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Your recent bot approvals request has been Approved. Please see the request page for details. SQLQuery me! 12:49, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
- @SQL: Thanks for the time you took to review the request. Cheers. Kadane (talk) 15:02, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
New articles?
editWhy did wikipedia take down the option to create new pages? Now drafting is the only way to go. Harwn733 (talk) 04:25, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Harwn733: - You can still create articles on Wikipedia, but you must first become Auto Confirmed. Usually you become auto-confirmed after you have been on Wikipedia for 4 days and have a total of 10 edits. If you decide to stick around you will be auto confirmed in no time! P.S. I left a welcome message on your talk page to help you get started around Wikipedia. Kadane (talk) 04:29, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
- I need a guide or a tutor for now, then. Harwn733 (talk) 04:47, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
- I need a guide or a tutor for now, then. Harwn733 (talk) 04:47, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
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KadaneBot for peer reviews
editThansks for making this bot! It seems to have stopped working for November and December? ... could I ask (apologies if this is stated somewhere) - do such bots run automatically or do they rely on you activating it? --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:42, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Tom (LT): - Wow, I am sorry I dropped the ball on this. My wikipedia email was not being forwarded to my main email, and I didn't see this message until now.
- I will run the bot now so we can get the notifications out. My cron job was improperly setup, so it didn't go out automatically. I can fix this and continue to run the bot if you would like, or I can pass it off to someone else. Either way, I will have the source code posted on User:KadaneBot today.
- My email is now forwarding to my email I check every day, I will be much more responsive. Let me know what you would like to do. Kadane (talk) 00:59, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
- Great to hear from you!! Very pleased to hear that you're back, and thanks for setting this up and making the source code available :). --Tom (LT) (talk) 09:56, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
- No problem! Thanks for your understanding Kadane (talk) 16:44, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
- Great to hear from you!! Very pleased to hear that you're back, and thanks for setting this up and making the source code available :). --Tom (LT) (talk) 09:56, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
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Toolforge
editHi Kadane, it's been a while since I signed up. Sign up instructions. Says takes a week to get an ID but I remember it being a fast turnaround. Login to here with the new ID (eg. Kadane) and create a tool name (eg. prvbot). Then ssh to login-stretch.tools.wmflabs.org with the login ID - once there enter "become <toolname>". Thus there is the main ssh login ID, and for each tool created via the account web interface a separate "become" login name. Running bots is done on the grid, an array of 40+ servers where jobs are submitted. Following is an example cron job submission for one my bots shorty.awk to get an idea of the argument options:
37 5 * * 0,3,5 /usr/bin/jsub -quiet -once -N shorty.awk -l mem_free=50M,h_vmem=100M -e /data/project/botwikiawk/shorty/shorty.stderr -o /data/project/botwikiawk/shorty/shorty.stdout -v "AWKPATH=.:/data/project/botwikiawk/BotWikiAwk/lib" -v "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/data/project/botwikiawk/BotWikiAwk/bin" -wd /data/project/botwikiawk/shorty /data/project/botwikiawk/shorty/shorty.awk
(BTW you can see it in the directory /data/project/botwikiawk)
More info at Help:Toolforge, Help:Toolforge/Grid and 'man jsub' and 'man qsub'. -- GreenC 22:22, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
- @GreenC: - Awesome! That is easy enough. I got my application submitted. Thanks for the info. Kadane (talk) 04:53, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- @GreenC and Tom (LT): - I got the bot setup on Toolforge. It is set to run every day at 4 AM UTC. Thanks for the help GreenC :) Kadane (talk) 04:15, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
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Content model
editKadane, would you mind if I request that the content model of User:KadaneBot/PR/Jsondump be changed to JSON?
If you don't know what "content model" means, this will:
- Make the page only editable by the bot and administrators
- Make the page render in a (slightly) more human-readable way
See Wikipedia:Geonotice/list.json for an example of what a JSON page looks like.
{{3x|p}}ery (talk) 23:24, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Pppery: - I am not sure how to get the content model changed, but I don't mind at all. Tell me what I need to do. Kadane (talk) 01:33, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
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Change content model to JSON. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 01:34, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
Done — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:01, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
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Bot errors
editHi. A few of the edits that KadaneBot has made do not involve the redirect pointing to a disambiguation page e.g. [1] or [2]. It looks like they used to point to dab pages but now don't. Tassedethe (talk) 22:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- That's interesting Tassedethe, the API is still reporting those pages as disambiguation pages. I've stopped the bot for now, I will look into this tonight. Kadane (talk) 23:06, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
@Tassedethe: I figured out the issue and ran a scan through the edits. It seems like this was an isolated incidence (so far) and you caught all the false positives. I've cleaned everything up.
- WARNING:disambig_redirect:Possible fp in previous version Arch of Trajan (Merida)
- WARNING:disambig_redirect:Possible fp in previous version Bernard of Compostella (Junior or Modernus)
There are a lot of edits to go, so I really appreciate you catching this error!
