User talk:Cyberpower678/Archive 52

Translation
Hello. Can you write here some real exemples of the messages below (without {}). So I hope to better understand them and make a good translation (some of them are already translated but I want to be sure of the meaning for my translation) : Tks Supertoff (talk) 10:08, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello fellow editors,\n\nI have just modified {linksrescued} external links on {namespacepage}. Please take a moment to review [{diff} my edit]. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:\n{modifiedlinks}\nPlease refer to the FaQ for information on correcting errors with the bot.\n\nCheers.",
 * "Hello fellow editors,\n\nI have found one or more external links on {namespacepage} that are in need of attention. Please take a moment to review the links I found and correct them on the article if necessary. I found the following problems:\n{modifiedlinks}\nWhen you have finished making the appropriate changes, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information to fix any issues with the URLs mentioned above.\n\nThis notice will only be made once for these URLs.\n\nCheers.",
 * Hello. During the archive process, the archive returned errors for one or more sites that I submitted for archiving.\nBelow, I have included the links that returned with an error and the following error message.\n\n{problematiclinks}\nIn any event this will be the only notification in regards to these links, and no further attempt will be made to archive the links.\n\nCheers.",
 * {link} is found to be dead. Recommend adding {newarchive} to the original URL.",
 * {link} is found to be dead. No archive was found.",
 * {link} is considered to be dead, however has been found to be alive. Recommend removing the dead flag from the URL.",
 * Added archive {newarchive} to {link}",
 * Replaced archive link {oldarchive} with {newarchive} on {link}",
 * Corrected formatting/usage for {link}",
 * Added tag to {link}",
 * Removed dead tag from {link}",
 * Modified source for {link}",
 * {problem} with error {error}",
 * Rescuing {linksrescued} sources and tagging {linkstagged} as dead.",
 * Talk:George_Herriman is one example.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 14:33, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Talk:List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Björk is another page full of examples. Hopefully it helps.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 14:35, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * OK. A question :
 * by "http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=639&fulltext=1 is found to be dead. Recommend adding https://web.archive.org/web/20121115053055/http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=639&fulltext=1 to the original URL"
 * you mean "Recommend replacing the original URL with https://web.archive.org/web/20121115053055/http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=639&fulltext=1" ?


 * In my mind, if you add something, you just add "https://web.archive.org/web/20121115053055/" before the URL ? Am I right ? Supertoff (talk) 16:48, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Not really. IABot, adds archive using archive templates or using the archiveurl parameter in citation templates.  But it ultimately depends on the behavior and process your wiki follows.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 17:39, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * if I understand correctly : add the archive URL in a parameter in the template in addition to the URL parameter (if the model accepts both parameters at the same time) Right ? Supertoff (talk) 18:20, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Or use an archive template. On enwiki we have .  For the plain regular links to add an archive to those we use .— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 18:22, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * in french is whitout archive parameter.  as no french equivalent. I will keep in my mind your answer to translate as good as I can. Supertoff (talk) 18:48, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Believe it or not, it does. It's just not documented.  I trolled through the code when I found inconsistencies in the code and discovered that it does work.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 18:50, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * See this.— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 20:15, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * You should ask FDo64 and Zebulon84 to hereexplain if it works and how. I don't know the module. Supertoff (talk) 21:04, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I already confirmed it works. If you take a look at the rendered output, you'll find the archive link there, in place of the archive link generated by the Wikiwix gadget.— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 21:33, 24 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Just FYI Cyberpower, if you ever hit a snag and need someone to act as translator in some discussion I'm completely fluent in both English and French (ah, the perks of growing up in Montreal....) :) 22:42, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * That would certainly be useful. Could you act as a liaison for me and the French Wikipedia in regards to IABot?— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 23:04, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * On one hand, I'm gonna say "sure", but on the other hand keep in mind I have no reputation nor history with frwiki to speak of. :p Ben · Salvidrim!   &#9993;  23:06, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * is an enwiki administrator that speaks French. Any chance you two could work together to help make it easier for me to communicate with the frwiki community?— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 23:08, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Might be interested
You might be interested in this thread, though I'm not sure how active Cyberbot III is any more. Primefac (talk) 19:47, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Saw it. :p— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 01:27, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you. :-). I hope you are doing well. I'm in the process of testing and developing version 1.6 of IABot.  This version includes a revert detection routine.  Most cases of the bot being reverted is because it mistook a link for dead.  So in those cases when the link was likely mistaken for dead it will see who reverted the edit, and automatically report the affected links as false positives on behalf of the user.  Also in the next release I am working on implementing support for MMS and RTSP links.  They are used widely on Wikipedia and IABot sees all of them as dead since it can't read audio/video streams.— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 01:31, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Great work! GorillaWarfare (talk) 01:48, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Please create links in the right way
Hello, I found a problem about IABot. Please create links in the right way. Please see ja:ノート:地下浩多. Thank you. 琳玉 (talk) 12:32, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I do not understand.— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 01:27, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Please put a space after URLs. I fixed it now. I'm sorry for my clumsy English. 琳玉 (talk) 01:57, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That can be fixed at https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:InternetArchiveBot/Dead-links.js which controls the bot behavior.— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 02:03, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I cannot edit the page. Could you fix it yourself? 琳玉 (talk) 08:00, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

