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Hello, I'm Dbeef!

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Hale Bot

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Hello, Dbeef,

Could you check on Hale Bot? It hasn't produced its daily list of empty categories. The link to Toolforge for empty categories (here) hasn't worked for weeks and I've contacted Legoktm via User talk page and email but they are nowhere to be found. Is there anything you could do to fix either one of these? Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 18:12, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While this is unavailable, you can use this query. – DreamRimmer ■ 18:36, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hi @Liz: The bot seems to be working fine: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Database_reports/Empty_categories&action=history.
The {{Database report}} template may be more reliable. There might be some problems with HaleBot but I haven't got the effort to look into it. It seems important that empty categories be updated regularly at a fixed time. I'll put this in my todo list and come back. dbeef [talk] 15:10, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Some WikiLove :)

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Hello going in the same

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[5] Just blanked a CU notice on a userpage, may be the same person. Doug Weller talk 11:03, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

are confirmed, a filing to be followed dbeef [talk] 11:17, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another?

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[6] Doug Weller talk 11:34, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Doug Weller: you gave me a link to the same user dbeef [talk] 11:43, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, but looking for [7] I also found [8]. Doug Weller talk 11:50, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
don't have time to address this today, feel free to post SPI dbeef [talk] 05:17, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Doug Weller: I got to those just now. The problem here is that they use a wide mobile range and target a wide range of pages. CU isn't as helpful. We need CU-only AbuseFilters that helps us track everyone who's from the specific mobile IP and edits pages related to airplane crashes. That's tracked at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234155 dbeef [talk] 16:32, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting, thanks. I think I'm glad I didn't ask to get CU back after my chemo. It's frustrating at times not to have it, but it makes life simpler not to! Doug Weller talk 17:16, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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