User talk:Theusaf - Revision history

Theusaf: /* Unprompted Comment Deletion */

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Theusaf: /* Category:Comic images */

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‎Category:Comic images

42.book.addict at 19:59, 1 December 2025

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Theusaf: /* Category:Comic images */

2025-11-26T03:43:04Z

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42.book.addict: /* Category:Comic images */ new section

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FaviFake: /* Please see */ new section

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Definitely Bill Cipher: /* Uhhhhh */

2025-01-16T15:22:45Z

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172.71.102.138: /* Uhhhhh */

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‎Uhhhhh

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	:...the existing wikimarkup version for an actual horizontal-rule (presumed what was intended). And also known how to numberlist ''with rendered linefeeds'' properly. But I only changed it by removing the "----"s (a rendered hr-tag/equivalent wouldn't have been useful), and the BOT left that alone. And probably should still keep on looking out for things exactly like that, as (at least in this circumstance) it definitely is more likely to need to avoid than keep. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.95\|82.132.238.95]] 03:48, 25 February 2026 (UTC)		:...the existing wikimarkup version for an actual horizontal-rule (presumed what was intended). And also known how to numberlist ''with rendered linefeeds'' properly. But I only changed it by removing the "----"s (a rendered hr-tag/equivalent wouldn't have been useful), and the BOT left that alone. And probably should still keep on looking out for things exactly like that, as (at least in this circumstance) it definitely is more likely to need to avoid than keep. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.95\|82.132.238.95]] 03:48, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	::Hello. Thanks for the report. I'll check the code to try reducing the number of times issues like these occur. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 06:45, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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	Hi Theusaf, your bot has been deleting my and another user's comments seemingly without cause. Please see the revision history of the [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous\|miscellaneous]] community portal, or these edits: {{diff\|407137}} {{diff\|407135}} {{diff\|407133}} {{diff\|407131}} {{diff\|407129}}. Thanks! [[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:11pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#5CA7CF">tor</span><span style="color:#F08DB0">i :3</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:8pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#9E9E9E">talk </span><span style="color:#F08DB0">to </span><span style="color:#5CA7CF">me!</span>]]</span></sup> 01:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)		Hi Theusaf, your bot has been deleting my and another user's comments seemingly without cause. Please see the revision history of the [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous\|miscellaneous]] community portal, or these edits: {{diff\|407137}} {{diff\|407135}} {{diff\|407133}} {{diff\|407131}} {{diff\|407129}}. Thanks! [[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:11pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#5CA7CF">tor</span><span style="color:#F08DB0">i :3</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:8pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#9E9E9E">talk </span><span style="color:#F08DB0">to </span><span style="color:#5CA7CF">me!</span>]]</span></sup> 01:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	:I seem to have sorted it. The prior user's use of a long string of hyphens seemed most obviously the issue. And it looks like my modified reundo of the revert held nicely enough, so I think I was on the nail with that one.
		+	:The editor who used them doesn't even seem to have much wikisyntax awareness, or he would have just used...
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		+	:...the existing wikimarkup version for an actual horizontal-rule (presumed what was intended). And also known how to numberlist ''with rendered linefeeds'' properly. But I only changed it by removing the "----"s (a rendered hr-tag/equivalent wouldn't have been useful), and the BOT left that alone. And probably should still keep on looking out for things exactly like that, as (at least in this circumstance) it definitely is more likely to need to avoid than keep. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.95\|82.132.238.95]] 03:48, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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	::Please note that the changes you made caused the bot to add a tab before the Summary and Licensing text in File pages. See {{diff\|393108\|here}}, {{diff\|393106\|here}}, and {{diff\|393107\|here}}. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 19:59, 1 December 2025 (UTC)		::Please note that the changes you made caused the bot to add a tab before the Summary and Licensing text in File pages. See {{diff\|393108\|here}}, {{diff\|393106\|here}}, and {{diff\|393107\|here}}. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 19:59, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
	:::Thanks for the report. I'll have it fixed shortly. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 04:39, 2 December 2025 (UTC)		:::Thanks for the report. I'll have it fixed shortly. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 04:39, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
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		+	== Unprompted Comment Deletion ==
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		+	Hi Theusaf, your bot has been deleting my and another user's comments seemingly without cause. Please see the revision history of the [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous\|miscellaneous]] community portal, or these edits: {{diff\|407137}} {{diff\|407135}} {{diff\|407133}} {{diff\|407131}} {{diff\|407129}}. Thanks! [[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:11pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#5CA7CF">tor</span><span style="color:#F08DB0">i :3</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font:8pt Cormorant Garamond"><span style="color:#9E9E9E">talk </span><span style="color:#F08DB0">to </span><span style="color:#5CA7CF">me!</span>]]</span></sup> 01:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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	:Will do. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 03:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC)		:Will do. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 03:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
	::Please note that the changes you made caused the bot to add a tab before the Summary and Licensing text in File pages. See {{diff\|393108\|here}}, {{diff\|393106\|here}}, and {{diff\|393107\|here}}. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 19:59, 1 December 2025 (UTC)		::Please note that the changes you made caused the bot to add a tab before the Summary and Licensing text in File pages. See {{diff\|393108\|here}}, {{diff\|393106\|here}}, and {{diff\|393107\|here}}. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 19:59, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
		+	:::Thanks for the report. I'll have it fixed shortly. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 04:39, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

