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Repeated errors using SVG translate

Hey there! I have been trying to use your SVG translate application to generate a French version of one of my SVG diagrams (located here) utilizing OAuth but keep running into an error that informs me thus: "Error - error-unexpected Hit your browser's back button to retry." Which I then do... which takes me back to the MediaWiki OAuth "allow" page, on which I again click the "Allow" button, and which then informs me, "This request has already been completed and cannot be resubmitted. Go back to the application and try to connect your account again, or contact the application author." Which is what I guess I am now trying to do.

I had hoped that the app would do the translation into French for me automatically, but this did not appear to work so I entered the terms in French myself and then hit the "Go" button of the SVG translate app. This is what brought me to the OAuth app, which I then approved, which then resulted in the error, which then caused me to ultimately lose my French translation altogether. I must be doing something wrong, but can't seem to figure out what. I could manually edit the file, of course, and enter the terms in French that way, but I admit I am a little lazy and besides, the translate app aught to work, no? And if it isn't working for me (in the way I tried to use it) then my guess is that it probably isn't working for other editors (in the same way) as well. Please advise when you get a chance. Thank you! KDS4444Talk 19:06, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Real estate investment

You were the last admin to protect Real estate investment. The AN discussion mentioned in the log doesn't mention this specific title.

It appears to be a plausible redirect to Real estate investing. Is that an acceptable reason to unsalt it? I am fine with the redirect itself being reprotected after creation, as long as one of us makes a reasonable attempt to categorize it first. (I normally use {{R from modification}} for minor grammatical modifications like this that don't fall under a more specific RCAT, but I digress.)

Do I still need to file a formal RFPP, or is talking to you enough? --SoledadKabocha (talk) 19:02, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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Charts need a legend

Hi,

It seems you provided the charts on the (economic) profit page. There is however no legend that would explain what do they illustrate and there is no explanation of what the functions labels mean. Do you think you can fix that? The changes were made on various days of the Dec. 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Profit_(economics)&oldid=404976816

Javorie (talk) 09:59, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

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Follow up on toolserver

I see that you're not around as much these days as you used to be, but I just wanted to follow up on this exchange - wondered if you'd had a chance to look at this? Thx. Mlaffs (talk) 01:33, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi @Mlaffs:. So sorry for the delay in actioning this. I've restored https://tools.wmflabs.org/jarry-common/scripts/callsigns.php https://tools.wmflabs.org/jarry-common/scripts/radiostations.php https://tools.wmflabs.org/jarry-common/scripts/radiostationsnone.php https://tools.wmflabs.org/jarry-common/scripts/infoboxchecker.php . I had to update a fair amount of the code so there's a fair chance I've introduced a few bugs -- just let me know (do use 'Email this user' to make sure I notice). Also if you need the queries updating :) Best, - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 21:12, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
Jeez, man - no apologies needed at all. None of us get paid for this, life happens, and you have no obligation whatsoever to do work for anyone else.
No bugs that I can see so far, but I did want to ask two quick follow-up questions. It's a long time ago that you built these originally now, so I'm blanking on the criteria. For radiostations, I think it was pretty straightforward - the code was just looking for one or more of a series of templates that I'd given you. So, for example, it'd return a result if it found one or more of AMQ, AML, and AMARB in an article, but it wouldn't return a result if it found all three. However, it didn't need to determine if it was a radio station article first, because only radio station articles would use those templates. Am I remembering right?
For radiostationsnone, on the other hand, it would have been looking for articles using none from that series of templates, but it would have to determine if it was a radio station article first. I'm guessing it's doing that by looking for the radio station infobox. Am I remembering that right? And, if so, is it only looking for the correctly-named infobox, or would it also recognize articles using redirects to that infobox? For example, the correct name is "Infobox radio station", but there are many articles using "Infobox Radio Station", "Infobox Radio station", etc. - did we account for those?
Thanks again for this. I really did forget how useful these tools were until I couldn't access them anymore. Mlaffs (talk) 21:46, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey. The source code is at [1] -- it shouldn't be too hard to get the gist of, but yes, your analysis is spot on. radiostations takes seven lists of articles with different templates (see lines 38 to 44) and plays around with them, while radiostationsnone starts with the Infobox list and works from there (the list of templates it uses is on lines 42-3 of that file). The script doesn't seem to account for redirects, and currently uses "Infobox_Radio_Station". I had a quick check through and I couldn't find any with lowercase included. Presumably it would be useful for me to add the two variants you mention (r-s and R-s)? Thanks (and thanks for emailing, very helpful) - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 14:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
Yay, I remembered! And, even though I won't pretend I understood the code, I was able to get the gist. I think that radiostations is fine as it is. But if you're good with it, there are two enhancements for radiostationsnone that I'd like to suggest. One is, yes, let's add r-s and R-s to the infoboxes it checks for, as well as "Template:Radio_station" (the only other redirect that's in use). Second, in the list of templates it looks for, can you please add "LPFM_station_data"? That's a new combination template that someone created last year, similar to the "AM_station_data" and "FM_station_data" ones. Thanks! Mlaffs (talk) 19:20, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
So for the benefit of the archives it turns out that if you use the final form (r-s) then it automatically includes redirects. Anyway, fixed now (I also tweaked the code to make it run a bit faster). HTH - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 20:26, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

