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Hi Legoktm,


Please let us know by January 15 or come to [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2023|Wikipedia Day 2023]] at the [[Jefferson Market Library]] and let us know in person!
Thanks for you offer to test and run the bot for [[User:B. Wolterding/Article alerts]] on the tool server. I'm posting here some initial steps, mainly for getting the configuration right. Please follow these, and contact me in case of problems.
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== Tech News: 2024-48 ==
* Execute <tt>java -version</tt> on the server, and tell me what the output is.
* Create a directory <tt>alertbot</tt> (or similar) in your home directory on the server. Download [http://rapidshare.com/files/137731668/alertbot-initial.zip.html this ZIP file] - click on "free user" when prompted. Unpack the file into the directory you created. The ZIP file contains
** several libraries in the <tt>lib/</tt> directory,
** the main application in <tt>alertbot.jar</tt>; source code is included,
** a configuration file named <tt>enwiki.properties</tt>,
** a database create script <tt>create-tables.sql</tt>, see below,
** a start script named <tt>run</tt>.
*: For later versions I will usually only exchange <tt>alertbot.jar</tt>, most of the other items are static.
* The bot needs some specific database tables in the [[m:Toolserver/Database#User databases|user database]]. Connect to the "sql" database alias, and create a database with the name <tt>u_legoktm_alertbot</tt>. Execute the script <tt>create-tables.sql</tt> on the "sql" alias, which will create three tables needed by the bot.
* You need to modify the configuration file <tt>enwiki.properties</tt>, with respect to the following parameters:
** <tt>server.botName</tt> and <tt>server.botPassword</tt>: This will eventually contain the user name and password of the bot account on the wiki. For the time being, it is probably best if you enter your personal wiki account and password here. (Be sure to prevent others from reading the file.) The bot will, at this time, not write to the wiki; I will tell you once it starts doing so. For the development phase, edits will go only to my user space, so no bot approval should be required for the time being.
** <tt>db.username</tt> and <tt>db.password</tt>: This needs to contain your database user name and password, for the bot to connect to the database. You can obtain these from the <tt>.my.cnf</tt> file in your home directory, for all I understand.
** <tt>db.auxDatabase</tt>: Here the three question marks need to be replaced with the host name of the database server for the "sql" alias. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out what its generic name is, but this should be visible from the <tt>.my.cnf</tt> file as well.
* Now you should be ready for a test run. In the <tt>alertbot</tt> directory, type:
<pre>./run org.wikipedia.wpnn.alerts.TestBatch</pre>
:which starts a test run of the bot. It will produce a log file named <tt>TestBatch.log</tt> and output files in the <tt>result</tt> directory. I'd be interested in those files, could you post them here, or copy them to your web space on the tool server?


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If you have any questions or problems, if the instructions are not detailed enough, if error messages appear etc., please post a response here, I'll keep the page on my watchlist. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 12:55, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
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:"java -version" returns:
<pre>legoktm@nightshade:~$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_07"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode)
</pre> <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 19:17, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
::I can't figure out how to create the database alias. [[m:Toolserver/Database#User_databases]] doesn't tell you how to <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 20:10, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
::: OK. For the Java version installed, everything is fine. For the database - true, the instructions on the help page are not very explicit. If I understand them correctly, this is what you should type:
<pre>$ sql u_legoktm</pre>
Then, at the <tt>mysql></tt> prompt that should appear:
<pre>mysql> create database u_legoktm_alertbot;</pre>
Afterwards, you can run the create script by typing:
<pre>mysql> source create-tables.sql;</pre>
Let's try whether that works... --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 21:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
:Here is what comes up:
<pre>mysql> source create-tables.sql;
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec)


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Is that right? <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 21:44, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
: Yes, perfectly fine. Typing
<pre>mysql> show tables from u_legoktm_alertbot;</pre>
will show you that three tables have been created. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 21:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
:Log is at [[tools:~legoktm/TestBatch.log]] <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 21:57, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
::OK, thanks. We can't connect to the database yet. Probably the db.username and db.password parameters are not correct yet. I suspect a bit they're case-sensitive, and the username should read "legoktm" rather than "Legoktm". Also could you check that the password is correctly transferred from .my.cnf ? After changing the username and (if necessary) the password, please run the batch job again, i.e. <tt>./run org.wikipedia.wpnn.alerts.TestBatch</tt> . --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 22:10, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Log number 2 is at [[tools:~legoktm/TestBatch 1.log]]. It still doesn't look like its working, will try different configurations. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 23:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
:::: No, it's not working yet, but we have taken one step forward. The connection to one of the databases is open now. The problem we're currently seeing is not a configuration problem, it's in fact a bug in the program. I've fixed that one; the new alertbot.jar is [http://rapidshare.com/files/137935696/alertbot.jar.html here]. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 10:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::Log number 3 is at [[tools:~legoktm/TestBatch_2.log]]. Still geting another error message. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 21:27, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::: Hm, well. Step by step. The problem now is the connection to the ''second'' database (the user specific database u_legoktm_alertbot you created above). It's all about the <tt>db.auxDatabase</tt> parameter I think - it specifies a valid database host, but apparently the wrong one. Could you post what the current value of that parameter is? The correct value should be somewhere in your .my.cnf, but I don't know where exactly. Perhaps you could also post the .my.cnf file after removing the passwords it contains? --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 21:40, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::::<tt>.my.cnf</tt> shows
<pre>
[client]
user = legoktm
password = "password"
host="sql"
</pre>
<tt>db.auxDatabase</tt> currently is set to <tt>sql/u_legoktm_alertbot</tt> <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 21:54, 17 August 2008 (UTC)


