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DYK update check

Would it be possible for the bot to search Template:Did you know/Next update and see if there are any unprotected templates in the text? Not the page itself, which is supposed to be unprotected. - BanyanTree 00:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Also it appears that something odd is going on with the bot. - BanyanTree 00:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Me again. Can the bot give a more descriptive edit summary, so admins know if there's a page in need of protection? Thanks, BanyanTree 01:13, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm going to bring up again the idea of emailing this list to certain whitelisted administrators whenever a template is found unprotected. Today, there was an unprotected template transcluded on to DYK, and I have a strong suspicion that the vandal (who placed a shock image) checked here to find out that there was an unprotected template. (The template name was extremely small and at the end of DYK, leading to my inclination and feeling that s/he looked at this page to find the vulnerability. In addition, this page has been widely "advertised", and I'm sure some clever vandals have already found it.) With emailing a certain number of whitelisted administrators (perhaps 10 or more?), multiple administrators who are familiar with Main Page images/templates would be alerted immediately and confidentially, and vandals would not be able to simply keep on checking this page to see when we've missed something. Would changing the bot to this implementation (emailing certain users through the emailuser function) be possible? If so, I would suggest changing it immediately. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 04:33, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I'll second this. I actually had the same suspicion as Flcelloguy. I'd be happy to get these. Other likely candidates are the regulars at WP:ERRORS. If we create a protected subpage, would the bot be able to read usernames (let's say in bulletform) as a whitelist? I prefer it to be on wiki so admins can add or remove themselves as the fancy strikes them. Emails only when there is a problem, of course; it would be a pain to get 24 emails a day saying that nothing is happening. - BanyanTree 04:44, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

It would be very easy to do this sort of thing, and I suggested it in the first place because I was afraid something like this would happen. I'll start working on it straight away. Shadow1 (talk) 14:26, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Update: see User:Shadowbot2/Mailing list. Thanks again, Shadow1! Flcelloguy (A note?) 17:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
No problem, glad I can help own some vandals! I should have the DYK scan before the next Main Page update. Shadow1 (talk) 17:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)