About Me

Name This user's name is Denis. This user is English. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. UK This user uses British English. This user is male. This user reverts vandalism in the blink of an eye with Twinkle!

Time to say something about myself.

Background - Computing and Electronics (since about 1976), more recently Telecommunications. Math and Physics to match.

Interests - Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Technology, Science.

Dream achievement - Anti gravity ..... but I don't think I'll win a Nobel for that one, I haven't managed to convince myself it's possible yet.

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Code: [[User:DMcMPO11AAUK|DMcMPO11AAUK]]/[[User talk:DMcMPO11AAUK|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/DMcMPO11AAUK|Contribs]] (raw sig)

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4 Tilde ~~~~ gives: DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 09:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

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I spent several hours over a couple of days going through the RFC bot error file and the RFC lists fixing errors in RFCs. Here are the sorts of errors I found:

• Missing parameter(s) (template must include section, reason and time parameters)
• Use of exclamation mark (the "!" character) in section or reason text
• Section parameter of template doesn't match section heading in discussion page (causes a broken link in RFCxxx list)
• Wrong number of tildes used in time param - usually ~~~~ (sig) instead of ~~~~~ (timestamp)
• Multiple RFC templates in different section in one discussion page - the Bot gets confused by this, even if some of the templates are wrapped in nowiki tags
• Carriage return inside template

The current RFC bot error list can be found here.

If you find a malformed RFCxxx template, the best thing to do may be to wrap it in nowiki tags. I've also written two templates that you can use when you find a malformed RFCxxx template. These are {{Template:BrokenRFCxxx}} for placing in the document with the template, and {{Template:ExampleRFCxxx}} for the talk page of the editor that needs help using the template.

Below is an example of how a completed RFCxxx template and associated section heading might appear in a discussion page edit box before saving (xxx = any of bio, econ, hist, lang, sci, art, pol, reli, soc, style, policy).

Things to note:

• RFCxxx templates go on discussion pages, not in articles.
• Only one section containing RFCxxx templates should exist in a discussion page, and it may only contain one of each type of RFCxxx template, otherwise RFC bot will get confused.
• All parameters in the template must be completed (section, reason, and time).
• section is the section header of the discussion document section that the RFCxxx template is inserted in, RFC bot uses this information to insert a link in the RFCxxx list that points to the discussion.
• reason is a neutral statement of the reason than an RfC is requested for. RFC bot copies it to the RFCxxx list. It should be repeated after the template.
• time is a standard timestamp as provided by using 5 tilde characters ~~~~~.
• Do Not use any exclamation mark ( ! ) characters in your reason or section, they will confuse RFC bot.