User talk:Cspurrier

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[edit] Help

Can you help me? --Humberto 2 - (talk) 00:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

See note on page. Request requires usurpation and thus will be delayed a week. --Cspurrier - (talk) 17:48, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Tank you --Humberto 2 - (talk) 22:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Heads up

m:Meta:Administrators/confirm#Cspurrier. EVula // talk // 15:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks --Cspurrier - (talk) 17:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure; always happy for an excuse to use my wide network of accounts. ;) EVula // talk // 18:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Also, you might want to tweak your preferences on Meta; you can have the system email you when a message is left on your talk page. It's a damn handy feature, and one that a surprising few number of people actually know about. Perfect for projects that you need to keep an eye on, but don't have the time for (such as Meta for you). EVula // talk // 22:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changing username

Hi, could you have a look at Wikinews:Changing_username? I requested a usurpation, so I know I'll have to wait seven days, but the page suggests posting a message on bureacrats' talk pages. As you've recently edited Wikinews:Changing_username I decided to only notify you. Thanks, Erwin85 - (talk) 21:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, did Erwin reply? If not, could you please rename the account? Thanks, Erwin85 - (talk) 20:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changing Username

PLease see my request at Wikinews:Changing username. Thanks --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) (Note I have no link with the organization anonymous) 17:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RealHeron --> Heron (usurpation)

Hi Craig, please see my request at [1]. As I don't have any edits to my name as RealHeron, this would be a usurpation rather than a change of username, but I was advised [2] to post my request on that page anyway. Here's a link to my en:wikipedia talk page as confirmation that I own the name Heron there: [3]. Regards, --RealHeron - (talk) 13:48, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving question

Hello Cspurrier, how are you? Quick question - when I am going through and archiving stuff, should I protect the print versions as well? Cirt - (talk) 04:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

That sounds like a good idea. --Cspurrier - (talk) 19:38, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay - is there a list somewhere of those? I had seen it once before but can't recall the link at the moment. Cirt - (talk) 22:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

They are all linked from Wikinews:Print_edition--Cspurrier - (talk) 16:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Cirt - (talk) 17:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Do you think there should be a template to indicate archived print editions --A101 - (talk) 18:37, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I do not think it is needed, but archving may be a good time to make sure they all have the right template.--Cspurrier - (talk) 19:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please make my bot's flag

in Wikinews:Bots‎#Request bot flag for Alexbot, this requrest make too long time.--Alex S.H. Lin 08:16, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Print Edition

Thank you so much for your work with the Wikinews Print Editions. Quick question - do those get disseminated anywhere? Cirt (talk) 02:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I have been told of a few people printing them and leaving them places. I have also heard a few people comment that they print it daily because they like to read it on paper best. --Cspurrier (talk) 15:52, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Would it be to late to add the 2 football (soccer) match reports that I just completed? Kingjeff (talk) 03:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, it is. They probably got added to the next days one.--Cspurrier (talk) 18:50, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Account donarreiskoffer

When I tried to unify all my accounts on wikimedia projects, this was the only project that gave an error. Apparently I used a different password than on the other projects. Unfortunately I forgot this password. The account on en.wikinews.org is empty in the sense that I never made an edit with it.

I suppose that it won't be too difficult to add it with my other accounts?

please respond on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Donarreiskoffer

Many thanks.--193.121.250.194 06:09, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] French Wikimag

Hello ! I contact you, to know if I can interview you for the Wikimag which is the equivalent of Sign Post on Wikipedia english. - Mikani (talk) 16:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem, i don't set you a french interview , so I ask question on this page, soon. And thank you ! mik@ni 15:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

It's ok ! mik@ni 15:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changing my username

Hello, can you change my username to "Prasuk historyk"? I'm asking because username Prasuk historyk is using by me in the all wikimedia projects. Prasuk (talk) 06:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Done--Cspurrier (talk) 15:51, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for changing my username Prasuk historyk (talk) 16:26, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rename request

I do not know where to ask it, you seems the last active bureaucrat so I ask it you. If it would fit better elsewhere, please let me know. I would like to request for a rename from NL-Romaine --> Romaine because of creating a global account (SUL). Could you please rename my account? Thanks! Greetings - NL-Romaine (talk) 23:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Done--Cspurrier (talk) 01:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!! - Romaine (talk) 13:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews:Changing username

