User talk:Interiot

This user may have left Wikipedia. Interiot has not edited Wikipedia since February 2017. As a result, any requests made here may not receive a response. If you are seeking assistance, you may need to approach someone else.

Definition of Tool1, Tool2, and Tool3

Some comments:

• I didn't leave due to any conflicts or animosity. There were several reasons why I've drifted away, including the need to spend less time doing edits.
• I still want to see Wikipedia grow and succeed, I still do ~25 anon edits a month, and I advocate for Wikipedia every chance I get.
• Apologies for leaving the tools hanging, and not providing for a smoother transition. I haven't kept up with their status, but hopefully the tools can be transitioned to others who are interested in maintaining or enhancing them.
• The email link still works. If anyone is updating any tool code, feel free to ask about clarifications about the code. For other questions, I've tended not to answer... apologies, but I'm not dedicating as much time to Wikipedia as I used to.

--Interiot (talk) 19:26, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're silly mate, heeh... I come around to say cheers to a bro from not too long ago and appears you've already gone to the large, ever-expanding WikiCloud in the sky! 67.142.130.26 (talk) 07:33, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thanks for all your contributions to Wikimedia projects, and good luck with your new interest(s). You (and others reading this message) may be interested in JIRA issue EDITCOUNTER-13.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 22:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In case you can't access that ticket, please see the error message here generated from here. Thanks!   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 19:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That JIRA issue is now SUPPORT-198. I have adjusted the first URL above to the name change from jira.ts.wikimedia.org to jira.toolserver.org.   — Jeff G. ツ 02:23, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Epic Pinball.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 05:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Doom Level.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 07:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:OneWeekSingle.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 16:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:MrEd.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 16:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:ParsleySage.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 18:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Johnnie Walker.logo.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 22:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

About wannabe kate: If I understand correctly, the script will query a wiki found at the location of (input)+"/w/" - Right? This makes it impossible (i think) to query wikis who do not have a /w/ location, but rather have it in a different folder or in the root directory (such as, in my case, [www.wowwiki.com]). Was the tool never intended to be able to interact with anything besides wikipedia, is there a way to do it and i was unable to figure it out, or is there a way you could implement it? Thanks in any case. ~ | twsx | ^talk_cont | ~ 09:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot -- I wondered whether "Wannabe Kate" was a reference to Ben Folds Five -- and sure enough, you added a link to the song on the Kate page :-) The article for the song was never written, and someone's removed the link in the meantime -- oh well, time to hand out the Baghavad Gitas... Joriki (talk) 19:56, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:SoundOfMusic soundtrack.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 08:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm really glad to see you back. I shared with a couple of trusted friends my concern that you, erm, how shall I put this, might have left more than just Wikipedia, if you catch my drift. (mostly because one of your last edit summaries promised to do something that evening, which seemed so ominous when unfulfilled!) While I'm blushing furiously, I've rarely been so pleased to be wrong. Welcome back! Cheers --Dweller (talk) 13:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm w:es:Libertad y Saber. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Can you help me, please? Thanks :) Libertad y Saber (talk) 21:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After you abruptly disappeared, there was speculation that you were no longer amongst the living. You have friends/fans here who were genuinely worried.

Welcome back!

The Transhumanist 23:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Red Alert level.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 07:59, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Ssbbrawl3.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 05:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Sprint2.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 05:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Sunbeam logo.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 06:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The OptIn is broken, it gives this error:

Unable to connect to database: Unknown MySQL server host '-p.db.ts.wikimedia.org' (1) at
 /home/interiot/public_html/perllib/ZedlerUtils.pm line 50.

--Thinboy00 @663, i.e. 14:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bump :( Q ^{T C} 09:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_edit_counters#Interiot_Tool_3_now_broken.3F.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Mr Coffee logo.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 01:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:ASE certified.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 04:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Template:Long captions requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{tranclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:26, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot. First of all, thank you for your useful tools, specially the edicount. I'm quite sure you already know, but the data for es.wikipedia ara old, as if the database has a delay. In fact, in my case shows data from January. Hope you can fix the problem. Greetings, Lucien leGrey

Thanks for uploading Image:Bacon robots.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 17:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Elebits.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 20:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One: Betacommandbot sucks.

Two: Your tool chokes when an account has too many edits. I tried it with Betacommandbot and it terminated the query due to too many pages. I guess you know this already, as it's part of the design. Enigma (talk) 21:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:GranTrak10 screenshot.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 23:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:KeeGames.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 23:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Template:Golden Horn Labelled Map requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:47, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm w:pl:Wikipedysta:Klejas. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Can you help me, please? Thanks :) Klejas (talk) 18:47, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Interiot,

Just thought: isn't the number of bytes a user contributes (or deletes) relevant for the editcount script? User may delete: negative diff of article file size, or contribute new material: positive diff of file sizes. Thanks for your attention, 80.60.203.201 (talk) 21:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC) (user Hansmuller Dutch wikipedia, not elsewhere)[reply]

Something's wrong with the graph machine on your edit counter: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=durzatwink&dbname=enwiki_p. That is an example. If one clicks the gray square that says "OPT IN", it says that there is an SQL error 403. Can you fix it? _contribsSTYROFOAM☭1994^TALK 02:53, 26 February 2008 (UTC) (answer at my talk page)[reply]

You haven't been around Wikipedia since December 2007 (Christmas). I was also wondering if you were retired from Wikipedia now because of this long absence. Hope to see you soon again editing. _contribsSTYROFOAM☭1994^TALK 19:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:MonsterGarage.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Project FMF (talk) 03:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Futuresport-DVDcoverart.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Project FMF (talk) 14:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you make a opt in function for me in your editcounter? the user is: nl:gebruiker:Sterkebak Thnks Sterkebak (talk) 11:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for uploading Image:NOVA logo.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 15:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, whenever you see this, could you please opt-me out of your wannabe_kate counter script on the Toolserver? I'm fining myself checking my counter more often then I'd like, a bad case of editcountitis some might say. Cheers. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 22:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot, first, I found an error (trying to conenct to data base server "-p.something", when trying to opt in for my bot ":user:Purbo T", and second, since it's a bot active on all wikipedias, not deserving any privacy at all ;-) , and I am its bot master, I'd like to mass-opt-in Purbo T for all wikis for anything one coud ask about it. How can I do that, or does it suffice, to tell you here? Thanx, including for your edit counter, and everything good you're doing. -- ksh:User:Purodha aka Purodha Blissenbach (talk) 21:21, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The error message is: Unable to connect to database: Unknown MySQL server host '-p.db.ts.wikimedia.org' (1) at /home/interiot/public_html/perllib/ZedlerUtils.pm line 50. Chenzw (talk · contribs) 02:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm id:Pengguna:Fjr ab. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Can you help me, please? Thanks Regards Fjr ab 11:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Tank (arcade game).jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 00:55, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

avg edits per days seem to be wrong. I have 4.500 Edits on ~1260 days but [1] tells me that I have .33 edits per day. --Trublu (talk) 10:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• I second that. Take for example User:Tm93 - user for less than 2 months - 582 edits. I make that about 10 edits per day. You do have to look at when the user started! — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 23:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

avg edits seem to be wrong since about some time. I started March 2008 and have 670 edits. First everything was fine, I had about 1.2 edits/day. However, now it tells me that I have 0.05 edits/day! I have an account on the German wikipedia [user: Thomas Dresler], but was redirected here via the counter, so here is only an IP shown. --134.100.98.207 (talk) 08:40, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An article that you have been involved in editing, Jaan, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaan. Thank you.
--Jerzy•t 17:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Interiot, I note you have retired yet some folks have had contact. I wanted a tool that ranked articles in terms of my mainspace edits to them - the top 15 mainspace edits are listed in the Wannabe Kate tool, but as I have nearly 30k edits and many articles, I like to keep track of articles I may have edited alot in a desire to get them to a semi-stable point of GA or FA status. If you are unable to make a tool like this can you let me know who could? I am sure Dweller and Awadewit among others would like it too :)

Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(I might post this by email too)

Hello. The edit counting chart is a great thing, but I have n issue to address. It's probably minor, but I know I can't fix it. Yesterday, I created a template for the band Vintersorg. This is that template. I have donated three edits to that template, but the edit counting chart is only acknowledging two of the edits. Is there anything that you can do about that? Thanks. BT^C 19:12, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This one, specifically. I don't understand the average edits per day. The number doesn't make sense even if the first day was when Wikipedia started. The counter claims that I only have made 0.61 edits/day. In reality, the number is much, much higher. Enigma ^message Review 01:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I came here about the same thing... It says I have 4.8 edits per day, but it is closer to 40. [2] There must be an error somewhere. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 18:00, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:NOVA logo.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have been playing with your tool, for example here and sometimes I notice that it seems to be possibly "confused" and divide the edits of a page into two, the page and its archive. For example, in this case with KillerChihuahua, her 2nd and 3rd most heavily edited article talk pages are:

• 245 Intelligent design
• 241 Intelligent design/Archive 23

Does that mean she has a total of 486 talk page edits on Intelligent design? Or what? Thanks.--Filll (talk) 18:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just whipped up a PHP script on my local MediaWiki site to show articles started by a user, and was just wishing I could run it on the Wikimedia servers... In the course of poking around I saw your tool, but noticed that it's only done by request. Does it take a long time to run? (It's nice and snappy on mine, but my database is about 10MB and cached in RAM...) In any case, would you be so kind as to run a report for my username when you get a chance? No sense in me duplicating your efforts and trying to sign up for the toolserver. Fogster (talk) 18:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/dump/articles_created.cgi is broken, as you probably know.

