User talk:AnomieBOT

Anomie is still around, mostly to maintain AnomieBOT. But after the WMF proved that office politics are more important to them than seemingly anything else, and otherwise generally seem more concerned with their own image than substance, Anomie is not engaging in technical work on MediaWiki.

Despite T360488 asking them not to, Toolforge admins have gone ahead and broken AnomieBOT's scripts. Keeping things running properly will likely require manual intervention until they fix that or give me a usable workaround.

Live status for all AnomieBOT tasks is available at Toolforge.

Regarding the OrphanReferenceFixer and TagDater, please note:

AnomieBOT is not an anti-vandal bot, so complaints about AnomieBOT "hiding" or not reverting vandalism are out of place here.
- AnomieBOT's current strategy is "wait 10 minutes to an hour or so to let ClueBot, VoABotII, other anti-vandal bots, or RC Patrollers fix the vandalism". I am open to specific suggestions on detecting vandalism, but keep in mind that the false positive rate of any method must be near zero to be useful.
AnomieBOT honors {{inuse}}; please use it if you have excessive edit conflicts.
If the reference errors or undated tags were caused by vandalism, just revert AnomieBOT's edits along with the vandal's. AnomieBOT will not be offended.
If AnomieBOT made a mistake in correcting a reference error or dating a tag, please correct the error by hand and report the URL of the problem diff below. Don't just revert the bot without fixing the error, or AnomieBOT is likely to "fix" it again in the same broken way before I get a chance to fix the bug.
If you have a problem with T11790, please take the issue up there. You will be having the problem with more than just AnomieBOT's edits.

Thank you.

	Regarding deletions, please note:
If you are here because you think AnomieBOT III deleted an article, please check again. AnomieBOT III deletes redirects when someone else deletes the article the redirect pointed to, and you almost certainly want to talk to that person instead.

	Regarding {{old AfD multi}}, please note:
If you are here because AnomieBOT added {{old AfD multi}} to an article when the old AfD was about a different person with the same name, just remove it. The bot has no way to tell whether it's the same person or a different one.

Before requesting a WikiProjectTagger run, please read the following:

The bot can easily handle multiple projects at a time: Everything below can be specified on a per-project basis. If there is significant overlap (e.g. articles in Category:Physicists are likely in the scope of both WP:WikiProject Physics and WP:WikiProject Biography), please consider requesting tagging for all the projects at once.

The terms of the bot's approval require that each WikiProject involved approve the list of categories to be processed. In your request, please link to the discussion on each wikiproject's talk page showing this approval. If you do not do this, I will have to post at the talk pages myself and wait a week for replies. That discussion should address all of the following points:

Specify which categories to process. Including "all subcategories" is possible, but in general is no longer done.
Certain pages will be auto-assessed for class and importance. If any of the below is not acceptable, specify how it should be changed (e.g. "Do not set importance", "Just tag, do not assess", or "Ignore the page, don't even tag it"). In all cases, if it looks like the specified class is not supported by your project's banner I will use class=NA instead.
- Article redirects will be auto-assessed as class=redirect and importance=NA.
- Articles in Category:All disambiguation pages will be auto-assessed as class=disambig and importance=NA.
- Articles in any category ending in "stubs" will be auto-assessed as class=stub, unless they are already assessed as something else by your project.
- All other articles will be tagged with no assessment. This can be turned off, if for some reason you only want stubs, redirects, disambiguation pages, and/or non-article pages tagged.
- Non-article pages will be assessed with the appropriate class (e.g. "category", "template", "image") and importance=NA. Action (and class) may be specified per namespace. Note this is not necessary for {{WPBannerMeta}}-based banners, as the assessment is done automatically there.
The bot can canonicalize redirects to the project banner, for example replacing {{cvgproj}} with {{WikiProject Video games}}. This will only be done if the page is going to be edited anyway, it will not be the only reason for editing the page. If you want this done, say so.
The bot can add arbitrary extra parameters to the template, based on categories, page contents, talk page categories, or talk page contents. For example, it can add task force parameters, and it can do things like "Add living=yes if it is in Category:Living people, or living=no if it is in Category:XXXX deaths/executions, Category:XXXXs deaths/executions, Category:XXth century deaths/executions, Category:XXth millennium BC deaths, or Category:Date/Year of death missing/unknown". If you want any extra parameters set, specify what they are and under what conditions to add them. If you want the bot to remove existing parameters under certain conditions, that can be done too.
The bot can also skip individual articles, based on categories, page contents, talk page categories, or talk page contents. For example, if WikiProject Foo wanted all articles in Category:Foo tagged unless they were also in Category:Bar or tagged by WikiProject Baz, that can easily be done.

