Operator: Qwerfjkl (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 16:37, Monday, October 9, 2023 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: pywikibot

Function overview: Resend MassMessages at WP:VPM.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 85#Forward VPM MassMessages to a new MassMessage list

Edit period(s): continious

Estimated number of pages affected: Depends on how many users and themselves to the list and how frequently messages are posted at VPM.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Major WMF announcements go to WP:VPM because it's listed at m:Distribution list/Global message delivery. Users cannot subscribe there because it's for noticeboards. The bot would repost any MassMessages from VPM to a new MassMessage list. Example: Special:Diff/1179359075.

Discussion

• Thanks for working on this, Qwerfjkl. Much appreciated. I think this could wind up being really helpful. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 16:40, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (50 edits or 30 days, whichever happens first). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. I think it would be a good idea to get this onto the Admin Newsletter and/or crosspost somewhere so that users know this is an option. Primefac (talk) 09:21, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• @@L235, could you set up a MassMessage list for this? — Qwerfjkltalk 14:43, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  @Qwerfjkl: I've set one up at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Subscribe. Once you get the trial going, I'll put out a few announcements that this is available. Thank you! Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 20:06, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  @L235, okay, thanks. I've started the trial now. i'm not entirely sure if the code actually works, so ping me if there's a message at VPM that doesn't get sent. — Qwerfjkltalk 14:00, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly the whole point of MassMessage was to remove bots from the message delivery process. Having users subscribe to WMF notifications seems like a reasonable use case, have you asked them to use a different delivery list in addition to the main one? Legoktm (talk) 03:18, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Legoktm: Hm, the thing is, I want every MassMessage posted to VPM, but there are quite a few different lists that include VPM in the list. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 21:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

((Operator assistance needed)) It has been more than a month since the last post, is this trial still ongoing? Primefac (talk) 13:26, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Primefac, you can see from this that there haven't been any messages since the trial started. Not much I can do about that. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Interesting. Primefac (talk) 16:27, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]