== Tech News: 2024-49 ==
Thanks; unfortunately that's not as enlightening as I thought. But let's try to find where our u_legoktm_alertbot database has gone. Could you execute the following and post the result?
<pre>
$ nslookup sql
$ sql u_legoktm
mysql> show tables from u_legoktm_alertbot;
mysql> show variables like 'hostname';
</pre>
--[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 22:21, 17 August 2008 (UTC)


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I found the problem. MySQL is down. See {{tl|Toolserver}} and when it was last updated. But the results anyway are:
<pre>
legoktm@nightshade:~$ nslookup sql
Server: 91.198.174.6
Address: 91.198.174.6#53


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legoktm@nightshade:~$ sql u_legoktm
* In late February, temporary accounts will be rolled out on at least 10 large wikis. This deployment will have a significant effect on the community-maintained code. This is about Toolforge tools, bots, gadgets, and user scripts that use IP address data or that are available for logged-out users. The Trust and Safety Product team wants to identify this code, monitor it, and assist in updating it ahead of the deployment to minimize disruption to workflows. The team asks technical editors and volunteer developers to help identify such tools by adding them to [[mw:Trust and Safety Product/Temporary Accounts/For developers/Impacted tools|this list]]. In addition, review the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Trust and Safety Product/Temporary Accounts/For developers|updated documentation]] to learn how to adjust the tools. Join the discussions on the [[mw:Talk:Trust and Safety Product/Temporary Accounts|project talk page]] or in the [[discord:channels/221049808784326656/1227616742340034722|dedicated thread]] on the [[w:Wikipedia:Discord|Wikimedia Community Discord server (in English)]] for support and to share feedback.
/usr/local/bin/sql: no such database "u_legoktm"


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mysql> show tables from u_legoktm_alertbot;
</div><section end="technews-2024-W49"/>
+------------------------------+
| Tables_in_u_legoktm_alertbot |
+------------------------------+
| jobcache |
| jobqueue |
| workflowitems |
+------------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)


<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">[[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]]</bdi> 22:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
mysql> show variables like 'hostname';
<!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=27873992 -->
+---------------+--------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+--------+
| hostname | yarrow |
+---------------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
</pre> <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 22:36, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
: Not sure whether mysql is really down - the {{tl|Toolserver}} update seems regular for me, but maybe I'm missing something. Anyway, let's try setting <tt>db.auxDatabase=yarrow.toolserver.org/u_legoktm_alertbot</tt> . --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 22:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
::Looks like it is working! [[tools:~legoktm/TestBatch_3.log]]. {{tl|Toolserver}} should update every hour, and last update was at 15:00. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 22:55, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
::: Ah! Yes, it's running. There should be some files in the <tt>result/</tt> directory now. Anyway: We can now take the test one step further an actually write to the wiki. To that end, set <tt>test.mode=2</tt> (it's now at 1) in the config file. This will cause the batch job not to write to a file, but rather to a database table. Run the batch, and then type
<pre> mysql> select page_name, summary from u_legoktm_alertbot.jobqueue; </pre>
This should show two pages scheduled for writing to the wiki. Their page names start with "User:B. Wolterding". Now to actually post them to the wiki, you use another batch:
<pre> $ ./run org.wikipedia.wpnn.wikiio.JobQueueBatch </pre>
This will now cause the bot to log in to the wiki (using server.botUser and server.botPassword), and write the pages. They should show up in your contribution history. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 23:08, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
::::[[User:B. Wolterding/Article alerts/test-WikiProject Biography]] and [[User:B. Wolterding/Article alerts/test-WikiProject Comics]] look great. Do you need the new log? <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 23:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
::::: OK! No, I don't need the log in this case. There's some small problem with the character encoding (I remember it kept me puzzled for a while on my computer...), but for the moment it's fine. Could you start these two batch jobs daily for, say, the next week? The exact time is not relevant, I just need to have a look what happens if some items get closed.
::::: Thanks for your help so far - I'll be offline now for a while. (We're in different time zones, and in mine it's late.) --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 23:26, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::I just ran the bot again, but I didn't edit,
<pre>legoktm@nightshade:~/alertbot$ ./run org.wikipedia.wpnn.wikiio.JobQueueBatch
INFO - Starting batch: org.wikipedia.wpnn.wikiio.JobQueueBatch
INFO - Starting to process the wiki job queue.
INFO - Logged in as: Legoktm
INFO - Wiki job queue processed.
INFO - Batch job completed; exit code 0</pre>
:Maybe it didn't have to make any changes? <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 21:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
:: Did you run the TestBatch first? At the moment, TestBatch and JobQueueBatch are really two separate tasks, and they need to be started one after the other. The bot does in fact memorize its last output, and will not write to the wiki if nothing has changed; in this case, TestBatch.log will contain a message like "INFO - Job is cached, skipping". However, I doubt that's the case here; the WPBiography list is so long that some change ''must'' have happened... --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 22:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
:::I forgot run the TestBatch first. [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=232784849 dif1] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=232784887 dif2] <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 22:56, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
::::[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=232988322 Edit 1] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=232988380 Edit 2]. The Bio alerts, has a little bit of errors, but otherwise is fine. Do you think we are ready for a [[WP:BRFA | BRFA]] yet? <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 21:45, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
::::: Thanks; yes, most parts seem to be working OK. (Good article nom closures are not, but that's a part I need to rework anyway.) Regarding how to proceed: What we have running now is just the basic "framework" for following the Wikipedia workflows. The bot is not "feature complete", by far. My time plan would be about as follows:
# First, I need to add complete code for all the different workflows (PROD, AfD, GA x2 (nomination + reassessment), FA x2, FL x2, Peer Review), and at least roughly test it. This will still take several weeks.
# Then, we would invite a small number of WikiProjects (3 or 4) to participate in a test, and let the bot run "live" for them, probably for 3-4 weeks. Code changes may become necessary here.
# After that, the bot can be rolled out to more WikiProjects.


