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== ''Bots Newsletter'', December 2021 ==
== Storage Deluxe ==


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Hi Coren - I think your bot mistakenly determined that the new wiki page for "Storage deluxe" was a copy of the website content from storagedeluxe.com. I am not an employee of Storage Deluxe, and have every intention of adhering to Misplaced Pages's editorial policies.<br>
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Our ] was in August 2019, so there's quite a bit of catching up to do. Due to the vast quantity of things that have happened, the next few issues will only cover a few months at a time. This month, we'll go from September 2019 through the end of the year. I won't bore you with further introductions — instead, I'll bore you with a newsletter about bots.
== Copyright owner ==


<span style="font-size:125%">'''Overall'''</span><br />
Some of the text present in the article comes from NoCrew official site. The copyright of the website has been donated by Nocrew LLC to Misplaced Pages after contacting your office. Please not that non of the text in this article present any form of copyright violation.
* Between September and December 2019, there were 33 ]s. Of these, {{yeac}} 25 were approved, and 8 were unsuccessful ({{nayd}} 3 denied, {{idkc}} 3 withdrawn, and ] 2 expired).


<span style="font-size:125%">'''September 2019'''</span>
== Time for celebrating is over... ==
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* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ], ] · {{idkc}} ], ]
*'''TParis goes away, UTRSBot goes kaput''': ] ] that ] for maintaining on-wiki records of ] appeals stopped working a while ago. ], the semi-retired user who had previously run it, said they were "unlikely to return to actively editing Misplaced Pages", and the bot had been vanquished by trolls submitting bogus UTRS requests on behalf of real blocked users. While ] was a potential fix, neither maintainer had time to implement it. TParis offered to access to the UTRS WMFLabs account to any admin identified with the WMF: "I miss you guys a whole lot but I've also moved on with my life. Good luck, let me know how I can help". Ultimately, ] ended up in charge. Some progress was made, and the bot continued to work another couple months — but as of press time, UTRSBot has not edited since November 2019.
*'''Article-measuring contest resumed''': The ], which had lain dead for several years, was triumphantly resurrected by ] following a ].


<span style="font-size:125%">'''October 2019'''</span>
<br> Congratulations :-) ]]]] {{-}}
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
*'''Curb Safe Charmer adopts reFill''': ] ] that ]'s bug reports were going unanswered; creator ] had retired from Misplaced Pages, and a maintainer was needed. As of June 2021, ] had ], saying: "Not that I have all the skills needed but better me than nobody! 'Maintainer' might be too strong a term though. Volunteers welcome!" <br />


<span style="font-size:125%">'''November 2019'''</span>
== If You're Even Going to Love Me... ==
]
* {{yeac}} ], ], ] · {{idkc}} ]
*'''Old bots do new tricks''': ] prowled redirects, ] archived ] requests, and ] removed links to ] deleted at ] (until its authorization was revoked in January at operator ]'s ]).


<span style="font-size:125%">'''December 2019'''</span>
While going through my late father's papers, I found this poem written and signed by my Grandmother on May 3, 1908. The bot found an unattributed copy of the same poem on the angelfire page. The page says "author unknown." The article I posted indicates who wrote it and why. As soon as I can get a good scan of the document, I will post it, too.
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ] ·] ], ]
Can you let it up?
*'''Redirects to be autopatrolled''': A ] at ], closing with unanimous consensus that new ] should be ] by bot. ] wasted no time, and submitted ] the next day; it passed two days after that.
Thanks
*'''200,000 bios get short descs''': Along a similar vein, ] was approved to remove disambiguation pages from ] and a new bot (]) changed lots of ] links to ] using ]. One particularly neat task, ], automatically generated ] for more than 200,000 biographies.
Nick <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 17:39, 28 December 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


<span style="font-size:150%">'''In the next issue of ''Bots Newsletter'':'''</span><br />
== ] ==
What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?
*What happens when two bots want to clerk the same page?
*What happens when an adminbot goes hog wild?
*Will reFill ever get fixed?
*What's up with ], anyway?
*Python 3.4 deprecation? In ''my'' PyWikiBot? (It's more likely than you think!)
These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the January 2022 ''Bots Newsletter''. Tune in, or miss out!


