User talk:Equazcion/sandbox2/2013 21 10 October Oct

Citation bot is unsubmitting AfC submissions
It appears that Citation bot has joined in the backlog elimination drive by trying to reduce the backlog itself. Unfortunately, it seems to be doing so by unsubmitting submissions, in some circumstances, that have previously been submitted and have not been accepted or declined.

I have filed a bug report at User talk:Citation bot/Archive1. Input there would be appreciated. This might include comments on whether this has happened on more occasions than the one listed, or if not why not, or comments on why it might be happening, or on what might be the best solution. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 13:43, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I believe this is a known issue. The problem is that it doesn't always take the latest visible revision when it runs. As the edits occurred within a minute, I suspect this is what has happened. Also, if the user launched citation bot before saving, this would cause it to overwrite their edits. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  13:54, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I added two more examples to your bug and added a new bug where citation bot is apparently creating new submissions ignoring edit conflict warnings for a page that was approved and moved to article space. It seems that citation bot needs to get a handle on edit conflicts. Technical 13 (talk) 14:07, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I occasionally use citation bot. Is it safe if I (1) clean the submission so that the yellow box is at the top, and (2) don't use it when I am in the edit window? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 20:04, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * (1) would prevent the problem and I'm not sure that (2) makes a difference. Technical 13 (talk) 00:19, 17 October 2013 (UTC)