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Bots Newsletter, March 2018

Bots Newsletter, March 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 5th issue of the Bots Newsletter (formerly the BAG Newletter). You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM
BAG
BRFAs

We currently have 6 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing!

Discussions

While there were no large-scale bot-related discussion in the past few months, you can check WP:BOTN and WT:BOTPOL (and their corresponding archives) for smaller issues that came up.

New things
Upcoming

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 03:11, 3 March 2018 (UTC)


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Replaceable fair use File:Tamara de Lempicka.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Tamara de Lempicka.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

  1. Go to the file description page and add the text {{Di-replaceable fair use disputed|<your reason>}} below the original replaceable fair use template, replacing <your reason> with a short explanation of why the file is not replaceable.
  2. On the file discussion page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media item by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by creating new media yourself (for example, by taking your own photograph of the subject).

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:15, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

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DPL acronym

Hello bot operator,

I noticed that the user page of your DPL bot does not state what DPL actually stands for. In the interest of clarity, could you add it? I tried adding it myself, but apparently, that makes some user nervous. Thanks in advance! --IByte (talk) 09:30, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

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Alexender the great got porcessed41.190.244.9 (talk) 23:22, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

<ALEXENDER ;the great got with porcession of unruly tyant behaviour attitude command and self disciplened;He was a warrior commando king ruler leader husband sodomist with several comcubines A "conquera instint as distinct"His histroy together with other greats is archives for many years ;Many his spirit rise from death grave and cemetry>41.190.244.9 (talk) 23:22, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Sleeping Satellite links

Thanks for your notice regarding the disambiguation links for John Hughes and James Fraser. I have since removed these links as appropriate as the names don't relate to any of those on the list with the same name. Jccgclrc (talk) 23:20, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

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Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 6th issue of the Bots Newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM
  • Nothing particular important happened. Those who care already know, those who don't know wouldn't care. The curious can dig ARBCOM archives themselves.
BAG
  • There were no changes in BAG membership since the last Bots Newsletter. Headbomb went from semi-active to active.
  • In the last 3 months, only 3 BAG members have closed requests - help is needed with the backlog.
BOTREQs and BRFAs

As of writing, we have...

Also

Discussions

These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last Bots Newsletter. Many are stale, but some are still active.

New things

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 15:04, 18 August 2018 (UTC)


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MORONS!

You DELETE and remove articles of devices created outside the USA so you can rewrite history. One of the purposes of Wikipedia is to allow the truth to survive, regardless of what a monster may like. I come from "Bootloader" and a fundamental error is that nobody dares to write how it works: very simple all programmes start at program counter P pointing to a location more then 0 and takes the nest, address 1 and so on. Boot is to direct the PC to where the code is, or where it is to be loaded from. Well, we booted a lot of big computers outside the US in 1980, and none of them are used as example. NADA. So: why mention marginal unknown companies like DG and DEC, and not a thing about the giants at the time? - makes me really wonder

Then I came here because you have delete all references to the FreePad again. As if I do not have the right to the photo and cannot donate it to Wikipedia. I claimed all rights to the name "FreePad" and been awarded these, both Norway and the UK and the US. I don´t know who owns SCreenMedia, but they lost the name in bankruptcy court. I registered it in the UK.

A simple question: Do we have to make an alternative Wikipedia? We cannot upload every time those "bots" remove things, and there is no simple way to save and protect content from being wrecked by the way things are done now.

Update the procedures and the bots and notify me - I am not visiting Wikipedia to check, I will come down on you very randomly, but you have been warned and you can get it touch me me by a simple email.

Get on with reseting what you have deleted and inform the world. In the meantime, I will consider making an alternative to this. KHF 16:40, 6 September 2018 (UTC) This is original material written enraged. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khflottorp (talkcontribs)

Thank you - AliPay wiki page

Dear JaGa, thanks to your bot I've fixed the wrong link to the Zelle (payment service) in the AliPay wiki page. Nicola Caione (talk) 12:03, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
glorything glorything 09:28, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
glorything glorything 09:29, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

hai, my id address is WilliamsS.wu. i create a article that name is GEET Engine. you say that the article have a lot of mistake. i rewrite again, but the common still say that have unrealiable source. i fund all of the information from six website or article. why the reviewer still say this article is a unrealiable resourece. can you help me to check this one. because this is my final assiangment. thank you!

The Signpost: 28 October 2018

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, JaGa. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguation links elsewhere

Hi JaGa, I see here that you created a bot for disambiguation links. I think it is working very well, since it helps repairing the links and people are made aware that these links should not remain there. I am curious if you would like to operate it on nl.wikipedia as well? And what would we need to prepare, in case you'd like to help us there as well? Ymnes (talk) 09:26, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Since I posted my question here last week, you haven't replied yet. I don't know if this means that you're not interested in helping us to set it up or even helping at all. Or maybe you have forgotten to reply? At least I set up a poll on Dutch Wikipedia to ask if others feel the need of introducing the message systems of disambiguation links. Including myself, the score is 20 times yes and 2 times no. So the Dutch community is quite overwhelmingly positive in introducing it. See here (ja=yes, nee=no). I hope that you will at least reply. If you don't feel to work on it, but do want to help in another way, reply so too. :-) Ymnes (talk) 15:36, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

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Filet-O-Fish for you!

