User talk:Bender235/2021 archive

www.annualreports.com
Can you http://www.annualreports.com(links) to your bot. Thanks --Nintendofan885T&amp;Cs apply 16:06, 12 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Sure can do. --bender235 (talk) 18:08, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Looking for help cleaning-up Library of Congress Permalinks that are being tagged with markup as dead-links Comment
I was working through a dead-link clean-up list when I ran across a series of articles where permalinks to the Library of Congress were being marked as dead-link because the LoC now uses HTTPS and the URLs were using HTTP. It seems that you have a Bot that works on that issue. All the permalink URLs have a similar format to this link http://lccn.loc.gov/n50040087, the only difference being that the last element is a different string. Is this something your Bot can do? The list I was working on where I noticed it was at the dead-link clean-up list for Women Writers Thanks, IdRatherBeAtTheBeach (talk) 04:51, 1 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I just tried a link search; it seems most of  links are coming from citation templates. Which ones exactly are dead links? --bender235 (talk) 18:17, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Bot deletes "="
Hi Bender235. Could you take a look at this edit by your bot? It removed the "=" while replacing a link with its secure equivalent. --Bsherr (talk) 06:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Oh shoot. That wasn't supposed to happen. I'll take a look.--bender235 (talk) 15:36, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

urlhttps
All gone now Lotje (talk) 17:38, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Indeed. Thanks for the help! --bender235 (talk) 17:40, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you both! --Bsherr (talk) 22:27, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

https request
Link_rot/URL_change_requests. This request arrived at WP:URLREQ, my bot isn't set up for generalized HTTPS work. -- Green  C  17:14, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Will do. --bender235 (talk) 17:16, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

BOT problem
Hello, there appears to be a problem with the BOT removing the = from the url parameter in this edit. Keith D (talk) 23:39, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Dang it. Same problem as above. I'll fix it. --bender235 (talk) 00:02, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

StarWars.com
Link_rot/URL_change_requests -- Green  C  19:03, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

A great thank you to Bender's owner.
Thank you for this bot. This is a long and tedious task that i HATE DOING. This bot is a great help.

Sincerely, Chewie1138. Chewie1138 (talk) 03:03, 4 March 2021 (UTC)


 * I also consider the bot to be very useful. Thank you for creating and running it! Nuretok (talk) 06:50, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Taylor Lorenz
Got your message about the discussion related to the birth date/year for Taylor Lorenz. Unlike the case that I worked on for Vernon Jarrett, I'm unable to research authoritative sources about her. I was able to research Vernon Jarrett easily, since I have access to historical documents (SSDI, census records) that lend credence to setting disputed information. Since Taylor Lorenz is far younger, none of those resources are available. The only way to document the probable birth year for anyone born later than the census releases is to rely on public information that the person (or someone close to that person) decides to release. BTW, the federal government releases census records 72 years after the census date (April 1), and the latest U.S. census is 1940.

A quick google search shows this information about Taylor Lorenz, although I cannot vouch for whether this information is valid. I'm also assuming that the name she uses is her birth name.

https colon slash slash www dot famousbirthdays dot com slash people slash taylor hypen lorenz dot html --and-- https://www.google.com/search?q=taylor+Lorenz+birth+date&oq=taylor+Lorenz+birth+date&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.6342j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I would not bet on either site giving valid information, given that there was an article swirling about as to how old she really would be. https://freebeacon.com/satire/taylor-lorenz-age-investigation/

According to her website at http://www.taylorlorenz.com, Taylor Lorenz states that she lives in Los Angeles, California. So, I looked up possible leads on the truepeoplesearch.com website based on known, public information. On this website, I also did a generic search without referring to a city for the states of California (where she currently lives), Connecticut (where she was born/grew up), Washington, DC (where she lived for a short while), New York (where she lived for a while), and Colorado (where she went to college) along with separate searches on Los Angeles, CA, Brooklyn, NY, and New York, NY (found info at https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/taylor-lorenz-400-square-foot-brooklyn-apartment-36724339 that featured her rented apartment where she lived at that time). Based on the stated birth year in article (1984), some search results pointed to a person between 31 and 35 years old, which would put the birth year somewhere between 1986 (1985 if the birth date falls later this year) and 1990 (1989 if the birth date falls later this year).

That's the public information that I can see, given the limitations for record searches involving living people. Anything else requires payment for access to restricted databases that reveal far more personal information. → Lwalt ♦ talk 17:05, 21 March 2021 (UTC)


 * This should probably be posted on Talk:Taylor Lorenz. The VPP discussion where I pinged you was more generally about the question of whether the type of research we did for Vernon Jarrett would be WP:SYNTHESIS or not. --bender235 (talk) 19:10, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Blogspot
Hi, can you run your bot on *.blogspot.com

There's also these country specific domains Thanks --Nintendofan885T&amp;Cs apply 16:04, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
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List of International Mathematical Olympiad participants
Hello. Can you briefly outline the criteria used for the naming of the participants as you turned the list into a table? It seems to me that you were placing the names from the original list. You also added further names yourself. May I know: As a participant, I'd love to have it sorted out soon! and im also salty that I'm not on there Happy 2021 Eumat114 (Message) 02:21, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) How did you get the necessary info (and verify them)? Is there an official database?
 * 2) Would it be better to organize it in terms of the medals while maintaining the table format?