confusing bot message
I find the "External links modified" talk page note by your bot very confusing. "External links" is a dedicated major division of WP articles, and so the simplest interpretation of the note is that something in the External links has been modified.

In fact, you are changing links in references, and you should refer to "references". People will pay more attention when it is clear that references were altered.

The entire message could be rewritten to be simultaneously more concise and more informative. You changed a reference link to an archival link because the original link has gone bad. Take that sentence and formalize it, and stop referring to "external links", and you will have a vastly improved note. Thank you for accepting this criticism in good faith. Aureliano Babilonia (talk) 01:22, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * References are external links. Anything that links away from Wikipedia is an external link.  If you want to change the wording of the message, you should seek community input on the preferred wording.— CYBERPOWER  ( Message ) 01:25, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I suppose it is impossible to engage constructively with someone who says "references are external links". While references may sometimes refer to a web resource and as such include a URL, I think we can all definitively agree that references are not external links. The bot community needs a competent technical writer. I've seen so many bot edit summaries as well that have no sense of how to prioritize information, nor have any sense of concision. I won't bother you again. Aureliano Babilonia (talk) 20:45, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I've given you your answer. The wording of the messages were chosen after careful consideration and the bot has been approved with that wording.  If you want it changed, seek community input.  The bot does not just modify references, it modifies links outside of them.  In other words, it modifies external links.  If you want to continue to call me an incompetent "technical writer", then go away.— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 21:01, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

accidental rollback
Sorry about that, new addon in browser decided to open several links at once including some rollback commands. Nthep (talk) 22:24, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well that'll do it. I was wondering how it happened 3 times instead of once.:p— CYBERPOWER  (Around ) 22:25, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Frightened the bejesus out of me that many tabs opening at once. Add-on disabled until I can work out it's configuration to reduce the risk of reoccurrence. Nthep (talk)

Putting to chrome://url
Note this mistake of your bot. Jack who built the house (talk) 02:48, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

IABot again stripping HTTPS from webcitation.org links
Hi,

As seen here, IABot is still converting valid https links to webcitation.org links in references to http. Can you please have it stop doing that? I went through that page and fixed things but it would be great if that wasn't necessary. —Joeyconnick (talk) 17:00, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

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Trout
You have been trouted for: approving a bot for extended trial of | 500 quintillion edits. :P &#91;Username Needed&#93; 10:08, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Current events header replacement
For the past month or so, RossO and I have been working on a mobile-friendly, tableless version of the Current events header used by Cyberbot I. There weren't any objections at Portal talk:Current events, so I went ahead and implemented the changes for future daily archives at your template at User:Cyberbot I/Templates/Current Events. I'll keep a close eye on this for any malfunctions, of course! See Current events and testcases, especially Minerva skin, for changes. Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 18:59, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * So far, so good. Cyberbot's output for is fine. Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 04:11, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

You've got mail
Thank you.

