Wikipedia talk:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 17

Testing approval

Pre-approval for testing (10 edits) of additional tracking parameters that this task may encompass in the future. Additional parameters must be approved by WP:BAG here, or referred to a new Task ID at BRFA. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:37, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

MBID (and maybe CNDID)

Request for removal of ?mbid parameters, which are mobile-specific bidding tracking (i.e. adverts). Wikipedia currently shows about 200 pages with the tracking cat.

10-edit trial. Please note that there are 12 edits, because I removed excess tracking (which I checked before removing) in Stanley Kubrick and Maya Angelou, so they weren't a true "bot" edit were PrimeBOT be making the change (it would have left all the non-mbid junk). Primefac (talk) 01:14, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

@Xaosflux:, in case you aren't watching this page. Primefac (talk) 01:15, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

NOTE: from what I can tell based on this search mbid is frequently paired with CNDID, though for the life of me I can't see what it's used for. While only showing 27 pages, they're all paired with an mbid, so I guess I'm requesting that the removal be for both. Primefac (talk) 01:24, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

If not, that's fine; 27 is enough for me to remove them manually. Primefac (talk) 01:24, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

So you just want to add the mbids? Give me a diff of one you've done. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:34, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

xaosflux, Special:Diff/794129068. The other 9 are linked above. Primefac (talk) 02:45, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

@Primefac: Speedily Approved. to add the ?mbid parameters to this existing task, due to low volume not going to have you write a new taskid just to add this. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:30, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

fbclid

Looks like about 400 instances of this Facebook tracking. A Pump discussion is looking to add this to the bot's list. ​ Primefac (talk) 14:42, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

As a note, the discussion closed as "please remove these". Primefac (talk) 20:53, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

NYTimes

The NY Times apparently has its own internal tracker of the form "?hp&action=click", and it's found in ~400 articles ([1], [2], etc] DS (talk) 20:22, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Noting for whatever record matters that this tracker is covered by my task below. Primefac (talk) 13:44, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

NY Times (another)

Testing the following code to remove long-form NYT tracking (request)

(?<!/)(?<!\?url=)https?://(?:[\w-]+\.)*nytimes\.com/[\w/.\-#?&=]*

Edits from an insource search of "?searchResultPosition": 25 pages, noting that Greta Thunberg and 2026 FIFA World Cup were properly skipped

Primefac (talk) 07:39, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Bsoyka, have a check, should be good? Primefac (talk) 12:57, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

@Primefac: Looks good to me! Thanks for working on this. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 21:35, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Just need to get a @BAG: to sign off on the extension. Primefac (talk) 08:34, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

@Primefac, looks good to me. — The Earwig (talk) 13:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)