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: 6–7 March 2021.
RequestsEdit
See previous requests.
מושך בשבט ($/WSign.js)Edit
- go to User:מושך בשבט/WSign.js on every wiki (except on existing pages)
- and replace the text with <font face=Cambria>[[User:מושך בשבט|<span style="color:#082567">'''מושך בשבט'''</span>]] '''·''' [[User talk:מושך בשבט|<span style="color:#224C98">'''Talk'''</span>]]</font>
מושך בשבט (talk) 09:32, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- @מושך בשבט The
<font>font is deprecated. Any objections to using this code instead? <span style="font-family:Cambria">[[User:מושך בשבט|<span style="color:#082567">'''מושך בשבט'''</span>]] '''·''' [[User talk:מושך בשבט|<span style="color:#224C98">'''Talk'''</span>]]</span>
- —Pathoschild 03:10, 07 February 2021 (UTC)
- Done! Created 496 pages:
| summary: |
- —Pathoschild 23:28, 08 February 2021 (UTC)
מושך בשבט ($/common.js)Edit
- go to user:מושך בשבט/common.js on every wiki (except on existing pages)
- and replace the text with mw.loader.load("//he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9:%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9A_%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%98/%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA.js\u0026action=raw\u0026ctype=text/javascript");
מושך בשבט (talk) 09:39, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi מושך בשבט. You should add that to your global.js on Meta instead; that's your global user scripts, so it'll be loaded on every wiki automatically. —Pathoschild 03:14, 07 February 2021 (UTC)
Saroj Uprety (migrate to global CSS/JS)Edit
- go to User:Saroj Uprety/common.js on every wiki (except on newiki, simplewiki, hifwiki, maiwiki, bhwiki)
- and delete the page.
Saroj Uprety (talk) 14:26, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- Done! Deleted four user pages.
| summary: |
| time | wiki | logged action |
|---|---|---|
| 03:17 | meta.wikimedia.org | deleted (was 0 bytes). |
| 03:17 | bh.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:18 | dty.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 12 bytes). |
| 03:18 | en.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 110 bytes). |
| 03:18 | hi.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 0 bytes). |
| 03:18 | hif.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:18 | mai.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:19 | ne.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:19 | simple.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
- —Pathoschild 03:29, 07 February 2021 (UTC)
Peter Gröbner (migrate to global user page)Edit
- go to User:Peter Gröbner on every wiki (except on wikimedia)
- and delete the page.
Peter Gröbner (talk) 06:57, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- Done! Deleted two user pages.
| summary: |
| time | wiki | logged action |
|---|---|---|
| 03:32 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (cannot delete global user page). |
| 03:32 | en.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 54 bytes). |
| 03:34 | de.wikivoyage.org | deleted (was 566 bytes). |
- —Pathoschild 03:39, 07 February 2021 (UTC)
Ottomata (migrate to global user page)Edit
- go to User:Ottomata on every wiki
- and delete the page.
Ottomata (talk) 20:21, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- I manually deleted your MediaWiki user page. Tropicalkitty (talk) 01:05, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
- Done! Deleted one user page.
| summary: |
| time | wiki | logged action |
|---|---|---|
| 03:41 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (cannot delete global user page). |
| 03:42 | en.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 9 bytes). |
- —Pathoschild 03:45, 07 February 2021 (UTC)
Patsagorn Y.Edit
- go to User:Patsagorn Y. and all subpages on every wiki (except on metawiki, wikidatawiki, thwiki, thwikisource)
- and delete the page.
