User talk:BLPWatchBot
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Bug checks and enhancements[edit]
Resolved[edit]
Stuff that's considered, to discuss:
- Bot needs to run monitoring in a basic version, during approval for other functions.
- "Blpwatch" in an edit summary causes bot to load page and check for tagging?
- Log file location?
- Consider a regular !reset synchronization (8 hourly??) to catch up any missed tags
- Clarify on help page if <article> is with or without [[...]] and the format and scope of edit id's
- Dump format - wikitable sortable.
FT2 (Talk | email) 13:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Category shows 2 items; bot after !reset reports 3 then "done"
- Delisting User:FT2/Snips has not been reported, nor has editing to Hal Turner.
Is it picking up the RC feed?? FT2 (Talk | email) 21:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
1. Slight bug, but, a bug nonetheless. Could possibly be abused in some fashion.
[04:24:20] <SQLDb> *test* [[Max Mosley]] Foo! [04:24:22] BLPWatchBot ◊ #9: *test* [[Max Mosley]] Foo!
HTH! SQLQuery me! 08:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
2. Also this happened:
[!info User:FT2] <BLPWatchBot> User:FT2 not tagged. [I tagged my user page] <BLPWatchBot> #15: [[User:FT2]] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:FT2&diff=202501920&oldid=202499191 * FT2 * (+31) test tagging this
(reported the tagging edit somehow, even though supposedly not being watched)
FT2 (Talk | email) 08:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
- It is capable of watching a page that has been !added if the page does not have a tag. !info would not report if that is true. This should be considered a feature, not a bug.
3. And this:
<FT2> !info <BLPWatchBot> Watching 5 articles. !reset to reload category. Commandlist: !tag <article> <template>; !untag <article>; !revert <id>; !redate <article>; !reason <article> <newreason>; !info <article>; Maintainer: ST47 <FT2> !info User:FT2 <BLPWatchBot> User:FT2 not tagged. <BLPWatchBot> #15: [[User:FT2]] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:FT2&diff=202501920&oldid=202499191 * FT2 * (+31) test tagging this <BLPWatchBot> #16: [[User:FT2]] M http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:FT2&diff=202501999&oldid=202501920 * FT2 * (-31) detag <BLPWatchBot> [[User:FT2]] has had the BLPwatch template removed. <FT2> !add User:FT2 <BLPWatchBot> Done. <BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run: <FT2> !info <BLPWatchBot> Watching 6 articles. !reset to reload category. Commandlist: !tag <article> <template>; !untag <article>; !revert <id>; !redate <article>; !reason <article> <newreason>; !info <article>; Maintainer: ST47 <FT2> !add User:FT2 <BLPWatchBot> Done. <BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run: <FT2> !info <BLPWatchBot> Watching 7 articles. !reset to reload category. Commandlist: !tag <article> <template>; !untag <article>; !revert <id>; !redate <article>; !reason <article> <newreason>; !info <article>; Maintainer: ST47 <FT2> interesting
See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:BLPWatchBot/dump&oldid=202502413
FT2 (Talk | email) 08:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
4.
- "Blpwatch" in an edit summary picked up and article added to bots list if needed?
- On startup, is the list of detected adds/removes posted to channel?
- Auto-synch check (!reset) every (typically 8) hours as an option? Ie, if its > 8 hrs since last reset, it posts "synchronizing..." and executes a !reset (which will post "done" when complete). To trap accidentally omitted matters. Or not needed/bot won't miss things once running?? FT2 (Talk | email) 08:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
5.
- Can surrounding [[...]] in article names be removed if present? As someone's bound to paste them! :)
- Can !dump say "Done - <link>"
- Just edited Hal Turner again, bot didnt report the edit.
- After startup or reset, the message simply reads "Removed since last run". Can this be expanded:
Checking for pages added or removed since last run... Found addition: <pagelink> Found addition: <pagelink> Found addition: <pagelink> Found removal: <pagelink> -- PLEASE CHECK VALIDITY OF DETAGGING! ..... (Or: "None", if none) Bot successfully synchronized to wiki, commencing monitoring.
