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Bot to clerk RM/TR[edit]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.



I'm going to suggest a bot to clerk WP:RM/TR which would automatically remove pages that are detected as removed after 3 hours from the page and remove inactive opposed moves after 48 hours of inactivity. I'm happy to develop the bot in PyWikiBot if consensus were to be reached here to implement a bot. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (he|she|they) 17:47, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like the concept, am flexible with the precise timings, though for the latter I'd be thinking 48 hours being a minimum. -Kj cheetham (talk) 18:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but I think 72h is better than 48h. – Hilst [talk] 18:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but 3 hours is quite long. The only reason why a page will remain listed after it's been moved is if a page mover has forgotten to remove it. 1 hour is probably sufficient? I would also suggest that the bot notify the requester that their move was removed as contested move, with details of how to list a formal RM.Polyamorph (talk) 19:04, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I completely agree with your last sentence, but the bot would need to check that a RM hadn't already been started first. --Ahecht (TALK
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Support something more like 1 hour and 72 hours, and good idea from Polyamorph about notifying. -Kj cheetham (talk) 19:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, based on this I will work on implementing the bot and will keep you posted when it's ready for WP:BRFA here. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (she/they) 12:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support And maybe to move entries from the Uncontroversial, and revert sections to admin section automatically if either the current or targeted title is admin-protected as well, noting the original location. We can leave such entries in the contested section alone. – robertsky (talk) 12:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
detect full create-protected as well. – robertsky (talk) 15:17, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support with a 72-hour minimum. And piggybacking on Polyamorph's excellent suggestion, perhaps the bot could also notify requesters as soon as their request is moved to the Contested section. Pinging is currently encouraged but more often than not doesn't happen. Station1 (talk) 05:44, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Follow-up[edit]

@Zippybonzo: I was cleaning up some technical requests, and it rang a bell on me seeing the above discussion at one point. It seems there was support for your proposal, so just giving a courtesy ping if you still intend to work the bot development/request. -2pou (talk) 17:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will work on this in a few days when I get back from my trip, with life happening I have forgotten about this so I’ll do it again. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 18:44, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RM & RFC[edit]

A discussion related to the RM process is taking place, at the RFC page. GoodDay (talk) 00:00, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Floating link[edit]

I have been trying to edit Wikipedia:Requested moves to replace the Closing instructions link in the top right corner with an actual {{floating link}} rather than the makeshift version using id=coordinates that has been there since 2008. For reasons that are unclear to me, my edit keeps timing out on multiple devices.

Would anyone else care to try making the edit (or to speculate on why the edit won't go through)?

Replace

<span id="coordinates">[[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions|Closing instructions]]</span>

With

{{Floating link|Closing instructions}}

SilverLocust 💬 04:03, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huh. All manual edits time out for me too, although Twinkle and rollback seem to work. I'll leave a message at WP:VPT. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Resolved in the latest version of MediaWiki. SilverLocust 💬 09:44, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Non-autoconfimed users[edit]

What is the process for non-autoconfirmed users to perform page moves? They cannot do so themselves nor can they request a move here (since it is semiprotected). Sungodtemple (talkcontribs) 00:25, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it's uncontroversial, they can make a request at WP:RM/TR; if it's controversial, they can follow the instructions at WP:PCM to start a discussion on the individual article's talk page. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:58, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PCM guidance?[edit]

I feel like a lot of the requests that get contested fall into some extremely common PCM scenarios that are not detailed anywhere and are overall not intuitive to people unfamiliar with page move processes (a lot of RMTR requestors fall into this). The most common reasons for contests that I've seen after about a year of watching and processing requests are COMMONNAME over official name, company name changes and primary topic grabs. I feel like it would be worth throwing in PCM at least just those two because of how common they are. Wider input would be appreciated. Sennecaster (Chat) 01:13, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This seems like a good idea to me! I wonder if it would also be useful to have an essay that catalogues common types of requests, and the policy questions that are likely to come into play for them, in more detail than would be feasible in WP:PCM itself. ModernDayTrilobite (talkcontribs) 19:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]