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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard § HBC AIV helperbot5 and AdminStatsBot. This is related to the bot that clerks WP:UAA. –Novem Linguae (talk) 14:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Issue at WP:UAA/BOT
The bot reports section no longer has a link for direct editing. I can't seem to pinpoint when this happened. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 16:01, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Fixed, someone moved the header onto a previous line. Primefac (talk) 16:19, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Courtesy ping to Mdann52, as it looks like the bot did it in Special:Diff/1235461185. Primefac (talk) 16:21, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Is this username in contravention with the policy?
User:CFA Mazshan (talk) 22:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- This page is for discussion about the username policy itself, not for discussion about problematic usernames. Please first discuss your concerns with the other editor about how their username violates policy(if it does) and if that does not resolve the issue, you may go to WP:RFCN. 331dot (talk) 22:09, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- While I wholeheartedly agree with 331dot that this isn't the place to discuss usernames, I will cut you off from actually starting an RFCN, because in this case their name is perfectly acceptable. Primefac (talk) 12:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- This looks like retaliation for this. Nobody (talk) 12:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- While I wholeheartedly agree with 331dot that this isn't the place to discuss usernames, I will cut you off from actually starting an RFCN, because in this case their name is perfectly acceptable. Primefac (talk) 12:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Why do we manually remove bot reported usernames?
HBC AIV helperbot14 updates the {{adminbacklog}} template (as needed) and removes blocked users from WP:AIV, WP:UAA, and the bot reported section of AIV (Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism/TB2). At the bot reported section of UAA (Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention/Bot), it only updates the adminbacklog template and editors remove the blocked entries manually. Is there a reason for this? Or is it time to ask if the bot operator can also implement the functionality to bot reported username violations? Pinging current bot operator, Mdann52. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:55, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Hey man im josh: The bot supports the page, it had been turned off in the config in the header. I've turned it back on for that page. If someone wants to turn it off again, feel free. Mdann52 (talk) 16:29, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Fantastic! For what it's worth though, it doesn't look like the last version of the bot actually used to remove them when I look at its edits to the page. Again, that's what I was hoping for, but I just want to be transparent in case there's a reason I'm unaware of. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:35, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- No, I noticed that as well after doing it. I'm happy to leave it on, with the caveat that I'm happy for it to be reverted by anyone if it causes issues! Mdann52 (talk) 16:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Fantastic! For what it's worth though, it doesn't look like the last version of the bot actually used to remove them when I look at its edits to the page. Again, that's what I was hoping for, but I just want to be transparent in case there's a reason I'm unaware of. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:35, 11 September 2024 (UTC)