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FireflyBot malfunctioning?

Hello, Firefly,

I noticed tonight that editors weren't receiving notifications at the 5 month point of inactivity with the drafts they created. When I checked Firefly Bot's contributions, it looks like it stopped notifications on September 27th. Is there an easy way to start this up and, hopefully, post notices to those editors who didn't receive them over the past 30 days? I understand you are probably busy but we really rely on Firefly Bot to warn editors in advance...it helps keep the daily expiring drafts list manageable. Thanks for any help you (and your bot) can provide to the project. Liz Read! Talk! 04:09, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm that’s weird. I’ll take a look - and yes, notifications should automatically backfill once it’s fixed. firefly ( t · c ) 14:43, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Liz ^ firefly ( t · c ) 14:43, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Still no notifications. I understand that you are away so I'm not expecting overnight fixes. It's ordinarily so reliable, I don't think to check to see if it's operating correctly. It'll be great when it's back to its old self! Liz Read! Talk! 19:04, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Liz fixed :) Was an issue with changes to the MediaWiki database schema. firefly ( t · c ) 20:19, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah! Thanks so much, Firefly! Thanks for taking care of this. Liz Read! Talk! 01:05, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Socks

Were you working SPI last time we actually got down to 0 cases? Someone (I think it was Mz7?) added a picture that pops up when the queue is empty. 'twould be nice to see it again, but maybe give it a few minutes before archiving in case someone else is still looking at it! ;-) Girth Summit (blether) 17:52, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Girth Summit I don't think so, no, but I've been made aware of the fun easter egg there. :) If you're talking about Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rajarano100, I didn't actually archive that one, just closed it. But it's good advice nonetheless, I think I've archived a few recently that might've been a little keen. firefly ( t · c ) 17:55, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oh sorry, you're right - Spicy archived it, my bad. No harm done, of course - I just feel like we're all very eager to see that pic again :) Girth Summit (blether) 17:56, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Girth Summit guilty as charged. :P firefly ( t · c ) 17:57, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, my apologies. I'll admit that I'm overly eager to see the cat picture. (Who doesn't like cat pictures)? Spicy (talk) 17:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If it helps, I think the Vamlos case can be tidied away now. Firefly, care to do the honours? Girth Summit (blether) 18:01, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Girth Summit  Done :) firefly ( t · c ) 18:07, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
When the bot does its work - let there be cats. Or socks. Or maybe both, I can't quite remember. Girth Summit (blether) 18:08, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

For working through the queue so we could get to see that kitten.

Girth Summit (blether) 19:18, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Girth Summit thank you! :) Seeing a cat is an excellent reward - in SPI world or otherwise! firefly ( t · c ) 19:32, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'mm more of a dog person myself to be honest - our whippet, Fleet, is currently curled up on the sofa next to me. I thought about replacing the Easter egg pic with something more canine, but the only ones I could find on commons were basically dogs tearing socks apart, which seemed a bit too violent... Girth Summit (blether) 19:33, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Girth Summit Awww! Dogs are great but I’m a lifelong cat person myself. Our two don’t really go for socks, they prefer little plushie mouse toys. firefly ( t · c ) 21:28, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Owentonian

Did you spot them before they edited? Or are you the new world record holder for fastest block with six seconds between their revert of me and your block of them? DatGuyTalkContribs 17:04, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@DatGuy heh, found 'em some other way :) firefly ( t · c ) 17:15, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Socks/trolls

Hi, I noticed your question here. I've blocked the following users: Lonfir, Raucous Oatmeal, and Phil Fillibuster Fibbs Jr.. I blocked Lonfir for disruption based on a report at WP:AIV and then, after some poking around, blocked the other two as socks (I would have blocked Lonfir too as a sock if I'd poked around a bit earlier). The reason I'm telling you all this is partly because of your question and partly to give you the opportunity to block any additional socks you found in checks. Finally, being a tidy fellow, I'd like everyone tagged appropriately. Thanks!--Bbb23 (talk) 15:02, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23 - yeah those three are  Technically indistinguishable. I was tempted to block 'em myself, but thought I'd ask the question first given that at the time they were pretty much only being disruptive on each other's talk pages. However, given Lonfir has branched out and has started being disruptive elsewhere I'm not going to complain that you saved me the effort! :) They can explain what on Earth they were up to in an unblock request if they want to. I'll sort the tags. firefly ( t · c ) 15:09, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Phil_Fillibuster_Fibbs_Jr. :) firefly ( t · c ) 15:14, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Outstanding. Thanks for doing all the paperwork.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:00, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bbb23 not a problem - I know how useful having an SPI to point to can be when encountering any future socks. firefly ( t · c ) 16:04, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Could you confirm?

Hi! At the start of the month you answered my question about the paid-en-wiki email system, here. I've since sent a second email, since there were some updates. Could you confirm that those specific emails were received and are being addressed in some way? I don't mind if the case has to wait in line for a while, but I've heard nothing from anyone to confirm that the emails were noticed or even received, so it would be good to know that I'm not just talking into a void. Thanks again! —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:12, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

hi would you help me out with getting this artist on wiki i did a article for him and they took it down.

Ghostxwriter111 (talk) 20:37, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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