User talk:FACBot/Archive 2

DYKnom parameter on articlehistory
Hawkeye, FACbot is dropping the dyknom= parameter, which is provided by DYKbot, so that I am going around adding them back in. Could the bot convert nompage to dyknom= ? Sandy Georgia (Talk)  23:58, 30 November 2020 (UTC)




 * , the bot is still dropping the dyknom parameter. See this bot update and this correction. Bst (I lost a few days, but will get back over to your FAC today).  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  16:44, 30 December 2020 (UTC)




 * Thanks! Was the bot stalled?  The Chew Valley FAR has not been processed, while FACs closed after it have.  (Trying to give Mike Christie timeline info he needed all day ... promise to revisit logistics tomorrow ... fell behind.)  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  22:47, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * FAC and FAR are separate runs, and run at different times. I think Chew Valley just missed the last run. I ordered the Bot to run again, and it processed the article. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:14, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks; did not realize they ran at separate times, so was afraid Chew Valley was malformed or something. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  00:55, 31 December 2020 (UTC)


 * So was I. Always worth reporting. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:55, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Unreviewed featured articles
would you be interested in having FACBot also update the main page date at the new Unreviewed featured articles/2020 list? December is done, so there is no hurry to program this, should you be willing. Best, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  15:16, 21 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Sure. Will the page name stay the same, or change to "2021" at the end of the year? Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:17, 21 November 2020 (UTC)


 * We will leave it at 2020, to represent the start date, I think. Best, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  00:05, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

have you been able to add this feature yet, or should I manually update the TFAs at WP:URFA/2020? Happy New Year! Sandy Georgia (Talk)  15:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * great, thanks!! Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  01:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes, I had the new version sitting in a side file waiting for the New Year. I put it up a little while ago, and it should update the unreviewed list from now on.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  01:09, 2 January 2021 (UTC)


 * it still doesn’t seem to be working. Jan 6 Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2) did not update at WP:URFA/2020.  It is the only older FA for the rest of the month, so I won’t be able to check again until another older FA is scheduled in Feb.  Best regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  14:07, 7 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't know what to say. I reverted the change then ran the Bot again. It updated the unreviewed list.  I will monitor it.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:44, 7 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Don't worry about monitoring it yourself, as the problem is that the rest of January is new FAs, so there's nothing to monitor until Feb is scheduled ... I have reminders to self to check, and will let you know. :) Best, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  23:41, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Curiosity killed the cat
Why is FACBot not adding |currentstatus= FFAC on archived noms like this, which had no previous status? That leaves the article milestones looking ... naked :) Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:40, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Stall
Hawkeye, did the bot stall? It only did two of the six FAR closes. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:53, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The Bot reported an error:  FACBot was trying to remove the "featured article" star from the article page. It is not a WP:ADMINBOT, so it runs unprivileged and was therefore unable to edit the WP:BLUELOCK protected page. I have edited the article to remove the featured article template.  The FACBot was restarted and processed the other four articles. I could get it to recognise this particular error and proceed with processing the other articles, but otherwise the problem will recur.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  02:45, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Interesting ... thanks! Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  03:01, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Bot error at Talk:Suzanne Lenglen
This bot wrecked the talk page of Talk:Suzanne Lenglen so I removed the edit. Please fix or adjust. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 00:12, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I corrected them all, but you might want to step back through all the edits to sort the various errors. (It didn't actually "wreck the talk page"; it just got the wrong current status, and for some reason, the GA was listed twice.) Most of the errors on the page pre-dated FACbot. FACbot’s only error was the current status.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  00:16, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * It obliterated the fact that "Suzanne Lenglen has been listed as a level-4 vital article" and that it was a "Former featured article." When I found it, it was wrecked. They may have been formatted incorrectly, but they showed on my screen correctly until the bot error. Fyunck(click) (talk) 01:19, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The vital article (just a WikiProject) was there (although oddly at the top of the page instead of with the rest of the WikiProjects): As was everything else, if you just clicked the show button on milestones.  The only error was the wrong current status, and the duplicate GA was pre-existing (not FACbot fault).  I suspect this is the first time FACbot has encountered an FFA/GA, so that needs adjustment.  Fyunck, if you have a look at Template:Article history, you'll see how easy it is for anyone to fix article milestone errors!  Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  01:26, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note that the FACBot does not deal with the Vital article templates. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:10, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note that the FACBot does not deal with the Vital article templates. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:10, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note that the FACBot does not deal with the Vital article templates. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:10, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Old AFDs to AH
Hawkeye, FACBot is still missing AFDs on AH ... Sandy Georgia (Talk)  00:20, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations message for successful FC nominations
I find it a bit odd that we have a congratulatory talk page message for e.g. DYKs but not successful featured content nominations. I designed one at FC pass talk message, and I was wondering if it'd be possible to get the FACbot to add it to the nominator's talk page as part of its work? It'd make the process a bit less anticlimactic haha. Cheers, &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 06:12, 29 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes, it can do that. I'll let you know when it has been implemented. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  07:28, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Awesome; thanks! &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 08:29, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Forgot to inform you when it was implemented on 10 January. You can find an example here. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:26, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