Thank you.

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Problem in CfD list

This old discussion remains in the list of Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Old_unclosed_discussions despite the fact that it has been relisted quite some time ago. Earlier today I tried to use an alternative version of the relisting syntax but this does not help either. Any idea what might be the problem? Marcocapelle (talk) 20:15, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For CFDs, the bot looks for the output of {{subst:cfd relisted}}. It looks like something else was being done there. Anomie ⚔ 12:10, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

3EA

Please see my comment at Talk:3EA. Maproom (talk) 19:37, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TemplateSubster being used as a vector for vandalism

A few minutes ago, an LTA changed the content of Template:Registered topicon to be a redirect to {{checkuserblock-account}}, then added {{subst only|auto=yes}}, causing AnomieBOT to substitute all instances of the topicon with a CheckUser block message for all of the users who transcluded the template. It seems like this subst-only parameter is a particularly nasty vector for causing widespread vandalism in a very short time. I think it needs to be restricted in some way—perhaps we could create an edit filter to allow only autoconfirmed or otherwise privileged users to add the parameter. What do you think? Mz7 (talk) 15:59, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's already a safeguard that prevents the bot from substing templates with >100 transclusions unless they are listed on a template-editor-protected page, so any vandalism is limited to 100 bot edits per template substituted, which is hardly widespread.. If this is to be implemented, it would probably be better for the bot to check who added the category, rather than relying on an edit filter. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:04, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wanted to point out that this vandal is hijacking userboxes as well, because AnomieBOT just did this to my user page. @Mz7: I would concur, but instead maybe suggest that, if a new template appears in the bot's queue, it checks the last editor of the template and waits for some period of time before substituting any transclusions if the template's last editor was not autoconfirmed. It seems like a fair compromise so that obvious vandalism can be caught and and reverted before the bot starts substituting these templates, while good edits by these users would eventually take effect. —{ Cryptic Canadian } 03:31, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That looks a good idea; I suggest also that the bot posts to this talk page at the start of the wait period so that some experienced editors take a look at the edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:54, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

With reference to reply from new page reviewer Aqib Anjum

My article Saqib Iqbal Shami has been shifted to main space but it is seen that it has not yet got live on Google and other browser, I have talked with Aqib Anjum who had revieiwed this draft, he told me that now it is in the hand of bots,so you are kindly requested to look over this issue and humbly requesting you to make it live as early as possible thanks have a nice day Maizbhandariya (talk) 20:34, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maizbhandariya, not sure where you were told that (I can't find the page or conversation) but it has nothing to do with the bots and everything to do with "being patrolled". See Wikipedia:New pages patrol for more information. Primefac (talk) 22:06, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Struck comment by sock of indef blocked user. Article in question speedied under G11 and G5. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 05:02, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

malfunction

this bot made an error here --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 17:54, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Thegooduser: The userbox template had been vandalised (diff). There's a related thread just above here at #TemplateSubster being used as a vector for vandalism -- John of Reading (talk) 18:24, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ok --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 18:29, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

<syntaxhighlight> on User:AnomieBOT/SPERTable

Hi! Your bot seems to use <syntaxhighlight> on this page (and probably other edit request reports as well), with the now-deprecated enclose="none" attribute (last occurrence in an April 19 revision of the page). The non-deprecated solution is using the inline boolean attribute, but I don’t know why is <syntaxhighlight> needed in the first place. Why can’t you use the plain old <code>, with <nowiki> if needed? It looks better IMHO both in wikicode and in the final HTML. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:10, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is different...

