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Requests: Please list any requests for reports below in a new section. Be as specific as possible, including how often you would like the report run.
Request: Articles that link to IP addresses
It has come to my attention that quite a few articles link directly to IP addresses. I think this is bad practice and a possible security risk for readers. I know not all of these are bad, but I think they need some attention and closer monitoring. I’m not sure if this is the best place for this, but could we get a database report or tracking category for this? --awkwafaba (📥) 15:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hi awkwafaba. That's an interesting query. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a layer on top of IPv4 addresses so that users don't have to remember a specific series of numbers and instead can type in, for example, "wikipedia.org" when navigating the Web. As far as I know, there's no additional security risk for readers to click on hyperlinks that reference IPv4 addresses such as <http://216.58.195.78> over domain names such as <http://google.com>. What attention do you think is needed here? --MZMcBride (talk) 18:35, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
- @MZMcBride: i think you misunderstand the risk. It’s not that sites with IP addresses are bad, it’s that you cannot tell whee they really are. Like if i click on a link to google.com, i know where that is going. If the link says “216.58.195.78” it could be pornhub or worse for all I know. The link is very hard to verify without clicking, and there is no reason why an IP address URL is preferable over a domain name. If we do not patrol these links, they could all be link farms for all we know. I have tons of scripts loaded on Wikipedia that show me which links are reliable sources and so on, but I doubt any check the IP addresses of the domain names. --awkwafaba (📥) 00:03, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Changing config?
Should Wikipedia:Database reports/Blank single-author pages exclude namespaces 2,3,118,119? Also it appears there is an extra colon being added to category pages so they are unclickable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.134.118.236 (talk) 06:52, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
- Not done: These are bot run pages so any errors should probably be discussed on the appropriate bot's talk page. Pabsoluterince (talk) 17:03, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
- I replied here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BernsteinBot&diff=1070373196&oldid=1070372577>. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:43, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Request: Articles that use a module or template /sandbox
When developing modules and templates, a probable mistake is to use a .../sandbox
page in mainspace. For example, when doing complicated (compounded, stacked, nested) templates. I propose to run a DBreport for this. Frequency can be once/month (or even slower like once/3months, depending on actual number of pages listed). -DePiep (talk) 04:36, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
- Or make it a one-off run for starters, then see usefullness for updates? -DePiep (talk) 04:50, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
- @DePiep: I've been wondering about an edit filter, which would actually catch this at the point the mistake is made. Something along the lines of a warning if a template or module, with any sort of protection, has the text "/sandbox" added, when "/sandbox" or "/testcase" is not in the title. As almost all templates with substantial use are now semi-protected, this would prevent the bulk of issues. User:GKFXtalk 12:05, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Pages contains too many maintenance templates
Hi. Wikipedia:Database reports/Pages contains too many maintenance templates doesn't seem to be updating, although it is listed as refreshing weekly? Jdcooper (talk) 15:40, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Jdcooper. It looks like Cewbot is updating this report once again. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:41, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Shortest biographies of living people
Wikipedia:Database reports/Shortest biographies of living people is updating daily, but appears to be broken. Articles that have changed length are still appearing as their previous byte size and the body of the report does not appear to be changing. Michaelwallace22 (talk) 17:12, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
- See this VPT thread. This is expected to be a problem for another day or two. Many database reports will show out-of-date information until the database catches up. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:27, 11 June 2022 (UTC)