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The Signpost: 04 March 2013

I just received a message from your bot that seems to be in error

I just received what I believe is an incorrect message from your bot that said:

"Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Songs of the Century, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages American Pie and The Entertainer (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject."

I did not add those links and secondly the links are not disambiguations. They point to the actual article. I think there is an error in your bot.

Marty Acks (talk) 13:50, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 March 2013

Heyo!

 Hello JaGa, Eduemoni↑talk↓ has given you a shining smiling star! You see, these things promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the Shining Smiling Star whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or someone putting up with some stick at this time. Enjoy! Eduemoni↑talk↓ 03:43, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Duh. My mistake. Fixing it now. Sorry about. I will look at diff next time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartyAcks (talk • contribs) 02:52, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski rewrited article

I do appreciate your help very much. Thank you. --Gustavo Szwedowski de Korwin 21:36, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Bot out of action?

The disambiguation lists on the Toolserver are not updates for the last 3 days. Toolserver problem or bot on holiday? The Banner talk 08:35, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Toolserver problem. Replication has been lagging for several days, and the bot usually can't run until it gets down below 510 minutes or so. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 10:24, 17 March 2013 (UTC), corrected 18:44, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
sugar... The Banner talk 21:15, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

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DPL bot

Just a word of support for your DPL bot. Recently, I've been doing virtually nothing but fixing underlinked articles and your bot has been tremendously helpful! Hope you can get it running soon.WQUlrich (talk) 19:54, 29 March 2013 (UTC)



i got it wat u r saying....but india played against them...i just linked arabian gulf instead of arabian gulf rugby team.Thanks for bringing this to my notice...now i've fixed it. Preetam040 (talk) 04:12, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I am not sure of the proper response procedure to the 'Code Monkey (disambiguation)' link in the 'Programmer' edit, but it is the only 'Code Monkey' Wikipedia link.

The point was to legitimize, with a reference, that 'Code Monkey' is also a derogatory Programmer term.

CasualVisitor (talk) 16:23, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

DPL Bot good, but-?!

Just got a disam link message here, the curious thing is I haven't edited the Willem Jeths article; I declined it for AfC three weeks ago, but that was it. Any ideas? Cheers! Basket Feudalist 17:38, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

This has happened before, and it mystifies me. There's something going on when a user removes a hatnote/template that is confusing DPL bot. Thing is, it doesn't always do this; it's a rare phenomenon. All I can say is, I'm sorry you got improperly notified, and I'll try to figure it out (although I haven't yet figured out how to reproduce it, let alone fix it), and thanks so much for not getting angry about the message. --JaGatalk 00:31, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

(after EditConflict with SignPost) Got such a message from your DPL as well, after editing the infobox on Fabeltjeskrant. Repairing was easy. Thank you for maintaining such a great tool; keep up the good work @Wikipedia, thanx  Klaas|Z4␟V:  13:22, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

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DAB solver

SPL Bot seens to be linking to unreachable pages see last on my talk page for links - nice bot, thanks Timpo (talk) 10:03, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

That's a very cool bot you got

Dropped by just to show my appreciation. Thanks, Ukrained2012 (talk) 16:32, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
for the Dab solver Ukrained2012 (talk) 16:33, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

:)

Hey! Just wanted to know how can I delete from http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Category:Miley_Cyrus_songs "Take Me Along (Miley Cyrus song)" and "We Belong to the Music" because they are not pages just re-directions and i don't know how to delete it from that category. thank u so much! have a nice day :D --Everyone calls me Lol (talk) 12:10, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done --JaGatalk 02:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Appreciate your response: Indulgence temporal disambiguation

Would like to get your opinion poss. resolution, my talk page. Thanks --Espresso-con-pana (talk) 16:10, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

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Watch this pls

http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User:Word2013 any help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Word2013 (talk • contribs) 12:00, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks,for helpful criticism! Dmitry Dzhagarov (talk) 10:55, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
Thank you JaGa and DBL Bot for helping me add the right links! Stu (aeiou) 15:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Items not coming off the monthly & bonus lists after being fixed

I keep running into articles on the lists that have already been repaired, specifically on October 25, 2012.