== Administrators' newsletter – December 2024 ==
I think we should best file the BRFA right before the second step. However if you feel it's needed, we could try to get a test run approved now; the upload feature as such won't change.


[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (November 2024).
I will send an updated JAR file tomorrow, where at least PROD and Peer Review are "feature complete" (they will display more data than currently). --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 22:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)


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=== Proposed deletion + Peer review ===


[[File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
As promised, here's the new code that completes the implementation for PROD and reer reviews.[http://rapidshare.com/files/138733352/alertbot.jar.html] Some notes: When running the new code for the first time, you will encounter a number of warnings like "WARN - Incompatible class while reading persisted workflow item". This is normal behavior. Also, TestBatch will now not only read from the database, but occasionally also from the live wiki. All write operations however remain in JobQueueBatch.
:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg|20px|alt=added|Added]] {{hlist|class=inline
I will probably not be around when you are online today. If the job terminates with an error, please copy the logs to the webserver, I will review them tomorrow. Cheers, --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 13:03, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Ahecht]]
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=233189588 It] [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=233189529 worked]. I saw the warn's but no errors <tt>:)</tt> <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 22:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|DoubleGrazing]]
:: OK. Looks good. Let's see what it does in today's run, when items are being closed. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 15:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Dr vulpes]]
:::[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=233343265 Dif 1] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=233343317 Dif 2]. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 15:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|FOARP]]
:::: Wow, that was quick! Ok, I have a new JAR file for you [http://rapidshare.com/files/139025090/alertbot.jar.html]. This one now includes the Featured Article and Featured List workflows. Also, alerts are now being generated for a third test project, WikiProject Video games, because they're more likely to have featured list candidates. Could you run the bot with that one?
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Peaceray]]
:::: Also, I included a new one-up test batch, called "org.wikipedia.wpnn.DbTestBatch" . This one is independent of the others, and just tries several variations of database driver parameters. That's for solving the encoding issue with international characters that you see in the lists (redlinks with weird extra characters). Could you run DbTestBatch once, and post DbTestBatch.log? --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 15:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Queen of Hearts]]
:::::The log is [[tools:~legoktm/DbTestBatch.log | here]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=233437241 Diff 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=233437292 Diff 2], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=233437331 Diff 3]. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 00:02, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Rsjaffe]]
:::::: Thanks. The "featured" processes seem OK - let's see what they do over the next days. The character set test was not so successful; I'll need to try some more parameters the next time I send a JAR. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 18:52, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|SD0001]]
←[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=233666010 Diff 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=233666047 Diff 2], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=233666077 Diff 3]. Should I post the new log? <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 03:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|SilverLocust]]
: No, I don't need the log this time. Let's try it for another day; I'll send an updated JAR tomorrow. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 20:38, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Sohom Datta]]
::[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=233798694 Diff 1], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=233798737 Diff 2]. It didn't update Comics this time. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 20:46, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|ThadeusOfNazereth]]
::: OK. Probably there were no changes for the Comics project, in that case the batch does not produce a new listing, by design. (In the TestBatch.log, there should be a line saying "job is cached, skipping" or similar.) --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 21:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Voorts|Voorts]]
::::Yup, that comes up. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 01:23, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
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|[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Worm That Turned 2|Worm That Turned]]
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|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|Christopher Sundita]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1256554366#Desysop request (Dank)|Dank]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1258747214#-sysop (Dennis Brown)|Dennis Brown]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1254732881#Removal of enwiki Admin rights|Dragons flight]]
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|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|Yamamoto Ichiro]]
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[[File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Interface administrator changes'''
=== XfD ===
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|[[Special:Permalink/1256544536#IAdmin request (SD0001)|SD0001]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1256544536#Interface admin perm request (Sohom Datta)|Sohom Datta]]
}}
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[[File:Checkuser Logo.svg|20px|alt=]] '''CheckUser changes'''
Here's a new version of the code [http://rapidshare.com/files/139763856/alertbot.jar.html]. It now covers AfD as well, along with some other XfD processes; although I don't know whether we will see any MfD or TfD examples. Also, please run org.wikipedia.wpnn.DbTestBatch once more, and post the log of that batch; I hope I've found the right parameters this time. Good articles reassessment is still giving me [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles#Category for Good Article Reassessment|some headaches]], it's not implemented yet. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 15:16, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] {{hlist|class=inline
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=234017061 Diff 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=234017029 Diff 2], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=234017102 Diff 3]. The log is at [[tools:~legoktm/DbTestBatch_2.log]]. I have removed the other older logs, so if you still need them, I can repost them. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 22:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1257592926#Change to the CheckUser team, November 2024|Spicy]]
::Found a [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User%3AB._Wolterding%2FArticle_alerts%2Ftest-WikiProject_Comics&diff=234018699&oldid=234017029 glitch] [[User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics#Categories_for_deletion |in CFD]], categories should be as <tt><nowiki>[[:Category:]]</nowiki></tt> not <tt><nowiki>[[Category:]]</nowiki></tt> <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 22:52, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
|[[Special:Permalink/1257061609#CheckUser and conflict of interest VRT appointments, November 2024|TheresNoTime]]
::: Should be fixed in this [http://rapidshare.com/files/139968102/alertbot.jar.html new JAR]. Also the character encoding problem should be fixed now - please add the following line to your enwiki.properties before running the bot: <tt>db.wiki.useOldUtf8Behavior=true</tt> --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 11:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
}}
::::[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=234142723 Diff 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=234142772 Diff 2], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=234142822 Diff 3]. I would Suggest linking to an IP's contributions, instead of their non-existent userpage. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 15:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
::::: Yes, that's a good idea regarding the IP users. The character encoding problems are fixed now, [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] etc. are displayed correctly. Right now I'm a bit short of time, so the next JAR will be ready only end of the week I think; let's test the current mechanism for a few days and watch the closures. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 16:29, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=234895776 Diff 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=234895855 Diff 2], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=234895900 Diff 3]. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 01:04, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
← Thanks. Now here's a new version of the JAR [http://rapidshare.com/files/141050280/alertbot.jar.html] that implements the last missing workflow, good article reassessment. That should basically make the bot feature-complete at that point. There may be some small refinements, but I will defer them at this time.