(and yes the caps are intentional! So are the links - allows easy clicking.)
- Reopen? Messages need to be clearer somehow. These aren't errors but items needing specific attention and checking when they happen, and messages that are a bit confusing. Even just "Checking for pages added/removed since last run:" and "None" (if none were found) + "Commencing monitoring", would help.
- Strange dialog:
<FT2> !add User:ST47 <BLPWatchBot> Done. <BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run:
- Perhaps the above will fix or clarify this too.
- Reopen? Then needs to be more clear is all? "Checking for pages added/removed since last run: None." would be clear enough.
- odd message: "<BLPWatchBot> Edit summary of contained blpwatch, but template is not present."
<BLPWatchBot> Edit summary of contained blpwatch, but template is not present. <BLPWatchBot> Edit summary of contained blpwatch, but template is not present. <BLPWatchBot> Edit summary of contained blpwatch, but template is not present. <User> What does this mean?
- This sequence is also problematic: the bot reports articles as new that are already reported:
<FT2> !reset <BLPWatchBot> Done. <BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run: <BLPWatchBot> Added since last run: Ashley Alexandra Dupré, Don Murphy, Hal Turner, Max Mosley, Rachel Marsden, Sally Kern, <FT2> !reset <BLPWatchBot> Done. <BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run: <BLPWatchBot> Added since last run: Ashley Alexandra Dupré, Don Murphy, Hal Turner, Max Mosley, Rachel Marsden, Sally Kern,
- Query: originally I set up the template with "date=xxxx". But probably in hindsight, that parameter should be changed from "date=" to "from=". Date is inherently ambiguous as to whether it means start or end date. Long term, before people get too used to it, this would probably be helpful for clarity.
- !reset only seems to respond if given in lowercase.
- !dump query - is a new dump always saved? What about if the list hasn't changed? It seems if a dump won't be saved, which would be fine, but in that case can "Done. <URL>" be replaced by "Done. No changes. Old dump is at <URL>." ?
- BAG trial approval mods --
- making edits is permitted for the trial period.
- Context splitting or tracking down the issue (stated by SQL to be important)
- Edit summary of any edits (not just reverts!) to state "This bot is being trialled as a way to help watch "at risk" BLPs. [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BLPWatchBot#Bot trial|Comments welcomed]]."
- Ease of use formatting - are the following two possible for output?
- Reorder information and add visual cues:
<BLPWatchBot> #6: [[Sally Kern]] AMK1211 (+557) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sally_Kern&diff=202986491&oldid=202939828 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 202927709 by [[Special:Contributions/Netkinetic|Netkinetic]] ([[User talk:Netkinetic|talk]])
It's not perfect but it's better than at present and on a quick try, the best I can do.
- Reorder information and add visual cues:
- Using blpwatch in an edit summary didn't result in any action. Bot should report all of these, followed (as with removals) by a 2nd line: [[Page]] checked and found to [be/not be] tagged. Article [will/will not] be monitored.:
<BLPWatchBot> #4: [[page]] <difflink> * FT2 * (+330) test of blpwatch in edit summary <BLPWatchBot> [[Page]] checked and found to NOT be tagged. Article will NOT be monitored. <orange>EDIT SUMMARY
- After startup category checking, a simple "Commencing monitoring" message would be nice. Also for the !reset and startup reports, removing "!" from "Done!" messages too.
- This sequence is confusing and disturbing:
- All other tagged pages were reported correctly when the template was edited. Left for you to figure why this one wasn't.
- For some reason it reported edits to non-tagged pages:
- This edit [5] and then !reset led to: <BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run: Template:Blpwatch,
- This edit [6] and !reset led to: <BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/BLPWatch,
- !Tag command syntax: "!tag page {{< optional "blpwatch<whitespace>|"> < optional "from<whitespace>=" > MM/YYYY | < optional "reason<whitespace>=" > REASON}}" It can automatically add the rest of the template.
