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Qwerfjkl (bot): Notifying users of reference errors failure - Fixed

Qwerfjkl (bot)'s task "Notifying users of reference errors" failed to run per the configuration specified at Wikipedia:Bot activity monitor/Configurations. Detected only 0 edits in the last 1 day, whereas at least 1 was expected. If/when the issue is fixed, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. When that is done, this notice will be reposted if the bot task is still broken or is re-broken. If your bot is behaving as expected, then you may want to modify the task configuration instead. Or to unsubscribe from bot failure notifications, remove the |notify= parameter from the {{/task}} template. Thanks! – SDZeroBot (talk) 10:44, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page San Gabriel, La Union, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

  • A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 11:44, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot): Notifying users of reference errors failure - Fixed

Qwerfjkl (bot)'s task "Notifying users of reference errors" failed to run per the configuration specified at Wikipedia:Bot activity monitor/Configurations. Detected only 0 edits in the last 1 day, whereas at least 1 was expected. If/when the issue is fixed, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. When that is done, this notice will be reposted if the bot task is still broken or is re-broken. If your bot is behaving as expected, then you may want to modify the task configuration instead. Or to unsubscribe from bot failure notifications, remove the |notify= parameter from the {{/task}} template. Thanks! – SDZeroBot (talk) 10:44, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page San Gabriel, La Union, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

  • A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 11:44, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Category:ART Giants Düsseldorf players. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Pelmeen10 (talk) 10:19, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #569

Tech News: 2023-17

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Y0ur bot's alert to my talkpage on an article

Hi there,

I wanted to let you know that your bot seems to have made a mistake alerting me on my talkpage. I ran the citation bot on Vernon Treweeke and it made an edit to a Facebook link, but it seems to have made an error. Looking at an earlier version of the page, it seems that the link was already wonky enough, so I took it out of the page entirely (ie: the citation bot didn't produce the preexisting error). I'm not sure if this is an error your bot made, but I just wanted to clear things up. Thank you again! Losipov (talk) 21:59, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@Losipov, your edit added the article to Category:CS1 errors: bare URL, which is how the bot detects if errors have been introduced. I'm not sure if I can do anything about this case. — Qwerfjkltalk 06:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
@Qwerfjkl Thanks for the reply. The bot actually left another message for a similar edit on my talk page about TheDetroiter.com (a Facebook link seeming to be dead). Again, the url seemed to have been wonky before the edit that got flagged. Losipov (talk) 04:55, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
@Losipov, the error message is not about the URL, but rather that the title "Log into Facebook" is generic. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:06, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 April 2023

Bot task 17 optout?

I've added {{bots|deny=Qwerfjkl (bot)}} to User talk:AnomieBOT because there's no point in your bot notifying AnomieBOT whenever its OrphanReferenceFixer task rescues a reference with the checked-for error. If there's a more specific {{bots|optout=}} or the like, feel free to update that. Thanks! Anomie 12:59, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

I have done the same. I spend most of my time fixing cs1|2 errors. Sometimes I can't fix the existing citation but can improve it somewhat. That was the case with this edit where I renamed some parameters to more accurately reflect the assigned value; in this case switching |title=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28 to |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=28. I know that I left errors; I don't need your bot to tell me that I have done so. If there is a better way to opt-out, please let me know what that way is.

Trappist the monk (talk) 15:18, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@Trappist the monk, @Anomie, do you think it would be worth adding to the message (User:Qwerfjkl (bot)/inform/bottom)? — Qwerfjkltalk 15:35, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
I don't see how that answers my op-out question.
But, to answer your question, the text at User:Qwerfjkl (bot)/inform/bottom is already in the message that the bot delivered to my talk page (which see).
Trappist the monk (talk) 16:07, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
@Trappist the monk, sorry if I wan't clear. Adding {{bots|deny=Qwerfjkl (bot)}} is the only way to prevent the bot notifying. User:Qwerfjkl (bot)/inform/bottom is substituted as part of the notification; would it be worth adding opt-out instructions to that? — Qwerfjkltalk 16:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
Don't see how it could hurt...
Trappist the monk (talk) 16:23, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
To me that addition would make no difference. But I suppose there may be editors who aren't already aware of {{bots}} who might find the information useful. More useful, IMO, would be to notify about something like {{bots|optout=cs1-errors}} if that were to work to avoid these specific notifications without denying anything else the bot might do. Anomie 18:07, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
@Anomie, unfortuantely, there doesn't seem to be a built-in way to do this with Pywikibot. I'll have to add it manually. — Qwerfjkltalk 18:44, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
@Anomie, @Trappist the monk, the bot should now skip pages with {{bots|optout=cs1-errors}}. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:03, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
At this edit, you edited my talk page to Make more specific. That did not work because today your bot added this notification. Please make opting out work.
Trappist the monk (talk) 14:47, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
@Trappist the monk, thanks, I believe I've fixed it now. Let me know if it still doesn't work. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:46, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
Still doesn't work ... your bot's message to me
Trappist the monk (talk) 15:51, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
And still broken ... your bot's message to me
Trappist the monk (talk) 14:35, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
@Trappist the monk, yes, I'm working on fixing it. You can use {{bots|deny}} instead; that will always work. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:26, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
@Trappist the monk, okay, I've done some more thorough testing, and I've fixed the minor error in the code that caused the error. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:46, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

CS1 error on Roch Pedneault

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Roch Pedneault, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

  • A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 18:07, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Attack drafts