Patsagorn Y. (Talk) 03:09, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
- I manually deleted your user subpages on MediaWiki.org with reference to this request. Tropicalkitty (talk) 00:46, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
- Partly done. I deleted one user page:
| summary: |
| time | wiki | logged action |
|---|---|---|
| 03:47 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:48 | th.wikibooks.org | deleted (was 982 bytes). |
| 03:48 | www.wikidata.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:49 | th.wikisource.org | skipped (in skip list). |
- And three common.css pages:
| summary: |
| time | wiki | logged action |
|---|---|---|
| 03:52 | commons.wikimedia.org | marked for deletion (was 2015 bytes). |
| 03:52 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:53 | test.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 157 bytes). |
| 03:53 | www.wikidata.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:53 | en.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 811 bytes). |
| 03:54 | th.wikisource.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 03:55 | th.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
- And one comment.css page:
| summary: |
| time | wiki | logged action |
|---|---|---|
| 03:58 | th.wikibooks.org | deleted (was 188 bytes). |
- And four common.js pages:
| summary: |
| time | wiki | logged action |
|---|---|---|
| 04:10 | commons.wikimedia.org | marked for deletion (was 1580 bytes). |
| 04:10 | meta.wikimedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 04:10 | test.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 93 bytes). |
| 04:11 | th.wikibooks.org | deleted (was 106 bytes). |
| 04:11 | www.wikidata.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 04:11 | en.wikipedia.org | deleted (was 1595 bytes). |
| 04:12 | th.wikisource.org | skipped (in skip list). |
| 04:12 | th.wikipedia.org | skipped (in skip list). |
- You have some subpages on individual wikis left. Synchbot is optimized to change one page across all wikis though, so it would be very slow at deleting those individual pages. You can request deleting on those wikis instead since they should all have active admins. —Pathoschild 04:18, 07 February 2021 (UTC)
Pcoombe (WMF) (migrate to global user page)Edit
- go to User:Pcoombe (WMF) on every wiki
- and delete the page.
Peter Coombe (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 14:34, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Jon Harald Søby (migrate to global CSS/JS)Edit
- go to User:Jon Harald Søby/vector.css, User:Jon Harald Søby/vector.js on every wiki (except on nowiki, wikidatawiki)
- and delete the page.
Please delete my local vector.css and vector.js pages except for the specified wikis. Please do not delete any common.css/js pages. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 15:13, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
NMW03 (migrate to global user page)Edit
- go to User:NMW03 on every wiki (except on az.*, meta, commons, ka)
- and delete the page.
NMW03 (talk) 23:42, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
Zzyzx11 (migrate to global user page)Edit
- go to User:Zzyzx11 on every wiki (except on commons, enwikipedia)
- and delete the page.
I should mention that since I'm a sysop on both commons and enwikipedia, I've been experimenting with various sysop actions on those two user pages there. By the time you run Synchbot I may have already manually deleted those two. I am still listing commons and enwikipedia to skip because I may still be experimenting. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:48, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
Wim b (migrate to global user page)Edit
- go to User:Wim b on every wiki (except on itwiktionary, itwikibooks, meta)
- and delete the page.
Thanks --Wim b 18:26, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
FAQsEdit
How do I make a request?Edit
Here'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
Userpages): - 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
*.cssand*.jspages): - 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 userThe name of the user who owns the pages. The default is your current username. actionWhat 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). titleThe title of the page you want edited on every wiki. textThe 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 wikisA 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 existingWhether 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?Edit
The '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.
Which wikis are edited?Edit
The bot edits almost all Wikimedia wikis in every language. It only skips private wikis, fishbowl wikis, and loginwiki.
Can the bot delete pages?Edit
The bot can delete any of your user pages or subpages (except your main talk page). When deleting your user page, you must have a global user page and the bot will skip wikis where you have a block history. On arwiki and on commons, the bot will place the appropriate speedy-deletion template instead.
Can the bot do X?Edit
The bot can edit or delete pages (but protecting/renaming/etc are outside its remit). The bot is very flexible to support custom requests. For example, some custom requests in the past have involved checking for a specific text, page size, and even page history. If you have a custom requirement, feel free to ask Pathoschild (the bot operator) whether it's possible.
What is Synchbot?Edit
Synchbot 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 alsoEdit
- 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
- Synchbot campaigns: