User talk:AutomaticStrikeout/Archive 8

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Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

1. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
2. Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
3. Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

• Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
• Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
• Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
• Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:50, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Glad to see you removed that ugly "retired" notice. Good to have you back! TBrandley ^{(what's up)} 23:15, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, but don't get too excited. I hope to be able to stick to minor editing for the most part. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 23:17, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

I second the pleasure at the lack of the retired template. It seems that wikipedia is not irreversibly broken after all. Thanks for the cheeseburger. Tazerdadog (talk) 00:07, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

No problem. Eat it in good health! I know, that sounds like a contradiction, telling someone to eat a cheeseburger in good health! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 00:08, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Even for just some gnoming, it's good to see you. It was a nice surprise to open my watchlist and see a screen full of WP:UMPIRE articles. EricEnfermero ^Howdy! 01:53, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

I appreciate the friendly responses. Thanks guys! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:56, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Huzzah! welcome back, we missed ya! Gtwfan52 (talk) 04:02, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Same here. Great to have you back man! ZappaOMati 06:00, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

A happy edit to our sad list! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

but I smiled anyway.

A few years ago, I worked in an office which shared office space with another company. They actually worked on rocket design. We occasionally played ultimate with them at lunch, and more often that we should have found an excuse to use the line.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:16, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Glad you liked it :) AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 21:39, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

I've added you to the AWB checkpage. INeverCry 03:10, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 19:41, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Good job expanding the page. I was away for the weekend and was planning on expanding it when I got back. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:35, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Glad you liked it and thanks for nomming it as well, thereby saving me the time. It is an honor to be part of a DYK nomination with you, as I have respected your content–building work for a time now. Also, I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Krikor Kalfayan in preparation for a DYK attempt with Rondón, so you don't necessarily need to do a separate review. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 00:16, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome. I'm sure it's going to be an exciting baseball season and we're just three weeks away from the opener. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 23:28, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

No problem. GO TIGERS! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 00:17, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Song of Solomon 2:11-12 (KJV): "For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." Friends, baseball season will soon be upon us and as an enthusiastic/optimistic Tigers fan, my World Series prediction is Tigers over Nationals in 7. But I'm not satisfied with just my opinion. I'd like to conduct a little poll here, to see what some of the rest of you think. So, here's what I'm asking: World Series winner and runner-up (and in how many games?), first manager fired (I'll say Bud Black) and one other bold prediction (mine is that the Astros will finish last... er, I mean that the Yankees will miss the postseason). AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 00:23, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

• Winner: Reds
• Runner up: Angels
• First manager fired: Joe Girardi
• Bold prediction: Orioles win AL East and Yankees finish last (hence Girardi getting canned, though that's probably the boldest) Go Phightins! 00:57, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

• Champions: Giants
• Runner-ups: Orioles
• First fired manager: Dale Sveum
• Bold predictions: Indians get worst record in AL, Astros, well, last. Mariners barely escape the AL West cellar, Phillies go below .500, Yankees fans invade and capture Boston, beginning a week-long war, aliens steal cars and fly over Comerica Park, my TV loses signal during the World Series.

Yep, this is gonna be an interesting year. It'd be easier for me if this was an NFL forecast though. ZappaOMati 03:43, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Wow! Yankees fans invade Boston? Would that be like when the Tigers fans took over Wrigley Field last year? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 17:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Friendly reminder: Wikipedia is not a social network; perhaps discussions like this are more suited to IRC or places of that nature. Again, just a friendly reminder. —Theopolisme (talk) 14:03, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I am well aware of that, but this conversation is not hurting anything and besides, I'm not on IRC. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 17:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Ah, Theo, ever the killjoy . I can't speak for the others, but I plan on doing some stat updates during the season and updating the team season articles, so this is moderately on point. You're probably right though, that we're not a forum and this may be using it like one. Go Phightins! 19:14, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Theo, this is totally acceptable. Perhaps that is a bit hypocritical due to my comments at User talk:Deidra C.#poll, but the difference is she had been using Wikipedia as a social network. When editors are productive, it's perfectly fine for them to discuss things not directly related to Wikipedia. Ryan Vesey 19:34, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

