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Bot request

Hello Qwerfjkl, I wanted to ask you a question regarding my bot request for the removal of an undue weight statement form around 3,000 Poland related articles. At this point I'm not seeing that it's being picked up by any of the bot editors, thus can you advise if the reason for it is that this is not the correct venue for such a request or perhaps that I'm missing certain steps in the request process? --E-960 (talk) 22:34, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

@E-960: The only issue is consensus, really. I do think there's enough consensus for these edits, so I'll file a BRFA as soon as I finish Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qwerfjkl (bot) 8 (in under a week, probably). ― Qwerfjkltalk 22:49, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Ok, I see, thank you for the clarification. --E-960 (talk) 16:18, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks for the ping on the BRFA. --E-960 (talk) 15:52, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello again Qwerfjkl, I just had a quick look on the bot request [1] page and it looks like the final approval was granted following the test run, so things should be good to go. --E-960 (talk) 11:22, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
E-960, Yes, I know (I was notified below). Unfortunately, I've been busy lately, and unable to complete the bot task. All the statements have.been removed now. Qwerfjkltalk 16:01, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
That is now very outragous.. There were multiple discussions about that, and there was no consensus (especially because there is nothing wrong about that correct sentence).. And now I see DESPITE ALL THIS E-960 still tries to erase this sentence, he willfully just ignored all this and waited some time and now he's doing the same even with a bot.. E-960 is obviously trying to vandalize Wikipedia long time and now he is doing it with the support of bots.. after he failed multiple times to try it manually. Besides that, some accounts got blocked for erasing that from many articles. This should stop right away. --Jonny84 (talk) 19:39, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
Jonny84, You are the only user who has objected, with no clear reason (several editors supported). That does not constitute no consensus. In addition, you did not object to the BRFA, even after I linked to it in the discussion. There was also a week left after the trial for any objections, yet there were none. Whilst there is indeed nothing wrong about that correct sentence, it has undue weight. You make a serious claim that @E-960 has been trying to vandalize Wikipedia for a long time. Could you please give any other cases/examples, or explain why you have not taken this to WP:ANI (although I don't recommend you do)? You say some accounts got blocked for erasing that from many articles - which accounts? Please try to remain civil and assume good faith. Qwerfjkltalk 20:04, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
Qwerfjkl, sounds good, thanks. Btw, I noticed that on some articles such as this on Mokre, Goleniów County, the phrase is still there, perhaps there is a punctuation variation or something that threw off the bot criteria. --E-960 (talk) 20:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
I'm just a human and I'm just occasionally here and I'm not contributing often here, so I can't observe every edit in here.. Also I'm not following every single edit by E-960.. I just realised today, that some pages on my watchlist got changed by bots. 1) There was also a bot or an author who put this information in before, so somebody thought this is important to the history and the articles. 2) Nobody had a problem with that for over 15 years besides some already blocked accounts and besides them only E-960.. So there was a consensus with that.. 3) There was also no Poland from 1795 till 1918... So missing this information, brings also a big undue weight to Wikipedia articles.. So I'm wishing there would be a mention of that fact to be put in. If we start with argumenting about undue weight, then we should go further and not just pick some selected passages. Erasing the mention of Germany, to places which belonged for centuries to Germany, brings also an even bigger undue weight to this articles, for me it's even faking history. 4) This discussions were just in March: [2]... Other users suggested to expand the articles for example. He didn't accepted the advice and didn't even tried to expand any of this articles.. He just did, what he tried before, to erase it, just on another wikipedia page. So how could there be a consensus? Also I'm related with the German minority of Poland, I'm still remembering how he tried to erase data about them once, so this current actions also have a very bad taste to me.. --Jonny84 (talk) 20:58, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
I'd like to point out, that here was no "Germany" before 1871. Pls see German Reich and Legal status of Germany articles, when German actually became a nation state. Also, Pomerania was Polish, Danish and Swedish, before becoming Prussian and subsequently "German". So, please stop with the one-sided claims about eternal German lands. --E-960 (talk) 21:09, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
(edit conflict) @E-960, I'll finish this tomorrow (I missed insource:/Before 1945 the area was part of \[\[Germany/). @Jonny84, this has already been discussed in the previous discussion. While, yes, expanding the articles would be preferable, it would take a while to do to over 5000 articles. As other users have said, the statement on its own is WP:UNDUE. I don't think further argument is productive or helpful. ― Qwerfjkltalk 21:11, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
It's a fact, that Silesia, East Prussia and Pomerania were part of the German Empire from 1871 till 1945, so erasing this sentence is just simple POV-pushing, which isn't wanted on Wikipedia. So this actions are just against Wikipedia policies. BTW. before 1871 there was the North German Confederation and the German Confederation. You can ignore that, but then this is just POV-pushing. With the same argument, there was also no Poland before 1918.. --Jonny84 (talk) 21:21, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Notice to admins

My bot recently created a few categories with G7 templates, due to an error in its code. This should now be fixed. ― Qwerfjkltalk 09:52, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) 9

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qwerfjkl (bot) 9 has been approved. Happy editing! --TheSandDoctor Talk 20:05, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

On this note, could you please limit it to mainspace to prevent the edit warring it's doing at Wikipedia:Bot requests? Thanks. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 15:09, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Tol, sorry! I don't normally use JWB for bot editing, and forgot its generator isn't restricted to mainspace. The bot task is now complete, so should be fine now. (I did notice a discussion from ~12 years ago at Talk:Wielbark, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship#History, however.) Happy editing! Qwerfjkltalk 15:18, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
No worries; thanks! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 15:22, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from Scranley (19:04, 15 April 2022)

Conflict of interest when edited my own page? --Scranley (talk) 19:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Scranley, you have declared a COI with Seamus Cranley (game designer) - a page that does not exist. If you plan to make a draft of this, that's fine, but there's no COI if the page doesn't exist. Do you have a specific question (or could you phrase it more clearly)? Qwerfjkltalk 20:11, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
User talk:Qwerfjkl, Thank you, I thought it was an error and realized the page edit worked.. I am now creating the draft page.. Seamus Cranley (game designer). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scranley (talk • contribs) 20:17, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of ISO 639-6 talk:xghu

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Yeeno (talk) 23:47, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Looks like this and the above were a glitch in User:Enterprisey/AFCRHS.js. I've moved the pages to the correct locations without redirect. @Enterprisey: I think the issue is with L658; there should be a check in there as to whether the colon delineates a real namespace. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 23:56, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from AbuUbada on User:AbuUbada (02:25, 17 April 2022)

‌ --AbuUbada (talk) 02:25, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

AbuUbada, do you have a question? Qwerfjkltalk 06:38, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #516

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    • Open request for adminship: Pi admin bot (RfP scheduled to end after 20 April 2022 17:58 UTC)
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  • Tool of the week
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    • Tiago's Coin Herbarium is a coin collection depicting different plant information displayed via Wikidata SPARQL queries.
  • Development
    • Lexicographical data: Worked on inferring the spelling variant from the language's Item on the new Special:NewLexeme page and started building a little help box on the special page to explain what lex. data is.
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23:10, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from Johnbaxter329 on Draft:Lu Castro (01:20, 19 April 2022)

How do I add picture? --Johnbaxter329 (talk) 01:20, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

@Johnbaxter329, you can add [[File: + the file name + ]], with the file being from either the file nanespace, or from Commons. Qwerfjkltalk 06:22, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Visible anchor removal blowing away large portions of articles

Whatever tool you are using for 'Visible anchor removal' has blown away large portions of at least 3 articles: User:Essare Mazur/sandbox; Coaching stock of Ireland; Sedum. --Bamyers99 (talk) 19:48, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, the article for Pueblo, Colorado appears to have had a large portion cut off as well. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 21:07, 19 April 2022 (UTC).
@Jeffrey Beall, @Bamyers99, I think this is a problem with JWB (@Joeytje50) Qwerfjkltalk 06:10, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from Justbizzsisko (05:46, 21 April 2022)

Hello, good day to you. I’m an artist and am trying to create a a Wikipedia page profile for myself. How do I do that ? --Justbizzsisko (talk) 05:46, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

