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Infobox image field

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Now you can add images to infoboxes

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image field in infobox isn't rendering. See ISKCON Temple, Jaipur and ISKCON Temple, Patna. @WikiDwarf @GoneForTea Dokania (talk) 17:28, 28 September 2026 (IST)

Also, Many parameteres in infobox film isn't working like native name. See, Dhee (Sanskrit Film) Dokania (talk) 17:30, 28 September 2026 (IST)

Template doc might be of help. Dokania (talk) 19:08, 28 September 2026 (IST)

@Dokania: The issue has been fixed, and images and coordinates are now rendering correctly. Thank you for reporting the issue. WikiDwarf (talk) 22:48, 28 September 2026 (IST)

But many fields like native_name are still not working. See Dhee (Sanskrit Film) Dokania (talk) 22:56, 28 September 2026 (IST)

For the native name, please use {{Infobox name module}} instead. The parameter named "preceded by" does not exist, and "production companies" was missing the underscore. I have fixed the infobox. Please review my edit to understand how I used "Infobox name module" within the infobox. WikiDwarf (talk) 23:25, 28 September 2026 (IST)

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Twinkle issues

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Now you can easily add tags using Twinkle, turn on from Preferences > Gadgets

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CSD tagging is still not working and Mfd template (in XfD) doesn't render. See Draft:ABDUR-RAHMAN 0.2 @WikiDwarf Dokania (talk) 17:38, 28 September 2026 (IST)

Any updates? @WikiDwarf Dokania (talk) 13:23, 2 October 2026 (IST)

@Dokania: I tried applying a deletion tag to my sandbox using Twinkle, and it worked. Regarding XfD tagging, the templates weren't rendering because there weren't any templates available for that particular process. I can see that some of the templates for MfD and AfD have already been created. Please try it again and let me know if it's working now. If it still isn't, please let me know what error you get when trying to tag pages for deletion. Thank you. WikiDwarf (talk) 14:26, 2 October 2026 (IST)

I tried it on draft, article and my sandbox. It didn't work anywhere. It simply doesn't respond when I click tag. Dokania (talk) 08:21, 3 October 2026 (IST)

@Dokania: Would it be possible for you to record your screen showing the issue and email the recording to infobharatpedia.org so I can investigate it? Thank you. WikiDwarf (talk) 11:05, 7 October 2026 (IST)

it wasn't working for me because I had selected notify page author if possible. When that option is selected twinkle doesn't work at all. Dokania (talk) 13:15, 7 October 2026 (IST)

Please set that option to no by default or delete that option if it's never going to work. Unchecking it every time is frustating Dokania (talk) 18:26, 7 October 2026 (IST)

It has been fixed. Please let me know if you encounter any further issues. Some templates on talk pages may still be missing or may not display correctly. If you notice any, we may need to create the missing templates. WikiDwarf (talk) 22:11, 7 October 2026 (IST)

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Internet Archive Bot

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Now you can archive the links of any article easily using BharatwikiArchiveBot

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Is there a bot or tool to automatically add archive org links to references to an article already submitted. Dokania (talk) 21:11, 28 September 2026 (IST)

I have seen it being used on bharatpedia in edit history of some pages. Dokania😎(📩) 20:18, 8 October 2026 (IST)

I am working on this tool. @BharatwikiArchiveBot 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 20:49, 8 October 2026 (IST)

What about the tool that was being used before? As seen in edit history. Dokania😎(📩) 20:51, 8 October 2026 (IST)

Bot creation completed successfully. See User:BharatwikiArchiveBot/Requests. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 00:58, 9 October 2026 (IST)

Is there a bareURL bot too? Dokania😎(📩) 07:56, 9 October 2026 (IST)

I can also update the bot Python code to perform this task, but the issue is that it may introduce numerous formatting errors in the reference syntax. We have a prescribed citation format, so why should we allow bare URLs in articles? Bare URLs should be converted into properly formatted references. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 08:13, 9 October 2026 (IST)