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Obama

To my brother's in law thanks all suport and sorry about patriot lounch..i hope citizen in USA understood — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.235.196.171 (talk) 11:04, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

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Fronds

Hi. I am trying to find if https://toolserver.org/~jarry/fronds/ moved to WMFLabs. If it has not, can you please do it? -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:25, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Scotland Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Philadelphia Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
  2. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
  4. Somerset Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
  5. Washington, D.C. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
  6. Somerset Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
  7. United States Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
  8. England Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

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SVGTRanslate

Hello Jarry1250, I find the SVGTranslate tool very nice (especially that you get a kind of preview of the file to be translated). There are many files that contain lots of text items that need not be translated (e. g. numbers, certain names). However, it was my impression that the translate tool only works when you have filled in all the text boxes. This can create some unnecessary effort. Could you please perhaps modify the tool such that items are simply left unchanged if you leave the text box empty? Greetings --Furfur ⁂ Diskussion 14:32, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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Nomination of The Star Inn for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Star Inn is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Star Inn until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Rob Sinden (talk) 11:46, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

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Fronds

Hi. Can you please take a look at https://toolserver.org/~jarry/fronds/ at provide me a new link, if any, to Wmflabs? Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 07:54, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

@Magioladitis: Sorry for the delay. http://tools.wmflabs.org/fronds/ should work now. - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 20:37, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. I tried and I get 404 error. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:40, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
@Magioladitis: Yes: there is no index page. But there wasn't an index page in its final incarnation on the Toolserver (as it was in 'readonly' mode). Individual files still exit (e.g. index.xml) - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 20:43, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

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"Ş"

Hi Jarry. Any idea how to overcome this error (pattern ^.*\x{015e}.*$)? I am looking for categories which contain the symbol "Ş" in the title, and I can't rely solely on ^.*Ş.*$, since the latter returns other Unicode characters as well.

Thank you in advance for any help. --Gikü (talk) 13:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Gikü. Apologies for the late reply. I think fundamentally your problem is that mysql's regexp() function -- which is what the tool uses -- does not understand multibyte characters (including unicode). So I'm afraid you're going to get funky results any way you try. [2] Sorry. I have changed it so that it emits the exact wording of the error tough if it helps. - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 18:19, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

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Your svgcheck tool

There was mention of your tool at WP:VPT#Test rendering of SVG files recently, which made me look at it. Very nice! But I noted that Wikimedia wikis (and your tool) currently use a slightly patched version of librsvg 2.40.2, not 2.36.1 as the tool itself states. The specific package is available at http://apt.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/pool/main/libr/librsvg/, if you want to look into the difference from stock librsvg 2.40.2. Anomie⚔ 12:54, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

@Anomie: Hi Anomie. If one sshs into Labs, and runs /usr/bin/rsvg-convert -v, one gets 2.40.2. But if one uses exec() to have the webserver run the same command, 2.36.1 (Wikimedia) is returned. Why do you think that the image generated is in fact using 2.40.2? - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 17:12, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Really? Hmm. Are you still on the Precise webservers? Anomie⚔ 12:09, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Apparently so. webservice --release trusty start seems to have resolved it. - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 13:09, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015: The results

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to United States Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · logs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · logs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · logs) 18:39, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

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Replacement of Labs SVG Check

Hello Jarry!

