User talk:Primefac

Primefac Hello, I would like to implement this article, which I consider to be uncyclopedically relevant. Could you help me implement it? Countet (talk) 16:24, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

:Apologies for the delay. I think you have received some good feedback on the draft (via the decline message) and at the AfC WikiProject talk thread. If you have any further questions please let me know. Primefac (talk) 00:53, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Hey Primefac, I hope you're well. I started working on removal a deprecated parameter when I remembered that you have a bot task to do just that! In typing this up, I remembered you actually fulfilled a similar request for the same template a bit over 10 months ago. I was wondering, would you be able to remove the image_size parameter from entries in :Category:Pages using infobox NFL biography with unsupported parameters? I expect it to be a 11,000–11,500 edits. This change to the infobox was made 16 days ago by @Dissident93 and they mentioned it on the template talk page here. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:25, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

:Yeah, can do, I have a bit of a backlog of AWB bot runs but they're for the most part small so I can probably get to it this weekend. Primefac (talk) 09:17, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

::No worries, that's still faster than I'd get through them all! Thanks Primefac! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:11, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

:::Sorted. Primefac (talk) 16:40, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

::::Much appreciated! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:15, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Could you please take a look at the change that I made at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AInfobox_fraternity&diff=1283177102&oldid=1282336816 and let me know if you have any ideas why it didn't work. the idea is to remove those infoboxes with type = umbrella from those where it complains about no chapters. :(Naraht (talk) 13:03, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

:Will do so when I can, have had some late nights recently. Primefac (talk) 00:23, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

::thank you.Naraht (talk) 18:10, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

:::{{tps}} It looks like your code is working. I see the category applied properly at Odd Fellows. The category is properly not applied at Coburger Convent, where {{para|type|umbrella}}. If you are having issues, please link to an example page and explain the issue. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:46, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

::::Apologies for the delay, was going to reply earlier but got sidetracked. As Jonesey says, everything looks to be working properly. Primefac (talk) 00:38, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Hello :-)

I was looking through policy and didn't see anything regarding this... is AfC probationary status reviewed automatically? Or do we need to request permanent privileges? Cheers MWFwiki (talk) 21:46, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

:Neither; I go through the list every few months and review. Primefac (talk) 21:58, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

::Cool, cool; Cheers, thanks for your time. MWFwiki (talk) 23:03, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, the PrimeBOT edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darja_Varfolomeev&diff=1284072430&oldid=1283747584 here] removed a swath of content from the infobox, and damaged the infobox... I fixed it, but wanted to give you a heads-up in case I restored some incorrect content. Mind taking a look? Thanks! Jessicapierce (talk) 14:44, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

:Interesting, good catch. It's a bit of a GIGO issue here; the line break in the wikilink makes AWB think it's a new line which makes it think that it's an invalid parameter. Not sure what the best fix for this would be (it's likely to be fairly rare) but I'll cross-post this issue to AWB's talk and maybe get it added to the genfixes. Primefac (talk) 15:13, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

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In ticket:2025041310004935 the user wanted to create an account, and have their contribution attributed to them - and seemed happy with the result in their response. I'm also not super keen on leaving unattributed unreferenced factual claims on articles. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:55, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

:To be somewhat nitpicky attribution is still there, but only certain individuals can view it. But sure, I'll let them make the edit. Primefac (talk) 23:20, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Primefac, I'm Bill Beutler from Beutler Ink. My colleagues and I use the COI edit request system to propose changes on behalf of clients and have been thinking through some ways we might improve the experience—for both reviewers and requesters—via updates to the Template:Edit COI, which I know you have helped maintain.

I'm drafting a more detailed proposal that I can share with you soon, but I wanted to give you a quick heads-up and invite any early thoughts. The gist is to increase transparency and usability by adding fields like a brief request summary and request status, which could make the workflow more accessible and effective for volunteer editors.

I'm also reaching out to Anomie, since any template changes would need to be coordinated with AnomieBOT and the COIREQTable. I'll keep both conversations in sync, and would be glad to hear your perspective before posting my full thoughts.

