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In brief

New user scripts to customise your Wikipedia experience

For further news and updates associated with user scripts, see the Scripts++ Newsletter

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.


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]
  • Advanced item 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
  • Advanced item 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]
  • Advanced item 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
  • Recurrent item Advanced item 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.

Installation code

Further information: Wikipedia:User scripts § How do you install user scripts?
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