A couple of examples:

Did something happen on that day? It does get frustrating attempting a repair to find it's been done months ago! Not to mention, since they haven't been removed from the list, new items that do need fixed can't be added. Any thoughts? --JustAGal (talk) 20:44, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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We noticed though that when you edited Thorpe (surname), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page George Thorpe (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles.

Yeah, I know! I couldn't figure out what to do so I gave it a try.

When I was searching for a particular George Thorpe (for whom I later created a redirect page), I ended up at the Thorpe (surname) page. There are lots of Thorpes listed but no George Thorpes, which I later found had a page of their own. But it didn't make sense to me that looking up all the Thorpes at the Thorpes (surname) page would show you Kay Thorpe or Percy Thorpe or Laura Thorpe, but not one George Thorpe, of which there are several. Wouldn't a visitor to Thorpe (surname) want to see George Thorpe mentioned somewhere?

But I guess (as I now see), a search for George Thorpe does lead straight to the George Thorpes's disambiguation page, so maybe my search actions on that occasion were faulty. (I'm exposing my limitations as a Wikipedia user in addition to those as an editor.)

Anyway, I've deleted the line in question from Thorpe (surname)

Thanks, Lyn50 (talk) 12:23, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to tell you that I think DPL bot is Great! RJFJR (talk) 14:21, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

DPL bot

I (quite deliberately) put in a link to a disambiguation page - in this case Black Friday from the Friday article. While I can quite see the point about links to dab pages being mostly ("almost always", with great stress on the "almost") inadvertent and frequently unhelpful this one WAS quite deliberate, and in context it IS helpful - there is no "more useful" alternative that I can see that is not already linked anyway, so a "mend" would simply remove the link altogether, which WOULD be retrograde. Is there a quick standard way of replying to the bot's message with a "not inadvertent, useful in this case, please check" reply, that will get you (or another human) giving the particular instance a quick once-over? No problems if the human concerned still doesn't like the dab link, but I don't like the blanket rule, when there are instances (as here) when an intentional link to a dab page can be genuinely useful. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 23:40, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Why is your bot telling me that I did something that I didn't do?

I got notification on May 5 that I have had edited a page. Apparently I had allegedly made an edit on that website, specifically I have supposed to have added a link to a disambig page.

Problem is, I didn't do such a thing. Wasin't my edit.

So how come a bot concluded so? Or does that mean it is actually not a bot that detects the errors and that it only sends the message to me after a human concluded that the edit was mine? --Loginnigol (talk) 17:12, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

DPL bot

Might I suggest adding a clause for DPL bot to skip posting messages (like this one) if the user is indefinitely blocked? If that's too hard to add in, I understand. Regards, m.o.p 20:00, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

DPL bot question

I've received a question about a possible new feature for the DPL bot, and I'm not sure it's feasible or something that could get approved. An editor has asked if the bot could notify editors when a link that they have added turns into a link to a disambiguation page. In the case with the editor in question, a link to Evil Eye was added at some point in the past, which was fine (it redirected to Evil eye at the time it was added), but then, when the redirect at Evil eye was changed to Evil eye (disambiguation), the link became a link that needed to be fixed. The editor is wondering if, at the time the redirect was changed, notification could be sent to the editor who originally added the link, so that the link can be fixed.

I commented that it might not be possible to do, but even if it was, there might be too many message sent for the task to get approved (in just one example from this week, when Heer was changed to a disambiguation page, over 1200 links needed to be fixed). What do you (or any talk page stalkers) think? -Niceguyedc Go Huskies! 21:11, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

DPL Bot error

I noticed in going through the backlog of pages in need of dab that Level Comics seems to keep being re-tagged with the dablinks template, despite being fixed. I was about to fix it, but it seems DPL Bot keeps re-tagging it every time someone removes the tag. Dab solver can't find anything, and I couldn't either. My guess is that it's some kind of DPL Bot error. Thought I'd let you know in case you have time to check it out. Thanks for making the bot in the first place; it's really helpful! Ethraen (talk) 02:24, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It appears that the tag is getting added every 2-3 months. With as many redlinks as there are on that article, I would guess that disambiguation pages are being creating which turn a few links blue, and then the page has the tag added. I've removed the tag again and will keep an eye on the page to see what happens going forward. -Niceguyedc Go Huskies! 06:05, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Disambig report

I should've had my report earlier on today. Where is it?--Launchballer 21:02, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

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Can DPLbot be extended to catch misspellings?

