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I'm requesting someone with AWB experience to run the editor on the entirety of Category:WikiProject Weather articles. There are countless (thousands?) of references that use {{cite report}} with the |agency= parameter, which breaks the citation. |agency= needs to changed to |author=. wxtrackercody ( talk · contributions) 03:20, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
I disagree with Jason Rees ( talk · contribs). I think this is a great usage of AWB, as it will correct the thousands of references in one quick action. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 21:19, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
I endorse the request here, though I would clarify the scope of what's requested. Specifically, there is widespread use of {{
cite report}} misusing the |agency= parameter specifically for references linking to the
Storm Events Database hosted by the
National Centers for Environmental Information. In some cases, NCEI is erroneously listed as the agency. In other cases, a weather forecast office of the
National Weather Service is erroneously listed as the agency. In either case, the agency parameter should be removed for all {{
cite report}} in the aforementioned project category that point to
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ and its subpages (as linked previously). If the |agency= was listed as a forecast office (something of the form National Weather Service Office in Memphis, Tennessee
, though National Weather Service*
may be a reasonable catch-all), then it should be listed as the |author=. If necessary, |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information should be amended/appended to the citation template.
TheAustinMan(
Talk ⬩
Edits) 15:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
{{cite report|agency=
in these pages and replace them with {{cite report|author=
. There may be more pages that use the cite report template with agency parameter. We can find and fix them once these 325 pages are fixed.Thank you. –
DreamRimmer (
talk) 13:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
|work=
, so there would be no author listed. Normally on Wikipedia we only list the author to help readers find and verify a citation. Since the citation is to Storm Data, that is all that is needed ie. |work=
Storm Data
. Everything else is extraneous and not what the citation system was mean to do. It looks like trying to re-create sub-elements of the Storm Data database within the CS1|2 system. Another way to say this, it is citing two sources in a single citation: the Storm Data citation, and also citing the WFO and/or whatever other sources used by Storm Data. It's a sign of a problem. --
Green
C 20:33, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
id=814712
but that could be a website software code that could change. In these cases the URL itself is the key. But that is fragile, because they will in the future abandon this system and make a new one that may not have a 1:1 conversion eg. no redirects. So assuming the current Storm Data site is defunded or changed, they make a new system without redirects - a common scenario for government sites. How would you track down the report at the new site. Going by title only "Kentucky Even Report: EF1 Tornado" is not enough. The citation would probably need to contain the event date at least, to remain verifiable for the long term.I have recently created stub articles for both Champion Data and AFL Tables, which are major statistical players in the Australian Football League and have been referenced consistently across Wikipedia.
I am now please seeking an automation to add wikilinks to all instances of each phrase on Wikipedia.
I understand the second request is quite arduous! I hope there is not much human intervention required here; it shouldn't be the case as they are mostly part of citations / references. Please let me know if there is anything else required on my end. Thank you! Gibbsy spin 13:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Weird URLs. Garbage characters need to be removed from URLs. They are in 348 pages. I think this could be a regex search-replace. -- Green C 02:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Please could someone tag the templates listed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 April 29#WIR wrapper templates with {{ subst:tfd|heading=WIR wrapper templates}}? Thanks — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 11:44, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Would someone with TPE/the mop be able to null edit (i.e. save without making any changes whatsoever) the 43 templates in Category:Templates using CatAutoTOC? It has been sitting in Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories for ~24 hours without decreasing at all. The job queue should be naturally emptying the category, but given it has not decreased at all I suspect something might be have gone wrong. A null edit will automatically force the page to recache itself, and move it from Category:Templates using CatAutoTOC to Category:Templates using Automatic category TOC. House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 03:24, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Hello friends, as per this kind message from @ Jonesey95, an error crept in the most recent Women in Red newsletter, see this diff. Would someone be able to fix it. I'm aware there have been a couple more of these syntax errors over the past year or so. I'm going install the Syntax highlighter myself, and encourage other team members who write the invitations to do so too. Many thanks to the AWB cm=ommunity for your help! Lajmmoore ( talk) 07:18, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
In the articles List of nearest giant stars and list of nearest supergiants, i suggest moving all references to a list-defined references section, in order to avoid cluttering the text and make the article better to edit with source editor. InTheAstronomy32 ( talk) 19:12, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
I've tagged a category for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_June_4#Category:Crime_action_films. I would like all of its sub-categories also nominated for the same reason (I've listed them at the discussion request). I was suggested to come here to get that done and so they point to the above discussion so we don't have dozens of scattered requests. Is that possible? Andrzejbanas ( talk) 12:10, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
This is a request to apply this syntax error fix to the User Talk pages listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List. We at the Guild of Copy Editors mistakenly sent out a mass message with four unbalanced bold tags to 760 pages. Thanks to anyone who can take it on. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 18:23, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
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This page has archives. Sections older than 30 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 3 sections are present. |
This page is for tasks that involve changing the same code in multiple articles. This is a great fit for editors with AutoWikiBrowser permissions.
