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== Pattani (region) ==

Hello, Jutiphan. I was wondering if you could state on the talk page of the [[Pattani (region)]] article what you think is inaccurate. I am not saying that it is accurate, as I have not even read the article yet. I saw the disputed template and checked the talk page, but found nothing. If editors do not identify the problems they have with the article when adding a disputed or a non-neutral POV tag, it is far less likely that they will be fixed. Thanks, [[User:Kjkolb|Kjkolb]] 17:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== hello ==

Hey, I responded to your talk page comment [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AWarrens&diff=103333685&oldid=103328125 here].  Thanks. :) <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-size:larger;font-family: Monotype Corsiva;"> [[User talk:Warrens|-/-]] [[User:Warrens|Warren]]</span> 07:35, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
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== [[:th:วงศ์ปลาเนื้ออ่อน]] ==
Sawadee krub, I removed this from [[catfish]] as it is actually [[Sheatfish]] (family Siluridae)
--[[User:Melanochromis|Melanochromis]] 01:23, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

:Definitely. I'm glad to help. I usually monitor fish articles in Thai wiki every once in a while and did an interwiki cleanup several weeks agoa. :-) --[[User:Melanochromis|Melanochromis]] 01:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

== Wikipedia:Requests for adminship ==

Please stop your bot from modifying this page.  The interwiki links are transcluded as part of a seperate "Front matter" template, and so your bot is misplacing the link.  It has done this and been reverted three times already.  [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] 19:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

:Apologize for this. I have added the code to stop the bot from doing so. --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 20:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

== Bot ==
Why do you feel the need to put Thai links on an ENGLISH wikipedia? [[User:Jezebel Parks|Jezebel Parks]] 22:30, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
:Not exactly sure what you mean. Normally I or my bot would add interwiki links. See [[WP:INTER]] for more info. --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 22:41, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

== Image:Hex game over.png ==
You wrote:
:It appears that you last uploaded the [[:image:Hex game over.png]]. Please help add the license information. Someone in Thai Wikipedia would like to use the image you uploaded and isn't sure the license to choose from. Your help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 05:18, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
All I did was rotate a severely horizontal graphic that was impossible to make fit in an article correctly into a vertical one. Please contact the original uploader. [[User:DreamGuy|DreamGuy]] 17:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

== Sawadee krub ==

I was just wondering does your bot add links to The Thai wikipedia?[[User:Arnon Chaffin|<span style="color: Orange; font-family: Brush Script MT;">'''Arnon Chaffin'''</span>]] ([[User Talk:Arnon Chaffin|<span style="color: #C0000e; font-family: Brush Script MT;">'''Talk'''</span>]]) 18:35, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

==Please help-Lao language request==
Hello! The [[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab]] is working on artwork related to [[Laos]], and we need some help to get the proper [[Lao language]] text into the artwork. As Thai and Lao are closely-related languages, I ask you to please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Images_to_improve#Scouting_in_Laos and see if you can help! Thanking you in advance, [[User:Kintetsubuffalo|Chris]] 02:42, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

== interwiki ==

Your bot seems to be sorting interwiki by the two letter code. On the English Wikipedia, they are sorted by "order of alphabet, based on local language". See [[meta:Interwiki sorting order]] for more detail. Thank you. --[[User:Chochopk|ChoChoPK]] (球球PK) ([[User talk:Chochopk|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Chochopk|contrib]]) 07:44, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

:Based on the information at [[Wikipedia:Interlanguage_links#Sorting]], sorting by 2 letters code is acceptable. I also feel that the ordering in this area is not conclusive yet based on my own findings from [[Wikipedia:Language_order_poll]] --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 06:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

::Regarding this in case someone else come, BotKung now adjusted the code for English Wikipedia to order by alphabet based on local language a long while back --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 18:31, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Thailand]] ==

Hi there!!! You are welcome to join the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Thailand|WikiProject Thailand]], please sign in. We need as many editors from Thailand as possible!!! [[User:Blofeld of SPECTRE| <span style="border:1px solid blue;padding:1px;"> <span style="color:#fef;background:black;">'''''♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦'''''</span></span>]]     <sup>[[User talk:Blofeld of SPECTRE| <span style="font-size:x-small; color:Black;">'''$1,000,000?'''</span> ]]</sup> 10:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for the letting me know! Just join in, but I may not have time to participate that much, however, but willing to help with bot-related issues. --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 02:30, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

== Moving pages ==

Thank you for the offer of assistance.  Yes, I definitely need your help.

My renaming proposal fell through (got reversed), and I've had to move the pages back.

I've moved some of them, but there are still some left.

Could you move all of the subpages of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Topical outlines]] to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics]]?

[[User talk:The Transhumanist|<i>The Transhumanist</i>]]  19:21, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

P.S.: I'll be making another rename proposal soon, and once there's consensus on it, I may need your help again.
:Hi... I don't see any pages that require to be moved anymore. Let me know the category containing such pages if I did miss something. --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 05:21, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

== [[:th:NAT]] ==

This[http://th.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NAT&diff=1343347] edit of your bot was incorrect, and also resulted in interwiki pollution of corresponding Wikipedia pages in other languages. Where did it get such a crap? [[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 09:07, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
:Why don't you just ask the ones [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nat&action=history who added them here]. BotKung simply uses the more updated version of interwiki links from English Wikipedia. So the crap is from English Wikipedia. Clear enough? --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 09:08, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

== BotKung ==

your bot deleted a very bif part of the [[css]] page! please torn off your bot and check it first! --<small style="font:bold 12px Courier New;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">[[User:Mabdul|<span style="color: #000;">mabdul</span>]] [[User talk:Mabdul|0=*]]</small> 21:11, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

BotKung is making some bad edits today.  See diffs in [[Special:Contributions/BotKung]] e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)&diff=prev&oldid=255912935], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mirai_Sentai_Timeranger&diff=prev&oldid=255912121] -[[User:Fnlayson|Fnlayson]] ([[User talk:Fnlayson|talk]]) 21:50, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I'm afraid [[Eadwig_of_England]] had to be reverted after BotKung truncated it. '''[[User:WereSpielChequers|<span style="color: #800080;">Ϣere</span>]][[User talk:WereSpielChequers|<span style="color: #FFA500;">Spiel</span>]][[Special:Contributions/WereSpielChequers|<span style="color: #FFC0CB;">Chequers</span>]]''' 23:21, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

:I'm sorry that there have been some problems with BotKung edits. Related code has recently been updated to fix other problems. Please continue to let me know if you notice any bad edits with BotKung. Also, to quickly address the problems, please also [[th:User Talk:Jutiphan|post the issue here]] in Thai Wikipedia. Thanks! --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 16:22, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

==Proposal for new Manual of Style for Thailand-related articles==
A drafted new version of the Manual of Style for Thailand-related articles has been started [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Thailand-related articles)/Draft|here]]. Still at issue are specific naming conventions for Thai royals and nobles and settlements. As a member of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Thailand|WikiProject Thailand]], you are welcome to contribute to the discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thailand#Updating the Manual of Style (part 2)]]. [[User:Paul_012|Paul_012]] <sup>([[User talk:Paul_012|talk]])</sup> 18:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

== A++--[[Special:Contributions/99.122.12.191|99.122.12.191]] ([[User talk:99.122.12.191|talk]]) 21:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC)==

For some reason your bot copied the information from [[C]] into the [[C++]] article. A bug, I presume. <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">[[User:Decltype|decltype]]</span> ([[User talk:Decltype|talk]]) 08:27, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks for letting me know. This problem is now fixed in the newest and currently running version of BotKung. Please let me know if there is - 16:14, 14 March 2009 (UTC) to mb
             form jasmine

== [[User:BotKung]] ==

Hellp Jutiphan.

I have blocked your bot, since it is malfunctioning. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romulus_Augustulus&diff=prev&oldid=278399068], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anime_music_video&diff=prev&oldid=278398952], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Fate/stay_night_characters&diff=prev&oldid=278174166], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KAT-TUN&diff=prev&oldid=278173942]. 

There may be more similar ones, I am not sure.<br />
When you have figured out the problem, you may contact me or any other administrator to get your bot unblocked.

