User talk:Marbot

Welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions to the coolest online encyclopedia I know of =). I sure hope you stick around; we're always in need of more people to create new articles and improve the ones we already have. You'll probably find it easiest to start with a tutorial of how the wikipedia works, and you can test stuff for yourself in the sandbox. When you're contributing, you'll probably find the manual of style to be helpful, and you'll also want to remember a couple important guidelines. First, write from a neutral point of view, second, be bold in editing pages, and third, use wikiquette. Those are probably the most important ones, and you can take a look at some others at the policies and guidelines page. You might also be interested in how to write a great article and possibly adding some images to your articles.

Be sure to get involved in the community – you can contact me at my talk page if you have any questions, and you can check out the village pump, where lots of wikipedians hang out and discuss things. If you're looking for something to do, check out the community portal. And whenever you ask a question or post something on a talk page, be sure to sign your name by typing ~~~~.

Again, welcome! It's great to have you. Happy editing! --Spangineer (háblame) 18:08, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome! It's great to see new people here. I hope the links are helpful and that you enjoy wikipedia. --Spangineer (háblame) 18:24, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

I will normally reply on the page on which a conversation started. It would be nice if you will do so too. Thank you.

mislabelling

This bot is malfunctioning. CSD I9 requires "the complete upload history with links to the uploader's local user pages" to be on Commons before deletion. Looking at this and this, that is not happening and users who are finding images are not being credited per the GFDL. Please refrain from using this bot until it is fixed and is tagging images appropriately. - Banyan Tree 04:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Banyan, thank you for your message. I may not be fixed but I will do my very best to learn from mistakes instead. Why do you think that this picture is GFDL instead of public domain? However it is a double and should be removed from ENWIKI. Best regards --Marbot 16:34, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. I hadn't thought through that public domain doesn't require any chain of attribution as per the GFDL. I try to include an upload history as a courtesy to whomever went to the trouble of finding and uploading the image, but I suppose courtesy would be hard to program into the bot. And you can simply ignore the ninth policy point at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Images/Media since you're not legally required to. Sorry for the bother, Banyan Tree 02:57, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Bots an people may both make mistakes. A propos, I was not bothered at all. That is what talk pages are there for: To resolve problems or just to communicate. Best regards --Marbot 21:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Douglas Apsley National Park

Redirects from common misspellings or typos aren't deleted - even if nothing links to them, someone could still type it into the search bar. Hut 8.5 14:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am just haveing a jolly good laugh. Thanks for your information anyway. Best regards --Marbot 16:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article statistics

Hey, will Marbot be updating Wikipedia:Good article statistics this month? Just curious, no criticism. Lampman (talk) 01:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lampman, I was sick during the past two weeks. Thus I was not able to update the statistics. :-( Cheers --Marbot (talk) 09:37, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Marbot. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]