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Hi, so IABot just made an edit here where it lists 3 links as dead. However, I just checked and at least the first link listed as dead, http://www.tricitynews.com/news/172702541.html, is archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20130520071852/http://www.tricitynews.com/news/172702541.html (so I've already fixed that in the article).
I assume it's supposed to find something like that, as opposed to reporting it dead, so I assume there might be a problem? — Joeyconnick ( talk) 20:26, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
PS I was not able to use this tool to report these links... even when I OAuth-ed in, I was told I didn't have the correct permisisons. — Joeyconnick ( talk) 20:32, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello. Unable to use tools to make report. InternetArchiveBot made this incorrect change to Everest (2015 film):
"Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120626144753/http://www.saturnawards.org/ to http://www.saturnawards.org/"
Active and working url for this reference is:
http://www.saturnawards.org/The-Saturn-Awards-Annual-Nominations.php
DonFB ( talk) 22:50, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello! I've started working on some Olympic articles and to great sadness one of the go to sources that appears to be cited on many olympic related pages is closing. See this page. Would it be possible for IABot to start replacing these links with waybackmachine archives? I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask or even out of scope of the bot's tasks. If it is could you point me in the right direction on how to get something like this set up? -- Cameron11598 (Talk) 02:40, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello. Does the bot archiving Google Book links like this useful and intentional? I've previously asked this at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)/Archive_53#Archive.org_for_Google_Books and someone else confirmed no. Ugog Nizdast ( talk) 17:15, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Cyberpower678,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Class455 (
talk |
stand clear of the doors!)
17:36, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
Hi Cyberpower, wanted to drop in a quick query. Why does User:Cyberbot I/Current AfD's contain closed Afds? Thanks. Lourdes 18:00, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
I am concerned about this IABot edit which removed the content of the "author" field during a deadlink rescue. Now arguably that information should not have been in a hidden comment (and arguably it should not be there at all as the linked page does not verify "staff writers" and the site is not a news site in any case) but in either case I don't understand why the bot is removing editor generated information from the template. Not sure whether this is a bug I should raise on Phabricator or there is a good reason for it I am missing. Spinning Spark 11:18, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Not interested in negotiating login procedure at tools.wmflabs.org, I'm afraid. A change made by your bot, reporting a dead url at For You Blue, was incorrect – the link to pop archives.com.au is fine. Just thought you should know. Cheers, JG66 ( talk) 16:16, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey, once again InternetArchiveBot reported links to the US Census as dead which worked perfectly fine: the ones not marked as dead at Talk:Flowery Branch, Georgia. I know I reported the first one on the whitelist, but not sure about the second one. Have a happy new year! Graham 87 16:57, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
[1] - seeing some of these recently. -- Green C 00:24, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
I almost edited your "InternetArchiveBot" FAQ.
I would also suggest that a wikilink to the template's instructions be added to the statement "you may follow the instructions on the template below". IveGoneAway ( talk) 00:41, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
It appears that Cyberbot I recently started clearing additional template sandboxes (like Template:X17) starting December 17. Though it appears it is also making 0-byte-diff revisions as a strange side effect. Is this expected? — Andy W. ( talk) 02:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Please could you explain why Internet Archive Bot marks links as "permanently dead" when an archive URL is already included? Example 1; example 2; and example 3 (there are many others). Also, the FA criteria requires consistency in refs yet IAB changes the layout: example 1; example 2; and example 3. I did ask you to look at this months ago in mid-October. SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:22, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Just in case you weren't aware (as the conversation was happening on my talk page), your RfA is queued up at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cyberpower678 2 awaiting standard answers and acceptance. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:07, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
C'mon, get your skates on - we're about to break a record for simultaneous RfAs ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 14:14, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
The rack of green in the chart at BN is indicative of this being a really good start to the year for admin candidates.
I've had a look back at some recentish RfAs and found yours. It was about 18 months ago and was within a whisker of success. I'd like to encourage you to go through it all again, but the big question first is...
...do you think you've addressed some of the more substantial oppose issues during the intervening months?