User:Cyberbot I/AfD report
Regarding the AfDBot task from Snotbot which was taken over by Cyberbot I, is the "AfD's which are apparently closed but remain in CAT:AFD" check necessary? It seems to bug out a lot (it is at current listing Articles for deletion/Cypriot Young Scientists and Articles for deletion/MC SKULE where the close and category removal took place in one edit, though they should be gone by the time you see this), and Cyberbot I itself removes the categorization template if it's there, making the check redundant. I don't know bot policy at all so I don't know if changing this would require a new BRfA, in which case it would be totally not worth fixing, but if it won't, it seems like it'd be a lot more efficient to just remove that check. ansh 666 07:52, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

DRN case closed
This message template was placed here by Nihlus, a volunteer at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard. You recently filed a request or were a major party in the DRN case titled "Talk:Patriot Prayer". The case is now closed: this is not a content dispute. If you are unsatisfied with this outcome, you may refile the DRN request or open a thread on another noticeboard as appropriate. If you have any questions please feel free to contact this volunteer at his/ her talk page or at the DRN talk page. Thank you! --Nihlus 05:25, 9 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Additional comments by volunteer: Conduct issues should be taken to WP:ANI as needed. Feel free to open a DRN topic again if you wish to discuss the content of the article in question. An alternative would be to garner community input via a WP:RFC.

A goat for you!


Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:13, 13 October 2017 (UTC) 
 * Baaaah— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 16:18, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Archivebot
Hello, can you design legobot or something like User:InternetArchiveBot for Azerbaijani wikipedia? We would really appreciate as we are strugling to archive links. --Azerifactory (talk) 18:53, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You'll need to start a discussion and gain community consensus on that wiki. Please link me to the discussion.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 16:18, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Cyberbot I dead
Just a head's up, Cyberbot I has fallen over and has stopped updating the RfA list; I'm doing it by hand for the mo so TonyBallioni's RfA can pass. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  11:38, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It hasn't fallen over. I had to shut it down to migrate its DB.— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 19:00, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

InternetArchiveBot problem
When I go to a page history and click "Fix dead links" it's not working as it used to. Now it says: "No webservice The URI you have requested, /iabot/index.php?page=runbotsingle&pagesearch=PAGENAME, is not currently serviced.

If you have reached this page from somewhere else... This URI is part of the iabot tool, maintained by Cyberpower678. That tool might not have a web interface, or it may currently be disabled. If you're pretty sure this shouldn't be an error, you may wish to notify the tool's maintainers (above) about the error and how you ended up here.

If you maintain this tool You have not enabled a web service for your tool, or it has stopped working because of a fatal error. Please check the error logs of your web service."

--Triggerhippie4 (talk) 13:07, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I had to shut down the service while I migrated the DB.— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 19:00, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Blanking RfX report
The bot. Please fix. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 21:36, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Having AllMusic generate HTTPS links
At the current time, the template AllMusic generates an HTTP link to a page on AllMusic. It appears that the AllMusic site redirects these HTTP URLs to corresponding HTTPS URLs via 301 (Moved Permanently) redirects. I would like to edit AllMusic so that it will generate HTTPS links instead. In the template sandbox, there is a version of the template that generates HTTPS links. The actual template has a note indicating that Cyberpower678 should be notified if changes are made to the template due to User:Cyberbot II being dependent on the template. Would it be possible to change the template AllMusic to generate HTTPS links? --Elegie (talk) 14:16, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Updated the template, and removed the notice. The dependency on that template is no longer needed.—

 CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 14:22, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

A bot, my fellow? and, My username (Usurped)
Hello, and thank you, for your work on Wikipedia. Your user page, as well as the tone of your bots' diction, are amusing and entertaining, and I find them to be perfect for WP. I have two points which I would like for you to consider, please. (If you seek a formal definition for any word that I use, I recommend the dictionary (but not the website, unfortunately, although I will provide a link) of Merriam-Webster, which I consider to be an authority on American English. Ironically, I have not consulted that dictionary, nor any other, when writing what is to follow, because the nature of this communication is informal, and perhaps only preliminary to a deeper dialogue.)

