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Synchbot is a maintenance service that creates, edits, or deletes your user pages across Wikimedia wikis. To request changes to your user pages on all wikis, see How do I make a request? . For more info about the bot, see the FAQs.

Synchbot is run on the first weekend of each month. Next scheduled run: 1–2 August 2020.

Requests

See previous requests.

Medelam (migrate to global user page)

request done:
Medelam (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Medelam on every wiki (except on meta)
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Medelam',
request_titles = ['User:Medelam'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['meta'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Medelam (talk) 06:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Done! Deleted 18 user pages.
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
14:55commons.wikimedia.org marked for deletion (was 45 bytes).
14:55meta.wikimedia.org skipped (in skip list).
14:55bjn.wikipedia.org deleted (was 42 bytes).
14:55id.wikibooks.org deleted (was 0 bytes).
14:56www.wikidata.org deleted (was 274 bytes).
14:56en.wikipedia.org deleted (was 1895 bytes).
14:56hi.wikipedia.org deleted (was 386 bytes).
14:56hu.wikipedia.org deleted (was 39 bytes).
14:56it.wikipedia.org deleted (was 45 bytes).
14:56jv.wikipedia.org deleted (was 156 bytes).
14:57mk.wikipedia.org deleted (was 1181 bytes).
14:57ms.wikipedia.org deleted (was 102 bytes).
14:57pl.wikipedia.org deleted (was 44 bytes).
14:57id.wikiquote.org deleted (was 0 bytes).
14:58sh.wikipedia.org deleted (was 8 bytes).
14:58tr.wikipedia.org deleted (was 40 bytes).
14:58en.wikiversity.org deleted (was 166 bytes).
14:59en.wiktionary.org deleted (was 192 bytes).
14:59id.wiktionary.org deleted (was 0 bytes).
Pathoschild 15:13, 05 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Medelam (migrate to global user page for Albertus Aditya)

request not done:
Albertus Aditya (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Albertus Aditya on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Albertus Aditya',
request_titles = ['User:Albertus Aditya'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

(old page of user name) Medelam (talk) 06:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi! To avoid breaking links and local policies, Synchbot can only delete the local user pages if you have a global user page on Meta. Can you create the page at User:Albertus Aditya? (If you'd rather not to have a page at all, you can request deletion from stewards at Steward requests/Miscellaneous instead.) —Pathoschild 14:49, 05 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
I think I will withdraw for this part and please continue the process with my current username (the section before this one). Thanks! Medelam (talk) 14:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Rgiessmann (migrate to global user page)

request done:
Rgiessmann (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Rgiessmann on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Rgiessmann',
request_titles = ['User:Rgiessmann'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Rgiessmann (talk) 10:32, 11 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Done! Deleted one user page.
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
15:17meta.wikimedia.org skipped (cannot delete global user page).
15:17de.wikipedia.org deleted (was 86 bytes).
Pathoschild 15:21, 05 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

MRZQ (User talk:Adrizky)

request done:
Adrizky (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User talk:Adrizky on every wiki (except on idwiki)
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Adrizky',
request_titles = ['User talk:Adrizky'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['idwiki'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

MRZQ (talk) 13:33, 13 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Done! Deleted 23 user pages. Note that viwiki was skipped because that page was edited by another user; you can request deletion on that wiki or via Steward requests/Miscellaneous.
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
15:28commons.wikimedia.org marked for deletion (was 28 bytes).
15:28incubator.wikimedia.org deleted (was 28 bytes).
15:28meta.wikimedia.org deleted (was 28 bytes).
15:28as.wikipedia.org deleted (was 75 bytes).
15:28bh.wikipedia.org deleted (was 71 bytes).
15:28bjn.wikipedia.org deleted (was 33 bytes).
15:28bn.wikipedia.org deleted (was 93 bytes).
15:29www.wikidata.org deleted (was 28 bytes).
15:29de.wikipedia.org deleted (was 43 bytes).
15:29en.wikipedia.org deleted (was 75 bytes).
15:29gor.wikipedia.org deleted (was 32 bytes).
15:29gu.wikipedia.org deleted (was 53 bytes).
15:29hi.wikipedia.org deleted (was 81 bytes).
15:29hif.wikipedia.org deleted (was 34 bytes).
15:29id.wikipedia.org skipped (in skip list).
15:30kn.wikipedia.org deleted (was 62 bytes).
15:30lv.wikipedia.org deleted (was 40 bytes).
15:30mai.wikipedia.org deleted (was 125 bytes).
15:30en.wikinews.org deleted (was 28 bytes).
15:30pa.wikipedia.org deleted (was 114 bytes).
15:30ps.wikipedia.org deleted (was 78 bytes).
15:31sa.wikipedia.org deleted (was 123 bytes).
15:31scn.wikipedia.org deleted (was 64 bytes).
15:31te.wikipedia.org deleted (was 119 bytes).
15:31vi.wikipedia.org skipped (edited by another user; has 60 bytes).
Pathoschild 15:34, 05 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