Cheers and happy new year (and of course it's fine to say "no way, not again" - I know RfA is bruising) -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 14:49, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Oh gwarsh - I missed the section above this. Get in there! -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 16:37, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Re: your answer to Q.3 -- harassment and threats? Are you serious? Probably something you shouldn't joke about. wbm1058 ( talk) 21:26, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, the webcite redirect problem probably should be looked at ASAP. The links are not being added to the database as being archived, it could be a large percentage of webcite links skipped. -- Green C 18:33, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
the template doesn't exist, and hence, I have reverted this edit 98.230.196.215 ( talk) 00:46, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi! Just noticed that on Ferret's RfA, the tally at the top says there's one neutral vote, but there isn't one. Enterprisey ( talk!) 01:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi there. I noticed that
User:InternetArchiveBot is periodically archiving URLs of
this form. I suspect all the talk page links there are due to edits such as
this where the bot reports an archive edit it makes. The links to that site are broken, but the pages still exist at a different site. See what I wrote
here and see also {{
National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials}}. Easiest would be if the links had been fixed/redirected when they (the Canadian authorities responsible for this) made that website change, but I am not sure if we should rely on that (see
here). I am slowly fixing the links from the CMP (Chief Military Personnel) site to point to the VAC (Veterans Affairs Canada) site, though I now see they too are moving their website! See
here: "We are in the process of moving our services and information to Canada.ca. Our current Veterans Affairs Canada website will remain available until the move to Canada.ca is complete.". (At this stage, I am not sure if the CMP and VAC are two different government sites using the same underlying memorials database, or the same memorials database being moved around different servers.)
Going back to the links from CMP, I was not sure what to do when an archive URL to the old site existed. An example where I left the archive URLs in place is here. An example where I removed the archive URLs is here. I do intend to fix them all eventually, but I think they will need to all be checked at some point as in looking at this I found some errors. Either from the person who added them in the first place, or where the ID they use changed. Maybe it might be better to run the archive bot over the links after I have finished checking them all (in a couple of weeks)? Carcharoth ( talk) 18:16, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Over on the FAQ, the question "The Bot left a message on the talk page saying the revised links need to be "checked". What does this mean?" doesn't have an answer. What is the answer to that question? Carcharoth ( talk) 23:30, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Trying again with the above question (apologies if this comes across as a little annoyed, but I was hoping for some response by now, though I can see you have other things to deal with as well). I noticed a similar question above, with your reply here. I think you need to address this, as your bot is still leaving links to that FaQ (e.g. here) and many people will go to read that FaQ in addition to or instead of reading the instructions as rendered in the template output. It is confusing to have a FaQ that isn't being actively maintained (you haven't edited it since March 2016), and has been edited by others with what looks to me like unhelpful additions, as pointed out above (e.g. here, same link as above). Carcharoth ( talk) 02:41, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
I'll back you for anything up to honorary founder if you will only fix Cyberbot I's AfD listing. It gets updated with new AfDs but doesn't purge the closed ones, and the listing has grown to enormous size. With thanks : Noyster (talk), 11:42, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Just noticed an edit here where InternetArchiveBot has added Template:Wayback, which is deprecated. Could it use the recommended Template:Webarchive instead? Thanks. Batternut ( talk) 10:05, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
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power to support | |
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... you were recipient no. 716 of Precious, a prize of QAI! |
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:49, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi. Sometimes when InternetArchiveBot updates a page, it creates a URL error, such as this. It doesn't happen all the time, but crops up every now and again. Thanks. Lugnuts Precious bodily fluids 10:57, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey Cyber. I've noticed in a couple of RfAs now, your bot has interpreted a post to "general comments" as a vote for "neutral". Someguy1221 ( talk) 03:01, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
You obviously have a lot going on right now, but I noticed a possible glitch on the RFPP bot's behavior re: create-protected pages. It looks like the admin protected it 00:32, 7 January 2017, but the bot, as of 00:53, 7 January 2017 (UTC), didn't see it as protected. Maybe not handling that form of protection in the api response? Or maybe trying to tie the RFPP template response to the action? Laggy replica? I dunno *shrug*. :P Figured I'd give you a heads-up. -- slakr\ talk / 03:45, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