An odd one
Hawkeye7, this is an odd one:  It's an WP:FFA (not an FFAC). Bst, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  14:24, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

It wasn't clear to me what all the correct statuses are; the documentation does not cover this. The relevant code now reads:

my $currentstatus = $article_history->get ('currentstatus') // ''; my $newstatus = { 'FFA'    => 'FFA', 'FFA/GA' => 'FFA/GA', 'FFAC'   => 'FFAC', 'FFAC/GA' => 'FFAC/GA', 'GA'     => 'FFAC/GA', };   my $status = $newstatus->{$currentstatus} // 'FFAC'; $article_history->add ('currentstatus' => "$status\n"); Hawkeye7  (discuss)  00:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Update the current status

A new oddity
Hawkeye, this is the third time I have encountered this oddity:  (GA repeated twice). Best, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  18:54, 23 April 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅ Corrected. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  21:23, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

A goodie
This one was really odd ... dropped the date and dropped the nom page ... https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Berlin_to_Kitchener_name_change&diff=1020785014&oldid=1020780143 Best regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  00:41, 1 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The DYK entry was in error. According to Template:DYK talk, the date is the second parameter and the third is for an image. The article used an old form, with the third parameter containing part of the date. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  05:45, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Updates to peer review
Hi Hawkeye7, just to let you know I have updated some parameters that are used for old peer reviews (in particular, an automatically included ID of the page revision, and also either a full link to the peer review page or the name of the article when it was reviewed - in case of a move). You can see the new parameters that I've included at Template:Old peer review/doc.

I mention this because I am contemplating asking you to run the bot on the 13,500 or so articles at with a view to reducing template clutter so that old peer reviews can be integrated into the article history template where possible. Tom (LT) (talk) 02:14, 12 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Actually, there are a lot less than that, because Module:Article history/config attaches that category to pages where the Article History template includes a Peer Review. I will start by updating the Bot to recognise the new parameters. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:07, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

FAR archiving
Bit of weirdness: Nikkimaria closed 5 FARs yesterday and 1 has been processed by the bot but the other 4 haven't been. DrKay (talk) 06:58, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

FFAC/GA
This one missed:  Best regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  18:57, 16 May 2021 (UTC)



Adding congrats message for FLs?
Hi Hawkeye! I forget if I've already mentioned this somewhere else, but as a follow-up to here, would it be possible for the bot to also deliver notices after successful featured list nominations? &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 23:20, 6 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Sure. I will implement it. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  02:44, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Awesome; thanks! &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 02:45, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * @ Firstly, this is an excellent idea, which I was wondering for a long time. Now, I saw this on ChrisTheDude's talk page, but the message says "article" and "you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article" instead of list. Can this be corrected? Thanks!  Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:31, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * This can be solved with list. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 16:14, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Just curious, since I can't find any recent changes in the listed source code, where is the code for that hosted? &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 18:36, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The source code is hosted on Phabricator. The code for sending a notification can be found on lines 739 to 771. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  22:36, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm not quite confident enough about which code comes from where to edit the documentation at the bot's page myself, but that might help others. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 22:45, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Just did my first promotions since this change and saw this; thanks for implementing this,, and thanks for suggesting it, ! A bit of congratulations for all the work getting an FL takes is a nice addition. -- Pres N  02:24, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Just did my first promotions since this change and saw this; thanks for implementing this,, and thanks for suggesting it, ! A bit of congratulations for all the work getting an FL takes is a nice addition. -- Pres N  02:24, 17 October 2021 (UTC)


