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.
Next scheduled run: 3–4 November 2018.
Requests[edit]
See previous requests.
Buccalon (migrate to global user pages)[edit]
request done:
request_user = u'Buccalon',
request_title = u'User:Buccalon',
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['pt.*'],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,
Buccalon (talk) 18:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
- Done! Deleted three user pages.
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- —Pathoschild 23:48, 07 October 2018 (UTC)
Tiemianwusi (delete various)[edit]
request done:
request_user = u'Aristitleism',
request_title = u'User:Aristitleism, User:Aristitleism/.*, User_talk:Aristitleism/.*, User:Tiemianwusi, User:Tiemianwusi/.*, User_talk:Tiemianwusi/.*',
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,
I've change my username from Aristitleism to the present one; and I want all my old user pages, user subpages, and user talk pages to be deleted, if possible. So, please proceed with my request to the extent possible. Thank you so much. ---Tiemianwusi (talk) 11:59, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
- Done. I deleted 22 user pages:
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- and three monobook.js subpages:
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- and one vector.css subpage:
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- and three vector.js subpages:
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- and one common.js subpage:
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- and six Talkpage subpages:
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- and seven Thaitalkpage subpages:
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- That just leaves the main talk pages (which are outside Synchbot's remit) and miscellaneous subpages (it'd be faster to delete those manually). You can ask local administrators or ask the stewards to delete the remaining pages. —Pathoschild 00:56, 08 October 2018 (UTC)
request done:
request_user = u'Vogone',
request_title = u'User:Vogone/minerva.js',
request_action = lambda bot: bot.save(u"""mw.loader.load('//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Vogone/minerva.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');"""),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = False,
skip_unregistered = True,
skip_wikis = ['metawiki'],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,
Vogone (talk) 18:48, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Vogone. I recommend using your global JavaScript page instead. For example, add this script to User:Vogone/global.js and it'll run on all wikis when using the Minerva skin (including future wikis):
if (mw.config.get("skin") == "minerva" && mw.config.get("wgDBname") != "metawiki") {
mw.loader.load("//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Vogone/minerva.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript");
}
- —Pathoschild 01:04, 08 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Pathoschild: Are you sure this is going to work? At least for me none of the scripts in global.js do execute on mobile unless those explicitly defined in minerva.js. --Vogone (talk) 01:46, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
- That seems to be a known issue since 2016 (see discussion in #wikimedia-tech and phabricator:T138727). It's not clear when it'll be resolved, so I requeued the request. —Pathoschild 07:01, 08 October 2018 (UTC)
- Done! Created 755 pages:
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
- —Pathoschild 18:31, 08 October 2018 (UTC)
How do I make a request?[edit]
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):
- 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 -->
}}
~~~~
- 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):
- 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. ~~~~
- Optional: add a comment before
~~~~ or edit the template with any specifics (e.g. pages to skip).
- For a custom request:
- 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 -->
}}~~~~
- Edit the template values:
| field
|
how to edit it
|
| user
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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.
|
- Watch this page in case I have questions. Otherwise it will be done soon! :)
How long will it take?[edit]
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.
Which wikis are edited?[edit]
The bot edits almost all Wikimedia wikis in every language. It only skips private wikis, fishbowl wikis, and loginwiki.
Can the bot delete pages?[edit]
The bot can delete any of your user pages or subpages (except your main talk page). When deleting your user page, you must have a global user page and the bot will skip wikis where you have a block history. On arwiki and on commons, the bot will place the appropriate speedy-deletion template instead.
Can the bot do X?[edit]
The bot can edit or delete pages (but protecting/renaming/etc are outside its remit). The bot is very flexible to support custom requests. For example, some custom requests in the past have involved checking for a specific text, page size, and even page history. If you have a custom requirement, feel free to ask Pathoschild (the bot operator) whether it's possible.
What is Synchbot?[edit]
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[edit]
