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DQBot

See this. The bot reported the same user right after a user had done so. Is there a way to curb this? —James • 8:30pm • 10:30, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

I could get the bot to pull WP:UAA before it goes and decides to post and check that, but then again if there is a slight change in time, then the bot would not know and post anyway, plus previously posted users that have been removed would not be exempt from it. Would you like it done? -- DQ (t) (e) 00:26, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Well, if it means less duplicates are made, then that's an overall benefit. Isn't there a way for the bot to analyse page history or is that impossible or be more trouble than it's worth? —James • 10:29pm • 12:29, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

It's more trouble than it's worth and takes up time + connection bandwidth, and actually that task specifically would add at least 3-5 minutes to the bot posting. Because it would have to fetch each revision for several revisions back. But I can do what I stated above. -- DQ (t) (e) 23:43, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah ok then, thanks DQ :D —James • 1:35am • 15:35, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

 Working Sorry I still haven't gotten to this, will get on it probably tomorrow after I reboot my computer and can get pywikipedia reinstalled. -- DQ (t) (e) 08:20, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

New string for DQB

Hey, there. I noticed that there seem to be a lot of bad-faith accounts that include the string "troll" in their usernames. The connotation to "internet trolling" appears to block out every other context. Is it possible for DQB to post these to AIV? Thanks, 72.137.97.65 (talk) 02:17, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what your asking for, as AIV is for people with actual edits. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 08:08, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Oh. Could you just have it post them to UAA then? 72.137.97.65 (talk) 02:00, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)It already does that. Using "troll" in a name, however, is not in and of itself a violation of the username policy, the bot just alerts us to the possibility so that the actual edits can be checked. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:49, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Really? I hadn't noticed. Thanks. 72.137.97.65 (talk) 16:22, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

New exception

See – I suggest making it "urine, except tambourine", or whatever that is in Code language. It Is Me Here 14:45, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Notice about bot code

Hey all fellow developers who actually stalk this page. I have posted my code up on github and I have to admit, it could use some review. This includes a bot who lists all active IPBEs, works the UAA Bot page, and the last script isn't mine, i'm just running it. If people want to take a look over it, and improve it, and especially fix the bug on the waitlist where none of the names clear out after 7 days as they are supposed to. (it was too big to edit, and caused me to delete a page via Steward at 17+k revisions and manage to lock the enwiki database for 30 seconds or so) So if anyone would like to, they can leave me a message here, noting revisions, or preferably use github to show them, that would be great. Thanks for your time. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 16:55, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I am new to wikipedia

I asked a question a few days ago and I got no response... Navigation of this whole site isn't easy for me. I would be most appreciative if you could direct me towards some help in taking care of the trojans I have on my computer. I've tried everything and when they're "quarantined" or "fixed" next time I turn on my computer they have multiplied. I fear the worst for my laptop if I don't get this resolved. PLEASE help. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccing2 (talk • contribs) 00:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Adding a sock to DQB's blacklist

Hey DeltaQuad!

Is it possible to get sockpuppeteer User:Trueman31 added to the bot's blacklist of sockpuppets to look out for please?

You can find here a list of suspected socks of Trueman 31 and here a list of confirmed sockpuppets. The user only ever vandalises EastEnders related articles and his username usually contains the word "trueman", possibly in reference to Patrick Trueman, a fictional character on EastEnders.

Most of the vandalism seems confined to 3 articles, Steve McFadden, Dot Branning and EastEnders and seem along the same lines each time. With Steve McFadden he usually says that he will be the next James Bond/007, Dot Branning will apparently die from a smoking related disease and the BBC have apparently axed EastEnders, none of which are true! He has vandalised other EastEnders related articles but like I say the majority of the vandalism seems confined to these three. It's almost as if he has some sort of vendetta against the programme.

I've seen the bot report socks such as 4chan to WP:UAA and then it seems to automatically file an SPI. Is the bot able to do something like this here?

Hope you're well!--5 albert square (talk) 22:44, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Actually the bot has never automatically filled an SPI report (though it has indicated it has before, it hasn't for a long time now). I like to avoid as much collateral damage as possible so would "trueman 31" work? (I'll make sure that a capital T and the space aren't a problem for the bot detecting it) -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 15:08, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Oh sorry I thought it did. Yes something like "trueman" or "trueman 31" would be ok. Thanks :)--5 albert square (talk) 19:35, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello, just wondering, has this been done?--5 albert square (talk) 11:58, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, yes, it was done 19:23, September 7, 2012. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 05:13, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Bot down?

The bot seems to be down, it hasn't reported anything for a few days. And also, why is the word Vote on its blacklist? 10:37, 15 October 2012 (UTC) 182.239.215.1 (talk)

Thanks for noticing. I haven't looked at the blacklist yet, but something on the blacklist added ~4 days ago (I think), is what is causing it to crash. I"ll take a look when i'm home. -- DQ on the road (ʞlɐʇ) 19:52, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks,  Fixed You can see a summary of what happened here. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 00:55, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

"Redneck"?

