table of contents. I suspect I should have checked the box to "orphan backlinks", but the Twinkle page says that option is buggy and not to use it. I had checked "no meaningful content" and the documentation linked above seems to indicate that backlinks would not have been removed had I checked "nonsense, spam, or vandalism page" instead. Would I be correct in assuming that if I want links to a page to remain regardless of the reason for deleting, that I should check the "orphan backlinks" box?

You suggested installing the "autodelete links" gadgets. However, I must say that I have not installed those, as neither the gadget page nor the Twinkle page provide much information on exactly what actions they will perform or what situations they would be used for. Since I'm responsible for actions whether or not I use Twinkle, I've hesitated on implementing those.

A request: could the option for adding be changed to one for ? I find that the latter is far more commonly needed and the help text when hovering over the option states it's to indicate a split into subpages. -- Adrignola talk contribs 15:03, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The real bug with orphan backlinks is just that I need to review the code where it's used... it does work, but the checkbox may not always do what you expect, which is my fault. In almost all cases, it should work just fine - so feel free to (un)check it as need be.
 * Autodelete links gives you an autodelete tab. When you click it, you provide a delete reason, and hit OK - then all the links on the page become autodelete links, meaning when you open them, it'll automatically delete the page (and the talk page if it exists) with that reason. Good for deleting stuff quickly with a single reason after a VFD or clearing out a whole category of unneeded stuff, or deleting all of a user's pages.
 * Yes, I can switch to using . &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 16:45, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the additional information. The idea of automatically deleting anything worried me, but you've cleared it up. -- Adrignola talk contribs 16:52, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm still having weird issues with unlinking backlinks. If you're still using the script, could let me know under what circumstances it is unlinking backlinks? Specifically, which option you used, and whether the box for that was checked off. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 18:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I've tested Twinkle with every option that will allow a delete at Testpage, with "orphan backlinks" both checked and unchecked. I am unable to have it delete links now in any situation. -- Adrignola talk contribs 03:55, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thats odd but useful information. I'll see if I can figure that bit out next week. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 04:03, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

this diff was a result of me checking the box to orphan backlinks. Up to that point since I last talked to you, it was leaving links with the box unchecked. I think the behavior is reversed from what it's supposed to be (check the box to orphan and have it checked by default). -- Adrignola talk contribs 02:57, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, well, this diff was the same result from 'author blanked" on the page that was deleted, but with the box unchecked. That's inconsistent. -- Adrignola talk contribs 03:03, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, from looking at the code, I think it changes option-by-option... which is uber-wonky. So, that needs fixing <tt>:D</tt> &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 15:22, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

新笛
Discussion on 新笛 ChineseMusic.net

Dear Mike.lifeguard

Wiki is in error. The inventor of 新笛 was 丁西林（1893—1974）, not Zhang. see following References

参考文献 Lee Yuan-Yuan and Shen, Sinyan. Chinese Musical Instruments (Chinese Music Monograph Series). 1999. Chinese Music Society of North America Press. ISBN 1-880464039 Shen, Sinyan. Chinese Music in the 20th Century (Chinese Music Monograph Series). 2001. Chinese Music Society of North America Press. ISBN 1-880464047

Thanks!

CheckUser
We're having problems with a determined individual. Meta says to have local CheckUsers exercise the privileges. I had to block Bfbggon and the later account that posted the same vulgar image, Bfbggonn. The block page says it's supposed to block the IP and any subsequent IPs they try to edit from. I don't know whether to escalate this or not. -- Adrignola talk contribs 03:52, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I checked into it... he's using a very wide range of IPs, probably too big to block safely but I don't have time to go deeper into it today. Any thoughts, Mike? See cu-l for what I ran across. -- SB_Johnny  talk 12:24, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Just to keep you in the know, Mike, SB Johnny had to block Bfbggonnn and Bfbggonnnn, and Bfbggonnnnn as well while I was asleep. There's obviously a pattern, but that doesn't solve the larger issue. Wonder if they're using Tor... -- Adrignola talk contribs 14:50, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Seems there's another at Bfbggonnnnnn. I blocked it. Sigh. -- Adrignola talk contribs 14:53, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I hardblocked for one month, Mike. Collateral damage looks unlikely, but feel free to have another look. -- SB_Johnny  talk 15:53, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I was away and/or busy yesterday. Hardblock certainly seems fine to me. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 22:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

When you have a second...
can you take a look at this?. Thanks, Dferg (talk) 16:37, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Bots
Hi Mike. I've been leaving messages in the middle of your talk page at User_talk:Mike.lifeguard, but it looks like you've not been seeing them? There are bots about. You have reverted three of their edits today. It looks to me like a variation on the "Good site, admin" bot, but now they change up the text. They still replace a whole section of a page with some lame complement, or with a phrase that ends with a comma. Anyhow... just concerned that you've not seemed to notice my message and the bots are not being globally blocked. --Jomegat (talk) 02:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I've globally blocked them all (& more from other wikis). We last saw them about 3 months ago - looks like all their blocks are expiring this week. I'll make sure I note when I take action. Thanks for your help! &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 03:55, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * OK! I didn't see them in the block logs, but maybe I wouldn't since they're global?  Thanks. --Jomegat (talk) 04:03, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You can see what Mike's been doing at Special:GlobalBlockList. -- Adrignola talk contribs 04:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

More bots:
 * 194.0.200.7 --Jomegat (talk) 12:51, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 62.113.86.15 --Jomegat (talk) 12:52, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 82.208.46.79 --Jomegat (talk) 12:56, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Did these. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 14:56, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Looks like that took care of the "Good site" bots, but here's a definite spam bot:
 * 218.93.15.114 --Jomegat (talk) 11:57, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, handled that one too. &mdash; <b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 00:30, 2 August 2009 (UTC)