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	Could you consider adding code to [[User:TheusafBOT]] to add [[:Category:Comic images]] to the comic files it uploads? '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 01:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)		Could you consider adding code to [[User:TheusafBOT]] to add [[:Category:Comic images]] to the comic files it uploads? '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 01:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
	:Will do. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 03:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC)		:Will do. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 03:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
		+	::Please note that the changes you made caused the bot to add a tab before the Summary and Licensing text in File pages. See {{diff\|393108\|here}}, {{diff\|393106\|here}}, and {{diff\|393107\|here}}. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 19:59, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

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	Could you consider adding code to [[User:TheusafBOT]] to add [[:Category:Comic images]] to the comic files it uploads? '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 01:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)		Could you consider adding code to [[User:TheusafBOT]] to add [[:Category:Comic images]] to the comic files it uploads? '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 01:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
		+	:Will do. —[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 03:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

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	Please see [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Banning_the_phrase_"WhatsApp"]] as you were mentioned in it. [[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 17:32, 1 November 2025 (UTC)		Please see [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Banning_the_phrase_"WhatsApp"]] as you were mentioned in it. [[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 17:32, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
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		+	== [[:Category:Comic images]] ==
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		+	Could you consider adding code to [[User:TheusafBOT]] to add [[:Category:Comic images]] to the comic files it uploads? '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#3a795e">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#ce5f15">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 01:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

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	::::For anyone who wants to spall-chick their ''own'' contributions, there are always browser-plugins available for most browsers that provide shell-chequing (and even grandma-shucking) functionality, giving something like the wiggly-red(/green) underline in your own editor and right-click/long-press access to suggested changes. Pick whatever level of self-pestering suits you, and your own situation... It'll help with more than just ''this'' site, and might help stop you needing a sticking plaster that just highlights your current failings. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.138\|172.71.102.138]] 20:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)		::::For anyone who wants to spall-chick their ''own'' contributions, there are always browser-plugins available for most browsers that provide shell-chequing (and even grandma-shucking) functionality, giving something like the wiggly-red(/green) underline in your own editor and right-click/long-press access to suggested changes. Pick whatever level of self-pestering suits you, and your own situation... It'll help with more than just ''this'' site, and might help stop you needing a sticking plaster that just highlights your current failings. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.138\|172.71.102.138]] 20:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
	:::::I love how people are deliberately misspelling "spell-check". Y'all just gave me life.[[User:Definitely Bill Cipher\|⯅A dream demon⯅]] ([[User talk:Definitely Bill Cipher\|talk]]) 15:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)		:::::I love how people are deliberately misspelling "spell-check". Y'all just gave me life.[[User:Definitely Bill Cipher\|⯅A dream demon⯅]] ([[User talk:Definitely Bill Cipher\|talk]]) 15:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
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		+	== Please see ==
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		+	Please see [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Banning_the_phrase_"WhatsApp"]] as you were mentioned in it. [[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 17:32, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