This edit removed a hidden comment that should stay in place (a warning to editors not to fix what appears to be a typo). Is it necessary for the bot to remove comments? (Sorry for posting here, but I don't have the time/inclination to register with bug reporting websites) Optimist on the run ( talk) 10:54, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey Cyberpower678. I was just fixing up citations in my nuthatch article efforts and noticed in Beautiful nuthatch the edit by InternetArchiveBot here. First, that's really useful and important work, thank you. The reason I came by though was that I noticed the bot used alias parameter names for all three parameters it placed, rather than regular parameter name – respectively: deadurl rather than dead-url, archiveurl rather than archive-url and archivedate rather than archive-date. AFAIK, it doesn't make any difference on a surface level, but, especially when we are doing anything en masse, it seems doing it as close to perfectly is an ideal to strive for. (Imagine, for example, if the bot uses an alias rather than the regular parameter 100,000 × and then there's some reason to deprecate that alias.) So I think it would be better to modify the bot to place the regular parameter names. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 20:59, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding a large number of trivial edits made by an IP that you had previous dealings with. The thread is
Large number of trivial edits by IP user. —
Farix (
t |
c)
22:09, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi I tried the bug report site for the Internet archive bot, but it requires a log-in. I have a suggestion for improvement concerning the External links modified message on the Talk page for articles the bot has edited. The message suggests "You may set the |checked= to true or failed to let other editors know you reviewed the change." It is not obvious to the uninitiated how or where to do that. I tried, and failed ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=German_fortification_of_Guernsey&action=history). Perhaps the message could be idiot-proofed? The edit made by the bot was good, by the way. Thanks and best wishes -- Frans Fowler ( talk) 14:30, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
ahead of time, I may not be around later. Please consider my previous advice, do not get even more wedded to this place than you already are, for you own sake!! :) Leaky Caldron
Sorry to bother you, but I can't find the list of articles that Cyberbot or Internet Archive Bot had modified and then placed a "Please check my work" tag on. Can you help me find it again? Gsnerd ( talk) 20:58, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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The Technical Barnstar |
The archive bots are very helpful! Thank you! Gsnerd ( talk) 16:45, 11 January 2017 (UTC) |
Congratulations on your successful RFA! Long overdue that I get to spam your talk page with the words of wisdom I received from the puppy after my RFA passed – almost ten long, sordid, why-am-I-still-here? years ago: |
|
DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales, because if it did, it would be much, much better. All rights released under GFDL. |
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Welcome to the admin corps, Cyberpower678! You're trusted with global rename, so you can certainly be trusted not to delete the Main Page or block Jimbo Wales. Have a cup of coffee before you begin practicing your "mop-fu" skills; I made it myself! — k6ka 🍁 ( Talk · Contributions) 23:42, 11 January 2017 (UTC) |
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Congratulations! Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 20:11, 12 January 2017 (UTC) |
I tweaked your userpage a bit to say that you are now an administrator (you had previously listed all your rights which are covered under admin privileges). Hope you don't mind. Oh, and congratulations! You deserved it :-) Patient Zero talk 12:35, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
...on your successful RfA. Good luck with your new responsibilities. Maxim(talk) 21:23, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Pocketthis ( talk) 18:27, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
I congratulate you for your successful adminship, now, will you redistribute your oats, brother?-- AldNon Ucallin?☎ 16:41, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
The way that the
Wayback Machine treats
URL normalization has been causing trouble for IABot. For example saved versions of
http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/
and
http://usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/
can be found at
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/
. Because one of the URLs listed triggers, erroneously or not, a 404 HTTP code your bot may consider the link to have died. Hopefully this can be fixed soon. Regards. –
Allen4
names (
contributions)
20:07, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
There is a different problem in Allen4names's diff. Because 1.2.7 is unaware of {{webarchive}}
it added a {{
webcite}}
.. the {{webcite}}
will get converted to {{webarchive}}
by WaybackMedic as part of the template merge consensus .. ending up with duplicate {{webarchive}}
for the same URL. Guess I can add a function to WaybackMedic to search for duplicate {{webarchive}}
. --
Green
C
03:31, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. — CYBERPOWER ( Chat)
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Archive 40 | Archive 41 | Archive 42 | Archive 43 | Archive 44 | Archive 45 | → | Archive 50 |
Hi, so IABot just made an edit here where it lists 3 links as dead. However, I just checked and at least the first link listed as dead, http://www.tricitynews.com/news/172702541.html, is archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20130520071852/http://www.tricitynews.com/news/172702541.html (so I've already fixed that in the article).
