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White to move, so it's deadbeef's turn – check back later!

Hello, I'm 0xDeadbeef!

Feel free to ping me in reply to any comment made by me.

Hello, 0xDeadbeef,

I think there is a problem with User:HaleBot as it hasn't generated the reports it typically does at this time of the day. User:Legoktm has been away for the past few weeks so I thought I'd reach out to you in case you could look into its operations. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:35, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

From the logs, looks like it was stuck on the "Longest active user article editing streaks" query. I've restarted the job and hopefully that can fix it. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 01:43, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I lied. I issued a command to restart but it actually errored when I tried to restart. I've left a message on IRC, hopefully someone can help me there 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 01:51, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're forgiven! Thanks for looking into this. I didn't expect such a speedy response. I hope this can get resolved, I work with HaleBot's updating Database Reports but I know a lot of editors check those edit count lists. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:20, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like there was an outage. It should be fixed now 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 13:09, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 0xDeadbeef,

HaleBot got back on schedule yesterday but it just missed its Empty Categories report tonight which is typically issued at 01:02 UTC. I hope it is just another glitch. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

HaleBot seems to have updated that page today. Hopefully everything is back in order, but if you see any further malfunction please let me know. Thanks! 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 13:59, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

HaleBot didn't update Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories on schedule tonight. But it looks like it has been active as of a couple hours ago. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:11, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like something is wrong with the job scheduling. I'll try to resolve this when I have time, but I've sent a message to Legoktm. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 11:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Same for tonight. Yesterday the report was generated at 02:02 UTC so it was just an hour late so I'll try to be patient. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:31, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Still waiting for the report. I see that Legoktm was active yesterday but not today. It looks like there are other reports HaleBot is having problems with. Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:09, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It looks like things are back to normal. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:54, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Please don't take my question at your RfA as any sort of negative assessment of your work at WP:AIV and speedy deletion. I've reviewed what you've done in the last rolling 12 months in those areas. There's been an occasional error, but we all make mistakes here and there. I applaud your willingness to stand for RfA, and the courage to do a self-nom. I know it's water under the bridge now, but an experienced nominator would have raised the lack of WP:AIV/speedy deletion activity with you before the nomination went live. Take the question as an opportunity to address this before it becomes more of an issue in the RfA. --Hammersoft (talk) 05:36, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking your time to reach out. It was a mistake on my part and thanks for giving me an opportunity to clarify. Hopefully my answer has cleared things up a bit, but if you need more clarification feel free to ask another question or leave a comment here, and I'll reply to my original answer to Q4 :) 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 05:49, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm ok. Thanks for answering the question! You've probably read the various RfA advice things. Keep your head up. Try to be prompt in answering questions, but it's more important to be clear in your answers. Write them, but pause before submitting. Carefully review, and try to put yourself in the chair of the reader. Also copy your answers and paste them somewhere BEFORE you submit so you don't lose them if you edit conflict and something goes awry with the back button :) It's a stressful week, but regardless of outcome it will be in the past in seven days time. I recall seeing your name around in some discussions. I don't have a recollection of my thoughts at those times. I may or may not be able to devote time to doing a thorough review of you. I hope I do, but not promises. Best of luck! --Hammersoft (talk) 05:56, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	For stepping up at RfA. I'm opposing with great reluctance, but if you don't make it this time, I hope to see you back next year with a little more experience under your belt. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:05, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 05:09, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Even though I'm neutral on your case, thanks for nominating yourself for admin. Especially in these times, we desperately need people like you to step up. The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1(The Garage) 00:47, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 05:09, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey man, you're the best; to have the guts to stand up with a self-nom. A few years ago, an edit filter manager would have just breezed in through an RfA; unfortunately, and I say this with absolutely no disrespect, some editors have less idea of what we do at the backend. Be that as it may, well done in applying for the RfA (And I will kill you if you think of withdrawing; don't!). Best, Lourdes 05:45, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support. I promise I won't withdraw :) 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 07:22, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

with your RfA. I'm surprised it's actually doing decent, it looks like the community might be coming around to WP:NOBIGDEAL. And please don't withdraw. Clyde _{[trout needed]} 18:27, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 05:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, good luck. You are probably not concerned with the opinions of individual opposers, but although I am still in the oppose column at this point, I am not so uneasy at the idea that your RfA will pass. Regarding the comment (and later question from someone else) on the cut-and-paste move, please feel free to ask questions on moves, page histories, WP:MALPLACED, etc. if you need help, since I have been involved those areas for a long time. Best, Dekimasuよ! 04:45, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for offering help. I'll keep this in mind when dealing with page moves in the future 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 05:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I want to become an edit filter helper because I love going through long term abuse cases and helping out at SPI. What should I work on to become an edit filter helper? I already know some regex however I’m not completely comfortable with it. _{Also nice job on having the courage to nominate yourself at RfA.} Nagol0929 (talk) 20:03, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks for reaching out. Looking at your contributions, I think you should keep doing what you are already doing. Edit filter helper is a high trust user right since it gives access to private information such as phone numbers or emails, therefore we usually want to see continued involvement with edit filters either through WP:EFN, WP:EF/R, WP:EFFPR or an SPI clerk can be granted the right. IMO, it is also important to not focus on specific roles of the project but rather "what things can I do to help the project" since the former can look like you are hat collecting. Though it would certainly be nice to have permissions (such as rollback) that can help people better contribute to the project, people generally want to see how you can contribute in ways you can instead of contributing for the sake of getting permissions (I personally don't think you are the latter, but asking for advanced permissions can make you appear so). Hope that helps. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 06:51, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 0xDeadbeef,