The original reason for my visit here was that I'd seen a message left on an article Talk page (the article is for the ship of the pirate Blackbeard, the Queen Anne's Revenge), of which the salutation included the expression "fellow Wikipedians". The body of that message, following the salutation, gave me the impression that the message had been left by a bot (its name seems to be "Internet Archive bot"), as a part of its routine functions. This made me question the propriety of the idea of whether a bot is my "fellow" or not, and similarly whether a bot is a "Wikipedian". The bot has its own Wikipedia username and account, but neither of these are sufficient, in themselves or in combination with each other, to constitute either a "fellow" of mine (in the sense in which the term is typically used), or a "Wikipedian" (as most people would understand the term). It strikes me that a "fellow" of anyone, due to the implications of the word (and I restate, I am speaking "off the top of my head" without reference to any outside authority), would have to be another person, or at least a living creature. And a "Wikipedian" would almost have to be a person, I would think. So, I ask you to please share your reasoning, as to why you have a computer program address humans as "fellow Wikipedians".

I have no animosity towards technology, or bots, or robots, or cyborgs, or anything of the sort. Yet, I was taken aback by the idea that a bot would address me, as if it were my peer. The whole affair is, to me, an interesting ethical and linguistic question, regarding an issue which has been debated for longer than a century. This debate has never interested me. It has even struck me as being a foolish reaction, that is the result of an irrational hatred of machines. Thus, a practical manifestation of this "conflict," which I'd thought that I would never experience in my lifetime, has led me to find myself responding in a way that's opposite to how I've always assumed that I would. This is not a major matter, and perhaps it has already been discussed, here at Wikipedia. If so, I'd appreciate your direction, to where I could learn what's been said, before.

My second concern is in regard to my current username. I joined Wikipedia in 2006 with the username AnalogDrift. In 2013 (these year dates are accurate, I believe, but I'm not certain), I requested the change to "catsmoke" which had been someone else's username. I went through the process of usurping this username, with no problem, and no complications. As far as I can tell, a Wikipedia user had registered this name (in 2003 or so), and then never made an edit, or ever done anything else which had left any evidence of use of, or any interaction with, Wikipedia. During the username usurpation process, the original registrant had not responded, and no one ever submitted any protest or opposition, relating to my assumption of this username. I have been an editor here for eleven years, always in good standing, and have made more than 1500 edits, of which more than 95% have gone unreversed (most of my work is copy editing, and rewriting for the sake of clarity; I have created at least one article of significance). You have knowhow and authority, regarding usernames. My query to you is whether I can, somehow, transition my username to be fully my own, a username unannotated by the postnominal tag "Usurped". I do not seek to expunge the record of the usurpation process, nor to subvert the administrative requirements or records, in any way. If we could do this by merging the old "Catsmoke" account with my account, I am willing to assume full and complete responsibility for anything done on Wikipedia by whomever had created the username (that is, based on my current state of knowledge, which seems to indicate that the original registrant made no changes to Wikipedia anywhere, nor did anything on the website, other than registering the name and creating an unused account). I am willing to engage in whatever process would be necessary to accomplish this. I turn to you for whatever assistance and guidance that you are willing to provide to me, in my quest to reach my goal. I would be happy to provide any service that I can, if I can do anything for you. Thank you, for the time and attention that you have given my words. catsmoke (talk) 23:22, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

RfC on deWP
Hi! The RfC on deWP ended today successfully. :-) The RfC's proposal and conditions include some conditions that IABot does not fully meet yet. Also, there are some next steps and open questions to be considered before IABot can be fully unleached at deWP. --Martina Nolte talk 21:16, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You also get some (very well deserved) kudos on the talk page. :-) --Martina Nolte talk 21:34, 15 October 2017 (UTC)