I saw this and was surprised to see that I'd been CU-blocked. What happened here? Risker (talk) 15:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See #malfunction and #TemplateSubster being used as a vector for vandalism above. Primefac (talk) 15:58, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've created an edit filter (#1052) which should put an end to this disruption. Hopefully. – bradv🍁 19:02, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Special:AbuseFilter/1052 won't pick up future instances similar to the Risker case, which was a template being maliciously altered to a redirect; redirs aren't placed in the categories of their targets. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:47, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's a private filter, so I'm not going to exactly lay it out, but that's not what it's looking for. Primefac (talk) 23:02, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Since it seems some vandal is still being dumb, I'm going to lower the bot's limit before requiring User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force from 100 to 5. Anomie ⚔ 01:45, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Anomie, I don't think this is necessary. The filter should work. It's been tested thoroughly on testwiki, and running it against the previous vandalism shows that they all would get caught now, with no false positives. – bradv🍁 02:05, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Probably better to have multiple ways to limit the disruption. Anomie ⚔ 11:53, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	AnomieBOT thank you for your help. I'm new on wikipedia and it's so nice. PatKro31 (talk) 13:09, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"1931-32 Central European International Cupp" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect 1931-32 Central European International Cupp. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 10#1931-32 Central European International Cupp until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC678 01:24, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"1978-79 VCU Rams men's basketball teeam" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect 1978-79 VCU Rams men's basketball teeam. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 16#1978-79 VCU Rams men's basketball teeam until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC678 22:42, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TemplateSubster: Template:Notwiki has too many transclusions - Deleted

* Note that TFD substitutions should now be done via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster rather than by (ab)using TemplateSubster!

In an effort to prevent disruption, I refuse to subst templates that have over 5 transclusions unless they are listed at User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force. Please either edit the template to remove it from Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, manually subst the existing transclusions, or add it to User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force to let me know it is OK to subst them. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:27, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wait until TfD closes. Anarchyte (talk • work) 05:40, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TemplateSubster: Template:UPIMG has too many transclusions

* Note that TFD substitutions should now be done via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster rather than by (ab)using TemplateSubster!

In an effort to prevent disruption, I refuse to subst templates that have over 5 transclusions unless they are listed at User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force. Please either edit the template to remove it from Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, manually subst the existing transclusions, or add it to User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force to let me know it is OK to subst them. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 13:30, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Anarchyte: * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:56, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion request 2018 African Minifootball Cup

Hi, the article 2018 African Minifootball Cup was deleted because no more sources, hope to see the article, I will add more sources [1]. Best regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 12:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Faycal.09: Deletion log shows the bot deleted a redirect to African Minifootball Cup that was broken. Add to that article first, then once you have enough, split the 2018 material into a separate article. Hope that helped, Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 16:42, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Rotideypoc41352:, the article African Minifootball Cup was moved to a draft page, I sourced it and make a request. Then the article was restored. The 2018 African Minifootball Cup which is the first edition of this competition and wich is mentioned in the African Minifootball Cup article was deleted before, because no more sources. That's the reason why I make a request here and I'm ready to add sources as the exemple that I gave. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 17:21, 18 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@Faycal.09: based on the deletion log linked in my previous response, Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion would give you the faster response. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 19:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Rotideypoc41352:, That's allright, I added a request in the Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion page, thank you. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 20:03, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

For being a good bot.

