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Old revisions show newer reports

Like say the 8 November version, it is showing the reports bots made at 15 November. ExclusiveEditor _{Notify Me!} 05:43, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you want old bot-reported data, you'll need to check the history of Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention/Bot. Primefac (talk) 14:03, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, so it is transcluded, ok, thanks. ExclusiveEditor _{Notify Me!} 14:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Declined and stale reports

Should we run a bot to remove declined and stale reports from UAA? Currently, HBC AIV helperbot14 only removes processed reports, so we have to manually remove declined and stale ones. I suggest removing declined reports that haven't received any comments within an hour, and stale reports with no comments in the past 24 hours. If HBC AIV helperbot14 can add this functionality, that would be great. Otherwise, I can assist with my bot. – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:12, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huh, I thought that was already part of the functionality. Courtesy ping to Mdann52. Primefac (talk) 13:02, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DreamRimmer Sorry on my Christmas break still!

I don't think this was a feature of the old bot, I'll go back and check.

If we're happy to add removing declined as a feature and a change in behaviour, I'll look into this.

I'd rather have some more discussion on how to deal with stale reports first, and when we determine this. Mdann52 (talk) 00:33, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think an hour is far too brief of a time. And as far as I can recall, declined reports have been being manually removed for a very long time. We don't remove them immediately as to give the reporting user time to seer why their report was declined. However I wouldn't object to automatic removal of a report that has been declined with one of the standard templates indicating as much after a period of a few hours.

I'm not sure what we are talking about as regards "stale" reports. Does this mean reports that have sat for a while without an admin response? El Beeblerino ^{if you're not into the whole brevity thing} 01:03, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that an hour is far too short. Secretlondon (talk) 19:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RFC relating to enforcement of this policy

See Wikipedia:Username policy/ORGNAME/G11 in sandboxes RFC. El Beeblerino ^{if you're not into the whole brevity thing} 21:18, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redux

Wikipedia:Blocking policy/RFC on promotional activity. El Beeblerino ^{if you're not into the whole brevity thing} 21:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]