Who is 217.158.106.90 http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=217.158.106.90 ? Why are they adding category tags? are we ready for these to go live?
I don't think we are -- I see a "?" link on a line of its own at the top of each tagged page.
could this IP please stop to discuss this?
tarquin wrote:
Who is 217.158.106.90 http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=217.158.106.90 ? Why are they adding category tags? are we ready for these to go live?
I don't think we are -- I see a "?" link on a line of its own at the top of each tagged page.
could this IP please stop to discuss this?
I'm getting no reply from this IPs talk page. Is this a bot? If so, why is it not running on minor edits & a little more slowly? Should I block it to get whoever it is to talk?
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 10:01, tarquin wrote:
I'm getting no reply from this IPs talk page. Is this a bot?
Yes.
If so, why is it not running on minor edits & a little more slowly?
It can't make minor edits since it's not logging in.
Should I block it to get whoever it is to talk?
I've already done.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
That bot (not mine) was trying to insert categories based on various lists. The author mailed me in private (even before tarquin sent his first mail to the list). The intention is that once we get categories enabeled, there's already something in place. I'll bcc the author to let it go more slowly.
The links are currently hidden [[like this| ]].
Magnus
Brion Vibber wrote:
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 10:01, tarquin wrote:
I'm getting no reply from this IPs talk page. Is this a bot?
Yes.
If so, why is it not running on minor edits & a little more slowly?
It can't make minor edits since it's not logging in.
Should I block it to get whoever it is to talk?
I've already done.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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--- Magnus Manske magnus.manske@web.de wrote:
That bot (not mine) was trying to insert categories based on various lists. The author mailed me in private (even before tarquin sent his first mail to the list). The intention is that once we get categories enabeled, there's already something in place. I'll bcc the author to let it go more slowly.
The links are currently hidden [[like this| ]].
Magnus
Do you know anything else about how it chooses categories? Is there some reason you can't disclose its author? LDan
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Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
Do you know anything else about how it chooses categories? Is there some reason you can't disclose its author?
The mail says that it generates category links from existing lists, so I guess it scans a list page for links, then inserts an appropriate category link into each of these articles.
As I received the mail in private, I keep the (in wikipedia-land well-known and well-respected) author to myself. I'm sure he'll talk to the list as soon as he reads all this.
Magnus