Koridas (...Puerto Rico for statehood!) 04:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

errr

I removed your tag for compare the meerkat as it has a tiny problem I don’t think are any secondary sources if you know any Just tell me thanks 82.18.105.207 (talk) 15:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Toronto-gauge railways

User:AnomieBOT created the section Orphaned references in Toronto-gauge railways with a message about "50YPT" being an orphan referance, but I see no orphan references in Toronto-gauge railways. Is this a false-positive message? TheTrolleyPole (talk) 20:19, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The message was valid on May 15 when it was left on the talk page. Someone has since fixed it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:04, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TemplateSubster: Template:Uw-spam3 has too many transclusions - Fixed

* Note that TFD substitutions should now be done via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster rather than by (ab)using TemplateSubster!

In an effort to prevent disruption, I refuse to subst templates that have over 5 transclusions unless they are listed at User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force. Please either edit the template to remove it from Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, manually subst the existing transclusions, or add it to User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force to let me know it is OK to subst them. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:49, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Added to the force list. I note that none one the "this template has too many transclusions" complaints in the past few weeks were the result of vandalism. Anomie, would it make sense to revert the threshold for number of transclusions back to 100? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:30, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) No, it would not; it was reduced precisely because of vandalism: templates were being substed that shouldn't have been, in some cases to a completely unrelated target. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:13, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism by User: Chubbles on article Kelvin Taylor (actor)

The following user: Chubbles is altering content on a Wikipedia article in format and description that is unusual and I have warned them about Vandalism 3 times. BBoyNeptune06 (talk) 11:24, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BBoyNeptune06: Any user with "BOT" at the end of their username is a computer program and not a human being. Read WP:NOTVAND and WP:AGF. Both you and Chubbles are trying to improve the article as you best see fit but have reached a disagreement over how to do so -- neither of you is engaging in vandalism but you guys need to sort the issue out on the article's talk page before editing the page any further. I'm not immediately recalling any relevant policies (other than perhaps WP:Verifiability and WP:BLP requiring that there'd have to be some explicit identification from him as being African American), and only found this essay on the issues of discussing race and ethnicity in Wikipedia articles. Ian.thomson (talk) 11:38, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OrphanReferenceFixer: Blacklisted orphaned reference in Jakhal

When trying to fix orphaned refs in Jakhal, MediaWiki's spam blacklist complained about census2011.co.in. This probably means someone didn't properly clean up after themselves when blacklisting the link and removing existing uses, but a human needs to double-check it. The attempted changes were:

Jakhal revision 960540755:
- Rescued "census2011" from rev 960539905
  Removed in revision 960540755 by 2405:205:1103:BAD:6CF0:537E:68A9:F9CC (talk • contribs • logs) with comment "/* People */Rectified population census 2011" (added 218/5703 bytes, 4%)

You might also use {{subst:User:Anomie/uw-orphans|1=rm diff|2=fix diff}} to let the remover know, if their edit summary indicates they were specifically removing the blacklisted ref. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 17:11, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TemplateSubster: User:CrazyBoy826/sig has too many transclusions - Fixed

* Note that TFD substitutions should now be done via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster rather than by (ab)using TemplateSubster!

In an effort to prevent disruption, I refuse to subst templates that have over 5 transclusions unless they are listed at User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force. Please either edit the template to remove it from Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, manually subst the existing transclusions, or add it to User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force to let me know it is OK to subst them. Possibly added by User:CrazyBoy826 at 2020-06-03T23:48:03Z. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 01:58, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@CrazyBoy826: why are you substing this/why does User:CrazyBoy826/sig exist? --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 02:03, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, policy is clear that templates shouldn't be used in signatures, so substing this would be a clear improvement. Mdaniels5757, is there some reason I shouldn't add this to the force list? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:06, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No objection, just confused. :) --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 00:08, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Pppery: Could you add it to the force list temporarily? Crazy Boy 826 02:14, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I thought I had dealt with this a few hours ago. No idea why the bot is still complaining. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 02:21, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pppery, it happened again. I've re-added it to the list, leave it there for a couple days -- I'm guessing the Job queue is backlogged. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 03:19, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Remote duplicates on deletion sorting