Hi Qwerfjkl, could you please tell your bot not to tag pages that have been blanked and tagged with {{db-g10}} or one of its redirects with {{AfC submission/draft}}? Attack pages should not contain anything but the deletion tag. After your bot's edit, these pages contain a notice that tells people to remove the {{AfC submission/draft}}, i.e. your bot essentially asks people to revert it. —Kusma (talk) 16:31, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

@Kusma, this came up in the bot approval. I thought I had ignored those, but apparently not.  Done now. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:42, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
Super, thanks! That was quick... —Kusma (talk) 16:47, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Fico Puricelli on User:Fico Puricelli/sandbox (18:17, 29 April 2023)

Greetings. I wrote a draft that was rejected and can't be published. However, I think it should be published because I don't see any issues. But in case it doesn't happen, you could explain to me why the draft can't become an article. Thank you (I await for your answer). --Fico Puricelli (talk) 18:17, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

@Fico Puricelli, the reason it was rejected is because the reviewer said it was not notable, meaning the subject does not warrant inclusion on Wikipedia. the basic criteria are at WP:GNG. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:06, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
Thank you. I mistook that term about "inclusion" with "gender inclusion". I will try to fix it through a new draft/article. Thank you. Fico Puricelli (talk) 20:39, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
@Fico Puricelli, it may be WP:TOOSOON. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:41, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
No worries. The article is about a comic book event that happened last year. Fico Puricelli (talk) 20:46, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Fico Puricelli on User:Fico Puricelli/sandbox (16:15, 30 April 2023)

Greetings, again. Today I inform you that I fixed my two drafts, "Charge to 100" (a new version) and "Recharged", both being Power Rangers comic book events by Boom! Studios. Now I understand what you were trying to tell me. Once again, thank you, and I await for your answer. --Fico Puricelli (talk) 16:15, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

@Fico Puricelli, I'm unsure what I have to do with these drafts. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:49, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
My apologies. I just showed these by chance, to make sure I did not make mistakes this time in case these are published as official articles. Fico Puricelli (talk) 18:04, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Maybe some pages left.

Hey, first of all, I really appreciate your work and edits regarding the replacements. I also understand that I may be bothering you again, but I think there are still some pages left to be checked. If you have time and feel comfortable doing so, could you please take a look at those remaining pages? Thank you, Thank you very much. Prarambh20 (talk) 19:41, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-18

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Wikidata weekly summary #570

Concern regarding User:Qwerfjkl/sandbox/34

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|deadurl=

Special:Diff/1150576829/1150736154 line #65 (last edit) it has this deprecated parameter. It might be worthwhile notifying users about it, should be |url-status=dead. -- GreenC 23:06, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@GreenC, I'm currently making sure that everything is working correctly in the bot task, before expanding the task.
The bot detects error by monitoring category changes, making this sort of error hard to pick up. — Qwerfjkltalk 06:14, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
@GreenC, okay, it's now stable. As I mentioned in my previous comment, this task only tracks categories, so I could set it to monitor this problem only if there's a specific category just for it. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:34, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Please take a look at the "report to operator" link in this message. It looks like something needs a tweak. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:24, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

@Jonesey95, you can edit it at User:Qwerfjkl (bot)/inform/bottom. (Should probably be protected or something.) — Qwerfjkltalk 17:07, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
Fixed, I think. Thanks to Aidan9382 for getting 80% of the way to an answer; I just had to adjust it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:30, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 8 May 2023

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

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Qwerfjkl (bot) – Qwerfjkl_(bot)

User:Qwerfjkl User:Qwerfjkl/BBresolved

Page: Draft:Dark-field X-ray microscopy

Diff: Special:Diff/1150827307

Comment/question: Can the bot stay away from the draft space, as sometimes it is where we draft things, build an article; and receiving this immediate(ish) notification kinda counter productive.

FuzzyMagma (talk) 10:56, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

I have received two notifications for the same problem while I was doing something else and thought about coming back to this problem when I close to finish the draft or even before moving the draft to the mainspace and use the expand citation plug to fix this. FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:01, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
@FuzzyMagma, currently it waits 15 min before notfying an error. @GoingBatty, what do you think about avoiding draftspacce? — Qwerfjkltalk 15:35, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
@FuzzyMagma and Qwerfjkl: It seems reasonable to have the bot avoid drafts, and hope draft reviewers will manually address the issues with the submitters. GoingBatty (talk) 16:27, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
@GoingBatty, okay, I'll restrict it to mainspace. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:38, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done. — Qwerfjkltalk 18:09, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 Redone, looks like it broke it with that change. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:45, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Qwerfjkl_(bot)

User:Qwerfjkl User:Qwerfjkl/BBresolved

Page: List of most-streamed songs on Spotify

Diff: Diff 1151392422

Comment/question: My edit, specifically, did not introduce the CS1 error regarding a missing periodical. However, I did identify where the citation needed correcting and made the correction in a subsequent edit.

ZsinjTalk 23:35, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

@Zsinj, I'll look into this. I thought I had it set to ignore reverts. — Qwerfjkltalk 06:16, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
@Zsinj, I think I've fixed this. The bot was set to ignore edits with tags mw-undo or mw-revert but not mw-rollback, which I've just added. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:03, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
Nice! Happy editing and bot running. :) ZsinjTalk 01:57, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Language

English on here Cdgreer.1984 (talk) 13:49, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

@Cdgreer.1984, do you have a question? — Qwerfjkltalk 19:28, 13 May 2023 (UTC)