You are currently making thousands of edits an hour using an automated script without as far as I can tell first obtaining consensus for adding templates to those pages, contrary to Bot policy. I would recommend seeking approval at WP:BRFA before continuing. EoRdE6^(Talk) 01:56, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

EoRdE6 could you please clarify what you mean? Because I'm really confused about this message. First of all, I'm not using any automated script. I'm using Petscan and AutoWikiBrowser. And what precisely am I doing to be editing like a bot? Several other users including Ser Amantio di Nicolao and BrownHairedGirl have added these tags to articles throughout Wikipedia. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AWB is an automated script. See WP:AWBRULES, specifically rule 1. BrownHairedGirl was banned a year ago, that said given Ser Amantio di Nicolao's extensive history here I would trust their judgement. And that template seems to have at least been debated in the past Wikipedia_talk:Date_formattings#Should_all_articles_have_a_dmy/mdy_template? EoRdE6^(Talk) 02:37, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EoRdE6: The tag seems perfectly fine for now, as far as I am aware; I've been adding it based on BHG's work of about three years ago, which seems to have been relatively uncontroversial (the linked discussion notwithstanding). I've been doing it for most of this month, with only one negative comment that was withdrawn after discussion. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EoRdE6: So can I continue adding these templates or do you still think I shouldn't? ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:31, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Due to the lack of a response after four days I am going to assume that it's a yes. ―Panamitsu (talk) 03:20, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop this automated editing. You really need to submit this task for approval as a bot. You're clogging editor's watchlists. By my quick look, you're editing at the rate of once every 5 seconds or so, and that's around the speed bots edit and, and they must have explicit permission. Imzadi 1979 → 05:22, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:SPELLBOT. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:23, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Imzadi1979: Once you've read this could you let me know if you've changed your mind or not? I'd like to continue adding the tags because I intend to use them for the bot that I will be making, User:SauronBot. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:42, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By the way these edits are marked as minor which means you can filter them out if you're concerned about your watchlist. I should be done in only a few days. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:45, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how that link applies to what you are doing. You are not changing the visible content of an article. It is not correcting spelling, grammar or punctuation mistakes. It is not converting the words between regional variations of English, etc. It is adding a hidden tag to an article and no more.

Really, you're in the WP:COSMETICBOT realm.

If this is in furtherance of a bot account, I really think that you need approval for this as part of the bot's approval. Because this editing is controversial, at least in the sense that someone has taken exception to it, and I'm not the only one now who has, you really should stop it and seek approval for the process.

Telling someone to just filter out minor edits is not the solution because I want to see minor edits from others. Imzadi 1979 → 05:47, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify something: adding {{use mdy dates}} or {{use dmy dates}} to an article, as other editors are doing, has an actual and visible effect as the citation templates will update their behavior to use the appropriate date format. Adding {{use American English}} does not change the output of the article. Imzadi 1979 → 05:49, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't WP:COSMETICBOT say that adding hidden categories (such as Category:Use American English) is a substantive (not cosmetic) edit? ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:53, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And WP:SPELLBOT (I probably should have referred to it as WP:CONTEXTBOT to avoid confusion) says that Unsupervised bot processes should not make context-sensitive changes that would normally require human attention, as accounting for all possible false positives is generally unfeasible. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:01, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Imzadi1979: I've decided that I will stop making these edits for the time being. I have asked here at the AutoWikiBrowser noticeboard whether my edits are problematic. I've explained in that discussion why I think they aren't problematic, but you are welcome to participate if you disagree with me. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:38, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Imzadi1979: Would you like to participate in that discussion? I'd really like to hear from you ^_^ Can I continue with these edits? The one person that has responded has agreed with me there. ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:40, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quick tag: Looks like the categorization tree for the Nuevo Laredo radio stations (which are dual-catted) is resulting in them being tagged in. (Because someone put them in Category:Radio stations in Laredo, Texas.) Rolled back one and you might wanna clean up the pages with titles beginning in X in that cat. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 23:49, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I'll stop tagging these articles and will take a look. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:51, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see what's going on. In my PetScan query I specifically excluded Mexican/Canadian/other countries radio stations but it turns out that I had typed the categories incorrectly. For some reason I wrote "Radio stations in the Mexico" instead of "Radio stations in Mexico" (I had copied and pasted the "Radio stations in the United States" but forgot to remove the "the"). ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking, I am totally in favor of American English being used on articles on rails in the U.S. That's what I came here for, to mark my agreement with your recent notes (on this issue) in various articles. But this discussion above appears to be about Mexico. Nonetheless, American English prevails in North America within the types of English (as opposed to British English), so I agree with American English in this context too.Dogru144 (talk) 05:57, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose there could be an argument for using American English in Mexican articles for the reason you've mentioned, but I believe almost every country that hasn't been part of the British Empire uses American English (bar a few countries like North Korea) due to having a much stronger political influence than Britain. If we use that as a reason that articles on non-English speaking countries should use American English then I reckon that it'd violate MOS:RETAIN which says that the first English variety of an article should be retained (unless there is consensus to change it or the used English variety violates MOS:TIES). ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:08, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 25 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Henry (tuatara), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the tuatara Henry (pictured), who was named after Henry VIII, was planned "to have lots of wives"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry (tuatara). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Henry (tuatara)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

