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--evrik ^(talk) May 22, 2024

2023-03-01

Hi B, I just reverted three of B-bot's edits (1 2 3) because it tagged file redirects for deletion as orphaned. Aside from one other instance a few days ago, I don't think this has happened before, and it shouldn't be tagging redirects as orphaned. Any idea why it's doing so? ✗plicit 11:18, 8 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

• I probably need to update it to ignore redirects. It probably hasn't come up before because it's rare (how often does someone move an in-use image) and I would bet that if it does come up, probably nobody ever reports the error - they just delete the unused redirect and move on with life. --B (talk) 17:52, 10 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
  • I kind of forgot about this because the bot hadn't tagged other redirects, but it's still ongoing (1, 2). Per WP:FILEREDIRECT, file redirects are generally not deleted unless there's a policy-based reason to do so. From my understanding, if the original titles are linked outside of Wikipedia, deleting them would lead future readers to a non-existent page (the deleted redirect in these instances), which would be detrimental. ✗plicit 04:57, 1 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

B-bot automatically removed two images linked by Draft:Space_Invaders (1999) because they had been uploaded for seven days without being cited in an approved article. With the article review backlog averaging 2-3 months, images uploaded for a draft article will almost always time out before the review decision is made. In this case, the images are useful to the article (and consistent with WP's policy encouraging cover shots for articles about media including books, music, and software) but not essential, but I can imagine other articles where an image or diagram is absolutely fundamental to understanding the content. I know your user description is "semi-retired", but if you're going to continue running this B-bot, I strongly recommend revising it to allow images to persist as long as they belong to an article in draft. If you don't want to make that an indefinite exemption, then I'd at least set the timeout for images used in a draft article to 120 days or more, not seven. Note that WP:Speedy_deletion#F5._Orphaned_non-free_use_files explicitly authorizes "Reasonable exceptions may be made for files uploaded for an upcoming article."

- AlcibiadesDX talk 15:22, 24 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:56, 22 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Letter B! You’re the Best! ~2026-39864-54 (talk) 20:54, 16 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi B, B-bot hasn't edited in four days, so it seems to be down. Can you look into it? ✗plicit 11:37, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Good afternoon @Explicit:, the computer it runs on was offline following a power failure. It is back on now. --B (talk) 21:08, 12 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

How is this possible? How did you have an one single-letter username? Hillsilo (talk) 23:49, 30 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

I don't know if the software still allows it, but it used to allow it. I grabbed it about 20 years ago (when Wikipedia was in its relative infancy). --B (talk) 12:55, 1 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi B, I noticed when manually reviewing Category:Wikipedia non-free files with red backlink that B-bot is not processing files that have double-quotes in the file name. I've manually tagged them for deletion and notified the uploaders, but it would be nice if B-bot could automatically handle these. Not sure if it's because a deliberate safety check is failing to pass or whether there's an unhandled exception in the code. Recent examples:

• File:Off-Broadway playbill for "Dark Disabled Stories".jpg
• File:Official artwork of the single "Confession".jpg
• File:Official artwork of the album "The Best of Soap Kills".jpg
• File:Official artwork of the album "Trouble".jpg

Cheers, Harryboyles 00:31, 11 October 2026 (UTC)Reply