User talk:Legoktm/May 2014

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Legobot

I think Legobot may need a kick... It hasn't updated WP:GAN in over 20 hrs. Dana boomer (talk) 19:47, 1 May 2014 (UTC) (P.S. Although I'm whining a bit here, I do want to thank you for all the work your bot does - it's invaluable at GAN and in other areas, as well.)

Should be running now. My bot's crontab got wiped ([1]), so I'm getting it back to running again... Legoktm (talk) 20:54, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply and quick fix! Dana boomer (talk) 21:23, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

On the subject of legobot, I was just wondering how far along the FAC bot request we are. There are quite a few pages to be archived/updated (it messes up a few templates and looks a bit unprofessional generally when these things are left open); if the request is waiting for someone to do something, should I do another manual run-through while we are waiting, or would that slow down matters for you? Sarastro1 (talk) 22:28, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-19

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf3) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and all Wikipedias on May 8 (calendar).
• The Compact Personal Bar was added as a beta feature to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added as a beta feature to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and to all Wikipedias on May 8. To test it, you can enable it now in your preferences on MediaWiki.org. [2]
• It is now easier to disable the CodeEditor tool. [3]

VisualEditor news

• External links in VisualEditor are now in the same light blue color as in MediaWiki. [4]
• The template tool now tells you if a parameter is obsolete. [5]
• You can now add "suggested" parameters in TemplateData; VisualEditor will add them like required ones. [6]
• There is a new type for TemplateData parameters: wiki-file-name for file names. [7][8]
• Editing formulae in VisualEditor will soon be enabled for all users. [9] [10]
• You will soon be able to try a new beta feature to edit text in another language. [11] [12]

Future software changes

• MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 8. Feedback is welcome. [13]
• You can help translate about 100 new language names that have been added to our data source. They are used, for example, as hover text for interwiki links. Send an e-mail to Nemo if you want to help.
• If you click on a redirect page in your watchlist, you will soon access the redirect itself. [14] [15]

Problems

• For about 40 minutes around 00:20 UTC on April 29, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.

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07:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Template:Orphaned non-free revisions

The template merge discussion that I previously pinged you about has just been closed. It looks like we will be merging {{Non-free reduced}} with {{Orphaned non-free revisions}} so your script should still work, except it doesn't remove the template tag (at least not for me). I've also just discovered a better way of handling these (thanks to User:Sven Manguard) where we could be deleting just the file content (basically changing visibility of a revision on page XXX: content hidden). This would preserve the upload history while meeting the requirements of WP:NFCC. If images are ever nominated for deletion, the original uploader (not the smaller use) would get the message as opposed to the bot who does most of this work. Are these things that you can tackle for us? Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 21:48, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

If you could just make it delete the new template tag from the description page as a start, that would be immensely helpful. Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 01:52, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Done. I'll look into the revdel thing now...shouldn't be very difficult to do. Legoktm (talk) 03:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

@TLSuda:, script is updated to use revdel now. Let me know if you run into any issues :) Legoktm (talk) 03:53, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

You are the best! Thanks! Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 14:09, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

It seems to be successfully removing {{Orphaned non-free revisions}} when there is a date stamp in the template, but not when there isn't a stamp. Any reason why this would be? Is this something you could fix when you have the chance? Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 03:10, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Small Error on Legobot's User Page

Ahoy.

Just wanted to point out a small mistake on Legobot's page. Task 26 is showing as 'On Trial', however per MBisanz shouldn't it be marked as 'Request Expired'? Or have you left it as that on purpose? Considering it was over a year ago it seems a while to leave it. MM (I did the who in the whatnow?) ^{(I did this! Me!)} 16:30, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

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Can you give TFA Protector Bot a lump of sugar from me?

