User talk:LunaEclipse/Archives/Archive8

SpeciesHelper
Hey there. I'm the author of the SpeciesHelper script and I saw one of your edits pop up on my watchlist. Unfortunately I think the SpeciesHelper script is making some mistakes. For example it looks like my assumption that an article should only have a taxobar OR an authority control and not both was incorrect. I've updated the script to not remove authority controls anymore. Here's another example of a mistake. It added the Category:Sula but failed to see that this redirects to Category:Boobies, a category the article was already in. Anyway, I guess the moral of the story is, please be careful. Check each diff carefully and make sure you agree with the changes. Oh and also, SpeciesHelper is much more helpful on new species articles than old ones. Old ones are likely to already be correct so changes to them may be wrong. Whereas newer species articles still need a lot of work and changes to them are more likely to be correct. Hope this helps. Happy editing. – Novem Linguae (talk) 08:24, 5 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I think I'm going to fix the authority control removals manually right now. Sorry in advance for the bazillion pings. – Novem Linguae (talk) 08:27, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * It's okay. I just wanted to help with the WikiProject but it seems that I have done more harm than good. Davest3r08 (talk) 11:36, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you did more good than harm. Just need to calibrate a bit. I'd suggest running SpeciesHelper on newer species articles (check User:AlexNewArtBot/SpeciesSearchResult for ideas), and always make sure to double check the diff before submitting. – Novem Linguae (talk) 12:22, 5 October 2023 (UTC)