ProtectionTaggingBot

Welcome trial automation! John Vandenberg ^(chat) 01:48, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Please discuss at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ProtectionTaggingBot#Discussion. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 02:58, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Edward VIII

hey John...just curious. I have see that this article was protected by a bot. ProtectionTaggingBot. May I ask why? This article is on my watchlist as it's the only one that I have been able to make a quasi-substantial edit to. I don't see any real controversy on the talk page and the article has been stable for a while (as far as a newbie can tell). So I am just seeking enlightenment. Tide rolls (talk) 05:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

The bot does not protect articles, it adds the protection template to already protected articles. "Edward VIII of the United Kingdom" was indef semi-protected since August 12 by User:NawlinWiki. If you don't think it should be protected you can talk with the protecting admin or request unprotection on WP:RFPP. BJ^Talk 06:11, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

I've unprotected it. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 06:21, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

thanks for your explanation, BJ....I should've read the main user page. I see my mistake now. Still learning. Tide rolls (talk) 07:57, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Icons for move protection

No doubt I have missed a discussion on this topic somewhere, but is there really a need to add the icon to pages that are "move" protected only. It seems a little forbidding to have the lock sitting on a page that is indeed open to everyone to edit. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 04:35, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Indeed it has, but there was no real outcome. The pages are being tagged with {{pp-move-indef}} which redirects {{pp-move-vandalism}}. If it is agreed the icon should be removed it is a simple change. BJ^Talk 04:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 08:14, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

MZMcBride went ahead and removed it already. BJ^Talk 08:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Could the bot change the instances of {{pp-move-vandalism}} in {{pp-move-indef}} ? There are much more cases where the latter should be used, then we could change back individually. Cenarium (Talk) 00:35, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Also you needn't to add |small=yes for {{pp-move-indef}} since the template has no output by default. Cenarium (Talk) 19:01, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

I've taken care of most of the needed changes from {{pp-move-vandalism}} to {{pp-move-indef}}. You needn't use your bot for that. I've updated the template {{pp-semi}} so that it categorizes depending on the namespace. So it should be fine to use the bot in Portal, Help, File, Wikipedia space and non-user talk space. Cenarium (Talk) 04:06, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

You may also add {{pp-move-indef}} to the above-mentioned namespaces, I've updated it to categorize based on namespace. Cenarium (Talk) 23:22, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Move=autoconfirmed

The bot has added a move-protection template to a page with "move=autoconfirmed" level, [1]. This is a mediawiki bug, but could the bot check if it's move-protected with autoconfirmed level, and avoid tagging ? Cenarium (Talk) 17:35, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

It also added the template mistakenly here. Cenarium (Talk) 22:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Note also Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#move.3Dautoconfirmed. Cenarium (Talk) 00:36, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Stoicism

Eh? I don't see where it got that expiry date from... --MZMcBride (talk) 11:55, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I have the same question.[2][3] John Vandenberg ^(chat) 05:23, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

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