Okay, not all misspellings, of course. But I'm thinking, anytime someone introduces a wikilink to a page in category:Redirects from misspellings, that would be a good thing to catch, just as when someone introduces a wikilink to a disambiguation page. Would it take a lot of work to extend DPLbot to do this?

I periodically go through and find all the instances of things like Cincinatti and correct them to Cincinnati. A bot notification would probably cut down a lot of those. It wouldn't catch unlinked ones, of course, but it would be a start. TJRC (talk) 00:52, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Re-evaluation, please?

Would you re-evaluate Robert van Scoyk please? I've cleaned up the disambiguation links and renamed/cited the references. Cheers Shir-El too 21:35, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello,

Thanks for the notice! No more disambiguation links for you on the aforementioned subject!

Jstrx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jstrx (talk • contribs) 03:59, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

The da Vinci Barnstar

The da Vinci Barnstar
DPL bot is a good bot, and you should feel good for operating it! Sophus Bie (talk) 08:37, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

User_talk:DPL_bot#Bug

Please see the above section. Werieth (talk) 14:26, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Your script Verwaiste_Bilder.php on Toolserver

Hi JaGa, http://toolserver.org/~jason/Verwaiste_Bilder.php says Database connection error. Unknown database 'dewiki_p' Can you help? Thanks, --Emha (talk) 15:58, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

This problem still exists. Can you please answer and/or fix it? Thanks, --Emha (talk) 10:47, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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DPL bot notification error

Today I received this message from tthe DPL bot, [1], that I added a dab link, Danish, to Press Play On Tape. My only edit to the recently recreated article was to add a speedy deletion template, [2], that did not mention Danish and was removed twelve seconds later, [3]. The Danish link was made in the first edit for the article, [4], so User:WhisperToMe should be notified because I am done dealing with this article. Aspects (talk) 15:56, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
How many times your you and your DPL bot found and helped me correct my inaccurately placed links pointing to DAB pages? So many that you deserved this barnstar! :D Daniele.tampieri (talk) 20:17, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterbruce01 (talk • contribs) 00:38, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 May 2013

Reference to bullhead in Lake Shipp page

Since I am uncertain which type of bullhead fish a source was referencing, I took the reference to it out of the article. I usually check these things, but this one slipped by. Bill Pollard (talk) 13:44, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Misdirected DPL notification

Thanks for the notification, but it wasn't me. Article "May 26–30, 2013 tornado outbreak" links to Florida, New York and Bellaire, Kansas were not mine, I just changed the stub tags. I think the links may have been removed by a later editor anyway. Just a heads up, possible glitch. Rpyle731talk 06:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

DPL bot yet again; nothing wrong

Just got a note from DPL bot about a bad link I placed; I've fixed it, so all is well. My only question regards the time — the message was a few minutes ago, but I created the page on 27 May; why did it wait until now? If you only run the bot occasionally, it might help to add a short note about running times on the FAQ page. Nyttend (talk) 13:45, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

DPL bot

Hi; is there a reason why the DPL bot keeps sending the same notification, for the same edit, three days in a row? Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 22:06, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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FREE KITTENS FOR ALL CAT LOVERS

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thanks - and an idea

thanks for catching the technical stuff. I do appreciate it. 

I just highlighted the word and asked it to link, it didnt let me know is was a disambiguation page or I would not have said ok.  Is there some way to get that into the little box that comes up?

(Usually the whole time I am writing for you the back of my brain is nagging me to get back to "real" work so I dont have time to chase down pages myself.)

re Big East

Hello, JaGa. You have new messages at Above others's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Above others (talk • contribs)

Not a programmer or computer scientist here

...but received some message about your bot on my page. Could you please use plain English to explain what you are talking about. For example, what is a dablink?

What is a Dablink? I am an expert in other fields, not wiki programming lingo. Thanks.

This is the second time I've noticed this problem. (The first time you blamed me for it!)

