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Synchbot is a maintenance service that creates, edits, or deletes your user pages across Wikimedia wikis. To request changes to your user pages on all wikis, see How do I make a request?. For more info about the bot, see the FAQs.

Synchbot is run on the first Saturday of each month. Next scheduled run: 07 February 2026.

Synchbot

Requests

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See previous requests.

SeriouslyNotAnNPC (migrate to global user page)

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request done:
SeriouslyNotAnNPC (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:SeriouslyNotAnNPC on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'SeriouslyNotAnNPC',
request_titles = ['User:SeriouslyNotAnNPC'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

SeriouslyNotAnNPC (talk) 17:15, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! You don't have any main user pages to delete (for either your original or renamed account). —Pathoschild 17:24, 03 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Blue62764 (migrate to global user page & delete subpages)

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request done:
Blue62764 (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Blue62764, User:Blue62764/* on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Blue62764',
request_titles = ['User:Blue62764, User:Blue62764/*'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Please delete all user pages and user subpages. If there are any user talk pages or user talk subpages with only myself as the author, please delete those as well. Thanks! Blue62764 (talk) 13:52, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done! Deleted one user page (and you didn't have any talk or subpages):
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
12:29he.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 9 bytes).
—Pathoschild 17:35, 03 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Amariokart (migrate to global user page)

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request done:
Amariokart (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Amariokart on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Amariokart',
request_titles = ['User:Amariokart'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Amariokart (talk) 00:35, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! You don't have any user pages to delete. —Pathoschild 17:37, 03 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

TLD35 (migrate to global user page)

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request done:
TLD35 (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:TLD35 on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'TLD35',
request_titles = ['User:TLD35'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

As you can see, I always linked to a central userpage and just didn't know that such a thing as a global userpage exists. TLD35 (talk) 22:21, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done! Deleted 27 user pages:
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
12:38commons.wikimedia.orgmarked for deletion (was 34 bytes).
12:38meta.wikimedia.orgskipped (cannot delete global user page).
12:40ca.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:40cs.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:40www.wikidata.orgdeleted (was 34 bytes).
12:40de.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 1529 bytes).
12:40en.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 34 bytes).
12:40es.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 38 bytes).
12:40eu.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:40fr.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 36 bytes).
12:40gl.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:40he.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:40hu.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:40id.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:40it.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 34 bytes).
12:40ja.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:41ka.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:41lb.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:41nl.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 34 bytes).
12:41no.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:42pl.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 37 bytes).
12:42pt.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:42en.wikiquote.orgdeleted (was 34 bytes).
12:42ru.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:43fr.wikisource.orgdeleted (was 38 bytes).
12:43sv.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 31 bytes).
12:43tr.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
12:44wa.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 22 bytes).
—Pathoschild 17:58, 03 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Антон Дышкант (migrate to global user page)

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request done:
Антон Дышкант (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Антон Дышкант on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Антон Дышкант',
request_titles = ['User:Антон Дышкант'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Антон Дышкант (talk) 12:31, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done! Deleted two user pages:
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
13:03ru.wikipedia.orgdeleted (was 423 bytes).
13:05ru.wiktionary.orgdeleted (was 528 bytes).
—Pathoschild 18:08, 03 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


MonkeyStolen234 (migrate to global user page)

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request queued:
MonkeyStolen234 (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:MonkeyStolen234 on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'MonkeyStolen234',
request_titles = ['User:MonkeyStolen234'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

MonkeyStolen234 (talk) 00:50, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Indianajosi (migrate to global user page)

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request queued:
Indianajosi (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Indianajosi on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Indianajosi',
request_titles = ['User:Indianajosi'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

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FAQs

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How do I make a request?

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Here's how to submit a Synchbot task. If you're not sure how to fill in the template, just choose one below and add a comment explaining what you want. There's no approval process; your request will be handled in the next batch! Make sure you watch this page in case of questions.