I don't understand. You want archive bot to do task of BareURL bot too? This doesn't seem correct way. reFill tool works perfectly without introducing syntax errors why can't there be a bot to fix bareURLs in an article? The BareURL bot does convert bare URLs to prescribed format. Dokania😎(📩) 08:26, 9 October 2026 (IST)

Making bots by python scripts is easy, but deploying it on the cloud for fully automated 24/7 operation costs money. So, the bot I created is hosted on my personal computer to run its functions and work. This is why I didn’t want to create many bots, as I couldn’t find a free cloud service with enough RAM to keep a Python script from your private GitHub running 24/7 nonstop. I first tried using Render, but it became a paid platform, so in the end, I used my PC as the host. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 08:56, 9 October 2026 (IST)

Oh, I thought it is financed by the Bharatpedia org. I think that should be the ideal way rather expecting users to host them on their own. Have you tried streamlit and cloudfare for free hosting? I don't know much about these things though Dokania😎(📩) 09:17, 9 October 2026 (IST)

Nope, I haven’t contacted the tech team for this, and I don’t want to. I’m fine managing this tool on my own. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 09:36, 9 October 2026 (IST)

@Dokania This is the GitHub page[1] where the refill tool operates, which you were talking about. Any error on this page can lead to incorrect deployment in the main tool script and cause the tool to display errors. For this tool to work, they likely used an AI API key like Groq, Gemini, or Claude, which pulls data from websites to generate citation titles and other details directly from a bare URL, and these API keys usually come with paid plans.🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 09:11, 9 October 2026 (IST)

I don't think it's based on AI, it's there before AI era (8 years) and it's developed by wikipedia. Dokania😎(📩) 09:18, 9 October 2026 (IST)

I checked about its functionality and find out that it uses Zotero & Citoid web scraping + HTML metadata parsing + rule-based translators' strategy to make this tool work. It's really an interesting tool. So no need of AI API key. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 09:32, 9 October 2026 (IST)

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Case sensitive page names

When I search for a page, the results do not appear if my input uses a different case (lowercase or uppercase). For example, searching for “BP:Draft” does not show “BP:DRAFT”. This behaviour is different from Wikipedia’s search and is quite inconvenient. Dokania (talk) 10:02, 24 September 2026 (IST)

@Dokania: The issues you raised have been fixed. Please check if everything works and let me know if you still face any difficulties. CAPTCHA is also turned off by default once an account reaches autoconfirmed status. Thank you for your time. WikiDwarf (talk) 11:33, 24 September 2026 (IST)

Typeerror issue is resolved automatically.

There is still an issue that “BP:” and “Bharatpedia” are not used interchangeably. For example, if I search for “BP: Help Desk”, nothing is found, so I have to search specifically for “Bharatpedia: Help Desk”. Dokania (talk) 16:36, 24 September 2026 (IST)

It has been fixed. Thank you for pointing out. WikiDwarf (talk) 22:44, 24 September 2026 (IST)

It's fixed for most of the pages but not working for recently moved pages in search suggestions. For example try searching for Ram rajya Parishad or Ram Rajya Parisha for Ram Rajya Parishad or NaNnuka for Nannuka, while you can easily search DhONI Dokania😎(📩) 20:16, 8 October 2026 (IST)

Is it a glitch from mediawiki software itself? because something like this I notice in Wikipedia too. Dokania😎(📩) 19:56, 28 October 2026 (IST)

Captcha issue has come down but it still bothers me sometime. It's not really OFF. I believe it should be off for registered users. Dokania😎(📩) 20:20, 8 October 2026 (IST)

Citoid

Would it be possible to add Citoid support to BharatPedia? Citoid is the feature in Wikipedia's VisualEditor that automatically generates citations from URLs and similar sources. Manually adding citations every time is quite tedious. Dokania (talk) 16:38, 24 September 2026 (IST)

@Dokania: Citoid for VisualEditor is still being worked on. Meanwhile I have successfully created and enabled RefToolbar on Bharatpedia. It is the Cite tool, and does more than Citoid's automatic URL fill: citation templates, named references, and a basic error check.

