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Inactive interface administrators 2022-02-28

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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The following interface administrator(s) are inactive:

• Cyberpower678 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

— JJMC89 bot 23:18, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

No I’m not.—CYBERPOWER (Message) 23:22, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

@Cyberpower678: The bot is correct, you have not sufficiently recently changed a page onwiki which requires the interface administrator permission. Izno (talk) 23:27, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Izno, Hmm. The bit is still useful for what I do, though. I haven't realized I haven't touched JS pages in a while. —CYBERPOWER (Message) 23:32, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

In the interest of disclosure, I made this edit, to fulfill a request by Harej. Bureaucrats can make of that what they want. I made this edit before I was going to lose access.—CYBERPOWER (Message) 23:39, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

 Not done Cyberpower678 has now satisfied the activity requirement so I'm not going to flip it, to follow him over to WP:BN to flip it back. This is supposed to be somewhat easy come - easy go, for the editors that really need it. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:11, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

OTRS transition to VRT

OTRS is now defunct and been replaced by VRT but it appears that the enwiki has not updated its systems to reflect that. I posted some questions User:Ruthven an itwiki, VRT and Commons admin I know and will repeat some of that for you here.

I was trying to add VRT permission ticket numbers to some en files, such as File:Image of Kaushik Basu.JPG, but the left side permission links don't work and no transition seems to have been made from OTRS to VRT in the templates. These functions all works fine on the common but now can only be done here manually and it seems the only templates available are the OTRS ones: {{Permission received}} or {{VRT received}} don't exist. I don't know who to contact to get that transition completed. The template {{OTRS pending}} is also still in use.

The 3 OTRS tools on the left of any en file page for locally hosted files are what I am asking about and User:B-bot's page also needs major corrections to remove all reference to OTRS.

A possible reason for this might be that: it's probably because en.wiki was using Commons' javascript. They have to rename their permission templates to Permission pending and PermissionTicket or import their own version of the gadget code. You should contact an interface Administrator on en.wiki to ask them to have the local version of the Gadget.

Hopefully someone knowledgeable will attend to this problem. ww2censor (talk) 14:38, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Not positive, but I don't think we have an OTRS/VRT Gadget; certainly not one that's on by default, at least. I'm guessing what you're talking about is User:Technical 13/Scripts/helpOTRS.js, which you've installed on your common.js page. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 14:59, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

@Ww2censor I'm not seeing anything either. If you see an enwiki page that needs updating, please open an edit request on the corresponding talk page. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:01, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

@Xaosflux and Writ Keeper:: Thanks: the Gadget is not my suggestion but that of User:Ruthven. I have the script User:Technical 13/Scripts/helpOTRS.js installed in User:Ww2censor/common.js and on opening the actual script you refer to, it indeed only refers to OTRS, so it looks like the script needs to be revised. So who would do that? ww2censor (talk) 15:21, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

@Ww2censor That personal userscript you are importing is linked to a user that has been indefinitely banned by our Arbitration Committee since 2015, and as such in no longer maintained. I suggest you stop importing it, however feel free to fork it to your own userspace (with attribution) and update as you like. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:44, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

@Ww2censor I fully agree with Xaosflux: you should modify your own version of the gadget (I can help in that). I didn't know from where was coming the JS, and that you were using on en.wiki the Commons' version was just a guess. Cheers Ruthven (msg) 16:34, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

@Xaosflux, Writ Keeper, and Ruthven: Wow, I added that userscript 4 years after the user was blocked. I suppose User:Technical 13/Scripts/helpOTRS.js should be deleted or at least a not made that it does not function and should not be used. I've removed it from my common.js page for now and will see if Ruthven can help me make a new one that works with the current VRT setup. I think creating it myself is way above my pay grade, unless one of you can assist. Beside that I think new template will be needed to accompany the script. Anyway, thanks for explaining. ww2censor (talk) 22:19, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Just FYI: the blocking had nothing to do with script writing; I certainly am not reviewing them all - but it is likely they were all at least 'safe' to use at the time, just no maintenance now. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:34, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Спартанец/monobook.js

User:Спартанец/monobook.js is throwing a bunch of bogus speedy deletion notices, is it possible to correct it so that it doesn't? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:53, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done ~ Amory (u • t • c) 13:04, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

User:DB/common.js seems to have the same problem. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:37, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done Jo-Jo Eumerus what a hot mess of a page, I just nowiki'd the entire thing. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:49, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

JS pages in Category:Foo

Category:Foo is a redirect that has recently been filling up with old .js pages (e.g. User:Garyvdm/popups.js) due to some null edits. The problem is discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Category redirect Foo playing up again but an interface administrator is needed to fix the text to remove them from the category. Thanks in advance. Timrollpickering (talk) 18:32, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done seems to be resolved. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:07, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. Could someone also take a look at the pages in Category:X1 which is supposed to be transient but also has some ancient .js pages in there. Timrollpickering (talk) 13:09, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@Timrollpickering I went through and cleared out ones that were in script files for users that were extremely inactive. For users with more recent edits, you can contact them on their talk pages. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 15:17, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

A few more pages have popped back into Category:Foo (is a bot doing null edits?) and there's also a similar problem with Category:VoA scripted admins. I suspect long term there will need to be a massive clean-up of these .js pages. Timrollpickering (talk) 14:00, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Yes, there is a bot doing purges/null edits. It's mentioned in that VPT discussion after your second comment there. Izno (talk) 17:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Unchanged JS script showing up in CAT:CSD

User:Zhaofeng Li/vada/vadaprocess.js hasn't been edited since 2014 but is showing up today in CSD. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:46, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Zhaofeng Li/vada/vadaprocess.js is suddenly showing up in CAT:G10, despite no changes since 2014; I'm guessing the /* <nowiki> */ could use tweaking (possibly the missing closing tag?) of some sort. Thanks. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done (by User:Writ_Keeper). — xaosflux ^Talk 15:02, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Clarify that dark-mode does not work on Special: pages

Would it be possible to add some text be added to the Dark Mode gadget toggle, mentioning the fact that it won't work on pages with the Special: prefix ? I spent quite a good chunk of time today figuring out why the Settings page was being switched to Light Mode before going through the docs and realizing that the scripts aren't loaded on Special: pages by MediaWiki itself.

P.S. Let me know, if this isn't the correct place to report this, and if I need to create a phabricator issue/report to some other forum/talk page. :) Sohom Datta (talk) 20:20, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

No, it simply doesn't work on the preferences page, not all special pages. This is due to it being onwiki JavaScript at the end of the day. Izno (talk) 20:33, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

To add: there's already a note to this effect at the top of the Gadgets tab: Gadgets will not operate on certain special pages, such as this User Preferences page. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:36, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

@Sohom data feel free to edit Wikipedia:Dark mode (gadget) with accurate information to advise people of the limits of the gadget. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:04, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Inactive interface administrators 2022-03-28

The following interface administrator(s) are inactive:

• Evad37 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

— JJMC89 bot 23:18, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done (removed) — xaosflux ^Talk 02:23, 29 March 2022 (UTC)