Wikidata:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive/2013/08

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Merlissimo inactivity

The monthly check of inactivity occurs on the 1st each month. For 1st August, it appears that Merlissimo has only performed 4 admin actions in 6 months and thus doesn't need the tools. Please see User:Cyberpower678/ActiveStats. Cheers. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 12:06, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

See m:Steward requests/Permissions#Merlissimo@wikidatawiki. -- Lavallen (block) 12:22, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

And we can not desysop anybody anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:52, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

:( Legoktm (talk) 18:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-07 – PBASH607 → Prabash

• Old username: PBASH607 (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: Prabash (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: More formal and easy on the caps, I am aware that I am using my real life name and the consequences with that. --Prabash (talk) 02:11, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Just to confirm, do you want to detach your account from SUL?--Ymblanter (talk) 08:21, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes please! Thank you so much Ymblanter :) --Prabash (talk) 12:31, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done, please login with the new username.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:46, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-07 – Admiral Horthy → M.Uebel

• Old username: Admiral Horthy (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: M.Uebel (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: this is my Username at commons and de:wikipedia --Admiral Horthy (talk) 20:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

   Done, please login with the new username.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-07 – djdubay → djd

• Old username: djdubay (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: djd (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: no
• Notice: Cleaning up after W:WP:USURP Djdubay (talk) 23:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

   Done Vogone talk 00:53, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-09 – Milad77 → Milad

• Old username: Milad77 (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: Milad (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: Milad is my username in fa.wikipedia.org. please change Milad77 to Milad.

   Done, please login with your new username.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:38, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-09 – Samaksasanian → Samak

• Old username: Samaksasanian (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: Samak (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: i want change my username → Samak. in the past changed in fa.wiki[1]---Samək^Talk 14:21, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

   Done, please login with your new username.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:39, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Innocent bot

Innocent bot (talk • contribs • logs)

Can Innocent bot regain his botflag, not for editing in the mainspace, but for reading with apihighlimits, some random edits in my own namespace, and some projectpages related to task forces? The number of edits will be low, so also the api-questions, but apihighlimits would simplify the sourcecode. -- Lavallen^talk(block) 10:40, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done Shouldn't be that much of a big deal. Vogone talk 17:08, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Bots

I think these bots can be approved:

• Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Chembot
• Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/InfoRobBot
• Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ReimannBot_2 --Tobias1984 (talk) 15:02, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Remember you can approve bots and simply ask for them to be flagged afterwards! ·addshore· ^{talk to me!} 15:10, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

I approved the tasks now. --Tobias1984 (talk) 16:09, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

 Flagged where needed. Vogone talk 17:49, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/InfoRobBot‎

Hi, the bot is blocked but the request has been approved. Could you unblock it and add a botflag for him ? thanks in advance. TomT0m (talk) 16:38, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done both. Vogone talk 17:33, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Bot flag

Please move the bot flag from User:Docu with script to User:Docu w. script. Somehow I can't find the password for the first account. --  Docu  at 11:51, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Can you not use Special:ResetPassword ? ·addshore· ^{talk to me!} 12:27, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. --  Docu  at 12:43, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done Vogone talk 18:20, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DanmicholoBot

Please flag the above bot. --  Docu  at 20:48, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

This has not been approved by an admin, so it is not ready to be flagged. --Rschen7754 21:52, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Since when has an admin to approve bots? This rule seems new to me … Vogone talk 16:50, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Approved now, so waiting for a bureaucrat to give him a flag. --Stryn (talk) 11:01, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Flagged. Vogone talk 18:21, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-19 – Martin1813 → Martin'

• Old username: Martin1813 (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: Martin' (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: In order to create a unified account with my accounts on enː or frː projects. Thanks. Martin1813 (talk) 10:08, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done, please login with the new username.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:16, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

ˑThank you ǃ Martin' (talk) 12:57, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-20 – Receptie123 → Reception123

• Old username: Receptie123 (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: Reception123 (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: Like most other wikis I have renamed, I would like a rename here as well. I have used my account Reception because of the redirect from simple wikis. I confirm that Receptie123 and Reception123 are the same user, you can check that on simple.wikipedia.org. Receptie123 (talk) 13:08, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

  Just to be on the safe side: You want to detach your account from SUL?--Ymblanter (talk) 14:56, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

   Not done Both accounts do already exist and apparently you've also edited with both of them (Special:Contribs/Receptie123, Special:Contribs/Reception123). Since account merging is not possible I recommend you just to stop editing either with Receptie123 or Reception123. Regards, Vogone talk 17:06, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

So, you mean change Reception123 to Reception123_sul and change Receptie123 to Reception123? If yes please do. Receptie123 (talk) 17:17, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done
Reception123 -> Reception123~wikidatawiki
Receptie123 -> Reception123
Please log in as "Reception123" and go to Special:MergeAccount. Thanks. Vogone talk 17:25, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the rename. Reception123 (talk) 18:05, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Flood Request

