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Draft:Anton Hetz

Primefac Hello, I would like to implement this article, which I consider to be uncyclopedically relevant. Could you help me implement it? Countet (talk) 16:24, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay. I think you have received some good feedback on the draft (via the decline message) and at the AfC WikiProject talk thread. If you have any further questions please let me know. Primefac (talk) 00:53, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Parameter removal bot run request

Hey Primefac, I hope you're well. I started working on removal a deprecated parameter when I remembered that you have a bot task to do just that! In typing this up, I remembered you actually fulfilled a similar request for the same template a bit over 10 months ago. I was wondering, would you be able to remove the image_size parameter from entries in Category:Pages using infobox NFL biography with unsupported parameters? I expect it to be a 11,000–11,500 edits. This change to the infobox was made 16 days ago by @Dissident93 and they mentioned it on the template talk page here. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:25, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, can do, I have a bit of a backlog of AWB bot runs but they're for the most part small so I can probably get to it this weekend. Primefac (talk) 09:17, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

No worries, that's still faster than I'd get through them all! Thanks Primefac! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:11, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Sorted. Primefac (talk) 16:40, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Much appreciated! Hey man im josh (talk) 13:15, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Infobox Fraternity

Could you please take a look at the change that I made at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AInfobox_fraternity&diff=1283177102&oldid=1282336816 and let me know if you have any ideas why it didn't work. the idea is to remove those infoboxes with type = umbrella from those where it complains about no chapters. :(Naraht (talk) 13:03, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Will do so when I can, have had some late nights recently. Primefac (talk) 00:23, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

thank you.Naraht (talk) 18:10, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It looks like your code is working. I see the category applied properly at Odd Fellows. The category is properly not applied at Coburger Convent, where |type=umbrella. If you are having issues, please link to an example page and explain the issue. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:46, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay, was going to reply earlier but got sidetracked. As Jonesey says, everything looks to be working properly. Primefac (talk) 00:38, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

AfC Probation

Hello :-)

I was looking through policy and didn't see anything regarding this... is AfC probationary status reviewed automatically? Or do we need to request permanent privileges? Cheers MWFwiki (talk) 21:46, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Neither; I go through the list every few months and review. Primefac (talk) 21:58, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Cool, cool; Cheers, thanks for your time. MWFwiki (talk) 23:03, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Darja Varfolomeev

Hi there, the PrimeBOT edit here removed a swath of content from the infobox, and damaged the infobox... I fixed it, but wanted to give you a heads-up in case I restored some incorrect content. Mind taking a look? Thanks! Jessicapierce (talk) 14:44, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Interesting, good catch. It's a bit of a GIGO issue here; the line break in the wikilink makes AWB think it's a new line which makes it think that it's an invalid parameter. Not sure what the best fix for this would be (it's likely to be fairly rare) but I'll cross-post this issue to AWB's talk and maybe get it added to the genfixes. Primefac (talk) 15:13, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

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University of Minnesota Marching Band

In ticket:2025041310004935 the user wanted to create an account, and have their contribution attributed to them - and seemed happy with the result in their response. I'm also not super keen on leaving unattributed unreferenced factual claims on articles. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:55, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

To be somewhat nitpicky attribution is still there, but only certain individuals can view it. But sure, I'll let them make the edit. Primefac (talk) 23:20, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Idea for improving Template:Edit COI

Hi Primefac, I'm Bill Beutler from Beutler Ink. My colleagues and I use the COI edit request system to propose changes on behalf of clients and have been thinking through some ways we might improve the experience—for both reviewers and requesters—via updates to the Template:Edit COI, which I know you have helped maintain.

I'm drafting a more detailed proposal that I can share with you soon, but I wanted to give you a quick heads-up and invite any early thoughts. The gist is to increase transparency and usability by adding fields like a brief request summary and request status, which could make the workflow more accessible and effective for volunteer editors.

I'm also reaching out to Anomie, since any template changes would need to be coordinated with AnomieBOT and the COIREQTable. I'll keep both conversations in sync, and would be glad to hear your perspective before posting my full thoughts.

More soon, and thanks in advance for your time! WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:32, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Never a problem proposing changes to a template; I have it watchlisted so I look forward to the discussion you start on its talk page. Primefac (talk) 00:55, 16 April 2025 (UTC)