Kadane (talk) 17:22, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Kadane: relatedly, when do you think you'll have time to tackle 'Case 1' from Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/KadaneBot_3? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:29, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Headbomb: I was planning on filing a BRFA after the end of my semester which is May 3rd. We are about to enter crunch time with finals. Kadane (talk) 21:46, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- Cool. Good luck on your exams! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:53, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks! Kadane (talk) 00:59, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
- Cool. Good luck on your exams! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:53, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Headbomb: I was planning on filing a BRFA after the end of my semester which is May 3rd. We are about to enter crunch time with finals. Kadane (talk) 21:46, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
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editHi, a couple of months ago you answered my request over at Bot requests. If you find time for it you are more than welcome to help.[3]BabbaQ (talk) 07:14, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
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WikiProject Peer Review newsletter
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Hello to all! This is the second Wikipedia Peer Review newsletter, containing some updates relating to peer review since the initial newsletter in August 2018. I intend these as infrequent newsletters that can be used to interact with interested editors and also let people know about relevant changes.
Thanks again to everyone who has been responding and helping out at peer review, it's great to see the venue so active.
I value feedback, and if you think I've missed something, want to include something in the next newsletter, wish to receive these, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talk page, or add / remove your name from the mailing list.
Yours, --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:22, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
What's new?
edit- New closure script
There's a new script you can use to automate the process of closing a review. Now, for most reviews you just need to click a button (hurray!)
Developed by User:WritKeeper, to whom we are all very thankful, there is a script to help automate closing peer reviews. To use the script:
- Copy
importScript('User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/peerReviewCloser.js');into your Special:MyPage/common.js - When you view a review, click on the tab that says "More" and then "Close peer review". The tab can be found near the "History" tab
I've added it to the list of tools here: Wikipedia:Peer_review/Tools#Closure_script
- Volunteers list contacts
Editors can now choose to be contacted periodically by User:KadaneBot with unanswered peer reviews in specific topic areas. If you'd like to be contacted, please visit the volunteers page and update your preferences
- Peer reviews on "Article alerts"
If you're a member of a WikiProject, you may have noticed peer reviews getting included in the article alerts lists, which is sure to enhance our subject-specific visibility.
How can I contribute?
edit- Answer some reviews! A list of unanswered reviews is here: (WP:PRWAITING)
- Add yourself to the volunteers list, and receive regular updates about unanswered reviews here: (WP:PRV)
- Or, if you only want one request a blue moon, Click "watch" on the list of items that somehow missed getting added to the unanswered list (here). Sometimes, these reviews linger for months!!
This has been transcluded to the talk pages of all active WikiProject Peer Review users. To opt-out, leave a message on the talkpage of Tom (LT) or remove your name from the mailing list
The Signpost: 2 August 2020
edit- Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
- COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
- News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
- In the media: Dog days gone bad
- Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
- Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
- Traffic report: Now for something completely different
- News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
- Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil
The Signpost: 30 August 2020
edit- News and notes: The high road and the low road
- In the media: Storytelling large and small
- Featured content: Going for the goal
- Special report: Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
- Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax
- Traffic report: Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics
- News from the WMF: Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
- Recent research: Detecting spam, and pages to protect; non-anonymous editors signal their intelligence with high-quality articles
- Arbitration report: A slow couple of months
- From the archives: Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
The Signpost: 27 September 2020
edit- Special report: Paid editing with political connections
- News and notes: More large-scale errors at a "small" wiki
- In the media: WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
- Featured content: Life finds a Way
- Arbitration report: Clarifications and requests
- Traffic report: Is there no justice?
- Recent research: Wikipedia's flood biases
The Signpost: 27 September 2020
edit- Special report: Paid editing with political connections
- News and notes: More large-scale errors at a "small" wiki
- In the media: WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
- Featured content: Life finds a Way
- Arbitration report: Clarifications and requests
- Traffic report: Is there no justice?
- Recent research: Wikipedia's flood biases
The Signpost: 1 November 2020
edit- News and notes: Ban on IPs on ptwiki, paid editing for Tatarstan, IP masking
- In the media: Murder, politics, religion, health and books
- Book review: Review of Wikipedia @ 20
- Discussion report: Proposal to change board composition, In The News dumps Trump story
- Featured content: The "Green Terror" is neither green nor sufficiently terrifying. Worst Hallowe'en ever.
- Traffic report: Jump back, what's that sound?
- Interview: Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner
- News from the WMF: Meet the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year
- Recent research: OpenSym 2020: Deletions and gender, masses vs. elites, edit filters
- In focus: The many (reported) deaths of Wikipedia
The Signpost: 29 November 2020
edit- News and notes: Jimmy Wales "shouldn't be kicked out before he's ready"
- Op-Ed: Re-righting Wikipedia
- Opinion: How billionaires re-write Wikipedia
- Featured content: Frontonia sp. is thankful for delicious cyanobacteria
- Traffic report: 007 with Borat, the Queen, and an election
- News from Wiki Education: An assignment that changed a life: Kasey Baker
- GLAM plus: West Coast New Zealand's Wikipedian at Large
- Wikicup report: Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup
- Recent research: Wikipedia's Shoah coverage succeeds where libraries fail
- Essay: Writing about women
The Signpost: 28 December 2020
edit- Arbitration report: 2020 election results
- Featured content: Very nearly ringing in the New Year with "Blank Space" – but we got there in time.