˜”*°•.˜”*°• djdj5050 •°*”˜.•°*”˜ 18:55, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello JaGa, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019.
Happy editing,

Meatsgains(talk) 01:47, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

The Signpost: 24 December 2018

The Signpost: 31 January 2019

Potential issue with Dablink

Hi. Not sure if anyone else is having difficulty with this, but for the past few days, when I click the link I continue to get the message, "User s51290 already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections". Any idea what could be the problem? Onel5969 TT me 11:56, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

@Onel5969: See WT:DPL#Technical difficulties...please stand by. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 15:08, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
That explains it, thanks R'n'B Onel5969 TT me 15:19, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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ArbCom 2019 special circular

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Administrators must secure their accounts

The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.

View additional information

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:37, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Congrats

Congrats on your graduation and on starting med school! Best of luck! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 17:22, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Russ. I hope things are going well with DPL. --JaGatalk 18:16, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Bot is editing while not logged in

Hi, great bot, thank you very much to all who worked on it! I accidentally linked to a disambiguation page, the bot did a good fix, and the message it sent allowed me to further refine the link.

Right now it is not logged in, it edits as 2601:541:4500:1760:A508:B7C:1EE8:A293 but still sends out messages. I think that's a bit confusing to some, see the "Welcome" on the 2601:541:4500:1760:A508:B7C:1EE8:A293 Talk page.

-- Peter NYC (talk) 17:41, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Peter NYC: Although those logged-out edits are indeed concerning, they don't appear to be from JaGa's bot. They don't have the same edit summaries nor are they the type of edits this bot typically makes. (Edit: In fact, looking more closely at the edits, it's not at all clear that they were from a bot at all.) --R'n'B (call me Russ) 20:24, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) @R'n'B: Well, 2601:541:4500:1760:A508:B7C:1EE8:A293 fixed a disambiguation in a cite here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_H._Taylor&diff=898572731&oldid=898495779&diffmode=source and then I got an email saying "DPL bot‬ left a message on your talk page in "‪Disambiguation link notification for May 24‬". Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Charles H. Taylor, you added a link pointing t..." and there was a message on my talk page.

-- Peter NYC (talk) 20:48, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Um, yes, both of those things happened. That doesn't mean they're connected. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 14:30, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) @R'n'B: I don't want to be difficult, I'm still learning and want to learn more about bots, but how can these two things happen and not be connected? -- Peter NYC (talk) 20:32, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Let's look at the timeline --
So the anon user's edit was three and a half hours after the bot made its daily run.
In any case, DPL bot only does a few specific functions, which are listed on its user page, and those don't include fixing links to disambiguation pages in articles (which can only be done by human editors except in special cases). If you look at DPL bot's contributions in the main namespace, you'll see that (1) the edit summary always begins with the prefix "Robot:", and (2) the only edits in this namespace are to add or remove the {{dablinks}} or {{incoming links}} templates. The anon user's contributions don't match up with either of these criteria. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 15:04, 26 May 2019 (UTC)


(talk page watcher) @R'n'B: I really appreciate that you took the time to explain all this, thank you very much! -- Peter NYC (talk) 00:16, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 May 2019

The June 2019 Signpost is out!

Hatnote Disambig

Use of a Disambig link in a Hatnote may be valid.

Consider <blockquote style="color: green">''For other uses, see [[Malvern]].''</blockquote> as an example.

Should I just ignore the automated message, or is there something else for me to do? A fix is not in order in this circumstance.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 11:55, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2019

Bots Newsletter, August 2019

Bots Newsletter, August 2019

Greetings!

Here is the 7th issue of the Bots Newsletter, a lot happened since last year's newsletter! You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM
  • Nothing of note happened. Just like we like it.
BAG

BAG members are expected to be active on Wikipedia to have their finger on the pulse of the community. After two years without any bot-related activity (such as posting on bot-related pages, posting on a bot's talk page, or operating a bot), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice. Retired members can re-apply for BAG membership as normal if they wish to rejoin the BAG.

We thank former members for their service and wish Madman a happy retirement. We note that Madman and BU Rob13 were not inactive and could resume their BAG positions if they so wished, should their retirements happens to be temporary.