I can see by your talk page that you have a lot going on this week so I hate to bother you. But HaleBot didn't update Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories on schedule tonight. It's been doing pretty well for the past couple of weeks until tonight.

I don't keep up with RFAs these days but now that I see you are in the midst of one, I'll give it a look. You probably don't need any more advice but I just thought I'd share that I hope you hang in there, too. My own RFA was a roller coaster....first, all Supports but by day 2, the Opposes showed up and success looked doubtful. But I didn't withdraw and latecomers weighed all of the comments and gave me enough support to have a crat chat which narrowly passed. Since then, I've seen the same cycle with other candidates, most of whom decide to withdraw when the Opposes first show up. It's often a painful process to undergo that scrutiny. But a week is a long time and unless Support goes below 50% (which is not the case here), it's impossible to predict how later participants will respond to the RFA. Sometimes, there is a reaction against Opposes that results in additional Support, and unless you are heading towards the red zone, it's just a mistake to assume the worst. You might be surprised to know how many administrators who are now well-respected had very close RFAs. Good luck! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:22, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Liz, thanks for the advice. I am surprised to hear that your RfA went to a crat chat considering that you are one of our best admins on the site. As for HaleBot, there are two issues, and I'm not sure if they are related to each other. One is that the old Python report code seems to be running when they really shouldn't be. The other is that for today's update, it was encountering an edit conflict for some reason. I've fixed the former, but the latter needs more investigation. I've also dug into the logs a bit and the edit conflict error seems to be quite rare. If it happens again I'll add in a retry logic. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 06:14, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's no correlation between a passing percentage at RfA and how good an admin is. I switched from neutral to support at Liz's RfA. And several people who opposed Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Galobtter changed their mind later once they saw him in action. Furthermore, I think having a bit of reasonable opposition is good for a newly minted admin - it gives them immediate feedback about concerns that they'll bear in mind once they start using the tools, and feel better for it, while the only opposition. I'd be interested to see the RfA tallies for admins who were desysopped for cause.

Anyway, as far as your RfA goes, while these things are never entirely possible to predict, it looks much more likely to pass than not. In my view, with no outstanding questions you can probably take a couple of days off and do something else, it'll probably do you a world of good and come back to the end of the RfA in a refreshed state of mind.

As for bots, I probably do have the technical skills to help out, though the only Python coding I've done is straightforward text processing and parsing (then again, it's what Python is really good at, I guess) and I barely have enough free time these days to keep up with writing the encyclopedia. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:15, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In my view, with no outstanding questions you can probably take a couple of days off and do something else, it'll probably do you a world of good and come back to the end of the RfA in a refreshed state of mind. Good advice. Will probably do that.

For the bot thing, it was actually rewritten in Rust. (old Python code is not supposed to be running, and Legoktm ported all the reports that were in use to Rust a year ago) Thanks for offering help though, the code is here if you want to take a look. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 11:29, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I wonder if having too much support at one's RfA can also cause some overconfidence. The opposition at my RfA definitely gave me a healthy caution, especially in areas people mentioned where I could cause controversy. Galobtter (talk) 00:26, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rust

Thank you for quality articles such as Rust (programming language) and Rust for Linux, for technical helpfulness, having tames talk page clutter, for precise analysis in a discussion, for thanking a lot and welcoming users, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2889 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 14:57, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for updating my filter to plug the hole with the finance scammers. I went to do the same thing and initially thought, "hmm, it should've caught those" and now just realized you'd adjusted it. Cheers, OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:15, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, happy to help, though I probably should have included the filter change diff when I left a message at your talk page so you didn't have to go back and forth and check when it was changed. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 14:59, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ohh yeah. Get the bucket ready and get some soap in that mf, one mop coming up, don't murder anybody in the next 19 hours and we're set... jp×g🗯️ 09:45, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For the record: I am in the camp that believes murders are bad, no matter whether it is during your RfA or not. But jokes aside, I foresee a mop being handed to you in four days time, (which should really have been 361 days ago) and I just want to say thank you for volunteering. I remember seeing your RfA page a while ago and wondering when you will run. I'm glad that you made it happen now instead of October 2025 or anything later than that. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 12:39, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hell yeah brother!!! jp×g🗯️ 10:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is the purpose of Special:AbuseFilter/1266? I see it everywhere. Looks like you created it last month, but I know I've seen it for longer than that. Perhaps you have other similarly named filters. Assume I know very little about edit filters. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:28, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I created it in response to this discussion: Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested#Prevent curly apostrophes and quotes. I wanted to see the impact of detecting edits that introduce a curly apostrophe/quotation mark where the old wikitext did not have one. (this is undesirable as per MOS:') From the looks of it a lot of edits are caught and I think even more will be detected if we also included curly double quotes.

