Synchbot
Synchbot is a maintenance service that creates, edits, or deletes your user pages across Wikimedia wikis. To request changes to your user pages on all wikis, see How do I make a request?. For more info about the bot, see the FAQs.
Synchbot is run on the first weekend of each month. Next scheduled run: 3–4 August 2024.
Requests
editSee previous requests.
Choucas Bleu (migrate to global user page)
editNGOgo (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:NGOgo
on every wiki (except on de.*,wikidata) - and delete the page.
NGOgo (talk) 12:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
- go to
User:Choucas Bleu
on every wiki (except on en.*) - and delete the page.
Choucas Bleu (talk) 13:45, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- Done! Deleted one user page.
summary: |
time | wiki | logged action |
---|---|---|
14:05 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (cannot delete global user page). |
14:06 | en.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
14:06 | fr.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 0 bytes). |
Siz (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:Siz
on every wiki (except on tr) - and delete the page.
Siz (talk) 09:15, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
- Done! You don't have any other user pages though.
summary: |
time | wiki | logged action |
---|---|---|
14:27 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (cannot delete global user page). |
14:31 | tr.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
Fjmustak (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:Fjmustak
on every wiki (except on ar) - and delete the page.
Fjmustak (talk) 12:37, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- Done! Deleted one user page.
summary: |
time | wiki | logged action |
---|---|---|
14:45 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (cannot delete global user page). |
14:45 | ar.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
14:48 | sq.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 687 bytes). |
Parasiticfrisk (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:Parasiticfrisk
on every wiki - and delete the page.
Parasiticfrisk (talk) 23:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
- Done! Deleted four user pages.
summary: |
time | wiki | logged action |
---|---|---|
14:51 | commons.wikimedia.org | marked for deletion (was 768 bytes). |
14:51 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (cannot delete global user page). |
14:51 | species.wikimedia.org | deleted (was 765 bytes). |
14:52 | www.wikidata.org | deleted (was 221 bytes). |
14:52 | en.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 7124 bytes). |
Wüstenspringmaus (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User talk:Wüstenspringmaus
on every wiki (except on wikidata, de, meta, lawikiquote, testwikipedia) - and replace the text with
Wüstenspringmaus talk 07:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Wüstenspringmaus (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:Wüstenspringmaus
on every wiki (except on wikidata, de, meta, lawikiquote) - and delete the page.
Wüstenspringmaus talk 07:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Mazbel (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:Mazbel
on every wiki (except on commonswiki, eswiki, eswikibooks, eswiktionary, meta) - and delete the page.
Mazbel (Talk) 05:12, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
HarisKoeln (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:HarisKoeln
on every wiki - and delete the page.
--HarisKoeln (talk) 10:09, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
Samoasambia (migrate to global user page)
edit- go to
User:Samoasambia
on every wiki (except on fi.wikipedia.org, commons.wikimedia.org, wikidata.org) - and delete the page.
FAQs
editHow do I make a request?
editHere's how to submit a Synchbot task. If you're not sure how to fill in the template, just choose one below and add a comment explaining what you want. There's no approval process; your request will be handled in the next batch! Make sure you watch this page in case of questions.
- To migrate to your global user page (delete your local
User
pages): - Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} (migrate to global user page)=== {{#invoke:synchbot|request |user = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} |action = delete |title = User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}} |text = |skip wikis = |skip existing = no |status = <!-- don't change this line --> }} ~~~~
- Optional: add a comment before
~~~~
or edit the template with any specifics (e.g. pages to skip).
- Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
- To migrate to your global CSS and JavaScript pages (delete your local
*.css
and*.js
pages): - Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} (migrate to global CSS/JS)=== {{#invoke:synchbot|request |user = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} |action = delete |title = User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}/*.css, User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}/*.js |text = |skip wikis = |skip existing = no |status = <!-- don't change this line --> }} Please delete all local CSS and JS pages. ~~~~
- Optional: add a comment before
~~~~
or edit the template with any specifics (e.g. pages to skip).
- Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
- For a custom request:
- Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
==={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}=== {{#invoke:synchbot|request |user = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} |action = replace |title = |text = |skip wikis = |skip existing = yes |status = <!-- don't change this line --> }}~~~~
- Edit the template values:
field how to edit it user
The name of the user who owns the pages. The default is your current username. action
What you want the bot to do. This can be replace (overwrite pages with the new text), prepend (insert the new text at the top of the page), append (insert the new text at the bottom of the page), or delete (delete all pages). title
The title of the page you want edited on every wiki. text
The text you want placed on the edited pages. A few guidelines: - Don't add categories or templates, because they probably don't exist on most wikis.
- Use interwiki links to link to a specific wiki (like
[[m:Article]]
for a page on Meta). Don't use interlanguage links (like[[en:Article]]
instead of[[w:en:Article]]
), unless you really want to link to a different wiki depending on the current project. - For a user page, use something simple and informative. Most people provide a few sentences about themselves with a link to their main user page. Consider using your global user page instead.
skip wikis
A list of wikis to skip (in addition to auto-skipped wikis). You can use a wildcard (like pt.* to skip all Portuguese wikis). The format doesn't really matter. skip existing
Whether to skip pages that already exist. - Watch this page in case I have questions. Otherwise it will be done soon! :)
- Add this text at the bottom of the Requests section:
How long will it take?
editThe 'next scheduled run' date at the top of the page shows when requests will be handled. All open requests are typically handled within one day of that date.
What can the bot do?
editThe bot can create, edit, or delete any of your user pages. It will edit almost all Wikimedia wikis (except private wikis, fishbowl wikis, and loginwiki).
It's very flexible and supports custom logic (e.g. edits which depend on the page size/history/content, prepending text, regex search & replace, etc). If you have a custom requirement, feel free to ask the bot operator whether it's possible.
What are the limitations?
editThe bot has a specific scope based on its global permission requests and local community expectations.
The bot will not...
- protect pages;
- rename pages;
- delete talk pages (unless you're the only editor);
- delete your main user page on Meta;
- delete pages on wikis where you have a block history;
- change pages outside the User or User talk namespaces.
There are also limits on specific wikis:
wiki | limitations |
---|---|
ar.wikipedia.org | Per request, the bot will place a speedy-delete template instead of deleting pages. |
commons.wikimedia.org | Per request, the bot will place a speedy-delete template instead of deleting pages. |
sv.wikipedia.org | Per request, the bot won't remove discussions on talk pages. |
What is Synchbot?
editSynchbot is a bot which makes an automated change to a specific page title on all matching wikis. It's been run by Pathoschild since 2008. The bot uses the global deleter and global editinterface permissions, and runs under a web of permissions, exceptions, and special cases negotiated with local communities.
Historically this was used to support global user pages from 2008 to 2015 (now part of global user pages), global CSS/JS from 2008 to 2014 (now available via your global.css
or your global.js
), and crosswiki account creation from 2009 to 2011 (now part of unified login). Now it's mainly used to delete local pages that are no longer needed due to the new global user page features.
See also
edit- Global user pages
- Related tools:
- Krinkle's Global SUL creates your account on all wikis
- MassMessage sends notifications to a list of users
- Multilingual Templates and Modules project
- Related discussions:
- 2014-08: request for global editinterface
- 2014-09: request for global deleter
- 2015-02: community consensus for bulk deletion of user pages
- 2015-08: renew global editinterface
- 2015-08: renew global delete
- 2016-08: renew global editinterface and global delete
- 2017-12: renew global editinterface and global delete
- 2019-03: renew global editinterface and global delete
- 2020-03: renew global editinterface and global delete
- 2022-04: renew global editinterface and global delete
- 2024-05: renew global editinterface and global delete
- Synchbot campaigns: