User talk:DatGuy/Archives/2024/December

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Hello, DatGuy,

DreamRimmer said you were working on an alternative to Fastily Bot. I review a lot of PROD'd articles and files and we have a number of older editors who don't use Twinkle when they tag articles for deletion so we relied on Fastily Bot to notify content creators that their article creations had been nominated for proposed deletion.

Is there any progress on a bot to take the place of Fastily Bot? Over the past few years, I have tried all of my powers of persuasion to convince these PROD-taggers to make use of Twinkle but they prefer to tag articles manually so we really need some bot to take care of Fastily Bot's task. Thank you for any help you can provide. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:36, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Heya @Liz: I filed the BRFA 9 days ago and completed the trial five days ago. Pending a BAG member to approve the task and then should be good to go. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 14:21, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

This is now running daily at midnight UTC. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 01:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes

• Ahecht
• DoubleGrazing
• Dr vulpes
• FOARP
• Peaceray
• Queen of Hearts
• Rsjaffe
• SD0001
• SilverLocust
• Sohom Datta
• ThadeusOfNazereth
• Voorts

• Ajpolino
• Fathoms Below
• Pppery
• Tamzin
• Worm That Turned

• Aervanath
• Christopher Sundita
• Dank
• Dennis Brown
• Dragons flight
• Fastily
• Graham87
• JaGa
• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Yamamoto Ichiro

Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
• Sohom Datta

Pppery

CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

Happy First Edit Day! Hi DatGuy! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Adr28382 (Talk to me!) 15:26, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello DatGuy: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:28, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello there, 'tis the season again, believe it or not, the years pass so quickly now! A big thank you for all of your contributions to Wikipedia in 2024! Wishing you a Very happy and productive 2025!  ♦ Maliner (talk) 09:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello DatGuy, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025. Happy editing, Abishe (talk) 00:00, 25 December 2024 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 00:00, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi DatGuy. Would it be possible for DatBot to archive AIV requests if the user has been globally blocked or locked? Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 04:11, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I'd rather Mdann52 adds it to User:HBC AIV helperbot14. Matt: you can use list=globalallusers via enwiki or list=logevents&leaction=globalauth/setstatus via metawiki for accounts and list=globalblocks for IPs. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 10:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

noted - I'm already hopefully checking for locks, will try a few things to work out why things are slipping through when I get a few hours! Mdann52 (talk) 00:35, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi @DatGuy, may I ask for your opinion on an ECR request Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Extended confirmed#User:Boutboul. Thanks in advance. Michael Boutboul (talk) 18:50, 29 December 2024 (UTC)