Regards, 

[[User:J.delanoy|<span style="color:green;">J'''.'''delanoy</span>]][[User Talk:J.delanoy|<sup style="color:red;">gabs</sup>]][[Special:Contributions/J.delanoy|<sub style="color:blue;">adds</sub>]] 23:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
:Unblocked. Cheers! [[User:J.delanoy|<span style="color:green;">J'''.'''delanoy</span>]][[User Talk:J.delanoy|<sup style="color:red;">gabs</sup>]][[Special:Contributions/J.delanoy|<sub style="color:blue;">adds</sub>]] 14:23, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

== Bot malfunctioning ==

This bot is malfunctioning. Instead of just adding the th interwiki link to [[List of D.N.Angel characters]], it reverted to a months old version of the article[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_D.N.Angel_characters&diff=281122155&oldid=280900783]. It did this on several other articles as well[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snow_White&diff=prev&oldid=281122545][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_School_Rumble_characters&diff=prev&oldid=281122078][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Regional_League_Division_2&diff=280976415&oldid=280120015] -- [[User:Collectonian|<span style='font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color:#5342F'>Collectonian</span>]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Collectonian|talk]]&nbsp;'''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Collectonian|contribs]]) 18:31, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

:I have blocked this bot; it's clearly malfunctioning, and all of its recent edits appear to be removing content or making inappropriate reversions.<small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Iridescent|<b>Iridescent</b>]] : [[User_talk:Iridescent|<span style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;">&nbsp;Chat&nbsp;</span>]] </span></small> 18:45, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

== Your bot's error ==

Hello, when your bot added the Thai inter wiki to [[Haeinsa]], it deleted a huge amount of information.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haeinsa&diff=280220661&oldid=280154786] I think you gotta check your bot.--[[User talk:Caspian blue|'''Caspian''' blue]] 14:28, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
:Hi. Thank you for letting me know. This problem have already been fixed. --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 05:39, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

== Bot issue? ==

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Case_Closed_episodes_%28seasons_1%E2%80%9315%29&diff=535281901&oldid=530540663 this edit] the bot cuts out a section of the article. [[User:DragonZero|<span style="color:blue;">DragonZero</span>]] ([[User talk:DragonZero#top|<small>Talk</small>]]&nbsp;'''·''' [[Special:Contributions/DragonZero|<small>Contribs</small>]]) 04:25, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
:It looks like the bot is cutting up other articles too. [[User:DragonZero|<span style="color:blue;">DragonZero</span>]] ([[User talk:DragonZero#top|<small>Talk</small>]]&nbsp;'''·''' [[Special:Contributions/DragonZero|<small>Contribs</small>]]) 05:07, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Yeah it just broke [[Bird-of-paradise]] also. [[User:Chiswick Chap|Chiswick Chap]] ([[User talk:Chiswick Chap|talk]]) 08:18, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

BTW I tried to notify your Thai WP account but everything I did just got a warning in Thai that I was trying an inappropriate action! [[User:Chiswick Chap|Chiswick Chap]] ([[User talk:Chiswick Chap|talk]]) 08:31, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

:Blocked your bot. [[User:Dougweller|Dougweller]] ([[User talk:Dougweller|talk]]) 09:03, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
::Sorry for the delay. Apologize for the issue. Due to POST issues for the 3-4 days couple of days ago, I rewrote the save function, however unable to test properly making it not support saving changes for large articles. I have since stopped the bot, continue the development to fix the issue, and tested on Thai Wikipedia and it is now working correctly. Please unblock the bot so that it can continue to operate as normal. If there is any future issues that happen again, please report issues to [[th:user talk:Jutiphan]] Thanks!!! --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 16:54, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

== An RfC that you ''may'' be interested in... ==

As one of the previous contributors to {{Tl|Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a [[Wikipedia:Requests for comments|RfC]] started on the talk page as to [[Template talk:Infobox film#RfC:Should an "Official website" parameter be enabled in the Infobox film template?|implementation of previously deprecated parameters]].  Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed.  Happy editing!
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== Your bot on English Wikipedia ==

A proposal to de-authorize a group of idle interwiki bots on the English Wikipedia is currently in process.  A bot account of yours has been included in the list.  If you are no longer using this bot, no action is neccessary by you.  Should you wish to revive your bot in the near future, please remove your bot from the list here: [[en:Wikipedia:Bot_owners'_noticeboard#Bot_that_are_inactive_for_the_last_2-4_years_and_may_lose_bot_flag]].  Thank you for your contributions.  For the en: Bot Approvals Group, [[en:user:Xaosflux]] 12:31, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

== HTTP, HTTPS and bots ==

Hi (here too)! Soon (June 12) all traffic to Wikimedia sites and API:s will need to go over https:// instead of http://. It seems your bot BotKung is still using http://.

There's more information. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-May/085618.html here]. If you need help updating your bot, maybe that mailing list or [[w:en:Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard]] might be good places. /[[User:Johan (WMF)|Johan (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Johan (WMF)|talk]]) 22:15, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

==Asian 10,000 Challenge invite==
Hi. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge]] has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland [[Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge]]. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like [[Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic)]]. For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content,  a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon]] which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --[[User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT;">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|''Che dicono a Signa?'']]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Ser Amantio di Nicolao|'''Lo dicono a Signa.''']]</sub> 04:56, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

==Northern Khmer Vowels==
The bot BotKung keeps changing Northern Khmer vowels at [https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/ภาษาเขมรถิ่นไทย Thai Wikipedia page ภาษาเขมรถิ่นไทย].  Sequences such as <PHINTHU, SARA I> are being reduced to just <PHINTHU>.  How do I stop this happening?
[[User:RichardW57|RichardW57]] ([[User talk:RichardW57|talk]]) 09:43, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
: I have fixed the issue. Thank you for letting me know and please feel free to leave messages on my Thai Wikipedia Talk page --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 05:21, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
: Thank you.  Presumably the comment &lt;!-- nocleanup --&gt; applies to the whole page.  Is it possible to apply it to a smaller portion of the page? --[[User:RichardW57|RichardW57]] ([[User talk:RichardW57|talk]]) 07:21, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
:: Unfortunately not. The issue is regarding automatic fixing of misplaced vowels in Thai language. This is currently the best possible solution in this specific scenario. --[[User:Jutiphan|Jutiphan]] | [[User Talk:Jutiphan|<span style="color:green">Talk</span>]] - 01:30, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

== Bots Newsletter, April 2017 ==

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Greetings!

The ''BAG Newsletter'' is now the ''Bots Newsletter'', per [[Wikipedia talk:Bots/News#Enlarge scope?|discussion]]. As such, we've subscribed all [[:Category:Wikipedia bot operators|bot operators]] to the newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from [[Wikipedia:Bots/Spam|this list]].

Highlights for this newsletter include:
;Arbcom
[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis/Proposed decision|Magioladitis ARBCOM case]] has closed. The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis/Proposed decision#Motion to close|remedies of the case]] include:
*''Community encouraged to review common fixes''
*''Community encouraged to review policy on cosmetic edits''
*''Developers encouraged to improve AWB interface''
*''Bot approvals group encouraged to carefully review BRFA scope''
*''Reminders/Restrictions specific to Magioladitis''

;BRFAs
We currently have 27 [[Wikipedia:BAG/Status|open]] bot requests at [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval]], and could use your help processing!

;Discussions
There are multiple ongoing discussions surrounding bot-related matters. In particular:
*[[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#WP:COSMETICBOT update|RFC on COSMETICBOT]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Check Wikipedia#Identifying cosmetic fixes|Efforts at WP:CHECKWIKI to identify cosmetic fixes]]
*[[Wikipedia talk:Bot owners' noticeboard#Requested move 10 April 2017|Requested move for the Bot Owners' Noticeboard]]
*A phabricator ticket {{phab|T162685}} has been made to have a "bots" tag, so issues related to bot frameworks can be tracked

;New things
Several new things are around:
*A BAG Guide has been created ([[WP:BAGG]], [[Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group/Guide|discussion]]).
*Users now have the option to hide AWB from their watchlists via a script ([[WP:HIDEAWB]], [[User_talk:Evad37/Watchlist-hideAWB.js#Permanently hide AWB?|discussion]])
*The guidance on how to deal with bot issues has been overhauled ([[WP:BOTISSUE]], [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 25#Changes to "dealing with issues" section|discussion]])
*The bot policy has been updated to clarify that bot operators are required to register accounts. ([[WP:BOTACCOUNT]], [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Are/should IPs be allowed to run bots?|discussion]])

;Wikimania
[https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania Wikimania 2017] is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, [[Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard#Wikimania 2017|let us know]]!