  • The template {{Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region}} used to link to Camp Island. Now it links to Camp Island (Nunavut).
  • This template is on MANY pages.
  • If you do a "what links here" on both pages, you will see two different lists of pages.
  • If you choose a page from the "Camp Island" list, (any page), and examine it, you will see that page does NOT link to "Camp Island". You will, however, see that it DOES link to "Camp Island (Nunavut)".

i.e. "What links here" has some sort of synchronisation problem, and it is causing your bot to put templates on pages that do not merit them.
Happy to discuss the matter in more detail if necessary. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:19, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Should you want them, I can also point you at other examples. Pdfpdf (talk) 00:27, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Hey Pdfpdf, I can answer this one (partially) for you. Templates that are transcluded (see WP:TRANS) don't get updated on every page that they are on immediately. When an ambiguous link is added to a template, that link will show in the 'What links here' until the page is edited, which refreshes the transclusion of the template and updates the 'What links here' links. The bot uses the 'What links here' links to see if any ambiguous links have been created, so that's why you got the notifications that you did. If anyone else has a better or more technical explanation, I'm sure they'll chime in. -Niceguyedc Go Huskies! 00:58, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! So does that mean that EVERY page that uses the template needs to be edited? That's pretty tedious!! I hope there is an easier way to resolve the issue than editing every page ... Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 01:08, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
I think that they get updated at some point, but I don't know how or when it happens. -Niceguyedc Go Huskies! 01:54, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Your location

Somewhat confused by your userpage — you're in Category:Wikipedians in Ohio, and as such your location is listed as Ohio on User:Moe Epsilon/Administrators by location, but the text of your userpage makes me think that you're no longer there. Could you clarify something? No need to leave me a message. Nyttend (talk) 23:31, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Please tell your bot thanks for reminding me

User_talk:PC-XT#Disambiguation_link_notification_for_June_19

Also, when I went back to fix it using Dab solver, I think it said I got a point, which I don't deserve for fixing my own edit. I know the project page says errors are expected, other fixes I did may not have given points, and it probably won't matter in the list, (or if it does, other users will probably check my edits,) but I'm leaving a message, anyway, out of respect. :)

Thanks for your great tools! -PC-XT+ 04:22, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Notices for a dab even if my edit didn't add it?

Regarding a message I got over this edit to Karoline Frogner: I didn't add the link to the dab page; all I added were maintenance tags. A new editor had added the link in question. Is it the bot's designed behaviour to notify the experienced user of the link? I'd think this would trigger lots of extraneous messages, especially to editors who are tagging articles or reverting vandalism. —C.Fred (talk) 14:24, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you DPL bot

I just learned how to thank other users, but, apparently one can't thank bots, or, possibly, I have not learned it that well. Thanks for the handy code that explained the problems with my article links. -AfadsBad (talk) 21:17, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism.Sksaj (talk) 16:54, 29 June 2013 (UTC)


POTD notification

POTD

Hi Jaga,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:HP Pavilion (angle).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 15, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-07-15. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:36, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Files

Hi. I wrote an article in Russian ru:Парни из Скоттсборо. You could download the image to the Wikimedia Commons, so that I could illustrate an article? Sorry, I can not speak English very well.

Зейнал (talk) 08:14, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

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Database connection error

Hi JaGa. tools:~jason/Verwaiste_Bilder.php does not work anymore. It says 

Database connection error. Please try again later.
Unknown database 'dewiki_p'

Could you please have a look? --Leyo 14:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I can check it out. I'm pretty busy with school/family these days so it may take some time but I will get it working again. --JaGatalk 02:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
There is no particular hurry, except of the archival of this section within 31 days. ;-) --Leyo 08:12, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Praise

Gotta tell ya - I'm very impressed with the way you have implemented your bot, and in my (of course, completely unbiased) POV, it's mainly due to the choice of wording in what you post on people's talk pages. It's slightly embarrassing to have it pointed out that one has "stuffed up", but your choice of words concentrates on fixing the problem rather than emphasising that someone has stuffed up. The contrast with the beta-command-bot's approach is dramatic. Whereas beta-command-bot used to thoroughly annoy me, my response to your bot and it's talk page posting is "Damn, stuffed up again. Gee that's a useful little bot." Good work! And Well done! Cheers, and many thanks! Pdfpdf (talk) 11:51, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Your script Verwaiste_Bilder.php on Toolserver