You guys are all fantastic contributors to the project, and a little off-topic discussion like this is, as Ryan said, totally okay...still, a poll like this gave me pause, especially given User talk:Deidra C.#poll (I had actually just been reading through that interesting series of events prior to making my comments here, which probably contributed to my brashness.) Regardless, in no way did I intend to come across as a killjoy. ;) —Theopolisme (talk) 23:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I've been meaning for a while to open discussion on officially modifying WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK to clarify that Wikipedia is not a place for people looking for a social network; however, social network type activities are acceptable among Active editors. I'm not going to get around to it, but if anyone else does, ping me. Ryan Vesey 01:21, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey! I'm JHUbal27 trying to get noticed. I would call myself a productie editor and am therefore replying to your poll. The Baltimore Orioles will win, followed by the Chicago Cubs as a runner-up. Mike Matheny will get fired. Also, the Oriole Bird will get drunk, attempt to fly, and fall onto the field. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail 01:31, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Some surprising predictions, (especially Matheny)! Anyway, no hard feelings, Theo. That is an interesting suggestion, Ryan. I may look into it. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 01:34, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi. It's possible that I could try running. I ran a few years back and did somewhat well, but didn't make the cut. It's not all that tough being one admittedly, figuring out WP:CHU and consensus on RfA closures is simple enough. RfB's probably no worse than RfA, but then again I'm not sure if that's something I want to go through. Wizardman 02:19, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Well, I would be thrilled if you did decide to give it a try. I'm certain you would have no trouble finding noms. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:21, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello AutomaticStrikeout, Eduemoni↑talk↓ has given you a shining smiling star! You see, these things promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the Shining Smiling Star whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or someone putting up with some stick at this time. Enjoy! Eduemoni↑talk↓ 03:47, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Well thank you! That's certainly very kind of you and much appreciated. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 14:32, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Conflict Resolution.--Amadscientist (talk) 10:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Nice of you to invite me, but I believe it would not be good for me to actively start getting involved in conflicts. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 14:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Please take a look here and consider adding your name. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 23:41, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

How'd you know that I'm a stalker? :o ZappaOMati 23:48, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

You seem to have identified yourself ;) AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 23:49, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

• ArbCom are people too--and Giano never said they were. Pouring oil on the fire is rarely helpful, and in this case your selective adaptation also completely misses the point Giano was making--the anonymous informer, and how that is problematic in a community that should be more transparent (on that most everyone agrees, I think). Please don't add fuel to the fire. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 01:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

• I was not specifically thinking of Giano's comments when I wrote the essay and I'm not going to say that his argument is without merit (frankly, I think he might have a point about the use of checkuser in this incident). My objective here was to remind everybody that the Arbs are real people, I was not targeting Giano and I apologize if it came across that way. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

• Actually, I do think Arbs are people too--some of my best friends are Arbs. Well, I'm friends with their alternate accounts. Drmies (talk) 02:52, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

• I wasn't necessarily trying to say that anyone believes that Arbs are not people, it was just that perhaps sometimes some editors (apparently not including you, which is good) need to be reminded that they are dealing with another person, one who has feelings. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:59, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi AS! Good to hear from you, and glad to see you've un-retired. If you start any new projects, let me know! Delaywaves • talk 20:59, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Well, I don't know that this here qualifies as a project, but I imagine this one does. I'm trying to get it off the ground, but I'm having trouble with the invitation template, which has been a pain. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 21:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the kind welcome Lettik (talk) 21:34, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

No problem. Hope there weren't too many calories in the cookies! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 21:46, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:McDonalds M&M McFlurry.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 14:13, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

I am sorry about the Hall of Fame and that I !voted for its deletion. It's no reflection whatsoever on you, but rather my ill-faith in the community to run the project as you intend for it. If it were to be run properly, I have no doubt it would thrive, but in the current climate, I just don't think it would. That said, I hope you keep your hall of fame alive, as that is something that is certainly not drama-filled! Go Phightins! 01:31, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello, AutomaticStrikeout. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Today's articles for improvement#Main Page deployment, or not?.
Message added by Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:44, 16 March 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

• Thank you for the talkback, but at this point, I'm not going to spend any further time fighting to get that on the main page. No matter how hard we try on this, too many people are going to find a reason to be a hindrance. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 13:12, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

May I just say that the fight is actually won? It took a long time, sure; but we are almost there now. Everyone has agreed that there is no reason to stop TAFI any further now, and it is only a matter of time (either till 25th March or 8th April), and an uninvolved admin before we go live. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 09:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

I am glad to hear that. However, I don't feel that my participation there is still necessary. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 14:43, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

From its MfD, it appears to be a certainty that the Hall of Fame is going to be deleted. [I certainly do support the idea of such a project, and do regret that others do not] But moving forward, could I ask you to suggest it being taken under the wings of EotW? At EotW, we certainly had this idea of encouraging everyone, and not just new editors. If you and everyone there support such an idea, we could be running HoF in a similar way to the way EotW is being currently run.

Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 11:43, 18 March 2013 (UTC) (TB please!)

If EotW is interested in handling it, great! Otherwise, I'm moving past the idea for the time being. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 14:48, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Just to let you know. Please see Soni's, Amad's and My Talk pages for info. Thanks.```Buster Seven Talk 16:28, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

In connection with my "Arbs are people too" essay, I have written another one, entitled "Admins are people too." Please take a look and consider signing. Thanks, AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 18:05, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Go for it, I'll add everything i need to soon enough. Wizardman 00:32, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Sounds marvelous! It might take me a while though, since the Michigan basketball game is on right now. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 00:33, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

That's set now. Was going to wait until the weekend but hey, why not. Wizardman 02:07, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, there are some very hostile people, and some who are merely very blunt and appear hostile. There are reasons to support your idea, and reasons to oppose it, with a little luck these will come out and be weighed, and the ad-hominem stuff can be forgotten. Rich Farmbrough, 01:16, 22 March 2013 (UTC).

Thanks, I appreciate that. It's good to hear something positive about my idea. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 01:37, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Buster7 has stopped by and given you some Nice Speculaas Koekjes which promote fellowship and goodwill among editors. Spread the good flavor of Nice Koekjes around Wiki World by sharing them with someone else. Maybe to a friend or, better yet, to someone you have had disagreements with in the past. Nice Biscuits are very tasty and have been known to be so NICE, they will even bake themselves. Enjoy!

You've had the rest...now try the best! ```Buster Seven Talk 06:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 13:35, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Isn't is usual to include a link to prior requests? Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Wizardman. It isn't hard to find, to be sure, but I thought it was SOP.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 11:48, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it probably is, but I've never been a nominator for someone who was on a second request in either RfA or RfB. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 13:35, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

I request you not to comment back to Leaky Cauldron on that MfD. It does not do any good to you or the MfD to feed him, further straining the discussion there. Let the rest of us say, if a reply to him is required. Meanwhile, since 3 editors currently support the idea of having HoF under the WER (not EotW), I'll ask and see if it can be made as a sister project. I think people will support such an idea.

Also, KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON!

Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 20:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Just thought you would like to know that there has been a lot more lists which have been nominated for deletion which can be viewed here. Wilbysuffolk (Talk to me!) 12:36, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 17:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

On 25 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bruce Rondón, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bruce Rondón, a Venezuelan baseball player, was described as a "rare talent" by Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bruce Rondón. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm curious, is there a reason that you have the two words of your signature as separate links to your user page?

'''''<span style="text:#808080 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em">[[User:AutomaticStrikeout|<font color="dark blue">Automatic</font>]][[User:AutomaticStrikeout|<font color="orange">Strikeout</font>]]</span>''''' <small>([[User talk:AutomaticStrikeout|<span style="color:dark Blue">'''T'''</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/AutomaticStrikeout|<span style="color:Orange">C</span>]] • [[WP:AAPT|<span style="color:dark Blue">AAPT</span>]])</small>

instead of:

'''''<span style="text:#808080 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em">[[User:AutomaticStrikeout|<span style="color:#00008B;">Automatic</span><span style="color:#FFA500;">Strikeout</span>]]</span>''''' <small>([[User talk:AutomaticStrikeout|<span style="color:#00008B;">'''T'''</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/AutomaticStrikeout|<span style="color:#FFA500;">C</span>]] • [[WP:AAPT|<span style="color:#00008B;">AAPT</span>]])</small>

or AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) VS. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) OR AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT)
Wondering why you are using a deprecated font tag and I'm not aware of any css style tag named "text". Thos things are making the colors of your signature do some funky things in Firefox. Just curious. Also, I'm curious what template that local time in state is so I can add it to my page (or components of it) Thanks — — User:Technical 13   ( C • M • Click to learn how to view this signature as intended ) 22:16, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Honestly, the reason for the two links is that I didn't know how to make it one link and hadn't looked into it. As for the CSS tag and deprecated font tags, I really know very little about a lot of this stuff and have copied somewhat from other people's signatures and made changes where it seemed necessary. Did this fix the problems? As for the local time info, are you referring to what I have in my edit notice? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 22:27, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Just a question, do you just use User:AutomaticStrikeout/signature as an example of your signature, or did you set it up so your signature in your preferences substitutes it? Ryan Vesey 22:31, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

