User talk:HersfoldArbClerkBot/Length reports

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The best place for this data is probably at the top of the relevant editor's evidence section, like a hatnote. There, it'll act as a gentle reminder. Roger Davies ^talk 18:10, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely, and that's actually part of the plan for this bot. User:HersfoldArbClerkBot/Length header is a template that will display like this (example data from Martin Hogbin's section in Tree shaping):

Current word length: 899 (limit: 500); diff count: 32. Evidence is too long: please reduce your submission so it fits within limits.

The bot will automatically update each of these templates during each run; if none exists in a section, it will add it. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:04, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very good :) As you say, the more we can do to depersonalise this and make it a routine notification the better. This is likely to have a much greater overall impact which much less drama than clerk messages on talk pages. Roger Davies ^talk 21:10, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]