- !redate/!reason/!untag a non-tagged name or non-existent article says "Done"
- !redate/!reason an existing but untagged article doesn't do the action (good!), but reports "Done"
- !reason seems to fail: <FT2> !reason Rachel Marsden test2
- !info states: "Rachel Marsden tagged. Parameters: blpwatch | date=04/2008 | reason=Per DRV." not "From".
- !revert (bad number) -> "<BLPWatchBot> Revert on attempted per FT2"
Open[edit]
- Piped link clarity: replace instances of "[[PAGE LINK|TEXT]]" by "[[PAGE LINK|TEXT]]"
- Edit summaries need updating:
- !revert <narrative> edit summary: "Reverted by [[User:Example|Username]] using [[User:BLPWatchBot|BLPWatchBot]]: <narrative> (Bot being trialled, [[WP:BRFA-BLPWatchBot|comments welcome]])"
- Trim the <narrative> if there is overflow! Total length of narrative should be at most, 200 - ([length of 1st part] + [length of last part])
- !tag edit summary: "Tagged for BLPWatch by [[User:BLPWatchBot|BLPWatchBot]] by request of <name>. Stated reason is "<reason>". (Bot being trialled, [[WP:BRFA-BLPWatchBot|comments welcome]])"
- !redate edit summary: "Restarted monitoring for BLPWatch by request of <name>. Stated start date is <from>. (Bot being trialled, [[WP:BRFA-BLPWatchBot|comments welcome]])"
- !reason edit summary: "Updated BLPWatch monitoring reason by request of <name>. New reason: "reason" (Bot being trialled, [[WP:BRFA-BLPWatchBot|comments welcome]])"
- and "user" in edit summary should be Wiki-account link if applicable, else "nice formatted" irc name "name (a!b@c)".
- Its own edits should be visible via its own reports. (Either not filtered out, or some other means to check they went through.)
Fixed It's filtered out to limit spam. That filter has been removed for the time being. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹoɟʇs(st47) 23:34, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Recheck - !reason, !tag, !redate, !untag etc and other commands causing edits, don't get reflected in the channel for verification. (I do have a thought on this, talk some time... :) )
- Typing !revert <number> twice for the same (valid) number, the 2nd time doesn't report properly.
- Explicit "color=1" needed before: "#nnn: Page user (+0)"
- !info syntax for !reason is probably inaccurate. Should be "!reason <article name> reason=<new reason>". Plus, debug check, what happens if you try to tag and then !reason Kant's "A Critique of Pure Reason"?
- !redate and !reason didn't work, though !tag and !untag did. Commands tried:
<FT2> !tag User:FT2 {{blpwatch| from=04/2008|reason = test2}}
<BLPWatchBot> Done.
<BLPWatchBot> Removed since last run:
<FT2> !redate User:FT2 03/2008
<BLPWatchBot> Done.
<FT2> !reason user:FT2 reason=reason change text
<BLPWatchBot> Done.
<FT2> !untag user:FT2
<BLPWatchBot> Done.
Page history shows an untag and tag only...
- Unicode bug again:
<FT2-away> !info Ashley Alexandra Dupré <BLPWatchBot> Ashley Alexandra Dupr� not tagged.
- However edits to this article are being correctly reported - it's more commands like info, and possibly tag/untag etc that might not.
- Attempt to !tag a protected page says "successful" but isn't. It's not checking the RC feed to verify. May affect other commands.
- TO CHECK: 1/ does the bot handle a malformed tag (eg no closing "}}" or missing data) or more than one tag in an article; 2/ !revert (once narrative fixed)
Edit summary[edit]
The link to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BLPWatchBot in the edit summary can probably be removed now. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 09:50, 26 May 2008 (UTC)