I'm working on a JS replacement of Labs SVG Check. My first working release can be tested on Commons:Commons:Commons SVG Checker. It is based on XML parsing which omits ugly regex mostly. I intend to make it support all known bugs at phabricator and with complete reference. I've did this since JS has a broader user base on Commons and I hope more people will participate in updating the checker.

Rendering is based on tool server maintained by User:Rillke. Further stats.grok.se can be used as a metric on Commons pages.

Hopefully you will support my proposal at 2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey starting on 30th November, too.

-- Menner (talk) 08:46, 21 November 2015 (UTC) PS: Commons:User talk:Menner

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Requesting to join a debate for James Stunt

@Jarry1250: I'm requesting you to join this Afd discussion. Your comment is valuable to us. Please help us reach a consensus. Thanks -Khocon (talk) 19:02, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

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SVG translation issues

When I tried to translate File:Gray72-en.svg using the translation tool, I got this error: Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /data/project/jarry-common/public_html/peachy/Includes/Image.php on line 181 Call Stack: 0.0118 670840 1. {main}() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:0 0.2240 3261800 2. SVGtranslate->do_step() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:57 0.2240 3261936 3. SVGtranslate->generate_second_form() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:781 0.2240 3261936 4. SVGtranslate->get_translatable() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:361 0.2240 3261936 5. SVGtranslate->file_exists() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:191 0.3991 4633864 6. Image->__construct() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:244 Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /data/project/jarry-common/public_html/peachy/Includes/Wiki.php on line 2188 Call Stack: 0.0118 670840 1. {main}() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:0 0.2240 3261800 2. SVGtranslate->do_step() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:57 0.2240 3261936 3. SVGtranslate->generate_second_form() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:781 0.2240 3261936 4. SVGtranslate->get_translatable() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:361 0.2240 3261936 5. SVGtranslate->file_exists() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:191 0.3991 4633864 6. Image->__construct() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:244 0.4740 4661784 7. Wiki->removeNamespace() /data/project/jarry-common/public_html/peachy/Includes/Image.php:182 Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'NoTitle' with message 'No title or pageid stated when instantiating Page class' in /data/project/jarry-common/public_html/peachy/Includes/Page.php on line 268 NoTitle: No title or pageid stated when instantiating Page class in /data/project/jarry-common/public_html/peachy/Includes/Page.php on line 268 Call Stack: 0.0118 670840 1. {main}() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:0 0.2240 3261800 2. SVGtranslate->do_step() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:57 0.2240 3261936 3. SVGtranslate->generate_second_form() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:781 0.2240 3261936 4. SVGtranslate->get_translatable() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:361 0.2240 3261936 5. SVGtranslate->file_exists() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:191 0.3991 4633864 6. Image->__construct() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:244 0.4741 4662000 7. Wiki->initPage() /data/project/jarry-common/public_html/peachy/Includes/Image.php:184 0.4977 5512664 8. Page->__construct() /data/project/jarry-common/public_html/peachy/Includes/Wiki.php:2258

What's the problem? --AmaryllisGardener talk 22:16, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Bots

Hi Jarry1250- I'm the newest addition to the Wikicup judges and wanted to introduce myself. I am in awe at the functionality of bots (and know next to nothing about how they are programmed or work). Are there any relevant WP articles (or links to outside sources) that could give me at least a beginner's knowledge of how bots are created? Many thanks in advance (and gratitude for all the help you provide the Wikicup).--Godot13 (talk) 05:08, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

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How do you have 1/6 of a GA?

https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikicup/ currently says AHeneen has made 1.1666666 GAs...huh? One-sixth of an article? I've heard of incomplete articles but this takes the biscuit. -- numbermaniac (talk) 01:54, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Good spot, thanks. Fixed in 0981059f, will go live later today. (AHeneen had 35 points but the script thought GAs were worth 30 - 35/30=1.1666...) - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 10:35, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2016: Game On!

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We are aware that in some areas the scoring bot’s numbers are a little bit off (i.e., overly generous) and are working to have that corrected as soon as possible.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:08, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

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Dattebayo

Can I suggest that you unprotect the article and recreate it into a redirect to Naruto? Since many people search for that term, including me. Philmonte101 😊😄😞 (talk) 16:09, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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SVG Check broken

Hello Jarry1250!

Take a look at [[3]]. It is not running.