More soon, and thanks in advance for your time! WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:32, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

:Never a problem proposing changes to a template; I have it watchlisted so I look forward to the discussion you start on its talk page. Primefac (talk) 00:55, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks for the prompt reply! I'll aim to post the suggestions to the template talk page sometime next week. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:07, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

If you would rather I take this to WP:SPI or to WP:AIV I will do so.

Would you have a look at the users User:Agustin1Costa, User:A.iig123, User:Yohana22412577777, and IP 181.85.184.68? I believe they are the same person based on their near exclusive editing on User:Agustin1Costa/sandbox. While they have not had overlapping editing periods, and multiple accounts are permitted for valid reasons, their behavior indicates they are WP:NOTHERE ("exclusive editing in userspace") and that they are the same person with undisclosed multiple accounts who all refuse to communicate when asked about this situation.

The case for NOTHERE is predominantly based on Agustin1Costa and A.iig123's behaviors. The case for socking is on all due to each's behavior and exclusive interest on User:Agustin1Costa/sandbox.

• Agustin1Costa is the only one of the set to have edited in mainspace. However, those were early account edits. They then went on to do about 5000+ edits exclusively in their sandbox for 21 months (February 7, 2023 to November 12, 2024; the account's last edit).
• A.iig123 made a few edits to their own profile, then exclusively edited Agustin1Costa's sandbox with 1700+ edits from November 17, 2024 to March 12, 2025.
• IP editor enters April 13th and does similar, making 22 edits of the same nature. Then leaves with no comment when I revert and inquire what's up.
• And now today Yohana22412577777 has done the same behavior; creating a few edits of table content on their userpage (some deleted), then goes directly to Agustin1Costa's sandbox with table creations, and continues to do so despite clear reverts.

Since all have focused on Agustin1Costa/sandbox with building various tables (usually sports and/or reality tv cast eliminations), and have the same behavior of adding some tables to their profile then exclusively editing Agustin1Costa/sandbox, I believe them to all be the same person. I was willing to initially assume good faith with A.iig123 and the IP on the possible basis of forgotten password or they didn't log in, but with today's appearance of Yohana22412577777 repeating the behavior of major edits on someone else's sandbox without any communication between the parties, the continued vow of silence from each, and the continued editing after my notices on A.iig123 and Yohana22412577777 have caused my good faith to wane.

I think this behavior is clear without diffs since it all revolves around a single page and others majorly editing another's sandbox without permission, but if not, I can share some diffs of similar edits that I've spotted.

Thanks, Zinnober9 (talk) 23:57, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

:Yeah, SPI would probably be a better place for this, I do have a few {{t|tps}} that might look into this but there will be more eyes at the noticeboard. I've been slammed at work lately and haven't had a chance to really look into this. Primefac (talk) 11:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

::No worries, will do that in a little bit. Hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend! Zinnober9 (talk) 21:36, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

:::You too! Primefac (talk) 21:55, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

:::@Zinnober9, I'm not sure you need SPI here since if they're all just mucking about in sandboxes we can just block them as not here (I'm on it). -- asilvering (talk) 21:59, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

::::@Asilvering Great, thank you! Zinnober9 (talk) 22:33, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::Thanks by the way, this was very exciting, I've never had to request bigdelete before. -- asilvering (talk) 22:41, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::I didn't know that even existed, learn something new every day. Zinnober9 (talk) 23:35, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Primefac,

I'm not sure what happened here but we have over a hundred red links that I traced back to this operation. Look at User:AnomieBOT III/Broken redirects. I don't think all of these template pages need to be deleted, just revert the last edit by Primebot on the page. But it's resulted in red links on articles wherever these templates are transcluded. What do you think? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:48, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

:Oh ffs, I'll fix it. And no, the template pages do not need to be deleted, I just was an idiot and changed {{Districts of ...}} to #REDIRECT Primefac (talk) 20:36, 20 April 2025 (UTC)