Or a glass of oil, or a bowl of wire - whatever it fancies, really. It's just that it's been offline for a few days now and I wouldn't want it to be feeling alone and unappreciated. My continued thanks to you both, Bencherlite^Talk 23:08, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Done, sorry about that; tool labs crontabs got wiped a while back and I forgot to restore TFA Protector Bot's. I have a few plans on better uptime monitoring...just haven't had time :/ Legoktm (talk) 01:34, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

A task for Legobot

Hello Legoktm. I am interested in developing an archival template similar to {{Fa top}}, but tailored for GA nominations or reassessments. Once the template is ready, will you be able/willing to task Legobot to substitute the template on the appropriate page to be archived, perhaps initiating the appropriate included parameters based on how the review closes? If so, is there anything paramount that I should ensure when developing the template to facilitate a working relationship with your bot? Also, would you be available to assist me in any capacity during the development phase? Or, is this simply a bad idea in your opinion? Thank you for considering this matter. I look forward to seeing your reply.—John Cline (talk) 19:36, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-20

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf4) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 8. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and all Wikipedias on May 15 (calendar).

VisualEditor news

• A new citation system in VisualEditor was enabled on the English Wikipedia. It will soon be enabled on more wikis. [16]
• Templates that were previously broken in VisualEditor should now appear correctly. [17]

Future software changes

• It will soon be possible to move category description pages. Pages in changed categories will still have to be moved independently. [18] [19]
• You will soon be able to clear your watchlist with one click or through the API. [20] [21] [22] [23]
• You will soon be able to link to Flow posts and workflows with Special:Flow. [24] [25]
• The jQuery JavaScript library will soon be updated. Please check that your gadgets and scripts will still work. [26]
• The Vector skin will work faster, as the sidebar will no longer collapse partly after being loaded. [27] [28] [29]
• MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on Wikimedia Commons on May 15. Feedback is welcome.
• An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on May 14 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [30]
• Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets that link to the Toolserver to point to Tool Labs instead. [31]

Problems

• There were problems with generating file thumbnails for all wikis between May 3 and May 6 due to a configuration error. [32] [33]

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06:00, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

ANI discussion

Hi, there is an ongoing discussion at the moment at WP:ANI#User:Werieth_runs_unapproved_bot. Maybe you are interested to join it. Thanks. 90.163.54.9 (talk) 20:52, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-21

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News updates

• Tech News is one year old this week; thank you for being with us!

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf5) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 15. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 20, and all Wikipedias on May 22 (calendar).
• The jQuery JavaScript library was updated on May 16. Please check that your gadgets and scripts still work. [34] [35] [36]
• MediaViewer was enabled for all users on the Kannada (kn) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 13. It will be enabled on the German (de), English (en), Italian (it) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias and on all Wikisource wikis on May 22. Feedback is welcome. [37] [38]
• VisualEditor was added as a beta feature to Wikimedia Commons on May 15. You can enable it in your preferences. [39] [40]
• You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for April 2014.

VisualEditor news

• VisualEditor's buttons and icons can now be accessed using keyboard keys. [41] [42]
• VisualEditor's new citation tool now matches templates like {{cite_web}} and not just {{Cite web}}. [43] [44]
• VisualEditor's welcome message will no longer be shown to users who have already seen it. [45] [46]
• VisualEditor now shows a clearer message when you cancel an edit. [47]
• The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible inside VisualEditor. [48] [49]

Future software changes

• User ID number will no longer be visible in preferences. [50] [51]

Problems

• For several hours on May 16, there were problems with loading gadgets on some wikis due to a server problem. [52]

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07:18, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi, i want to ask why did you delete Afro ken??? :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.209.205.132 (talk) 15:09, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Notification of a June AfC BackLog Drive

Hello Legoktm:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 2600 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

The AfC helper script can assist you in tallying your edits automatically. To view a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. Sent on behalf of (t) Josve05a (c) by {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} using the MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:45, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Bot reverting

Please comment at Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations#Bot_reverting.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:09, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

mass tagging dead links

Hi, Legoktm Can you help mass tagging dead links under ref 6 of the List of canceled nuclear plants in the United States, please? --Wuerzele (talk) 18:02, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

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Legobot 36

Please continue on the bot. It's very important for us. Also, please help me get my FAC archived by your bot. I think VoxelBot is no longer working.Forbidden User (talk) 06:04, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Blps

A tag has been placed on Template:Blps requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is an unused duplicate of another template, or a hard-coded instance of another template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is not actually the same as the other template noted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page explaining how this one is different so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{substituted}}</noinclude>).