It seem that a lot of people are addressing Bureaucrats directly about name changes. However, we have Wikinews:Changing username and we used to archive the changes there. Should we do away with that practice? or should direct requests be sent to Wikinews:Changing username so it can be done formally? I really don't care either way, but we should make it the same for everyone. --SVTCobra 01:28, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I like it when they post it to my talk page because I get a nice big orange bar letting me know about it :). I do not really care, but they do get done faster with a note on my talk page. --Cspurrier (talk) 16:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Print Edition

At the end of the Print Edition there is the following text:

"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Articles published in this Print edition were created by Wikinewsies. Other content released under the GNU Free Documentation License."

However, from discussions with you I understood that unfree content was sometimes included. The above disclaimer needs to make this clear and ideally I'd like to see details of which unfree images are used on the image description page of the Print Edition. Adambro (talk) 11:50, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ArbCom

Hi, I have nominated you in the upcoming ArbCom elections. Please go to your nomination and state whether you accept or decline. Cheers, --SVTCobra 17:15, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WN:A - RfA closure

Hi, how are ya? I was wondering if you were willing to close/promote the Adambro (talk · contribs) RfA? It has been over 7 days and consensus is pretty straightforward at this point. Cirt (talk) 03:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FlaggedRevs

If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 14:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Apology

I know you're a checkuser, and you might see this when you get back. Apologies for the cross-wiki vandalism, I was running an Apache web server that unwittingly became an open proxy. However, one reinstall of Windows Vista later, and new firewalls installed, it's a lot more secure. I (the individual posting this message) am not a vandal but I am terribly sorry for the cross-wiki vandalism that this IP's committed (only found it through copies of my access.log file). Anyway, I've no idea how long I'll have this IP for, but I'm terribly sorry for all of this. Thanks, AP aka --82.42.237.84 15:09, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

• I didn't really check my server's logs very often, but only discovered it fairly recently. Anyway, I'm going to try and make it more secure. Thanks, AP --82.42.237.84 22:38, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please rename me

Hi, I have changed my username at my homewiki and want to to it here to. Please rename me to Calandrella. Here is confirmation. Thanks, Leo Johannes (talk) 19:18, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] hotline

I think Wikinews:Water_cooler/technical#Hotline_still_listed_on_print_edition might be relevent to you. Bawolff ☺☻ 18:09, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Skenmy's RfB

It has been over 7 days since this RfB discussion started, and it has unanimous support consensus. I think it can be closed as successful and the candidate promoted. Brianmc (talk · contribs) already supported in the discussion and you are the only other bureaucrat that has been active lately, so I thought I'd let you know. Hope you are doing well, Cirt (talk) 14:30, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, Chiacomo (talk · contribs) took care of it, thanks. Cirt (talk) 06:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for help

I kindly ask your assistance for the renaming of "dodo" account to something else (anything) here. This in order to proces the request on meta. All your help is appreciated. Thank you. Drini (talk) 19:21, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Done --Cspurrier (talk) 20:02, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Print edition suggestion

Im not sure if you have heard of Doxygen it is a documentation generates I thnk this could help you make it so it auto generates the wikinews print edition but it might take a little work. http://www.doxygen.org/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by DGMurdockIII (talk • contribs) 23:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps even make it a weekly feature? That way, its the same amount of articles, but the work is all concentrated at one point in time? Perhaps even pick and choose what appears? (ie, the original reporting and most popular articles, and anything you personally find interesting.) -- Zanimum (talk) 21:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WN:PRINT

Hi Craig, I noticed that you have been away and was wondering what I need to do to be able to create the Print Edition. I don't have much time these days but still want to help out when I can - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 09:13, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for what you have done, I hope to be able to resume it after xmas. --Cspurrier (talk) 22:55, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews print

Please see this about the phone numbers currently on each issue. Thanks - tholly ^--Talk-- 09:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] rss tool ;)

Hi!

I would like to use your tool [4] to show news on PL Chapter (Wikimedia Polska). Could you make possible to show first paragraph of the article in feed? (until first double newline or someting).