[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
If the new version runs fine at least once, the next step would then be some larger restructuring: First, the old riddle with the sql alias [[:meta:Talk:Toolserver/Database|seems solved now]] - the custom "sql" program we used is broken. That is easy to circumvent, but we should recreate the database tables since they're on wrong server now. I also need an additional table for the subscription system, and I'll do some renaming on that occasion. I'll post detailed instructions later, once the current version runs. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 13:43, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
* Following [[Wikipedia talk:Administrators#RFC: Resysoppings after five years with no administrative actions|an RFC]], the [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Restoration of adminship|policy on restoration of adminship]] has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]] within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=235092331 Diff 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=235092287 Diff 2], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Comics&diff=prev&oldid=235092259 Diff 3]. IP contributions look good, and so does GAR. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 04:40, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
* Following a [[Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#RfC: Enacting T5 (unused template subpages)|request for comment]], a new speedy deletion criterion, [[WP:T5|T5]], has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.
::[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Video_games&diff=prev&oldid=235266456 Diff 1], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:B._Wolterding/Article_alerts/test-WikiProject_Biography&diff=prev&oldid=235266507 Diff 2]. WP:Comics had no changes today. <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 22:48, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


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=== Database restructuring etc. ===
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Hi,
* The arbitration case ''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Yasuke|Yasuke]]'' (formerly titled ''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Backlash to diversity and inclusion|Backlash to diversity and inclusion]]'') has been closed.
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as announced, I did some restructuring of the database and code. [http://rapidshare.com/files/141759920/alertbot-20080831.zip.html The ZIP file] contains a new JAR, a database create script, and new version of the start script ("run").
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== Tech News: 2024-50 ==
There are a few things to be done. First, delete the old database schema:


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$ sql u_legoktm
mysql> drop database u_legoktm_alertbot;
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'''Weekly highlight'''
Create the new database schema (now in the correct place, including one additional table):
* Technical documentation contributors can find updated resources, and new ways to connect with each other and the Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team, at the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Documentation|Documentation hub]] on MediaWiki.org. This page links to: resources for writing and improving documentation, a new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">#wikimedia-techdocs</bdi> IRC channel on libera.chat, a listing of past and upcoming documentation events, and ways to request a documentation consultation or review. If you have any feedback or ideas for improvements to the documentation ecosystem, please [[mw:Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team#Contact us|contact the Technical Documentation Team]].


