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What does the bot use to identify where to update this page? I'm intending to move it over to CSS Grid / more flexy / media query-ey and I don't want to mess with the bot. Izno (talk) 23:07, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
- There are two of them, for Featured Articles and Featured Lists. For the former, it looks for the comment
- <!-- Articles ((\d+), most recent first) -->
- and puts the new article after it. It then reads until it finds the comment:
- <!-- Topics ((\d+), most recent first) -->
- The number of articles to list is controlled by the regular expression. If it would be exceeded, then the last one will be dropped.
- The Featured list processing works the same way, but looks for "Lists" and "Pictures" instead.
- I can alter the way it works of course. Let me know what you propose. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:21, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- That shouldn't be an issue. Thanks. Izno (talk) 05:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi Hawkeye, the bot doesn't seem to have closed this withdrawn nom although I can't see anything obvious like a change of article name mid-review or some such. OTOH the nominator had themselves removed the FAC template from the article talk page before I performed the archive -- that screw up the works...? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 18:33, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
- Unlimitedlead (talk) tried to withdraw the nomination out of process. [1] I reverted their change, and the FACBot has processed the archive. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:49, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
Resolved- I deeply apologize for any mishaps I may have caused. I’m still new to this whole FA thing. Unlimitedlead (talk) 00:56, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
- No worries. Best of luck in the future. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:05, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
- Tks guys. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
- No worries. Best of luck in the future. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:05, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
Yesterday's FAR closures
Hello. I closed 8 FARs yesterday but the bot has only recognized 2 of the closures. Did I forget a step? Thanks, DrKay (talk) 07:48, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
- Someone created a bad entry for Borat. I have removed it. It shouldn't have stopped the job from processing the others, but there is a problem with Kubernetes. Not sure how to fix it. The others have been processed now. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:45, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
TFA changes
Hawkeye7 when a TFA is changed long after scheduling, is FACbot able to re-update WP:URFA/2020, or do I have to watch for those manually ? Bengali language movement was switched out, but WP:URFA/2020A still shows it at 2023-02-21 (that needs to be reverted to its maindate1). I don't mind changing them manually if necessary, as that sort of thing is rare and probably hard to code, but I'm not sure if I'll be notified on all of them. Bst, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:09, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, if an article gets swapped out it must be processed manually. It used to be unheard of, but it has happened a bit lately. It is quite a challenge for the bot to recognise that this has happened; it starts with the schedule, and if an article slips off the schedule, then the bot doesn't know about it any more. But it is also difficult to process manually. So I will consider how it can be done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:04, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- That is what I suspected. I don't mind watching for post-scheduling TFA changes to adjust them manually, but I won't always know. @TFA coordinators: and Gog the Mild to remind them to remind me if they remember :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:35, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- I'll try to remember to tell you when I have a role in it and it's before what, 2015?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:17, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- Wehwalt, yes, the URFA/2020 cutoff is 2015. I have always hoped that by keeping the TFA dates in the sortable charts, it will be easier for all of you to locate "Satisfactory" or "Kept" old FAs for TFA purposes. On a separate followup on Bengali language movement, pls see here. I had a rather dreadful November through December, and wish I had checked that article's history more closely, but don't want the wrong impression left about Antoine's review. Jimfbleak I recall there being another swap last month, that ended up at ERRORS, but I don't remember the article; if you can remember, I'd like to check that the URFA pages get updated. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 11:02, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
- I'll try to remember to tell you when I have a role in it and it's before what, 2015?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:17, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
- That is what I suspected. I don't mind watching for post-scheduling TFA changes to adjust them manually, but I won't always know. @TFA coordinators: and Gog the Mild to remind them to remind me if they remember :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:35, 21 January 2023 (UTC)