User talk:Svick/Archive 5

Wikipedia:Database reports/Editors eligible for Autopatrol privilege
Hi Svick, I find Database reports/Editors eligible for Autopatrol privilege a very useful list, but it hasn't been updated for months. Would it be possible to update it more frequently, perhaps once a month? Thanks,  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  18:02, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Bots
You are receiving this message because a technical change may affect a bot, gadget, or user script you have been using. The breaking change involves API calls. This change has been planned for two years. The WMF will start making this change on 30 June 2015. A partial list of affected bots can be seen here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-June/081931.html  This includes all bots that are using pywikibot compat. Some of these bots have already been fixed. However, if you write user scripts or operate a bot that uses the API, then you should check your code, to make sure that it will not break.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Iwiki-conflict
Template:Iwiki-conflict has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:00, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

A request, re: SvickBOT
Hello Svick! I gather you're not on Wikipedia as much these days, but I have a request for you, if the spirit moves you and when you get the chance: Could you please have SvickBOT generate an updated (e.g. for July (or August) 2015) report over at Database reports/Editors eligible for Autopatrol privilege? I'm currently mulling a proposal on requesting that the article requirement level for Autopatrolled rights be lowered below 50 articles, so a new report at the link above could be very useful data for my proposal... Thanks! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:37, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've tried to fix this report up. It lists a bunch of bots which operate without a bot flag as well. Any ideas on how to remove those? Or not do that? Ping: User:WereSpielChequers NiharikaKohli (talk) 14:04, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi NiharikaKohli and thanks for picking this one up. The quickest way would be to drop editors who haven't edited in the last month. Most of the bots will be former bots, there is  a list of many of them, but the first one that I looked at last edited in 2009 - there is no point assessing inactive editors for autopatroller. Also this is meant to be a list of accounts who have created new pages in mainspace that are not redirects. STTWbot like many bots has never created a new page in mainspace.  Ϣere  Spiel  Chequers  14:23, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Totes kool that you picked up on this! (and the other stuff too!) Much appreciated!! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:28, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Database Reports Svickbot code
Hi, I'm trying to fix some of the old broken database reports. It'd be awesome if you could point me to where I could find the existing code that was written for Svickbot. Some reports in particular, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Unused_file_redirects are confusing and I don't want to reinvent the wheel if there already exists some code that I can quickly fix and get it up and running, Thanks! -- NiharikaKohli (talk) 19:54, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Dusty articles
Dusty articles/List has not been updated since June 21, 2015. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 05:15, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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MfD nomination of User:Svick/SectionInput
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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Cebuana Lhuillier Gems roster


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Category Cycles Approach
Hi Svick,

I am currently working on identifying cycles in the DBpedia category system, which naturally is very similar to that of Wikipedia. I was wondering how you identified the cycles in Wikipedia. I am referring to this page: Dump reports/Category cycles

It would be a great help if you could give me some pointers on how you managed to find all cycles.

Thanks and with kind regards,

Fluffy379 (talk) 09:04, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Category:Articles needing link rot cleanup has been nominated for discussion
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Category:Football kits with incorrect pattern has been nominated for discussion
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Lizzie Woods trade unionist listed at Redirects for discussion
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Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations has been nominated for discussion
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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Dump reports/Missing articles
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Nomination for deletion of some foreign character warning box templates
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Category:London& has been nominated for deletion
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Hagen operas
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Central District current squad
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