Requesting flood flag for inserting instance of (P31) using en.wp categories. --Wylve (talk) 14:48, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done, please do not forget to switch it off when you are done.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:55, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. --Wylve (talk) 14:59, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Flood flag (P815)

I'd like to import around 2000 TSNs for ITIS TSN (P815) from ITIS. Would be nice to have the flood flag for this task. --Succu (talk) 18:00, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done please do not forget to take the flag off after the task has been done.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:43, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Done and thanks. --Succu (talk) 19:53, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-24 – ilikefreedom.ro → ilikefreedom

• Old username: ilikefreedom.ro (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: ilikefreedom (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: In order to create a unified account with my accounts on enː and roː projects. Thanks. --Ilikefreedom.ro (talk) 13:43, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done, please login with your new user name.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Flood

Hey guys, could a kind crat add the flood flag to PMG (talk • contribs • logs)? We have discussed the matter on his talk and, given that he edits pretty fast, the flag would be beneficial. Thanks. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 17:42, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

I guess we need some discussion first, as the case is unusual. I personally, based on the discussion, do not mind giving the flag.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:52, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Not really an unusual case Ymblanter. John F. Lewis (talk) 18:29, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Since it is proposed that the flag is given forever, I believe it is unusual. However, I am not opposed, I just want to hear opinions of the fellow crats. I hope at least two of them are available on the short notice.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:45, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Well, we can also ask him to create PMG-Bot (talk • contribs • logs) and give it a bot flag no? Since he does a high volume of edits that are actually the same on every item, just like a bot :) — ΛΧΣ²¹ 18:55, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Bots go through the community discussion.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:05, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Indeed. But that would be an option, I mean (community discussion). — ΛΧΣ²¹ 19:07, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Sure, but let us try the easiest thing first.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:10, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Well, we have already had identical situations (e. g. with User:Docu), when also an alternate account for script editing was created (User:Docu w. script). I don't see why this case should be handled differently. Anyway, I wouldn't be opposed to get rid of the common understanding of bots as we transferred it from Wikipedia and I would welcome a solution where at least any admin and preferably also any trusted user could be hidden from our gigantic recent changes feed (with the bot user right). Regards, Vogone talk 19:11, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Vogone has an interesting idea. I think I would likewise support hiding all autoconfirmed/admin from the rc. In theory, all of those people should be making good edits, right? The rc is too fast to monitor right now. Ajraddatz (Talk) 19:22, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

I am very uncomfortable with that idea. Given how easy autoconfirmation is, a vandal could easily slip in and then the only chance we would get to see him vandalizing is on the rare item on watchlist. I would much rather PMG create a new account (PMG-Repeat, PMG-Semiauto, PMG-Auto, PMG-bot, etc.) to make vast changes under.

As it is, it is not difficult to filter down to users who need watching by checking patrolled edits, as those have not been turned off here. Trusted users should get that right. --Izno (talk) 20:40, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

"[A] vandal could easily slip in and then the only chance we would get to see him vandalizing is on the rare item on watchlist" o_O … where did you get that information from? Of course you could still see all edits on RC, just not by default. Vogone talk 20:43, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

How exactly do I show edits for an editor while that editor has flood enabled? :) Even so, I'm still very uncomfortable with that being the default, for which I can see no good reason. Users who really really really want to see likely or possible bad edits need to be looking at edits which aren't (auto)patrolled. --Izno (talk) 20:57, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Since I do not see in this discussion any opposition to giving the flooder flag to the user, I assigned the flag. It might be a good idea to discuss more general options starting from the Project Chat.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:44, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Are you sure? As far as I see, the creation of an alternate account was suggested, as per our flood policy. Vogone talk 17:54, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

I somehow interpreted this as an additional option. Good, I will deflag him, and we are discussing further.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:06, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

I'd prefer to have him use his only account, though. Breaking his contributions into two because of this is unusual and not completely necessary. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 18:50, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Then go ahead and propose some of the ideas above in an RFC. At our current state, an alternative account would be the only solution unless PMG intends to ask for a temporary flood flag here each time he starts to edit quickly. Vogone talk 18:54, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-26 – Invadinado → Abián

• Old username: Invadinado (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: Abián (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: yes
• Notice: Proof of global ownership is here. Thanks in advance. --invadinado _{(TALK - SUL)} 08:48, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

 Done, please log in with the new username.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:14, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

2013-08-31 – Dani XXN → XXN

• Old username: Dani XXN (talk • contributions • log • block log • SULinfo)
• New username: XXN (SULinfo • rename)
• Redirect: no
• Notice: Thanks in advance --Dani XXN (talk) 17:02, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

  Do you want to detach your account from SUL?--Ymblanter (talk) 17:50, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

  yes. --Dani XXN (talk) 18:14, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

   Done, please log in with your new user name. Vogone talk 18:18, 31 August 2013 (UTC)