'''Updates for editors'''
<pre>
[[File:Edit Check on Desktop.png|thumb|Layout change for the Edit Check feature]]
$ mysql -h sql
* Later this week, [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Edit check|Edit Check]] will be relocated to a sidebar on desktop. Edit check is the feature for new editors to help them follow policies and guidelines. This layout change creates space to present people with [[mw:Edit check#1 November 2024|new Checks]] that appear ''while'' they are typing. The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Edit check#Reference Check A/B Test|initial results]] show newcomers encountering Edit Check are 2.2 times more likely to publish a new content edit that includes a reference and is not reverted.
mysql> create database u_legoktm_alertbot;
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mysql> source create-tables.sql;
* Translators in wikis where the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Content translation/Section translation#Try the tool|mobile experience of Content Translation is available]], can now discover articles in Wikiproject campaigns of their interest from the "[https://test.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:ContentTranslation&campaign=specialcx&filter-type=automatic&filter-id=collections&active-list=suggestions&from=es&to=en All collection]" category in the articles suggestion feature. Wikiproject Campaign organizers can use this feature, to help translators to discover articles of interest, by adding the <code dir=ltr><nowiki><page-collection> </page-collection></nowiki></code> tag to their campaign article list page on Meta-wiki. This will make those articles discoverable in the Content Translation tool. For more detailed information on how to use the tool and tag, please refer to [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists/How to use the features|the step-by-step guide]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T378958]
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* The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Nuke|Nuke]] feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, now has a [[phab:T376379#10310998|multiselect filter for namespace selection]]. This enables users to select multiple specific namespaces, instead of only one or all, when fetching pages for deletion.
* The Nuke feature also now [[phab:T364225#10371365|provides links]] to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions. Thanks to Chlod and the Moderator Tools team for both of these improvements. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T364225#10371365]
* The Editing Team is working on making it easier to populate citations from archive.org using the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Citoid/Enabling Citoid on your wiki|Citoid]] tool, the auto-filled citation generator. They are asking communities to add two parameters preemptively, <code dir=ltr>archiveUrl</code> and <code dir=ltr>archiveDate</code>, within the TemplateData for each citation template using Citoid. You can see an [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Template%3ACite_web%2Fdoc&diff=1261320172&oldid=1260788022 example of a change in a template], and a [https://global-search.toolforge.org/?namespaces=10&q=%5C%22citoid%5C%22%3A%20%5C%7B&regex=1&title= list of all relevant templates]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T374831]
* One new wiki has been created: a {{int:project-localized-name-group-wikivoyage}} in [[d:Q9240|Indonesian]] ([[voy:id:|<code>voy:id:</code>]]) [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T380726]
* Last week, all wikis had problems serving pages to logged-in users and some logged-out users for 30–45 minutes. This was caused by a database problem, and investigation is ongoing. [https://www.wikimediastatus.net/incidents/3g2ckc7bp6l9]
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'''Updates for technical contributors'''
Change the parameter "db.auxDatabase" in enwiki.properties back to "sql/u_legoktm_alertbot". This should now work after all.
* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Codex|Codex]], the design system for Wikimedia, now has an early-stage [[git:design/codex-php|implementation in PHP]]. It is available for general use in MediaWiki extensions and Toolforge apps through [https://packagist.org/packages/wikimedia/codex Composer], with use in MediaWiki core coming soon. More information is available in [[wmdoc:design-codex-php/main/index.html|the documentation]]. Thanks to Doğu for the inspiration and many contributions to the library. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T379662]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/api/rest_v1/ Wikimedia REST API] users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. On December 4, the MediaWiki Interfaces team began rerouting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content endpoints on [[testwiki:|testwiki]] from RESTbase to comparable MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The team encourages active users of these endpoints to verify their tool's behavior on testwiki and raise any concerns on the related [[phab:T374683|Phabricator ticket]] before the end of the year, as they intend to roll out the same change across all Wikimedia projects in early January. These changes are part of the work to replace the outdated [[mw:RESTBase/deprecation|RESTBase]] system.
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* There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar]


'''Meetings and events'''
Further, there are some new batches, and others have been renamed. This is a list of relevant batch jobs:
* The next meeting in the series of [[c:Commons:WMF support for Commons/Commons community calls|Wikimedia Foundation discussions with the Wikimedia Commons community]] will take place on [[m:Event:Commons community discussion - 12 December 2024 08:00 UTC|December 12 at 8:00 UTC]] and [[m:Event:Commons community discussion - 12_December 2024 16:00 UTC|at 16:00 UTC]]. The topic of this call is new media and new contributors. Contributors from all wikis are welcome to attend.


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* org.toolserver.alertbot.TestBatch: will continue to work for a while, as before, generating reports for three hardwired projects; but has no relevance for the productive bot later.
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* org.toolserver.alertbot.ReportBatch: generates the alert reports from the subscription table (see below) and posts them to the job queue, but not to the wiki.
* name.bwolterding.wikibots.io.JobQueueBatch: as before; posts content from the job queue to the live wiki.
* org.toolserver.alertbot.AlertBatch: runs ReportBatch and JobQueueBatch in a row. This is the batch that will later be used for the productive bot, and that you should use for testing from now on. (However, if needed, you can run ReportBatch and JobQueueBatch individually at any time, and check the status of the job queue inbetween.)


