Creation request

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Hi Whym! We'd like to get ArchiverBot working on this wiki. I believe everything is setup correctly, and just needs Toolforge configuration now.

Please let me/us know if anything else needs to be done.

Thanks for this, and for running the bots in general! Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 22:35, 17 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Quiddity (WMF) Everything looks good. I enabled the bot for this wiki. Do you want to be able to embed either of the 2 templates, Auto archiving and User:MiszaBot/config? Usually, you only use one. I would suggest going with Auto archiving only. whym (talk) 10:04, 18 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
I realized that there was previous usage of Special:WhatLinksHere/User:MiszaBot/config, so that's seems like a reasonable option, too. I can accomodate either of the two, or both. Which is preferable? whym (talk) 10:09, 18 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Whym Creation of both was from my reading of User:ArchiverBot#I_want_to_invite_the_bot_to_my_wiki, Point 2 should probably read "or" instead of "and" between the two examples. P858snake (talk) 12:56, 19 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Whym: I agree that using Auto archiving seems like the best option, because then it's an intuitively named string for anyone to find at the top of a page. If I understand correctly, the 14 existing uses of 'Misza' can just be replaced by renaming that single string, and all parameters are otherwise identical. Therefore I propose we use Auto archiving, and i'll just manually edit those 14 pages that invoke Misza once it's ready.
Also, +1 to P858snake's comment! Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 01:25, 21 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
And reconsider whether those need archiving at all - the legacy support desk section pages certainly don't, for example. * Pppery * it has begun 01:26, 21 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
Ok, I re-enabled the bot and it should work with Template:Auto archiving (and should ignore those old pages with the MiszaBot config). I'll fix the Meta-Wiki user page's confusing sentence later. whym (talk) 09:28, 21 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
I have dealt with the MiszaBot config pages. Only two of them actually still wanted bot archiving, the rest were legacy cruft better left untouched. * Pppery * it has begun 17:20, 21 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
It looks like User:Dexbot/Archivebot is (or was?) in use, too. whym (talk) 11:29, 3 March 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Whym and Pppery: It is used only in 5 pages (see Special:WhatLinksHere/User:Dexbot/Archivebot). Maybe we can switch to ArchiverBot and delete the page. (see the bot's contributions) -- ZandDev (talk) 13:24, 12 March 2025 (UTC)Reply