User talk:ClueBot Commons/Archives/2008/February

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Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article User talk:You suck! i rule!, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at [[Talk:User talk:You suck! i rule!|its talk page]]. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 00:44, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I've noticed that ClueBot ( the first ) is not marking its edits as bot edits; is this intentional? Ajl772 (talk) 21:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

It is. Anti-vandalism bots are not supposed to mark their edits as bot edits. Until just recently, ClueBot didn't even have the technical ability to mark its edits as bot edits. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 21:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

stop deleting my contributions to list of reggaeton artist wiil ya? its not vandalism —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davowiki (talk • contribs) 02:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Screw you, stop beating me to the revert! Pumpmeup 06:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

You stupid retard bot! You are malfunctioning! spook is a term for the n word! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.78.120 (talk) 05:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I tried to follow the instructions to report a false positive, but there was no "My SQL ID" in the talk page message. The specific case is on User talk:Josheyboy who created, then blanked Josh Tinholt, leading to the article being speedied according to CSD G7. Reverting the blanking could confuse an admin (though it didn't in this case). I happened to notice when I looked at Josheyboy's talk page due to some other vandalism he perpetrated. Matchups (talk) 05:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Resolved

I would like to know why my factual information was "not constructive" on the Ric Flair article. It was 100% relevant. Care to explain? This unsigned comment was left by User:Jon56WWE

Do you mean this edit, where you wrote "You guys are pigs who dont know what you are talking about! My infomation was relevent! [sic]" or this edit, which is the one reverted by ClueBot, where you blanked the page? Yes, you may have added useful content at other times, but these are the ones that got reverted. Matchups (talk) 17:59, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

oh u edited my post on runescape...

I was reading the John McCain entry and spotted the intrusion of "JOHN MCCAIN ROCKS!!!!!!!!!". I went to edit that part out, since it has no part in an encyclopedic entry, to find it had already been removed. ClueBot spotted the fact that the interjection was out of place and removed it faster than a human could react. I was impressed. Shoshani (talk) 03:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism is a huge problem, so ClueBot is a great help. (ApJ (talk) 15:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC))

Agreed, ClueBot has helped out many pages, I've worked on, with vandalism problems. Thank You!Blackngold29 (talk) 16:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBot IV removed my IP addition at WP:OP, w/ a edit summary of "adding clerk notices". The diff Explain? Calvin 1998 ^Talk _Contribs 02:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I need to fix that, ClueBot IV downloads the list and may take a minute or so to check for clerk notes it needs to add, during that time, if anyone edits, they will edit conflict with the bot. The bot makes a null edit if there are none, which is really what causes the problems, you were just unlucky to get edit conflicted twice. I'll be fixing it in the next hour or so. Sorry about that. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 02:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

 Fixed -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 03:02, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

== it sucks!!! == —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.66.131.174 (talk) 19:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thats what ClueBot does... you vandalized, and he reverted. (Actually, is ClueBot a he or she?) Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 00:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