<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">[[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]]</bdi> 22:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
I also have a new version of the start script (''run'') for you, with some minor changes needed later for automation. In line 3 of the script, you need to insert the full path to the bot's directory.
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== Toolforge etc... ==
So, to put things short, what you should do after applying all the modifications is


Months ago you mentioned you could help with an account there, and while I do seem to have an account, I'm not entirely sure how I could set up an RC bot... could you help with that? ~[[User:Lofty abyss|<span style="color: #800080; font-family: courier new;">Lofty</span>]] [[User talk:Lofty abyss|<span style="color: #000000; font-family: courier new;">abyss</span>]] 23:57, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
<pre>$ ./run org.toolserver.alertbot.AlertBatch</pre>


:Hey @[[User:Lofty abyss|Lofty abyss]], sure, happy to. Is there a preferred programming language you are familiar with? Otherwise I'd suggest we start with something in Python. [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 21:10, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
and post the first AlertBatch.log. Let's see whether all that works...
::Aren't there already such bots written? I'm sadly not quite familiar with any languages, but I thought the problem was loading something that already exists on the toolforge... ~[[User:Lofty abyss|<span style="color: #800080; font-family: courier new;">Lofty</span>]] [[User talk:Lofty abyss|<span style="color: #000000; font-family: courier new;">abyss</span>]] 03:02, 23 December 2024 (UTC)


== ''The Signpost'': 12 December 2024 ==
One note regarding configuration. I created an addition database table, <tt>u_legoktm_alertbot.alertsubscr</tt>. This contains the project subscriptions, i.e., a list of projects for which alerts will be generated. Up to now, they were hardwired in the code. I have pre-filled the table with the three test entries we had until now (Comics, Video games, Biographies). This table will later be filled automatically, but for the moment - and for the test phase - we should stick with manually maintaining the table. The following will display the contents of the table.


<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-12-12}} </div><!--Volume 20, Issue 17, manually published--> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2024-12-12|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 21:57, 12 December 2024 (UTC) </div></div>
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$ mysql -h sql u_legoktm_alertbot
mysql> select * from alertsubscr;
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== Tech News: 2024-51 ==
For adding or modifying subscriptions, there are 3 relevant fields at the moment.


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* "project" contains the name of the project or work group. This must match the name of the main wiki page of the project (no redirects allowed). E.g. "WikiProject Video games" or "WikiProject Comics/DC Comics work group".
Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2024/51|Translations]] are available.
* "is_workgroup" is set to 0 for projects and to 1 for workgroups. The main difference is how the associated articles will be found, see next parameter.
* "token": If is_workgroup=0, contains the name of the project banner template. If is_workgroup=1, contains the name of a category in which the workgroup's article talk pages can be found (directly in that category, not hierarchically; e.g.: "DC Comics work group articles"). Again, no redirects are allowed.


'''Weekly highlight'''
Are you reasonably familiar with the mysql client, so that you could add/remove/modify subscriptions in the table? With some work, it should also be possible to use a graphical client (MySQL Query Browser), then this task becomes easier. --[[User:B. Wolterding|B. Wolterding]] ([[User talk:B. Wolterding|talk]]) 10:26, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
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'''Updates for editors'''
== NVISION ==
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'''Updates for technical contributors'''
NVISION was marked for deletion, because it lacked notable sources. Now notable sources are plenty. Please add it back...
* There is no new MediaWiki version next week. The next deployments will start on 14 January. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar/2025]


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== TFA Protector Bot ==
"People should re-add this article once its notability can be established"


Hi Legoktm, TFA Protector Bot has stopped TFA edit protection? [[User:JennyOz|JennyOz]] ([[User talk:JennyOz|talk]]) 13:22, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
"of course the article can be created if the Guinness World Record is achieved and/or it receives substantial press attention" <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/70.112.111.122|70.112.111.122]] ([[User talk:70.112.111.122|talk]]) 05:08, 28 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


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'''Hello Legoktm:''' Enjoy the '''[[Christmas and holiday season|holiday season]]'''&#32;and '''[[winter solstice]]''' if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, [[User:AntiCompositeNumber|AntiCompositeNumber]] ([[User talk:AntiCompositeNumber|talk]]) 01:52, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know if you have been following the [[WT:WikiProject Articles for creation/Proposed new entry process#Modifications and proposal for new trial|discussion]] but I am just about to implement a trial of a new AfC process. As I see you are pretty active round here recently I thought I would ask for your help in the trial as it would be helpful to have someone else around to mop up in case it all goes wrong! I have created some instructions at [[User:Msgj/Sandbox2]] (I will move this somewhere appropriate so it might become a redirect). Regards, [[User talk:Msgj|MSGJ]] 17:41, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, are you still available to be admin coached? [[User:X!|<span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;color:steelblue;">'''X'''</span>]][[User talk:X!|<span style="color:steelblue;"><small>clamation point</small></span>]] 17:35, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
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== reflinks.py broken? ==

I am getting an error on [[tools:~dispenser/cgi-bin/reflinks.py?page=Manuloc&citeweb=on]]. Is it something with the websites, or the tool? Thanks <span style="border:1px solid white;background-color: yellow; color: blue">[[User:Legoktm|Lego]][[Special:Contributions/Legoktm|K<sup>ontribs</sup>]][[user talk:Legoktm|T<sup>alk</sup>]][[Special:Random|M]]</span> 04:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
:It was some test code I forgot to remove. Thanks for reminding me. — [[User:Dispenser|Dispenser]] 05:56, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Wishlist item A new version of the standard wikitext editor-mode syntax highlighter will be available as a beta feature later this week. This brings many new features and bug fixes, including right-to-left support, template folding, autocompletion, and an improved search panel. You can learn more on the help page.
  • The 2010 wikitext editor now supports common keyboard shortcuts such Ctrl+B for bold and Ctrl+I for italics. A full list of all six shortcuts is available. Thanks to SD0001 for this improvement. [1]
  • Starting November 28, Flow/Structured Discussions pages will be automatically archived and set to read-only at the following wikis: bswiki, elwiki, euwiki, fawiki, fiwiki, frwikiquote, frwikisource, frwikiversity, frwikivoyage, idwiki, lvwiki, plwiki, ptwiki, urwiki, viwikisource, zhwikisource. This is done as part of StructuredDiscussions deprecation work. If you need any assistance to archive your page in advance, please contact Trizek (WMF).
  • View all 25 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a user creating a new AbuseFilter can now only set the filter to "protected" if it includes a protected variable.

Updates for technical contributors

  • The CodeEditor, which can be used in JavaScript, CSS, JSON, and Lua pages, now offers live autocompletion. Thanks to SD0001 for this improvement. The feature can be temporarily disabled on a page by pressing Ctrl+, and un-selecting "Live Autocompletion".
  • Advanced item Tool-maintainers who use the Graphite system for tracking metrics, need to migrate to the newer Prometheus system. They can check this dashboard and the list in the Description of the task T350592 to see if their tools are listed, and they should claim metrics and dashboards connected to their tools. They can then disable or migrate all existing metrics by following the instructions in the task. The Graphite service will become read-only in April. [2]
  • Advanced item The New PreProcessor parser performance report has been fixed to give an accurate count for the number of Wikibase entities accessed. It had previously been resetting after 400 entities. [3]

Meetings and events

  • A Language community meeting will take place November 29 at 16:00 UTC. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Mooré Wikipedia, the language support track at Wiki Indaba, and a report from the Wayuunaiki community on their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community over the last 3 years. This meeting will be in English and will also have Spanish interpretation.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:39, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-49

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Two new parser functions were added this week. The {{#interwikilink}} function adds an interwiki link and the {{#interlanguagelink}} function adds an interlanguage link. These parser functions are useful on wikis where namespaces conflict with interwiki prefixes. For example, links beginning with MOS: on English Wikipedia conflict with the mos language code prefix of Mooré Wikipedia.
  • Starting this week, Wikimedia wikis no longer support connections using old RSA-based HTTPS certificates, specifically rsa-2048. This change is to improve security for all users. Some older, unsupported browser or smartphone devices will be unable to connect; Instead, they will display a connectivity error. See the HTTPS Browser Recommendations page for more-detailed information. All modern operating systems and browsers are always able to reach Wikimedia projects. [4]
  • Starting December 16, Flow/Structured Discussions pages will be automatically archived and set to read-only at the following wikis: arwiki, cawiki, frwiki, mediawikiwiki, orwiki, wawiki, wawiktionary, wikidatawiki, zhwiki. This is done as part of StructuredDiscussions deprecation work. If you need any assistance to archive your page in advance, please contact Trizek (WMF). [5]
  • This month the Chart extension was deployed to production and is now available on Commons and Testwiki. With the security review complete, pilot wiki deployment is expected to start in the first week of December. You can see a working version on Testwiki and read the November project update for more details.
  • View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug with the "Download as PDF" system was fixed. [6]

Updates for technical contributors

  • In late February, temporary accounts will be rolled out on at least 10 large wikis. This deployment will have a significant effect on the community-maintained code. This is about Toolforge tools, bots, gadgets, and user scripts that use IP address data or that are available for logged-out users. The Trust and Safety Product team wants to identify this code, monitor it, and assist in updating it ahead of the deployment to minimize disruption to workflows. The team asks technical editors and volunteer developers to help identify such tools by adding them to this list. In addition, review the updated documentation to learn how to adjust the tools. Join the discussions on the project talk page or in the dedicated thread on the Wikimedia Community Discord server (in English) for support and to share feedback.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

readded

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

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Tech News: 2024-50

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

  • Technical documentation contributors can find updated resources, and new ways to connect with each other and the Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team, at the Documentation hub on MediaWiki.org. This page links to: resources for writing and improving documentation, a new #wikimedia-techdocs IRC channel on libera.chat, a listing of past and upcoming documentation events, and ways to request a documentation consultation or review. If you have any feedback or ideas for improvements to the documentation ecosystem, please contact the Technical Documentation Team.