Please note that Wikipedia:Bot requests sometimes has one-time tasks which can be done easily using AWB. For modifying URLs see WP:URLREQ.
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia.
I'm requesting someone with AWB experience to run the editor on the entirety of Category:WikiProject Weather articles. There are countless (thousands?) of references that use {{cite report}} with the |agency= parameter, which breaks the citation. |agency= needs to changed to |author=. wxtrackercody ( talk · contributions) 03:20, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
I disagree with Jason Rees ( talk · contribs). I think this is a great usage of AWB, as it will correct the thousands of references in one quick action. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 21:19, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
I endorse the request here, though I would clarify the scope of what's requested. Specifically, there is widespread use of {{
cite report}} misusing the |agency= parameter specifically for references linking to the
Storm Events Database hosted by the
National Centers for Environmental Information. In some cases, NCEI is erroneously listed as the agency. In other cases, a weather forecast office of the
National Weather Service is erroneously listed as the agency. In either case, the agency parameter should be removed for all {{
cite report}} in the aforementioned project category that point to
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ and its subpages (as linked previously). If the |agency= was listed as a forecast office (something of the form National Weather Service Office in Memphis, Tennessee
, though National Weather Service*
may be a reasonable catch-all), then it should be listed as the |author=. If necessary, |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information should be amended/appended to the citation template.
TheAustinMan(
Talk ⬩
Edits) 15:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
{{cite report|agency=
in these pages and replace them with {{cite report|author=
. There may be more pages that use the cite report template with agency parameter. We can find and fix them once these 325 pages are fixed.Thank you. –
DreamRimmer (
talk) 13:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
|work=
, so there would be no author listed. Normally on Wikipedia we only list the author to help readers find and verify a citation. Since the citation is to Storm Data, that is all that is needed ie. |work=
Storm Data
. Everything else is extraneous and not what the citation system was mean to do. It looks like trying to re-create sub-elements of the Storm Data database within the CS1|2 system. Another way to say this, it is citing two sources in a single citation: the Storm Data citation, and also citing the WFO and/or whatever other sources used by Storm Data. It's a sign of a problem. --
Green
C 20:33, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
id=814712
but that could be a website software code that could change. In these cases the URL itself is the key. But that is fragile, because they will in the future abandon this system and make a new one that may not have a 1:1 conversion eg. no redirects. So assuming the current Storm Data site is defunded or changed, they make a new system without redirects - a common scenario for government sites. How would you track down the report at the new site. Going by title only "Kentucky Even Report: EF1 Tornado" is not enough. The citation would probably need to contain the event date at least, to remain verifiable for the long term.I have recently created stub articles for both Champion Data and AFL Tables, which are major statistical players in the Australian Football League and have been referenced consistently across Wikipedia.
I am now please seeking an automation to add wikilinks to all instances of each phrase on Wikipedia.
I understand the second request is quite arduous! I hope there is not much human intervention required here; it shouldn't be the case as they are mostly part of citations / references. Please let me know if there is anything else required on my end. Thank you! Gibbsy spin 13:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Weird URLs. Garbage characters need to be removed from URLs. They are in 348 pages. I think this could be a regex search-replace. -- Green C 02:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Please could someone tag the templates listed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 April 29#WIR wrapper templates with {{ subst:tfd|heading=WIR wrapper templates}}? Thanks — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 11:44, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Would someone with TPE/the mop be able to null edit (i.e. save without making any changes whatsoever) the 43 templates in Category:Templates using CatAutoTOC? It has been sitting in Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories for ~24 hours without decreasing at all. The job queue should be naturally emptying the category, but given it has not decreased at all I suspect something might be have gone wrong. A null edit will automatically force the page to recache itself, and move it from Category:Templates using CatAutoTOC to Category:Templates using Automatic category TOC. House Blaster ( talk · he/him) 03:24, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Hello friends, as per this kind message from @ Jonesey95, an error crept in the most recent Women in Red newsletter, see this diff. Would someone be able to fix it. I'm aware there have been a couple more of these syntax errors over the past year or so. I'm going install the Syntax highlighter myself, and encourage other team members who write the invitations to do so too. Many thanks to the AWB cm=ommunity for your help! Lajmmoore ( talk) 07:18, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
In the articles List of nearest giant stars and list of nearest supergiants, i suggest moving all references to a list-defined references section, in order to avoid cluttering the text and make the article better to edit with source editor. InTheAstronomy32 ( talk) 19:12, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
I've tagged a category for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_June_4#Category:Crime_action_films. I would like all of its sub-categories also nominated for the same reason (I've listed them at the discussion request). I was suggested to come here to get that done and so they point to the above discussion so we don't have dozens of scattered requests. Is that possible? Andrzejbanas ( talk) 12:10, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
This is a request to apply this syntax error fix to the User Talk pages listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List. We at the Guild of Copy Editors mistakenly sent out a mass message with four unbalanced bold tags to 760 pages. Thanks to anyone who can take it on. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 18:23, 10 June 2024 (UTC)