MRZQ (migrate to global CSS/JS for Adrizky)

request done:
Adrizky (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Adrizky/*.js on every wiki (except on idwiki)
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Adrizky',
request_titles = ['User:Adrizky/*.js'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['idwiki'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

MRZQ (talk) 13:33, 13 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Done! Deleted two common.js pages:
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
15:36commons.wikimedia.org marked for deletion (was 138 bytes).
15:37www.wikidata.org deleted (was 133 bytes).
and one global.js page:
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
15:41meta.wikimedia.org deleted (was 135 bytes).
and two twinkleoptions.js pages:
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
15:47meta.wikimedia.org deleted (was 143 bytes).
15:48jv.wikipedia.org deleted (was 145 bytes).
Pathoschild 15:54, 05 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

MRZQ ($ talk)

request not done:
MRZQ (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User talk:MRZQ on every wiki (except on idwiki)
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'MRZQ',
request_titles = ['User talk:MRZQ'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['idwiki'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

MRZQ (talk) 13:33, 13 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Unfortunately Synchbot can only delete talk pages if they weren't edited by another user (to avoid deleting warnings, discussions, etc). It seems most or all of those pages don't qualify, so they'll need to be deleted with manual review instead. You can request deletion at Steward requests/Miscellaneous if you want to do that. —Pathoschild 16:04, 05 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Daanberg (migrate to global user page)

request done:
Daanberg (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Daanberg on every wiki (except on nlwiki, metawiki)
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Daanberg',
request_titles = ['User:Daanberg'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['nlwiki', 'metawiki'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Daanberg (talk) 14:25, 19 June 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Done! Deleted one user page.
The following log shows what the bot did on each wiki. You can click the columns to sort the log.
summary:
timewikilogged action
16:06commons.wikimedia.org marked for deletion (was 516 bytes).
16:06meta.wikimedia.org skipped (in skip list).
16:07nl.wikipedia.org skipped (in skip list).
Pathoschild 16:19, 05 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]


NoFWDaddress (delete after account rename)

request queued:
AntonierCH (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:AntonierCH, User:AntonierCH/* on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'AntonierCH',
request_titles = ['User:AntonierCH, User:AntonierCH/*'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Please delete all old pages, including redirects (right to vanish). NoFWDaddress (d) 09:50, 10 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Turkmen (migrate to global user page)

request queued:
Turkmen (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Turkmen on every wiki (except on metawiki, azwiki, commonswiki)
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'Turkmen',
request_titles = ['User:Turkmen'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['metawiki', 'azwiki', 'commonswiki'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Do not delete my userpages in these projects : Az.WP, Commons. Thanks!--Turkmen talk 20:32, 11 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

herownbeat (migrate to global user page)

request queued:
herownbeat (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:herownbeat on every wiki
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'herownbeat',
request_titles = ['User:herownbeat'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = [],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

Herownbeat (talk) 06:07, 14 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

NoFWDaddress (migrate to global user page)

request queued:
NoFWDaddress (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:NoFWDaddress on every wiki (except on frwiki)
  • and delete the page.
request_user = 'NoFWDaddress',
request_titles = ['User:NoFWDaddress'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.delete(),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = True,
skip_unregistered = False,
skip_wikis = ['frwiki'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,

NoFWDaddress (d) 08:43, 14 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Ainz Ooal Gown (replace JS code in user minerva.js)

request queued:
Ainz Ooal Gown (global account · recent activity · user pages)
  • go to User:Ainz Ooal Gown/minerva.js on every wiki (except on enwiki, commonswiki, testwiki, metawiki)
  • and replace the text with
    mw.loader.load('//meta.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ainz_Ooal_Gown/global-minerva.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');// mobileGlobalJS
    
request_user = 'Ainz Ooal Gown',
request_titles = ['User:Ainz Ooal Gown/minerva.js'],
request_action = lambda bot: bot.save(u"""..."""),
skip_existing = False,
skip_new = False,
skip_unregistered = True,
skip_wikis = ['enwiki', 'commonswiki', 'testwiki', 'metawiki'],
only_wikis = [],
delete_summary = None,
edit_summary = None,
Ainz Ooal Gown (talk) 15:38, 17 July 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

FAQs

How do I make a request?