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== Bots Newsletter, July 2017 ==

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Greetings!

Here is the 4th issue of the ''Bots Newsletter'' (formerly the ''BAG Newletter''). You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from [[Wikipedia:Bots/Spam|this list]].

Highlights for this newsletter include:

;BAG
[[User:BU Rob13|BU Rob13]] and [[User:Cyberpower678|Cyberpower678]] are now members of the [[WP:BAG|BAG]] (see [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/BU Rob13|RfBAG/BU Rob13]] and [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/Cyberpower678 3|RfBAG/Cyberpower678  3]]). BU Rob13 and Cyberpower678  are both [[WP:ADMIN|administrators]]; the former operates [[User:BU RoBOT|BU RoBOT]] which does a plethora of tasks, while the latter operates [[User:Cyberbot I|Cyberbot I]] (which replaces old bots), [[User:Cyberbot II|Cyberbot II]] (which does many different things), and [[User:InternetArchiveBot|InternetArchiveBot]] which combats [[WP:LINKROT|link rot]]. Welcome to the BAG!

;BRFAs
We currently have 12 [[Wikipedia:BAG/Status|open]] bot requests at [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval]], and could use your help processing!

;Discussions
*Efforts at [[WP:CHECKWIKI]] to [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Check Wikipedia#Identifying cosmetic fixes|identify cosmetic fixes]] are still ongoing.
*The [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 26#WP:COSMETICBOT update|RFC on COSMETICBOT]] has concluded with "a clear consensus exists to adopt the proposed language". The [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABot_policy&type=revision&diff=781071749&oldid=776564969 new wording] is now live.
*The venue for bot appeals and reexaminations has been [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bot_policy&diff=785900489&oldid=785809177 changed] from [[WP:BRFA]] to [[WP:BOTN]] (see [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Venue change for bot appeals and reexaminations|discussion]])
*The ''[[Wikipedia:Bot owner's noticeboard]]'' is now the ''[[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard]]'' (see [[Wikipedia talk:Bots/Noticeboard#Requested move 10 April 2017|discussion]]).

;New things
*A [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABot_policy&type=revision&diff=782685110&oldid=781071956 historical correction] was made to [[WP:BOTPOL]] (see [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 26#History|discussion]]).
*[[WP:HIDEBOTS]] now mentions [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABots&type=revision&diff=786445484&oldid=781329442 how to hide all bots from your watchlist], not only specific bots.
*The phabricator ticket {{phab|T162685}} is now closed, and we now have "[https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/bot-frameworks/ #Bots-Framework]" tag, so issues related to bot frameworks can be tracked.
*Wikibits.js has been removed (see [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2017-April/001574.html discussion]).
*21 inactive bots have been deflagged (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Inactive bots May 2017|discussion]]).
*[[WP:BOTISSUE]] has been [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bot_policy&diff=785809177&oldid=785323626 updated] to mention that BAG members can act as neutral mediators in bot-related disputes.
* [[WP:INTERWIKIBOT]] has been [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bot_policy&diff=789678056&oldid=787355603 updated] to reflect the post-February 2013 practice of putting interwiki links on Wikidata, rather than on Wikipedia (see [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Interwiki bots|discussion]]).

;Upcoming
* [[HTML Tidy]] will be [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy phased out] in [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/28 June 2018, or possibly earlier]. This may affect some bots (see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors_need_to_do.3F FAQ]).

;Wikimania
[https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania Wikimania 2017] is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, [[Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard#Wikimania 2017|let us know]]!

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== Bots Newsletter, March 2018 ==

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Greetings!

Here is the 5th issue of the ''Bots Newsletter'' (formerly the ''BAG Newletter''). You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from [[Wikipedia:Bots/Spam|this list]].

Highlights for this newsletter include:

;ARBCOM
*''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis 2|Magioladitis 2]]'' happened, leading to further restrictions on {{noping|Magioladitis}} ([[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis 2#Final decision|decision]], [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Cases/2017#September|summary]]).
*''[[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3#Amendment request: Betacommand 3 (December 2017)|Betacommand 3]]'' was proposed to be amended to lift the indefinite ban on {{noping|Δ}}, but was unsuccessful ([[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3#Betacommand 3: Arbitrator views and discussion|decision]]).
*A motion concerning ''[[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Archive 12#Crosswiki issues: Motion (November 2017)|Crosswiki issues]]'' (mostly concerning Wikidata) was passed (see [[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Archive 12#Crosswiki issues: Motion (November 2017)|discussion]]).

;BAG
*{{noping|Hersfold}} was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABot_Approvals_Group%2FFormer&type=revision&diff=807534876&oldid=757247341 removed from the BAG] due to long term inactivity.
*

;BRFAs
We currently have 6 [[Wikipedia:BAG/Status|open]] bot requests at [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval]], and could use your help processing!

;Discussions
While there were no large-scale bot-related discussion in the past few months, you can check [[WP:BOTN]] and [[WT:BOTPOL]] (and their corresponding archives) for smaller issues that came up.

;New things
*[[WP:BOTDICT]], a dictionary of common bot-related terms (see [[Wikipedia talk:Bots/Dictionary#Creation and feedback|discussion]]).
*6 inactive bots have been deflagged (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_12#Inactive_bots_-_December_2017|discussion]]).
*The [[meta:2017 Community Wishlist Survey/Results|2017 Community Wishlist Survey]] happened. Two bot-related proposal passed, #6 ''[[meta:2017 Community Wishlist Survey/Bots and gadgets/Deploy Article Alerts to other languages|deploy Article Alerts to other languages]]'' and #10 ''[[meta:2017 Community Wishlist Survey/Bots and gadgets/Commons deletion notification bot|Commons deletion notification bot]]'', although other entries may affect bots as well.
* [[:Category:Wikipedia bots]] and its subcategories has had some cleanup. Bot-related pages that were historically important but are no longer of interests can be found in [[:Category:Wikipedia bots (historical)]]
* The edit summary limit has been increased to 1000 characters (see {{phab|T6715}}). If a bot you operate relied on the old truncation limit (255 characters), please review/update your code, as overly long summaries can be disruptive/annoying. If you want to use extra characters to have more information in your edit summary, please do so intelligently.
* You will soon be able to [[Wikipedia:Notifications|ping]] users from the edit summary (see {{phab|T188469}}). If you wish to use this feature in your bot, please do so intelligently.

;Upcoming
* [[HTML Tidy]] will be [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy phased out] in [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2017/28 June 2018, or possibly earlier]. This may affect some bots (see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors_need_to_do.3F FAQ]).
*

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== '''Bots Newsletter''', August 2018 ==

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Greetings!

Here is the 6th issue of the ''Bots Newsletter''. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from [[Wikipedia:Bots/Spam|this list]].

Highlights for this newsletter include:

;ARBCOM
*Nothing particular important happened. Those who care already know, those who don't know wouldn't care. The curious can dig ARBCOM archives themselves.

;BAG
*There were no changes in [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group#Member list|BAG membership]] since the last ''Bots Newsletter''. [[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]] went from semi-active to active.
*In the last 3 months, only 3 BAG members have closed requests - help is needed with the [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval|backlog]].

;BOTREQs and BRFAs
As of writing, we have...
* 24 active [[WP:BOTREQ|BOTREQs]], please help if you can!
* 5 open BRFAs and 3 BRFAs in need of BAG attention (see [[Wikipedia:BAG/Status|live status]]).
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Approved&oldid=853482126 54 approved bot tasks] since the start of 2018. Of note, [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Community_Tech_bot_5|Community Tech bot 5]] (the [[meta:2017 Community Wishlist Survey/Results|#10 Wish on the 2017 Community Survey]]) was approved to notify users concerning problematic images and files from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]].
Also
* If you're a bot operator that can [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy/FAQ#What_will_editors_need_to_do.3F help] with Tidy/Linter error cleanup (see [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 166#Seeking intrepid technical volunteers for a mission|discussion]], [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 167#Remex: Pages that used to look fine are now broken|discussion]]), please [[WP:BRFA|file a BRFA]]! 
* 8 inactive bots have been deflagged (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Inactive bots - May 2018|discussion]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Notice of removal of "bot" flag from RM bot|discussion]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Removal of bot permissions from User:HasteurBot|discussion]]).