I would like the articles created done with my account please. thank you. Inclusionist (talk) 06:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, i'm Zac Allan from Russian wiki. I'm agree to open again (after my rename). Open meplease (if russian administration didn't do so before you ^)). Thanks! - Zac Allan (talk) 21:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to this I have 3.01 edits/day and over 40,000 edits which would mean I had been editing wikipedia for well over 30 years. The figure may be out to the power of ten )as I have been editing somewhat over 3 years with this account, though that is just a guess. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I mentioned this a few sections up. :) Enigma ^message 03:20, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit count tool is terminating with my most recent 45000 edits. Is there anything that can be done to get a complete summary of my contributions?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:51, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Please respond at my talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Interiot,

Although I was opt in in the past when I was user Jeroenvrp on the Dutch Wikipedia, now after my account is renamed to Jeroen, I have to opt in again. When I click on the "Opt in"-image I get the following error for a while now:

Unable to connect to database: Unknown MySQL server host '-p.db.ts.wikimedia.org' (1) at /home/interiot/public_html/perllib/ZedlerUtils.pm line 50.

Can you also opt-in me manually?

Cheers,

--Jeroenvrp (talk) 20:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Same problem here (Licentiatus from Germany). After the rename, I cannot "opt-in" anymore. Does anyone know the trick (if any)? Thanks in advance! --Licentiatus (talk) 22:20, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:JohnConnor.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Hello, I'm Chinese Wikipedia User zh:User:Altt311. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Please open me for the functions, Thanks! --Altt311 (talk) 02:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Bedtime Story single.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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I'd like to opt-in for the edit counter graphs and such. Thanks! ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 06:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Bejeweled.png. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

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• That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

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I have used it many a time and it's a fine tool. I always put in, Navnløs, and it shows me all my edits. However, I did it just now a few times and it shows me as having 0 edits when I have well over 3000. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks. Blizzard Beast ^$ODIN$ 22:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

what is going on, I am working on hr.wiki and My count is same for a while. --Billy the lid (talk) 11:02, 23 May 2008 (UTC) (user:Armchoir on hr.wiki)[reply]

My contribution in id.wiktionary and this one is different MuhammadAzmi 12:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

counter tool --- Seeing as it's not already implemented, I suspect this is a rather great undertaking... but I just wanted to try asking, anyway: do you have any plans to include the same features with other-language Wikipedias (or of more interest to me: Commons) as you do with the English Wikipedia outputs? I'd just be curious to see my stats on Commons (my primary account). Cheers! --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 05:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm w:pl:Wikipedysta:Nooldorka. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Can you help me, please? Thanks :) Nooldorka (User talk:Nooldorka)

Hello Interiot,

first of all: thank you for programming all that well used tools for the community. Some of them are used by me often, and some are inofficial part of the official structures of the german WP, that I belong to. E.g. your editcount tool, that is very helpful during admin elections etc.

This editcount tool seems to have a little damage: it looks as if the parameter "Avg edits/day" shows wrong results. They are a bit to small, as it seems. Could you please check it out?

Kind regards, Carol.Christiansen (talk) 16:09, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I always wondering how can we get the "Avg edits/day"??? Its away to small. Could you please explain? Thank you. -- Erdinal (talk) 23:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello, I'm w:es:Usuario:Digary. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Can you help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Digary (talk • contribs) 23:40, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot! I'm not sure you can help me with this, but I just don't know whom to ask. I recently installed Opera and can't seem to reach any tools.wikimedia.de-based websites (404 error). Apparently, other users with Opera can reach these pages just fine, and other browsers on my PC (IE/Maxthon and FF) can as well. I asked on the Opera forums, but no one replied to me for a long time. Do you have any idea what's going on? Thanks, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 19:18, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'd like to opt-in to the monthly graphs for commonswiki_p. Thanks! -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 08:57, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I'm ro:User:Firilacroco and I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Could you please enable this function to my user? Thank you in advance! --Firilăcroco ^mesage 10:07, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I'm fr:User:Alter005 and I have the same demand as Firilacroco: I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Would you be so kind to enable this function to my user? I inform you that I have hidden the edit counter in my user page fr:Utilisateur:Alter005/liens utiles+outils‎ Many thanks in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.207.64.229 (talk) 09:15, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering if you can merge User:Annoyomous24 with User: K. Annoyomous24 since I recently changed my English Wikipedia name. Thanks. –– K. Annoyomous24 07:54, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms, and would like to opt in. Thanks. tj9991 (talk | contribs) 09:26, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm w:it:Utente:Iaga (and w:it:Utente:IagaBot). I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms (me and my bot). Can you help me, please? Thanks :D --Iaga (talk) 11:01, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am w:en:User:Venske and w:ro:Utilizator:Venske. Here I confirm that I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms and I would like to opt in. Thank you. Venske (talk) 23:07, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Contribution Tree does not work anymore. Is this an error or did you close this tool? --Florian Hurlbrink (talk) 12:34, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I've noticed that you are active in the area of space exploration. I just wanted to let you know that a European Space Agency task force has been set up to improve the presently very poor condition of articles about ESA and related topics. If you are interested, please join the task force here. We sure could use your help. Thanks.U5K0 (talk) 11:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

creation by you:

MfD nomination of Image:Scotch regions.svg/labelled

Image:Scotch regions.svg/labelled, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Image:Scotch regions.svg/labelled. FrankB 19:08, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can check out....A MYSQL DB error.....E Renault Talk + 15:22, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could include Crat actions, such as renames etc, either split up or amalgamated. Then again, it works fine as it is... :-) --Dweller (talk) 13:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Movietome.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Image:Fire sign.png, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Image:Fire sign.png is a duplicate of an already existing article, category or image.

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Obviously no actual edits in the German Wikipedia have been counted since yesterday's 4-hour-breakdown. DTIY --Wahrerwattwurm (talk) 10:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is solved by now. Thanks from --Wahrerwattwurm (talk) 13:05, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I changed my username on the French Wikipédia some time ago (my userpage), and I saw I can't opt-in anymore : [3]. Could you please manually opt me in again ? Thanks... Vol de nuit (talk) 23:40, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you need that information my previous name on WP:fr was Sam Spade. Vol de nuit (talk) 17:23, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would Like to opt in to the extra features on tool 3 hda3ku (talk) 01:48, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I would like to refer a bug of this editcounter: I know, in that page is written to use JIRA to refer bugs, but in that site I couldn't find the way to do it. So this is the problem: last week it.wikipedia.org was transfered to another server of WMF; editcounter now cannot find our project, so for it.wiki it doesn't work. Can you help us, please? Only to update. Thanks! --Roberto Segnali all'Indiano 10:26, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am tr:Kullanıcı:Vikiçizer and en:User:Vikiçizer. Here I confirm that I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms and I would like to opt in. And I think there's a problem edit-count, it doesn't workin', help me... Thank you...Vikipedist (talk) 21:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there is something wrong with my edit counter. Since about a week it doesn't count my edits any longer. I am active on the Dutch and English wikipedia and on wikimedia commons. Can anybody solve this problem? Thanks in advance!--Piet.Wijker (talk) 15:37, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suddenly, out of the blue so it seemed, my edit counter has started counting again. I don't know who is responsible for this, but thanks all the same.--Piet.Wijker (talk) 14:58, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot. In case you still read your talk page sometimes:

We are now using your counter in the Wikipedia user interface. It is in the box at the bottom of all logged in user's contributions pages.