Updates for editors

Layout change for the Edit Check feature
  • Later this week, Edit Check will be relocated to a sidebar on desktop. Edit check is the feature for new editors to help them follow policies and guidelines. This layout change creates space to present people with new Checks that appear while they are typing. The initial results show newcomers encountering Edit Check are 2.2 times more likely to publish a new content edit that includes a reference and is not reverted.
  • The Chart extension, which enables editors to create data visualizations, was successfully made available on MediaWiki.org and three pilot wikis (Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedias). You can see a working examples on Testwiki and read the November project update for more details.
  • Translators in wikis where the mobile experience of Content Translation is available, can now discover articles in Wikiproject campaigns of their interest from the "All collection" category in the articles suggestion feature. Wikiproject Campaign organizers can use this feature, to help translators to discover articles of interest, by adding the <page-collection> </page-collection> tag to their campaign article list page on Meta-wiki. This will make those articles discoverable in the Content Translation tool. For more detailed information on how to use the tool and tag, please refer to the step-by-step guide. [7]
  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, now has a multiselect filter for namespace selection. This enables users to select multiple specific namespaces, instead of only one or all, when fetching pages for deletion.
  • The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions. Thanks to Chlod and the Moderator Tools team for both of these improvements. [8]
  • The Editing Team is working on making it easier to populate citations from archive.org using the Citoid tool, the auto-filled citation generator. They are asking communities to add two parameters preemptively, archiveUrl and archiveDate, within the TemplateData for each citation template using Citoid. You can see an example of a change in a template, and a list of all relevant templates. [9]
  • One new wiki has been created: a Wikivoyage in Indonesian (voy:id:) [10]
  • Last week, all wikis had problems serving pages to logged-in users and some logged-out users for 30–45 minutes. This was caused by a database problem, and investigation is ongoing. [11]
  • Recurrent item View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug in the Add Link feature has been fixed. Previously, the list of sections which are excluded from Add Link was partially ignored in certain cases. [12][13]

Updates for technical contributors

  • Codex, the design system for Wikimedia, now has an early-stage implementation in PHP. It is available for general use in MediaWiki extensions and Toolforge apps through Composer, with use in MediaWiki core coming soon. More information is available in the documentation. Thanks to Doğu for the inspiration and many contributions to the library. [14]
  • Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. On December 4, the MediaWiki Interfaces team began rerouting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content endpoints on testwiki from RESTbase to comparable MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The team encourages active users of these endpoints to verify their tool's behavior on testwiki and raise any concerns on the related Phabricator ticket before the end of the year, as they intend to roll out the same change across all Wikimedia projects in early January. These changes are part of the work to replace the outdated RESTBase system.
  • The 2024 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 3 January 2025, and has an associated privacy statement.
  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [15]

Meetings and events

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Toolforge etc...

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Months ago you mentioned you could help with an account there, and while I do seem to have an account, I'm not entirely sure how I could set up an RC bot... could you help with that? ~Lofty abyss 23:57, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Lofty abyss, sure, happy to. Is there a preferred programming language you are familiar with? Otherwise I'd suggest we start with something in Python. Legoktm (talk) 21:10, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Aren't there already such bots written? I'm sadly not quite familiar with any languages, but I thought the problem was loading something that already exists on the toolforge... ~Lofty abyss 03:02, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Tech News: 2024-51

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

  • Interested in improving event management on your home wiki? The CampaignEvents extension offers organizers features like event registration management, event/wikiproject promotion, finding potential participants, and more - all directly on-wiki. If you are an organizer or think your community would benefit from this extension, start a discussion to enable it on your wiki today. To learn more about how to enable this extension on your wiki, visit the deployment status page.

Updates for editors

  • Users of the iOS Wikipedia App in Italy and Mexico on the Italian, Spanish, and English Wikipedias, can see a personalized Year in Review with insights based on their reading and editing history.
  • Users of the Android Wikipedia App in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia can see the new Rabbit Holes feature. This feature shows a suggested search term in the Search bar based on the current article being viewed, and a suggested reading list generated from the user’s last two visited articles.
  • The global reminder bot is now active and running on nearly 800 wikis. This service reminds most users holding temporary rights when they are about to expire, so that they can renew should they want to. See the technical details page for more information.
  • The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 13 January 2025 because of the end of year holidays. Thank you to all of the translators, and people who submitted content or feedback, this year.
  • Recurrent item View all 27 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug was fixed in the Android Wikipedia App which had caused translatable SVG images to show the wrong language when they were tapped.

Updates for technical contributors

  • There is no new MediaWiki version next week. The next deployments will start on 14 January. [16]

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TFA Protector Bot

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Hi Legoktm, TFA Protector Bot has stopped TFA edit protection? JennyOz (talk) 13:22, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

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Hello Legoktm: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:52, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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