- Traffic report: 2020 wraps up
- Recent research: Predicting the next move in Wikipedia discussions
- Essay: Subjective importance
- Gallery: Angels in the architecture
- Humour: 'Twas the Night Before Wikimas
The Signpost: 31 January 2021
edit- News and notes: 1,000,000,000 edits, board elections, virtual Wikimania 2021
- Special report: Wiki reporting on the United States insurrection
- In focus: From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia's First Two Decades
- Technology report: The people who built Wikipedia, technically
- Videos and podcasts: Celebrating 20 years
- News from the WMF: Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world
- Recent research: Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers
- Humour: Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia
- Featured content: New Year, same Featured Content report!
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2020
- Obituary: Flyer22 Frozen
The Signpost: 28 February 2021
edit- News and notes: Maher stepping down
- Disinformation report: A "billionaire battle" on Wikipedia: Sex, lies, and video
- In the media: Corporate influence at OSM, Fox watching the hen house
- News from the WMF: Who tells your story on Wikipedia
- Featured content: A Love of Knowledge, for Valentine's Day
- Traffic report: Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
- Gallery: What is Black history and culture?
The Signpost: 28 March 2021
edit- News and notes: A future with a for-profit subsidiary?
- Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments
- In the media: Wikimedia LLC and disinformation in Japan
- News from the WMF: Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
- Recent research: 10%-30% of Wikipedia’s contributors have subject-matter expertise
- From the archives: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
- Obituary: Yoninah
- From the editor: What else can we say?
- Arbitration report: Open letter to the Board of Trustees
- Traffic report: Wanda, Meghan, Liz, Phil and Zack
Change to peer review volunteer list formatting
editThe formatting of peer review volunteers (WP:PRV) has changed, so this will likely impact the function of your both. At present I think integrating it with WP:FRS is the best course of action as this helps keep things consistent with other areas of wikipedia. I hope that you're well in real life, Tom (LT) (talk) 03:53, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Inactive peer review volunteer
edit Hi Kadane, you're receiving this message because you were previously listed at the list of volunteers for Wikipedia's peer review process, but you haven't made any edits to the English Wikipedia in over 1 year.
Because of your inactivity, you have been removed from the volunteers list, so that the list is kept up to date and editors who do need help can better find active editors. If you become active again and would like to add yourself to the volunteers list again, you can do so at any time by visiting the volunteers list.
Thank you for volunteering to be on the list previously, and all the best on your WikiVoyages! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 18:01, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Bots Newsletter, December 2021
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BRFA activity by month Welcome to the eighth issue of the English Wikipedia's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Maintainers disappeared to parts unknown... bots awakening from the slumber of æons... hundreds of thousands of short descriptions... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots. Our last issue was in August 2019, so there's quite a bit of catching up to do. Due to the vast quantity of things that have happened, the next few issues will only cover a few months at a time. This month, we'll go from September 2019 through the end of the year. I won't bore you with further introductions — instead, I'll bore you with a newsletter about bots. Overall
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In the next issue of Bots Newsletter:
These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the January 2022 Bots Newsletter. Tune in, or miss out! Signing off... jp×g 04:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC) (You can subscribe or unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding or removing your name from this list.) | ||
Bots Newsletter, January 2022
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BRFA activity by month Welcome to the ninth issue of the English Wikipedia's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Vicious bot-on-bot edit warring... superseded tasks... policy proposals... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots. After a long hiatus between August 2019 and December 2021, there's quite a bit of ground to cover. Due to the vastness, I decided in December to split the coverage up into a few installments that covered six months each. Some people thought this was a good idea, since covering an entire year in a single issue would make it unmanageably large. Others thought this was stupid, since they were getting talk page messages about crap from almost three years ago. Ultimately, the question of whether each issue covers six months or a year is only relevant for a couple more of them, and then the problem will be behind us forever. Of course, you can also look on the bright side – we are making progress, and this issue will only be about crap from almost two years ago. Today we will pick up where we left off in December, and go through the first half of 2020. Overall January 2020 Yeah, you're not gonna be able to get away with this anymore.
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Conclusion
These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the February 2022 Bots Newsletter. Tune in, or miss out! Signing off... jp×g 23:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC) (You can subscribe or unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding or removing your name from this list.) | ||
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Inactive bot notice
editHello, this is notice that you have one or more registered bot accounts that will be retired and deactivated. See Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Inactive_bots_-_February_2022. Should you wish to reactivate your bot please reply there within the week. Else, no action is needed. Should you wish to reactivate the bot in the future, please file a request at WP:BRFA. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 10:46, 1 February 2022 (UTC)