Now we have a concern: The counter is set to default not render the two upper graphs. We want to know if that is on purpose to save tool server load? We would like to know that before we add the parameter to make those images render. Since the link in that contributions page box perhaps causes many thousands of requests a day to your counter. So I wonder: Is it okay that we add the parameter to the URL in that box or not?

Here is our discussion about this at the talk page of that contributions page box: MediaWiki talk:Sp-contributions-footer#Add &showgraphs=2d to interiot. I'd love if you could respond over there.

--David Göthberg (talk) 23:43, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:Sunkus Logo Derivation.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
• That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --FairuseBot (talk) 01:31, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:TBCR commercial.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
• That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --FairuseBot (talk) 03:47, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am interested in "what links here" feature of wiki. But it seems that we can only check the latest information of the backlinks to one article. Can we get the historical information of it like the revision history of main articles and talk pages? --yuzhong 05:50, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All of a sudden my edit counter has started counting backwards. What seems to be the problem this time? Can anybody explain? Thank you in advance.--Piet.Wijker (talk) 15:01, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This page is a big help. It really is!--Piet.Wijker (talk) 10:01, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you should take a look at the beginning of this page (...don't answer) --Xario (talk) 19:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My edit counter seems to have lost about 1500 of my edits in the last day or so. Yesterday when I checked I had over 8300. Today I have 6828 (6829 with this message). I've checked through my edit history and the edits still seem to be around. Any idea what's happening? TheRetroGuy (talk) 22:16, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I may be wrong but I think that edits to the "Image" namespace, now renamed "File", are not being included (probably due to the rename). Guest9999 (talk) 11:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One thing that is missing are the 170 edits I made to List of Big Brother 2008 housemates (UK). TheRetroGuy (talk) 23:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Interiot, According to my user profile, I have made 1906 edits on English Wikipedia, but according to wannabe_kate, it is only 1806. Please can you explain the discrepancy? Thanks—GRM (talk) 13:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just went to check my edit count with Tool1, and it put it down to 5403 for some reason. Special:Preferences says my edit count is in the 7000s, as have past counts with Tool1. The missing edits appear to be varied, as all of my month totals looked like they were down, even older ones. --TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 21:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Days ago, Tool1 reported me passing the 8000th edit line, but now it says I have 7871 edits. I've checked Special:Contributions/Admiral Norton and I have more than 8000. The Tool3 also corroborates that. I'd like you to look into this. Admiral Norton ^(talk) 12:16, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have a similar problem Tool1 says I have 1962 edits, but I do have about 2900 (including >600 at group (mathematics), which are completely lost in the counter). Jakob.scholbach (talk) 15:22, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I, too am having the problem with Tool1. I did have over 5,000 edits last week, and now have only about 4,500, with dozens of edit being removed from the 12/2007 and 1/2008 months. Tool3, however, seems to show my correct number of edits. Timmeh! 17:59, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Same here - this seems to be a problem with Tool1 no longer counting "File" or "Image" (the depreciated type) edits. - AKeen (talk) 18:15, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I compared tool1 and tool3's counts of my "mainspace" edits, and tool1 shows 700 less than tool3. For me, it deleted mostly mainspace edits; I haven't made many image or file edits. Timmeh! 02:26, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, Imitation Kate is broken. For those concerned, this tool is similar and works, though it only shows top user talk and top mainspace edits. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 06:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be a parser problem, as far as I can tell. For me, the articles which stopped being counted were articles with brackets in their name. Hopefully it's fixed soon! -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 03:22, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ran tool1 on myself today, and noticed that my second most frequently edited page was a blank line- but I have 80 edits there. The HTML generated is:

<table class=topN><tr><th colspan=2>Mainspace
<tr><td>93<td><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism_and_Hinduism&action=history'>Buddhism and Hinduism</a>
<tr><td>80<td><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=history'></a>
<tr><td>73<td><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism&action=history'>Buddhism</a>

The table tag is closed properly further down, but the rows and columns have open tags but no closing tags. --Clay Collier (talk) 06:45, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, for some reason the edit counter (http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Qllach&dbname=cawiki_p) seems to have stopped at the end of 2008, I can't see my edits in January 2009. Thanks for checking it.--Qllach (talk) 17:57, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I find that my total edit count is decreasing month by month. On Feb 2, 2009, it is 21231. Back on January 2, 2009, it was 22789. The articles I edited in January 2009 have certainly not all been deleted, since the tool presently credits me with several hundred edits in January 2009. What is going on? Was it wrong on Jan 2 or is it wrong now? Has it been infected with the software used to count votes on electronic voting machines in some U.S. states? If a Wikipedia user does several hundred edits a month, the total should NOT DECREASE! Thanks. Edison (talk) 02:18, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The same question for me (http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=idwiki_p&user=Meursault2004) for my edits on Javanese Wikipedia. Meursault2004 (talk) 09:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I miss the edit counter :( – Alensha ^talk 22:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Hey I just ran your (awesome!) "count tool twice, and both times one article was left unnamed even though it had 195 edits. Any idea what's up with that? Tks Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 02:20, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I had the same problem. Exactly one article (and apparently, always the same article) has its name blank. --Enric Naval (talk) 02:28, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:PopulousII.gif. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
• That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --FairuseBot (talk) 15:42, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The question is not so clear. I don't understand the difference between opting in and opting out. What I know is that I'd like to see graphs in my editcounter. What should I do? I already made this modification to my user talk page.

And now? --Zabob (talk) 18:46, 16 February 2009 (UTC) (also known as it:User:Tener)[reply]

Hi, I've added all my tools to TStoc (putting me at the top of your tool count by a wide margin ;-) and I'd like to mention a few issues with your (otherwise splendid) tool:

• The List of tools not yet registered shows my CommonsHelper, even though it has been on TSoc for quite a while. Maybe you're not checking for URLs without the server name? I've added the "short form" URL as also-url for all my tools, and hope that it will solve the problem (currently it doesn't, but maybe it's a cache issue)
• Your tags appear to be case-sensitive. I suggest to make them lowercase, so there won't be tools with "Commons" and others with "commons"
• Clicking on the PMID tag, I get "No tools matched that criteria". However, there is a tool by Holek that has the PMID tag.

So much for complaining ;-) --Magnus Manske (talk) 13:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm w:de:Benutzer:Markus. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms. Can you help me, please? Thanks and best regards, --Markus.Sprima (talk) 22:21, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It says "number of unique pages 0", as if I had made 0 edits on wikipedia --Enric Naval (talk) 02:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't seem to be working...Modernist (talk) 12:06, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thirded :p ╟─TreasuryTag►contribs─╢ 16:08, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Forth'ed :) fr33kman -s- 18:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

5 - gives me zero edits, too. someone broke it? use the soxred93 implementation.--AndersW (talk) 03:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, this tool is working and seems to provide almost identical functionality (monthly graphs, namespace statistics etc.) ╟─TreasuryTag►contribs─╢ 18:34, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sixthed. And for about a month before that, it didn't display any pages with parentheses in their titles. Tezkag72^{私にどなる}_{私のはかい} 15:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can also try WikiChecker. Admiral Norton ^(talk) 19:16, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm using Mozilla Firefox, and when I go to edit count, it doesn't even display any bars. The "earliest" is blank, and the number of unique pages is 0. [ http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=Marshall_Williams2&site=en.wikipedia.org Maybe looking here will help.] This problem didn't come up before. --Marshall T. Williams (talk) 01:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I get the same thing. Been working correctly for years, just noticed it today. Truthanado (talk) 22:49, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just checked it now using Safari and ended with a null report, but it was working fine recently! CZmarlin (talk) 02:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, now when I click on "edit count", it goes to the other edit counter "machine" that I put on my user page as a hyperlink. Did you get rid of yours or something and make the "edit count" redirect to the other one? This is what I am talking about. --Marshall T. Williams (talk) 00:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I get the same result in both Firefox 3 and IE 6. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 22:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, me too. It hasn't been working for me for the past few days. Just a zero. Valley2city^‽ 22:15, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Same here. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:50, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Same. -- _{TKGD2007|TALK} 17:12, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. Ζρς ιβ' ^¡hábleme! 02:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Until it's fixed, I'd advise using Tool3 instead, which has almost identical functionality. haz (talk) 17:45, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think Interiot is busy with other stuff right now as he hasnt edited Wikipedia (under this name, at least) since late 2007. Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 03:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Houston, I think we have a problem..." -Signaleer (talk) 13:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This tool has now completely ceased working. I have it go to this page and it displays no numbers and no graphs. I have seen that you have not logged on in over a year now, I just wanted to leave you this message. Maybe you or someone else can fix the tool. -PatPeter 21:38, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto, see [4]. Viewfinder (talk) 17:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If it's urgent, you may email Interiot. --Mayfare (talk) 01:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm using this tool now [[5]] which seems to work well. Mick gold (talk) 16:23, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot,