I assume it's supposed to find something like that, as opposed to reporting it dead, so I assume there might be a problem? — Joeyconnick ( talk) 20:26, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
PS I was not able to use this tool to report these links... even when I OAuth-ed in, I was told I didn't have the correct permisisons. — Joeyconnick ( talk) 20:32, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello. Unable to use tools to make report. InternetArchiveBot made this incorrect change to Everest (2015 film):
"Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120626144753/http://www.saturnawards.org/ to http://www.saturnawards.org/"
Active and working url for this reference is:
http://www.saturnawards.org/The-Saturn-Awards-Annual-Nominations.php
DonFB ( talk) 22:50, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello! I've started working on some Olympic articles and to great sadness one of the go to sources that appears to be cited on many olympic related pages is closing. See this page. Would it be possible for IABot to start replacing these links with waybackmachine archives? I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask or even out of scope of the bot's tasks. If it is could you point me in the right direction on how to get something like this set up? -- Cameron11598 (Talk) 02:40, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello. Does the bot archiving Google Book links like this useful and intentional? I've previously asked this at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)/Archive_53#Archive.org_for_Google_Books and someone else confirmed no. Ugog Nizdast ( talk) 17:15, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Cyberpower678,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Class455 (
talk |
stand clear of the doors!)
17:36, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
Hi Cyberpower, wanted to drop in a quick query. Why does User:Cyberbot I/Current AfD's contain closed Afds? Thanks. Lourdes 18:00, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
I am concerned about this IABot edit which removed the content of the "author" field during a deadlink rescue. Now arguably that information should not have been in a hidden comment (and arguably it should not be there at all as the linked page does not verify "staff writers" and the site is not a news site in any case) but in either case I don't understand why the bot is removing editor generated information from the template. Not sure whether this is a bug I should raise on Phabricator or there is a good reason for it I am missing. Spinning Spark 11:18, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Not interested in negotiating login procedure at tools.wmflabs.org, I'm afraid. A change made by your bot, reporting a dead url at For You Blue, was incorrect – the link to pop archives.com.au is fine. Just thought you should know. Cheers, JG66 ( talk) 16:16, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey, once again InternetArchiveBot reported links to the US Census as dead which worked perfectly fine: the ones not marked as dead at Talk:Flowery Branch, Georgia. I know I reported the first one on the whitelist, but not sure about the second one. Have a happy new year! Graham 87 16:57, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
[1] - seeing some of these recently. -- Green C 00:24, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
I almost edited your "InternetArchiveBot" FAQ.
I would also suggest that a wikilink to the template's instructions be added to the statement "you may follow the instructions on the template below". IveGoneAway ( talk) 00:41, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
It appears that Cyberbot I recently started clearing additional template sandboxes (like Template:X17) starting December 17. Though it appears it is also making 0-byte-diff revisions as a strange side effect. Is this expected? — Andy W. ( talk) 02:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Please could you explain why Internet Archive Bot marks links as "permanently dead" when an archive URL is already included? Example 1; example 2; and example 3 (there are many others). Also, the FA criteria requires consistency in refs yet IAB changes the layout: example 1; example 2; and example 3. I did ask you to look at this months ago in mid-October. SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:22, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Just in case you weren't aware (as the conversation was happening on my talk page), your RfA is queued up at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cyberpower678 2 awaiting standard answers and acceptance. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:07, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
C'mon, get your skates on - we're about to break a record for simultaneous RfAs ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 14:14, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
The rack of green in the chart at BN is indicative of this being a really good start to the year for admin candidates.
I've had a look back at some recentish RfAs and found yours. It was about 18 months ago and was within a whisker of success. I'd like to encourage you to go through it all again, but the big question first is...
...do you think you've addressed some of the more substantial oppose issues during the intervening months?
