User:Fordsfords

Hi. I'm Steve. Here's what I've been doing lately.

Python

I'm a new Python programmer hoping to edit https://wiki.python.org/moin/PerlPhrasebook to include F strings in the string interpolation section (i.e. f"bar{foo}").

I've been enjoying reverting spam and vandalism. It's fun!

My current technique is:

Display "recent changes" (hiding logged-in users, and displaying 500 of them).

Wait a few hours for other people to revert most of them.

Start at the bottom and select a diff.

While (have 5 minutes or so) {

If (spam or valdalsim) {

revert if not yet reverted

display that IP address user's other contribs

For each diff for that user, check and revert if appropriate

}

select next diff up (on list of 500)

}

The key is checking the other diffs for the vandal's IP. It feels good when I find a non-reverted vandalism or spam that is weeks or even months old.

I don't use any of the fancy tools I see other people using. I should probably learn more about some of them, choose one, and use it.

I've also been working on some of the messaging stuff and plan to do more with multicast.