;Discussions
These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last ''Bots Newsletter''. Many are stale, but some are still active.
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Use of tags by bots|Use of tags by bots]] – Exploring the use of a new 'bot' tag.
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Mass page moves|Mass page moves]] – Bot policy question/clarification about mass moves.
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Creation of redirects|Creation of redirects]] – Bot policy question/clarification about the creation of redirects.
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bots#Guidance on disruptive use of semi-automated tools?|Guidance on disruptive use of semi–automated tools?]] – Related to meatbots (see also [[Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 205#Proposed footnote to discourage mass changes|MOS discussion]], which resulted in small addition to [[MOS:VAR]]).
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Discussion concerning WP:BOTFLAG/WP:RC|Discussion concerning WP:BOTFLAG/WP:RC]] – A reminder that bots should use the bot flag when it makes sense to use it (see also [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 167#Bot edits not hidden in RecentChanges|VPT discussion]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ACreating_a_bot&type=revision&diff=853715828&oldid=852064145 CREATEBOT update]).
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Out of curiosity... (to all bot operators)|Out of curiosity... (to all bot operators)]] – BotPasswords vs OAuth usage amongst bot operators.
* [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 165#Introducing Toolhub|Introducing Toolhub]] – [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub Toolhub] is looking for feedback.

;New things
* {{tl|Automated tools}}, a new template linking to user-activated tools and scripts has been created. It can be used in articles previews, and can be placed on any non-mainspace page/template (e.g. {{tl|Draft article}}) to provide convenient links to editors.
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/autowikibrowser/code/12218/ AWB 5.10.0.0] is out, after nearly 20 months without updates. If you run an old version, you will be prompted to install the new version automatically. See the [[WP:AWB/H#5.10.0.0|changelog]] for what's new. Note that the [[WP:AWB/H#x.x.x.x|next version]] will require [[.NET Framework#4.5|.NET Framework 4.5]]. Many thanks to [[User:Reedy|Reedy]] and the AWB team.
* [https://tools.wmflabs.org/botwatch/ BotWatch], "a listing of editors that have made >2 edits per minute [without] a bot flag", is being developed by [[User:SQL|SQL]] (see [[Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group#Alpha Tool: Botwatch|discussion]]).
* Massive updates and improvements have been made to [[User:Citation bot|Citation bot]] in the past few months (see [[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 7|discussions]], [[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 8|discussions]], [[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 9|discussions]]). You can activate the bot [https://tools.wmflabs.org/citations/doibot.html here], amongst other methods.
* [[HTML Tidy]] has been [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing/Replacing_Tidy phased out] (see [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/28 Tech News #28]).
* {{tl|Newbot}} has been reorganized a bit ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Newbot&diff=843103357&oldid=827251051 diff]). In particular, it links to previously approved BRFAs (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Appearance of Template:Newbot|discussion]]).
* [[Wikipedia:Bots#See also]] has been reorganized a bit ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bots&diff=843957541&oldid=843956859 diff]).
* The [[Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary|bot dictionary]] has two new entries, ''[[Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary#Context bot|context bot]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Bots/Dictionary#Context-sensitive edit|context-sensitive edit]]''.
* The [[Wikipedia:Bot requests/Header|bot request header]] has been updated to include better guidance (see [[Wikipedia talk:Bot requests#Wikipedia:Bot requests/Header update|discussion]]).
* The subcategories of [[:Category:Wikipedia bot requests for approval]] have been sorted in a consistent manner to make past BRFAs easier to find.
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== ''Bots [[Wikipedia:Bots/News|Newsletter]]'', August 2019 ==

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Greetings!

Here is the 7th issue of the ''Bots Newsletter'', a lot happened since [[Wikipedia:Bots/News/201808|last year's newsletter]]! You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from [[Wikipedia:Bots/Spam|this list]].

Highlights for this newsletter include:

;ARBCOM
* Nothing of note happened. Just like we like it.

;BAG
* Several ([[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_Approvals_Group/Archive_9#Inactive BAG retirement (Mr.Z-man)|1]] + [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_Approvals_Group/Archive_9#Bulk_inactivity_removals|12]] = 13) users have been retired/resigned from the BAG due to inactivity, per [[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group#Activity requirements|our new activity requirements]] ([[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 28#Should BAG members have an activity requirement?|discussion]]).
<blockquote>
BAG members are expected to be active on Wikipedia to have their finger on the pulse of the community. After two years without any bot-related activity (such as posting on [[:Category:Wikipedia bots|bot-related pages]], posting on a bot's talk page, or operating a bot), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice. Retired members can re-apply for BAG membership as normal if they wish to rejoin the BAG.</blockquote>
*Two BAG members retired
** {{User|Madman}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=891278258 retired].
** {{User|BU Rob13}} [[WP:VANISHED|vanished]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ABot_Approvals_Group&type=revision&diff=905528110&oldid=891388521 retired].
* Three new BAG members have been voted in, welcome to the BAG!
** {{User|Primefac}} joined on 2018-12-12 ([[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/Primefac|RfBAG]]). Primefac operates {{User|PrimeBOT}} which does a [[User:PrimeBOT#Tasks|plethora of tasks]].
** {{User|TheSandDoctor}} joined on 2019-01-21 ([[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/TheSandDoctor|RfBAG]]). TheSandDoctor operates several bots including {{User|DeprecatedFixerBot}}.
** {{User|Enterprisey}} joined on 2019-08-07 ([[Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group/nominations/Enterprisey|RfBAG]]). Enterprisey operates {{User|EnterpriseyBot}}, which does a [[User:EnterpriseyBot#Tasks|plethora of tasks]], {{User|RemindMeBot}} which posts reminders, and codes several scripts.

We thank former members for their service and wish Madman a happy retirement. We note that Madman and BU Rob13 were not inactive and could resume their BAG positions if they so wished, should their retirements happens to be temporary.

;BOTDICT
Two new entries feature in the [[WP:BOTDICT|bots dictionary]]
*[[WP:BOTDICT#Editor-hostile wikitext|''Editor-hostile wikitext'']] – describes wikitext structuring that is editor hostile, even if it renders correctly
*[[WP:BOTDICT#Threshold of usefulness|''Spectrum of usefulness'']] – describes how tasks are deemed useful or not

;BOTPOL
*[[WP:BAGREQ|Activity requirements]]: BAG members now have an activity requirement. The requirements are very light, one only needs to be involved in a bot-related area at some point within the last two years. For purpose of meeting these requirements, discussing a bot-related matter anywhere on Wikipedia counts, as does operating a bot ([[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy/Archive 28#Should BAG members have an activity requirement?|RFC]]).
*[[WP:COPYVIOFLAG|Copyvio flag]]: Bot accounts may be additionally marked by a [[WP:CRAT|bureaucrat]] upon BAG request as being in the [[Special:ListUsers/copyviobot|"copyviobot" user group]] on Wikipedia. This flag allows using the API to add metadata to edits for use in the New pages feed ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#New bot-like access group|discussion]]). There is currently [[Special:ListUsers/copyviobot|1]] bot using this functionality.
*[[WP:MASSCREATION|Mass creation]]: The restriction on mass-creation (semi-automated or automated) was extended from ''articles'', to ''all [[Wikipedia:Reader#Project versus content|content-pages]]''. There are subtleties, but ''content'' here broadly means whatever a reader could land on when browsing the mainspace in normal circumstances (e.g. Mainspace, Books, most Categories, Portals, ...). There is also a warning that [[WP:MEATBOT]] still applies in other areas (e.g. Redirects, Wikipedia namespace, Help, maintenance categories, ...) not explicitely covered by [[WP:MASSCREATION]].

;BOTREQs and BRFAs
As of writing, we have...
* 20 active [[WP:BOTREQ|BOTREQs]], please help if you can!
* 14 open BRFAs and 1 BRFA in need of BAG attention (see [[Wikipedia:BAG/Status|live status]]).
* In 2018, 96 bot task were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved/Archive 14|approved]]. An [[WP:AWB|AWB]] search shows approximately 29 were withdrawn/expired, and 6 were denied.
* Since the start of 2019, 97 bot task were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Approved|approved]]. Logs show 15 were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval#Expired/withdrawn requests|withdrawn/expired]], and 15 were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval#Denied requests|denied]].
* 10 inactive bots have been deflagged (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Inactive bots - May 2019|discussion]]). 5 other bots have been deflagged per operator requests or similar (see [[Special:Permalink/896996617#Updates|discussion]]).