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page's talk page, where you can 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 removed 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, you can place a request here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:55, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Uhh, what Theo said. Legoktm (talk) 04:05, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-22

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf6) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 22. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 27, and all Wikipedias on May 29 (calendar).
• MediaViewer will be enabled on all Wikisource wikis on May 29, and on the German (de) and English (en) Wikipedias on June 3. Feedback is welcome.

VisualEditor news

• VisualEditor's welcome message and wikitext warning now say that you can switch to source mode editing and keep your edits without saving them. [53] [54] [55] [56]
• A bug that caused files not to appear after saving edits in the File: namespace was fixed last week. [57] [58]
• VisualEditor tabs will no longer appear in namespaces where VisualEditor is disabled. [59] [60]
• It is now possible to edit inline images with VisualEditor; many minor bugs related to images have also been fixed. [61]
• VisualEditor will no longer convert spaces to underscores inside links to pages in namespaces that include spaces in their names. [62]

Future software changes

• Wikimedia Labs will stop working for about 10 minutes around 18:00 UTC on May 30 due to a server upgrade. [63]
• It will soon no longer be possible to upload different files under the same name at the same time using the UploadWizard tool. [64] [65]
• Links to TIFF, DjVu or PDF files created with the syntax [[File:Name.ext|thumb|page 15 is my favourite]] will now show an image caption if there is any text after page number; previously they caused the given page to appear. [66] [67] [68]
• You will soon see information about global blocks for IP addresses on their contributions page on your local wiki. [69] [70]

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08:29, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Global preferences?

Is this tool available anywhere? Helder.wiki 13:02, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Username blacklist

Since you already added Kumioko to the username blacklist, perhaps you could add the string "Kumi's" as well? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers/Kumi%27s&offset=&limit=2&username=Kumi%27s for reference. Thanks. --Jakob (talk) (my editor review) 01:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Defacto Ban of IpH95

Since he is defacto banned, can please I tag him as "banned" to allow other users to know about his current status, so that they can revert all of his edits on sight? LightandDark2000 (talk) 08:36, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Why does it matter if the account is tagged or not? I feel like you're still missing the point of WP:DENY... Legoktm (talk) 08:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I understand it, but if he was actually sincere about his request, he may stop once he sees the notice. Even if he doesn't, the sign would allow unfamiliar editors to know that they can revert his edits on sight without further warnings, and other admins would be able to block him on sight. LightandDark2000 (talk) 02:03, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Template:Orphaned non-free revisions

Your script isn't revdeling or deleting like it used to. Any reason? Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 21:27, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

It looks like a Wikimedia error every time I try to revdel manually. The message is PHP fatal error in /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.24wmf5/includes/revisiondelete/RevisionDelete.php line 642:

Cannot access protected property RevDelFileList::$deleteBatch I don't know what to do with that information. Thoughts? TLSuda (talk) 01:16, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

I'm a bit late, thanks for filing a bug in bugzilla for this :) Legoktm (talk) 04:06, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

After many years of trying to understand the bug system, I finally figured it out. Thanks for looking/commenting/working on the bug. You have intelligence way beyond what I could ever have. Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 13:16, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

• When you get a chance, could you please look into your script again. It seems to only be removing the {{Orphaned non-free revisions}} tag when the template includes the date parameter. Otherwise it leaves it behind. Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 17:39, 31 May 2014 (UTC)