How to use it

1. Open the article in source edit (not VisualEditor).
2. In the toolbar, open Cite.
3. Choose Templates → web, news, book, or journal.
4. Paste a URL (or ISBN / DOI / PMID) and click the magnifying-glass icon to autofill. Check the fields, then click Insert.
5. Named references reuses a <ref>...</ref> already on the page. Error check looks for common citation problems.

Autofill is not perfect on every website; please review the generated template before saving. If you find any bug or issue (Cite button missing, autofill not filling, wrong template, etc.), please let me know with the article title, your browser, and what you clicked so I can fix it. WikiDwarf (talk) 22:34, 24 September 2026 (IST)

Citoid is available in Visual editor now but it's not working. Same links are working in citoid of wikipedia Dokania (talk) 08:35, 27 September 2026 (IST)

Can we somehow get reFill to work in Visual editing? I think that would solve the problem. Just having an error everytime someone tries to cite something shouldn't be continued. Dokania😎(📩) 17:52, 15 October 2026 (IST)

Import Articles from Wikipedia

Can we import articles in bulk from Wikipedia? I want articles of Indian politics, Indian film industry and specifically Sanskrit related pages. We can then improve those articles here. Dokania (talk) 16:40, 24 September 2026 (IST)

Yes, Wikipedia content can generally be reused because it is released under an open licence, but bulk importing should preserve the required attribution/licensing information. It would also be better to import selected articles rather than entire categories, and then independently review and improve them using reliable sources. Political and living-person articles should receive particular attention to sourcing and neutrality. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 17:21, 24 September 2026 (IST)

As Editorial Oversight said above, reusing Wikipedia content is generally allowed. However, it is generally requested and expected that, rather than directly importing articles, contributors rewrite the content in their own language and post it here. The same applies to articles that have already been imported. Those articles should be rewritten in our own language rather than simply being left as direct copies of Wikipedia content.

We can certainly use Wikipedia as a starting point, including for topics such as Indian politics, the Indian film industry, and Sanskrit-related subjects, but the aim should be to develop the content into Bharatpedia articles through rewriting, independent sourcing, and improvement.

Also, please note that the mass import feature is not enabled on Bharatpedia, so bulk importing articles from Wikipedia is currently not available. Articles would need to be worked on individually and rewritten appropriately. WikiDwarf (talk) 17:56, 24 September 2026 (IST)

I think importing entire categories is beneficial because encyclopedia works on web of links. Otherwise articles will show more red links than blue links. Also, It gives us a list of articles in bharatpedia itself to work upon. Dokania (talk) 19:08, 24 September 2026 (IST)

I agree that importing a broader set of related articles could help build the internal link network and provide editors with a useful list of articles to improve. However, since the mass-import feature is currently unavailable, perhaps we could start with a selected group of closely related articles and rewrite them as we go. This would also help ensure proper attribution, reliable sourcing, and Bharatpedia-specific improvements while gradually expanding the coverage. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 20:39, 24 September 2026 (IST)

Manually adding articles can be very cumbersome. For example, see List of Hindi films of 2025, There are too many red links. Is it practical to add so many articles manually? Dokania (talk) 21:52, 24 September 2026 (IST)

Yeah that manually creating hundreds of related articles would be cumbersome, especially for large film lists. Perhaps we could explore whether a technical import tool or a controlled batch-import process could be enabled in the future, with attribution preserved and imported articles placed in a review/rewrite workflow. Until then, we could prioritize the most notable or frequently linked articles rather than trying to create everything manually at once. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 22:40, 24 September 2026 (IST)

Can you turn on mass import feature? There comes too many red links when importing a list article manually. Dokania (talk) 13:47, 2 October 2026 (IST)

No, it will create another backlog. See Bharatpedia:Copyexempt. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 15:13, 12 November 2026 (IST)

Anti-Abuse error

I am getting this error while making edits

As an anti-abuse measure, you are limited from performing this action too many times in a short space of time, and you have exceeded this limit. Please try again in a few minutes. Dokania (talk) 23:30, 24 September 2026 (IST)