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	::::I think it'll be counterproductive to create a 'Bot to find ''and change'' typos. There's always going to be intended 'typos', that aren't. (TheusafBot has ''occasionally' had to be overriden as it reverts genuine changes, and that's without the expectation that it's checking ''perhaps'' a whole dictionary of words and looking for ones that don't feature.) Instead, have something that lists something like "the word 'color' is spelt 'colour' in page <page title>", to review and ''consider'' if it needs changing. It could be in the context of "the British spelling of 'color' is 'colour'", which clearly shouldn't be automatically spill-chucked to "the British spelling of 'color' is 'color'"!		::::I think it'll be counterproductive to create a 'Bot to find ''and change'' typos. There's always going to be intended 'typos', that aren't. (TheusafBot has ''occasionally' had to be overriden as it reverts genuine changes, and that's without the expectation that it's checking ''perhaps'' a whole dictionary of words and looking for ones that don't feature.) Instead, have something that lists something like "the word 'color' is spelt 'colour' in page <page title>", to review and ''consider'' if it needs changing. It could be in the context of "the British spelling of 'color' is 'colour'", which clearly shouldn't be automatically spill-chucked to "the British spelling of 'color' is 'color'"!
	::::For anyone who wants to spall-chick their ''own'' contributions, there are always browser-plugins available for most browsers that provide shell-chequing (and even grandma-shucking) functionality, giving something like the wiggly-red(/green) underline in your own editor and right-click/long-press access to suggested changes. Pick whatever level of self-pestering suits you, and your own situation... It'll help with more than just ''this'' site, and might help stop you needing a sticking plaster that just highlights your current failings. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.138\|172.71.102.138]] 20:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)		::::For anyone who wants to spall-chick their ''own'' contributions, there are always browser-plugins available for most browsers that provide shell-chequing (and even grandma-shucking) functionality, giving something like the wiggly-red(/green) underline in your own editor and right-click/long-press access to suggested changes. Pick whatever level of self-pestering suits you, and your own situation... It'll help with more than just ''this'' site, and might help stop you needing a sticking plaster that just highlights your current failings. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.138\|172.71.102.138]] 20:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
		+	:::::I love how people are deliberately misspelling "spell-check". Y'all just gave me life.[[User:Definitely Bill Cipher\|⯅A dream demon⯅]] ([[User talk:Definitely Bill Cipher\|talk]]) 15:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

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	::This sort of feature is a bit out of scope of my bot at the moment. I remember someone else working on some kind of spellcheck bot though. However, I'm not sure if applying such a feature to talk pages makes sense. --[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 17:30, 15 January 2025 (UTC)		::This sort of feature is a bit out of scope of my bot at the moment. I remember someone else working on some kind of spellcheck bot though. However, I'm not sure if applying such a feature to talk pages makes sense. --[[User:Theusaf\|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf\|talk]]) 17:30, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
	:::I’m currently working on a spellcheck bot, but I only plan on allowing it to edit explanation pages and category pages, not talk pages. It’s considered rude to correct someone’s spelling in a comment, as I’ve been corrected time over time for editing comments, even if I had good intentions. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#A9C6CA">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#516874">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 17:46, 15 January 2025 (UTC)		:::I’m currently working on a spellcheck bot, but I only plan on allowing it to edit explanation pages and category pages, not talk pages. It’s considered rude to correct someone’s spelling in a comment, as I’ve been corrected time over time for editing comments, even if I had good intentions. '''[[User:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:#A9C6CA">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict\|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#516874">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 17:46, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
		+	::::I think it'll be counterproductive to create a 'Bot to find ''and change'' typos. There's always going to be intended 'typos', that aren't. (TheusafBot has ''occasionally' had to be overriden as it reverts genuine changes, and that's without the expectation that it's checking ''perhaps'' a whole dictionary of words and looking for ones that don't feature.) Instead, have something that lists something like "the word 'color' is spelt 'colour' in page <page title>", to review and ''consider'' if it needs changing. It could be in the context of "the British spelling of 'color' is 'colour'", which clearly shouldn't be automatically spill-chucked to "the British spelling of 'color' is 'color'"!
		+	::::For anyone who wants to spall-chick their ''own'' contributions, there are always browser-plugins available for most browsers that provide shell-chequing (and even grandma-shucking) functionality, giving something like the wiggly-red(/green) underline in your own editor and right-click/long-press access to suggested changes. Pick whatever level of self-pestering suits you, and your own situation... It'll help with more than just ''this'' site, and might help stop you needing a sticking plaster that just highlights your current failings. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.138\|172.71.102.138]] 20:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)