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PageSwap not creating redirect for talk archives

Hi Ahecht, I've been using PageSwap for some time now, and have seen others use it too. But there is an issue which needs to be fixed. Let's say, we move Foo → Bar with PageSwap. The current condition is that Talk:Foo/Archive 1 exists, Talk:Bar/Archive 1 does not. It will move:

  1. Talk:Bar → Draft talk:Move/Bar [Talk:Bar/Archive 1 does not exist]
  2. Talk:Foo → Talk:Bar & Talk:Foo/Archive 1 → Talk:Bar/Archive 1
  3. Draft talk:Move/Bar → Talk:Foo
  4. Retarget a redirect from Talk:Foo if needed.

Here, in the whole process, Talk:Foo/Archive 1 gets deleted without any redirect to the new archive, causing several backlinks to get broken. Some incoming redirects also get G8ed. In other words, most of the times creating a redirect at archives is desirable, not always though. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 10:57, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

@CX Zoom I think that's a case where manual post-move cleanup is needed. Creating redirects to sub-pages is listed as out-of-scope on the PageSwap description page, as it would require a significant amount of additional code to enumerate the subpages and track them through the move. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:40, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Is it not easily possible to check if a target subpage exists, if there is, PageSwap as usual, otherwise simple move. If that's too much of a code, a pop-up message with list of subpages needing intervention after PageSwap is done should be helpful. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 18:43, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
@CX Zoom Try out the sandbox version of PageSwap (User:Ahecht/sandbox/Scripts/pageswap.js). I did some quick tests and it seems to work, but it probably needs some more testing with various edge cases before a wider rollout. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:47, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Sure I'll also try them out. Thanks a lot for working on it. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 20:56, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
"The following subpages are moved, and may need redirects:". Do you think it would be more proper if it said "...and may need new redirects or updating existing ones:" or is that too long? Basically, when an Archive with an existing redirect to Foo is page swapped with article Foo, it creates a self-redirect. Everything else appears perfect. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 21:25, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
@CX Zoom I changed the language to "new or updated redirects". I haven't had the time to be active on WP:RM recently, but I'll run with it for a few days and then copy it over if I don't find any other bugs. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:02, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
Sure. Thank you very much for your efforts! —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 19:03, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for merger of Template:M2

Template:M2 has been nominated for merging with Template:Module link. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. User:GKFXtalk 22:24, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Unnecessary original research templates

Hello. I noticed that you've added {original research} templates to dozens of articles about elections and politicians, generally in the context of sentences like "This remains the last time that a Republican has won a U.S. Senate election in New Mexico" or "He is the last Democrat to serve as governor of Nebraska", etc. I thought I should remind you that WP:CALC allows for these sorts of claims, because they can be easily "calculated" from the election results already sourced. As such, the "original research" footnotes aren't necessary and really only serve to muddy the waters, so I would appreciate it if you could stop adding them. Many thanks, Cpotisch (talk) 07:36, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

User:Ahecht/Scripts/draft-sorter.json, entry for Nigeria/Lagos

Hi, please remove the Nigeria/Lagos entry from User:Ahecht/Scripts/draft-sorter.json - the WikiProject banner was deleted more than five months ago (see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 May 16#Template:WikiProject Nigeria/Lagos), and the history of Wikipedia:Database reports/Broken WikiProject templates shows that people are still adding the template to talk pages. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:38, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

User:Ahecht/Scripts/draft-sorter.json isn't used anywhere. The old version of my draft-sorter script stored a cache in the userspace of the user running the script, but it switched over to using a centralized version a year ago (currently Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/WikiProject templates.json). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:26, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:45, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Plot section is for Plot. Cast section is for Cast

Please do not add Cast to the Plot section of film articles.[1] -- 109.79.75.242 (talk) 14:58, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

"Parisoma (genus)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Happy holidays!