Signing off... ''']'''×''']''' 04:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
I received an advise about using copyrighted text on the article. As it's basically a list of schools, I don't see how to avoid similarity to other sites with that same list, but I don't beleive it could be seen as a copyriht violation. Regards.--] (]) 18:39, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
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== Bots Newsletter, January 2022 ==
The College is a recognised institution in the UK along with many others that appear on Misplaced Pages- no copyright has been infringed

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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.

<span style="font-size:150%">'''Overall'''</span><br />
In the first half of 2020, there were 71 ]s. Of these, {{yeac}} 59 were approved, and 12 were unsuccessful (with {{nayd}} 8 denied, {{idkc}} 2 withdrawn, and ] 2 expired).

<span style="font-size:125%">'''January 2020'''</span>
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* {{yeac}} ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ], ]
*A new ] release dropped support for ], and it was expected that support for ] would be removed in coming updates. ] itself planned to drop Python 2 support in 2022.
*Two new bots dropped in January 2020: ], the successor to ], and ], whose task was to perform a weekly update of four "massive" wikitables for ].
*], an ] operated by ] since 2006, was ] after going berserk on categories that hadn't yet been ]'d.


<span style="font-size:125%">'''February 2020'''</span>
David Cavill ] (]) 13:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
]
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ]
*On February 1, some ] were raised about ] performing "nonsense" edits. Semi-active operator ] (who originally coded the ] of ]) was pinged. Meanwhile, the bot was temporarily <span class="plainlinks"></span> for several hours until the issue was diagnosed and resolved.
*On February 18, ] got into a <span class="plainlinks"></span> with ], and had to be partially-blocked from ].


<span style="font-size:125%">'''March 2020'''</span>
== CorenSearchBot user talk message ==
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] ·] ]
* In March, a long ] was started at ] by ] about the troubling trend of bots "expiring" without explanation after their owners became inactive. This can happen for a variety of reasons -- ] changes break code, hosting providers' software updates break code, hosting accounts lapse, software changes make bots' edits unnecessary, and policy changes make bots' edits unwanted. The most promising solution seemed to be ] hosting (although it has some problems of its own, like the occasional necessity of refactoring code).
* Some of the twelve bot tasks approved this month were ] (removing blocked users from ]), and ] (removing ''unblocked'' users from ]). ] was approved to refine geographic stub tags. New bots approved this month were ] (to patrol ]), ] (to merge stub tags), and ] (fixing DISPLAYTITLE modifications, DEFAULTSORT errors and broken behavior switches in ]).
<span style="font-size:125%">'''April 2020'''</span>
]
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ] ·] ]
*A ] on the bot noticeboard, "Re-examination of ListeriaBot", was started by ], who pointed out repeated operation outside the scope of its BRFA (i.e. editing pages in mainspace, and adding ] to others). Some said it was doing good work, and others said it was operating beyond its remit. It was <span class="plainlinks"></span> on April 10; the next day it was unblocked, reblocked from article space, reblocked "for specified non-editing actions", unblocked, and indeffed. The next week, several ] were implemented in its code by Magnus; the bot was allowed to roam free once more on April 18.
*] joined the stable in April, after a BRFA started in December was finally completed. As an adminbot, it was authorized to block ]es belonging to ], public ]s, and ]s. New tasks approved for existing bots included ] (] categories), ] (taking over some tasks from the inactive ]), and ] (updating data at {{tl|Interactive COVID-19 maps}}). Also, ] was approved to scale down non-free ]s — I didn't even know that was a thing.
* A ] at ] was started by ] about whether ] should explicitly specify that bot operators must be responsive to concerns raised on English Misplaced Pages specifically (as opposed to ], ], ], et cetera). Eventually, the policy was amended to its ]:
:<blockquote>Issues and enquiries are typically expected to be handled on the English Misplaced Pages. Pages reachable via ], like a talk page at ] or at ] could also be acceptable External sites like ] or ] (which require separate registration or do not allow for IP comments) and email (which can compromise ]) can supplement on-wiki communication, but do not replace it.</blockquote>