Sorry JaGa, the problem is not solved by archiving. User_talk:JaGa/Archive_15#Your_script_Verwaiste_Bilder.php_on_Toolserver needs an answer by you. Is it possible, please? --Emha (talk) 09:05, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, real life has been pretty demanding these days. I have some time off coming in the next week and I'm hoping to get some Toolserver work in then. I'll take a look. --JaGatalk 03:40, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/San Francisco Ferry Building
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:San Francisco Ferry Building (cropped).jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 06:09, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

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Lost Experience

Hi, JaGa -- I left a note and question on the DPL bot page. I just hoped to get your opinion on the best place to link a fictional book... Thank you, Mthwaite (talk) 19:54, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

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Random act of kindness

 Hello JaGa, Eduemoni has given you a shining smiling star! You see, these things promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the Shining Smiling Star whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or someone putting up with some stick at this time. Enjoy! Eduemoni↑talk↓ 18:21, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Malcolm Shepherd

Thanks for the tip Have changed the link so it should read OK nowKusala1952 (talk) 14:57, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

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KEYH

Thanks for letting me know about the KOA link; I corrected it.

Rudy2alan 18:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rudy2alan (talk • contribs)

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DPL Bot

Hi, how did you create DPL bot, I'd like to do something simmilar that does the same for another wikimedia project.Original Authority (talk) 11:28, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

DPL bot sits on top of easily hundreds of hours of disambiguation work. It isn't something that could be reproduced lightly. --JaGatalk 17:39, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Nike list

Disambiguated. Archolman User talk:Archolman 17:27, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Bot for set index articles

An issue for plant articles, and hence for WP:PLANTS, is that there are often a lot of plants whose English name includes a word that is also used, regionally at least, as the name of a one particular plant. This has often been dealt with by disambiguation pages like Nettle (disambiguation). However, such pages, including this one, don't really follow the guidelines on disambiguation pages. They are, at least partly, set index articles, listing plants whose names include a particular term. However, one argument against more use of SIAs is that there is no automated warning when new links are added to them, yet these are almost always as much errors as are links to dab pages. We have experience of such problems with plant SIAs.

So my question is: could your dab bot be extended to produce the same kind of warning for links to pages flagged as SIAs? If so, do you see any problem with doing this? Peter coxhead (talk) 13:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Oops. I was discussing this issue with Peter coxhead and didn't let him know I'd already left you a message about it at User talk:DPL bot. Sorry about the duplicated request. I'll watch for a response here, ignore my message on the bot's talk page. I'll just mention again Category:Set indices on plant common names as the group of articles we are interested in. Plantdrew (talk) 04:55, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Set index articles are a tricky thing. I worry about the very problem you are describing. Problem is, I couldn't send "Did you mean..." messages for SIAs since there's nothing wrong with linking to an SIA, by definition. The first time I message someone who really did intend to link to that page, look out! They'd come after me with torches and pitchforks. No, I'm afraid this can't be solved with DPL bot. I'm sorry I can't be of more help. --JaGatalk 02:51, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
I understand the problem, and knowing how some editors react, I can see that a "false positives" would be an issue. One idea that occurred to me is whether it would, in principle, be possible to create a bot which kept a list of article titles and users interested in links to them and informed those users whenever a wikilink was created. Then it would be possible to opt into such reports. Maybe even if agreed, this would be too computationally demanding. Just an idea. Peter coxhead (talk) 18:14, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
I think something could be built over time. I would start with a simple report of all the links to articles in Category:Set indices on plant common names. Later, we could think about how to categorize links in terms of "valid" vs. "invalid" vs. "unknown" and perhaps send notifications to opted-in users with updates. But that would be a long-term plan, requiring a lot of work. At present, I've just started back to school and am trying to migrate to Tool Labs to boot. So this would be a long time coming I'm afraid. Of course, since none of this builds on anything I've done before, you could also make a bot request for this. The first step (building the report) would be a fairly easy task for anyone familiar with the Wikipedia database. Or, if you're in no hurry, I could put something together for you - but it could be months before I get to it. --JaGatalk 16:16, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. I guess we'll continue to think about and discuss this for a while. The problem can be partly solved by choice of article title, thus putting the SIA at "List of plants called X" is much less likely to attract incorrect links than if it were just at "X". However, "X" may be a more useful title for readers. Um... Peter coxhead (talk) 20:54, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

