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New user scripts to customise your Wikipedia experience

Bot tasks

Recently approved tasks

Approved requests

Bots that have been approved for operations after a successful BRFA will be listed here for informational purposes. No other approval action is required for these bots. Recently approved requests can be found here (edit), while old requests can be found in the archives.

Bot1058 (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 6) Approved 10:19, 27 December 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
Monkbot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 15) Approved 10:13, 27 December 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot III (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 66) Approved 01:51, 11 December 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DemonDays64 Bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) Approved 15:52, 8 December 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot III (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 64) Approved 16:28, 25 November 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
YiFeiBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 2) Approved 04:46, 12 November 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
BHGbot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 4) Approved 23:48, 1 November 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
MilHistBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 5) Approved 10:37, 31 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
WOSlinkerBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 4) Approved 11:40, 20 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
HasteurBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 14) Approved 19:05, 19 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 59) Approved 07:23, 19 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 62) Approved 07:12, 19 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
PearBOT (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 4) Approved 07:06, 19 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
Pathbot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 2) Approved 12:49, 12 October 2019 (UTC) (bot to run unflagged)
DannyS712 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 47) Approved 01:16, 12 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
PearBOT (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 2) Approved 01:11, 12 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
OAbot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 3) Approved 20:13, 11 October 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
Qbugbot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 3) Approved 17:49, 22 September 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
PearBOT (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 3) Approved 17:43, 22 September 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
Ahechtbot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 6) Approved 17:43, 22 September 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 60) Approved 22:09, 10 September 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
Monkbot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 16) Approved 15:24, 5 September 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
GreenC bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 18) Approved 23:59, 31 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 58) Approved 23:54, 31 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot III (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 56) Approved 23:43, 31 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 53) Approved 03:07, 19 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
WikiCleanerBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 10) Approved 03:01, 19 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
DannyS712 bot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 55) Approved 02:36, 8 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
WikiCleanerBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 9) Approved 22:17, 7 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)
WikiCleanerBot (BRFA · contribs · actions log · block log · flag log · user rights) (Task: 5) Approved 22:17, 7 August 2019 (UTC) (bot has flag)

Current requests for approval

Bot Name	Status	Created	Last editor	Date/Time	Last BAG editor	Date/Time
PearBOT 6 (T\|C\|B\|F)	Open	2019-12-20, 02:03:18	Trialpears	2019-12-20, 02:58:40	Never edited by BAG	n/a
Seppi333Bot 2 (T\|C\|B\|F)	Open	2019-12-19, 22:51:02	Seppi333	2019-12-24, 18:45:51	Xaosflux	2019-12-20, 00:38:42
MilHistBot 6 (T\|C\|B\|F)	Open	2019-12-18, 01:54:19	Hawkeye7	2019-12-18, 01:56:30	Never edited by BAG	n/a
ST47ProxyBot (T\|C\|B\|F)	Open	2019-12-01, 07:33:44	ST47	2019-12-01, 22:36:16	SQL	2019-12-01, 22:10:27
Seppi333Bot (T\|C\|B\|F)	Open	2019-11-06, 18:00:30	Seppi333	2019-12-25, 05:15:03	Primefac	2019-12-08, 15:33:23
SteveBot 8 (T\|C\|B\|F)	Open	2019-08-18, 23:05:38	Trialpears	2019-12-18, 13:39:09	Primefac	2019-09-14, 12:51:59
DannyS712 bot III 63 (T\|C\|B\|F)	In trial	2019-11-20, 05:25:22	DannyS712	2019-12-27, 10:35:31	TheSandDoctor	2019-12-27, 10:22:00
DannyS712 bot IV 65 (T\|C\|B\|F)	Trial complete: BAG assistance requested!	2019-12-01, 06:20:55	DannyS712	2019-12-26, 10:24:16	Primefac	2019-12-03, 21:30:24
PearBOT 5 (T\|C\|B\|F)	Trial complete	2019-11-04, 10:26:11	Trialpears	2019-12-16, 21:49:23	Primefac	2019-12-08, 15:50:48
MajavahBot (T\|C\|B\|F)	Trial complete	2019-11-23, 09:02:04	Enterprisey	2019-12-19, 06:47:05	Enterprisey	2019-12-19, 06:47:05
Creffbot (T\|C\|B\|F)	Trial complete	2019-11-14, 01:45:00	Primefac	2019-12-08, 19:52:03	Primefac	2019-12-08, 19:52:03
Qbugbot 4 (T\|C\|B\|F)	Trial complete: BAG assistance requested!	2019-09-24, 21:26:29	Edibobb	2019-12-21, 04:34:26	Headbomb	2019-12-14, 04:56:24

Latest tech news

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community: 2019 #49, #50, & #51. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available on Meta.

Recent changes

Mix'n'match is a tool to connect Wikidata items to information in other databases. It can be used to find subjects that are missing in a Wikipedia. It now has more than 3000 datasets. Before it was closer to 2000
Wikimedia projects use Translatewiki to translate the wiki interface. You can now use WatchTranslations to watch projects there. You would get an email if there are missing translations to your language. [1]
There is a new dataset you can use. It shows the number of editors per country per month for a number of countries. You can read the documentation and download the dataset.

Future changes

There will be a new schema for XML dumps. Scripts and apps that use them will need to be updated. If they are not updated they will no longer work. [2]
The {{REVISIONID}} magic word will no longer work in the content namespaces. This is for performance reasons. When you preview a page it returns "" (empty string). When you read a page it returns "-" (dash). In the future this will also affect other namespaces. The next ones are file and category namespaces. [3]
You can test a new reference tool. It makes it possible to reference different parts of a source without repeating all information. You can test it on the beta cluster. You can see an example article. [4]
The partial blocks feature is now stable. It will come to most wikis on 6 January. Your wiki can ask to wait. Contact NKohli (WMF) if you don't want it now.

Meetings

You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting takes place every Wednesday from 4:00–5:00 p.m. UTC. See how to join here.