@Justbizzsisko, Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing six million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun! See WP:AUTOBIO as well. Happy editing! Qwerfjkltalk 06:04, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Stop immediately

Wikipedia:RedWarn is left at its current location since it is the name of the legacy script. It is also used by the current RedWarn script for default data. Do NOT move any more pages. Chlod (say hi!) 13:35, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

@Chlod: Sorry, that was an accident, my bad. I think I've reverted all the moves. Qwerfjkltalk 13:39, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted ―sportzpikachu my talkcontribs 13:39, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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  • Development
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22:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hello, again, Qwerfjkl,

I see you are doing some closures at CFD and that area could really use some extra help. There are some very experienced non-admin closers at CFD so if you have questions, I'm sure they could be of some assistance to you. Nice to run into your work again! Hope you are well. Liz Read! Talk! 23:30, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Liz,
I had watchlisted Marcocapelle's talk page, and I noticed a discussion about CfD, so I thought I might give it a try. Happy editing! ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:56, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
It can be a little tricky getting the CSD tags correct but everything looks fine. I think we have more non-admins closing CFD discussions than admins right now. We can always use more admins though, maybe a thought you can keep in the back of your mind for the future. Liz Read! Talk! 22:36, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Actually, there is a problem with Category:Fishing in the European Union. Categories need to be emptied before they can be deleted or else we end up with red link categories on pages which, according to WP:REDNO, must be avoided. So this one isn't ready for deletion yet. Liz Read! Talk! 22:39, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Liz, thanks, I must have been tired when I closed that one. Emptied now. ― Qwerfjkltalk 06:07, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Category:Albums mastered by Vlado Meller

Hey, Qwerfjkl,

Did you mean to tag this category for deletion? I noticed that it was empty and then saw the CFD had been closed but I wanted to confirm it with you before deleting the page. Take care. Liz Read! Talk! 17:41, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I meant to tag it for deletion. Thanks for checking, Liz. ― Qwerfjkltalk 19:32, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
This also happened with Category:Wikipedia extended confirmed users. There is not point in closing a deletion discussion if you don't follow through and take action on the consensus decision. Do you know what to do if the decision is to merge or rename categories? Liz Read! Talk! 23:42, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Liz, sorry, I'm not sure what happened. I'm sure I tagged that category; I'll try to double-check. I think this was caused by inputting the link (in Twinkle) to the CfD with [[...]], and then clicking off the message warning against this.
Regarding renaming categories, I can't move category pages. If the decision is merge, then all of the pages in the merged category should be moved into the category.being merged into. ― Qwerfjkltalk 06:09, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #518

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • The new "mul" term language code is now available on Test Wikidata
    • Lexicographical data: We are finishing up the information box that should help new users understand quickly what lexicographical data is. We also added the help text to encourage people to check if the Lexeme already exists before creating one.
    • REST API: We started working on the REST routes to get all statements of an Item and retrieve a single statement from an Item.

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Tech News: 2022-18

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  • On all remaining wikis (group 2), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [12][13]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 May. It will be on all wikis from 5 May (calendar).

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19:32, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Twinkle and Redirects

Hi Qwerfjkl, I'm having issues adding templates to redirect's with twinkle. Can you help? Maybe with some screenshots or photos. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:44, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

@Idoghor Melody, To use rcats with Twinkle, when on a redirect, select TW → Tag, and then select any rcats to tag the redirect with. ―  Qwerfjkltalk 06:05, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Oh, I haven't tried that... Thank you Qwerfjkl Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:42, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Short desc bot is doing great work!

Thanks again for helping erase the tens of thousands of "Wiki(p/m)edia list article" descriptions. I think it was such a success that we should expand the bot's scope to remaining articles not beginning with "List", and maybe even expand the strings it searches for (looking at you, "Aspect of history"). And I'm sure you noticed that there's a steady flow of editors adding back the removed descriptions. What do you think? Thrakkx (talk) 01:56, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

@Thrakkx, to expand the bot's scope, there first needs to be a discussion (probably at WT:SD) in support of the idea. As for editors adding back these short descriptions, it would be simple to just run the bot again on the pages. ― Qwerfjkltalk 06:05, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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