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Technical correction

Hi, JaGa. On tools:~dpl/templates_with_dab_links.php, the following text appears:

This is no longer true, due to a recent change in MediaWiki. It is now necessary to edit each of the linking pages to update the links, but I don't think we want to encourage that. Instead, I'd just delete the sentence. The devs would prefer we just wait for the job queue to do its thing. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 11:38, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for letting me know about it. --JaGatalk 17:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian psychiatrist.jpg)

Thanks for uploading File:Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian psychiatrist.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Werieth (talk) 21:06, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Thanks for the message on Disambiguation links. I fixed it. I wonder if you'd be able to assist in getting an image added to that page. I want to do it correctly, but am a bit confused as to how to go about doing correctly. Thanks again! Wikimwpr (talk) 16:51, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

No problem! Looks like you've already successfully added the image. Did you need any more help with that? --JaGatalk 17:56, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Ludwig I, King of Bavaria

Could you revert this move? The user needs to discuss this or request this.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 22:09, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

I think that's acceptable. Undiscussed move, little editing history on the soon-to-be-deleted disambig/redirect. Will do. --JaGatalk 04:01, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

List of monarchs of Caucasian Iberia

Can you merge history of List of Kings of Caucasian Iberia and List of monarchs of Iberia to List of monarchs of Caucasian Iberia? They were all improperly moved.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 04:27, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

History merges can be tricky. I really don't have time for that one. Sorry. --JaGatalk 04:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Do you know who might?--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 14:57, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
If I remember correctly, User:Anthony Appleyard is a history merge maven. I don't know what he's up to these days, but I'd say he could give you good advice at the very least. --JaGatalk 00:27, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

BOT refinements?

NOT too sure as to what is happening with my editing style but your BOT Sure doesn't like me, in new article's creation, in this event. I suspect if you'd test for {{void}}'s use and skip testing and reports when used the BOT will stop having conniptions with my start class stubs. I use void to 'null out' boilerplate stolen from other article pages so as to keep the form and format, for reference. Mostly this happens when starting several interlinked topics at once, in this case, a neglected but historically important region surrounding the LC&N and LCAN operations. Most pages listed there on the 14th were stubbed in and tagged as {{Underconstruction}}. It can nag at me if you like, but at least parsing around void blocks is highly recommended. // FrankB

  • Alternative, a few of those listed in the link were 'legit' complaints, though in my experience... most of my experienced 'BOT successes' are disambig hits, not your BOT. The other possibility is use of italics in the style and manner as in the preceding words.
most ''my experienced 'BOT successes' ''are disambig hits,

Good luck! // FrankB 17:45, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I want to add language to delay notifications for articles with the "under construction" template. Would that help? (Note: I'm back in school and it will be a long time before I can author this task.) --JaGatalk 18:08, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

"Check to confirm"

Hi,

I'm wondering what "check to confirm" does when you get a message from your dablink bot thingy. I read through the FAQ but it really isn't written from the "just give me the bare bones fact I need in order to choose between the options" perspective.

What I mean to say is that the FAQ is fine, only I wish you would add a 5-second paragraph at the top explaining the difference between "check to confirm" and "fix with that thingy". In language comprehensible to us not-really-Wikipedians, of course.

In other words, I suspect this is so very clear to you that you never even ask the following question:

Check to confirm? Is that "yes, I confirm I want my link to lead to a disambig page"? Or is it "Yes, I confirm whatever action your bot took to resolve the issue"? Or... what? Confirm what?

Also, the second option... well let's just say I have already forgotten what it is called, since it's only technobabble to me. Could this option be renamed "Technical fix for Wiki-experts"? ;)90.229.34.175 (talk) 07:11, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you at least for making it clear no action is needed or expected. Such language is most welcome, and I salute you for including it.

Cheers!