I was thinking that if the filter hits are not too much, someone could go in and fix the punctuation marks according to MOS, but given the number of hits this has I have disabled the filter.

As for I know I've seen it for longer than that, I'm not sure on that, this is the first test filter I have created. You might have seen other filters such as "Suffusion of Yellow test filter" though. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 13:45, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the explanation...and the disabling (I find such filters irritating, but I have a very low threshold for irritation <smiling>). No, I don't think it was the Suffusion of Yellow filter. I probably just think it's been a long time when it hasn't.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:00, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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- 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 16:06, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have closed your BRFA as successful, congratulations. You may want to look at the admin guide to read up on any tools you are unfamiliar with. Feel free to ping me or drop me a talk page note if you have any questions. Primefac (talk) 07:29, 30 October 2023 (UTC) Whoops! That darn muscle memory getting in the way. Primefac (talk) 09:24, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

When I saw the notification, I got a bit confused since my bot already has the bot flag.. beep. boop. Thanks! 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 07:43, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well done for pulling through, that can't have been an easy experience to handle. Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 08:29, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Awesome! And big congratulations my friend! Lourdes 07:48, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! After the first 24 hours I thought you won't pass, but am glad for that to be proven wrong. VickKiang (talk) 09:04, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Congratulations! Was rough at the start, but ya triumphed at the end. Good luck with your new tools. :) Tails Wx 12:23, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats and good luck using the tools. Your technical skills will bring wonders to the mop corps. #prodraxis ^connect 12:40, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Good to see you blocking vandals at WP:EFFP :) Galobtter (talk) 14:35, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• The mop is now yours, congrats! The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1^{(The Garage)} 12:53, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  small wikitext trick: if you do [[rat]]s it will render it as a link which looks the same and also saves some typing with the pipe. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 15:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Nice tip. Now it's my turn to say thanks! The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1^{(The Garage)} 21:28, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all!! 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 15:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on the adminship, 0xDeadbeef! — Nythar (💬-🍀) 07:38, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Glad to have had the chance to support. Best wishes. Donner60 (talk) 09:45, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! – DreamRimmer (talk) 09:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 10:51, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! The Night Watch (talk) 01:11, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there 0xDeadbeef, I don't think I've met you before, but congrats on the adminship! Also, you might want this... 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 12:08, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nooooo, I wanted to give him that.... The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1^{(The Garage)} 12:18, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well.. Well... how about this? "This T-shirt is gifted to 0xDeadbeef by me and The Corvette ZR1." 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 13:13, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please. The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1^{(The Garage)} 13:35, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both! This T-shirt was one of the major driving forces behind me running and I'm glad that I can finally wear this :) 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 15:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! I also wanted to say: thank you. You pushed the boundaries of what is possible at RfA. I would love to read a WP:DEBRIEF, if you can spare a moment to write one. Happy mopping! HouseBlaster^talk 16:16, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would also like to thank you for not giving up early and letting the whole RFA play out. It meant a lot to me as someone who posted a support comment when the tally was still 42/20/5. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 17:31, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of which, MJL, when are you turning this link blue? HouseBlaster^talk 17:57, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Foreshadowing... The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1^{(The Garage)} 21:23, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@HouseBlaster and The Corvette ZR1: Let's not make this about me... especially when this link is just as red. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 17:57, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	The admin baton
	I didn't get a chance to vote in your RfA, as I've been away on vacation, but I'm glad to see you had success and I'm happy to be one of many welcoming you to the admin corps. Congratulations @0xDeadbeef! Enjoy holding this baton for the short while that you'll have it. Hey man im josh (talk) 22:03, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Speaking of vacations, I will be out next week so I won't be able to pass this baton in time. Anyone can feel free to do it :) 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 01:44, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Sorry to be that guy. Please don't take this as an accusation of wrongdoing, I'm pinging you because we are talking about your RfA. Sorry for the hassle as well, no hard feelings hopefully. Fermiboson (talk) 08:42, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats :) welcome to your truly thankless job. Best wishes from Los Angeles,  // Timothy :: talk  09:37, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]