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Daniel Schmachtenberger page deletion[edit]

Daniel Schmachtenberger is an influential cultural commentator; he has appeared as a host or interviewee on numerous videos, some of which have received hundreds of thousands up to half a million views. Beside this he is also the founder of a research organisation, The Consilience Project, which publishes opinion pieces on global issues.

For these two reasons he has, in my opinion, surpassed the threshold needed to validate having a wikipedia page. Previously you had removed his page, could this decision be reviewed in light of his gain in cultural influence since this time? I am in favour of seeing his page reinstated. Lucasaw (talk) 17:56, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you are referring to Draft:Daniel Schmachtenberger, which was deleted because it was a copyright violation. If you think that he meets our inclusion criteria you are more than welcome to start a new draft, but I cannot restore the old page. Primefac (talk) 18:06, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Need IP block exempt[edit]

Wikipedia is blocked in China, and i used VPN. so I need an 【IP block exempt】 for editing , thank you! --Air7538 (talk) 08:18, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Watchlist emails[edit]

The latest version of MediaWiki will have the fix for the api, so I'll implement that some time this week. — Qwerfjkl talk 15:16, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Super! Primefac (talk) 18:42, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This has rolled out now. I've added the filters (only show edits by bots) and removed the previous bot filtering code. Let me know if there are any bugs. — Qwerfjkl talk 16:18, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm, BN still seems to not be getting flagged, but otherwise... I guess things are working? I've cleared out my watchlist and I'll let you know in a few days if anything doesn't get caught that should have. Primefac (talk) 21:55, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PrimeBot and avoiding categories in Drafts[edit]

Courtesy link: User talk:Bearcat § Bots devoted to this (a subsection)
Courtesy link: User talk:DannyS712 bot § Task 3 – Draft categories

Hi, Primefac. With respect to bots that adjust, unlink, or remove categories in Drafts, do I understand correctly that PrimeBOT 2 has been deactivated because it was superseded by DannyS712 bot 3? If so, Apparently the latter runs off some report which confines the domain of operation to only those drafts having the Afc submit template, but per WP:DRAFTNOCAT it should be all drafts. This all started at this discussion subsection, and I've left a related message for DannyS712. Not sure if Danny's bot can be adjusted, but how hard would it be to adjust PrimeBOT to look at all Drafts, and instead of linking the categories, embed them in {{Draft categories}} instead, as illustrated at User talk:DannyS712 bot#Task 3 – Draft categories and fire it up again? I'm just trying to find some solution so that users like Bearcat don't have to manually remove categories anymore, as it seems like such a repetitive task that really ought to be handled by a bot. Mathglot (talk) 17:24, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I stopped running the bot because a) I am using AWB and while the task itself is automated I still have to manually start it, and b) because other bots such as Danny's came about. It probably makes more sense for Danny to get approval and adjust their bot than it would for me to restart my AWB task. Primefac (talk) 18:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Understood; thanks. Mathglot (talk) 18:53, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How hard do you think it would it be to modify your AWB task per my suggestion here? Currently Bearcat is spending many hours processing Drafts manually, and reducing that to having to push a button on an AWB task and then sit back while it did its thing would be a clear win compared to that, until we got a bot version that can do it completely autonomously. Mathglot (talk) 01:48, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2024[edit]

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

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laws[edit]

by queen Fiona Mary Macaskill FionaMacaskill (talk) 18:12, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FionaMacaskill, not sure what you're asking (or why you're asking me). Primefac (talk) 19:45, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block needed[edit]

92.40.205.153 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 92.40.201.27 (talk) 10:50, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can just insert another SIM card (they are £1 each at every corner shop) or go to a shopping mall to find more open WiFi points. Primefac failed to stop my vandalism and just DDOS everyone using this IP range because of one vandal. I win you lose. 92.40.205.153 (talk) 11:37, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not what "DDOS" means. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 12:14, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]