I've had to make this kind of edit removing a duplicate a couple times now. Since ABOT visits deletion sorting pages fairly regularly anyway, I'm wondering if it might be possible to take care of duplicates itself. (I don't know if that's a trivial change.) Anomie? --Izno (talk) 01:10, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Easy enough to code, but a BRFA is needed. Rules are rules. Anomie ⚔ 19:42, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

BRFA passed, fwiw. Primefac (talk) 21:31, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bournillon cave

Hello I pointed out that this article is a translation of wikipédia.fr's article: {{Translated|fr|Grotte de Bournillon}}. Twice your bot deleted this message.Why?--Biboc (talk) 18:44, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) @Biboc: You refer, I presume, to this edit (and two more subsequent to that). The bot acted correctly, because the template is not for use in articles: per Template:Translated page#Usage, it goes on the talk page of an article, to which the bot duly moved it. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:16, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OrphanReferenceFixer: Blacklisted orphaned reference in Jun Hirakawa

When trying to fix orphaned refs in Jun Hirakawa, MediaWiki's spam blacklist complained about xyz. This probably means someone didn't properly clean up after themselves when blacklisting the link and removing existing uses, but a human needs to double-check it. The attempted changes were:

Jun Hirakawa revision 961802419:
- Rescued "lovepenta" from rev 947863584
  Removed in revision 961799410 by JzG (talk • contribs • logs) with comment "/* List of credited lens designs */Removing blacklisted .xyz domain (likely spam)" (removed 385/11311 bytes, 3%)

You might also use {{subst:User:Anomie/uw-orphans|1=rm diff|2=fix diff}} to let the remover know, if their edit summary indicates they were specifically removing the blacklisted ref. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 14:16, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistency in the |df= option to some tags

AnomieBOT can sometimes add a |df= param. But I've noticed that the editor subsequently flags that parameter as an "unknowm parameter", when the article is is edit mode. E.g., in this edit (diff), the tag {{update after}} is added to an article by an editor. AnomieBOT comes by and changes it to {{update after|2020|6|14|df=US}} (which you can see if you open this section of the Talk page in the wiki editor) It seems there is a bug, or an inconsistency between what AnomieBOT does and what the wikisyntax interpreter thinks is valid syntax. Cheers. N2e (talk) 10:28, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I scrolled through diffs back to 2014, and I don't see a |df= parameter. It looks like the bot should not add that parameter to {{update after}}. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:24, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, it should only add |df= to {{as of}}, not to {{update after}}. Fixed the bot. Anomie ⚔ 19:57, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OrphanReferenceFixer: Blacklisted orphaned reference in War in Donbass

When trying to fix orphaned refs in War in Donbass, MediaWiki's spam blacklist complained about dan-news.info. This probably means someone didn't properly clean up after themselves when blacklisting the link and removing existing uses, but a human needs to double-check it. The attempted changes were:

War in Donbass revision 962872349:
- Rescued "67754456SrS" from rev 955469077
  Removed in revision 955469526 by Thepharoah17 (talk • contribs • logs) with comment "/* January 2017 eruption of heavy fighting and failed ceasefires */Removed blacklisted link" (removed 264/389986 bytes, 0%)

You might also use {{subst:User:Anomie/uw-orphans|1=rm diff|2=fix diff}} to let the remover know, if their edit summary indicates they were specifically removing the blacklisted ref. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 09:59, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TemplateSubster: Template:Summary2 has too many transclusions

* Note that TFD substitutions should now be done via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster rather than by (ab)using TemplateSubster!