Your graph at Stall (flight)#Graph is not quite right. Lift does not drop as indicated although this is a common misconception. I've pointed it out on the talk page. Here is an actual graph:

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/airfoils/q0150b.shtml

Would you mind editing the graph you inserted to reflect actual data more closely? Thanks MarkC 09:39, 23 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbcannell (talk • contribs)

It doesn't work with my contributions. It always turn up blank. You may want to check into this. See: User:Tyw7/Contributions for the links. Thanks, --Tyw7‍ ‍‍ (Talk ● Contributions) Leading Innovations >>> 01:13, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm finding the same problem. Letdorf (talk) 13:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Me too! Dividing 19:35, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Same   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk) 12:43, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ditto.....--Buster7 (talk) 01:20, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ditto ~ UBeR (talk) 19:48, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not to harp, but ditto for me. It has not worked in months for me. :( I loved that tool! Ariel♥Gold 04:52, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not working for me. Sad, I loved the thing! -Oreo Priest ^talk 15:40, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Me neither. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 03:31, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

nice picture of turkey / hellespont

Hi Interiot, I'm user on Turkish wikipedia and my user name is Hedda Gabler, I'd like to opt-in of the daily/weekly graphs on my User edit counter. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms

Thanks, --Hedda Gabler (talk) 11:42, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot, I'm user on Catalan wikipedia and my user name is Capgròs. I'd like to opt-in of the daily/weekly graphs on my User edit counter. I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms

Thank you very much. ca:User:Capgròs --85.58.70.57 (talk) 18:35, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, this is Sabbut mainly from the Spanish-language Wikipedia. I'd like to opt in the monthly graphs in your edit counter. Thanks. Sabbut (talk) 22:12, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I think that editcount is a great tool. However, there seems to be something strange in the calculation of average edits / day. I have made 15464 edits in 1584 days. That should give 9.77 average edits per day, but editcount reports 1.07 avg edits/day. Is this a bug or do I missunderstand something? My editcount page is at this link [6]. --Jorchr (talk) 21:18, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I mean the same, made 370 edits in 1118 days, gives 0.33 average edits per day, but editcount reports 0.03 Avg edits/day.--WinfriedSchneider (talk) 10:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is Kaisersoft mainly from the German-language Wikipedia. I'd like to opt in the monthly graphs in your edit counter. Thanks. --Kaisersoft (talk) 11:44, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is JCIV mainly from the German-language Wikipedia. I'd like to opt in the monthly graphs in your edit counter. Thanks. -- JCIV (talk) 09:41, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is ELLinng mainly from the German-language Wikipedia. I'd like to opt in the monthly graphs in your edit counter. Thanks. --212.201.71.68 (talk) 19:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interiot,

The tool: User edit counter
Does not work.

Error:

Unable to connect to database: Unknown MySQL server host '-p.db.ts.wikimedia.org' (1) at /home/interiot/public_html/perllib/ZedlerUtils.pm line 50.

Kind Regards,

HiddenKnowledge 23:52, 15 October 2009 (UTC) talkpage on Wikipedia NL

• Yep, same issue. bd2412 T 00:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Me 2. Paradoctor (talk) 21:22, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Also I --Wikidienst (talk) 17:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is huaiwei mainly from the English-language Wikipedia. I'd like to opt in the monthly graphs in your edit counter. Thanks.--Huaiwei (talk) 17:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have problem with grphs for my Bot account in your "user edit counter". (Wikipedysta:KamikazeBot/Editcounter). Thanks Karol007 (talk) 11:08, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mon compteur n'enregistre plus les entrées ! Qui peux m'aider à résoudre le problème car je ne comprends pas.

Sur la page : http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Selvejp&dbname=frwiki_p , je vois : Total edits : 11465.

Sur la page : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Liste_des_Wikip%C3%A9diens_par_nombre_d%27%C3%A9ditions , je vois # 402 Selvejp 15 949

Merci d'avance pour votre aide ! http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Selvejp . Selvejp 09:08, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello Interiot,

With apologies for my lack of English and therefor a short message: I tried to use this tool today, and it seems to have a problem, says a Dutch collegue. The tool tells my I don't have an acount (if I understood what the error tells me, my knowledge of the English language is really minimal). I hope you can do something with this message.

Greetings, Mark Coenraats (talk) 17:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, his (Interiot's) account expired so that all of his tools were deleted now. Kind regards, —DerHexer (Talk) 21:59, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! I recently created a village pump proposal and request for bot approval for a bot that automatically updates editcounts for use in userboxes, templates and such. We are currently discussing the benefits and drawbacks of such a bot, as well as various different ways in which it could be implemented. Since you are a member of WikiProject edit counter I thought you may be interested in participating, your input at the discussions would be very welcome. - EdoDodo ^talk 07:58, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! As an member editor of one or more of the Spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Unmanned spaceflight, Timeline of spaceflight or Space colonisation WikiProjects, I'd like to draw to your attention a proposal I have made with regards to the future of the spaceflight-related portals, which can be found at Portal talk:Spaceflight#Portal merge. I'd very much appreciate any suggestions or feedback you'd be able to offer! Many thanks,

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Hello there! As part of an experiment to determine how many active editors are present in the spaceflight-related WikiProjects, I have made some changes to the list of members of WikiProject Unmanned spaceflight. If you still consider yourself to be an active editor in this project, I would be grateful if you would please edit the list so that your name is not struck out - thus a clearer idea of the critical mass of editors can be determined. Many thanks in advance.

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Hello there! As you may or may not be aware, a recent discussion on the future of the Space-related WikiProjects has concluded, leading to the abolition of WP:SPACE and leading to a major reorganisation of WP:SPACEFLIGHT. It would be much appreciated if you would like to participate in the various ongoing discussions at the reorganisation page and the WikiProject Spaceflight talk page. If you are a member of one of WP:SPACEFLIGHT's child projects but not WP:SPACEFLIGHT itself, it would also be very useful if you could please add your name to the member list here. Many thanks!

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Your source for news on WikiProject Spaceflight	Issue 0, December 2010
Welcome to The Downlink · Reorganisation of Space WikiProjects · User Activity Checks Welcome to The Downlink Welcome to The Downlink, a new monthly newsletter intended to inform members of WikiProject Spaceflight about the latest developments in the project and its articles. Future issues will contain information on issues under discussion, newly featured content, and articles written by members of the project to appear in the newsletter. All members of WikiProject Spaceflight are invited to contribute any content that they would like to see in the newsletter. If you were not aware of being a member of WikiProject Spaceflight, membership of the former Human spaceflight, Unmanned spaceflight, Timeline of spaceflight and Space colonization WikiProjects was merged into WikiProject spaceflight during the reorganisation of the spaceflight projects, for more details, please see below. Reorganisation of Space WikiProjects The ongoing discussion of the future of Space WikiProjects has been making progress. WikiProject Space was abolished on 5 December 2010, with the Spaceflight, Astronomy and Solar System projects becoming independent of each other. On the same day, an assessment banner, {{WikiProject Spaceflight}} was created for WikiProject Spaceflight to replace the generic space one which had been used previously. On 9 December, WikiProject Space Colonization was abolished, with its tasks being subsumed into WikiProject Spaceflight. On 12 December, the Human spaceflight and Unmanned spaceflight WikiProjects became task forces of WikiProject Spaceflight, whilst WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight became a working group. A number of issues are still under discussion: Introducing better defined assessment criteria and an A-class review process Setting clearer importance criteria for assessing articles Establishing a joint task force with the Astronomy and Solar System projects to cover space telescopes and planetary probes Defining the roles of projects, taskforces and working groups, and processes for establishing new ones Improving the profile and activity of the project Much of the current discussion is taking place on the WikiProject Spaceflight talk page, however there is still some discussion on the original proposal page. User Activity Checks A series of checks are underway to establish the numbers of users who are still active within WikiProject Spaceflight, its task forces and working group. All usernames on the members lists were struck out, and members were asked to unstrike their own names if they were still an active member of the project. If you wish to do so, and have not already, please unstrike your name from the master list, plus the lists on any applicable task forces or working groups Published by WikiProject Spaceflight, if you have any content you wish to include in future newsletters, please contribute