 * H'mmm. I've written multiple FAs and never seen that congratualtions message. User:Gog the Mild neither. what know ye?  ——  Serial  12:28, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Indeed, apparently it's never been transcluded. Does this mean never used, ? Cheers :)   ——  Serial  12:47, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * SN, I am not sure I understand the query. (No change there then.) Are you referring to this standard FAC promotion notification - User talk:Gog the Mild? Gog the Mild (talk) 12:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's the one Gog—god knows how I managed to miss that! But It stil seems that I've never received it, and I don't think I've got a 'no bots' thing running. ——  Serial  12:59, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I think the standard message changed at the start of this year. Have you had a FAC promoted since then? Gog the Mild (talk) 13:04, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No... no, I haven't. Wow! Must do something about that. But what message did we get before this year? ——  Serial  13:10, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice. Although I intend to oppose unless you add at least a dozen footnotes on obscure points.
 * We didn't. Goodness me, I had forgotten that. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah! Well, that explains all my queries nicely; I now support this nomination's promotion :)   ——  Serial  14:12, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Yep, I only created FC pass talk message earlier this year, and before that there was nothing (!), so unless you've had an FA this year you wouldn't have received anything. There aren't transclusions because as a talk page message it's substituted. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 16:04, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a great idea. One of those where you wonder how you ever managed without it. Many thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:12, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

FA icon template placement
According to MOS:ORDER, Featured article should be at the top of the article, after Short description and Hatnote templates. The relevant RfC was closed in May. However, FACBot places these templates at the end of the article. Can this be fixed? I would also love to see the template name capitalized, but that is only a personal preference. Regards, IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 12:15, 18 July 2021 (UTC) my ($self, @elements) = @ARG; my @hatnotes = $self->find ($hatnotes); my $hatnote = pop @hatnotes; my $position = $hatnote ? $self->_pos ($hatnote) + 2 : 0; splice @{ $self->{'elements'} }, $position, 0, @elements; }
 * It was placing the template down the bottom where the MOS specified it should be located; the MOS was changed to move it up higher. It's a bit more work for the Bot, but it can be done. I'll report back here when it is implemented. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  19:27, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * This has now been implemented. The code is as below. Note that this only affects featured articles and lists; good articles are not handled by the FACBot. (Also: the "F" has now been capitalised.)
 * sub addStar ($@) {
 * Looks fantastic, thanks! IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 14:59, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks fantastic, thanks! IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 14:59, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7, I think something went a bit wrong: This template placement seems a bit off. Could you investigate? Thank you, —Kusma (talk) 12:20, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Odd template placement bug
I just noticed that the bot's FA template placement was really off in this edit. That edit is from August, mind you, so it might already be fixed. I just wanted to make sure that this was seen and confirmed. IceWelder &#91; &#9993; &#93; 08:16, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Bot placing FACs out of order
Hi, in this edit the bot placed the Leonardo di Caprio FAC in the wrong place—after all other FACs even though it's not the oldest. Is there some text in the FAC that's confusing the bot? I've moved it to the correct place, but will it get messed up again in the next update? Thanks, (t &#183; c)  buidhe  07:59, 29 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Some joker added this line to Featured article candidates/Leonardo DiCaprio/archive2:
 * #REDIRECT Leonardo da Vinci
 * This made the Bot think it was a redirect, and it loaded Leonardo da Vinci instead. The date was therefore 2006, making it the oldest nomination. I have removed this line, and it should be fine from now on. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  10:06, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! (t &#183; c)  buidhe  19:05, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I could implement a fix to make the Bot ignore stuff in the nowiki tags, but don't think this occurs often enough to make it worthwhile. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:11, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Zelda Fitzgerald
Have I done something wrong at Featured article review/Zelda Fitzgerald/archive1? I closed it yesterday and the bot has run but it hasn't processed. Thanks. DrKay (talk) 13:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You need to add a FARClosed template. The Bot looks for this. I suspect that you substituted it instead of adding it. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  19:13, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