 * But apart from that, you really did a great performance by your participation in the rfc mentioned above by Martina Nolte, thanks a lot for your work! --Rax (talk) 21:38, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. Time to move forward.  I do need some clarification.  IABot seems to already meet all of the requirements.  What needs to be modified exactly, or what is it doing wrong?— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 00:25, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It needs to add a note to each edited url that this the archive link hab been added by a bot (automatted) and ask users to check it. The note has to be removable by a human. (Your bot shouldethen leave this url alone in the future and only notify on the talk page). A verbiage for this note is included in the rfc (Bothinweis mit Prüfbitte, starting with . Also there were proposals to maybe not request a full Botflag (see to do list at the rfc's talk page) so that the edits will keep showing up in watch lists. But only for removal of the speed limit. --Martina Nolte talk 18:52, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I was thinking more along the lines of a parameter in Webarchive and Internetquelle. Otherwise that would be a major rewrite for IABot.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 18:54, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. I have no knowledge of writing/changing templates. Someone else needs to add this parameter. But I can ask there who#d volunteer. --Martina Nolte talk 01:24, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm also confused here. As of v1.6 IABot detects reversions, and if the reversion was because it thought the link was dead, when it isn't, it leaves it alone and reports the URL to me.  If someone reverts a maintenance function, then should tell the bot to stop with the opt-out option.  Once IABot adds its archive, usually nothing more is ever done to the URL.  In the rare event the archive doesn't work, IABot can be told to use something different, with the interface.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 19:19, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Might well be a misunderstanding on my side. Still not a techie. :-) We'll see how this works out in day-to-day operation.
 * Anyway, I'd highly recommend you run the bot on a selected number of articles (a category maybe?) and collect some feedback before IABot fixes 1 million links in over 600,000 articles within shortest time. --Martina Nolte talk 01:24, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well the bot has been running quietly. Switching the run page on, will have the bot running on all kinds of articles.  We can shut the bot off again afterwards.—  CYBER POWER  (Trick or Treat) 01:52, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That's true. :-)
 * I did ask around to get help with adding a bot parameter to the 4 templates. This has to get done before IABot can be launched at deWiki.
 * How do you want to go about the bot flag? Did you follow the discussion? User:MGChecker made a valid point in regard to users' watchlists.
 * Are you familiar with these requirements and recommendations for bot operators?
 * How do you want to go about the speed restriction? (I read: 5 edits per minute are tolerated; alternatively, bots can use the parameter maxlag for up to 15 edits per minute). Just wanting to make sure you are aware of this. You can use the bot flag request page to request the removal of the speed restriction. That seems to be independent from a bot flag. You do not have to request a bot flag or full speed to run IABot though. --Martina Nolte talk 04:19, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I still feel the bot should have the bot flag. People that feel compelled to check the work of the bot, will see the talk page messages, disable the bot filter on their watchlist, or follow IABot's contributions.
 * IABot uses a maxlag value of 5 seconds. If the server lags that far behind, IABot goes to sleep.  The normal editing rate is usually 6-12 edits per minute, but sometimes it may spike, but only briefly.  Executing bot jobs will spike the edit rate too, since a worker is running parallel to the master worker.  Once the bot has gone around the German Wikipedia, the editing rate should calm down dramatically like it has done on enwiki.  So I highly oppose implementing an actual throttle as it will also impact other wikis too.
 * To sum up, I think the bot should have a bot flag, and the speed restriction should be done away with, since IABot uses a maxlag value, and because of other technical reasons. Thoughts?—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 14:31, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Go for it. I have totally no clue about those technical details and can't be of much help with this. I recommend you coordinate the request with de:Benutzer:Cirdan, de:Benutzer:Luke081515, and de:Benutzer:MGChecker, in case you need support and/or translations/clarifications. And also, we first need the weblink templates updated. News on the templates: PerfektesChaos volunteered to update one of them. He plans to program a new parameter  that allows bots to trigger the required notice. You'll need to program your bot on this. I hope that I, or someone else, will be able to C&P the update into the other three templates. --Martina Nolte talk 03:34, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep. No problem to add that parameter to the bot.  I'll get to it as soon as my database migration is finished.  IABot's, and Cyberbot's, memory is being moved as it got too large for the shared DB cluster.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 04:01, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * sounds good. There'should no time pressure anyway. The dead links won't disappear over night. :-) I'let you know when the 4 templates are done. --Martina Nolte talk 18:46, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Since the Bavarian Wikipedia runs on the dewiki module, I'll go ahead and get them deployed while you guys work on the templates on dewiki. All of the templates will user "archiv-bot=1"?  Then I can quickly get that added.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 19:07, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The bot should totaly request a full bot flag, but I don't think it should actually use it while editing. In contrast to normal bot taskIwe believe a bot job which actually inserts new content, like IABot does, shouldn't be hidden with bots that replace tempates etc. by default. Furthermore, afaik more than 5 edits per minute aren't allowed at German Wikipedia, no matter what your maxlag param is set to. However, I'd love to assist with the bot flag request after you filed it. I could update some templates that aren't using Lua if they're not too complicated, but I actually don't know which ones you mean except of Cite Web :x Besides, how would the bot handle plain links without a template? --MGChecker (talk) 19:18, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I read the policy, and it's allowed up to 15 with maxlag, but the point is there are technical reasons the limit can't be added to IABot. It has an impact on other wikis including this one.  I intend to include that detail in my bot flag request.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 19:37, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