Cheers and happy new year (and of course it's fine to say "no way, not again" - I know RfA is bruising) -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 14:49, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Oh gwarsh - I missed the section above this. Get in there! -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 16:37, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Re: your answer to Q.3 -- harassment and threats? Are you serious? Probably something you shouldn't joke about. wbm1058 ( talk) 21:26, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, the webcite redirect problem probably should be looked at ASAP. The links are not being added to the database as being archived, it could be a large percentage of webcite links skipped. -- Green C 18:33, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
the template doesn't exist, and hence, I have reverted this edit 98.230.196.215 ( talk) 00:46, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi! Just noticed that on Ferret's RfA, the tally at the top says there's one neutral vote, but there isn't one. Enterprisey ( talk!) 01:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi there. I noticed that
User:InternetArchiveBot is periodically archiving URLs of
this form. I suspect all the talk page links there are due to edits such as
this where the bot reports an archive edit it makes. The links to that site are broken, but the pages still exist at a different site. See what I wrote
here and see also {{
National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials}}. Easiest would be if the links had been fixed/redirected when they (the Canadian authorities responsible for this) made that website change, but I am not sure if we should rely on that (see
here). I am slowly fixing the links from the CMP (Chief Military Personnel) site to point to the VAC (Veterans Affairs Canada) site, though I now see they too are moving their website! See
here: "We are in the process of moving our services and information to Canada.ca. Our current Veterans Affairs Canada website will remain available until the move to Canada.ca is complete.". (At this stage, I am not sure if the CMP and VAC are two different government sites using the same underlying memorials database, or the same memorials database being moved around different servers.)
Going back to the links from CMP, I was not sure what to do when an archive URL to the old site existed. An example where I left the archive URLs in place is here. An example where I removed the archive URLs is here. I do intend to fix them all eventually, but I think they will need to all be checked at some point as in looking at this I found some errors. Either from the person who added them in the first place, or where the ID they use changed. Maybe it might be better to run the archive bot over the links after I have finished checking them all (in a couple of weeks)? Carcharoth ( talk) 18:16, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Over on the FAQ, the question "The Bot left a message on the talk page saying the revised links need to be "checked". What does this mean?" doesn't have an answer. What is the answer to that question? Carcharoth ( talk) 23:30, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
Trying again with the above question (apologies if this comes across as a little annoyed, but I was hoping for some response by now, though I can see you have other things to deal with as well). I noticed a similar question above, with your reply here. I think you need to address this, as your bot is still leaving links to that FaQ (e.g. here) and many people will go to read that FaQ in addition to or instead of reading the instructions as rendered in the template output. It is confusing to have a FaQ that isn't being actively maintained (you haven't edited it since March 2016), and has been edited by others with what looks to me like unhelpful additions, as pointed out above (e.g. here, same link as above). Carcharoth ( talk) 02:41, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
I'll back you for anything up to honorary founder if you will only fix Cyberbot I's AfD listing. It gets updated with new AfDs but doesn't purge the closed ones, and the listing has grown to enormous size. With thanks : Noyster (talk), 11:42, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Just noticed an edit here where InternetArchiveBot has added Template:Wayback, which is deprecated. Could it use the recommended Template:Webarchive instead? Thanks. Batternut ( talk) 10:05, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
![]() | |
power to support | |
---|---|
... you were recipient no. 716 of Precious, a prize of QAI! |
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:49, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi. Sometimes when InternetArchiveBot updates a page, it creates a URL error, such as this. It doesn't happen all the time, but crops up every now and again. Thanks. Lugnuts Precious bodily fluids 10:57, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey Cyber. I've noticed in a couple of RfAs now, your bot has interpreted a post to "general comments" as a vote for "neutral". Someguy1221 ( talk) 03:01, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
You obviously have a lot going on right now, but I noticed a possible glitch on the RFPP bot's behavior re: create-protected pages. It looks like the admin protected it 00:32, 7 January 2017, but the bot, as of 00:53, 7 January 2017 (UTC), didn't see it as protected. Maybe not handling that form of protection in the api response? Or maybe trying to tie the RFPP template response to the action? Laggy replica? I dunno *shrug*. :P Figured I'd give you a heads-up. -- slakr\ talk / 03:45, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