 * That list simply compiles publicly available information, therefore is factually incomplete. The birthdates of the ones in the list essentially all come from their respective WP biographies. --bender235 (talk) 02:28, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * How about the restructuring of the table i mentioned in #2? Happy 2021 Eumat114 (Message) 03:26, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

This is what I intend to do:

Version 3: V1 but with "sub-headings" instead of award column (can't allow sorting until I know how to fix)
Which do you prefer? Thanks. Happy 2021 Eumat114 (Message) 08:05, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Version 3 looks nice, but I think being able to sort by medal is useful. In that case, I would prefer V1. --bender235 (talk) 14:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

HTTPs by default
Hello.

I'm concerned about the mission to convert all llinks to https by default. There are legitimate reasons to use HTTP instead of HTTPS. Not least the computational costs of encryption, which might make the experience worse for cheap, simple devices, in turn making devices more expensive, and generally promoting a computational arms-race. Have you done any testing on lower end devices to ensure you are not degrading the quality of their experience?

It's worth noting that websites that offer both versions, have chosen not to upgrade connections to https, and editors who link in http, have also chosen not to upgrade to https, I'm also concerned about the automatic overridding of two fairly reasonable decisions made on a case by case basis.

Regards, Tomás. --TZubiri (talk) 23:54, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The issue was discussed back in 2015, consensus was that converting links to HTTPS is a good idea. The privacy and security benefits easily outweigh any performance concerns. Also, most sites are much quicker via HTTPS than via HTTP (more info see here). I presume the percentage of Wikipedia users whose device is "too cheap and simple" for HTTPS is zero, since Wikipedia itself is HTTPS by default since 2015. Another point: being one of the most popular websites in the world, Wikipedia creates considerable inbound traffic for many websites, most of whom are very much interested in HTTP referer information (see for instance this request by Newspapers.com). Referring information is not transmitted from HTTPS→HTTP, only HTTPS→HTTPS. --bender235 (talk) 00:41, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Commons http
Hello, I noticed your bot changing http links to https. I wonder if you are willing to take a task to replace http links to Wikimedia commons? Regex search shows there are currently 2,200 articles that use http link to commons as an external link. 600 more for direct url search. There are two ways that external links can be replaced - The first way is easy and same as other tasks the bot handles. The second way is a bit more complicated but better since it provides protection against link rot. The existing 1,800 https external links can be converted to interwiki links as well. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 07:40, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) http to https -   →
 * 2) http to interwiki link -   →


 * For any commons file, an interwiki link (rather than an HTTP or HTTPS "external" link) is clearly the better option. However, a change like this is beyond the mandate of my bot. I suggest you file a bot request and see if it finds approval. I, for one, would support the idea. --bender235 (talk) 17:15, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I just filed a Bot request here. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 18:04, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * BRFA filed, withdrawn due to it not being a suitable task for a bot. Primefac (talk) 00:23, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * What is the best thing to do now? If many of the links are inappropriate and are to be removed, is it worth mass changing http to https? Also note that while there are 2,200 http links in main space, there are 25,000 in all namespaces combined. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 03:43, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * As I've said, I prefer the second option of converting them to interwiki links. --bender235 (talk) 04:03, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Jim Acree for deletion
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"Crandall High School" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Crandall High School. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 June 15 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 13:44, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Waybach Machine
Why is saying "Waybach Machine" instead of "Wayback Machine"? Is this a typo? — hueman1 ( talk •  contributions ) 01:29, 25 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Oh, that was a typo. Luckily the URL wasn't affected. But thanks for letting me know. --bender235 (talk) 02:29, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

How to keep the bot from changing a link to https?
Hi! In this edit, the bot changed http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ricardo/misc/docs/gps.pdf to https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ricardo/misc/docs/gps.pdf. The former URL works, the latter doesn't (404), so I changed it back. Will the bot change it again some time? If yes, what can I do to stop it? More generally: It seems that the https config for some user directories on cs.columbia.edu is broken. Examples: is OK,  is 403;  is OK,  is 404. On the other hand, both and  are OK. Strange. I guess it's not just a temporary problem – a seems to return an http link when the https link wouldn't work. Should we teach the bot not to change these links? — Chrisahn (talk) 22:47, 5 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I won't run the bot for columbia.edu for now. --bender235 (talk) 22:56, 5 July 2021 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks! I'm just curious - how do you decide when to turn it back on? — Chrisahn (talk) 23:16, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Spelling error
It's a minor thing, but at this page history it seems the bot should be saying "Wayback Machine" with a k.

WhisperToMe (talk) 04:23, 11 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I know, see two sections above. --bender235 (talk) 04:37, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:NFLusealtColor
Template:NFLusealtColor has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 13:53, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

The_Way_Out_(2015_film)
I see that you have done some work on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Out_(2015_film). It is full of dead links and dubious claims. I am not qualified to clean it up or to run "Fix dead links," but it needs to be done. Can you please? Thanks.--Powhatan Terrace (talk) 18:15, 17 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Not sure what you mean. I don't run a bot that fixes dead links automatically, if that's what you're referring to. --bender235 (talk) 18:20, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No. It just needs a lot of clean-up, including dead links.  It needs a pro.--Powhatan Terrace (talk) 21:06, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Pop Princesses 2009 for deletion
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