jlwoodwa (talk) 00:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 32,442 views (1,351.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Happy Feet (penguin) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Traumnovelle -- Traumnovelle (talk) 04:42, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yay I've been hoping that someone would review this for a while. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:53, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article December 2010 Christchurch earthquake you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Dora the Axe-plorer -- Dora the Axe-plorer (talk) 09:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my two reviews starting on the same day. This also happened for Edmonds (brand) and Paora. ―Panamitsu (talk) 09:53, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dora the Axe-plorer Is it ok if I start responding to your review in a few days time? I'm currently focussed on the good article review of Happy Feet (penguin). ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:12, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article December 2010 Christchurch earthquake you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:December 2010 Christchurch earthquake and Talk:December 2010 Christchurch earthquake/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Dora the Axe-plorer -- Dora the Axe-plorer (talk) 09:43, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 28 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sparkles emoji, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Sparkles emoji (✨) is used by large software companies to represent artificial intelligence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sparkles emoji. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sparkles emoji), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

SL93 (talk) 00:03, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Cue TV. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 04:14, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article Happy Feet (penguin) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Happy Feet (penguin) for comments about the article, and Talk:Happy Feet (penguin)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Traumnovelle -- Traumnovelle (talk) 22:05, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article December 2010 Christchurch earthquake you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:December 2010 Christchurch earthquake for comments about the article, and Talk:December 2010 Christchurch earthquake/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Dora the Axe-plorer -- Dora the Axe-plorer (talk) 04:04, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two GA reviews begin on the same day, and then they both finish on the same day (NZ time). ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:12, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 7 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Prime Minister (2025 film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jacinda Ardern said that she was "sometimes a reluctant participant" of a documentary film about her? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prime Minister (documentary). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Prime Minister (2025 film)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:04, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Regarding this discussion -- I was assisting a colleague interpret some 1980s aerial photography and mentioned the "igloo" house as a landmark. It turns out the said colleague knows someone who knows someone (etc.) who knows someone whose house it was so I've strongly encouraged colleague to send messages down the line to find any photographs of the house they have copyright to (especially if it's a flood photo) and donate them to Wikipedia. Maybe nothing will come of this but it was worth a try. Daveosaurus (talk) 01:43, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! I'm excited to see the photos if it works out. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:17, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 9 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sharesies, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sonya Williams made her first stock investment using Sharesies, the company that she co-founded? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sharesies. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sharesies), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:03, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 12 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tsunami stone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that tsunami stones serve as risk warnings for tsunamis in Japan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tsunami stone. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tsunami stone), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

1=Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 9,876 views (823.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 12 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gerald Shirtcliff, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gerald Shirtcliff's fake engineering qualifications were exposed following the collapse of the CTV Building? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gerald Shirtcliff. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gerald Shirtcliff), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

1=Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Haha two DYKs in a single day. This is only the second time I've had this happen. ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:40, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ngā mihi for the map. Could I have a copy of the tool for these maps? I'd like to be able to recreate the one for my creations from time to time, and I might want to extend it to create a map for articles for which I've made significant contributions.-Gadfium (talk) 07:41, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go although my code is a bit sloppy. I used articles.txt to store a list of article titles as the input (not URLs) which contains one title per line.

import json
import requests
import urllib


BASE_URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=coordinates&format=json&colimit=50&titles="


def get_articles() -> list[str]:
    """
    Get a list of every created articles
    Example of an output is ['Ice', 'Water', 'Steam', 'New Zealand']
    """

    with open("articles.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        articles = f.read().splitlines()

    return articles


def get_coords(resp: str) -> dict:
    all_pages = json.loads(resp)["query"]["pages"]

    # Filter out pages that don't have coordinates
    filtered_pages = [page for page in all_pages.values()
                      if "coordinates" in page]

    # Now format it so that it is a dictionary that is {page_name: coordinates}
    formatted = {page["title"]: page["coordinates"] for page in filtered_pages}

    return formatted


if __name__ == "__main__":
    articles = get_articles()

    # The API has a limit of 50 articles per request, so multiple requests must be performed.
    print(f"There are {len(articles)} articles.")
    article_coords = {}
    while len(articles) > 0:
        articles_to_use = articles[:50]
        articles = articles[50:]

        url = BASE_URL + \
            urllib.parse.quote("|".join(articles_to_use), safe='|')

        response = requests.get(url)

        article_coords = article_coords | get_coords(response.text)

    # Now convert that list of articles into wiki markup for a pushpin map.
    with open("output.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.write("{{Location map+ |New Zealand |width=250 |float=right\n")
        f.write("|caption=Locations of created articles |places=\n")
        for title, coords in article_coords.items():
            f.write(
                f"{{{{Location map~ |New Zealand |lat={coords[0]['lat']} |long={coords[0]['lon']} |label_remove_this_to_show_label=[[{title}]]|position=top }}}}\n")
        f.write("}}")

    print("Map has been written to file.")

