User talk:Shane

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You are clear to let loose the bot on changing Thirteenth Tribe to Thirteenth Tribe (RDM); I've done the TOS links and made a list of pages that intentionally link the disambig page. The same goes for converting Earth to Earth (RDM), JubalHarshaw and I have done the TOS links and I've also got a list for that one. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 08:33, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

10-4 Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 13:16, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Earth changes happing right now... Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 13:27, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Special:Whatlinkshere/Earth -- Some things the bot can not do is on other names spaces.... Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 13:45, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Thirteenth Tribe changes happing now... Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 13:45, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Hmm, the Thirteenth Tribe changes don't seem to be finished yet, and the bot has been silent for half an hour now. And can't you run the bot on a per-namespace basis? --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 14:29, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

There is a good reason. While I was running it.. the cable/tv went out at my apartment and I had to goto work. do'h. I'm going to create a client side script for people to run at future dates. I have not think of a setting where it can be run in a namespace, but I will check. Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 02:36, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

You mean you actually run the bot at your home PC and it just uses the HTTP interface to MediaWiki? Then you probably use Special:Search, and you'd have to use a URL like "url". Although the namespace numbers vary on a per-Wiki basis, you can still automate it by parsing the HTML you get from the Special:Search page. Anyway, the bot I'm considering to write would operate on the server side and interact directly with the MediaWiki DB, making it a little more dangerous (it could theoretically frak up the DB if badly written) but allowing many more options to be implemented much easier. Finding all articles in all namespaces containing '[[Earth]]' could by done with a simple SELECT query. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 08:40, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

No. I run the bot off the our server, but they way I run it, I have to be connected for it to run so I know it doesn't mess up the server. Replace I would usually never let it run alone. Doing interwiki links I run it and let it run by itself. Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 15:04, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

I see. Maybe I'll write a bot with a PHP interface over the summer, as that would be easier to use and would also serve people who don't have the luxury of SSH access to their server. But that's really more of a summer project. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 15:19, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

Styling on Editcount addon

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Special:Editcount/Mercifull Shows up as all white. --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 08:43, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Highlight and it's still there. For some wicked reason, edit counts are in a white typeface on a white background ^^ --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 08:50, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Yeah I know, its a simple change to do tho removing the hardcoded styling and setting it in the css. --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 09:20, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

I sent in an SVN change before and they still haven't fixed it. I'll send it in again. Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 13:16, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Change it ureself Mr Lazy, its quite simple :P --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 05:21, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

On ours I will.. but the source code I would have done a long time ago if I had access. Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 06:06, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

I don't think its being updated anymore. Change the code a bit, remove the hardcoded styling to make it look a bit neater and then upload it as an updated version to the extensions page :D --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 08:38, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

Got Windex? Congratulations!

You are now a member of the Order of the Squeegee, with bureaucrat privileges activated. "With great responsibility..." yada, yada, yeda. :) Don't crash the server. --Spencerian 12:25, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Just remember not to spray Windex into the hardware... Oh, and congratulations, my friend. You've definitely earned this one a thousand times over. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 12:34, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Horray Shane! http://www.evilmerc.com/uploads/mod.swf :D --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 12:35, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

It's not like Shane wasn't able to destroy the wiki before :P Anyway, congrats ;) --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 12:44, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Thanks all! Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 13:17, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Wooo! We love you, Shane! (Sorry, I'm really hyper right now) --BklynBruzer 17:07, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Congratulations! No one deserves it more! JubalHarshaw 18:32, 16 April 2007 (CDT)

Re:Wiki Designs

Hello Shane

By chance happended upon your user page here after browsing the Matrix Wikia. Very impressive work here. Are you still offering to help with wiki layouts, and if so, is 'Forgotten Realms' something you would be able to work with? :) Thanks in advance Zerak ^talk 21:54, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Shane's reputation led me to ask him to help with the Matrix Wiki in the first place. :) Hopefully he has some time to give some tips. (I'm a Neverwinter Nights/2 fan, and more rabid Matrix fan, adding many articles on that wiki, but don't hold either against me. :) -- Spencerian 15:01, 19 April 2007 (CDT) ^{(Talk - Contrib Skillz - Edit Skillz)}

Error creating thumbnail

Billy Tan: {{flag|MY}} gives  MY. Can you fix this? --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 14:13, 20 April 2007 (CDT)

That is because we havn't gotten around to installing SVG. :-) Also, I don't know if "Billy Tan" can be considered "Crew" and for that matter part of the RDM universe (category). Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 15:10, 20 April 2007 (CDT)

He's not in the Crew or Crew (RDM) cat, but the Crew Data template is used for all comic writers. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 15:34, 20 April 2007 (CDT)

well. rsvg is still not installed. So many requirements that I don't have any more time to fiddle around installing them. I will try to get to it tomorrow morning when I get back or Joe can take up the task. :) Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 16:15, 20 April 2007 (CDT)

Don't you have APT then? --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 17:13, 20 April 2007 (CDT)

rsvg does not come in a package nor does any of the files needed for it to be installed or I would have done it a long time ago ;-) Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 05:54, 21 April 2007 (CDT)

Pity. Good think you do know APT though, it's a real time-saver. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 14:54, 21 April 2007 (CDT)

Bot work

Could you run the bot to do:

[[Thirteenth Tribe --> [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)
 [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)]] --> [[Thirteenth Tribe]]

Or something of that sort (like you did with the Earth thingy)? Also, have you already discovered if it's possible to replace the Earth links for the other namespaces? TIA --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 15:27, 21 April 2007 (CDT)

Will have to run it once i get back from work. Just woke up and getting ready to leave. :-) Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 15:37, 21 April 2007 (CDT)

Just going to bed here :P --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 15:58, 21 April 2007 (CDT)

Could you please run the bot on Thirteenth Tribe and Earth some time soon? It's still not done yet... --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 16:49, 29 April 2007 (CDT)

If it's not in the main namespace, it can not be done. Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 22:03, 29 April 2007 (CDT)

Look here again. Most of these things are most definitely in the main namespace. I'll clear up the out-of-main links for Earth manually then. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 03:52, 30 April 2007 (CDT)

Interesting...

Interesting use of the block feature. ;-) -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 17:29, 30 April 2007 (CDT)

I noticed that too. Imitating Steelviper, it seems, is a form of flattery. :) --Spencerian 19:20, 30 April 2007 (CDT)

I was about to ask to remove my permissions, but I feel asleep in about 30 mintues. Good thing too... Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 21:06, 30 April 2007 (CDT)

I was tempted to play a joke and ban you for longer but i knew I woudlnt be online when you came back and u might have not understood the joke :( --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 03:07, 1 May 2007 (CDT)