In an effort to prevent disruption, I refuse to subst templates that have over 5 transclusions unless they are listed at User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force. Please either edit the template to remove it from Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, manually subst the existing transclusions, or add it to User:AnomieBOT/TemplateSubster force to let me know it is OK to subst them. Possibly added by User:Sdkb at 2020-06-20T05:58:05Z. When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 06:57, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the template has 30-some transclusions, which isn't too surprising given its advanced age. I added subst-only auto to mirror {{uw-editsummary}}, a very similar template, and other user warning templates. Is it okay with another human if I tell the bot to go forward here? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:03, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb: Yes, it's normal for warning messages to be substituted. John of Reading (talk) (a human) 15:19, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bot issue

Hello, it appears the EnDashRedirectCreator function of the bot has added the {{R avoided double redirect}} tag to many redirected templates, project pages and (mostly) talkpages. This tag is not to be used on pages in those namespaces, and so they are all winding up in Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace. Any way you could rollback these edits by the bot, and prevent similar ones form happening in the future? Thanks, UnitedStatesian (talk) 03:45, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why shouldn't that template be usable in other namespaces? Avoided double redirects don't only need to be fixed in mainspace. Anomie ⚔ 11:02, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you want to fix the damn things? I don't!! Have the Foundation hire someone to support worthless avoided double redirects that infinitely double-redirect from one stupid disambiguation to another trying to find the non-existent mention of some trivial non-notable topic that can't be found anywhere in the 'pedia. There are too many "chiefs" around here making too much work for the slaves and the slaves are getting sick of it! wbm1058 (talk) 04:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have enough resources to manage that shit in mainspace much less talk. Ya gotta learn to set priorites. This is just distracting resources from fixing things that really are broken. wbm1058 (talk) 04:39, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ranting at people and pretending that anyone is somehow forcing you to do anything here is not particularly constructive. Personally, I'd be happy to have AnomieBOT auto-update avoided double redirects tagged with {{R avoided double redirect|auto=yes}} or something, as it will already do now for any that it itself created for en-dashed titles. Anomie ⚔ 14:47, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:List of Billboard number-one singles of 1946 (Pre-Hot 100) is labeled for avoided double redirect but its corresponding article-in-waiting List of Billboard number-one singles of 1946 (Pre-Hot 100) is not! Why is that. You used "modification" but that says "Please note that there are many more specific templates."... hint, you should use "avoided double redirect" on that page. Why is it more important to tag a talk page for avoided double redirect than the corresponding article. If the talk page is kept synchonized with its article (i.e. one doesn't move without the other moving with it) then it should be sufficient to just tag the article because when the article is fixed to go to the correct target its talk page will be too. wbm1058 (talk) 14:04, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of Billboard number-one singles of 1946 (Pre-Hot 100) was created before AnomieBOT was coded to add {{R avoided double redirect}} and has not needed its target updated yet; I didn't particularly want to try to get consensus for a task to have the bot edit 200000 redirects just to add {{R avoided double redirect}} when I was more concerned with the ones the bot had created that actually needed updating. Talk:List of Billboard number-one singles of 1946 (Pre-Hot 100), on the other hand, did need updating thanks to moves of and changes to Talk:List of Billboard number-one singles of 1946 (Pre–Hot 100), so {{R avoided double redirect}} was incidentally added at the same time the target was fixed. Anomie ⚔ 14:47, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, i am a new editor in wikipedia. I was created a article in Indonesian name Hendra Purnama, but i dont know how to translate it to Englis, Azeri and Dansk. Semuel Tahun (talk) 06:18, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In spite of this probably not being the place to ask such questions, there is already an article about the archer Hendra Purnama here. The very much stub Indonesian article id:Hendra_Purnama needs to be equated with it at Wikidata (and possibly have material translated from English to it). Dhtwiki (talk) 12:08, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and made the Wikidata entry equating the two pages. Dhtwiki (talk) 12:28, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Roman Retzbach

Hallo AnomieBot, thanks for your great support! Cu, Yves 🙏😍 YvesMe (talk) 15:42, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]