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Refund request

Hello AM, could you please restore all the subpages of Portal:Reptiles and Portal:Amphibians that you deleted due to this request? We want to compare the current single page version with the old historical version, and need to have the subpages in order make that comparison. UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:31, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, where's the discussion? That is, who's "we?" ~ Amory (u • t • c) 19:27, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We is: the participants of Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals. The specific discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals#Portal restoration to pre-automated versions and in the threads that followed. Thanks again. UnitedStatesian (talk) 19:28, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@UnitedStatesian:

Done Just referenced you since there don't seem to be any ongoing discussions. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 20:54, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for suggestions on how to address legal situation relevant to an article and editing there

Hi Amorymeltzer. This isn't an oversight situation in my eyes (yet), but it's weird enough that it has me thinking someone with your experience would know what to do, if anything: Talk:Axios_(website)#"Upcoming_libel_claim" details that editor BC1278 is claiming to have filed a libel claim against Huffington Post over an article that's used as a reference and is under dispute. BC1278 (talk · contribs) has been using edit requests, arguing against the use of the reference, but this feels very strange given the legal situation. I've only rarely seen editors contact Wikipedia's legal team (so rare that I don't recall the details), but I'm wondering if it is a good idea here, or maybe other action should be taken. Any thoughts or direction would be appreciated. --Ronz (talk) 03:28, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac:, you're the first oversighter that I see that's fairly active today. Maybe you have suggestions? --Ronz (talk) 19:08, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There's no legal threat against Wikipedia, just a mention that the HuffPo piece might be retracted/redacted/updated/whatever if a suit is brought forth. Such litigation hasn't happened yet as far as the discussion is concerned, so until it does there's not really anything to do. Primefac (talk) 19:22, 20 May 2019 (UTC) (please ping on reply)[reply]

(edit conflict)@Ronz: I'm not really sure what you're asking. Oversight doesn't really come into it — we don't generally hide legal threats, and even then it's unlikely to require oversight — unless you're suggesting the user in question is committing libel themselves? The material in question is well-sourced and well-discussed, including by the editor in question. If you think there is something that needs oversight, you should mail it in, not discuss it on-wiki. Regarding legal, I generally agree with all of you: I don't see their statement as a legal threat but it's certainly ill-advised; I see no need to get legal involved, and saying you're considering doing so seems counter-productive at best (caveat: IANAL). At the moment the discussions seem to be progressing productively; if things worsen, WP:ANI or WP:RSN or the like would seem to be the way to go. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 19:26, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both for the responses. --Ronz (talk) 19:29, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Scripting help

Hi. Do you think you can take a look at User:DannyS712 test/redirects.js? I'm building a bot to automatically patrol redirects, but I can't get it to properly patrol the pages. The doPatrolFromId function is triggered for all of the pages, but only the first in each run is actually patrolled. I don't know enough about javascript to figure this out. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 07:46, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What's the error? If you're sure the code is being reached and you're doing bulk work, I'd imagine it's a token issue. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:53, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the "console.log( "Should patrol: " + pageId);" is reached, but it doesn't actually do the patrolling. I use the token via API.postWithToken. Do you have any suggested changes? --DannyS712 (talk) 07:39, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback for Accesscrawl

Hi Amory. Can you restore my rollback right? The 2 month trial was expired. I have used rollback with care and never abused it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Accesscrawl (talk • contribs) 08:21, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]