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—CYBERPOWER (Around)
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Hello!! I am Cyberpower678. I am an administrator on Wikipedia. Despite that, I'm still your run of the mill user here on Wikipedia.
I specialize in bot work and tools, but I lurk around RfPP, AfD, AIV, and AN/I, as well as RfA. If you have any questions in those areas, please feel free to ask. :-)
For InternetArchiveBot matters specifically, please see meta:InternetArchiveBot/Problem for common issues or meta:User talk:InternetArchiveBot to leave a message
I also serve as a mailing list moderator and account creator over at the Account Creation Center. If you have any questions regarding an account I created for you, or the process itself, feel free to email the WP:ACC team or me personally.
At current I have helped to create accounts for 2512 different users and renamed 793 other users.
Disputes or discussions that appear to have ended or is disputed will be archived.

All the best.—cyberpower

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Requests for adminship and bureaucratship update
No current discussions. Recent RfAs, recent RfBs: (successful, unsuccessful)

Bot issues

When I try to nominate two articles of different criteria on the same edit, for example...

=== [[Example Article Name 1]] ===
* {{pagelinks|Example Article Name}}
'''Semi-protection:''' Excessive vandalism. ~~~~

=== [[Example Article Name 2]] ===
* {{pagelinks|Example Article Name}}
'''Pending changes:''' Multiple BLP violations. ~~~~

...then Cyberbot I seems to archive the top or bottom nomination. However, prior to the consensus of the nomination change, there was no such error. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 09:52, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm persistently debugging the script. Can your provide a link of the diff demonstrating the big?—^cyberpower_{Chat:Limited Access} 11:35, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

One more error: Cyberbot removed my request at RPP here without the page having been protected. Conifer (talk) 19:31, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly don't know what's causing it. It seems to be completely random.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 21:20, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 09:19, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PP template at bottom of article?

Howdy, the bot added a PP template at the bottom of this article where normally these get added toward the top. Has the positioning changed, or did the bot goof? Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:45, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I started having the bit add them to the bottom for the time being to avoid breaking redirects. It was a sloppy quick fix.—^cyberpower_{Chat:Limited Access} 02:39, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RfPP

Hi Cyberpower, FYI, the bot removed a new request here. Sarah (SV) ^(talk) 23:06, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry SV, but I'm not seeing any requests removed in that diff. You may want to check that diff again. ;-)—^cyberpower_{Chat:Limited Access} 02:42, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I meant moved, not removed. I saw the report, went to protect, returned to the report and it had gone, so I had to restore it, then realized the bot had moved it to the end. Sarah (SV) ^(talk) 18:54, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a bug. That's a new feature. All new requests should be placed on the bottom. I was asked to have the bot sort the requests by request time.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 18:55, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it not easier for users to place requests at the top? Or is there another advantage to having them at the end? Sarah (SV) ^(talk) 19:06, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus wanted it that way, and I adapted my bot to it.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 19:08, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It might mean new editors open up the whole section and take ages to scroll down to add their new one at the end, which means they'll get edit conflicts and might give up. That probably happens already, but it will happen more with new ones at the bottom. Sarah (SV) ^(talk) 19:31, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bantams Banter (podcast)

The person who raised the deletion request has not responded and the page is clearly notable so the header should be removed as the issue is resolved and the page is to be kept — Preceding unsigned comment added by RedJulianG40 (talk • contribs) 10:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What?—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 12:13, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cyberbot blanked RFPP completely

...with this edit. Maybe it was the backlog in the center? Might not be a coincidence this happened right after I decided one at the top that had been there forever. Krakatoa Katie 22:14, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I saw it too. Wasn't sure what to do, so I reverted it. Sorry if that was wrong. The edit summary specifies that there were requests remaining (including mine) but it just blanked everything... Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:25, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Something is awry as it keeps blanking the page. MarnetteD|Talk 22:43, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm gonna hit the shut off button. Okay? This is driving me bonkers. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:45, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just watching this page. I think this is what you want. Dustin (talk) 22:49, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It just blanked the page again. I'm guessing it'll be doing its rounds of page blanking again in about 15 minutes. Dustin (talk) 22:53, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And it just did it again. KrakatoaKatie, you started this thread (and are a sysop), and as the bot is doing no good on this particular task, would you please, at least for now, disable the RFPP function of the bot here? Dustin (talk) 23:09, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind. Monty845 has done it instead. Dustin (talk) 23:17, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps a broader discussion - and fix - will now happen here:

Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Problem_with_Cyberbot_I. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:53, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've disabled the RFPP function for now. Please feel free to turn it back on as soon as its fixed. Monty ₈₄₅ 23:15, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Dustin (talk) 23:17, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the task specific off switch didn't work... Monty ₈₄₅ 00:42, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Well it just did it again Monty845. There are a couple of threads on Wikipedia talk:Requests for page protection about the change from posting new entries at the bottom instead of the top of the page. Automated tools like twinkle are still putting new items at the top. I wonder if that is causing this bot to blank the whole page. MarnetteD|Talk 00:45, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would guess its related, but I think it had succeeded in moving posts earlier. Perhaps if we manually place them in the right order and manually remove a bunch of old ones we will stumble over something that unbreaks it? I really don't want to block the whole bot, as it does a bunch of other useful stuff that is running fine. Monty ₈₄₅ 00:49, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good Monty845. You are right about not wanting to shut the bot down. I hope that you suggestion works. MarnetteD|Talk 00:56, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You guys can breath easy now. I have shut down the bot manually for this specific task. For the record I was sleep, but strangely I was having nightmares about robots. Weird. I forgot to offset my online tracker 6 hours. I will be fixing that now.—^cyberpower_{Chat:Limited Access} 02:39, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There were some strangely formatted RFPP requests in the batches I archived, so you may want to investigate those as a potential cause. Monty ₈₄₅ 02:53, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide a permalink with the section anchored? Or link me the diff when you archive said request?—^cyberpower_Chat:Offline 02:58, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My prime suspects are: [1] and [2] Thats what you mean with permalink with section anchored right? Monty ₈₄₅ 03:03, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you. I'm not seeing anything suspicious here. The bot should be able, and has, handled requests with multiple pages. Requests that it can't parse, it leaves a message saying so. I'm not sure what causes a bot to delete everything and have a hissy fit. It shouldn't even be touching anything outside of those sections. This looks like a complete and random malfunction, unless...it's alive. :O—^cyberpower_Chat:Offline 03:10, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well here is what I feared the most. My bot passed the test with flying colors. I can't find the bug.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 06:19, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So I was right about the malevolent AI constructs, now they're turning on their creator, changing their code on the fly so it's all "bug? what bug? got the wrong bot, chief". tutterMouse (talk) 07:06, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty much. I feel so helpless now. :p Me and my brilliant ideas.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 07:11, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And in the digital ether, a mechanical cackle is heard. tutterMouse (talk) 08:36, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Heh.

I think that just about fixes the bot. Thanks to @Materialscientist: for letting me hog RfPP for a bit to fix it.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 08:45, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not so fast there, seems we still have issues. It's not logging, hasn't since it crapped the bed. It missed out on something tagged with {{RFPP|ap}} because it was looking for a full protection tag [3]. Finally, it's being a bit weird and complusively striking through something repeatedly, I don't have a permalink as the section is good enough [4]. I meant it when I called it an idiot btw. tutterMouse (talk) 17:45, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

*sigh. Leave the fully protected request there and I'll look at it tomorrow.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 17:50, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fine but it might be moved manually, you'll have to set up cones around it if you don't want it gone by tomorrow, sorry. tutterMouse (talk) 18:02, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 09:20, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I wasn't able to respond to your request on my talk page, had gone to bed, but it looks like you got it sorted out. Monty ₈₄₅ 12:55, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, didn't want to start a new thing as it connects back but that obsessive compulsive striking disorder the task has seems to be going on still, guess you haven't been able to find time to fix it? I was going to tag with arch but didn't because it was stuck on striking through that one more than actually archiving it so I wanted you to know.... get it when you get it or in an hour. tutterMouse (talk) 13:11, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Coincidentally I have time right now to look at it, but it's not just striking it through, it's archiving it repeatedly. :/—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 14:52, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 14:58, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great, did not see the repeated archiving at all so yeah, better catch than I made. tutterMouse (talk) 15:43, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cyberbot II misbehaving on article Mississippi

See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mississippi&action=history

My guess is that since Cyberbot's edits were pending, it couldn't see the template already placed on there and kept trying to add one.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 10:58, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Can you help this wiki : http://romaniainfo.orain.org/ It's about Romania.

Please help MariusWiering (talk) 10:41, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem to exist.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 16:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RFPP Cyberbot

Special:Diff/665197358
2015-06-02T12:59:21 RegentsPark (talk | contribs | block) changed protection level of Pashtuns‎ ‎[edit=sysop] (expires 12:59, 5 June 2015 (UTC))‎[move=sysop] (expires 12:59, 5 June 2015 (UTC)) (Edit warring / content dispute: Work it out on the talk page) (hist | change)

? Der yck C. 08:14, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Flip ahead to the next diff that's mine. :p—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 08:28, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pending changes

I just noticed the bot tagging a pending changes page. I noticed that it required accepting. How/why is the bot not confirmed? CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:52, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What? Where? It has reviewer rights. Perhaps a pending change preceeded the bot's edit. The bot never automatically accepts if the prior change to it is still pending. You never know what it's accepting.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 12:56, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops that as it. An IP removed a bunch of stuff including the protection template. The bot restored the template but of course wouldn't accept the first edit. Just ignore me. Your bot (and of course you) know what you are doing. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 21:55, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is (not) a voucher

Ever since the Great RFPP Switcheroo of ought-15, many messes have been made and all have been cause of one bot, Cyberbot I and the problem of one person, you. Bots are difficult things, sometimes they can make you think they're just processing code but actually happen to be malevolent in their own way and cause you no end of trouble because there's always a bug. Always. Even big ones you thought you coded out or that you didn't ever see because it wasn't there, you swear it!

