User talk:Theleekycauldron/Archive/2024/August
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Red link in edit summary
User:Theleekycauldron/Scripts/PSHAW is showing up as a red link in some of your edit summaries, just fyi. (t · c) buidhe 15:57, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- I have decided to fix it. If leek doesn't want it, then that's fine by me. JuniperChill (talk) 21:57, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
July thanks
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Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Mixed relay hook
I want to bring to your attention that although you said that you wanted to put an improved hook back in the same set (on 2 August, the day of the first round of the mixed relay in the Olympics [1]), you've placed it in another set. – Editør (talk) 11:36, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Editør: sorry about that! I put it in the August 3 set, which should be the mixed relay finals – queue verification is a much lengthier process than prep verification, and I already filled my queue and didn't want to have to shuffle it around again right before I go to sleep. Hence, putting it in the next prep for hopefully another admin to deal with. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 11:39, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- I see; with the new hook no longer being about the qualification, the day of the final seems suitable as well. – Editør (talk) 11:42, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
Retranscluding pulled nominations are being placed under the wrong date
theleekycauldron, regrettably, PSHAW seems incapable of retranscluding nominations to their proper date; it's instead putting them into the oldest date on the Nominations page. It would be helpful if you took an extra 30 seconds or so to quickly look at the article history, and then place the retransclusions under the proper date (creation, move to mainspace, 5x expansion start, GA listing), as I've just done for the two you did today and did the other day for the ones you pulled then. Thank you very much for making sure that nominations that aren't ready for the main page are pulled back. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:22, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: that would be fairly easy for me, but incredibly time-consuming for a script. Could we just create a "Pulled nominations" temporary holding subheader? I think that's a good compromise. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:25, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- It might mess up DYKHousekeepingBot to have non-date sections. Manual pulls and retransclusions have been a thing for years; why not just manually put it under the correct date? Scripts generally haven't been used for this process, which is pretty specialized; the nomination needs to be written to manually to reopen the nom and supersede its tick. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:32, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: sure, and manual promotions were also a thing for years, but it was a cumbersome process – that's why PSHAW is basically ubiquitous now, it's way more accessible. The bot might be able to handle a non-date header if it were made the same way the WP:SOHA is? In any case, I'd also add that while slotting nominations under the incorrect date is annoying on an aesthetic level, it makes sense on a practical one: pulled nominations should be given more attention so that they can be either failed or repromoted in a short timespan, and putting them higher up accomplishes that, so I wouldn't want to put them back under the creation/expansion date. Lemme pore through WugBot's code, see if there's a way to add a new header. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:38, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Please be sure to check with User:Shubinator about how this might affect DYKHousekeepingBot; just because WugBot could add a new non-date header, doesn't mean it won't break things if it does. I seem to recall that an adjustment had to be made to Housekeeping to handle SOHA when it moved from the bottom to near the top of the Approved page; I suspect whatever the new section is would need to have a new third-level header, since each nom is its own fourth-level header. I'm sure it can be worked out if it's determined that this is the way to go with pulled nominations. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:21, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: sure, and manual promotions were also a thing for years, but it was a cumbersome process – that's why PSHAW is basically ubiquitous now, it's way more accessible. The bot might be able to handle a non-date header if it were made the same way the WP:SOHA is? In any case, I'd also add that while slotting nominations under the incorrect date is annoying on an aesthetic level, it makes sense on a practical one: pulled nominations should be given more attention so that they can be either failed or repromoted in a short timespan, and putting them higher up accomplishes that, so I wouldn't want to put them back under the creation/expansion date. Lemme pore through WugBot's code, see if there's a way to add a new header. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:38, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- It might mess up DYKHousekeepingBot to have non-date sections. Manual pulls and retransclusions have been a thing for years; why not just manually put it under the correct date? Scripts generally haven't been used for this process, which is pretty specialized; the nomination needs to be written to manually to reopen the nom and supersede its tick. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:32, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
Hi, leek! Hope you're having a good one. Just stopping by, originally because GalliumBot was having trouble pulling DYK viewstats for August 5th due to weird shenanigans on the stats site — but looks like that got resolved on its own, so I guess now I'm here to say hello and to commend you for GalliumBot's task names ("transclusion ferrier and mover" made me laugh out loud)! The bit on your userpage about finding community through DYK was also heartening, as I'm relatively new to Wikipedia editing and finding actual community has felt challenging so far. Cheers & hope to see you around more. SunTunnels (talk) 04:20, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
- Why thank ya, SunTunnels! spent much time mulling over those names, glad they gave you a chuckle :D theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:39, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
You've got mail
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Doug Weller talk 17:42, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
There is a glitch on this page for the Erdős–Moser equation hook caused by the equals sign. Template:DYK stats table row thinks that a parameter called "... that the only known solution to the Erdős–Moser equation is 1 + 2 " is being called. The solution is to replace "=" with "=". I tried to change this myself, but was automatically reverted. Could you replace this in wherever the bot's pulling its hooks from?--Launchballer 17:33, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
DYK Question
Hey Leek! Hope you're doing well! I just wanted to check in and ask regarding the acceptability of an extension regarding a DYK, per the guidelines. A nominator wanted to nominate their article past the 7 day deadline and I just wanted to check whether there are guidelines per who is eligible to request an extension, or if it is available to all. Ornithoptera (talk) 22:42, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hey, Ornithoptera! One or two days late is usually fine, just leave a note on the nomination page somewhere. Three or four is usually pushing it, five or more almost never happens. Hope this helps :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 22:45, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the quick response! I really appreciate it! Seems like the nominator left a note regarding that so that's good! Thank you so much for your time and I hope you have a wonderful day! Ornithoptera (talk) 22:48, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
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