Why is the word "Redneck" considered offensive? Why can't people self-identify as Rednecks if they so wish? It Is Me Here 13:50, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

I would not know. It's been around since the blacklist was started by X! (talk · contribs). But I specifically stay out of adding and removing things from the list (unless it breaks the bot) as I don't work around UAA often. So essentially I wouldn't know anymore than you would about things being on that list. :) Any administrator is allowed to add or remove entries as they see fit as long as edit wars don't start. The blacklist is here if you wish to remove it. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 19:56, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

OK, done. It Is Me Here 22:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Craftiness

I think that your generally excellent bot is in one way slightly too enthusiastic a "crap" detector: see this addition. -- Hoary (talk) 08:17, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Ya, I saw this the other day when I was doing some code changes. Since it's going to cause a lot more reports than we need, I put in a botop change. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 08:40, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Chud?

Kpakhutkina12 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) Matched: Chud - Hindi for fuck

Well, ok, but where? How? No need to answer, after all you may be right. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

• The bot likely thought that "...khut..." was a veiled form of "chud". The name "Kpakhutkina" is Slavonic-type, not Indian. False positive. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:16, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Comments by the bot

• An example: this bot found this username and remarked:-
  • • --- V4nd4l123r ... Matched: Used a attempting to skip filter: vandal -- DQB (my master / errors or issues?) 05:50, 3 February 2013
  • More informative would be:-
    • --- V4nd4l123r ... Matched: '4' used instead of 'a' attempting to skip filter: vandal -- DQB (my master / errors or issues?) 05:50, 3 February 2013
      • Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:23, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Ya one of those things that's just been sitting on the to do list and never got around to. Since i'm working on my IRC Bot's code a lot the past few days and today, i'll see if I can peak a look at the UAA portion on my way. (Sorry for the delay, I didn't see this till yesterday) -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 10:39, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

• -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 11:50, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

DQB on a break?

I just noticed that the normally steady flow of reports from the bot at UAA seems to have dried up. Does the bot need a hug or something? Beeblebrox (talk) 22:44, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

More like the backbone that I forgot to give it in a transfer. Thanks for noticing. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 10:37, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Overzealous matching

• The bot seems to be being somewhat overzealous at the moment in matching edits which it believes are trying to evade filter rules by using homographs. Although the homograph detection is useful in many cases, it frequently generates false positive for some patterns. An example is the consistent detection of any sequence of three k's and c's as being "KKK". Could we please have a flag for disabling homograph matching for particular patterns: perhaps something like NO_HOMOGRAPH_MATCHING might be a good name? -- The Anome (talk) 11:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
• An example just now is User:Nickchristo7 reported as suspected "KKK". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:07, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

• This does seem like a good idea and i'll try and implement it soon for you guys. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 21:43, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Once you've done so, could you please ping me on my talk page, so I can go over the blacklist, and add the annotation to some of the most common sources of false positives? Another example came to light today: the bot detected something as an obfuscation of "raep", which is itself an obfuscation of "rape". Marking this and other explicitly coded common obfuscations as NO_HOMOGRAPH_MATCHING seems like a no-brainer to me. -- The Anome (talk) 13:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

• -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 11:49, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

User:Peter.semenyuk at WP:UAA/BOT

I reviewed this WP:UAA nomination and did not find any issues, it is a common Ukrainian name. I am not sure what my further actions should be, but following the instructions, I am notifying you. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:46, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Got explanations from Od Mishehu, no further action required.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:09, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

• "Semen" is a Russian (and likely also Ukrainian) form of "Simeon". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:33, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Exceptions

Is it worth having a specific 'list' talk page for requested exceptions? Pacific is in no way shape or form connected to paki, and tambourines have absolutely nothing to do with urine.--Launchballer 23:50, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in response, I didn't see this. The best page is to make an admin edit request on the talkpage of whichever list is protected. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 21:10, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Exception

Re. : Z-rule should probably be updated to exclude "pizza"! It Is Me Here 23:28, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Adding the line ";pizza" to the whitelist should solve this. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 21:11, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

It had already been added in January, though. It Is Me Here 09:47, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Oh boy...ok, the next time I open up the code I'll run this through the test program and identify the fault. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 19:59, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Bot dead?

Hi. Is it just me, or does DQB seem to be dead? It hasn't edited since June 30th. Cheers. WikiPuppies _bark 17:12, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh great...this might be due to bots-bnr1 closing...I'll try and look into it later today. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 14:40, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

• Ditto. See Misplaced Pages talk:Usernames for administrator attention#User:DeltaQuadBot. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:27, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

UAA task not running?

Just a heads up, it seems Misplaced Pages:Usernames_for_administrator_attention/Bot hasn't been updated since 14th December. There are topics on both BON and AN, but nobody seems to have pinged you. Organics 14:12, 17 January 2014 (UTC)