<span style="font-size:125%">'''May 2020'''</span>
Hello, Coren. I'd like to suggest that you revise the message left on user talk pages when the bot detects duplication of text on an existing article. The message text now suggests that the user might have been trying to ] an existing article, but doesn't mention the possibility that they were trying to ''move'' an existing article by cutting and pasting. See, for example, ]. You might want to add a notice that if they were trying to rename the page, they should look for instructions on ]. Thanks. --] (] Russ) 14:16, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
]
:The message is at ], feel free to tweak it&mdash; it's already a little longish though. &mdash;&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 15:11, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ], ], ] · {{idkc}} ]
*], an impressively meta bot task, was approved this month for maintaining a list of bots running on the English Misplaced Pages. The page, located at ], is updated every 24 hours; it contains a list of all accounts with the bot flag, as well as their operator, edit count, last activity date, last edit date, last logged action date, user groups and block status.
*Other approvals for this month were ] (processing redirects in {{tl|R from scientific name}}), ] (allowing users to schedule bot reminders for themselves), ] (removing blocked/locked users from ]), ] (updating ]), ] (adding <nowiki>{{</nowiki>]|living=no<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to talk pages where their associated article is in a year of death category), and ] (deleting and nominating empty categories).
*General syntax fixing tasks were approved for ], ], ], ], ], and ], as well as ] ], ], and ].
*Seven bots who fell below ] (with neither the bots nor their operators having any edits or logged actions in two years) had their bot flags removed. They were ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
*On May 12, ] was ].


<span style="font-size:125%">'''June 2020'''</span>
== Clarification re an ARBCOM decision ==
]
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ] · {{idkc}} ]
*In July 2017, ] made a ] that a section of the ] be devoted to bots and technical issues. In November 2019, ] code was written superseding ]'s tasks on that page, and operator ] was asked to stop them so that the new code could be deployed. After no response to pings, a ] of Legobot for the dashboard was proposed. Some months later, on June 16, Headbomb said: "A full block serves nothing. A partial block solves all current issues Just fucking do it. It's been 3 years now." The next day, however, Legoktm disabled the task, and the dashboard was successfully refactored.
*On June 7, ] blocked ] for ], saying it was "still removing links after request to stop". A couple weeks later, a ] was opened, saying "it is a widely-used and useful bot, but it has one of the longest block logs for any recently-operating bot on Misplaced Pages". While its last BRFA approval was in 2011, its code and functionality had changed dramatically since then, and ] requested that BAG require a new BRFA. Maintainer ] responded that most blocks were from years ago (when it lacked a proper ]), and problems since then had mostly been one-off errors (like a ] in which a ] had "weaponized" the bot to harass editors).
*] opened a discussion about ], and proposed that they not. He cited a recent case in which a maintainer had said "I can only suppose that the code that is available on GitHub is not the actual code that was running on ". Some disagreed: ] said that "I like free software as much as the next person, and I strongly believe that bot operators should make their bot code public, but I don't think it should be that they must do so".
*Two new bots had their first BRFAs approved: ], to replace ] for handling the ], and ], to remove {{tl|user sandbox}} from articles in draftspace using ].