sorry about blanking page before. i was trying to delete it and now have follwed proper procedure. the person in the article who i know was unhappy with being on wikipedia as thet are still alive. also its a carbon copy of the information from another website and the article is unsourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheWulf (talk • contribs) 23:44, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I've sorted this out. Tony Fox (arf!) 23:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I just tagged a bunch of blocked proxies, and the list needs a good clean-out. Would it be possible to run ClueBot IV ahead of schedule to help clean the backlog? Thanks! Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 00:27, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBot IV runs every few minutes, but it may take several minutes to check each host (it has to check all of the new hosts before adding the clerk notes). It runs a SYN scan on ports 1-65535 of each IP, of the ports found open, it runs Nmap to service/os fingerprint and confirm that they are open. Then it runs a proxy scanner (using libopm, a lot like BOPM) to actually check if there is an open proxy. It also runs whois and checks a few DNSBLs while it is at it. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 06:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I was just creating a redirect page and then i realized it shouldn't have been there anyway. Not very important and I am just going to delete the original link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Illinialex24 (talk • contribs) 05:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBot IV keeps missing a lot of TOR nodes/open proxies on the WP:OP page. How come? Calvin 1998 ^Talk _Contribs 23:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Various reasons. ClueBot IV only scans certain ports on the suspected proxy. Some proxies are behind a firewall, which may block the scan. Others are online CGI proxies (proxies accessed through an internet form), which aren't currently detected. And as for Tor, it uses different ports to help anonymity, so there is no one port to scan for. That, and I'm not sure if there is a way to detect Tor proxies, except for the Tor check website we link to. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 00:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBot IV does check for tor, but since the only way to check it is against a list, and I don't know how often that list is updated, I chose to make ClueBot IV err on the safe side and report tor proxies as "no proxy found" (because it didn't find one, it just found a reference to one). If you click the link to the full report, go to the DNSBL section, it will show the results of several DNSBLs, if either of the tor lists return anything, then it is most likely a tor node. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 05:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Not to mention that not all exit nodes publish their exit address. Got an idea for testing, have to work on it a bit Q ^{T C} 13:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBot seems to be missing a lot of IP's that have already been checked and blocked. Any idea why? Calvin 1998 ^Talk _Contribs 18:12, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe because it does have a time limit? It won't archive it until it has been left (dealt with) idle for one day. It used to be 2 days, but that was a bit long. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 18:16, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Do you always beat me to the revert by like one second? Darn you ClueBot You're following me. ;) Spud ^Hai/_watidone 02:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello Cobi, just wanted to say that problem with duplicate sections still persist. Cheers. Carlosguitar ^{(ready and willing)} 19:59, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Cobi, I want to set ClueBot on my Wiki. I found lots of your supporters want to do the same as me, but i cannot find any instruction on the Internet. Would you please help? email:[email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.107.216.115 (talk) 10:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Reading the reports, it seems like that ClueBot is more of a pain than a gain. Revolt against ClueBot! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikedwiki3 (talk • contribs) 21:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I beg to differ. Anti-vandalism bots help us fight vandalism, so we can go edit instead of going on constant patrol. That, and it makes sure that random people won't pull up an article while researching, and find large pictures of human reproductive anatomy instead. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 00:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

But you suck Balls —Preceding unsigned comment added by Djokapi678 (talk • contribs) 17:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

That guy does suck balls... this bot thing is also gay, you change wayne rooney's name to wayne mark rooney, ehich is his proper name and it changes it back gaaaaaaay —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryan 8 12 (talk • contribs) 21:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I think you guys need to stop vandalizing articles, then decide whether or not you've stepped out of the immaturity phase. Also, it would be appreciated if you signed your comments with "~~~~". Thanks, --haha169 (talk) 00:46, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

A bot that may need tweaking is a bot that may need tweaking not "gaaaaaaay" Spud ^Hai/_watidone 02:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe your "gaaaaay" hmmm ever consider that scenario. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryan 8 12 (talk • contribs) 20:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, in the cases above, ClueBot is doing exactly what it is supposed to be doing ... Reverting this vandalism and this vandalism. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 02:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

you know what? clue bot is awesome!!! you should go suck a dick, ryan!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktcharland95 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm looking for input from recent Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies users regarding the above template. The input on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject on open proxies would be appreciated from the bot owner & those watching this page, if you have any preferences regarding the TOR link in the template. SkierRMH (talk) 04:20, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

you know that someone ust change it without any sources did you? and i just changed it back to that what it was —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.211.118.110 (talk) 15:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Any reason why the bot missed this edit? - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 15:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, you can't catch everyone. That wouldn't be fair ;) Compwhiz II^(Talk)_(Contribs) 16:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The one sentence in this article contains enough context to avoid speedy. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 22:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBotV mistakenly tagged Touch the Truck as a test page. (diff). Kakofonous (talk) 00:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I have reverted it and will see about fixing the bot. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 01:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Since when do bots place speedy tags on articles.? Speedy requires judgement. DGG (talk) 01:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

This article was tagged {{unreferenced}} but there were references, just not a {{reflist}}. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 01:18, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

A city the size of Cary do not need all that extra on its page, THAT IS NOT a Cary Chamber of Commerce page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.104.238.191 (talk) 02:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Do you think you could please blacklist the word "poo"? I've seen it show up on a lot of articles. Thanks. -- penubag  (talk) 02:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

		The WikiChevrons
		For your outstanding effort to keep our USS George H. W. Bush article health and vadal free I herby award you the WikiChevrons on behalf of the Military history WikiProject. Semper Fi, ClueBot! Carry on! TomStar81 (Talk) 07:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, of course they are. I'm a world-class expert in my weird little field--by default since I invented many of the techniques--but every time I try to spread my expertise around, my articles get mangled or simply deleted. I've also tried several times to upload pictures to which I own the copyright, but some damned bot keeps deleting them. I'm not wasting time writing for Wikipedia anymore, but will put any new articles I write on my own website where they're safe from being mauled from spitheaded Philistines. Good bye, good riddance, and fuck off...