―Panamitsu (talk) 07:50, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By the way I've also wondered what a map would look like for articles edited instead of just created, where the size of the dots is proportional to the amount of edits. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:00, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, that seems easy to understand and use (and more pythonic than my own code).-Gadfium (talk) 08:09, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:13, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

...at WP:PERM. I see 21 requests from you at RM/TR, it would really lighten the load if you were to do these yourself. Toadspike [Talk] 07:39, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sure. I don't really move pages that often but might as well. I'll wait for Dicklyon to respond to your comment at RM/TR but keep in mind that I've already moved the articles that I could move. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:15, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Panamitsu. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect and move subpages when moving the parent page(s).

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving a redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:

• Wikipedia:Requested moves
• Category:Requested moves, for article renaming requests awaiting action.

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Elli (talk | contribs) 00:42, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Elli I was wondering but couldn't find it in Wikipedia:Page mover, when I move articles from draftspace to mainspace, should I use suppressredirect? I know that it should be used when draftifying articles (mainspace to draftspace) but should it also be done in the other way around? Thanks. ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:19, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Panamitsu generally no, but if it's a draft that only you have worked on, it's fine to do so. Elli (talk | contribs) 01:20, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok, thanks for the quick response. ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:22, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Panamitsu, I came across a Kiwiblog post about Radio New Zealand's coverage of the school lunch rollout in 2025. Interestingly, they have published over 100 articles and audio podcasts relating to problems facing the school lunch programme between 30 January and 21 March 2025. I don't think we can cite the Kiwiblog post alone since they are a partisan source but we could use RNZ articles and podcasts for School lunches in New Zealand. I remember listening to RNZ's coverage of the school lunch rollout while delivering pizzas for Dominos. Hope this helps. Andykatib (talk) 07:15, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, those look really useful. I probably won't work on that article much as I'm unable to work on topics that don't interest me that much for some reason, and unfortunately school lunches in one of them. I'll see how I go. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:28, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Panamitsu, no worries. I understand. Best for us to focus on articles we are passionate about given our other commitments. Personally, I am reluctant to handle the school lunches topic because of the strong emotions associated with it for me. Hopefully, I'll get to tackle it when I am in a better frame of mind. Andykatib (talk) 08:00, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I'm sure somebody else will carry the torch. If you don't feel like working on the topic, we could always put source ideas on the talk page using the {{refideas}} template for the people of the future to work on. ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:16, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. There is a discussion ongoing on the BH talk page regarding editor Faceshank's edits. The user improperly formed the 'ping' in their initial comment, though they later corrected that. However, I'm not sure if the ping got through, so - ping. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 22:43, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. The article is on my watchlist so I did see it, although I'd prefer to stay out of the discussion. Thanks again. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:47, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's certainly your prerogative, however the editor did invoke BRD, which suggests discussion with the original reverter - but not an obligation to do so, of course. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 22:50, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just to note with this as an example: [1] the |magazine=Heritage New Zealand is the name of the magazine not the publisher/author. The magazine itself is called 'Heritage New Zealand', just thought I'd point this out. I don't really think it is a major issue if it links to the organisation. Traumnovelle (talk) 04:41, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh didn't realise they were different things. Hmmm. Should I not link add links when its |magazine=Heritage New Zealand, or should I link it? I'm not sure what to do now. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well I don't think including the link is of any benefit as |publisher= will typically link to the organisation, I also don't believe it causes any real harm as there is no article on the magazine and it is mentioned (although unsourced) on the page's article under the 'publications' section. I guess Heritage New Zealand (magazine) could be created as a redirect to the section.

I just figured I'd let you know before you changed all instances of it. Traumnovelle (talk) 04:52, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alrighty, I've created the redirect that you've suggested and for the magazine I've made it link to the magazine redirect, and for the other field I've made it link to Heritage New Zealand as you've suggested. Here is an example. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:10, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I've just finished the Heritage New Zealand links. I'll have a break from these citation links for a few days because I need to remake the regexes for the replacements. The current way I've been doing it for the past 6 months is really dumb because it removes links from the |title= field for books and it really shouldn't be doing that. (I did that as a bodge for a previous problem, but that bodge just created a new problem. So I'm going to do it differently this time.) ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:25, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]