User talk:Alterego

Extension Matrix

I've switched all of the headings to == h2's == to be conforming with the site style. I don't know if you bot update that page, but if you do, it would be awesome if you could make the change from = h1's = to == h2's == in the bot. --Skizzerz 04:14, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

• Not sure what the big deal is but I made the change. --Alterego 18:55, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

How about creating a bot account and requesting a bot flag for it? Why - Special:RecentChanges is often being full with edits from your bot. The bot flag will then hide the edits from the list by default. --Arseny1992 10:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Extension Matrix

Two quick questions for you, if you don't mind:

1. Is there any reason not to move the subpages from your userspace to subpages of Extension matrix?
2. Could we setup a flagged bot account to run this under?

Thanks. ^demon 12:23, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

• Bugs notwithstanding these are both fixed in the bot and will take effect on the next bot run. The user is extension_matrix_bot. --Extension matrix bot 20:36, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Just flagged the account with +bot. Happy editing :) ^demon 21:01, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Extension Matrix feature suggestion

This is a nice resource. Every so often I like to go through the entire list, just to see if there is anything I had never thought to look for. For this, I would like to have a list ordered by date of creation (a permanent, unchanging date). This would make it easier to track what I've reviewed between passes. I would simply record that I had reviewed everything up to 16 March 2010, and then next time I return, would only look at new additions since this date. MaxEnt 16:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• Done. The next time the bot runs the dates will also be in the standard format. --Alterego 20:12, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Personalized watchlist

Hello there. I am toying with the idea of some kind of personalized extension watchlist. I think a lot of people might find this handy. I was thinking, if we created a new template for your bot that users could post on their page with the list they want to watch they could have their own matrix. This would also be very nice because they could receive email alerts when the bot changes their page and thus their extension was updated. Just brainstorming. What do you think?    Thorncrag   21:33, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

• I'm not sure, but if you look at the source code to Extension_Matrix/AllExtensions you will see that it has every field that is defined on every extension page. I would love to see people reformat this - I am only showing a tiny sliver of this data. Using parser functions and templates it might be possible to reformat this page to do a variety of tasks such as the one you are suggesting. I don't really have time for this personally, though. --Alterego 21:53, 7 November 2010 (UTC)