-- Menner (talk) 17:43, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Could it explain why SVG Translate isn't working either? The RedBurn (ϕ) 23:31, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Are they broken now? I think I fixed svgcheck in particular. - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 22:47, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
SVG Check works fine now. Pretty nifty tool, I wish I knew about it earlier! SVG Translate is still broken though. By the way, about SVG Check, it would be useful to make it render the SVG in the standard thumb size too. The RedBurn (ϕ) 21:43, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Can also confirm SVG Translate is broken :( Domdomegg (talk) 18:25, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

SVG check utility

Hi Jarry1250, A short expression of thanks for the SVG check software you have made available. I have been drawing maps using Inkscape, and have come across several inconsistencies when uploading files, in particular the non-rendering of some objects within a drawing. I have found your utility very useful for checking if the render will work prior to upload. It works very well. Summerdrought (talk) 10:55, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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Bao Nguyen

Hello Jarry1250. Due to a request at WP:RMTR, I've moved Bao Nguyen (mayor) to Bao Nguyen. It seems you had protected that title back in 2012 against recreation, so I'm letting you know in case you object. The new article seems to be about a different person. If there is any vandalism, we can try to deal with it. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 03:33, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

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One of Adam Cuerden’s several quality restorations during round 1

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Hi Jarry1250, hope all is well. Would you please check this edit I made, which I did to simplify the jump list on this important page as part of a multi-page cleanup effort in the Good articles area. I don't see a condition to need the "if" statement or a reason to use the full page name from this page, as once one is on this page I don't think the fully qualified name is necessary. But the comment mentions LivingBot, so I thought I should run this past you. Or if the bot no longer needs to stop by this page, perhaps we can remove the comment. Does LivingBot do anything else GA related? Best, Prhartcom (talk) 15:31, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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wmukevents icalendar file?

Hi,

Just wondering what workflow you use for generating http://tools.wmflabs.org/wmukevents/ ? Is it something that other chapters can use too?

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Hi Sam and sorry for the late reply. It's basically a translated version of [4], which the WMUK staff keep up to date (and in a predictable format). So I guess one could create a parallel version of both components, or modify the source code so that it worked with a slightly different format of input data. Does that help? - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 09:48, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Ah that's great! Thanks. Yeah, I'll have a crack at customising it. —Sam Wilson 23:44, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Is there some easy way to get the link to all the pages that you identify has having a transclusion count. For example when ask for the Infobox prepared food in Namespace template your tool responds with 4,425. How can I get the list of those 4425 pages. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cedaniels (talk • contribs) 17:00, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

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svgtranslate

Not worked. Returns:

with full URL

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Call Stack: 

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   0.1361    3317800   2. SVGtranslate->do_step() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:57
   0.1361    3317936   3. SVGtranslate->generate_second_form() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:781
   0.1361    3317936   4. SVGtranslate->get_translatable() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:361
   0.1363    3318216   5. file_get_contents() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:209


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   0.1361    3317800   2. SVGtranslate->do_step() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:57
   0.1361    3317936   3. SVGtranslate->generate_second_form() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:781
   0.1361    3317936   4. SVGtranslate->get_translatable() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:361
   0.1363    3318216   5. file_get_contents() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:209
with filename only

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Call Stack: 

   0.0030     672736   1. {main}() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:0
   0.1361    3317800   2. SVGtranslate->do_step() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:57
   0.1361    3317936   3. SVGtranslate->generate_second_form() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:781
   0.1361    3317936   4. SVGtranslate->get_translatable() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:361
   0.1363    3318216   5. file_get_contents() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:209


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Call Stack: 

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   0.1361    3317800   2. SVGtranslate->do_step() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/index.php:57
   0.1361    3317936   3. SVGtranslate->generate_second_form() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:781
   0.1361    3317936   4. SVGtranslate->get_translatable() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:361
   0.1363    3318216   5. file_get_contents() /data/project/svgtranslate/public_html/svgtranslate.php:209

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FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13

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Round 2 saw three FAs (two by New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions) and one by Montana Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by England Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by Lancashire Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by There's always time for skeletons Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while British Empire The C of E (submissions) and Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

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SVG Translate

Hey. I saw your SVG Translate Tool, tries to use it, but it won't work. any chance you can fix it? it would be very usefull for me.--Mikey641 (talk) 12:53, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

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