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Template:Lc and Template:Lc1 merge

I'm wondering if you can provide some background on Template:Cfd2/sandbox? CfD is now bizarrely using a monospaced version at 110% size with a hyphen instead of the normal Template:Lc. The change proposed at the sandbox seems a great idea. --Bsherr (talk) 19:25, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bsherr, unfortunately, I have no recollection of that edit! It seems the change to make the text larger was done here, so you would probably want to ask Redrose64 before undoing that, but the hardcoding of monospace instead of the normal font has been in place for a long time. I'm not sure why, nor do I have a strong preference either way. — Earwig ^talk 02:15, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to propose a change to just use Template:Lc or, in the alternative, to eliminate the monospaced font in favor of increasing the kerning. I'll let you know when I post should you like to comment. --Bsherr (talk) 21:54, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Done. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 November 23#Template:Lc1. --Bsherr (talk) 21:50, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

ZackBot 12

Regarding ZackBot 12, and ZackBot, how do I go about getting the bot flag on that account? --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:58, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: You should already have a bot flag on that account? It's been flagged since 2016. — Earwig ^talk 01:54, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Hmm... How do I get my edits tagged with the bot flag then? --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 01:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: Oh. You need to send a special parameter with each edit for the flag to be used. Your bot framework should have an option for it (if you’re using one). The raw API parameter is just “&bot=true” I think. — Earwig [alt] ^talk 17:06, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

I tried that a while ago and got an error message that I needed to have the param assigned to my account. I'll re-investigate. :-) Thanks! --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 17:40, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Also, when you get a chance, would love input on Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ZackBot 13. :-) --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 20:09, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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Project Tagging based on Category

Hi. I know that quite a few pages that should be tagged with the Children's Lit WikiProject banner lack them. I was wonder if articles lacking the project banner in the following two categories (inclusive) could be tagged: Category:Children's literature and Category:Young adult novels? Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:00, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

From a cursory look, this should be possible. I'll let you know when I start/finish the task, or if I have any questions before I start, probably within the next couple days. — Earwig ^talk 03:11, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Just checking in on this. Thanks and Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:19, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay, I had to do some work to migrate the bot to a new backend on Toolforge. I'll try to start this when I come home from work tomorrow. — Earwig ^talk 07:45, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

@Barkeep49: Here's the full list of categories the bot will process (all subcategories recursively of those two you mentioned): User:The Earwig/Sandbox/Children's Lit. Can you help me look through this and remove anything that doesn't belong? It seems mostly OK, but there are some things I imagine we don't want to tag, like anything including "video game"... — Earwig ^talk 07:56, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

I chopped a few hundred from the list - the project has generally covered derivative properties to some extent and so when that connection felt strong I left it but when it got too faraway from the original book (or if it was not a literary property to begin with), I removed it. I also removed many of the comic/manga categories as only a smaller percentage of those would be covered in our scope - its intended audience would have to be children or young adults which is not the case for a substantial percentage of comics/manga. Let me know if you have any other questions and thank you for your ongoing help with this. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:04, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

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Copyvio tool

Hi Earwig, your api documentation for the tool mentions that there is a global limit for requests using the search engine of 1000. I want to continue the task merlbot did until 2016, checking all new articles in dewiki for copyvios. From the stastics I calculated that these are around 300 articles per day, so pretty much. That's why I currently implemented the function without using the search engine (I don't want to consume so much of the limit, would be bad for other users), however the tool is much more effective with the search engine. Is there a way to extend the global limit? And is there a way to include Turnitin in the api request as well? I have not found anything in the api documentation about it. P.S.: Please ping me when you reply, I mostly do not look at enwiki. Best regards, Luke081515 02:03, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

@Luke081515: Unfortunately I do not control the global limit, that's set by Google. However, I think it's fine if you enable the search engine for a while as a test. We can see whether it ends up making too many requests and disable it later if so. I planned to add Turnitin to the API, but haven't gotten around to it. You can access it separately, though; the URL should look like https://tools.wmflabs.org/eranbot/plagiabot/api.py?action=suspected_diffs&page_title=PAGE_TITLE&lang=de&report=1 I think. — Earwig ^talk 06:06, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Ok, thank you. I've now set &use_engine= to true. The bot will check any new articles that are not disambig pages or redirects, and runs every 30 minutes. If it's too much, please ping me and I will disable it again. Best regards, Luke081515 14:49, 13 January 2019 (UTC)