To migrate to your global user page (delete your local User pages):
  1. Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section: 
    ==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} (migrate to global user page)===
{{#invoke:synchbot|request
 |user          = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
 |action        = delete
 |title         = User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
 |text          = 
 |skip wikis    =
 |skip existing = no
 |status        = <!-- don't change this line -->
}}
~~~~
  2. Optional: add a comment before ~~~~ or edit the template with any specifics (e.g. pages to skip).
To migrate to your global CSS and JavaScript pages (delete your local *.css and *.js pages):
  1. Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section: 
    ==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} (migrate to global CSS/JS)===
{{#invoke:synchbot|request
 |user          = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
 |action        = delete
 |title         = User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}/*.css, User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}/*.js
 |text          = 
 |skip wikis    = 
 |skip existing = no
 |status        = <!-- don't change this line -->
}}
Please delete all local CSS and JS pages. ~~~~
  2. Optional: add a comment before ~~~~ or edit the template with any specifics (e.g. pages to skip).
For a custom request:
  1. Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section: 
    ==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}===
{{#invoke:synchbot|request
 |user          = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
 |action        = replace
 |title         = 
 |text          = 
 |skip wikis    = 
 |skip existing = yes
 |status        = <!-- don't change this line -->
}}~~~~
  2. Edit the template values:
    field how to edit it
    user The name of the user who owns the pages. The default is your current username.
    action What you want the bot to do. This can be replace (overwrite pages with the new text), prepend (insert the new text at the top of the page), append (insert the new text at the bottom of the page), or delete (delete all pages).
    title The title of the page you want edited on every wiki.
    text The text you want placed on the edited pages. A few guidelines:
    • Don't add categories or templates, because they probably don't exist on most wikis.
    • Use interwiki links to link to a specific wiki (like [[m:Article]] for a page on Meta). Don't use interlanguage links (like [[en:Article]] instead of [[w:en:Article]]), unless you really want to link to a different wiki depending on the current project.
    • For a user page, use something simple and informative. Most people provide a few sentences about themselves with a link to their main user page. Consider using your global user page instead.
    skip wikis A list of wikis to skip (in addition to auto-skipped wikis). You can use a wildcard (like pt.* to skip all Portuguese wikis). The format doesn't really matter.
    skip existing Whether to skip pages that already exist.
  3. Watch this page in case I have questions. Otherwise it will be done soon! :)

How long will it take?

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The 'next scheduled run' date at the top of the page shows when requests will be handled. All open requests are typically handled within one day of that date.

What can the bot do?

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The bot can create, edit, or delete any of your user pages. It will edit almost all Wikimedia wikis (except private wikis, fishbowl wikis, and loginwiki).

It's very flexible and supports custom logic (e.g. edits which depend on the page size/history/content, prepending text, regex search & replace, etc). If you have a custom requirement, feel free to ask the bot operator whether it's possible.

What are the limitations?

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The bot has a specific scope based on its global permission requests and local community expectations.

The bot will not...

  • protect pages;
  • rename pages;
  • delete talk pages (unless you're the only editor);
  • delete your main user page on Meta;
  • delete pages on wikis where you have a block history;
  • change pages outside the User or User talk namespaces.

There are also limits on specific wikis:

wiki limitations
ar.wikipedia.org Per request, the bot will place a speedy-delete template instead of deleting pages.
commons.wikimedia.org Per request, the bot will place a speedy-delete template instead of deleting pages.
sv.wikipedia.org Per request, the bot won't remove discussions on talk pages.

What is Synchbot?

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Synchbot is a bot which makes an automated change to a specific page title on all matching wikis. It's been run by Pathoschild since 2008. The bot uses the global deleter and global editinterface permissions, and runs under a web of permissions, exceptions, and special cases negotiated with local communities.

Historically this was used to support global user pages from 2008 to 2015 (now part of global user pages), global CSS/JS from 2008 to 2014 (now available via your global.css or your global.js), and crosswiki account creation from 2009 to 2011 (now part of unified login). Now it's mainly used to delete local pages that are no longer needed due to the new global user page features.

See also

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