  • Hi! Yeah, I guess it is pretty confusing. "Check to confirm" just means "click on this and we'll tell you if the problem still exists". It's for cases when, after the bot leaves its message, someone else swoops in and fixes it. I suppose "Double-check" might be better, or "Verify problem still exists", or...? You're right, I'm so used to it I haven't questioned it. --JaGatalk 07:20, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

In recognition of your work

The da Vinci Barnstar
I received yet another message from DPL bot today. As usual, it made my day a little bit nicer to get such a friendly, appreciative message, in addition to the helpful suggestion of disambiguation work. You should be proud of how this bot supports community members improving the encyclopedia. Steven Walling • talk 23:34, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. This has always been my favorite barnstar, and it means a lot to me to get it from you. Cheers. --JaGatalk 01:06, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

Request Help

Hi i am User:Foliate08 got a message from your bot saying the following:

"We noticed though that when you edited List of agricultural universities and colleges, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Banda (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:35, 25 September 2013 (UTC)"

But i could not understand its exact meaning could you please help me with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foliate08 (talk • contribs) 07:51, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Let me try to help you by breaking it down.
  1. You edited the Wikipedia article called List of agricultural universities and colleges.
  2. Here is a link to the changes you made in the article.
  3. One of the lines you added to the article reads: "* [[Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji University of Agriculture and Technology]], [[Banda]]"
  4. Writing [[Banda]] means you created a link to a Wikipedia page called Banda.
  5. From the context, most likely you meant to link to an article about the place called "Banda" where that particular university is located.
  6. But the Wikipedia page Banda is not an article about that place; it is a disambiguation page. Click on the "Banda" link to see what that means.
  7. It would be more helpful to readers if you would edit List of agricultural universities and colleges again, and replace [[Banda]] with a link to the Wikipedia article that actually talks about the place where the university is located. For example, if the university is located in Uttar Pradesh (I have no idea whether this is correct or not, it is just an example), then you could edit the article to read [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh|Banda]].
  8. Or you could click on the "Fix with DabSolver" link in the message that DPL Bot left on your talk page, and the tool will help you find the correct article and make a properly formatted correction.
Hope this helps. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 18:32, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Wow, thanks for the great reply, Russ! --JaGatalk 17:26, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Not that great; it didn't get them to fix it!  :-( R'n'B (call me Russ) 18:36, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 October 2013

Hello JaGa,
Is this tool also available for the Dutch Wikipedia? Regards, Southparkfan (talk) 10:11, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Afraid not. It would take some time to set up, and I just don't have that time right now. Sorry. --JaGatalk 17:25, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the answer. Southparkfan (talk) 15:04, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 October 2013

Thanks!

Thanks!

Messiaindarain (talk) 10:22, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 October 2013

New REFBot

There is a suggestion on Wikipedia:Bot requests for a new REFBot working as DPL bot and BracketBot do. I beg politely for consideration. Please leave a comment if you wish. Maybe you could work on it like you did it with DPLBot? That would be fine. Thanks a lot in anticipation. --Frze (talk · contribs) 09:32, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

It looks like a good idea but it isn't anything I would have time to work on right now. Good luck, I hope you get a taker! I've always believed the potential for bot-assisted editing is huge, and we've barely tapped into it. Cheers, --JaGatalk 18:06, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Something's wrong

DPL bot isn't updating the dab challenge leaderboard, and the dispenser's tools are giving error messages so I can't see how many I've fixed since last night. There must be a problem somewhere affecting everything else. Can you take a look please? Thanks, Rcsprinter (constabulary) @ 15:59, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Well, the bot seems to be editing now but it is only updating the times on the leaderboard but not the scores. I seem to be over 100 behind what I know I've done. Rcsprinter (talk) @ 08:30, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Is this still a problem? I just checked and there's no replag, which is the usual suspect. Could you point me to an edit that didn't get registered? Thanks, --JaGatalk 18:03, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
No, it does actually seem to be working now [5]. I don't think replag was the problem because it was saying two minutes even though it was a couple of days behind. But it's running now, so that's all good. Rcsprinter (converse) @ 18:34, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester

Hi, thank for advice. Intergration have been checked and sorted for social intergration. Zboralski (talk) 12:24, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 October 2013

Deletion of CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre

Dear Friends, I have been updating my organisation profile i.e CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, wiki page. To my surprise, that entire page has been deleted. May i know the reason behind it. And how can someone just delete a page like that. Request your kind help on this regard. And please let me know if i can retrieve the data & restore the webpage. Regards, Shravani Gupta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shravanigupta (talk • contribs) 08:36, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

With explicit advertising an article can be removed quite quickly. When you keep re-adding the article, the removal process only goes quicker... The Banner talk 16:56, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 October 2013

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