<span style="font-size:150%">'''Conclusion'''</span><br />
Where would be the best place to ask for clarification over an ARBCOM decision? To be clear, there has been no wrongdoing by an editor in the case I have in mind. What I'd like to establish is whether or not an article falls under a broadly defined sanction, before a currently-banned editor (who will be under an editing restriction once the ban expires), is able to edit the article. I'm not trying to override the decision of ARBCOM either, if it is decided that the article falls under the broadly defined sanction then so be it. ] (]) 20:08, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
* What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?
:Well, on the ], there is a section for clarification; but this is a simple call I would be glad to answer directly. What is the editor, the restriction and the page you are wondering about? &mdash;&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 00:52, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
:*Will Citation bot ever be set free to roam the project?
::The user is {{user|Piotrus}}. He asked a couple of years ago on the ] about {{SS|Tobruk}}. I came across his request while researching the article. It may be that he has some info on the ship which I don't have. So, once his ban expires, will he be able to edit the article, or would the editing restriction apply? ] (]) 02:09, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
:*What's the deal with all those book links that ] is adding to articles?
:::I see, ''a priori'' no reason why the topic ban would apply; the fact that the ship is under the Polish registry is mostly incidental: it's an article about a ''ship'', not about Poland or disputes with Russians/Soviets. &mdash;&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 02:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
:*Should we keep using Gerrit for MediaWiki?
::::Thanks for that. Hopefully Piotrus will be able to improve the article once his ban expires. ] (]) 04:00, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
:*What if we had a day for bots to make cosmetic edits?
These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the February 2022 ''Bots Newsletter''. Tune in, or miss out!


Signing off... <span style="font-variant:small-caps; whitespace:nowrap;">''']'''×''']'''</span> 23:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
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Please see my talk page for Edwin Everett Jacques article: As I received a message from your bot I answered it there. Thank you! ] (]) --Sulmues 22:58, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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:Human editors review tagged article; that message will be read by the next that will come along. &mdash;&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 00:53, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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== Wangchen Rinpoche == == The Dark Nebula ==


Hi, I tried to place this entry on Misplaced Pages some years ago & was cited as plagiarising an entry on comixpedia. That listing was indeed by me so i was not copying that post but, instead, reposting on Misplaced Pages, unaware that was not appropriate. I am attempting to post this on Misplaced Pages again & would like to know what is required to be removed or altered so that it would indeed be complying with the rules. I'm 62 years of age & not as tech-savvy as i would otherwise like to be.
The material flagged by Coren was largely collated by Wangchen Rinpoche student Eydie Dolma who gave me explicit permission to use it on Misplaced Pages. She previously provided a similar version to nobletruth.org prior to Wangchen Rinpoche's visit to their Dharma Center. More detail is on the talk page.


I should point out that comixpedia is no longer what it was. In fact, if you click on the link for Comixpedia or more specifically the entry regarding The Dark Nebula it is all an Indonesian Gaming/Gambling site, nothing to do with The Dark Nebula or Comics in any way, shape or form.
] (]) 21:06, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


To be clear the substance of the proposed entry originated from me, including images. I hope a resolution can be reached.
== The Python Papers Anthology ==


I leave this in your hands.
I've edited the page to remove potential copyright violations. ] (]) 01:10, 31 December 2009 (UTC) mauriceling, 31 Dec 2009


Thank you
== EE topic bans ==
] (]) 08:57, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


== Ten years later ==
I'm surprised by Martintg's statement that ] doesn't fall under the EE topic ban. I feel that the article obviously belongs to the topic area "Eastern Europe, broadly constructed." Second, this is one of the specific articles where the ArbCom found that disruption occured. For example, according to FoF 14A, Martintg took part in the canvassing campaign on this specific article (it was previously called ]). The purpose of the remedies was to prevent disruption in the topic areas where it previously took place, so if Martintg is right and the article does not belong to that group, then this seems really odd. ] (]) 05:57, 31 December 2009 (UTC)