;New things
*All bot-related discussion pages now have a [[Wikipedia:Bots/ArchiveBox|centralized and searchable archive box]] (see [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#New_archive_box|discussion]]). Discussions are searchable per noticeboard, or globally.
*{{tl|Bot}} now supports {{para|status|expired}} (see [[Template talk:Bot#status=expired|discussion]]). This led to the deletion of [[:Category:Indefinitely blocked Wikipedia bots]] as useless (see [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 July 26#Category:Indefinitely blocked Wikipedia bots|discussion]]).
*[[WP:BOTREQ]] now mentions [[WP:SCRIPTREQ]] and [[WP:AWBTASKS]] as alternatives to bot requests.
*The [[WP:CREATEBOT|bot creation guide]] now mentions [[Help:Creating a bot#Bot Flag|bot flags]], and two new languages [[Help:Creating a bot#Awk|Awk]] and [[Help:Creating a bot#MATLAB|MATLAB]]. Other minor tweaks have been made.
*[[User:AAlertBot|AAlertBot]] has received major code updates. In particular, [[WP:AALERTS]] will now report [[WP:SPLIT|splits]], [[WP:MERGE|mergers]], and [[WP:AFC|AFC submissions]].
*[[User:Citation bot|Citation bot]] has received several updates ([[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 10]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 11|11]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 12|12]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 13|13]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 14|14]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 15|15]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 16|16]]/[[User talk:Citation bot/Archive 17|17]]). In particular, the bot stopped the automated removal of {{para|publisher}} from {{tl|cite journal}}, and stopped the automated addition of [[CiteSeerX]] links, and now uses [[meta:Help:OAuth|OAuth]] to authenticate those who make requests of the bot.

;Other discussions
These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last ''Bots Newsletter''. Many are stale, but some are still active.
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Adminbots requests page]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Double-redirect tagging (2019)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Long and Winding Road to Parsoid]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Bot-like user scripts]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#WP:URLREQ]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Wikipedia:Bots/Status]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group#Minimum edits]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Minor update to WP:BOTISSUE]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Semi-automated Portal creation]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Clarification on "Bots operated by multiple users"]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Bots triggered by multiple users]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bots#How to use Special:ApiFeatureUsage]]

See also the latest discussions at the [[WP:BOTN|bot noticeboard]].

Thank you! <small>edited by: <span style="font-variant:small-caps; whitespace:nowrap;">[[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]]</span> 17:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)</small>
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== ''Bots Newsletter'', December 2021 ==

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Welcome to the eighth issue of the English Wikipedia's ''Bots Newsletter'', your source for all things [[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]]. Maintainers disappeared to parts unknown... bots awakening from the slumber of æons... hundreds of thousands of short descriptions... these stories, ''and more'', are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots.

Our [[Wikipedia:Bots/News/2019-08|last issue]] was in August 2019, so there's quite a bit of catching up to do. Due to the vast quantity of things that have happened, the next few issues will only cover a few months at a time. This month, we'll go from September 2019 through the end of the year. I won't bore you with further introductions — instead, I'll bore you with a newsletter about bots.

<span style="font-size:125%">'''Overall'''</span><br />
* Between September and December 2019, there were 33 [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval|BRFA]]s. Of these, {{yeac}} 25 were approved, and 8 were unsuccessful ({{nayd}} 3 denied, {{idkc}} 3 withdrawn, and [[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] 2 expired).

<span style="font-size:125%">'''September 2019'''</span>
[[File:Frankenstein1931CliveKarloff (cropped).jpg|thumb|Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, ''it's alive'', '''''IT'S ALIVE!''''']]
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Monkbot 16|Monkbot 16]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 60|DannyS712 bot 60]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Ahechtbot 6|Ahechtbot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 3|PearBOT 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qbugbot 3|Qbugbot 3]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 5|DannyS712 bot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 24|PkbwcgsBot 24]] · {{idkc}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 61|DannyS712 bot 61]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 4|TheSandBot 4]]
*'''TParis goes away, UTRSBot goes kaput''': [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#User:UTRSBot|noted]] that [[User:UTRSBot|the bot]] for maintaining on-wiki records of [[Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System|UTRS]] appeals stopped working a while ago. [[User:TParis|TParis]], the semi-retired user who had previously run it, said they were "unlikely to return to actively editing Wikipedia", and the bot had been vanquished by trolls submitting bogus UTRS requests on behalf of real blocked users. While [[OAuth]] was a potential fix, neither maintainer had time to implement it. TParis offered to access to the UTRS WMFLabs account to any admin identified with the WMF: "I miss you guys a whole lot [...] but I've also moved on with my life. Good luck, let me know how I can help". Ultimately, [[User:SQL|SQL]] ended up in charge. Some progress was made, and the bot continued to work another couple months — but as of press time, UTRSBot has not edited since November 2019.
*'''Article-measuring contest resumed''': The [[WP:List of Wikipedians by article count|list of Wikipedians by article count]], which had lain dead for several years, was triumphantly resurrected by [[User:GreenC|GreenC]] following a [[Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_79#List of Wikipedians by article count|bot request]].

<span style="font-size:125%">'''October 2019'''</span>
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/OAbot 3|OAbot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 47|DannyS712 bot 47]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Pathbot 2|Pathbot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 2|PearBOT 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 59|DannyS712 bot 59]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 62|DannyS712 bot 62]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HasteurBot 14|HasteurBot 14]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 4|PearBOT 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WOSlinkerBot 4|WOSlinkerBot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MilHistBot 5|MilHistBot 5]]
*'''Curb Safe Charmer adopts reFill''': [[User:TAnthony|TAnthony]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#reFill_2|pointed out]] that [[WP:ReFill|reFill 2]]'s bug reports were going unanswered; creator [[User:Zhaofeng Li|Zhaofeng Li]] had retired from Wikipedia, and a maintainer was needed. As of June 2021, [[User:Curb Safe Charmer|Curb Safe Charmer]] had [[Wikipedia_talk:ReFill#Maintainer?|taken up the mantle]], saying: "Not that I have all the skills needed but better me than nobody! 'Maintainer' might be too strong a term though. Volunteers welcome!" <br />

<span style="font-size:125%">'''November 2019'''</span>
[[File:Wormhole travel as envisioned by Les Bossinas for NASA.jpg|thumb|Now you're thinking with portals.]]
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 4|BHGbot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/YiFeiBot 2|YiFeiBot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 64|DannyS712 bot III 64]] · {{idkc}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT|PearBOT]]
*'''Old bots do new tricks''': [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 64|DannyS712 bot III 64]] prowled redirects, [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/YiFeiBot 2|YiFeiBot 2]] archived [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors|GoCE]] requests, and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 4|BHGbot 4]] removed links to [[Wikipedia:Contents/Portals|portals]] deleted at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion|MfD]] (until its authorization was revoked in January at operator [[User:BrownHairedGirl|BrownHairedGirl]]'s [[Special:Diff/937425282|request]]).

<span style="font-size:125%">'''December 2019'''</span>
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DemonDays64 Bot|DemonDays64 Bot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 66|DannyS712 bot III 66]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 6|Bot1058 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Monkbot 15|Monkbot 15]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MilHistBot 6|MilHistBot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 5|PearBOT 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot IV 65|DannyS712 bot IV 65]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SportsStatsBot|SportsStatsBot]] ·[[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Xinbenlv bot|Xinbenlv bot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SteveBot 8|SteveBot 8]]
*'''Redirects to be autopatrolled''': A [[Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Redirect autopatrol#RfC|RfC took place]] at [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol|WP:NPP]], closing with unanimous consensus that new [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirects]] should be [[Wikipedia:Autopatrolled|automatically marked as patrolled]] by bot. [[User:DannyS712|DannyS712]] wasted no time, and submitted [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 66|DannyS712 bot III 66]] the next day; it passed two days after that.
*'''200,000 bios get short descs''': Along a similar vein, [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 6|Bot1058 6]] was approved to remove disambiguation pages from [[:Category:Monitored short pages]] and a new bot ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DemonDays64 Bot|DemonDays64 Bot]]) changed lots of [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|http]] links to [[HTTPS|https]] using [[WP:JWB|JavaScript Wiki Browser]]. One particularly neat task, [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 5|PearBOT 5]], automatically generated [[Wikipedia:Short description|short descriptions]] for more than 200,000 biographies.