Hello Ahecht: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, TheSandDoctor Talk 18:18, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

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Random article: bug report

Hello. You're probably already aware of that but the tool 'Random in category' does not provide the correct link if the article title ends with a question mark. For example, in sl:Kategorija:Članki o albumih, v katerih naslovnici manjka alternativno besedilo it provided the article sl:Še pomnite Kuzle, tovariši, but the correct title would be sl:Še pomnite Kuzle, tovariši?. I suggest this is documented at README. --TadejM my talk 17:56, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

@TadejM I wasn't aware of that, but it should be fixed now. Pages with question marks (or other special characters) in their titles should now redirect correctly. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:41, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick improvement! --TadejM my talk 22:43, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

POTD helper not working in Vector 2022

Hi Ahecht

I hope you're well. Just a quick note that the script that you wrote at User:Ahecht/Scripts/potd-helper doesn't seem to be working in the new Vector 2022 skin. The browser console seems to log the same messages as in the old skin, and no errors reported, but the usual fields and buttons for the POTD helper don't appear. If you have a spare moment, would you be able to have a look at it? Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 15:13, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

@Amakuru Thanks for the heads up. It should be working again now. You may have to do a WP:REFRESH before it will work. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 16:33, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Thanks! That works great.  — Amakuru (talk) 16:51, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
@Amakuru Saw your mention about the script using tall=yes. This is triggered whenever the width you specified would make the image taller than 300px, which is the height of the {{tall image}} template. I bumped up the threshold to 350px to give a little wiggle room, and I'll look into coding in a warning if you specify an image width that would trigger the tall image option. --Ahecht (TALK
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@Amakuru New version is released. You'll now get a warning if your image size is too large. --Ahecht (TALK
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A barnstar for you!

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For your technical prowess in template syntax, helping me find solutions to problems in a fraction of the time it would have taken me to do it myself - sometimes even BEFORE I ASK FOR THE HELP SERIOUSLY YOU'RE AMAZING fuzzy510 (talk) 02:30, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Archean.png

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Thanks, I was going to G2/G7 it myself but forgot. --Ahecht (TALK
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Renaming an article.

Hi, How are you,

I want you to rename a page to its old name (i tried but gone in vain), I request you to help me By doing this, please please please,

Page name: Darra, Khyber pakhtunkhwa

old name(to change to):Darra, Swabi Ahmadkhanpk1 (talk) 02:49, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

@Ahmadkhanpk1 Sorry, I'm not comfortable enough with our standards on naming articles on places in Pakistan. Please submit this to WP:RM/TR. Thanks. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:23, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

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need my page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.157.184.132 (talk) 07:06, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

@197.157.184.132: Please see Help:Your first article. However, note that Wikipedia only accepts articles about subjects that are notable (that is, there are lots of reliable third-party sources talking about it), and does not accept articles that only serve to promote a company or product. --Ahecht (TALK
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Review My Article

Hi, Dear Ahecht sir, please review my article Chandan Madan Hiyicam (talk) 13:11, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Hiyicam, and welcome to Wikipedia! While efforts to improve Wikipedia are always welcome, unfortunately your contributions are not written in an English that is good enough to be useful. You appear to be more familiar with Hindi; did you know there is a Wikipedia in Hindi? You may prefer to contribute there instead. In any case, welcome to the project, and thank you for your efforts! --Ahecht (TALK
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नमस्कार, Hiyicam, और विकिपीडिया पर आपका स्वागत है। हमेशा से ही विकिपीडिया पर सुधार हेतु किए जा रहे प्रयासों का हम स्वागत करते रहे हैं, मेरी राय में, यदि दुर्भाग्य से, आपका योगदान अंग्रेजी में नहीं है फिर भी कोई बात नहीं वह हम सभी के लिए काफी अच्छा और उपयोगी साबित हो सकता है। क्या आपको मालूम है कि यहाँ एक Hindi Wikipedia है? जहां आप हिंदी भाषा में अपनी चिर परिचित अभिव्यक्ति के साथ शामिल हो सकते हैं, यहाँ के बजाय आप वहां योगदान करना पसंद कर सकते हैं। किसी भी मामले में, हम आपका इस परियोजना में स्वागत करते हैं और आपके प्रयासों के लिए धन्यवाद ज्ञापित करते हैं। --Ahecht (TALK
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thanks sir but please review my article my article are not reviewed So not viral and not created Google knowledge panel