The abuse log appears to be clean and shows no results, so this may be a rate-limit or throttling issue rather than an abuse-filter violation. It might be worth checking the server/error logs or the specific filter/action that is triggering the message. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 00:40, 25 September 2026 (IST)

Yes, It seems to be some kind of rate limit. It happens when editing more than one articles within a few minutes span. Dokania (talk) 08:47, 25 September 2026 (IST)

Editorial Oversight is right above. The message is coming from MediaWiki's normal anti-abuse rate limit, rather than an AbuseFilter violation. Your account was created on 22 September 2026 and currently has 28 edits. New accounts are temporarily subject to a lower editing rate limit of 8 edits per minute until they become autoconfirmed. Once the account reaches the required age, you should automatically receive autoconfirmed status, assuming the normal account requirements are met. You therefore don't need to change anything on your side. The restriction should disappear automatically once the account qualifies for autoconfirmed status. WikiDwarf (talk) 09:53, 25 September 2026 (IST)

But It was just my second edit in the same minute or perhaps not even in that minute. Will my get auto confirmed in few days? Dokania (talk) 10:50, 25 September 2026 (IST)

Pages to fix

Special:DoubleRedirects

Special:BrokenRedirects

Also these pages aren't dead-end (incorrectly indexed)

Special:DeadendPages

@Ajay Kumar @WikiDwarf Dokania (talk) 21:19, 25 September 2026 (IST)

Double and broken redirects got fixed.[2]. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 20:13, 8 October 2026 (IST)

Shouldn't there be a script to automatically fix Double redirects and give one click fix access for other issues like broken redirects? Dokania😎(📩) 20:17, 8 October 2026 (IST)

I still there should be a s script/tool for it. Also Fix Deadengpages Dokania😎(📩) 12:37, 19 October 2026 (IST)

There are 28 broken redirects and 9 double redirects. I don't think this is a manual task

Also consider deleting Special:DeadendPages, If it's not doing anything meaningful. Dokania😎(📩) 19:59, 28 October 2026 (IST)

@Dokania, Broken redirect is eligible for immediate removal. Please nominate them under CSD G8. And those 9 double redirects backlog can be fixed easily, it will hardly take 3-5 minutes at Max. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 20:20, 28 October 2026 (IST)

As I said, I don't believe this is a manual work. Even if you fix it now it will reappear again. Dokania😎(📩) 20:24, 28 October 2026 (IST)

Just mass delete them using a script under G8 Dokania😎(📩) 14:49, 1 November 2026 (IST)

Broken redirects again piled up. I don't know what does even bharatmitra redirect tool does? Why does it has a feature if does nothing with broken redirects? Dokania😎(📩) 14:32, 9 November 2026 (IST)

A solution is now live in Bharat Mitra for both lists.
On Special:DoubleRedirects, a panel at the top shows every double redirect with its final target and a "Fix all double redirects" button that fixes them all in one go. On Special:BrokenRedirects, a panel lets you select broken redirects in batch and nominate them for speedy deletion (criterion G8); administrators also get a "Delete selected" button there for direct batch deletion.
Both panels appear only for users who have Bharat Mitra enabled. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 15:06, 12 November 2026 (IST)

It's working in mobile mode but not in desktop mode. I am using vector 2022 skin Dokania😎(📩) 16:02, 12 November 2026 (IST)

Unlock Special:WantedPages

Currently, Special:WantedPages and other such "Special:Wanted" are locked for admin only view. It is not the case on Wikipedia and I don't see any good reason for it to happen here. It would be useful for decising which pages are needed. Other such pages like Special:Most-wanted articles and Special: Requested articles would also be appreciated.

New tool: UserStats

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Now you can check user statistics in a clean UI using Bharatpedia:User statistics

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Hello everyone! A new gadget UserStats is now live and enabled by default for all users. It shows an interactive statistics dashboard for any user.

How to use:

• Visit Bharatpedia:User statistics and enter any username
• To check manually via direct link (Bharatpedia:User statistics/username). However, it is not recommended.
• