User talk:Magnus Manske/Archive 11

Proposed deletion of Quarry-faced stone


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Your Bot keeps deleting
non copyrighted images of which are in the public domain for no feasible reason could stop it please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superinformative (talk • contribs) 22:01, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

The tool BaGLAMa 2 is not showing data since December 2022
This tool shows monthly view counts for pages containing images from selected Commons categories.

For some reason, since December 2022 there is no data at all.

Please, i will be vary glad if you can fix it.

Many Thanks @Magnus Manske Guy gel (talk) 11:21, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

annual thanks giving
On your day we thank you for your seminal contributions to Wikipedia. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 15:37, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Increasing duplicity components for enWS
HI MM. A couple of things.

1) I am trying to fix up categories at enWS and I have come up with my petscan query 23754561 producing my categories without items, however, when I hit the "check wikidata" link the output list can be very long, and there is NOT the ability to do a search with category: name (which I believe is a WD issue)

Example https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/duplicity.php?wiki=enwikisource&norand=1&page=Category%3ATypography gives that long list, and the only means I have to narrow down is to tap on each result as searching for "Category:Typography" gives no results, and is no. 181 on the produced list.

2) How does enWS get itself set up to better utilise Duplicity as has been done for the WPs? All the outputs that I have generated have all been via Petscan, nothing native to the app.  Or is that the ideal way to go?

Thanks. — billinghurst  sDrewth  01:20, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Antibody
Antibody has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:08, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

ISIN (toolforge)
I can't find it on Bitbucket, so I'm asking here. isin.toolforge.org 1. Could you add the ? 2. Could you update the address list? Most of them probably doesn't work, judging by the "en" section - I didn't check the rest (de, ja): ISIN Network - doesn't work, requires registration to search Morningstar Financials - service down (or just full?;  seems to work, but it looks like it's not free) NYSE: New York Stock Exchange - doesn't seem to work (service moved or removed?) Yahoo Finance - url doesn't use ISIN, the on site JavaScript search converts it to another value CDSL India - ww1 is dead, looks like paid service National Securities Depository Limited - doesn't seem to work (service moved or removed?) MarMi wiki (talk) 22:04, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Baglama2( toolforge)
Hi @Magnus Manske! I tried to contact you via reports on Bitbucket but couldn't find the option for a ticket. I am Alice Fontana, a researcher at the University of Turin and Wikimedia Italia member.

I am writing to you because BAGLAMA2 tool crashed in January 2023, and more importantly I would need to change the depth of a category, is there a way to do that?

Thanks for your attention! Alice --Fontanalice (talk) 13:15, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Toolforge Tabernacle Review
Hi Magnus, we're doing a review to make sure as many tools meet a minimum standard. I noticed toolforge tabernacle doesn't have a published repo. Could you add this information to this tool? Thanks! SSapaty (WMF) (talk) 21:19, 3 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately Magnus is not very active these days, but most of his tools have their source code published on BitBucket. There’s also a tabernacle repo there, I assume that’s what you’re searching for. Could you maybe verify this and add the link to the Toolsadmin metadata? —Tacsipacsi (talk) 17:58, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Thanks!
 * I will add this info to the toolinfo.
 * There are other tools that need more than this(eg. description, license etc).
 * I will report them here as and when we review them. SSapaty (WMF) (talk) 01:50, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

geodata tool review
Hi, we're doing a review to make sure as many tools meet a minimum standard. I noticed geodata tool doesn't have a description on toolsadmin, licence or a published repo. Could you add these information to this tool? Thanks! SSapaty (WMF) (talk) 00:09, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

sourcemd tool review
Hi, we're doing a review to make sure as many tools meet a minimum standard. I noticed sourcemd tool doesn't have a description on toolsadmin, licence or a published repo. Could you add this information to this tool? Thanks! SSapaty (WMF) (talk) 01:52, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Done.--Magnus Manske (talk) 09:33, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks!! SSapaty (WMF) (talk) 00:10, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

New tool that uses PagePile and (later) GULP
Hi, I'm working on a tool that will use PagePile, and later GULP to fetch information (mainly statistics) about listed pages. I'm reaching out because I thought you a) might want to know about it, and b) might have tips or suggestions on how to use PagePile and GULP, and their APIs effectively. The requirements for this new tool are on mediawiki. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or comments. Thanks! KBach-WMF (talk) 12:01, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

not able to report issue on BitBucket
When I'd finally found the place where glamtools issues are being tracked, I was unable to report a bug because an account needs to be approved to do that first? I wanted to report that this GLAMorous result shows links to wikisource are not correctly formatted. 1Veertje (talk) 11:21, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I had to turn off anonymous issue creation on BitBucket because of spam. Your issue should be fixed now. --Magnus Manske (talk) 08:50, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Missing Topics not work
Hello Magnus! Missing Topics not running - only answers "503 Service Not Available". Yesterday and today. Maybe you know what's matter? -- Alexey Gustow (talk) 17:35, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello! It works! Thank you! -- Alexey Gustow (talk) 00:34, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

SourceMD no "run" option
Good day @Magnus Manske,

I need your help/advice- I prescribed the old SourceMD tool for my students to add publications to Wikidata but some of them are not able to access the "Run" option when it comes to generating an entry. What could be the matter? How can I help them overcome this?

Thanks in advance

AKibombo (talk) 13:01, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

The lists of missing articles: List of articles every Wikipedia should have
Guten tag, Magnus. I am writing regarding the lists of missing articles that your bot (ListeriaBot) compiles and updates. I wonder if you can compile a list of missing articles from this list for Lithuanian Wikipedia. I have created a partial list (manually) but it would be great if I could see the full list. Mit freundlichen Grüße  Wisconsus   TALK | things  05:48, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Ŝablono:Indekso:Listo de municipoj en Ĉeĥio kun la plej malalta nombro de loĝantoj
You update the page eo:Ŝablono:Indekso:Listo de municipoj en Ĉeĥio kun la plej malalta nombro de loĝantoj, but why do you link to a bad article, or give Q codes to the article...? User:Petr Tomasovsky|Petr Tomasovsky (talk) 17:44, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

BAGBot: Your bot request CircularRedirectsBot
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Pagepiles are not working
Hi, I hope you are doing well. The Page pile tool is currently experiencing an issue. Previously, I used it without any problems to extract the number of views for a group of articles using the mass views tool. However, today the tool is no longer functioning properly. Whenever I try to log in to the site, I'm greeted with a 502 bad gateway message. I would like to inquire about the expected timeframe for resolving this problem. Additionally, I'm wondering if there is an alternative method available to measure the number of views for a set of articles within a specific time period. Thanks Mohammad Hijjawi (talk) 07:43, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Geograph2commons broken; adoption?
Geograph2commons has been broken for over two years. This is causing people to waste time trying to use it. Would you be willing to add a note to the tool to indicate that it no longer works? If not, I hereby propose to adopt geograph2commons under the Toolforge Abandoned Tool policy so I can do it myself. Under that policy I must post this notice on your home wiki (which according to Special:CentralAuth/Magnus Manske is English Wikipedia), on Wikitech, and by email, and you can prevent adoption by objecting within 14 days. --bjh21 (talk) 17:35, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Adding category to BaGLAMa doesn't "stick"
Hello Magnus! I was using BaGLAMa to look at some stats for the category named "Files from Flickr's 'The Commons'" (link to category on Wikimedia Commons). I went back to the page to look at the stats again and the category was not showing on the list and when I went to re-add it, I got the error message "This category already exists, nothing was changed. Please check the list." I'm wondering if maybe there is an issue with the quotation marks in the category name and if you have a suggestion for getting this category added so we can keep track of Flickr Commons item stats and pull out some useful data. Thanks for any ideas you might have. Jessamyn (my talk page) 18:18, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Petscan down since yesterday
Hi Magnus ! Petscan is down (not loading) - worked fine on sunday evening :)

Thanks for your help Hsarrazin (talk on wd) 08:44, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Back now. --Magnus Manske (talk) 15:08, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Petscan – wie Creator-Templates von Commons nutzen?
Hallo Magnus, ich würde gerne in commons:Category:Photographs_by_Arthur_Renard alle Dateien finden, die Creator:Arthur Renard nicht enthalten. Kann PetScan dahingehend auf den Creator-Namensraum zugreifen? Danke und Grüße, --Polarlys (talk) 11:42, 1 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Du kannst den Link nach-Parameter benutzen, denn c:Creator:Arthur Renard verlinkt sich (Bleistift-Icon). Gäbe es keinen Link (nur die Enbindung), würde es nicht funktionieren; der Vorlagen-Parameter sucht immer im Vorlagennamensraum: https://github.com/magnusmanske/petscan_rs/issues/142. – Tacsipacsi (talk) 17:52, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Vielen Dank für deine Hilfe! --Polarlys (talk) 19:46, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:53, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

504 Error at The Distributed Game
Hello! I know this is not the right place to reach out about this, but I wanted to try since I've already placed the issue in Bitbucket and tried to contact Kaldari unsuccessfully.

I'm Nat, I'm a Wikidata and Open Data Fellow at Wikimedistas de Uruguay. I'm currently developing a game on top of The Distributed Game for the Latinoamerica in Wikidata Contest. The contest starts on the 14th of November and I'd need to test my API before that. I wouldn't bother you with this if I hadn't a deadline ahead of me.

I hope you can take a look at the issue or give me some steps to follow so I can find support. Please let me know if I can help solve this in any way. Thanks so much Piracalamina (talk) 23:16, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Logging in on duplicity
I have used duplicity plenty in the past, but at the moment, when I try to make a change, it says I am not logged in. This is correct, but I see no link where I can log in either. Did something get broken? - Andre Engels (talk) 08:09, 5 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Same here Maria zaos (talk) 22:51, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Fixed now. --Magnus Manske (talk) 09:20, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks - Andre Engels (talk) 22:52, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Wikishootme down
Hi there! It looks like Wikishootme stopped working in the last day. --Prosperosity (talk) 23:58, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

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wikiquote
If possible, add the wikiquote project to the project language Chico (talk) 00:45, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus
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Vandalism on your ISIN tool
Hi Magnus, as I noted about a year ago, the template page for your ISIN tool (User:Magnus Manske/ISIN), which forms part of Template:ISIN and, by extension, Template:Infobox company, is frequently vandalized. I realize that you check here only infrequently and my message was likely archived before you could see it. If you read this find the time to do so, please move the ISIN page to a better-fit location (such as Template:ISIN/links, where it can be template-protected) and change the respective link in your tool. Kind regards, IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 10:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I think the simplest solution is to permanently semi protect the mentioned page. I went ahead and did so just now. A small protection template was added. If that breaks the tool, feel free to delete the protection template. – Novem Linguae (talk) 21:19, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Good call, thanks! I believe I tried RPP the last time around but my request was rejected because it was in userspace. Maybe you also have an idea for what to do with the talk page? It was repeatedly created by IPs posting gibberish, such that I recently just replaced it with a WP Companies tag, so there are likely better ways to handle this. IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 07:51, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Edits to the talk page don't break the tool, protecting talk pages is unusual and a higher bar, and there's only one edit of vandalism to the talk page. With that combination of things, I think I'll leave the talk page unprotected for now. Hope that's OK. – Novem Linguae (talk) 11:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I think I had it deleted at least once in the past. It doesn't need protection, but I'm unsure if anything should even be there. Should a userpage have WP tags? Should it just be blank? Should it be re-deleted (and salted)? IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 10:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It's rare for a user talk page to have WikiProject tags, but sure, can do so if the tags make sense. Blanking and deleting are also reasonable options. All options seem about equal to me, so I'd suggest just leaving as is here. – Novem Linguae (talk) 11:46, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Pull request on Listeriabot
Just a heads up that I submitted a pull request at https://github.com/magnusmanske/listeria_rs/pull/113 which would help with pages such as Portal:Austria/WD/Krems-Land that are exceeding the post-expand include size limit. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE ) 15:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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"Contract Labour" listed at Redirects for discussion
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ListeriaBot repeatedly hitting spam blacklist
The simple solution to this would be to delete the offending link from Wikidata, but I wanted to check to see if there were any less drastic avenues, as that does appear to be the subject's "official" site. OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:30, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Category assignment issue of your bot on jawiki
Hi Magnus Manske, just letting you know, in case you've missed it, that you've got a complaint about your bot on ja:User_talk:ListeriaBot. The bot's been categorizing ja:User:Jura1/pages with Wikidata items without any statements with categories for the Main namespace. This was reported to the admins' noticeboard as a malfunction, and the reporter claims that the bot should be blocked until it's re-coded to add a leading colon. Please have a look at the talk page once. Thanks. Dragoniez (talk) 12:11, 18 April 2024 (UTC)


 * It’s not the bot’s fault. The SPARQL query instructs it to concatenate, the page title, and  , and it does so. The SPARQL query needs to be updated to include the colon – the leading colon doesn’t cause any harm in links pointing to other namespaces, so it can be just blindly added to all links. (I don’t want to do this myself, because it’s on a user subpage on a wiki whose language I don’t speak.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 22:50, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Tacsipacsi Thank you for the information. I just made that edit. I’ll also reject the block request. Dragoniez (talk) 08:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

ListeriaBot malfunction in several Wikipedias
Since some hours ago, ListeriaBot is doing strange edits in automatic lists across several Wikipedias and several topics. It seems to be missing part of the queries and often misformatting the lists. https://github.com/magnusmanske/listeria_rs/issues/121

I'm not sure if somebody is working on fixing it or if it would be preferable to stop the bot until it works again. Pere prlpz (talk) 23:44, 7 June 2024 (UTC)


 * An example: WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Mathematicians: In Special:Diff/1227981511 the bot removed about 800 of the 2000 entries on the list, most for no apparent reason. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:09, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The same list is back to normal now. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Suggestion: Wikinator
With so many websites using MediaWiki, how about a version of reasonator that outputs in wikitext so it can be pasted in directly?

For example if there was a "fandom" wiki page for an actor people would be able to fill the information wikidata has for them.

This might also encourage people (as a starting point for creating a wiki page) to first gather the information into wikidata.

The idea could also be extended to other markup languages for example Atlassian (JIRA) Wiki (confluence) uses "markdown" Back ache (talk) 10:00, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Suggestion: Infoboxinator
With so many wikipedia pages that'd benefit from an infobox, and the "spotty" support in infobox templates for wikidata how about a version of reasonator that outputs in as the wikitext for an infobox so it can be pasted in directly? Back ache (talk) 10:05, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I wrote something similar years ago, but it was difficult to adjust it to more case types, and I have not had the time to think about crowdsouring that aspect; I'll give it some thought. Thanks for the suggestion! --Magnus Manske (talk) 12:53, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at wikitech:News/Cloud VPS 2024 Purge
You are invited to join the discussion at wikitech:News/Cloud VPS 2024 Purge. – Novem Linguae (talk) 15:18, 8 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Does Petscan need to be marked as "in use" at the above link to prevent its deletion? Or are you no longer using that VPS anymore? – Novem Linguae (talk) 13:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)