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Inactive bot (June 2024)[edit]

The following bot can be deflagged as neither it nor its operator (Σ) has edited in two years.

User:lowercase sigmabot

* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:32, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notification left, though for the record you're also perfectly able to add them yourself. Primefac (talk) 22:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it time to deflag now? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:13, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Primefac (talk) 01:02, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits/Unflagged bots updated. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:00, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks[edit]

A few days ago, I saw option for thanking bots. At first I thought it was a glitch/fluke of some kind. But the option is still there as of today. Is this some desired or undesired change? —usernamekiran (talk) 17:09, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Desired. m:Requests for comment/Allow thanking bots * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:37, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:RMCD bot appears stuck/down as of yesterday[edit]

The bot has not tagged any requested moves since yesterday. Is anyone able to investigate? Raladic (talk) 23:09, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like an attempt was already made to inform the botop at User talk:RMCD bot#Bot stuck/not running for requested moves? and User talk:Wbm1058#Bot frozen?, which is good. Ping @Wbm1058. –Novem Linguae (talk) 23:21, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It happened before two or three years ago when Wbm1058 went off the grid for a couple of days, and his home suffered a power outage at the same time, where the bot was running from. I remember suggesting to Wbm to use toolsforge to run the bot, and he tried (I think). I am not sure where the bot is currently running on currently. A side question to @Primefac, can there be a limited (in time) approval for another bot to take over the work temporarily until Wbm returns. The scope of the edits will be the same as RMCD_bot's work. I volunteer myself if so. The source code is available at User:RMCD bot/requestedmoves.php and it was last updated 100 days ago. I had just used it to generate the listing at WP:RMC and it seems to be working fine. – robertsky (talk) 03:23, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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