BOTDICT

Two new entries feature in the bots dictionary

BOTPOL
  • Activity requirements: BAG members now have an activity requirement. The requirements are very light, one only needs to be involved in a bot-related area at some point within the last two years. For purpose of meeting these requirements, discussing a bot-related matter anywhere on Wikipedia counts, as does operating a bot (RFC).
  • Copyvio flag: Bot accounts may be additionally marked by a bureaucrat upon BAG request as being in the "copyviobot" user group on Wikipedia. This flag allows using the API to add metadata to edits for use in the New pages feed (discussion). There is currently 1 bot using this functionality.
  • Mass creation: The restriction on mass-creation (semi-automated or automated) was extended from articles, to all content-pages. There are subtleties, but content here broadly means whatever a reader could land on when browsing the mainspace in normal circumstances (e.g. Mainspace, Books, most Categories, Portals, ...). There is also a warning that WP:MEATBOT still applies in other areas (e.g. Redirects, Wikipedia namespace, Help, maintenance categories, ...) not explicitely covered by WP:MASSCREATION.
BOTREQs and BRFAs

As of writing, we have...

  • 20 active BOTREQs, please help if you can!
  • 14 open BRFAs and 1 BRFA in need of BAG attention (see live status).
  • In 2018, 96 bot task were approved. An AWB search shows approximately 29 were withdrawn/expired, and 6 were denied.
  • Since the start of 2019, 97 bot task were approved. Logs show 15 were withdrawn/expired, and 15 were denied.
  • 10 inactive bots have been deflagged (see discussion). 5 other bots have been deflagged per operator requests or similar (see discussion).
New things
Other discussions

These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last Bots Newsletter. Many are stale, but some are still active.

See also the latest discussions at the bot noticeboard.

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 17:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)


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A tag has been placed on RJ45 (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an orphaned disambiguation page which either

  • disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic);
  • disambiguates zero extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title; or
  • is a redirect with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" that does not target a disambiguation page or page that has a disambiguation-like function.

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Pkbwcgs (talk) 22:04, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

I have since corrected that, thank you for pointing it out to me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truckonout (talkcontribs) 05:41, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for the notification

Thank you for your bot's notification concerning my link to a disambiguation page from my edit at the end of section Action at a distance#Quantum mechanics. This was done accidentally (I did several edits without publishing then published the wrong edit) and I have just fixed it.

I have always disliked bots for deleting photos that were probably in the public domain, and for giving incorrect notifications, but I see that bots can be very useful, too. Thanks for your bot.

There is also need for a bot that will detect WP errors (example: an error message in red that appears when a Named Reference uses an undefined name) and report them to editors who sign up to correct such errors. David Spector (talk) 14:18, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 December 2019

Disambiguation Links report

Hi. The disambiguation links report at [1] seems to be broken and is giving error 503 today. Can you please explain this problem. Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 22:17, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

@Pkbwcgs: The tool has not been serviced for a few days now, along with Disambiguation pages with links, Templates with disambiguation links, etc. We miss them and would be grateful if they could be restarted. Certes (talk) 10:41, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Please see User_talk:DPL_bot#Disambiguation_pages_with_links. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 13:37, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Links?

Your bot claimed that I put a Link into the SLIDERS article, and I did no such thing. At best I removed a link that didn't link to anywhere about some kind of rumor, and rumor does not belong in Wikipedia. Wikipedia should be a place for fact, and the fact is that I did not put any link anywhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxcardun (talkcontribs) 17:42, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

You know I remember taking off the information about that so called "video game" and I know I took the information out about the 2020 Australian Filming/Release, but not much else in there. Strange. But I don't remember putting In a Link on that page.

Are you showing me Several of my edits at once or just one edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxcardun (talkcontribs) 19:38, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 January 2020

Added the link to a disambiguation page on purpose--thought it would be helpful to interested researchers on a broad topic

Since Wikipedia disapproves of this practice, I have removed this link to a disambiguation page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yorick1952 (talkcontribs) 14:19, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 March 2020

Hunter Brook link to Brook page

Your bot detected that I edited Hunter Brook to link to the Brook disambiguation page, which is correct. However, the first line in the Brook age is a definition of the term "brook", which is exactly what the Hunter Brook page needed. There is no error. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 01:27, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

What a wonderful bot

Huge THANK YOU for catching my oversight on the Eero Järnefelt page, yesterday. What a helpful, creative and quick-acting way to make Wikipedia accurate and useful. Nice work writing it, and putting it out there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johannes der Taucher (talkcontribs) 11:48, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

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disambiguation

Hello! I'm going to erase the links you named for disambiguation in the page Fernando Bravo James. Thank you for your attention Isadora 10:53, 28 April 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nadezhda Bravo Cladera (talkcontribs)

Disambiguation link notification for May 6

Iphigenia in Aulis Fixed. Specific link now specified. Darylprasad (talk) 00:43, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

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DPL Bot

Hello JaGa. Links to Dabsolver and Dablinks in messages such as this one no longer work. I can't find the current location of the Dabsolver tool.Diannaa (talk) 14:55, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

See User talk:Dispenser#Dabsolver and other tools for where to find the tools.— Diannaa (talk) 15:50, 2 July 2020 (UTC)