SFF community cleanup room

Mithrandir

09:51

Please post low quality posts such as NAAs here, along with comments to be flagged, and I'll see if we can get Smokey in here.

Gallifreyan

in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, 16 secs ago, by Gallifreyan

Spaaaaaaaaaaam

SQB

Rename to The Trash Compacter?

Relevant quote:

> "What a wonderful new smell you've discovered!"

Gallifreyan

Star Wars incoming...

SQB

(from memory)

J F

10:06

PR to enable Smokey here: github.com/Charcoal-SE/SmokeDetector/pull/783

Edlothiad

@JF What does this combination of words mean?

J F

@Edlothiad When that gets merged, Smokey will start ~~interrupting~~ reporting here.

Edlothiad

Oh ok

Gallifreyan

@JF Looks like it's merged now.

J F

No, still open. I don’t know if anyone with GitHub access is online at the moment, so it might be a while.

Edlothiad

10:15

Do we have to merge it or one of the owners?

Gallifreyan

@JF Ah, it were just the passed checks - GitHub noob here :D

Edlothiad

Before smokeman comes, can we learn how to use it?

Gallifreyan

And now it's merged.

Edlothiad

*Houston, we have liftoff*

Mithrandir

@JF would!!/pull do it?

Edlothiad

10:23

!!/pull

J F

Should be reporting now. Smokey can’t take commands here — I think that takes more setup.

Mithrandir

@Edlothiad I don't think you have Smokey access, but I do have privs and code privs...

J F

@Mithrandir No, it needs to be merged on GitHub. !!/pull just pulls the latest changes off of the deploy branch.

Mithrandir

For anyone who is wondering what on Mars this SmokeDetector stuff is, please visit Charcoal-SE.org and the Charcoal HQ chat room.

Edlothiad

ooh, look at mithrandir's fancy tools

J F

10:27

As a reference, Smokey reports look like this:

in Charcoal HQ, 35 mins ago, by SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in answer: Who invented the "talking Patronus" spell used by the Order in the second Wizarding War? by Patricia Owen on scifi.SE (@Mithrandir)

Edlothiad

@JF What does the @Mithrandir at the end mean?

J F

@Edlothiad You can sign up to be pinged every time a report gets posted for a specific site.

Here’s a list of chatrooms Smokey uses.

Edlothiad

Well that was update quickly...

3 hours later…

Edlothiad

13:18

SPAM SPAM SPAM

Mithrandir

@Edlothiad if you have spam, please head to charcoal HQ and give them the link

Edlothiad

Well it's ded.

but why?

Mithrandir

@Edlothiad so that it's in the database and can be used for detecting more

3 hours later…

SmokeDetector

16:08

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer, email in answer: What are the key books regarding Marvel's Illuminati? by Marian Afoilabi on scifi.SE

Mithrandir

17:07

@SQB unfortunately, if we do that people will probably think it's a trash room and move messages here.

1 hour later…

SQB

18:21

@Mithrandir probably, yeah.

Something Judge Dredd-y, perhaps?

@Mithrandir might want to pin that.

Edlothiad

19:20

No I've got a Trash Compactor ideea

Compacter 326-3827

J F

19:57

Spam Compactor?

Gallifreyan

Spam Compactor 59281

(for the room number)

Edlothiad

20:21

Grim, keep it original

Mithrandir

*puts it up for vote*

Edlothiad

No, stop being scared mithrandir

Mithrandir

I'm not scared, just exhausted. i just spent two hours Googling.

Edlothiad

20:49

For what?

Mithrandir

A: Origins of quote: "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

This looks like a spoof of the quote from The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. It comes from The Fellowship of the Ring: 'But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle an...

And

A: Identify a story about murders of homeless people

Stone Cold, by Robert Swindells? Stone Cold is a realistic young-adult novel by Robert Swindells, published by Heinemann in 1993. Set on the streets of London, the first-person narrative switches between Link, a newly homeless sixteen-year-old adjusting to his situation, and Shelter, an ex-...

Gallifreyan

@Mithrandir Oh holy crap that question is so detailed the downvoter has to lose 100 rep.

Mithrandir

@Gallifreyan it was quite easy to Google, actually, so you might downvote for no research...

The other one I spent way too much time on and didn't find what I was looking for.

Gallifreyan

21:10

Good job with it :)

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