Hi Coren,
:] has significantly changed since ] and is an international topic of general scope that also includes subsections on China, North Korea and Cambodia, as well as a general discussion on communist ideology as a factor. I've attempted to adhere to the spirit and letter of the EE topic ban and have kept well away from any EE sub-topic within this article. Some clarification would be most helpful here as I would like to expand the non-EE subsections in this article, particularly North Korea (which I am currently reading up on over the Christmas break). --] (]) 06:02, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
::I'm sorry, this is out of context: could you point me at the relevant discussion, please? &mdash;&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 16:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
:::I believe Offliner linked the discussion above. In a nutshell the question here is this: does this EE topic ban exclude me from expanding non-EE specific sections in the article ]? On a practical level I would like to expand the section on Ethiopia (having found an interesting book that does a comparative study of the mass killings of both the Cambodian and Ethiopian regimes), in addition to North Korea and other non-EE sub topics. --] (]) 20:31, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
::::The topics you describe are not under the ban, ''but'' (and that is a big but) they hover close because of the unavoidable association with Soviet Russia's politics. Thread carefully, and avoid disputes. &mdash;&nbsp;]&nbsp;<sup>]</sup> 00:44, 1 January 2010 (UTC)


I resolved when I became an admin that I'd swing by here the first time I had a block overturned, even if you were inactive; and after 6 months and 1,421 blocks that's finally happened, sadly, so here I am. You probably don't remember me, but ten years and two usernames ago (''Francophonie&Androphilie'', kinda cringe name) you indeffed me and then reversed yourself after objections at AN/I. I expected I'd have something to say, when this day did come, about what I've learned from having a block overturned, but really all I can say is that it's unpleasant—both getting it wrong and being told you got it wrong—which is no great insight. But I guess I thought it might please (or at least amuse) you to know I stuck around and am an admin now; and also thought I'd take this as an opportunity to say hi and ask how you've been doing. Maybe you won't see this for a year or won't see it ever, but can't hurt to ask.
== Vir Singh (author) ==


<span class="nowrap"> <span style="font-family:courier">-- ]</span><sup>]'']</sup> (she&#124;they&#124;xe)</span> 22:13, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
I am in the process of making "Vir Singh" a disambiguation page, and that requires my putting the current "Vir Singh" page into a new page called "Vir Singh (author)". This is why there is currently a duplication of page: "Vir Singh". Thank you.] (]) 00:29, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
== Nomination for deletion of ] ==
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== Nomination for deletion of ] ==
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Welcome to the eighth issue of the English Misplaced Pages's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Maintainers disappeared to parts unknown... bots awakening from the slumber of æons... hundreds of thousands of short descriptions... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Misplaced Pages's most distinguished newsletter about bots.

Our last issue was in August 2019, so there's quite a bit of catching up to do. Due to the vast quantity of things that have happened, the next few issues will only cover a few months at a time. This month, we'll go from September 2019 through the end of the year. I won't bore you with further introductions — instead, I'll bore you with a newsletter about bots.

Overall

  • Between September and December 2019, there were 33 BRFAs. Of these, Green checkmarkY 25 were approved, and 8 were unsuccessful (Dark red X symbolN2 3 denied, Blue question mark? 3 withdrawn, and Expired 2 expired).

September 2019

Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!
  • Green checkmarkY Monkbot 16, DannyS712 bot 60, Ahechtbot 6, PearBOT 3, Qbugbot 3 · Dark red X symbolN2 DannyS712 bot 5, PkbwcgsBot 24 · Blue question mark? DannyS712 bot 61, TheSandBot 4
  • TParis goes away, UTRSBot goes kaput: Beeblebrox noted that the bot for maintaining on-wiki records of UTRS appeals stopped working a while ago. TParis, the semi-retired user who had previously run it, said they were "unlikely to return to actively editing Misplaced Pages", and the bot had been vanquished by trolls submitting bogus UTRS requests on behalf of real blocked users. While OAuth was a potential fix, neither maintainer had time to implement it. TParis offered to access to the UTRS WMFLabs account to any admin identified with the WMF: "I miss you guys a whole lot but I've also moved on with my life. Good luck, let me know how I can help". Ultimately, SQL ended up in charge. Some progress was made, and the bot continued to work another couple months — but as of press time, UTRSBot has not edited since November 2019.
  • Article-measuring contest resumed: The list of Wikipedians by article count, which had lain dead for several years, was triumphantly resurrected by GreenC following a bot request.