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandan_Madan_(Indian_actor) Hiyicam (talk) 17:54, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Hiyicam, Wikipedia should not be used for advertising or promotion. If Chandan Madan is notable enough, his article will be reviewed eventually. However, as it is currently written, it does not meet Wikipedia's standards. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:58, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks! --Ahecht (TALK
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Thanks! --Ahecht (TALK
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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

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IRC Redirect

Hi Ahecht, I don't know if you're already aware or not, but it looks like https://ircredirect.toolforge.org/ isn't responding to requests at the moment. Please can you give it a nudge when you get chance? Thanks! stwalkerster (talk) 12:32, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

@Stwalkerster I wasn't aware of that, thanks! A few of my other tools hosted on toolforge were having issues as well, but a quick reboot of the webservice seems to have fixed things. --Ahecht (TALK
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Scripts/refresh.js feature request

Hi, I recently started using the User:Ahecht/Scripts/refresh.js script, and it has been extremely helpful for me when I change categories within templates, or disambiguate links on templates, so that WhatLinksHere gets immediately up-to-date instead of lagging behind, allowing me to easily complete my work. I have a feature request: When a mass-null-edit begins there is no way to predict how long it may take. Is it possible to add the number of transclusions/links/cat-members that will be affected in the first pop-up message, so that there is a rough idea of how much time I'd have to wait? Something like "This template has 56 transclusions" and then beginning to null edit one by one. Thanks! —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 05:41, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

@CX Zoom I'd been meaning to rewrite that script anyway to better handle the rate limiting, so while I was at it I threw in a change to the popup messages to make them also show the total number of pages. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:55, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
 Thank you very much! —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 07:28, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

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@Seraphimblade I think the issue of whether describing or redrawing a comic strip makes it replaceable was settled at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2009_September_1#File:Internet_dog.jpg, or if not settled, at least made murky enough that discussion would be required before deletion. --Ahecht (TALK
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In this case, it's not replaceable for that reason. (That would apply in the article about xkcd itself.) Rather, in this case, it is replaceable by text just stating that an xkcd was made about the dicussion, as that conveys such a point just fine to the reader without needing to show any nonfree material. The article is about the discussion, not the cartoon, so it is not particularly important that the reader know exactly what the cartoon looked like, just that it exists and what its subject was. If a reader wants to know what xkcd looks like in general, they can certainly find that out at the xkcd article, but that doesn't need to be demonstrated everywhere an xkcd comic is mentioned. Seraphimblade Talk to me 14:50, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
Oh, and note one very, very critical distinction between these two cases: In the "Internet dog" case you cite above, the article is about the image itself. That very much strengthens the case for the inclusion of nonfree content if need be. In this case, though, the article is about the discussion, not the cartoon. If we had an article about this particular cartoon, then of course including the cartoon could likely be justified—but that's not the article's subject, it's just something mentioned in an article about a related subject. Seraphimblade Talk to me 14:54, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:XKCD StAr TrEk InTo DaRkNeSs.png

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@Legoktm The deletion discussion (which I participated in) was for the entire comic strip. The file that I uploaded was just for a small portion of it, which therefore fell under WP:NFCCP #3, as was not "substantially identical" --Ahecht (TALK
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You're right, I screwed up in CSD tagging by not actually checking the file, my apologies. Glad to see it's been undeleted. Legoktm (talk) 07:44, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Disney Princess Editnotice

Hello. I just wanted to suggest a small change to the template: the "UNTIL" part be replaced by "UNLESS". Since in the other way it seems that it is something that will end up happening at some point with the characters mentioned as an example. BrookTheHumming (talk) 23:57, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

@BrookTheHumming  Done --Ahecht (TALK
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User:Ahecht/Scripts/pageswap

Hi, would it be possible to make the three moves in ns0. In itwiki we do that. --GryffindorD (talk) 07:57, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

@GryffindorD Yes, just modify the prefix: "Draft:Move/", line in User:Ahecht/sandbox/Scripts/pageswap-core.js --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:13, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you! :D GryffindorD (talk) 17:26, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