Here's how to submit a Synchbot task. If you're not sure how to fill in the template, just choose one below and add a comment explaining what you want. There's no approval process; your request will be handled in the next batch! Make sure you watch this page in case of questions.

To migrate to your global user page (delete your local User pages):
  1. Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
    ==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} (migrate to global user page)===
    {{#invoke:synchbot|request
     |user = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
     |action = delete
     |title = User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
     |text = 
     |skip wikis =
     |skip existing = no
     |status = <!-- don't change this line -->
    }}
    ~~~~
  2. Optional: add a comment before ~~~~ or edit the template with any specifics (e.g. pages to skip).
To migrate to your global CSS and JavaScript pages (delete your local *.css and *.js pages):
  1. Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
    ==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} (migrate to global CSS/JS)===
    {{#invoke:synchbot|request
     |user = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
     |action = delete
     |title = User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}/*.css, User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}/*.js
     |text = 
     |skip wikis = 
     |skip existing = no
     |status = <!-- don't change this line -->
    }}
    Please delete all local CSS and JS pages. ~~~~
  2. Optional: add a comment before ~~~~ or edit the template with any specifics (e.g. pages to skip).
For a custom request:
  1. Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
    ==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}===
    {{#invoke:synchbot|request
     |user = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
     |action = replace
     |title = 
     |text = 
     |skip wikis = 
     |skip existing = yes
     |status = <!-- don't change this line -->
    }}~~~~
  2. Edit the template values:
    field how to edit it
    user The name of the user who owns the pages. The default is your current username.
    action What you want the bot to do. This can be replace (overwrite pages with the new text), prepend (insert the new text at the top of the page), append (insert the new text at the bottom of the page), or delete (delete all pages).
    title The title of the page you want edited on every wiki.
    text The text you want placed on the edited pages. A few guidelines:
    • Don't add categories or templates, because they probably don't exist on most wikis.
    • Use interwiki links to link to a specific wiki (like [[m:Article]] for a page on Meta). Don't use interlanguage links (like [[en:Article]] instead of [[w:en:Article]]), unless you really want to link to a different wiki depending on the current project.
    • For a user page, use something simple and informative. Most people provide a few sentences about themselves with a link to their main user page. Consider using your global user page instead.
    skip wikis A list of wikis to skip (in addition to auto-skipped wikis). You can use a wildcard (like pt.* to skip all Portuguese wikis). The format doesn't really matter.
    skip existing Whether to skip pages that already exist.
  3. Watch this page in case I have questions. Otherwise it will be done soon! :)

How long will it take?

The 'next scheduled run' date at the top of the page shows when requests will be handled. All open requests are typically handled within one day of that date.

Which wikis are edited?

The bot edits almost all Wikimedia wikis in every language. It only skips private wikis, fishbowl wikis, and loginwiki.

Can the bot delete pages?

The bot can delete any of your user pages or subpages (except your main talk page). When deleting your user page, you must have a global user page and the bot will skip wikis where you have a block history. On arwiki and on commons, the bot will place the appropriate speedy-deletion template instead.

Can the bot do X?

The bot can edit or delete pages (but protecting/renaming/etc are outside its remit). The bot is very flexible to support custom requests. For example, some custom requests in the past have involved checking for a specific text, page size, and even page history. If you have a custom requirement, feel free to ask Pathoschild (the bot operator) whether it's possible.

What is Synchbot?

Synchbot is a bot which makes an automated change to a specific page title on all matching wikis. It's been run by Pathoschild since 2008. The bot uses the global deleter and global editinterface permissions, and runs under a web of permissions, exceptions, and special cases negotiated with local communities.

Historically this was used to support global user pages from 2008 to 2015 (now part of global user pages), global CSS/JS from 2008 to 2014 (now available via your global.css or your global.js), and crosswiki account creation from 2009 to 2011 (now part of unified login). Now it's mainly used to delete local pages that are no longer needed due to the new global user page features.

See also

AltStyle によって変換されたページ (->オリジナル) /