It is substituted in my preferences. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 22:39, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I was asking about the thing in your edit notice. I cleaned out an unused span in your sig as well for you. As far as the substituting a template as your signature, it is allowed per WP:SIG#NT, but frowned upon and requires due diligence. — User:Technical 13   ( C • M • Click to learn how to view this signature as intended ) 22:45, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

The edit notice code I use is:

{{editnotice |[[Image:Crystal Clear app clock.svg|25px]] On line now? It is '''{{#time:g:i A|{{CURRENTHOUR}}:{{CURRENTMINUTE}} {{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{{1}}}|-5}} hours}}''' where this user lives in '''Michigan''' | textstyle = font-size: 100%; color: #555555; background-color: #DDDDDD | image = [[File:Nuvola apps edu languages.svg]] }}

As for the substituting situation, I will pursue having my signature page semi-protected. Thank you for your help, as I am somewhat technologically challenged, especially with some of these codes. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 22:51, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I don't know that it's frowned upon, but, and I'm being WP:BEANSY here, it creates the possibility that someone could modify your sig to say kick me. I think substituting a .js page would solve that problem. Transclude it onto another page if you want to be able to see it (but be sure to ask Writ Keeper before you do any of that). Otherwise it might be good to at least have your sig page semi-protected. Ryan Vesey 22:51, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm planning to have it semi-protected. That is less complicated than the .js stuff. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 23:07, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I am new to editing on Wikipedia and I need help. I want to add pictures to some pages so that they have pictures but I don't know how so do you think that you can help me out bro??? --Kingryan227 (talk) 00:43, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

I might be able to help you. First, can you tell me if you have any pictures of your own that you would like to use? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 00:46, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

No just pictures that im going to take off of google images to upload on here --Kingryan227 (talk) 01:00, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Sorry to inform you, but random pictures from Google Images are not permitted here unless there is a specific license it has or it qualifies as a non-free work. Check out Flickr under an advanced search for 'commercial use' under Creative Commons. TBrandley 01:01, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Well, you probably can't do that. We have to be very careful with regards to copyright and permissions and all that legal stuff. Even though I don't really understand it all, I'm pretty sure you can't upload most pictures from Google images. Sorry. However, if you want to edit baseball articles, there is other stuff that you can do. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 01:03, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Well thanks I thought that I could just add images from google but thank you anyways I'll just wait until someone adds pictures on there--Kingryan227 (talk) 01:06, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

You should be able to upload any image you find by searching at this link or this link. You might want to seek some advice after you upload the first few. Ryan Vesey 01:08, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

@Kingryan227: Listen to the other guys as far as images are concerned because those are pretty much out of my realm. If you would like to make baseball edits, I can show you how to update infobox stats. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 01:11, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

@AutomaticStrikeout ya show me how to do that

I will be glad too but please wait a little bit as I have to do something else first. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 01:15, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

That's cool bro um I probably wont be on for much longer but ill be on tomorrow at like 4:00 Wisconsin time but ill be on till 9 so whenever you can help just send me a message bro.--Kingryan227 (talk) 01:24, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Ok. I'm going to try to explain how we update the infobox stats, for anyone who doesn't know and might be interested but primarily for Kingryan227. Hopefully I won't make it too confusing, since it is really quite simple. You'll basically want to do what I did here, updating one or more of the "stat_value" fields and also the stat_year field (which is a little more complicated, as you might need to use the previous date, depending how up-to-date your source is). Remember to use a reliable source like Baseball-Reference.com. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 02:19, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Ad Swigler served in the military, is there any way to include that in the infobox? Ryan Vesey 22:10, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Well, you can skim through {{Infobox baseball biography}} and check all the fields listed there if you'd like, but I don't think that military information is currently an option. You might have to use a second infobox for that. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 22:13, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