FACBot recently featured list error
When FACBot adds a list of recently featured articles to each TFA that contains a language template, the result is an error. For instance: my article has an Italian language-template in the lede title (as well as on the TFA) and is scheduled for TFA on April 18, 2022. The issue is that the bot gets confused by the template; see the April 19th TFA, the April 20th TFA, and the April 21th TFA. I hope this can be promptly fixed. Cheers - Wretchskull (talk) 12:44, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The Bot doesn't look in the lead of the article - it only looks at the TFA page. (ie ). I have instructed the FACBot in how to handle the lang template, and you can use it in the TFA pages from now on. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:08, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hawkeye7 Thanks for that. I had to fix the TFA recentlist manually, and remove the lang template to prevent the error occurring again on the next bot pass. I guess Wretchskull  can replace the lang template now Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  11:29, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * by has confused AnomieBOT again, see User talk:AnomieBOT, -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 06:27, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Template:Announcements/New featured content
Hi there. Can you make it so, when User:FACBot adds the newest featured lists to Template:Announcements/New featured content, it capitalizes the first letter? It looks a bit funny. Thanks! — PerfectSoundWhatever  (t; c) 00:34, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:43, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

error
An error seems to have been introduced at Talk:Pronunciation of GIF with your edit here. —  Fourthords  &#124; =Λ= &#124; 01:12, 15 June 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Added code to recognize more date formats. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:09, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Odd error, missed stripping an FA
In this defeatured article, the bot left the FA class on one WikiProject (Children's literature). Sandy Georgia (Talk)  02:35, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Hawkeye7   (discuss)  05:54, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Rather bad error
When FACbot notifies me of a problem... it deletes my entire talk page. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.1% of all FPs 00:48, 14 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Ooops. Will fix that. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:45, 14 August 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Corrected. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.1% of all FPs 06:26, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Template:Announcements/New featured content
What does the bot use to identify where to update this page? I'm intending to move it over to CSS Grid / more flexy / media query-ey and I don't want to mess with the bot. Izno (talk) 23:07, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 * There are two of them, for Featured Articles and Featured Lists. For the former, it looks for the comment
 * and puts the new article after it. It then reads until it finds the comment:
 * The number of articles to list is controlled by the regular expression. If it would be exceeded, then the last one will be dropped.
 * The Featured list processing works the same way, but looks for "Lists" and "Pictures" instead.
 * I can alter the way it works of course. Let me know what you propose. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:21, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That shouldn't be an issue. Thanks. Izno (talk) 05:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I can alter the way it works of course. Let me know what you propose. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:21, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That shouldn't be an issue. Thanks. Izno (talk) 05:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Reign of Cleopatra
Hi Hawkeye, the bot doesn't seem to have closed this withdrawn nom although I can't see anything obvious like a change of article name mid-review or some such. OTOH the nominator had themselves removed the FAC template from the article talk page before I performed the archive -- that screw up the works...? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 18:33, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * tried to withdraw the nomination out of process. I reverted their change, and the FACBot has processed the archive.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  23:49, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I deeply apologize for any mishaps I may have caused. I’m still new to this whole FA thing. Unlimitedlead (talk) 00:56, 10 October 2022 (UTC)


 * No worries. Best of luck in the future. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  06:05, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Tks guys. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Yesterday's FAR closures
Hello. I closed 8 FARs yesterday but the bot has only recognized 2 of the closures. Did I forget a step? Thanks, DrKay (talk) 07:48, 16 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Someone created a bad entry for Borat. I have removed it. It shouldn't have stopped the job from processing the others, but there is a problem with Kubernetes. Not sure how to fix it. The others have been processed now. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  08:45, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

TFA changes
when a TFA is changed long after scheduling, is FACbot able to re-update WP:URFA/2020, or do I have to watch for those manually ? Bengali language movement was switched out, but WP:URFA/2020A still shows it at 2023-02-21 (that needs to be reverted to its maindate1). I don't mind changing them manually if necessary, as that sort of thing is rare and probably hard to code, but I'm not sure if I'll be notified on all of them. Bst, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  23:09, 20 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, if an article gets swapped out it must be processed manually. It used to be unheard of, but it has happened a bit lately. It is quite a challenge for the bot to recognise that this has happened; it starts with the schedule, and if an article slips off the schedule, then the bot doesn't know about it any more. But it is also difficult to process manually. So I will consider how it can be done. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  02:04, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That is what I suspected. I don't mind watching for post-scheduling TFA changes to adjust them manually, but I won't always know.   and  to remind them to remind me if they remember :) Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  02:35, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll try to remember to tell you when I have a role in it and it's before what, 2015?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:17, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * , yes, the URFA/2020 cutoff is 2015.  I have always hoped that by keeping the TFA dates in the sortable charts, it will be easier for all of you to locate "Satisfactory" or "Kept" old FAs for TFA purposes.   On a separate followup on Bengali language movement, pls see here.  I had a rather dreadful November through December, and wish I had checked that article's history more closely, but don't want the wrong impression left about Antoine's review.    I recall there being another swap last month, that ended up at ERRORS, but I don't remember the article; if you can remember, I'd like to check that the URFA pages get updated.  Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  11:02, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Don't think this is the one you are thinking of, but Basiliscus was swapped out for 14 January 2023. Unreviewed featured articles/2020/2004–2009 was not updated. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  18:01, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think that was it; thank you! Will adjust URFA/2020 ... Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  18:31, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Speedy keep result breaking template
In this edit, FACBot added an AfD to the template and listed the result as "Speedy keep (joke AFD for April Fools Day)", which the template cannot parse. Is it programmed to do this? Looking at Articles for deletion/Wikipedia, "joke AFD for April Fools Day" does not appear. CMD (talk) 01:10, 5 February 2023 (UTC)


 * It took the existing result from Old XfD multi, which has no such restrictions on the result parameter. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  02:09, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I wonder why it only pulled one of the AfDs from there. CMD (talk) 02:48, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Stripping FA status on delisted FAs
Hawkeye7, since Jan 21, FACbot has been forgetting to strip FA status on WP assessments, eg here. I fixed them all manually ... December seems to be OK. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  04:11, 5 February 2023 (UTC)


 * ? Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  02:18, 10 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Should be okay now. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:41, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Odd one
here is an odd thing. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:04, 21 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Gave the bot some more instruction on how to deal with this table. Should not recur. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  02:57, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Failed GA

 * Facbot missed a Failed GA here The FACBot never had any instructions to deal with the Failed GA template. I have added instructions to handle it. While I was at it I also added instructions to place the ArticleHistory template after the talk, attention, guideline and language templates per WP:TALKORDER.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:31, 5 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks (and sorry for the edit summary ping while iPad editing from my care :) Sandy Georgia (Talk)  11:55, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Miller deleted
I suspect Featured article review/Keith Miller in the 1946–47 Australian cricket season/archive1 foiled the bot as the article was deleted before the FAR closed; would you like me to process it manually? Sandy Georgia (Talk)  14:23, 15 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes please. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  19:32, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Will do, not worth adjusting the bot to deal with such oddities. Give me ten or fifteen ... Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  20:46, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, Talk:Keith Miller in the 1946–47 Australian cricket season, think I got all the pieces (rusty memory). Sandy Georgia (Talk)  21:05, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Thank you. This hasn't happened for a long time. The easiest way would have been to undelete the article, run the Bot, and then delete it again. But I am not an admin, and cannot do that. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  21:43, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I will remind people in the future, it if happens again, to first have the article defeatured, then submit to AFD. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  21:48, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Multiple nominators not all being notified
Hi Hawkeye. I hope you don't mind me bothering you with this. Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II has just been promoted to FAC. It was a joint nomination by two editors. Elias Ziade was duly notified -. But Onceinawhile wasn't. I also note only one credit at Featured articles promoted in 2023. Any ideas as to what went wrong? Or, more to the point, how to fix it? I am quite happy to "hand correct" this one, but it seemed worth checking to see what was causing it. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 00:16, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay. The problem is related to this change in September 2022. By altering the format of the nomination statement, the FACBot was unable to find the nominator(s). Nobody has noticed until now because the FACBot has a fallback: it goes through the nomination history and locates the creator. This only works when there is one nominator, but it is frequently the case. I have instructed the FACBot in how to identify the new format, and the problem should not recur. (NB: Featured articles promoted in 2023 is not maintained by the FACBot.) Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:09, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, much appreciated. Hmm, Featured articles promoted in 2023 is not maintained by hand so I wonder how it happens? It does hiccup occasionally so I am used to keeping and eye on it and tidying up. Thanks again. Gog the Mild (talk) 00:15, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Featured articles promoted in 2023 is maintained by . I could have run the notification task again, but the Bot would have notified Elias Ziade again as well.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:00, 11 September 2023 (UTC)