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Your source for news on WikiProject Spaceflight	Issue 1, January 2011
Welcome to The Downlink · Project News · News from Orbit · Article News · Space Stations and the Push for Featured Topics · Salyut 2 Welcome to The Downlink Welcome to the first full issue of The Downlink, a new monthly newsletter intended to inform members of WikiProject Spaceflight about the latest developments in the project and its articles. Below you will find information about happenings within the project, our recognised content, spaceflight in the news and events needing to be covered in articles. You will also find an editorial about the first concerted effort to develop featured topics related to spaceflight, and an article in need of your help and improvements. Project News will provide details of discussions about and changes in the organisation and structure of the project, newly recognised content, and changes in membership. News from Orbit will summarise spaceflight news and upcoming events, and list suggestions for articles in need of updating as a result. Article News will give details of requests for assistance within articles, and discussions regarding content. All members of WikiProject Spaceflight are invited to contribute any content that they would like to see in the newsletter, and we would particularly welcome the submission of editorials, or an article about an area of spaceflight which you are working on, or particularly interested in. Please see The Downlink page for more details. Project News A new working group has been formed. The space stations working group is expected to work towards creating Featured topics related to space stations. It currently has three members. Discussion within the project is still dominated by the reorganisation proposals. A discussion over the formation and roles of working groups and task forces has led to some clarification regarding working groups, however the roles of the task forces remain vague, and several proposals to abolish them have surfaced. The Human Spaceflight to-do list has been merged into the main project to-do list, with the combined list currently located on the Tasks page of the Spaceflight portal. A discussion regarding opening relations with the Aerospace biography task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation was held, but no conclusions were reached. The Article Alerts bot has resumed operation, and a problem with the information the bot had been delivering was discussed and resolved. New assessment criteria for importance and quality have been implemented, and refinements continue to be made to the importance scale. The scope of the project was redefined to exclude astronomical objects explicitly. Although A-class criteria have been defined, a review process is yet to be discussed or implemented. Colds7ream conducted an analysis of open tasks related to the reorganisation which four major issues remain unresolved: Discussion concerning the existence and roles of task forces within the project; recruitment of new editors; updating guidelines and whether the project or the task forces should be responsible for maintaining them; and the continued existence of the Human spaceflight portal six weeks after consensus was reached to abolish it. Discussion about the structure of the project is ongoing, with several proposals currently on the table. One proposal calls for the abolition of task forces in favour of increased emphasis on working groups, whilst another calls for the task forces to become a list of topics. The idea of a formal collaboration system has been suggested, however opposition has been raised. One of the main open tasks at the moment is replacing the older {{WikiProject Space}} and {{WikiProject Human spaceflight}} banners with the new {{WikiProject Spaceflight}} banner. Articles which need to be retagged are currently listed in Category:WikiProject Spaceflight articles using deprecated project tags. ChiZeroOne is doing a very good job replacing them, but as of the morning of 31 December, there are still 1,424 left to be converted. Additionally, the implementation of a new B-class checklist built into the template has necessitated the reassessment of former B-class articles, which the template has automatically classified as C-class. News from Orbit On 3 December, USA-212, the first X-37B, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base after a successful mission. On 5 December Proton-M with a Blok DM-03 upper stage failed to place three Glonass-M satellites into orbit, the first of three failures in less than forty eight hours. The NanoSail-D2 spacecraft was supposed to have been ejected from FASTSAT in the early hours of the next morning, however it does not appear to have separated. Finally the Akatsuki spacecraft failed to enter orbit around Venus in the evening of 6 December. The Proton launch was the maiden flight of the Blok DM-03, which does not currently have an article. On 8 December the Dragon C1 demonstration mission was conducted, with the SpaceX Dragon making a little under two orbits of the Earth on its maiden flight, before landing in the Pacific Ocean to complete a successful mission. The Falcon 9 rocket which launched the Dragon spacecraft also deployed eight CubeSats: SMDC-ONE 1, QbX-1, QbX-2, Perseus 000, Perseus 001, Perseus 002, Perseus 003 and Mayflower. The CubeSats do not currently have articles. On 15 December, a Soyuz-FG launched Soyuz TMA-20 to the International Space Station, carrying three members of the Expedition 26 crew. It docked two days later. The Soyuz TMA-20 article is currently short, and could use improvements to bring it up to the same level as articles for US manned spaceflights. On 17 December, a Long March 3A launched Compass-IGSO2. There is currently no article for this satellite. 17 December saw Intelsat regain control of the Galaxy 15 satellite, which had been out of control since a malfunction in April. The Galaxy 15 article is in need of serious cleanup and a good copyedit. On 25 December a GSLV Mk.I failed to place GSAT-5P into orbit. A Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage successfully launched KA-SAT on 26 December. Barring any suborbital launches at the end of the month which have not yet been announced (a NASA Black Brant was scheduled for December but does not appear to have flown), 2010 in spaceflight concluded on 29 December when an Ariane 5ECA launched the Hispasat-1E and Koreasat 6 spacecraft. These do not currently have articles. Four launches are currently scheduled to occur in January 2011. A Delta IV Heavy is expected to launch NRO L-49 on 17 January. The satellite is expected to be an Improved Crystal electro-optical imaging spacecraft. Two launches are planned for 20 January, with Kounotori 2, the second H-II Transfer Vehicle, being launched by an H-IIB, and the Zenit-3F making its maiden flight to deploy Elektro-L No.1, the first Russian geostationary weather satellite to be launched since 1994. On 28 January Progress M-09M will be launched by a Soyuz-U. 28 January will also be the twenty-fifth anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L. Article News It was requested that the article Walter Haeussermann be expanded. Haeussermann, a member of the von Braun rocket group, died on 8 December. Although the article has been updated following his death, a user requested that more information about the engineer be added. Another user requested that the articles Commercial Space Launch Act and Launch Services Purchase Act be created, to cover laws of the United States concerning spaceflight. Articles related to methods of taking-off and landing were discussed. The term VTVL currently has an article whilst VTHL and HTHL do not. It was suggested that the existing article should be merged, and each term be covered by the article for the equivalent aviation term, however some distinction between use in the fields of aviation and spaceflight should remain. Concern was raised that a large scale deletion request could cause many images to be lost from articles, help was requested to investigate whether any of the images were not subject to copyright, or if they were then whether they could be uploaded to the English Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. Concerns were raised about a large amount of content in the newly-created article deorbit of Mir duplicating existing content in existing Good Article Progress M1-5. A proposal to merge deorbit of Mir into Progress M1-5 was made, however objections were raised, and discussion has since stalled without reaching a consensus. It has also been requested that the article Mir be copyedited. The existence of separate categories for "spaceflight" and "space exploration" has been questioned, with a suggestion that some of the exploration categories, including Category:Space exploration iteslf, should be merged into their spaceflight counterparts. Missile Range Instrumentation Ship is currently listed at requested moves, with a proposal to rename it tracking ship. The only open good article nomination is of the book Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet, which is currently awaiting review. Editorial – Space Stations and the Push for Featured Topics There has recently been much talk about trying to increase the activity of the project. To this end, a major reorganisation effort has been undertaken, which has seen the space WikiProjects separated into the Astronomy, Solar System and Spaceflight groups, with WikiProject Space being abolished. We have also seen the child projects of WikiProject Spaceflight being abolished, with Timeline of Spaceflight becoming a working group, and the Unmanned and Human Spaceflight projects becoming task forces for now, with some suggestions that they should be abolished outright. The problem with the previous structure was that there were too many different groups of editors, and nobody was sure which projects were supposed to be doing what. Now there is only one project, this is somewhat clearer, but spaceflight is still a huge topic. Another way to improve the activity of the project is to attract more editors. Spaceflight is a topic which many people have at least a very casual interest in, and therefore it is strange that there are only about four or five people regularly participating in discussions on the project talk page. Evidently action is needed to raise the profile of the project. One way in which the project's profile can be raised is to have a major success associated with it. The creation of a featured topic could be one such success, and would also be hugely beneficial to articles in the area that it relates to. Space Stations are one of the most high-profile and notable areas of spaceflight, and are therefore a logical choice to spearhead such an initiative. To this end, in late December a working group was established to concentrate and coordinate efforts to establish featured topics related to space stations. An initial proposal calls for topics on Skylab, Salyut, Mir and the International Space Station, as well as one on space stations in general. There is currently an effort to get Mir promoted to Good Article status; the article currently requires a copyedit, after which it will be sent for peer review and then to GAN. This is by no means a short-term project. There are many articles, particularly for the larger space stations such as the ISS and Mir, which are currently nowhere near becoming recognised content. Skylab is the smallest of the proposed featured topics, but it still requires that three C-class articles, two Start-class articles and a redirect all reach at least Good Article status, with at least three becoming Featured Articles. The ISS topic is so large that it may have to be subdivided. I don't expect that we will have any featured topics by the end of the year, but I believe that a Good Topic, which requires all articles reach at least GA status, but does not require any featured articles, may be possible. I also believe that several articles on the subject can easily be improved to Good Article status, and some articles may be at featured level by the end of the year. In the long term, having featured topics will benefit the project and its content. Selected Article – Salyut 2 Salyut 2 was an early space station, launched in 1973 as part of the Salyut and Almaz programmes. It malfunctioned two days after launch, and consequently was never visited by a manned Soyuz mission. The Salyut 2 article describes the station: “ Salyut 2 (OPS-1)(Russian: Салют-2; English: Salute 2) was launched April 4, 1973. It was not really a part of the same program as the other Salyut space stations, instead being the highly classified prototype military space station Almaz. It was given the designation Salyut 2 to conceal its true nature. Despite its successful launch, within two days the as-yet-unmanned Salyut 2 began losing pressure and its flight control failed; the cause of the failure was likely due to shrapnel piercing the station when the discarded Proton rocket upper stage that had placed it in orbit later exploded nearby. On April 11, 1973, 11 days after launch, an unexplainable accident caused the two large solar panels to be torn loose from the space station cutting off all power to the space station. Salyut 2 re-entered on May 28, 1973. ” The article is currently assessed as start class, and is in need of attention. It consists of the above paragraph, along with a list of specifications and an infobox. The article needs to be rewritten in a more encyclopaedic style, and with more information about the space station. It has not yet been determined whether Salyut 2 would have to be included in a featured topic about the Salyut programme, or whether since it was never manned it is less integral to the topic, however if its inclusion were necessary then in its current form it would be a major impediment to this. Downlink readers are encouraged to improve this article, with a view to getting it to B-class and possibly a viable Good Article candidate by the end of the month. Published by WikiProject Spaceflight, if you have any content you wish to include in future newsletters, please contribute

