Editing Eurovision Wiki:Bots/Noticeboard (section)

== Retiring DannyS712 bots ==

I'm not going to be around much anymore (and haven't been for a while) and would like to stop my various bot tasks, but want to make sure that they can be taken over first. At least bot III is still running on toolforge and working properly, but if I'm not around to respond to issues it should probably be stopped. Anyone want to take over the tasks? --[[User:DannyS712|DannyS712]] ([[User talk:DannyS712|talk]]) 23:36, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
: III's tasks are now handled by {{u|DreamRimmer bot}}. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|<sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...</sub>]] 23:38, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
: [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot IV 65]] looks interesting. I wonder if it's worth usurping [[User:AnomieBOT IV]] to run the task with just bot+reviewer, or if assigning that right to AnomieBOT or AnomieBOT II would be fine. [[User:Anomie|Anomie]][[User talk:Anomie|⚔]] 00:52, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:: Is that bot task still necessary at all? Looking at some of the phab tasks the bug causing this may have been fixed. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|<sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...</sub>]] 02:16, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:::The bot seems to have been making reviews as recently as December 2.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=review&user=DannyS712_bot_IV&page=&excludetempacct=1&wpdate=&tagfilter=&wpfilters%5B%5D=newusers&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist] 🤷 [[User:Anomie|Anomie]][[User talk:Anomie|⚔]] 02:29, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:::: Looks like it happened 285 times in December, but 274 were on a Twinkle revert and Twinkle caught it (log summary "Automatically reviewing reversion ([[WP:TW|TW]])"). One was handled by DannyS712 bot IV, 8 were handled by humans within 15 minutes, and the last two took [[Special:Redirect/logid/175579932|72]] and [[Special:Redirect/logid/175268594|7861]] minutes for a human to handle. [[User:Anomie|Anomie]][[User talk:Anomie|⚔]] 03:40, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::Over all of 2025, there were 262 non-Twinkle-handled instances. 66 were handled by DannyS712 bot IV. 95 took longer than 15 minutes to be handled. While I wrote the code for AnomieBOT to be able to handle this, but since humans seem to mostly handle these well enough (and the bugs from back in 2019 are long since fixed) I'll probably wait on going for a BRFA until there's more evidence people would still find it useful. [[User:Anomie|Anomie]][[User talk:Anomie|⚔]] 18:57, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
: [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 8|Task 8]] is also covered by DreamRimmer bot's [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BaranBOT 8|task 8]] (interesting coincidence). I'd be willing to take over [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 69|task 69]]. [[User: Tenshi Hinanawi|Tenshi!]] ([[User talk: Tenshi Hinanawi|Talk page]]) 01:00, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:If I am correct, PrimeBOT already has a task to disable content categories in the draft and user space. If this needs to be run on Toolforge, I can take care of it. DannyS712 bot was also running the polluted categories database report, and if that requires usurpation, I can handle it as well, or if any other operator is interested, they are welcome to take it up. – [[User:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF">'''Dream'''Rimmer</span>]] [[User talk:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF;">&#9632;</span>]] 02:48, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
::Could the polluted categories report be done using {{tl|database report}} instead of a dedicated bot? [[User:Anomie|Anomie]][[User talk:Anomie|⚔]] 03:16, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:::That would be great. Relevant SQL queries are available at https://github.com/DannyS712/bot. – [[User:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF">'''Dream'''Rimmer</span>]] [[User talk:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF;">&#9632;</span>]] 03:26, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Done, migrated all 4 of the reports over to the on-wiki template. @[[User:DannyS712|DannyS712]], could you please disable those tasks? [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 21:46, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
::You are correct, but it's an AWB task and thus doesn't run all that often (never, these days, since there are toolforge bots that handle it). Feel free to take it over. [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 11:32, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:@[[User:DannyS712|DannyS712]], thanks for reaching out and telling us. We have too many botops that have just disappeared. [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 22:14, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
::Agreed. [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 22:23, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:{{u|DannyS712}}, as these tasks get taken over would you mind updating/tweaking [[User:DannyS712 bot/tasks]] to get a better idea of what still needs to be dealt with? [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 22:23, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
:It appears that all of the tasks have now been taken over by active bots, so @[[User:DannyS712|DannyS712]], can you please delete these jobs from Toolforge? – [[User:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF">'''Dream'''Rimmer</span>]] [[User talk:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF;">&#9632;</span>]] 12:22, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
::Their bots seem to be still operating and they haven't edited since posting the above announcement here. [[User: Tenshi Hinanawi|Tenshi!]] ([[User talk: Tenshi Hinanawi|Talk page]]) 02:21, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I've de-flagged the bots. If that doesn't shut down Task 3 I'll block. [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 12:13, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
::::@[[User:Primefac|Primefac]]: Bot III is handling redirect patrolling, but since it doesn't have a bot flag, it's subject to rate limits, currently [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/PageTriage/+/fcc6097f7933bac3016997f5e73e16adc34e17a0/extension.json#116 one patrol every three seconds]. My bot is also running the same task and usually starts running just a couple of minutes after this bot, which will lead to duplicate patrol logs. I have seen this happen many times in the past when both bots run within the same window. Without a bot flag, Danny’s bot will struggle with these rate limits, so my suggestion would be to either remove the new page reviewer right from this bot account or regrant the bot flag and allow Danny to turn off this task when they have time. – [[User:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF">'''Dream'''Rimmer</span>]] [[User talk:DreamRimmer|<span style="color:#5A4FCF;">&#9632;</span>]] 13:19, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::Apologies, thought I had removed NPR as well. Sorted now. [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 13:58, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
::::The bot still appears to be running. [[User: Tenshi Hinanawi|Tenshi!]] ([[User talk: Tenshi Hinanawi|Talk page]]) 13:12, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::I suggest blocking the bot as I believe all tasks have been superseded and it's not clear when Danny can log in again to disable the tasks. – [[User:SD0001|<span style="font-weight: bold; color: #D79">SD0001</span>]] ([[User talk:SD0001|talk]]) 06:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::Figured that might be needed. Done. [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 16:52, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
<- I have a question just out of curiosity. Does anyone know what triggered this EC grant?
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/DannyS712_bot 2026-02-02T12:15:10 DannyS712 bot📚 was automatically updated from (none) to extended confirmed user]
[[User:Sean.hoyland|Sean.hoyland]] ([[User talk:Sean.hoyland|talk]]) 09:15, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
:<cheeky answer incoming> The "automated" part of that messages means that it was done automatically, because the account has >500 edits but was not excon. [[Special:UserRights/DannyS712_bot]] makes that a little more clear. [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 11:36, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
:More specifically, the conditions for extendedconfirmed here are (1) edit count 500, (2) account age 30 days, and (3) not an admin or bot. The removal of the bot flag from the account meant the third condition was now true, so MediaWiki automatically added the group. [[User:Anomie|Anomie]][[User talk:Anomie|⚔]] 12:54, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks to both of you. That makes sense. Evidently, I forgot, or didn't know that extendedconfirmed is granted to bots presumably via a role like for admins. [[User:Sean.hoyland|Sean.hoyland]] ([[User talk:Sean.hoyland|talk]]) 13:30, 11 February 2026 (UTC)