<-@C678: I hope but I don't finally know if all 4 templates will use "archiv-bot=1". I'd wait with changes to the bot until we know for sure. @MGChecker: The bot places template Webarchiv behind a plain url (like this, also see diff at the top). IABot will use Internetquelle, Cite web, Webarchiv and Toter Link. Cite web is not using Lua - it would be nice if you could update that one! Thanks! --Martina Nolte talk 04:29, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Seems we have one more template to work with. de:Vorlage:Cite news, not using Lua. :-) --Martina Nolte talk 05:22, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * And de:Vorlage:Cite journal (with Lua) --Martina Nolte talk 05:29, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

I started a collection of templates the bot uses and edits at de:Benutzer:InternetArchiveBot. One of those operations is not compliance with the policy (the replaces the URL). --Martina Nolte talk 05:43, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Per that RfC, plain links are supposed to get replaced with the Webarchiv template. The URL itself is not lost in the replacement.  I modified the bot to make that replacement so the text isn't rendered double.  As for number 3, the diff does not line up with the claim.—  CYBER POWER  (Trick or Treat) 12:59, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The rfc does not distinguish plain links from those in templates. The bot should never replace them. The policy part is spelled out in the box in section Vorschlag. I'll check no. 3 - thanks! --Martina Nolte talk 13:15, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Somebody pointed out in the RfC, that plain links get replaced with the Webarchive template as the template renders both the original URL and the archive and the original URL is not lost. I modified the bot, since that seemed like a logical argument to me.  Otherwise you have two rendered links to the original and one archive.  So it's not practically a full on replacement.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 14:00, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I replaced the link in example #3 correctly. Humans are allowed to use the templates "Webarchiv" and "Toter Link" without keeping the (dead) original link. Bots are not. The reader needs to be able to actually see both links (and the "info:...") until a human confirmed or corrected the bot edit (and removes the "info:..."). Sorry that this misunderstanding caused extra work to you. --Martina Nolte talk 21:48, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries. The editing rules is simply a matter of assigning a different flag to that archive.  The bots engine uses a flag based system to determine how to handle content.  As for number 3, there’s nothing that can be done there, on the bot’s end.  While it will always use a template to add on to the URL, if the template doesn’t support the archive it wants to add, it failover to replacing the URL outright.  This can be fixed by expanding the Webarchiv template to support other archiving services.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 22:46, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Why aren't we defining a template like this, doing exactly the same as Webarchiv, but renders the original link:  =>  . I wouldn't use the Webarchiv template at all. What happened  here shouldn't ever happen. --MGChecker (talk) 23:09, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I reversed the changes. IABot will once again add the archive template to the end of the link.  As for Library of Congress archive, the simple solution would to be to either add a parameter for each individual archive, or to create a value for other archives such as "archiv-URL=".  You can also use Lua.  See .—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 18:51, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think just adding the template to the end of the links is a really bad idea, it should be replaced by an appropiate template that doesn't look like crap and informs readers what actually happened, as I proposd above. --MGChecker (talk) 19:49, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You have a typo in your sentence somewhere. The meaning you are trying to convey is missing.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 19:52, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