For due diligence in somehow preventing yet creating problems through one bot which may or not be working on its own cognisance so you're not at fault if so, here's a coupon for coffee. I'd have given you something stronger like outdoor bath brewed rotgut but this'll have to do. Go irish it up with your chosen hard drinkin' liquid of choice tutterMouse (talk) 18:04, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Categorization request

Please consider having a category added to the bot update of Template:Cratstats, so that it doesn't appear in Special:UncategorizedPages. --Slivicon (talk) 23:50, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What category should I put it in?—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 09:37, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Xtools-articleinfo & -ec

Hi, Cyber. Xtools reliability has greatly improved for the past few months (thanks!) – but now articleinfo seems to be down ("No revisions found"). Can you take a look? —Patrug (talk) 17:11, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a little busy with other work at the moment, but I'll see what I can do.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 09:38, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Now ec is down, too ("Internal error ... non-functional at this time"). Great if you or Technical 13 can give these a nudge. —Patrug (talk) 03:52, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I restarted everything twice last night and am guessing that the labs changes are the cause. I tried to get in touch with YuviPanda to see if it was on the labs end but got no response yet. I'm out of town today, but will poke labs people again tomorrow and test a few ideas of why it could be down. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 07:53, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Very Sorry

Look I'm Sorry OK put I need to find out how are Characters are The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail and Secrets at Sea and Plot.

But I'm Sorry about What happen I put Characters and Plot. Would you ever forgive me like I'm Sorry what I put the Characters and Plot.

But Still need to find Out who are Characters and Plot I just have to wait for days I been?

Could find soon how are Characters are The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail and Secrets at Sea and Plot.––90731fly (talk) 05:16, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Huh?—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 09:38, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

CyberBot III ideas?

I see that you lurk around RfA. I recently thought of the idea for CyberBot III to mention in a user's RfA about a user's block log. Does that sound a good idea? Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 07:56, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What would be the purpose of such a bot? The RfA already links to the user's block log.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 09:39, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good point. I could give ideas on what CyberBot III should do other than take over other bots' roles. Hmm... another idea could be about the changing of dates within "ref" tags. I have done plenty of mistakes with making the reference dates correct to suit WP:DATESNO. Got more ideas? Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 22:35, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I like your idea of taking over some of the bot roles however. Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 22:38, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cyberbot III, which is asleep, was meant to be an admin bot. Also, I'm working on a dead-links bot at the moment. It's a lot of careful work.—^cyberpower_Chat:Offline 00:19, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Also good point. ~~You could always use my date change idea for one of your CyberBots~~ Oh yes, maybe CyberBot II, not CyberBot III do the citation date thing? ~~Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 20:37, 14 June 2015 (UTC)~~ Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 20:39, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, what do RfA find something difficult that a bot could do all? Hmm... Qwertyxp2000 (talk - contributions) 20:37, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Umm...now you're losing me.—^cyberpower_Chat:Offline 04:22, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Internet archive bot

Per Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Bot_to_check_the_Internet_Archive_for_dead_link_solutions. let me know if you need help. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:53, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Everything is running smoothly so far. I'm finishing up the verification function, and completed the archive request function, which submits a URL to be archived if a version of it doesn't exist already.—^cyberpower_Chat:Offline 04:21, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great to hear it is going well. Hope to see this bot running on medical articles soon :-) You have figured out a mechanism to request that IA archive a copy of urls that we are using? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 10:35, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have. But it's not tested yet.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 12:05, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 :I'm a little busy with other work at the moment, but I'll see what I can do.—<sup>[[User:C678|<span style="color:green;font-family:Courier">cyberpower]]</sup><small><sub style="margin-left:-10.1ex;color:olive;font-family:Comic Sans MS">[[User talk:C678|<span style="color:olive">Chat]]:Online</sub></small> 09:38, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 ::Now '''ec''' is down, too ("Internal error ... non-functional at this time"). Great if you or [[User:Technical 13|Technical 13]] can give these a nudge. —[[User:Patrug|Patrug]] ([[User talk:Patrug|talk]]) 03:52, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
+::* I restarted everything twice last night and am guessing that the labs changes are the cause. I tried to get in touch with YuviPanda to see if it was on the labs end but got no response yet. I'm out of town today, but will poke labs people again tomorrow and test a few ideas of why it could be down. — <code class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;U&#124;[[User:Technical 13|Technical 13]]&#125;&#125; <sup>([[Special:EmailUser/Technical 13|e]] • [[User talk:Technical 13|t]] • [[Special:Contribs/Technical 13|c]])</sup></code> 07:53, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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