October 2019

November 2019

Now you're thinking with portals.

December 2019

In the next issue of Bots Newsletter:
What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?

  • What happens when two bots want to clerk the same page?
  • What happens when an adminbot goes hog wild?
  • Will reFill ever get fixed?
  • What's up with ListeriaBot, anyway?
  • Python 3.4 deprecation? In my PyWikiBot? (It's more likely than you think!)

These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the January 2022 Bots Newsletter. Tune in, or miss out!

Signing off... jp×g 04:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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Bots Newsletter, January 2022

Bots Newsletter, January 2022
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
BRFA activity by month

Welcome to the ninth issue of the English Misplaced Pages'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 Misplaced Pages'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
In the first half of 2020, there were 71 BRFAs. Of these, Green checkmarkY 59 were approved, and 12 were unsuccessful (with Dark red X symbolN2 8 denied, Blue question mark? 2 withdrawn, and Expired 2 expired).

January 2020

A pythonA pythonA python0.4 pythonsYeah, you're not gonna be able to get away with this anymore.

February 2020

Speaking of WikiProject Molecular Biology, Listeria went wild in February

March 2020

April 2020

Listeria being examined

Issues and enquiries are typically expected to be handled on the English Misplaced Pages. Pages reachable via unified login, like a talk page at Commons or at Italian Misplaced Pages could also be acceptable External sites like Phabricator or GitHub (which require separate registration or do not allow for IP comments) and email (which can compromise anonymity) can supplement on-wiki communication, but do not replace it.

May 2020

We heard you like bots, so we made a bot that reports the status of your bots, so now you can use bots while you use bots

June 2020

A partial block averted at the eleventh hour for the robot that makes Legos

Conclusion

  • What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?
  • Will Citation bot ever be set free to roam the project?
  • What's the deal with all those book links that InternetArchiveBot is adding to articles?
  • Should we keep using Gerrit for MediaWiki?
  • What if we had a day for bots to make cosmetic edits?

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)

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The Dark Nebula

Hi, I tried to place this entry on Misplaced Pages some years ago & was cited as plagiarising an entry on comixpedia. That listing was indeed by me so i was not copying that post but, instead, reposting on Misplaced Pages, unaware that was not appropriate. I am attempting to post this on Misplaced Pages again & would like to know what is required to be removed or altered so that it would indeed be complying with the rules. I'm 62 years of age & not as tech-savvy as i would otherwise like to be.

I should point out that comixpedia is no longer what it was. In fact, if you click on the link for Comixpedia or more specifically the entry regarding The Dark Nebula it is all an Indonesian Gaming/Gambling site, nothing to do with The Dark Nebula or Comics in any way, shape or form.

To be clear the substance of the proposed entry originated from me, including images. I hope a resolution can be reached.

I leave this in your hands.

Thank you The Dark Nebula (talk) 08:57, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Ten years later

Hi Coren,

I resolved when I became an admin that I'd swing by here the first time I had a block overturned, even if you were inactive; and after 6 months and 1,421 blocks that's finally happened, sadly, so here I am. You probably don't remember me, but ten years and two usernames ago (Francophonie&Androphilie, kinda cringe name) you indeffed me and then reversed yourself after objections at AN/I. I expected I'd have something to say, when this day did come, about what I've learned from having a block overturned, but really all I can say is that it's unpleasant—both getting it wrong and being told you got it wrong—which is no great insight. But I guess I thought it might please (or at least amuse) you to know I stuck around and am an admin now; and also thought I'd take this as an opportunity to say hi and ask how you've been doing. Maybe you won't see this for a year or won't see it ever, but can't hurt to ask.

-- Tamzin (she|they|xe) 22:13, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WMFLabsIP

Template:WMFLabsIP has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:36, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Csb-day

Template:Csb-day has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC)