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I do not check my talk page. If you need to reach me, leave a message here AND send a copy to me via email.
The lowercase sigmabots and my Toolforge services are still running, but are unmaintained. In the event of crashes/outages/errors, note that aside from myself, User:dbeef, User:The Earwig, and User:Enterprisey also have administrative access and can troubleshoot.
I cannot help with issues about archiving your own talk page. If you have read the documentation carefully and are still having problems, a prompt and friendly answer can usually be found by asking at the teahouse.

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Beyoncé

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Hi, is there a reason the talk page for Beyoncé doesn't archive? Thanks. 750h+ 11:25, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If a page isn't archiving, and has archived successfully in the past, look at what's changed in the meantime. These five edits are the only changes to the {{User:MiszaBot/config}} that have occurred in the last eight months, so I've reverted them and then altered {{aan}} to {{tan}}, also increased minthreadsleft from 4 to 5. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:03, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Combining with manual archive

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How do I manually archive some threads without it causing trouble with the counter?

Currently I've been changing the settings frequently depending on how busy my talk page is, but it would be better to select specific things to archive faster, like notifications and finished conversations.

Alternatively is there an "archive now" function to do everything on the page except the minimum number of threads? For if there's one ongoing conversation and nothing else active? I've tried setting it to zero days, but that didn't seem to work.

Late Night Coffee (talk) 13:57, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please tag me if you reply here. Late Night Coffee (talk) 13:58, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hero of Socialist Labour

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Hero of Socialist Labour
For the creation and implementation of lowercase sigmabot III. Floraracine (talk) 18:36, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

issue warning to editors if archive bot configuration is malformed

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Would it be possible to treat the archive bot configuration as a template, which could then issue editor warnings (in page preview, for instance) when parameters are garbled or used incorrectly.

For example, semi-recently templates like {{Talk header}} and {{Archives}} got the ability to report on the configuration to users, so editors no longer need to check the source code (edit the page) to learn the archiving cadence. For example, |algo=old(60d) will be reported as an archiving period of 2 months.

However, this can and has made editors incorrectly change parameters, say to |algo=old(3m) with the intent to increase the period from 2 to 3 months.

But the bot does not understand the unit "m" for months. You need to express this as |algo=old(90d).

It would be helpful if this could be reported in page preview, much like how infoboxes and citation templates complain about problems with parameters.

This was previously discussed over at Talk:Talk header, but people seemed to think this (and User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis) would be a better home for such functionality.

Thanks CapnZapp (talk) 22:09, 5 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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