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Hello, Interiot! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 17:57, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Your source for news on WikiProject Spaceflight	Issue 2, February 2011
Project News · News from Orbit · Article News · The Charts · Yuri Gagarin Project News A report on popular pages from December 2010 revealed surprising trends in readers' interests. Boeing X-37 was the most popular article within the project's scope, with SpaceX Dragon in second with Global Positioning System in third place. The top seven articles were all assessed as C-class, with the remainder of the top ten being Good Articles. It was noted with some concern that moon landing conspiracy theories was more popular than moon landing. A discussion regarding whether missiles warranted inclusion within the project scope was conducted, and resulted in the continued inclusion of missiles. The last remaining articles tagged with the banner of the former Human Spaceflight WikiProject were re-tagged with the WikiProject Spaceflight banner. The last banner was removed on 8 January, and the template has since been deleted. The project is thankful to ChiZeroOne for his work in this field. Concerns were raised that the new article reporting system was not working correctly, however it was noted that there is sometimes a delay before articles appear on the list. Discussion regarding the existence of the separate spaceflight and space exploration category structures led to a mass CfD being filed on 10 January to abolish the space exploration categories, merging them into their counterparts in the spaceflight category structure. This was successful, and the exploration categories have been removed. Several other categorisation issues remain unresolved. A proposal was made to standardise some of the infoboxes used by the project, the future of Template:Infobox spacecraft (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) was discussed, and design work began on a replacement. Template:Rocket specifications-all (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) was nominated for deletion and subsequently kept due to extant substitutions, however it was noted that the template had been deprecated by WikiProject Rocketry. Concerns were also raised that the existing infoboxes were not well-equipped to handle spacecraft which operated in more than one orbit, or whose orbits changed over the course of their missions (which in practise is most of them). Five members of the project gave interviews for the Wikipedia Signpost, and a report on the project, authored by SMasters (talk · contribs), is expected to be published in the 7 February edition of the Signpost. It is hoped that this will raise interest in and awareness of the project. News from orbit Four orbital launches were conducted in January, beginning on 20 January with the launch of Elektro-L No.1 on the first Zenit-3F rocket. This was followed later the same day by the launch of a Delta IV Heavy with the USA-224 reconnaissance satellite. The articles for USA-224 and the Zenit-3F rocket could use some expansion, whilst the Elektro-L No.1 satellite needs its own article. On 22 January, an H-IIB launched the second H-II Transfer Vehicle, Kounotori 2, to resupply the International Space Station. It arrived at the station on 27 January. Less than a day after its arrival, another cargo mission was launched to the station; Progress M-09M departed Baikonur early in the morning of 28 January, docking on 30 January. In addition to payloads to resupply the station, the Progress spacecraft is carrying a small subsatellite, Kedr, which will be deployed in February. Kedr does not currently have an article. Progress M-08M departed on 24 January to make the Pirs module available for Progress M-09M, and has since reentered the atmosphere. Its article needs to be updated to reflect the successful completion of its mission. The NanoSail-D2 satellite, which failed to deploy from FASTSAT in December, unexpectedly separated from its parent craft and began operations on 18 January, with its solar sail deploying on 21 January. Nine orbital launches are scheduled to occur in February, beginning with the launch of the first Geo-IK-2 satellite; Geo-IK-2 No.11, atop a Rokot/Briz-KM, on the first day of the month. Articles need to be written for the Geo-IK-2 series of satellites, as well as for Geo-IK-2 No.11 itself, and the Briz-KM upper stage that will be used to insert it into orbit. A Minotaur I rocket will launch NRO L-66, a classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office, on 5 February. The payload has not yet been identified, however once more details are known, it will need an article. Iran is expected to launch the Rasad 1 and Fajr 1 satellites in February, with 14 February the reported launch date. The satellites will fly aboard a single rocket; either the first Simorgh or the third Safir. Once this launch occurs, the satellites will need articles, and the article on their carrier rocket will require updating. The second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, is scheduled to launch on 15 February to resupply the ISS. Docking is expected to occur on 23 February. 23 February will also see the much-delayed launch of Glory atop a Taurus-XL 3110 rocket. This will be the first Taurus launch since the launch failure in early 2009 which resulted in the loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. In addition to Glory, three CubeSats will be deployed; KySat-1, Hermes and Explorer-1 [PRIME]. KySat and Hermes require articles, whilst the article on Explorer-1 [PRIME] needs to be updated. On 24 February, a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket will launch the first Glonass-K1 satellite; Glonass-K1 No.11. Articles are needed for the series of spacecraft, as well as for the specific satellite being launched. It is likely that a Kosmos designation will be given to the payload when it reaches orbit. In the evening of 24 February, Space Shuttle Discovery will begin its final mission, STS-133, carrying the Permanent Multipurpose Module, a conversion of the Leonardo MPLM, to the ISS. Other payloads include an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier, and the Robonaut2 experimental robot. The first manned mission of 2011, Discovery's six-man crew will transfer equipment to the station, and two EVAs will be performed. The launch has already been scrubbed five times, before Discovery was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to inspect and repair cracks on its External Tank. At some point in February, a Long March 3B rocket is expected to launch two navigation satellites; Compass-M2 and Compass-M3, as part of the Compass navigation system. The date of this launch is currently unknown. Both satellites will require articles once more information is available. A PSLV launch, carrying the Resourcesat-2, X-Sat and YouthSat spacecraft, is expected to launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre towards the end of the month, probably between 20 and 23 February. Stop press: The Rokot launch was conducted at 14:00 UTC on 1 February, and at the time of writing it appears to have ended in failure, due to a suspected upper stage malfunction. The spacecraft is in orbit, it is not clear at the time of writing whether it will be salvageable. Article news Reaction Engines Skylon is currently undergoing peer review, its discussion page can be found at Wikipedia:Peer review/Reaction Engines Skylon/archive1. A user requested feedback on major changes which had been made to the article, however at the time of writing no responses have been offered. Following up on the issues covered in the last issue, the requested move of Missile Range Instrumentation Ship to Tracking ship was successful, with the article being renamed. The discussion concerning types of launch and landing resulted in a proposal to merge VTVL into VTOL, however this has been met with some opposition. Several other options have been suggested on Talk:VTVL. The large scale deletion of mis-tagged Soviet images on Commons went ahead, with most of the useful ones having already been backed-up locally under fair use criteria. Discussion was held regarding the naming of spaceflight-related articles. Concerns were raised regarding inconsistency in article titles and disambiguators. A project guideline was adopted to standardise titles, with the parenthesised disambiguators "(satellite)" and "(spacecraft)" being adopted as standards for spacecraft, and the exclusion of manufacturers' names from article titles was recommended. Issues regarding Japanese spacecraft with two names, the correct names for early Apollo missions, and dealing with acronyms and abbreviated names remain unresolved. A large number of articles were moved to conform to the standard disambiguation pattern. In addition, several Requested Moves were debated. A proposal to move SpaceX Dragon to Dragon (spacecraft), which began prior to the adoption of the standardised disambiguators, was successful. Atmospheric reentry was subject to two requested moves, firstly one which would have seen it renamed spacecraft atmospheric reentry, which was unsuccessful, however a second proposal shortly afterwards saw it moved to atmospheric entry. A proposal currently under discussion could see Lunar rover (Apollo) renamed Lunar Roving Vehicle Questions surrounding the transliteration of Russian names resurfaced, with a proposal to rename Vladimir Chelomey to Vladimir Chelomei being closed with no consensus, and a proposal to rename Yury Usachov to Yuri Usachev ongoing. Several long-standing merger proposals were closed. A proposal to merge Venera 15 and Venera 16 into Venera 15 and 16 was closed as no consensus, with the combined page being moved to Venera 4V-2 to reduce the overlap in the articles' scopes. Returnable satellite was merged into Fanhui Shi Weixing. Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA and Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures was nominated for Good Article reassessment due to concerns over the article's quality. Doubts were also expressed over the thoroughness of the original review conducted upon its nomination for GA status. It was also suggested that the article's title may not be the most common name for the experiment, and that it might be necessary to move the page. Concerns were also raised regarding whether Space Interferometry Mission was up-to-date, however these are being addressed. Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet looks likely to be promoted to GA status. Help was requested for adding citations to List of Mir spacewalks. A request was made that STS-88 be reviewed against the B class criteria, and suggestions for improvements made. Another user requested improvements to the article Yuri Gagarin, with a view to having the article promoted to featured status in time for the fiftieth anniversary of his Vostok 1 mission. As a result of this request, Yuri Gagarin is this month's selected article. Questions were raised as to whether an article or category should be created to cover derelict satellites. The categorisation of spacecraft by the type of rocket used to place them into orbit was also suggested. In another categorisation issue, it was questioned whether Space law should fall under space or spaceflight. Stop press: Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet has now been promoted to GA status. The Charts There is no editorial this month as no content was submitted for one. Instead, we present the "top ten" most popular articles within the project, based on the number of page views in January. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was the most popular article of the last month, up fourteen places from 15th in December. Space Shuttle Challenger was the highest climber in the top 40, up 42 places from 50th. December's most popular article. Boeing X-37, dropped 57 places to 58th. On a happier note further down the chart, moon landing is now ahead of moon landing conspiracy theories. № Article Movement 1 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ↑14 (15) 2 Richard Branson ↑5 (7) 3 Neil Armstrong ↑2 (5) 4 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ↑16 (20) 5 Global Positioning System ↓2 (3) 6 Apollo 11 ↑2 (8) 7 Satellite ↑4 (11) 8 Space Shuttle Challenger ↑42 (50) 9 Apollo 13 ↓3 (6) 10 NASA ↓1 (9) For the full list of the top 1,500 popular pages within the project, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Popular pages (or the archived record for January). Selected Article: Yuri Gagarin Yuri Gagarin was the first man to fly in space, aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961. He was subsequently awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, and was training for a second flight at the time of his death in 1968. His article describes him and his spaceflight experience: “ Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who on 12 April 1961 became the first human to journey into outer space. On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1). His call sign in this flight was Kedr (Cedar; Russian: Кедр). During his flight, Gagarin famously whistled the tune "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows" (Russian: "Родина слышит, Родина знает"). The first two lines of the song are: "The Motherland hears, the Motherland knows/Where her son flies in the sky". 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Project News News from Orbit Article News Direction of the Project The Charts Europa Project News There have been very few discussions relating to the administration of the project in the last month, as things start to settle down after the merger. An invitation template has been created in an effort to attract new users to the project. Discussion was also held regarding the creation of a list of common templates, however no conclusions were reached. A proposal was made to implement an A-class assessment process, however editors are undecided about whether it would be best to copy the system used by another project such as WP:MILHIST, or to develop one specifically for the requirements of this project. User:ChiZeroOne has set up a collaboration page in his userspace, initially focussing on articles related to Skylab. Collaboration pages were at one point proposed as part of the structure of the Spaceflight project itself, however no consensus was achieved on the issue. If this collaboration is successful, it could open the door to a reevaluation of that situation. News from orbit Five orbital launches were conducted in February, out of nine planned. The first, that of the Geo-IK-2 No.11 satellite atop a Rokot/Briz-KM ended in failure after the upper stage malfunctioned. The Rokot has since been grounded pending a full investigation; the satellite is in orbit, but has been determined to be unusable for its intended mission. A replacement is expected to launch within the year. A general article on Geo-IK-2 satellites is needed, to supplement those on the individual satellites. A Minotaur I rocket launched USA-225, or NROL-66, on 6 February following a one-day delay. The second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, was successfully launched on 16 February to resupply the ISS. Docking occurred successfully on 24 February, several hours before Space Shuttle Discovery launched on its final flight, STS-133. Discovery docked with the ISS on 26 February, delivering the Leonardo module and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the station. Following several delays, a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket launched the first Glonass-K1 satellite; Glonass-K1 No.11, on 26 February. It is currently unclear as to whether the satellite has received a Kosmos designation or not. Seven launches are expected to occur in March. On 4 March, the Glory satellite will launch atop a Taurus-XL 3110 rocket. Three CubeSats will be also be deployed by the Taurus; KySat-1, Hermes and Explorer-1 [Prime]. KySat and Hermes require articles, whilst the article on Explorer-1 [PRIME] needs to be updated. This launch was originally scheduled for February, but following a scrubbed launch attempt, it was delayed. 4 March will also see the launch of the first flight of the second X-37B, atop an Atlas V 501. An article is needed for that flight, which will probably receive a USA designation once it reaches orbit. On 8 March, Discovery is expected to land, bringing to an end the STS-133 mission, and retiring from service 27 years after its maiden flight. On 11 March, a Delta IV Medium+(4,2) will launch the NROL-27 payload. Whilst the identity of this payload is classified, it is widely believed to be a Satellite Data System communications satellite, bound for either a molniya or geostationary orbit. An article for this payload is required. 16 March will see the return to Earth of Soyuz TMA-01M, carrying three members of the ISS Expedition 26 crew. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is expected to deploy the Resourcesat-2, X-Sat and YouthSat spacecraft during a launch in March. The flight has been delayed several times, and was expected to have launched last month, however it is currently scheduled to occur no earlier than 20 March. On 29 March, an Ariane 5ECA will launch the Yahsat 1A and New Dawn communications satellites. Both currently require articles. On 30 March, a Soyuz-FG will launch the manned Soyuz TMA-21 mission to the International Space Station carrying three Expedition 27 crewmembers. On 31 March, a Proton-M/Briz-M launch will carry the SES-3 and Kazsat-2 spacecraft into orbit, in the first dual-launch of commercial communications satellites on a Proton. Several other launches may occur in March, however their status is unclear. Last month, a Long March 3B rocket was expected to launch two navigation satellites; Compass-M2 and Compass-M3, however this launch did not take place. It is unclear if it has been delayed to March, or further. The launch of the Tianlian 2 communications satellite on a Long March 3C may also be conducted in March, or possibly April. Both the Compass and Tianlian launches would occur from the same launch pad, which requires a turnaround of almost a month between launches, so it is unlikely that both will happen in March. A Safir launch, which had been expected in February, now appears to have been delayed to April, but given the secrecy of the Iranian space programme, this is unclear. Article news Discussion regarding the merger of articles on launch and landing modes seems to have stagnated, with no consensus being reached on any existing proposal. A discussion regarding changes in the sizes of Soviet and American rockets during the 1950s and early 1960s was conducted, with claims that rockets became smaller in that period being dismissed, however it was noted that smaller rockets were developed with equivalent capacity to older ones were developed, as well as much larger ones with increased capacities. Category:Derelict satellites orbiting Earth was created as a result of discussion surrounding the categorisation of derelict satellites. Concerns have also been raised that satellites are being listed as no longer being in orbit whilst still in orbit and derelict, and a discussion was held on how their status could be verified. An effort to categorise spacecraft by the type of rocket used to launch them is underway, however the categorisation of satellites by country of launch was rejected. It was reported that a sidebar has been created for articles related to the core concepts of spaceflight. Editors noted that it should only be used for core concepts, and