User talk:AntiSpamBot/Oct2007

Regarding edits to Red telephone box

Antispambot reverted my edit here when I moved a link out of the body of the text and into Ext Links, as it thought (?) that it was spam. Sadly it removed the new text that I'd written too! I undid this revision (161195073) and all seems well.... Zir 22:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Deleted links

Unsure why the bot deleted the links to these bus photographs: [1] Thanks, WWGB 11:11, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sequential vandals - upgrade request

All hail AntiSpamBot! I see the bot's good work at Marketing Mix, but I note that it didn't go far enough. There were 2 vandal changes by 1 user and then 2 more by another user; the bot reverted the latter 2 but not the former. No idea if that's something the vandal-detecting algorithm can detect, but it would be really cool if it could! Thanks for all the good work. --AndrewHowse 16:47, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AntiSpamBot is designed to revert spam, not vandalism. A lot of reversions it makes DO remove vandalism, but in this case, the second user was reverted to remove the link they added. AntiSpamBot will revert any additions to a page that are made by the spamming user. It stopped at the first user to maintain the integrity of the page, which was done incorrectly there, but that's not the bot's job. Shadow1 (talk) 17:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You mean I should have paid attention to the bot's name? Gee... More than fair. Thanks again. --AndrewHowse 17:57, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You deleted by addition to the "miscarriage of justice" page. This is a legitimate site and link, and is not spam. It's a valid organization dedicated to fixing wrongful convictions of Kevin Thornton and others, and is used frequently by the Innocence Project and others. Please re-insert.

This bot is working quite well O_o

I just wanted to pass my compliments to this bots maker regarding its excellent performance in reverting multiple porn websites from appering in a certain article. Kudos. I therefore award you a barnstar

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		For your tireless work in destroying adverts that should not be here. Kudos, Javascap

Javascap 20:48, 13 October 2007 (UTC) [reply]

WWII Reenacting

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_War_II_reenactment&diff=next&oldid=164214333

I tried to add the link for the USA WWII Reenacting form, but the spambot reverted it because it is a Proboard. This link is very much related to WWII Reenacting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_War_II_reenactment&diff=prev&oldid=164214333

I also tried to add the link to the official site of the WWII Historical Reenactment Society (HRS) which is mentioned in the article. I think this may have just been reverted because of the form that I tried to add.

Any help would be appreciated, Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.30.6 (talk) 05:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Reverted link Gerwick.net, please review

Your bot reverted a citation reference I posted that verified information within an article I have been working on. Seeing as I have sufficient citations without that one link I can live without it but I do not believe the citation was justifiably removed. It cited a website that verified the employment and subsequent release of Palmer Canon from the WWE, as was stated in the article in question. I wanted to check with you on this before taking any action as far as reverting the revert or what not. Please get back to me when you can. The article in question is Eastern_Wrestling_Alliance and the edit was under the roster section. I am most concerned with the other citations that were simultaneously erased by your bot just because I added them at the same time. Thanks in advance for taking the time to review it. WFPro 00:55, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In order to rescue the citations that were simultaneously erased by your bot I reverted the revert, however in the same edit I also erased the citation brought in to question by your bot. I would appreciate you still reviewing the revert performed by your bot and getting back to me. Thanks again. WFPro 01:49, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Osceola County, Michigan

This edit by another editor on Osceola County, Michigan was not spam. It is the official web site of the county. older ≠ wiser 20:09, 20 October 2007 (UTC) [reply]

semanticdesigns.com is not spam

Check the links in pages on Code Coverage and Profiling. They have pointers to all types of commercial software engineering tools related to exactly those topics. I added links in exactly the same spirit as the other links Your bot has deleted them. -- Ira Baxter idbaxter@semdesigns.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.239.210.165 (talk) 23:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Mitsubishi Delica

Here is a copy of the message I placed on my user page after your Antispam bot deleted a perfectly good videoclip link to a non spam item on my photobucket site. Please refrain from deleting it again. Thank You!:- I am getting pretty sick of bots that delete good links without first being checked by their creator. The link to photobucket is to a videoclip created by me, as stated in the Edit Summary, and pertinent to the article. IT IS NOT SPAM. The link will be restored. Richard Harvey 16:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, calm down then. If you accidentally trigger the bot, then you can safely revert it without triggering it again; it's a safety feature included in the bot's code. Shadow1 (talk) 17:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If there is one thing that should be disallowed on wikipedia, it's people using bots

Subject line says it all. Ban the bots. -- Servejoin 15:40, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relax, it's a one-time revert because you accidentally triggered an anti-spam rule. Don't get all bent out of shape because of one edit that can be restored in a few seconds. The bot won't revert you again if it's already reverted that edit. Shadow1 (talk) 17:08, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]