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While investigating why User:B-bot hadn't tagged a particular unused nonfree image - it doesn't matter which one, it turned out to be something completely unrelated - I looked into the query HaleBot uses to update this page (which B-bot uses as a source).

It's not listing any files that are in use in any mainspace, rather than ones that aren't used in the main namespace in particular; and, more problematically, it's not listing files that have any file redirects, whether or not any of those redirects are in use.

In practice, the first isn't much of an issue, since there's at least one bot that removes such uses. The second, though, is; it's causing unused unfree files not to be tagged or deleted, sometimes for a long time. I've looked into two in particular as a sanity check - File:15 (Phatfish album - cover art).jpg (with redirect File:15 cover.jpg) was likely last removed from an article in June 2023, and File:Whitney Houston – One of Those Days.jpg (with redirects File:Houston onethosedays.jpg and File:Whitney Houston - One of Those Days.jpg) was likely last removed in October 2022. I'm seeing nearly 500 such images, comparing quarry:query/80400 to Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused non-free files.

Anyway, my question to you is, are these omissions intentional? It's ok if so, it just means I've got to take this up with

Cryptic 22:16, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
]

No, I don't think it's intentional. If you have a better query for HaleBot to use that fixes these issues that would be great, we can get the report updated (otherwise I can try to poke at it...later). Legoktm (talk) 04:00, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Cryptic 08:19, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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Thanks! The slowness is fine, that's still relatively fast for the other queries HaleBot runs :) Applied, it should take effect for the next report run. Legoktm (talk) 05:28, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible fix for Legobot "rfc top" issue

Hey,

I just wanted to give this a bump as I think it fell off your talk page during a period when you were inactive. I think I've figured out a fix for Legobot incorrectly matching the {{

rfctop}} tag, the details are here in the archive
. There's one broken regex that I've suggested a fix for, but I don't have git installed on any of my devices at the moment so couldn't make a pull request for it.

Happy to discuss though, if you get a moment to check it out. :) Sideswipe9th (talk) 04:04, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Sorry about not replying earlier. I appreciate you providing a solution but I don't really have the bandwith to fully test it nor be around to fix it if something breaks. So if you have the ability to test it and are confident in it, I'm happy to apply it, but otherwise I'd prefer to stick with the known broken behavior instead of unknowns. Legoktm (talk) 05:08, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm confident if you replace the regex on line 168 with the suggested one in my reply, it will prevent that regex matching on the {{
rfcbottom
}} tags. That same regex also appears on line 185, where replacing it would have the same effect.
There are 6 other regexes in rfcbot.php that use the negative lookahead ?(?!\s+(top|bottom)), these are on lines 147, 149, 190, 205, 206, and 240. I know Enterprisy's 2019 pull requests to prevent Legobot matching on {{
rfcbottom}} tags. I am also confident that this will not stop Legobot from correctly matching on a {{rfc
}} tag, with or without an |rfcid= parameter.
The only thing I'm not sure of is whether you need to replace all 8 instances of of the negative lookahead, or if you only need to change one or both of the instances on lines 168 and 185. Because Enterprisy's original pull requests modified all 8 to prevent matching on {{
rfctop
}}, or if replacing all 8 is necessary.
Sorry if that's a little unclear. I'd love to be able to spin up a webdev environment with both MediaWiki and a Legobot instance to test the modified code in the context of a live page edit, but I'm not able to at the moment, and I can't quite figure out from the documentation what the environment requirements are beyond MediaWiki, Pywikibot, and a current version of PHP. Sideswipe9th (talk) 03:16, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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HaleBot

Hello, Legoktm,

I just thought I'd let you know that Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories hasn't been updated since February 18th. I do have that alternative source for empty categories but in case this is a problem with HaleBot, I thought I'd alert you. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 02:08, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, I missed that, thanks. Seems something got stuck on Toolforge, filed T358175. Legoktm (talk) 04:16, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Template editor/sandbox during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Awesome Aasim 22:47, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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Empty categories tool

Hello, Legoktm,

I'm not sure what is up with Empty categories tool but I submitted it and it won't process the request. It usually takes a few minutes but it's been a few hours and it's still going. It just doesn't finish and keeps loading on and on and on. I tried refreshing the screen, opening up a new tab and pasting in the URL but it just hangs there, unfinished. I don't know how to cancel it and start over again or abort. Can you figure out what's the problem? Thanks very much for any help you can supply. Liz Read! Talk! 09:15, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The page is still loading. I think it's terminally in process! Liz Read! Talk! 21:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that @Liz, I'm not really sure what went wrong, but I added in a check that if it remains in pending for more than 15 minutes, it'll just error out so you can restart the query. Legoktm (talk) 05:45, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, that's okay. The thing about these tools and bots is that there is often only one person who can fix a problem. I wish I had more programming skills so I could trouble-shoot but while I've learned some coding, this is beyond my skill level. Thanks for the solution. Liz Read! Talk! 06:00, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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