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pageswap

Hi Ahecht, hope you're doing well. Thanks for making pageswap; it works fantastic! I'd like to suggest the feature of adding the {{R from move}} rcat to swapped redirects; I find myself doing this after every swap and it'd be great if it could be automated. Thanks so much! — Frostly (talk) 21:47, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

@Frostly I think that's a bit out of scope, since I'd have to search the existing redirect for that template (and it's aliases) or do another API pull to search for the category, I'd have to look for other RCats or the RCat shell so I know where to put it, and in most cases the redirect is already tagged with it's original category. The script already adds the RCat when it creates a new template, but I think adding it to existing redirects adds too much complexity at this point (just look at how involved the code is for User:Wugapodes/Capricorn). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 02:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Additional feature suggestion for pageswap script

Hi Ahecht! First and foremost, I wanted to thank you for your pageswap script. It's an incredibly smooth and user-friendly way to perform round-robin page moves.

There is one feature that I think would make it even better. In the current form of the script, when a swap is completed successfully, a button pops up linking to the user's contributions page, to assist in post-move cleanup. Would it be possible to also include links to the Special:WhatLinksHere results for the two swapped pages? I saw in the script documentation that automating the checks of the Template and File namespaces is out of scope, but I think providing direct links to WhatLinksHere would be a good compromise that'd make it easier to check those areas manually. Let me know your thoughts! :) ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 15:45, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

@ModernDayTrilobite I threw together a quick hack that ads (links) to the status message that will take you to WhatLinksHere. --Ahecht (TALK
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Thank you! Looking forward to using it. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 04:56, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

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Draft: Teija Niku

Your reason for rejecting the article submission

The comment the reviewer left was: This draft has been resubmitted several times without any changes. Since the submitter has shown no willingness or ability to address the issues, I am rejecting the draft as a decline would be counterproductive at this point. --Ahecht

is meaningless. I simply rejected over and over unsubstantiated disqualifications of the article content. On the article talk-page I put several explanations why I did it and never got a serious response to it. So avoid nonsense like "the submitter has shown ..." Bocin kolega (talk) 11:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Suggestion: e-brake on pageswap if there's a previous move <X minutes/hours ago

This seldom happens, but occasionally pagemovers would inadvertently, unknowingly, race each other in swapping the same page while processing the RM/TR queue. My most recent encounter was with Our Extended Play where @Doomsdayer520 and I were swapping the same page within second of each other. I wonder if it is possible to have the script to check for prior recent moves, for pagemovers to either be warned or check again if the prior move was of a pageswap of similar nature. – robertsky (talk) 05:02, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

This has indeed happened to me a few times. As for the recent mishap that Robertsky described above, I noticed in the page histories that he and I were both working on it at the same time, with the page titles swapping back and forth in quite the bizarre fashion. I sent him a quick message at his Talk page, volunteering to step back and allowing him to finish the operation. We worked it out with no problem, but I can imagine other cases in which this would lead to a huge mess of incorrect page titles, which is exactly what we're trying to fix in the first place. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:44, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
@Doomsdayer520 and Robertsky, I'll play around in the sandbox to see how I can implement this without adding too much overhead (as you said, it's a pretty rare event). I'll probably just add a warning message if the source page has been moved within a certain time period (the API only lets you pull the move log for 1 page at a time, and I'd rather not add an extra API call). Any suggestions on how far back I should look? 1 day? 1 hour? 5 minutes? --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 00:01, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
thanks. given the RM/TR queue is worked on multiple times a day the request being cleared out almost immediately, an hour is more than sufficient. – robertsky (talk) 05:39, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
That's what I already implemented in the Sandbox version. Feel free to try it out, and I'll probably copy it over to the main script in a week or so. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:40, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 Done (but forgot to update this thread). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:05, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you!

A sincere thank you on your edits for the Agnes page. it's very much appreciated. 2607:FEA8:E1:3A00:3916:999B:D01B:B610 (talk) 19:40, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Module:Tlx

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