User talk:Wimt/Archive/May-2010

helperbot editing while logged out

Is #7 the bot running on toolserver nightshade? If so, it is editing while logged out again. Thanks —DoRD (talk) 14:59, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Never mind, it now appears that bot 5 is the culprit.[1] —DoRD (talk) 15:54, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Helperbot at AIV

Hi, has the helperbot at AIV stopped? There are a lot of reports still on the page after blocking. DuncanHill (talk) 14:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm not too sure what caused that actually. The most common reason for the bots stopping editing is someone breaking the header, but I've had a quick flick through the edits around that time and I can't immediately see it. Helperbot 7 has been running for eleven days since its last restart, so the bot itself didn't stop. The only other suggestion I'd have would be that Wikipedia was temporarily unreachable from the bot's server for some reason, although I'm not too sure about that either as other connections to that have not gone down today. Looks to be working again now though, but worth keeping an eye on. Thanks. Will (aka Wimt) 18:37, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Helperbot at UAA removed 2 entries when it meant to remove one.

See this diff. Tckma (talk) 15:09, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Looks like this was caused by the edit conflict issue (see above). Occasionally when two edits occur at almost exactly the same time, Mediawiki appears not to advise the bot of the edit conflict and so an edit can be lost. Undoing the bot's edit should fix matters though. Will (aka Wimt) 17:41, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

{{adminbacklog}} updating

Does HBC AIV helperbot7 update the {{adminbacklog}} tag on WP:UAA? If not, could it do so without too much trouble? If it could only add it if there are more than 30 entries combined between WP:UAA and WP:UAA/BOT, that would be awesome. Thanks! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 18:57, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Not sure why my vandalism report was removed without comment

Assuming it's an automated bot issue. Here is what I'd reported at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

• 68.36.175.168 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
• 209.236.250.213 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

These two IPs have made the exact same non-footnoted claims, some of them evidently POV and OR, at Kites (film) and at Dubtitle, with deletions of citation-request tags, hypey tone and no discussion despite repeated requests. See examples of edits here and here. Polite warnings were given on May 18 and 19 here and on May 20 here. Thank you for any help. --Tenebrae (talk) 16:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

The bot doesn't make judgements about whether something is vandalism or not -- it merely removes blocked users and IPs from AIV and adds comments. Admins watching that page may remove reports they do not consider to be worthy of blocks, however. Will (aka Wimt) 18:14, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

requested helperbot feature at UAA

Is there any way the bot could scan reports for the Wait until the user edits. or Being discussed with the user. tags and then automatically move those reports to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention/holding pen after an hour or so? Beeblebrox (talk) 22:04, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Not with the current code unfortunately. It would probably require a different bot if you want it to move reports between different pages, as the helperbots are only approved to comment on reports on certain pages and then remove those which are blocked. Will (aka Wimt) 06:26, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Thanks :-) Will (aka Wimt) 21:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Happy Birthday Wimt!

Shannon ♫ (talk) 19:03, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thanks very much for the happy birthdays :-) Have a good day. Will (aka Wimt) 21:22, 31 May 2010 (UTC)