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Incorrect bot fix

Hi there! In this edit, your bot incorrectly updated an incorrectly formatted reference, adding the article to Category:CS1 errors: URL‎‎. Are you able to tweak the bot so it doesn't make this error again? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 06:07, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings!

Hello there, thanks for all of your contributions to Misplaced Pages! Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and here's to a happy and productive 2024! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:21, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Category removal

Thanks for the assessments on these pages. I know it was quite a few. The category places these on a to-do list for project members so I am wondering if the removal was an oversight or there is something I am missing as to why the cat shouldn't be added. CNMall41 (talk) 00:46, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

CNMall41, when you add |needs-infobox=yes to the banner, it adds the page to that category. If you check Category:Company articles needing infoboxes, you will see that the pages are still in the category. You aren't supposed to add the category directly since that confuses bots that archive discussions. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 15:10, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I checked yesterday before I messaged you and did not find them all there. Rechecked today and they are. Must have been my holiday brain fog. Thanks for the clarification. --CNMall41 (talk) 21:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, but

At Draft:2019–20 FC Barcelona Femení season you changed various templates from Spanish language/WP format to English, which was a noble effort. I'm leaving a message to say thank you, it's the correct course of action usually... but you shouldn't do it - I'm sure it took a lot of time and the style guide is to not use these templates on English Misplaced Pages (see the other match templates that were already filled out at the draft) and so I'm just going to remove them now anyway. Not worth the effort if you see it in a similar draft! Kingsif (talk) 23:39, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Query

Hello, Plastikspork,

According to Misplaced Pages:Templates for discussion/Log/2023 December 13#Template:OpenAI, you closed this discussion as Delete but the template still exists. SporkBot removed the template from articles which emptied Category:OpenAI-written articles but now the articles are getting retagged. I just thought maybe you knew what was going on. Many thanks and happy holidays! Liz 22:31, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Liz, the template exists because InfiniteNexus moved {{OpenAI navbox}} to {{OpenAI}}. The category is being populated by edits like this one. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 14:31, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Please don't let SporkBot touch sandboxes

Surely we are allowed to have any trash we like in our own sandboxes, but SporkBot corrected this. I was using it to test a purely syntactic analysis in a script, but I would imagine others would want to test "unknown template" scripts too. David Brooks (talk) 20:10, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) There is no sandbox exception at WP:REDNOT, a guideline. Misplaced Pages:Database reports/Transclusions of non-existent templates is typically patrolled daily, and non-existent template transclusions are fixed. If they were not, that report would quickly get out of control, and legitimate errors in active pages would be difficult to find. DavidBrooks, I recommend that you transclude a page like User:DavidBrooks/sandbox2 when you want to experiment. I believe that such transclusions do not show up in reports. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: Thanks for the response. In this case I only care about syntax, not semantics, so I'll use {{Void}}. I understand your response to mean that any page transcluded by its full name file would not need to exist, but I don't really need that question answered! David Brooks (talk) 03:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Using existing templates is the best option. Plastikspork _―Œ 15:36, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WikiProject Canada Roads/ProvinceName

Template:WikiProject Canada Roads/ProvinceName has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 12:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

CS1 error on David J. Buch

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page David J. Buch, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A "bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 17:51, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Mass template deletions

You've just deleted several thousand templates with no reason other than "G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup". Why? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:55, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

They were template redirects left over after the templates were moved. I can restore them if deleting them is a problem. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:39, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

And why did they thus need to be deleted? Generally {{R from move}}s are kept at RfD. This seems like classic WP:!G6 to me. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

It was making it hard to find the ones that weren't moved or incorrectly moved, but I can certainly restore them if there is a problem. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 00:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

And my point is that such deletions aren't within the scope of G6 as defined by the community (rather than by individual admins expanding it without oversight to cover pages they want to be deleted). It may not worth undeleting all of the pages again, but please avoid such deletions without discussion in the future. Thanks. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:49, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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