not where it would conflict with an infobox. An anonymous user requested the creation of an article on moon trees. It was pointed out that the subject already had an article, and a redirect was created at the title proposed by the anonymous user. Concerns were raised regarding the quality of the article Japan's space development. Editors noted that the article appeared to be a poorly-translated copy of an article from the Japanese Wikipedia, although there have been some signs of improvement. Discussion regarding moving the article to Japanese space program is ongoing, however a move request has not yet been filed. A particular concern was raised regarding false claims in the article Van Allen radiation belt. In one case a scientist to whom one of the claims had been attributed was contacted, and clarified that he had made a remark to that effect as a joke in the 1960s, but was not entirely sure how or why it had been included in the article. Other concerns were raised before the discussion moved to WikiProject Astronomy. A question was raised regarding the copyright status of images credited to both NASA and ESA, particularly with regard to images of the launch of the Johannes Kepler ATV. The discussion reached no general conclusions, however it was found that the specific images that were suggested for inclusion in the article could be used, since they were explicitly declared to be in the public domain. A template, Template:Spaceflight landmarks (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), was created to cover landmarks in the United States that are related to spaceflight. Several sources of public-domain NASA images were also discussed, and it was noted that almost all NASA images are public domain, however there are some exceptions. It has been proposed that Leonardo MPLM be merged with Permanent Multipurpose Module since the two cover separate uses of the same spacecraft. A review of the article STS-88 has also been requested. Three new Good Articles have been listed: Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet, Bold Orion and SA-500D. Orion (spacecraft) was delisted after concerns that it contained out-of-date content. SA-500D is currently undergoing good article reassessment, using the community reassessment method, after the review of its good article nomination was criticised for being lenient and not sufficiently thorough. Mir, Mark E. Kelly and Reaction Engines Skylon have been nominated for Good Article status and are awaiting review, whilst List of Mir spacewalks is undergoing a peer review with a view to it becoming a featured list. Editorial: Direction of the Project Well folks, its now been more than three months since the discussion that reformed the space-related WikiProjects, and in that time we've had a number of achievements we can be rightly proud of; we've gathered members up to a total of 43, improved awareness of the project via an interview in the Signpost, and refreshed the spaceflight portal into an attractive, up-to-date and useful page. Meanwhile, User:ChiZeroOne has made a sterling effort in clearing up talk page templates belonging to prior projects, we've managed to sort out various policies, started work on rearranging our templates, and User:GW Simulations has begun this excellent monthly newsletter for us. However, there are a few areas of the project that seem to be passing by the wayside, specifically the areas dedicated to fostering collaboration on articles and article sets between the project members, so here I present a call for more collaboration on the project. Presumably, the lack of collaboration is due to folks not being aware of what's going on, so here's a quick rundown of some of the ways you get involved in the group effort. Firstly, and most importantly, it'd be fantastic if more members got involved in the discussions ongoing at the project's main talk page, found at WT:SPACEFLIGHT. There are several discussions ongoing there, such as the relaunch of the spacecraft template, requests for assistance with various assessment and copyright queries, and conversations regarding category organisations, which affect many more articles, and thus editors, than are currently represented in the signatures so far. Secondly, it was established earlier on in the project's formation that a great way to attract more editors would be to develop some good or featured topics. There are a couple of efforts ongoing to try to see this idea to fruition, such as the Space stations working group and ChiZeroOne's own collaboration page, currently focussed on Skylab-related articles. These pages, however, have been notably lacking in activity lately, which is a shame, as their aims, given enough editor input, would really see the project furthering itself. Similarly, there are a number of requests for assessment for articles to be promoted to GA class, among other things, on the Open tasks page, which lists all of the activities needing input from members. If everyone could add this page to their watchlists and swing by it regularly, we could power through the good topics in extremely short order! Other things that could do with being added to people's watchlists include Portal:Spaceflight/Next launch‎, the many templates at Template:Launching/Wrappers and the task list at Portal:Spaceflight/Tasks. Finally, I'd like to try and get people involved in finally settling the organisational problem we have with reference to the task forces and working groups. Whilst the Timeline of spaceflight working group is a continuation of the old Timeline of spaceflight WikiProject and thus is ticking over nicely and the space stations working group has been mentioned previously in this editorial, the task forces (Human spaceflight and Unmanned spaceflight) in particular are currently dead in the water. I'm unsure as to whether or not this is because people are unaware of their existence, they clash too much with one another and the rest of the project or because people don't see a need for them, but if interested parties could make themselves known and others voice suggestions for getting rid of them, we can decide either if they're worth keeping and get them running again, or do away with a layer of bureaucracy and close them down. Any thoughts on the matter would be much appreciated. In summary, then, we've got a great project going here, with a nice set of articles, a good editor base and lots of ways of getting involved. Thus, a plea goes out to everyone to get involved, get editing with the other project members, and hopefully we'll see ourselves take off in a manner not dissimilar to the trajectory dear old Discovery took last week. Many thanks for everyone's hard work so far, and poyekhali! :-) The Charts Since it is useful to keep track of the most viewed pages within the project's scope, it seems like a good idea to continue this feature, which was originally included in last month's issue as a one-off. Satellite was the most popular article of February, up six places from seventh in December. STS-133 was the highest climber in the top 10, up 78 places from 88th. January's most popular article, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, dropped seven places to eighth. Moon landing remains ahead of moon landing conspiracy theories for the second month in a row. Of the top ten, two articles are featured content, two are listed as Good Articles, and the remaining six are assessed as C-class. № Article Movement 1 Satellite ↑6 (7) 2 Space Shuttle ↑11 (13) 3 NASA ↑7 (10) 4 Neil Armstrong ↓1 (4) 5 Apollo 13 ↑4 (9) 6 Global Positioning System ↓1 (5) 7 International Space Station ↑5 (12) 8 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ↓7 (1) 9 Apollo 11 ↓3 (6) 10 STS-133 ↑78 (88) For the full list of the top 1,500 popular pages within the project, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Popular pages (or the archived record for February). Selected Article: Europa Europa was a rocket developed by a multinational European programme in the 1960s. Consisting of British, French and German stages, it was intended to provide a European alternative to the US rockets used for the launch of most Western satellites to that date. Although the British Blue Streak first stage performed well on all flights, problems with the French and German stages, as well as the Italian-built payload fairing, resulted in the failure of all multistage test flights and orbital launch attempts. The programme was abandoned after the failure of the Europa II's maiden flight in 1971. The article Europa (rocket), describes it: “ The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency and its Ariane family of launchers. The programme was initiated by the UK and the first launch occurred in August 1967. Tasks were to be distributed between nations: the United Kingdom would provide the first stage (derived from the Blue Streak missile), France would build the second and Germany the third stage. The Europa programme was divided into 4 successive projects : Europa 1: 4 unsuccessful launches Europa 2: 1 unsuccessful launch Europa 3: Cancelled before any launch occurred Europa 4: Study only, later cancelled The project was marred by technical problems. Although the first stage (the British Blue Streak) launched successfully on each occasion, it was the second or third stage that failed. ” The article is currently assessed as start-class, and is missing a lot of information. It also lacks some basic features such as inline citations. Since Europa was a fairly major programme, enough information should be available to produce a much higher quality article, and it could probably be brought up to GA status with enough effort. Published by WikiProject Spaceflight, if you have any content you wish to include in future newsletters, please contribute

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