Halopedia:IRC Channel/Unilinky

Unilinky is a bot for the IRC. When someone types something in between two brackets like this, then unilinky automatically makes a link to that page on Halopedia. If someone types another wiki's namespace before giving the name of the page, w:c:halofanon:like this, then unilinky will make a link to that page on that wiki, instead of on Halopedia. Currently, unilinky is banned from #halopedia because the community was not consulted on whether or not it was wanted/needed.

Support

 * 1) Unilinky is very useful; lots of people like him, and anyone who doesn't can just /ignore him. -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 07:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) And there can always be a rule against abusing him.-- Master Gunnery Sergeant  Hank J Wimbleton IV COMHalo: Galaxy 07:41, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) I don't see what the problem with unilinky being in the channel is.  Ha lo Du de 08:08, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Unilinky is very useful, as GPT says, it saves a lot of spelling, copying, pasting, and typing of links on Halopedia. It easily points out vandalized/bugged/etc. pages, vandalizing users, and other stuff. Of course, it would be better if it was enforced by an anti-abuse rule on it (I think there is, BTW). Anyone who doesn't like Unilinky can still either /ignore them or just not do anything with the bot. I see no reason why Unilinky should be taken off. :) --[[Image:BR55HB SR Battle Rifle.jpg|50px]] Blemo-X23  http://www.wikia.com/skins/common/progress-wheel.gif TALK • CONTRIBUTIONS • SERVICE RECORD • MESSAGE 23:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Unilinky is very useful. It has saved me tons of time on supplying links to certain things pertaining to the topic. -- A J [[Image:ArmyJROTC.jpg|20px]] 23:45, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Unlinky really helps, it helps you to save time and to not copy and paste. Clavix2 [[Image:Halo2emblemClavix.jpg|30px]] I WILL PAY FOR  ALL MY SINS 08:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) If someone goes on #wikia, you'll find over 30 people on at once. On #halopedia, you'll be lucky to find 20 people on. With so many people, it's likely that #wikia has a higher chance of abusing unilinky that #halopedia. Plus, unilinky can fall under all other rules: warning, kick, then ban. Çya, M  ø  u  s  e  21:04, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Personally, having unilinky on #Halopedia has been a HUGE time saver. It helps when showing admins spam articles and other assorted rule-breakers. I haven't ever seen anyone abuse it, and personally enjoy it. --KillerCRS[ Talk to me! ] [ Stuff I've done! ] 21:21, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) As per everyone else. Time-saver...useful... etc. General  si'mo'n  r  j  h 21:23, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) --forgottenlord 21:31, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) -Frozenjakalope 01:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think I've ever seen you in #halopedia before. -- Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|20px|Manticore is a Halopedia administrator.]] Talk 20:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) I strongly support having the bot on #halopedia. -- SPARTAN-001  [COM•C S V ] [[Image:Spikers.jpg|60px]]
 * 2) Unilinky has been very helpful to me, especially when i use java.-The good one  01:51, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Go linky! -- The State(Our Decrees and Law)(The State Alchemists we've enlisted)[[Image:ROY!.jpg|25px]] 16:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) I see no reason to have the bot in the channel. There's a reason it's banned from #wikia, and that's because it's (ab)used far too often. Given the recent kick up GPT has made about not enough people knowing the whois command, I don't see how he now expects everyone to know ignore. -- Manticore  [[Image:Fleet Admiral.jpg|20px|Manticore is a Halopedia administrator.]] Talk 08:31, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Firstly, there's a reason there's a rule against abusing it; because people read the rules, that shouldn't be a problem. Secondly, /ignore is "one of the most simple IRC commands there is." It's not even a server-side command, so there's no reason for people not to know it for the same reason there's no reason for people not to know /whois. BTW, giving your argument for /whois and then not using it for /ignore but instead using *my* argument against me is hypocritical, so pick ONE argument and stick with it, please. -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 21:50, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Personally, I'm strongly in favor of channel bots, but I can't stand dumbots, and unilinky falls into that category. It catches anything surrounded by double brackets , no matter in what part of the sentence the word is. Assuming someone would say something like, "hey, you might want to check out Wikia's new  Gaming  hub", the bot would catch it, and link to Halopedia page "Gaming", which most probably doesn't exist, and even if it would, it might not be the page what the user wants. There are smarter alternatives to unilinky, for example, Supybot (Python-based, requires Twisted too) or AmiDaniel's mwbot. Another good bot that does linking is Dotted's [NewsBot]. It's a lot better than unilinky in my opinion. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 14:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) [NewsBot] only links to pages if they're linked to on the first part of the line, which kinda screws it up if someone links to something *not* at the beginning of the line. Also, why would someone say "Gaming " if they're not telling is it's a page on Halopedia? People just say "Gaming" when they're referring to "the Gaming hub", but if someone wants a link, *then* they can just give the URL. Otherwise, they wouldn't try to link to it, as everyone knows how unilinky works and they know that Gaming doesn't exist here. -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 21:50, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) There are other wikis than Halopedia and there are users that are not from Halopedia in the channel. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Why should everyone know how some random bot works? I bet some users could think unilinky is a user if they don't bother to do /names #halopedia or /whois on unilinky. Besides, the name "unilinky" doesn't contain any real references to the fact it's a bot, such as having "bot" or "robot" as a part of the nick. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 22:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) #halopedia isn't for other wikis than Halopedia, though. It's for Halopedia. -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 23:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) I don't see how it won't be prone to abuse. As far as I know, anybody could just make it join and leave repeatedly, so the channel could end up with like 100 join/leave entries. GHe (Talk) 22:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) I can see your point there... I'll find a bot that not everyone can make join and part, then. -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 23:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Personally, i'm not gonna use GPT's TrapBot and copy+paste is so much easier. --Ajax 013 20:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Firstly, it's not mine. Secondly, how is it a TrapBot? Thirdly, you don't have to use it... it's just there for other people to use if they want to. -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 02:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)