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- 1 File:Kb_global,_kptv_kingsprimetv.png
- 2 RonBot seems to not have run last night?
- 3 Indexing My Article
- 4 World War II casualties of the Soviet Union
- 5 WP:CRAPWATCH
- 6 Happy First Edit Day!
- 7 A barnstar for you!
- 8 Is your bot doing the broken image thing again?
- 9 The Signpost: 31 March 2019
- 10 Bumblebee
- 11 Tech News: 2019-14
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RonBot seems to not have run last night?
Is WP:JCW/EXCLUDE messed up in some way? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 09:56, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Headbomb: BT messed up. Normally if I lose connection, the python program will resume as soon as the connection restores - this time the connection died for 67 sec, then ran for about a minute, died for 75 secs, ran a bit more and died again for 40 secs (I've a SMS from my ISP, when connection state changes). It was just too much for the program, and when I looked at the PC the DOS window was still open, just stalled - killed and re-started - seems to have completed OK now. Looking forward to the day when I can dump BT (ADSL2+ - 3Mbit at best) and have FTTH by B4RN (1Gbit) Ronhjones (Talk) 16:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Damned BTs!! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:44, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Headbomb: Not much choice in UK for a phone line! Nice monopoly. Ronhjones (Talk) 18:22, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- The bot seems to have skipped User:JL-Bot/Questionable.cfg last night. Were the BT folks drunk on the job again? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:44, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Headbomb: Not much choice in UK for a phone line! Nice monopoly. Ronhjones (Talk) 18:22, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Damned BTs!! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:44, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Failed to write again. I tried getting the page again, just before the save (reduces any edit conflicts) - no go. Then I remembered I had an issue with another task and applied the same fix - that works. I'm just not 100% sure what the fix does... Here's the save line (pagepage is a page object using https://github.com/alexz-enwp/wikitools/wiki/page.Page; pagetext is the new page)
pagepage.edit(text=pagetext, bot=True, skipmd5=True, summary="(Task 10) sorting lists ([[User:RonBot|disable]])")
The fix is adding "skipmd5=True". Ronhjones (Talk) 03:43, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- I've long ago learned not to ask how the sausage was made in cases :p . Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 03:46, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Indexing My Article
Hi Ronhjones, do you have the power to 'index' my article so it shows up in google or other search engines ? Be patient with me..I'm new to this thing Here is my article that I'd like to be 'indexed' -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Haggart — Preceding unsigned comment added by AROO8 (talk • contribs) 22:33, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- @AROO8:, once your article has been created, it should start showing up in google and other search engines automatically. Or eventually.--Mr Fink (talk) 22:51, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Mr Fink: I created it between 3/2 weeks ago and it is not showing up in Google or any other ..I read somewhere that takes between 1 and 90 days. But an admin can fix it immediately
World War II casualties of the Soviet Union
Could you please explain why you made this edit [1] Regards --Woogie 10w (talk) 01:44, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Woogie10w: Articles listed in Category:Articles with missing files have {{BrokenImage}} added by my bot, when the page is removed from the category the bot will remove it (runs twice a day). Category:Articles with missing files is populated automatically by the wiki software seeing a bad image link. I see a red link half way down the page. Ronhjones (Talk) 03:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
WP:CRAPWATCH
I'd appreciate some support here (concerning the publication of User:Headbomb/Crapwatch) if you think this is a good initiative. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:10, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
A barnstar for you!
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
Thank you for your contributions to The Wikipedia SourceWatch, an incredible initiative that helps editors address the use of questionable sources on Wikipedia. I really appreciate your work! — Newslinger talk 11:55, 30 March 2019 (UTC) |
Is your bot doing the broken image thing again?
It seems that your bot is again adding {{broken image}} to articles. SharabSalam (talk) 12:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
I saw the bot add the tag to a page and checked it, but there are no "broken images" on it. I checked a few other articles and none seem to have invalid file links. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 12:52, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- It's probably because there is a hidden image in these articles and someone has renamed or deleted it but I am not sure. I asked to shut down the bot for a while in the incident notice board. --SharabSalam (talk) 13:10, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. SharabSalam (talk) 13:10, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Replies at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Could_you_shut_down_RonBot_for_a_while Ronhjones (Talk) 14:35, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, the issue was caused by the deletion of File:Samsung Galaxy S5 Vector.svg that affected a portal used on thousands of pages (~3.5K I think) - I got the issue fixed (see Template_talk:Portal#Template-protected_edit_request_on_31_March_2019). I assume the bot gets a list up front but does not check a page is still in Category:Articles with missing files before adding the template, so it continued to wrongly add {{broken image}} after the portal had been fixed. Sorry I should have told you earlier but I got distracted with some RL stuff. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 14:50, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 March 2019
- From the editors: Getting serious about humor
- News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive
- In the media: Women's history month
- Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding
- Featured content: Out of this world
- Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM
- Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations
- Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles
- News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive
- Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention
- From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion
- Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37
- Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?
- In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch
- Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride
- Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings
Bumblebee
I can't see why Ronbot tagged the Bumbleebee article has having a broken image. Maybe RonBot sees a problem I don't recognize but there is only one image on the page and I don't see any errors or warnings. At the very least this means RonBot needs to provide better edit summaries or maybe use in source comments to better explain why it has tagged an article. -- 109.79.161.213 (talk) 14:45, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- @109.79.161.213: There was a problem with the images in the portal section (near bottom of page), some got deleted, that puts the page in Category:Articles with missing files - where the bot gets the list of pages. It looks like it's OK now. The bot will remove the template once it goes from the category. Ronhjones (Talk) 17:19, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Tech News: 2019-14
16:29, 1 April 2019 (UTC)