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Bots Newsletter, January 2022
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 superseded tasks...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.
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
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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Wikipedia, mail gets you! --Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:58, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
Request for input on a featured article candidacy
Greetings, I have nominated Lake Estancia for a featured article nomination. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. The instructions for the review process are here. Thanks in advance for any comments. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:57, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
For your work in bringing Hockey Mountain articles to GA+ ...
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The Hockey Barnstar | |
... you are hereby one of the first recipients of the Hockey Barnstar with Crossed Sticks for your mighty efforts! Well done! Ravenswing 04:39, 21 February 2022 (UTC) |
Hello Maxim! I'd just like to let you know that I have received your email and I'll take a look at it when I'm able to. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 17:45, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Yuriy Sedykh
Dear Administrator, Can you revert four recent edits to the above page? I use my phone for Wiki edits and don't see any way to revert these in one go. Does the page also need to be restricted to registered users only? Thank you and regards, Billsmith60 (talk) 10:04, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hello again, I got to a library and reverted those edit-war changes, but the issue of editing by registered users only remains. Regards, Billsmith60 (talk) 12:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- We generally don't protect article from editing by unregistered users (i.e. semi-protect) except in cases of sustained vandalism. For Yuriy Sedykh, the IP edits would be considered too sporadic to merit semi-protection. Maxim(talk) 15:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello again, can you have another look at the above page in view of what looks like a dedicated effort to engage in an edit war when registered users like me are doing our best? Thanks, Billsmith60 (talk) 11:17, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
New administrator activity requirement
The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.
Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work. |
22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Updates to bureaucrat minimum activity requirements
Hello Maxim.
Following a discussion at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard, the minimum activity requirements for bureaucrats have been updated to also include the the recently updated minimum editing requirements for administrators (i.e. at least 100 edits every 5 years). This will be enforced beginning in January 2023. Should you no longer wish to volunteer as a bureaucrat you may request removal at SRP and.or let us know at WP:BN.
Best regards, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:37, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
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Seven years! |
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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:34, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
"Errant mouse click"
You gave me a laugh this morning with your reversion of your reversion. All is good! Cheers, PKT(alk) 15:46, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Technical Barnstar |
I just noticed your edit to WP:BAG. I wanted to thank you for your years of service there. SQLQuery Me! 01:45, 20 May 2022 (UTC) |
- Thank you SQL for the barnstar. I'm not sure I entirely deserve it as I don't think I did that much in 14 years, so moving myself to "former" is probably for the best. :-) Maxim(talk) 15:22, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!
Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 11:17, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!
Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!
"Blocker (ice hockey equipment))" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Blocker (ice hockey equipment)) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 June 2#Blocker (ice hockey equipment)) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 15:39, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up. I agree the redirect is useless (created as a result of a typo during a page move), so I've deleted it myself per WP:CSD#G7. Maxim(talk) 16:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, much appreciated. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 16:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Sockpuppet
Hi, I'm letting you know that a banned user whose edits you reverted on March 14, 2022, is still editing under these IP addresses[1]. - PM800 (talk) 03:10, 6 June 2022 (UTC)