User talk:AFBorchert/Archives/2022

Friedjof
Hi, you might remember Benutzer:Friedjof, who you banned from dewiki for copyright violations (among other things). An alternative account of his is now creating unattributed translations and semi-attack pages here (there is currently an open thread at BLPN). Before taking him to ANI (he has been made aware of attribution requirements on enwiki before and it seems like the problematic behaviour is just going to shift from dewiki to enwiki), I thought it would be best to ask someone more familiar with the situation.

Do you think my concerns are overblown? 15 (talk) 16:21, 26 January 2022 (UTC) 15 (talk) 09:15, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi 15, could you please link the discussion and/or the account? Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 11:30, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , all of his article creations are translations, many from https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Artikelwerkstatt/Friedjof/, such as Narcis Tacau from this draft in dewiki. Current discussion about the BLPCRIME implications of this article at . None of his articles have proper attribution.
 * His first edit was adding criticism to the German Wikipedia article on enwiki. There is obviously nothing wrong with criticising dewiki, but it further confirms that this is not a new user. 15 (talk) 11:44, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy birthday

 * Hi Sdkb, thank you! Kind regards, AFBorchert (talk) 22:21, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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Question about mass editing.
I was curious if there is a way to change or "Find + Replace" links from a specific domain? An online magazine is changing their domain to a shorter version but, they are keeping all the same URLs. Rather than going through and individually editing 4,000 pages that use this website as a reference, is there a tool or request that can be made for the links with the associated domain to be WP:massediting ??ScienceAdvisor (talk) 19:55, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi ScienceAdvisor, first of all, all mass editing projects should be done in a way which conforms to our policy. Please checkout WP:MEATBOT. Hence you should discuss mass editing proposals with others first to make sure that your proposal is the best solution. Then there are two options to proceed, either with a semi-automated tool like AutoWikiBrowser or by creating a bot which needs permission, see WP:BOTPOL. This could be possibly done by an existing bot, hence it would be a good idea to question bot owners whether there are options. Bots/Noticeboard could be a suitable board where you could ask bot owners. I've myself never done anything like this, hence I do not have experience here. Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 20:39, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help. To me it looked like you created the talk page for WP:Massediting so I thought you might be a good person to ask. Is there a good forum to ask about mass editing? I appreciate your help! Happy Holidays ScienceAdvisor (talk) 20:47, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi ScienceAdvisor, Mass editing was authored by BD2412. When that page was drafted, I just contributed some comments. You could ask him but the answer possibly depends on which URLs you want to change and how exactly these URLs are currently used. If there is a significant number of them, it might be preferable to not just update the URLs but to replace them by a specific template, see Category:Specific-source templates for existing templates. This would make sure that in case of future updates, just the template needs to be updated but not all the 4,000 pages using it. Just keep in mind that at least two things need discussion: Is there consensus for your proposed mass edit and how this is executed best if there is consensus. Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 21:04, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * You can outline the task at WP:BOTREQ and one of the editors there may be able to make a bot that will do the task. BD2412  T 21:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)