<span style="font-size:150%">'''In the next issue of ''Bots Newsletter'':'''</span><br />
What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?
*What happens when two bots want to clerk the same page?
*What happens when an adminbot goes hog wild?
*Will reFill ever get fixed?
*What's up with [[User:ListeriaBot|ListeriaBot]], anyway?
*Python 3.4 deprecation? In ''my'' PyWikiBot? (It's more likely than you think!)
These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the January 2022 ''Bots Newsletter''. Tune in, or miss out!

Signing off... '''[[User:JPxG|jp]]'''×'''[[User talk:JPxG|g]]''' 04:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
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{{WikiProject Purdue invite}} [[User:Invinciblewalnut|Invinciblewalnut]] ([[User talk:Invinciblewalnut|talk]]) 05:00, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

== Bots Newsletter, January 2022 ==

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Welcome to the ninth issue of the English Wikipedia's ''Bots Newsletter'', your source for all things [[WP:BOTS|bot]]. Vicious bot-on-bot edit warring... superseded tasks... policy proposals... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots.

After a long hiatus between August 2019 and December 2021, there's quite a bit of ground to cover. Due to the vastness, I decided in December to split the coverage up into a few installments that covered six months each. Some people thought this was a good idea, since covering an entire year in a single issue would make it unmanageably large. Others thought this was stupid, since they were getting talk page messages about crap from almost three years ago. Ultimately, the question of whether each issue covers six months or a year is only relevant for a couple more of them, and then the problem will be behind us forever.

Of course, you can also look on the bright side – we are making progress, and this issue will only be about crap from almost ''two'' years ago. Today we will pick up where we left off in December, and go through the first half of 2020.

<span style="font-size:150%">'''Overall'''</span><br />
In the first half of 2020, there were 71 [[WP:BRFA|BRFA]]s. Of these, {{yeac}} 59 were approved, and 12 were unsuccessful (with {{nayd}} 8 denied, {{idkc}} 2 withdrawn, and [[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] 2 expired).

<span style="font-size:125%">'''January 2020'''</span>
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* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47Bot|ST47Bot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Seppi333Bot|Seppi333Bot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qbugbot 4|Qbugbot 4]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 25|PkbwcgsBot 25]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PkbwcgsBot 26|PkbwcgsBot 26]]
*A new [[mw:Pywikibot|Pywikibot]] release dropped support for [[Python 3.4]], and it was expected that support for [[Python 2.7]] would be removed in coming updates. [[m:Toolforge|Toolforge]] itself planned to drop Python 2 support in 2022.
*Two new bots dropped in January 2020: [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47Bot|ST47Bot]], the successor to [[User:STBot|STBot]], and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Seppi333Bot|Seppi333Bot]], whose task was to perform a weekly update of four "massive" wikitables for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular Biology|WikiProject Molecular Biology]].
*[[User:Cydebot|Cydebot]], an [[WP:ADMINBOT|adminbot]] operated by [[User:Cyde|Cyde]] since 2006, was [[Special:Contributions/Cydebot|blocked]] after going berserk on categories that hadn't yet been [[WP:CFD|CfD]]'d.

<span style="font-size:125%">'''February 2020'''</span>
[[File:Listeria monocytogenes 01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Speaking of WikiProject Molecular Biology, ''Listeria'' went wild in February]]
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 78|AnomieBOT 78]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 2|Cewbot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 67|DannyS712 bot 67]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 63|DannyS712 bot III 63]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 6|PearBOT 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DemonDays64 Bot 2|DemonDays64 Bot 2]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT|PearBOT]]
*On February 1, some [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#ListeriaBot_behaving_poorly|concerns]] were raised about [[User:ListeriaBot|ListeriaBot]] performing "nonsense" edits. Semi-active operator [[User:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]] (who originally coded the [[Wikipedia:Magnus_Manske_Day|Phase II software|precursor]] of [[MediaWiki]]) was pinged. Meanwhile, the bot was temporarily <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AListeriaBot blocked]</span> for several hours until the issue was diagnosed and resolved.
*On February 18, [[Special:Contributions/ST47Bot|ST47Bot]] got into a <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Cases/Overview&offset=20200219&limit=250&action=history tussle]</span> with [[User:Amalthea (bot)|Amalthea (bot)]], and had to be partially-blocked from [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cases/Overview]].

<span style="font-size:125%">'''March 2020'''</span>
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot|MajavahBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot|SDZeroBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6|TheSandBot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7|TheSandBot 7]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bitbotje|Bitbotje]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FACBot 6|FACBot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 8|TheSandBot 8]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qbugbot 5|Qbugbot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 3|Cewbot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 2|SDZeroBot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 31|PrimeBOT 31]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 12|WikiCleanerBot 12]] ·[[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AntiCompositeBot|AntiCompositeBot]]
* In March, a long [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_policy/Archive_28#Bot_expirations?|discussion]] was started at [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy]] by [[User:Skdb|Skdb]] about the troubling trend of bots "expiring" without explanation after their owners became inactive. This can happen for a variety of reasons -- [[API|API]] changes break code, hosting providers' software updates break code, hosting accounts lapse, software changes make bots' edits unnecessary, and policy changes make bots' edits unwanted. The most promising solution seemed to be [[wikitech:Toolforge|Toolforge]] hosting (although it has some problems of its own, like the occasional necessity of refactoring code).
* Some of the twelve bot tasks approved this month were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 6|TheSandBot 6]] (removing blocked users from [[:Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues]]), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 7|TheSandBot 7]] (removing ''unblocked'' users from [[:Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for promotional user names]]). [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 2|SDZeroBot 2]] was approved to refine geographic stub tags. New bots approved this month were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot|MajavahBot]] (to patrol [[WP:EFFPR]]), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot|SDZeroBot]] (to merge stub tags), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bitbotje|Bitbotje]] (fixing DISPLAYTITLE modifications, DEFAULTSORT errors and broken behavior switches in [[WP:DRAFTS|draftspace]]).
<span style="font-size:125%">'''April 2020'''</span>
[[File:Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) shown in her laboratory in 1947.jpg|thumb|''Listeria'' being examined]]
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 9|TheSandBot 9]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 5|BHGbot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 69|DannyS712 bot 69]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 3|SDZeroBot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47ProxyBot|ST47ProxyBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WugBot 4|WugBot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SDZeroBot 4|SDZeroBot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DatBot 10|DatBot 10]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 11|WikiCleanerBot 11]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 13|WikiCleanerBot 13]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 14|WikiCleanerBot 14]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AntiCompositeBot 2|AntiCompositeBot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 4|Cewbot 4]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DaedanBot 1|DaedanBot 1]] ·[[File:Image-Symbol wait old.svg|20px|alt=Expired|link=]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Creffbot|Creffbot]]
*A [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_13#Re-examination_of_ListeriaBot|discussion]] on the bot noticeboard, "Re-examination of ListeriaBot", was started by [[User:Barkeep49|Barkeep49]], who pointed out repeated operation outside the scope of its BRFA (i.e. editing pages in mainspace, and adding [[WP:NFCC|non-free images]] to others). Some said it was doing good work, and others said it was operating beyond its remit. It was <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AListeriaBot blocked]</span> on April 10; the next day it was unblocked, reblocked from article space, reblocked "for specified non-editing actions", unblocked, and indeffed. The next week, several [[Special:Diff/951794012|safeguards]] were implemented in its code by Magnus; the bot was allowed to roam free once more on April 18.
*[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ST47ProxyBot|ST47ProxyBot]] joined the stable in April, after a BRFA started in December was finally completed. As an adminbot, it was authorized to block [[IP address]]es belonging to [[open proxy|open proxies]], public [[VPN service]]s, and [[web host]]s. New tasks approved for existing bots included [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 5|BHGbot 5]] ([[WP:DIFFUSE|diffusing]] categories),  [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 9|TheSandBot 9]] (taking over some tasks from the inactive [[User:RonBot|RonBot]]), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WugBot 4|WugBot 4]] (updating data at {{tl|Interactive COVID-19 maps}}). Also, [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DatBot 10|DatBot 10]] was approved to scale down non-free [[SVG]]s — I didn't even know that was a thing.
* A [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_policy/Archive_28#Making_BOTCOMM_more_explicit|discussion]] at [[Wikipedia talk:Bot policy]] was started by [[User:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] about whether [[WP:BOTCOMM]] should explicitly specify that bot operators must be responsive to concerns raised on English Wikipedia specifically (as opposed to [[Phabricator]], [[SourceForge]], [[wikitech:Toolforge|Toolforge]], et cetera). Eventually, the policy was amended to its [[Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Good_communication|current form]]:
:<blockquote>Issues and enquiries are typically expected to be handled on the English Wikipedia. Pages reachable via [[WP:SUL|unified login]], like a talk page at [[:commons:Main Page|Commons]] or at [[:it:Main Page|Italian Wikipedia]] could also be acceptable [...] External sites like [[Phabricator]] or [[GitHub]] (which require separate registration or do not allow for IP comments) and email (which can compromise [[Wikipedia:Outing|anonymity]]) can supplement on-wiki communication, but do not replace it.</blockquote>