WarX 19:49, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

May be doable. I should have some time in a week or two to mess with it some more. --Cspurrier (talk) 22:54, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Latest news / RSS

I am going to be making changes to Main Page, well more correctly, sweeping changes. The Latest news template says "Please let User:Cspurrier know before making changes" and as that template is going to be part of my main pages changes, it will be tinkered with. What do I need to know to not break the RSS feed? Or can we point the RSS feed to scrape a new page made just for that purpose (So the main page is safe to be tinkered with to our hearts content)? Thanks. --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 07:58, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

My guess would be that it will be ok. Try the change and let me know if it breaks, revert and I will fix it. --Cspurrier (talk) 22:53, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

The main page is also being changed now, and I was wondering if putting the articles into cascading boxes to organize the page more and to conserve space. Would this interfere with the RSS feed? R.T. 01:06, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] RSS tool a bit outdated

Hello. Currently your RSS tool shows data from the end of 2008 (newer articles aren't shown). Is there a chance for updating the data in the near future? --Derbeth (talk) 19:38, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I cleared the cache with the link and it didn't work. http://toolserver.org/~cspurrier/rss/rss.php?lang=en&family=wikinews&categories0=Crime_and_law&ns14=1&desc=Wikinews%2C+the+free+news+source+you+can+write.+For+more+information%2C+or+to+see+all+stories%2C+visit+http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org&notcategories=Disputed|No_publish|brief&title=Latest+Wikinews+(custom)&Get+RSS=Get+RSS&categories=Crime_and_law still displays outdated articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.16.195 (talk) 09:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, being on the toolserver it is subject to the replag issues. Until S3 is fixed it will continue to be out of date, without anything we can do about it :(. See the tool server blog for more information--Cspurrier (talk) 03:29, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WN:RFA

Hello. I just wanted to bring a bureaucrat's attention to a RfA that is a week old and needs to be closed (my RfA, Tempodivalse). Thanks. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 16:51, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Never mind, another bureaucrat already closed the RfA. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:29, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] RfA needs closing

Hello, you are one of the 'crats that did not comment in the RfA for Van der Hoorn (talk · contribs). It has been well over 7 days since the RfA started, please see WN:RFP. Thank you for your time, Cirt (talk) 22:37, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

looks like someone took care of it. Sorry it took so long to reply. Other stuff keeping me real busy recently. --Cspurrier (talk) 01:53, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] A penny for your thoughts

Okay, not really, but I am requesting your participation in the following Water Cooler Discussion: OR and Broadcast report. The discussion involves the need for specific policy concerning how Original Reporting relates to information recieved from a broadcast report of an event. This can include both news-style reports and non-news reports, such as a sporting event. Thanks and again, please share your thoughts on this so we can get as many people involved as possible, especially since this relates to an important topic such as OR. —Calebrw (talk) 05:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] rss not updating

Spud noticed that the rss feed stopped working (see Wikinews_talk:Newsroom#Feedburner_RSS). Somewhere in the back of my mind I believe your the person to notify one that happens, right? Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:31, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I pinged it on feed burner. It should work now. --Cspurrier (talk) 02:13, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Iceland makes application for membership of the European Union

I was hoping that everyone would be asleep, and I could slip in the expansion that I just found, ironically whilst looking for a possible follow-up article, before a reviewer happened along. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 04:14, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

• I am in Fiji at the moment, so its the middle of the day :) I updated the reviewed thing, which I guess is what we are supposed to do with it. I have been on wikibreak too long :). --Cspurrier (talk) 04:25, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
  • I'm just used to there being no reviewers around at this time of day. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 05:09, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
  • I've just done two articles, just for you. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 06:01, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
    • Cool thanks, I have published both of them, as always, good work. I always like seeing Fiji articles on Wikinews. When I had initially planned this trip I had intended to do some OR while I was here. However, the political situation and the fact that my visa prohibits it made me rethink that plan :). --Cspurrier (talk) 06:32, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the offer, but for now, my edits are limited to a very rare fixing of a typo here and there, so for now I'll avoid the hassle :) 70.251.155.153 (talk) 22:59, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ArbCom election

You are invited to make a statement and accept your nomination at Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2009 elections. Computerjoe's talk 17:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WM09

Hey, real quick can you fix up the wm09 article? It needs a venue name. Thx, --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 22:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)