ClueBot fail to detect proxies at Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies. 88.191.25.38 port 80, 212.248.240.1 port 8080 - all were undetected --TAG (talk) 20:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, the first one doesn't look like a normal proxy, but only a host-based proxy, which are a tad bit more difficult to detect. And all of the host-based proxies I have seen will work in normal proxy mode, too, except this one. For the second one ... the host's firewall must have detected a port scan and firewalled my IP off. Annoying, but there is nothing I can do to stop it. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 21:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[1] shouldn't have been done, because ClueBot didn't do the revert, I did. --Thinboy00 @131, i.e. 02:08,

21 February 2008 (UTC)

Considering this stayed in an article for over 2h, perhaps we can add a word "molest" and derivatives to the bot keyword lists? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 00:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

And the word poo, it shows up everywhere on RC. - penubag  (talk) 03:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

If you go to said page, there is 9 "United States politics" sections, containing the same thing over and over again. I treid to delete some, but I triggered a recation from ClueBot, preventing "unconstructive" editing. Please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.236.46 (talk) 17:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry to have vandalized a page of Tsutomu Miyazaki. I'll be careful next time. Please forgive me. 210.237.34.25 (talk) 09:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry to have vandalized a page of Tsutomu Miyazaki. I'll be careful next time. Please forgive me. 210.237.34.25 (talk) 09:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I added this open proxy report and CB IV noted it as "not a proxy". Yet, looking here, here and here, it shows as being a TOR node. Am I missing something? Franamax (talk) 02:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

ClueBot IV's scan should not be considered conclusive by the OPCs if it says "not a proxy", for more information, see: User talk:ClueBot Commons/Archives/2008/February#ClueBot_IV_False_Negatives. Thanks. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 02:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at this diff [2]. You will see that ClueBot has ignored a level 4 warning immediately above (on the same day) and issued a a level 1 warning under a new February 2008 heading. A bit further up Cluebot ignored a level 3 warning from VoABot and again went back to level one and yet another February 2008 heading.

Our defence against the barbarians is spirited but not very co-ordinated. This one should have been blocked at least four warnings before he actually was. Is it not possible for ClueBot to take account of warnings given by other editors? SpinningSpark 20:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you are incorrect. The warning above was more than 2 days before, and ClueBot ignores warnings longer ago than 2 days per consensus on IRC and at its BRFA. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 03:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thats very strange, if you look at the page as it now stands, the warning directly above is dated 22nd - same as Cluebots. I will try and unpick the history to see what happened here. SpinningSpark 10:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes VoABot II seems to be at fault by not adding warnings at the bottom, the time stamps are not in sequence. I will go tell them. SpinningSpark 10:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Why does Cluebot have a space before it lists the month? Shouldn't it just start the warning at the beginning of the page? Enigma ^msg! 00:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Good. Quick reaction . Please implement it on Polish Wikipedia :) Greets —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.9.228.75 (talk) 03:35, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that I didn't know I couldn't edit it freely

I wont do that in the future again!

~Melody —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.107.192.226 (talk) 22:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I suppose this was created due to the removal of pictures from the conflicts I heard so much about... but why is he removing MY contributions? I'm writing factual information with proof and source. Facts are not constructive information? Oh My God.

Dude, fixed the problem, someone else must be sharing or hacking my computer! Sorry about the mix up, was trying to figure out what was up and I deleted a whole section! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.88.24 (talk) 11:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

1. When it puts a warning on the talk page of a user whose vandalism it reverted, the "something else" should say what it was replaced with. 2. "report it". "report" should be capitalised. 124.180.24.193 (talk) 07:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

1. It used to, but some administrators thought it a bad idea.
2. Yeah, I'll make that change next time I update the code for the bot.

Thanks. -- Cobi^(t|c|b) 07:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I know my things were factual. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.118.58.115 (talk) 13:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

If you have a look at my talk page, you'll see two editors who SEEM to be telling me that I am not allowed to delete the vandalism warning after reporting a false positive. Are they right, are you? Yours. baffled Chris 86.144.78.59 (talk) 19:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Based on this vandalism, which stayed in article space for several days (!), the words "dick", "vagina" and "queer" should trigger the bot comedown on anons, too.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 20:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)