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The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Useful idiot. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is that you DumbBOT?

—usernamekiran(talk) 19:59, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've been trying to figure out how to change the last name on a person's Wikipedia who was previously married and has reverted to their maiden name.

Thanks in advance. --Bongithemba (talk) 09:42, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Usernamekiran: Do you have any reliable sources to support this change? If you do, please share the article's name and source, and I'll be happy to help you with it. – DreamRimmer (talk) 10:41, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bongithemba: Hello. On Wikipedia, most of the information needs to verifiable reliable sources, especially in the case of biographies of people, DreamRimmer said above. —usernamekiran (talk) 12:22, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These are most recent articles I have: https://pixleyindependent.co.za/?p=1151, https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2025-01-30-free-state-public-works-donates-maths-and-science-kits-to-help-pupils/, https://sundayworld.co.za/news/free-state-debt-pile-puts-drag-on-service-delivery/, https://www.ofm.co.za/article/centralsa/335621/free-state-mec-donates-science-maths-kits-to-promote-stem-education, https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/we-dont-just-watch-we-participate-stem-kits-revolutionise-learning-for-free-state-pupils-20250202 Bongithemba (talk) 13:46, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

She changed her last name from "Mahlatsi" to "Mance" and all the recent articles published about her refer to as such. Her last name has also been changed on her profile on the government website: https://www.freestateonline.fs.gov.za/?s=mance Bongithemba (talk) 13:58, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bongithemba: done. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KiranBOT edits the URL https://amp.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ even though "amp" is not a tracking parameter but short for "Auden Musulin Papers". Can you put the URL on a whitelist? Mepherl (talk) 11:03, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mepherl: Hi. I added it to the whitelist. but which page was it? —usernamekiran (talk) 12:03, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found it on W. H. Auden —usernamekiran (talk) 12:09, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I noticed it on [1] – but I suppose it is quoted regularly on several sites Mepherl (talk) 12:26, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mepherl: oh, you meant on Deutsch. I see you've already fixed it. Yes, it highly possible it is used on multiple sites. But the whitelist is common, so it should not happen again. See you around :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 12:29, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the KiranBOT thinks http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dramp/20100806 (also a dead link, so see archived link) is an AMP tracking link (see this edit by the bot). This just appears to be how Wizards of the Coast use to format links & isn't an AMP. Not sure if this error has appeared elsewhere (Editions of Dungeons & Dragons is on my watchlist). Sariel Xilo (talk) 00:17, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The bot reverted my correction; I reverted the bot again & added {{bots|deny=KiranBOT}} to the ref which will hopefully work as a stopgap but I've never run into an issue like this with a bot. Sariel Xilo (talk) 02:11, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sariel Xilo: Hi. I checked, the original URL doesn't give out 404, or something similar response, but it redirects, so the bot updated it. I am currently on mobile. I will add the URL in white-list soon. —usernamekiran (talk) 08:06, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Back in Sept 2024, I put in a request at Wikipedia:Link rot/URL change requests because older sections on D&D 5E on the Wizards of the Coast website were turned into redirects. Wizards has done this a couple of times (for example, the above link was 2010 article from the D&D 4E era) so Link Rot has processed a few requests over the years to mark these sources as dead & add archive links. So I'm not sure why it matters that the original source link is a Soft-404 (ie. redirect) instead of a Hard-404 since Link Rot has already marked it dead with an archive link. If the source is marked dead, why would the bot need to update it (especially if it seems it can't determine a Soft-404 has occurred)? Sariel Xilo (talk) 08:47, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sariel Xilo: Hi. While talking about this particular task, there are lots of amp URLs that are non-functional but their canonical counterparts work. In some cases, amp URLs redirect automatically to the canonical URL. Thats why the bot tried to find canonical URL even if the amp is non operational. In rare case like our current one, the changes can be reverted, and the URL can be added to the white-list. Thank you for pointing out the error, the calm/civil tone is appreciated a lot. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:09, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Usernamekiran: I've run into another error where the bot has incorrectly decided something is a AMP link. The two main issues are:

1. Any Wizards of the Coast website link in this format: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dramp is not an AMP link; dramp was some internal categorization they used way before the existence of AMP links. I flagged my concern above that this was a standard format they once used so the bot needs to whitelist any link in this format and you need fix any other errors of this type in the larger Category:Dungeons & Dragons.
2. The bot is adding redirects in a Soft 404 situation; even if the bot can find a redirect, if a source is marked is dead & has an archive link, it probably shouldn't change that original source link. Is AMP tracking an actual concern if the source has been marked dead? Is this something you should work with the link rot project on?

Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm going to restore the source & try to block the bot from editing this single case but I don't have entire D&D category in my watchlist to know if other articles have the same bot error. Sariel Xilo (talk) 17:30, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sariel Xilo: Hi. I'm currently on mobile. Even if the bot makes changes to other articles, it will be easy to find them using the insource search. When I come online from computer, I will add the URL to whitelist, rever changed, and think about your suggestions. —usernamekiran (talk) 20:19, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:21, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, they said my article was moved to draftspace. I could find it no where. Where should I find it? --SAFISRT (talk) 02:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SAFISRT: You can edit your article at Draft:Manamadurai Veera Azhagar Temple. Once it is ready for the mainspace, click the Submit your draft for review! button at the top of the page or move the page back yourself. – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:01, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, so I have it set on my talk page that KiranBOT, which you operate/own, won't notify me of my teahouse questions getting archived, but the bot did exactly that today. Might wanna look into that to see if it is glitching or something. Just thought I should let you know seeing as you operation/own the bot. Have a nice day. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 06:44, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just realised that I accidentally removed from my talk page the thing that prevents KiranBOT from not leaving message on my talk page, never mind. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 06:47, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have a very quick question on editing. I made a minor edit yesterday and notice it was undone by another user. I have confirmed information that the edit I made was correct, yet it was still undone. How can I prevent this? Thank you very much in advance. --PatthisMollak (talk) 14:53, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DaniloDaysOfOurLives: Thanks, much appreciated. Apparently, even though my first edit was a long time ago, I have been editing consecutively for only eight years now (started ninth year this January). Feels a very long time though. —usernamekiran (talk) 04:32, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I uploaded some photos a while back but have forgotten the filenames. Is there a way I can find them? Thanks. Andrew. --AndrewJHerbert (talk) 07:59, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AndrewJHerbert: Hello. For English Wikipedia, you can see it at Special:ListFiles/AndrewJHerbert, but you have no uploads here. However, you have one upload on Wikimedia commons, it can be seen at commons:Special:ListFiles/AndrewJHerbert. —usernamekiran (talk) 08:15, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. AndrewJHerbert (talk) 10:14, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Your bot performs false positive edits on this article.[2][3] That's not a amp tracking url. The bot makes the url invalid. --Mann Mann (talk) 14:08, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Mann Mann: Hello. The url superluchas.com/en/amp/stardom-flashing-champions-2022-un-titulo-cambia-de-manos seems like an amp URL to me. I can't be sure because that URL automatically redirects to superluchas.com/stardom-flashing-champions-2022-un-titulo-cambia-de-manos. The bot is updating that same redirected url in the article, and that url is working fine. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:10, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Thanks for the reply. --Mann Mann (talk) 16:45, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ভাই আমি ডাটা পায় না কেন --MD Eysin (talk) 01:39, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I would like to restart the move discussion about the Western Syria clashes (December 2024–present) article. Since the fall of Assad, clashes between Assad loyalists and HTS/New security forces and related assassinations haven't been confined to the areas defined as "Western Syria", namely Latakia, Tartus, Western Homs and Hama.

There have been numerous incidents, including clashes in other areas such as Rif Dimashq, Deir Ez-Zor etc. As of now, there are no other articles on Wikipedia where these events are/can be documented and the number of these events(both inside and outside Western Syria) are increasing every day. Thus, the scope of this article is insufficient to document these events and as time goes by and when the move eventually happens, the retroactive documentation overhead will be quite big.

[4]https://x.com/Charles_Lister/status/1897004349114683720

Thus, I think that the move discussion should be reopened. Xyz464 (talk) 21:11, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Xyz464: Hello. The move discussion was closed properly, so it wouldn't be "reopened". The correct option is to start a new discussion. You will find following link helpful to start the discussion: Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting a single page move. Regards, —usernamekiran (talk) 10:45, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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FYI: Any experience with urls like https://iz.ru/export/google/amp/1463466 ? Maybe you need to reload in the browser to see same data. The URL was found in de:Wolnowacha And I sucessfully replaced it with https://iz.ru/1463466/2023-02-01/posle-osvobozhdeniia-volnovakhi-v-gorod-vernulis-2-tys-zhitelei --Wurgl (talk) 10:06, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wurgl: thank you! —usernamekiran (talk) 10:28, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]