https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61995
Bug ID: 61995
Summary: Babel AutoCreate should not recreate deleted
categories
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Babel
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: stradb...@gmail.com
CC: asha...@wikimedia.org, robinp.1...@gmail.com,
run...@gmail.com, siebr...@wikimedia.org
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I deleted [[Category:User Yi]] from enwiki on 26 February, as it was a
duplicate of [[Category:User yi]].
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Category%3AUser+Yi
However, Babel AutoCreate recreated the category on 27 February, despite me
having fixed the broken #babel invocation that led to it being created:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:User_Yi&action=history
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%D7%97%D7%95%D7%91%D7%91%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94&diff=prev&oldid=597224662
If an admin has deleted a category that can be used by Babel, it probably
should not be recreated. There is likely a good reason for such deletions, and
recreation might need to be discussed. Instead of recreation, I recommend
getting Babel AutoCreate to log these events on its user page or on a user
subpage so that a human can check them.
I have blocked [[User:Babel AutoCreate]] on enwiki, partly for this issue, but
mostly because it was creating categories with the wrong capitalisation. (See
bug 61993 and bug 61994 for more on that.) If there's a better way of doing
this than blocking, let me know and I'll be happy to unblock the account.
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