Wikipedia talk:Bots/News

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Enlarge scope?

Instead of having a BAG newsletter, maybe we should have a BOT newsletter instead? Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:33, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

I'm fine with that - maybe expand it to all bot operators for the next issue? Honestly I really just started this to beg other BAG'ers to work on approvals - but am fine with expansion. -- xaosflux ^Talk 19:59, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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Things to mention in the next newsletter

• We now have WP:BAGG.
• We now have WP:HIDEAWB.
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Changes to 'dealing with issues' section / WP:BOTISSUE has received an overhaul
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#A_draft rewrite / User:Anomie/Sandbox2 / RFC on the issue / update of WP:COSMETICBOT
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Changes to 'dealing with issues' section (a bit down) / RFC on the issue / update of WP:BOTBLOCK
• ARBCOM case highlights from Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Magioladitis/Proposed_decision once it closes
• Phabricator highlights?

Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:40, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

• RFC requiring operators to be registered users. -- xaosflux ^Talk 02:33, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

• Efforts at WP:CHECKWIKI to identify cosmetic fixes.
• Cosmetic bot RFC underway
• RM for BOTN
• T162685 to track issues related to bot frameworks

Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:01, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

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2017 April issue ready

@Xaosflux: I believe you've got mass messaging rights. Wikipedia:Bots/News/201704 is ready for publication as far as I'm concerned. Feel free to add/polish things, however Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:51, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Doing... -- xaosflux ^Talk 11:21, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

@Headbomb:  Done with minor tweaks -- xaosflux ^Talk 11:35, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Having this become the Bots Newsletter will pay off big time. One thing I'd suggest is to transclude the newsletter in the future. This way if we find typos/need to update links, everyone gets the benefit of it. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:47, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

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Next issue

• The Bot Owners' Noticeboard is now located at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard (discussion).
• Wikibits.js is being removed on 25 April 2017 (mailing list notice)

Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 14:42, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

• We now have a #BotFrameworks tag. (see T162685)

Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:40, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

• WP:COSMETICBOT has been updated. (discussion)

Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:15, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

• 1 new WP:BAG member, User:BU Rob13 -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Xaosflux (talk o contribs)

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July issue ready to publish

@Xaosflux:, I've finished the July issue of the newsletter. If no one else comments / has other items to bring up, I say we distribute this tomorrow. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 18:11, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Could you confirm that distributing the newsletter won't ping BU Rob13/Cyberpower 678 every time it's delivered though? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 18:18, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Headbomb: I just sent it, but only to 1 recipient - your name is linked as well - can you verify you did NOT get a ping? -- xaosflux ^Talk 19:42, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

No ping here. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:11, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Sounds good, I wasn't expecting one - but good to check. -- xaosflux ^Talk 20:13, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: so... delivery time? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 14:08, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

@Headbomb: - sent. -- xaosflux ^Talk 17:12, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

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March issue ready to publish

@Xaosflux: this is ready to distribute. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 02:42, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

@Headbomb: sent! -- xaosflux ^Talk 03:11, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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