<Hm. I think adding the template Webarchiv is correct. The "title" Archivlink has been added during the test run because otherwise the bot added the full archive url which looked odd. Template Webarchiv fullfills the task. Why do you thinknow it looks crappy, MGChecker, and what would you suggest instead? --Martina Nolte talk 03:51, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * MGChecker, I suggest we discuss this at deWP, for example at the talk page to Vorlage:Internetquelle. Looking at the new template you drafted above made me think we are risking to develop inconsistent templates. My goal would be to coordinate the different templates as much as possible, and then finally show Cyberpower what the bot needs to add to which parameter. --Martina Nolte talk 04:06, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The bot supports Wayback, WebCite, Archive.is, NLA Australia, Europarchive, Bibalex, UK Web Archive, Veebiarhiiv, Vefsafn, Proni, Spletni, Stanford, National Archives, Parliament UK, Collections Canada, Catalonian Archive, WAS, Perma CC, Arquivo, Library of Congress, Archive It, Webharvest, Memento, and Freezepage archive services.— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 13:18, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks.  I'll see which of those are in use at deWP. --Martina Nolte talk•  —Preceding undated comment added 00:20, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well it's not a matter of which ones are being used there, it's a matter of which ones the bot will put there. The archive it uses are collected from on wiki and saved for future use, or collected from the Wayback Machine, or provided by another user or bot.  If the bot can't use a template for a Library of Congress archive, it will most definitely fail over to replacing the URL with the archive URL.  The simple solution would be to add a parameter to Webarchiv such as "andere-archiv=" where the bot can place other archive URLs into, or to add individual parameters for each supported archive service.  It's up to dewiki on how thorough they want the template to be.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 00:26, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh. Hm. I'll point this out at deWP. But I think you guys should all together discuss this at the talk page if Vorlage:Internetquelle. Besides that I don't know much about templates I grilled my laptop and editing Wikipedia on a smartphone sucks. --Martina Nolte talk 00:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Was it tasty? ;-)—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 00:57, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yummie coffee taste... --Martina Nolte talk 01:00, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

iabot down?
The bot appears to be down toollabs:iabot/ Is there a place we should follow for updates? czar 18:00, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm doing a DB migration. All bots and tools are down until the migration is complete.—  CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 18:02, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The DB migration is finished, and the tool is back up.— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 00:48, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Your unblock bot is claiming different on CAT:UNBLOCK. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:50, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I said the tools were back up, not the bots. :-). I still need to upgrade Cyberbot's exec node.— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 13:11, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

ich hab dort auch einen Fehler gefunden, in dewiki.php. "Augusti" ← ein "i" zu viel: $string = preg_replace( '/Augusti/i', "August", $string ); Liebe Grüße, Doc Taxon (talk) 17:33, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Danke.— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 18:57, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

More personal than talkback
Hi there, was going to use a talkback template but thought I'd be more personal. I was wondering if you had seen my response to your question here and was also wondering if I answered your question or if I misunderstood? Don't want to bug you, just wanting to check in that your question was answered. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 19:34, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yea, I saw it. :-) I tend to wait a bit before approving bot stuff.— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 18:09, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

frwiki
Thanks for your investment on frwiki, particularly in fr:Discussion_Projet:Bot ! --Framawiki (please notify) (talk) 17:01, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. :-)— CYBER POWER  ( Trick or Treat) 18:10, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