<span style="font-size:125%">'''May 2020'''</span>
[[File:Serpiente alquimica.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|We heard you like bots, so we made a bot that reports the status of your bots, so now you can use bots while you use bots]]
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot 3|MajavahBot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 70|DannyS712 bot 70]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 5|CitationCleanerBot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dreamy Jazz Bot 4|Dreamy Jazz Bot 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/QEDKbot|QEDKbot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/William Avery Bot 2|William Avery Bot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 68|DannyS712 bot 68]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 32|PrimeBOT 32]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 10|TheSandBot 10]],  [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 7|Bot1058 7]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 6|BHGbot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EaglesBot 2|EaglesBot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 5|Cewbot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 17|WikiCleanerBot 17]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MDanielsBot|MDanielsBot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PhuzBot 3|PhuzBot 3]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Gedimon|Gedimon]] · {{idkc}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 7|PearBOT 7]]
*[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MajavahBot 3|MajavahBot 3]], an impressively meta bot task, was approved this month for maintaining a list of bots running on the English Wikipedia. The page, located at [[User:MajavahBot/Bot status report]], is updated every 24 hours; it contains a list of all accounts with the bot flag, as well as their operator, edit count, last activity date, last edit date, last logged action date, user groups and block status.
*Other approvals for this month were [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/William Avery Bot 2|William Avery Bot 2]] (processing redirects in {{tl|R from scientific name}}), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 68|DannyS712 bot 68]] (allowing users to schedule bot reminders for themselves),  [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 10|TheSandBot 10]] (removing blocked/locked users from [[:Category:User talk pages with conflict of interest notices]]), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 7|Bot1058 7]] (updating [[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests/Permalink]]), [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dreamy Jazz Bot 4|Dreamy Jazz Bot 4]] (adding <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:WikiProject Biography|WikiProject Biography]]|living=no<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to talk pages where their associated article is in a year of death category), and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/QEDKbot|QEDKbot]] (deleting and nominating empty categories).
*General syntax fixing tasks were approved for [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 70|DannyS712 bot 70]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 5|CitationCleanerBot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 32|PrimeBOT 32]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 6|BHGbot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Cewbot 5|Cewbot 5]], and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EaglesBot 2|EaglesBot 2]], as well as [[User:WikiCleanerBot|WikiCleanerBot]] [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 15|15]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 16|16]], and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 17|17]].
*Seven bots who fell below [[Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Activity_requirements|activity requirements]] (with neither the bots nor their operators having any edits or logged actions in two years) had their bot flags removed. They were [[User:NekoBot|NekoBot]], [[User:Robert SkyBot|Robert SkyBot]], [[User:DASHBotAV|DASHBotAV]], [[User:VoxelBot|VoxelBot]], [[User:JackieBot|JackieBot]], [[User:ReferenceBot|ReferenceBot]], and [[User:CensusBot|CensusBot]].
*On May 12, [[User:EmausBot|EmausBot]] was [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_14#Block_of_EmausBot|blocked]].

<span style="font-size:125%">'''June 2020'''</span>
[[File:Arburg Lego.png|thumb|A partial block averted at the eleventh hour for the robot that makes Legos]]
* {{yeac}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/QEDKbot 2|QEDKbot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 79|AnomieBOT 79]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WOSlinkerBot 6|WOSlinkerBot 6]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yapperbot 2|Yapperbot 2]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yapperbot|Yapperbot]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 80|AnomieBOT 80]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dreamy Jazz Bot 5|Dreamy Jazz Bot 5]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WikiCleanerBot 18|WikiCleanerBot 18]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HasteurBot 15|HasteurBot 15]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MusikBot II 4|MusikBot II 4]], [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/NoSandboxesHere|NoSandboxesHere]] · {{nayd}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RedWarn|RedWarn]] · {{idkc}} [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Seppi333Bot 2|Seppi333Bot 2]]
*In July 2017, [[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]] made a [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_14#Partial_block_of_dashboard_bot|proposal]] that a section of the [[Wikipedia:Dashboard]] be devoted to bots and technical issues. In November 2019, [[Lua]] code was written superseding [[User:Legobot|Legobot]]'s tasks on that page, and operator [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] was asked to stop them so that the new code could be deployed. After no response to pings, a [[WP:PARTIALBLOCK|partial-block]] of Legobot for the dashboard was proposed. Some months later, on June 16, Headbomb said: "A full block serves nothing. A partial block solves all current issues [...] Just fucking do it. It's been 3 years now." The next day, however, Legoktm disabled the task, and the dashboard was successfully refactored.
*On June 7, [[User:RexxS|RexxS]] blocked [[User:Citation bot|Citation bot]] for [[WP:disruptive editing|disruptive editing]], saying it was "still removing links after request to stop". A couple weeks later, a [[Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_14#Citation_bot|discussion on the bots noticeboard]] was opened, saying "it is a widely-used and useful bot, but it has one of the longest block logs for any recently-operating bot on Wikipedia". While its last BRFA approval was in 2011, its code and functionality had changed dramatically since then, and [[User:AntiCompositeNumber|AntiCompositeNumber]] requested that BAG require a new BRFA. Maintainer [[User:AManWithNoPlan|AManWithNoPlan]] responded that most blocks were from years ago (when it lacked a proper [[test suite]]), and problems since then had mostly been one-off errors (like a [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive310#Citation_bot_is_making_unacceptable_proxy_edits_for_blocked_users|June 2019 incident]] in which a [[WP:LTA|LTA]] had "weaponized" the bot to harass editors).
*[[user:David Tornheim|David Tornheim]] opened a discussion about [[Wikipedia_talk:Bot_policy/Archive_28#Bot_code_--_can_remain_proprietary???|whether bots based on closed-source code should be permitted]], and proposed that they not. He cited a recent case in which a maintainer had said "I can only suppose that the code that is available on GitHub is not the actual code that was running on [the bot]". Some disagreed: [[User:Naypta|Naypta]] said that "I like free software as much as the next person, and I strongly believe that bot operators should make their bot code public, but I don't think it should be that they must do so".
*Two new bots had their first BRFAs approved: [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yapperbot|Yapperbot]], to replace [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] for handling the [[WP:FRS|Feedback Request Service]], and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/NoSandboxesHere|NoSandboxesHere]], to remove {{tl|user sandbox}} from articles in draftspace using [[:Category:Non-userspace pages using User sandbox]].

<span style="font-size:150%">'''Conclusion'''</span><br />
* What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?
:*Will Citation bot ever be set free to roam the project?
:*What's the deal with all those book links that [[User:InternetArchiveBot|InternetArchiveBot]] is adding to articles?
:*Should we keep using Gerrit for MediaWiki?
:*What if we had a day for bots to make cosmetic edits?
These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the February 2022 ''Bots Newsletter''. Tune in, or miss out!