This edit removed a hidden comment that should stay in place (a warning to editors not to fix what appears to be a typo). Is it necessary for the bot to remove comments? (Sorry for posting here, but I don't have the time/inclination to register with bug reporting websites) Optimist on the run ( talk) 10:54, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey Cyberpower678. I was just fixing up citations in my nuthatch article efforts and noticed in Beautiful nuthatch the edit by InternetArchiveBot here. First, that's really useful and important work, thank you. The reason I came by though was that I noticed the bot used alias parameter names for all three parameters it placed, rather than regular parameter name – respectively: deadurl rather than dead-url, archiveurl rather than archive-url and archivedate rather than archive-date. AFAIK, it doesn't make any difference on a surface level, but, especially when we are doing anything en masse, it seems doing it as close to perfectly is an ideal to strive for. (Imagine, for example, if the bot uses an alias rather than the regular parameter 100,000 × and then there's some reason to deprecate that alias.) So I think it would be better to modify the bot to place the regular parameter names. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 20:59, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding a large number of trivial edits made by an IP that you had previous dealings with. The thread is
Large number of trivial edits by IP user. —
Farix (
t |
c)
22:09, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi I tried the bug report site for the Internet archive bot, but it requires a log-in. I have a suggestion for improvement concerning the External links modified message on the Talk page for articles the bot has edited. The message suggests "You may set the |checked= to true or failed to let other editors know you reviewed the change." It is not obvious to the uninitiated how or where to do that. I tried, and failed ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=German_fortification_of_Guernsey&action=history). Perhaps the message could be idiot-proofed? The edit made by the bot was good, by the way. Thanks and best wishes -- Frans Fowler ( talk) 14:30, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
ahead of time, I may not be around later. Please consider my previous advice, do not get even more wedded to this place than you already are, for you own sake!! :) Leaky Caldron
Sorry to bother you, but I can't find the list of articles that Cyberbot or Internet Archive Bot had modified and then placed a "Please check my work" tag on. Can you help me find it again? Gsnerd ( talk) 20:58, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
![]() |
The Technical Barnstar |
The archive bots are very helpful! Thank you! Gsnerd ( talk) 16:45, 11 January 2017 (UTC) |
Congratulations on your successful RFA! Long overdue that I get to spam your talk page with the words of wisdom I received from the puppy after my RFA passed – almost ten long, sordid, why-am-I-still-here? years ago: |
|
DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales, because if it did, it would be much, much better. All rights released under GFDL. |
![]() |
Welcome to the admin corps, Cyberpower678! You're trusted with global rename, so you can certainly be trusted not to delete the Main Page or block Jimbo Wales. Have a cup of coffee before you begin practicing your "mop-fu" skills; I made it myself! — k6ka 🍁 ( Talk · Contributions) 23:42, 11 January 2017 (UTC) |
![]() |
Congratulations! Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 20:11, 12 January 2017 (UTC) |
I tweaked your userpage a bit to say that you are now an administrator (you had previously listed all your rights which are covered under admin privileges). Hope you don't mind. Oh, and congratulations! You deserved it :-) Patient Zero talk 12:35, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
...on your successful RfA. Good luck with your new responsibilities. Maxim(talk) 21:23, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Pocketthis ( talk) 18:27, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
I congratulate you for your successful adminship, now, will you redistribute your oats, brother?-- AldNon Ucallin?☎ 16:41, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
The way that the
Wayback Machine treats
URL normalization has been causing trouble for IABot. For example saved versions of
http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/
and
http://usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/
can be found at
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/
. Because one of the URLs listed triggers, erroneously or not, a 404 HTTP code your bot may consider the link to have died. Hopefully this can be fixed soon. Regards. –
Allen4
names (
contributions)
20:07, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
There is a different problem in Allen4names's diff. Because 1.2.7 is unaware of {{webarchive}}
it added a {{
webcite}}
.. the {{webcite}}
will get converted to {{webarchive}}
by WaybackMedic as part of the template merge consensus .. ending up with duplicate {{webarchive}}
for the same URL. Guess I can add a function to WaybackMedic to search for duplicate {{webarchive}}
. --
Green
C
03:31, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. — CYBERPOWER ( Chat)