User talk:ColumbaBush

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Transliteration modules

Hello and welcome. Why are you making lots of changes to transliteration modules? Particularly changes that have no practical effect in many cases? Theknightwho (talk) 19:04, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

The Assyrian Aramaic Bible

Say, if I may beg your pardon, is this version a full "Bible"? I was under the impression that it is only a "New testament". Thank you. 144.121.24.154 21:55, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

New Testament (translated from the original Koine Greek) and Psalms, here's an online copy: https://www.bible.com/bible/1080/MAT.1.AII. More info about it here: https://www.aramaicbible.org/assyrian.html ColumbaBush (talk) 22:14, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

the same group which sponsored the translation of the new testament and psalms is actively working on the old testament https://www.auaf.us/blog/aramaic-bible-translation-pt-i

im not too familiar with the peshitta bible and to what extent it's available digitally vs paperback in the 3 primary languages that use the syriac alphabet

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suret_language
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turoyo_language
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language (not spoken day-to-day by assyrians, it's a liturgical language, kinda like how latin is used in latin mass)

ColumbaBush (talk) 03:20, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much. There is no translation of the Pentateuch in NENA, then? Perhaps the Peshitta (ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ) might be the closest one can get?

Unauthorized bot

@Fenakhay hi there - hopefully you can consider unblocking me per my explanation below

This blocked user is asking that their block be reviewed:

ColumbaBush (block log • active blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • user creation log • change block settings • unblock)

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Request reason:

i apologize, i didnt know there was a formal process that had to be followed in order to make use of pywikibot

the reason for my edits were this Category_talk:Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic_inflection-table_templates#c-ColumbaBush-20240816105400-Slash_delimited_naming_convention_for_templates

now that i know the rules, i won't run the bot anymore on this account

considering this wasnt me intentionally trying to break the rules would you be able to remove the block so i can make the request on the discussion page of WT:BOT? ColumbaBush (talk) 18:47, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Chuck Entz - I hope you're well

I think our paths may have crossed before, so sorry to pull you into this situation

• I've been a good faith editor to the aii wiktionary and would like to continue to contribute over the coming days/weeks
• My use of the bot was exclusively to rename templates and I had verified the bulk renaming prior to the bot running to ensure there was no unintentional breakage. That said, I didn't realize this was a violation of the rules - going forward I wouldn't use this account to run pywikibot but rather I would like to create a separate account for the bot and work towards building the trust needed to successfully gain approval at Wiktionary:Votes.

Unless the block is lifted I would have a wait a month before I can continue to work towards these two bullets. Given the full picture of the situation, would you be able to consider unblocking me?

Thanks for hearing me out ColumbaBush (talk) 00:13, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

@Erutuon @Benwing2 - sorry to drag you guys into this... but is there any way you can review my situation or recommend how i can best appeal it?

Thanks so much ColumbaBush (talk) 19:22, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I contacted Fenakhay and was waiting to hear from them by they seem busy so I went ahead and unblocked you. Please do create a bot vote. Benwing2 (talk) 19:00, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much, I will go ahead and do that ColumbaBush (talk) 20:24, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

ColumbaBush (talk) 18:47, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Your bot edits

Please mark your bot edits as bot edits. You are flooding everyone’s watchlist. — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 21:15, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

thanks for the heads up

my understanding is once im part of the bot user group then all edits are marked as bot edits - i think i just got added to that so now my subsequent edits should be marked as bot edits

i would like to verify this with a edit from my bot account before proceeding with my bulk edits - how are you able to tell by looking at an individual edit if it's a bot edit or not? ColumbaBush (talk) 22:32, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

hi Fenakhay - im confused, you just "thanked" me for my reply - are you able to clarify for me if my most recent edit from the bot account https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%DC%A9%DC%92%DC%98%DC%AA%DC%90&diff=prev&oldid=81501668 account was a bot edit?

(im asking bc i dont know how to determine that from the UI) ColumbaBush (talk) 23:33, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

@Benwing2 sorry to bother you again, but if you're able to clarify this, it would be super appreciated :) ColumbaBush (talk) 00:31, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it was counted as a minor bot edit, unlike the others. You can filter edits on your watchlist. You shouldn't have started running your bot before being assigned the rights. — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 00:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

sounds good, thanks for the confirmation ColumbaBush (talk) 00:43, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Links to pages marked for deletion

Hello, please fix all mainspace links to pages you move and mark for deletion, e.g. Special:WhatLinksHere/ܡܡܛܪ, after which it can be deleted. Svārtava (tɕ) 10:03, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

thanks for telling me about that tool - all taken care of now ColumbaBush (talk) 17:26, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Also, please include a reason in the deletion template (e.g. "misspelling of [[x]]") and don't blank the page. Thanks! Ultimateria (talk) 01:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

sounds good, ill do this the next time i use Template:d ColumbaBush (talk) 06:33, 18 February 2025 (UTC)