Signing off... <span style="font-variant:small-caps; whitespace:nowrap;">'''[[User:JPxG|jp]]'''×'''[[User talk:JPxG|g]]'''</span> 23:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
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== You're invited! Wiki Loves Pride in Indianapolis ==

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You are invited to join us at [[IUPUI University Library]] for a '''Wiki Loves Pride''' editathon—hosted by IUPUI University Library, and supported by the Central Indiana Community Foundation—where both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on this theme:

*Tuesday, June 21: '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Wiki Loves Pride 2022]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Wiki Loves Pride 2022#RSVP|RSVP]])''', focusing on Indiana LGBT history and culture.
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== July 28: You're invited! [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Food Deserts|Food Deserts & Food Policy in Indianapolis]] editathon ==

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You are invited to join us at [[Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law| Ruth Lilly Law Library]] for an edit-a-thon on Food Deserts & Food Policy hosted by Ruth Lilly Law Library and [[United States National Agricultural Library]]. Together, both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on food deserts, nutrition, and related local and federal food policy. 

*Thursday, July 28th from 11am-4pm, in Room 235G, Inlow Hall, 530 West New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202. 

Visit the Wikipedia/Meetup page or [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-deserts-food-policy-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-370001222617 Eventbrite] to sign up and learn more.

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== You're invited! Environmental Justice editathons in Indianapolis & Bloomington ==

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!style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|Upcoming events around Indiana - Nov. 1: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Environmental Justice|Environmental Justice editathons]]<br/>''2 locations: Indianapolis & Bloomington (and virtual option)''
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You are invited to join us for a multi-site editathon organized by [[meta:Indiana Wikimedians User Group|Indiana Wikimedians]] at [[IUPUI University Library]] in downtown Indianapolis and the [[Herman B Wells Library]] at IU Bloomington (with virtual option). Together, both experienced and new Wikipedia editors, with faculty subject matter experts, will collaboratively improve articles on environmental justice in Indiana and globally. Join us at either location or virtually!

;Tuesday, November 1st from 11am-4pm, at...
* '''Indianapolis''': [[IUPUI University Library]], [https://ulib.iupui.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/AllFloorsBuildingMapForGuestAccess.pdf Ashby Browsing Room] (2nd floor)
* '''Bloomington''': [[Indiana University Bloomington]], Wells Library, Hazelbaker Hall, room E159 (1st Floor, East Tower) [[https://libraries.indiana.edu/services/visitor-information Visitor Information]]
* '''Virtual''': Via Zoom ([https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-justice-editathon-with-iupui-arts-humanities-institute-tickets-405467613547 please register] on Eventbrite for link)

Visit the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Environmental Justice|meetup page]] or [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-deserts-food-policy-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-370001222617 Eventbrite] to sign up and learn more.

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== You're invited! In-person WikiConference North America Meetup in Indianapolis! ==

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[https://pretix.eu/openstreetmapus/wcna-mappingusa/ Registration is now open] for [[:Wikiconference:2022|WikiConference North America 2022]] (Nov. 11–13) held jointly with [[:OSMwiki:United_States/Events/Mapping USA/2022|Mapping USA]]! If you would like to experience this virtual event '''in-person''', you are welcome to join [[wikiconference:WCNA_2022/Indianapolis_Meetup|our meetup in Indianapolis]]! We will be meeting at IUPUI University Library for the weekend, with AV set up for conference streaming and presenting (for those who've submitted proposals).

Anyone is welcome to join, we will have some light refreshments and are planning evening activities. Feel free to join us for an activity, a day, or the whole weekend. Please let us know you are coming via the meetup page and please register for the conference. We will share more about in-person activities on the meetup page as they are finalized. 

Visit the [[wikiconference:2022/Main_Page|WikiConference North America site]] for the schedule and visit our [[wikiconference:WCNA_2022/Indianapolis_Meetup|meetup page]] to sign up and learn more. And don't forget to [https://pretix.eu/openstreetmapus/wcna-mappingusa/ register] for the conference!

<div class="center">''—From the [[meta:Wikimedia Indiana|Wikimedia Indiana]] team!''</div>
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== March 17: You're invited! [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Hoosier Women in Art|Indiana Women in the Arts]] editathon ==

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You are invited to join us at [[Newfields]] for an edit-a-thon on Indiana women in the arts, co-hosted by [[meta:Wikimedians of Indiana User Group|Wikimedians of Indiana]] and [[IUPUI University Library]].

Together, both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on women artists and artworks of Indiana. 

* Friday, March 17th from 10am-3pm, in [https://discovernewfields.org/research/libraries/stout-reference-library Stout Reference Library], [[Newfields]] (Indianapolis Museum of Art), 4000 North Michigan Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46208

Visit the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Hoosier Women in Art|Wikipedia Meetup page]] or [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indiana-women-in-the-arts-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-538032388357 Eventbrite] to sign up and learn more.

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== You're invited! Indiana Politics & Government Editathon on Saturday, May 13 ==

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It's been an eventful state legislative session in Indiana, and local elections took place this week, so we have lots to cover! You are invited to [https://theampindy.com/ The AMP at 16 Tech] in Indianapolis for a Politics & Government editathon to improve write articles about local political and government topics of interest and improve information about local officials, candidates, elections, and legislation. Come join us at this fun venue, with free parking and refreshments provided!

*Saturday, May 13: '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Indy Politics 2023|Indiana Politics & Government 2023]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Indy Politics 2023#RSVP|RSVP]])''', focusing on Indiana politics and government and the Indiana Spring 2023 session. 
::''11am–4pm [https://theampindy.com/ The AMP at 16 Tech] in Indianapolis, IN.''

We hope to see you there! Sincerely, [[metawiki:Wikimedians_of_Indiana_User_Group|Wikimedians in Indiana User Group]]
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== You're invited! Wiki Loves Pride in Indianapolis ==

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You are invited to join us at [https://www.indypl.org/locations/spades-park Spades Park Branch Library] for a '''Wiki Loves Pride''' editathon—hosted by the [[metawiki:Wikimedians_of_Indiana_User_Group|Wikimedians of Indiana User Group]] with support from the Central Indiana Community Foundation. Together, new and experienced Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on LGBTQ+ topics, individuals, organizations, and legislation in Indiana.

*Saturday, June 24: '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Wiki Loves Pride 2023]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Wiki Loves Pride 2023#RSVP|RSVP]])''', focusing on Indiana LGBT history and culture.
::''2 pm to 5 pm at the Spades Park Branch of The Indianapolis Public Library.''

We hope to see you there! Sincerely, [[metawiki:Wikimedians_of_Indiana_User_Group|Wikimedians of Indiana User Group]]
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== You're invited! [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/State Fair Wiknic|Indiana State Fair Wiknic]] on Sunday, July 30 ==

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We are partnering with the [[Indiana State Fair]] to offer '''FREE''' tickets to the fair for Wikipedians! We will be meeting on July 30th at 10am to pass out tickets and have a quick info session before we attend the fair (feel free to branch off and share your accomplishments on the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/State Fair Wiknic|Meetup page]] later!) Detailed instructions on how the day will go is available on the Meetup page! We hope you'll join us to edit about things related to fair (historic buildings, foods, animals, activities, and the fair itself).

All levels of experience are welcome! Please RSVP so we know who is coming. We hope you'll join us!

*Sunday, June 30: '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/State Fair Wiknic]] ([[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/State Fair Wiknic#RSVP|RSVP]])''', focusing on topics related to the Indiana State Fair.
::''10 am to ? at the Indiana State Fairgrounds; meet at the ''[https://www.indyartsguide.org/public-art/deaf-school-gateway/ Deaf School Gateway]''

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== You're invited! [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Indiana Underrepresented Artists|Underrepresented Artists of Indiana editathon]] on Oct. 11 ==

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You are invited to [https://ulib.iupui.edu/herron Herron Art Library] in [[Herron School of Art & Design]] for an Under-represented Artists of Indiana Edit-a-thon—hosted by the [[metawiki:Wikimedians_of_Indiana_User_Group|Wikimedians of Indiana User Group]] with support from the Central Indiana Community Foundation. Together, new and experienced Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on under-represented Indiana based artists and art/artist organizations and groups in Indiana today, and historically. 

* When: Wednesday October 11, 2023 11:30 am - 2:00 pm Eastern
* Where: Herron Art Library in Herron School of Art & Design 735 W. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202
* Parking: Please park in lot 88 - the visitor parking area in the garage across the surface lot from Herron. We will have parking vouchers available.
* What to bring: Your preferred editing device and necessary charging cables, and any material you may want to reference. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. 

All levels of experience are welcome! Please [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Indiana Underrepresented Artists#RSVP|RSVP]] so we know who is coming. We hope you'll join us!


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