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All work ref
All work ref. Why? --НоуФрост (talk) 01:36, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It is because IABot is unfamiliar with Russian cite templates. I couldn't find any when I was prepping the bot for deployment.  It's misreading the citation as a result.— CYBERPOWER  (<span style="color:\#FF8C00">Around ) 12:36, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Close
Hi, Cyberpower678,

Can you consider lifting your close at the VPP thread?This needs more discussion and more fine-ttuning on the wording.Regards:) Winged Blades of Godric On leave 14:38, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ I thought the discussion clear enough to promptly close it.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 15:32, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

InternetArchiveBot in Portuguese Wikipedia
Hey Cyberpower678, we have been discussing link rot in Portuguese Wikipedia and your bot seems like a great tool to combat that.

What would be the steps to activate InternetArchiveBot in Portuguese Wikipedia?

Cheers, Chico Venancio (talk) 14:00, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I second this interest for Czech Wikipedia too. If you wish, you may save time by explaining the necessary steps to both of us in the same words :-) --Blahma (talk) 09:47, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Well the first step is starting a community discussion, and getting community consensus. Then provide me a copy of that discussion, so I can file a Phabricator ticket.  Then I need some translations done, preferably on the ticket itself.  Then you wait for the bot to be ready for your wiki.— CYBERPOWER  (<span style="color:\#FF8C00">Around ) 12:32, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * On that note, IABot is slated for deployment on the Portuguese Wikipedia, so there you don't have to do anything for the time being.— CYBERPOWER  (<span style="color:\#FF8C00">Around ) 12:33, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the instructions, we have just started such a discussion on Czech Wikipedia today and I will come back to you if it collects a positive outcome. --Blahma (talk) 19:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

The nowegian article Vadsø
Excuse me!! Where did that tag come from?? On august 6th? If you cannot handle this, please stay off our project! Hebue (talk) 20:08, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The bot did not add that tag on the edit it made on August 6th. In any event the underlying problem is fixed, and I have removed the tag.  If you encounter any more problems, reverting the bot should solve the problem.  In order for it to detect the reversion correctly, I recommend either rolling back the bot, or clicking undo.  I went to great length to allow it to detect a revert as accurately as possible so the bot runs to the community's specification.  Please keep me informed of further technical problems.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 20:18, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * To mee it looks otherwise: Hebue (talk) 20:22, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * This is the tag in the template that was triggering the bot. I don't see that being added in that diff.  After removing it, the bot ignored the URL.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 20:25, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, not on august 6th, then, but on september 21st here. This is quite annoying. Hebue (talk) 20:33, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I think this has been a major misunderstanding. I pieced together what is going on.  A few months back IABot correctly added an archive URL to a dead link in a citation template here.  Soon after you found a new source for the article and replaced the URL with a new one and removed the archive URL, as seen here.  You accidentally left the dead link tag in place in doing so.  So when the bot came around, it saw the link as alive, but since the bot's configuration is to believe the tag over its own judgement, it proceeded to look for an archive on the assumption the link is dead.  It then placed said archive into the template, as seen here.  Since the revert it detected was not assumed to be a false positive revert, since the bot never believed the link to be dead in the first place, it added back.  When I removed that tag, the bot left the link alone.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 20:36, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Guilty. I corrected the link that I identified as erraneous. I never added any dead-link-tag, nor did I remove it, as I had no knowledge of it and it didn't seem to cause any trouble. I should better stay away form the bot changes from now on, erraneous or not. As I also normally stay off the english wp. Hebue (talk) 20:54, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I wouldn’t say you should stay away from them. I do welcome any error reports and feature requests to help perfect the bot for the global community.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 21:03, 3 November 2017 (UTC)