On 28 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fieldin Culbreth, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that baseball umpire Fieldin Culbreth umpired in the first no-hitter's thrown by pitchers for both the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Mets? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fieldin Culbreth. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:02, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

What have I done to receive all that kindness! But anyways I'm The Wikimon!! We haven't officially met! Hello! The Wikimon (talk) 18:09, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Nice to meet you. You have made quite a lot of progress for a newbie. Keep up the good work! I'm glad you liked the cookies and also glad that you shared them with Gerda. She's about the nicest editor we've got around here. Regards, AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 18:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi. An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account, which contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AutomaticStrikeout, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and admit to it now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

TBrandley 02:20, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I thought it looked like you! :-)

Kumioko (talk) 03:11, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I just got an email from ASO requesting that I post on his talk for an admin to revert his edit to his common.js page WikiBreak enforcer. Apparently he's had another change of heart. Yay. Go Phightins! 02:21, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

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Done. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:04, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 03:05, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey there! Just an honest question: How often should stats be updated on baseball articles? TCN7JM 03:47, 2 April 2013 (UTC) (P.S. I'm inclined to talk some kind of trash about the Tigers, but I know Minnesota will inevitably end up in the cellar again.)

Personally, I would say as often as you like. I don't think there needs to be any uniformity to it as we have a field that specifies the date. Just remember to update that field and we should be fine! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 03:50, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I regards to "but I know Minnesota will inevitably end up in the cellar again." No way! We're going all the way to the World Series! A man can dream, can't he? Ryan Vesey 17:19, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but prepare to wake up in a couple of weeks! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 17:20, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I see some people are already being impolite and uncivil. Yikes. This is gonna be fun. Zach 04:14, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

BTW, welcome back sockmaster! Zach 04:14, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. It does figure that anti-fun people would also be anti-polite. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 17:14, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

On 3 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Darin Downs, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that baseball pitcher Darin Downs had to regain the ability to speak after being hit in the head by a batted ball? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Darin Downs. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:02, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

According to this, I have 69 talk page watchers. That's both amazing and flattering. Now, I have to imagine that not all of you are baseball fans, but for those of you who are, just because I'm curious (and also because I want to cheer myself up), I'd like to start up a little survey here. I'd like to know the favorite MLB teams for those of you who have one. The team with the most fans can claim victory in the WikiWorld Series, unless, of course, that team turns out to be the Phillies! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • AAPT) 19:17, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Are you just adding this now because you have 69 followers? (hee hee) Anyway... Go Mariners! ZappaOMati 19:27, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

_{That was unnecessary...according to my watch, the date hath changed. —Theopolisme (talk) 21:03, 2 April 2013 (UTC)}

Yeah, that was pretty perverted of me. =P ZappaOMati 22:18, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

The Twins, of course. :D TCN7JM 23:10, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Closet Rangers fan Lettik (talk) 19:10, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello, AutomaticStrikeout. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink#Proposal~ WikiProject Breakfast.
Message added by Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hi AutomaticStrikeout. I saw your weak oppose and how you said "I frankly don't know that I see the need for this" I'm one of the users that this kind of thing might be meant for, so I thought I should drop you a note to tell you why, me personally, I would want such a feature.

I'm very "anti-combative". I don't want to deal trying to "enforce norms of behavior" through blocks and the like. I wouldn't want to be an admin-- I wouldn't want to even have the technical power to block other editors. I recognize that we need admins, but it's not in my personality type to be one. It would ruin the "Wikipedia Experience" for me try to have that power.

On the other hand, I'd be happy to do wiki-gnome chores that require some level of trust. I can add a new field to a protected infobox template, I can execute non-controversial edits. I just can't (and won't) touch the block userright.

My stance may seem idiosyncratic to you, but I don't think quite as rare as you might think. Shy, non-combative infobox-editing gnomes aren't the same as the people who inhabit Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

So, that's the theory. Early opposes can be very influential-- it was worth my time to explain all this to you, in the hope it might change your mind about whether a need exists for this userright. --HectorMoffet (talk) 01:25, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Ha! I see someone else already got to you. :) Or perhaps my remarks were SO persuasive they went backwards in time???  :) --HectorMoffet (talk) 01:26, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I had already changed my mind. Still, I do appreciate you taking the time to write your thoughts here. You have a very reasonable argument. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • Sign AAPT) 01:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)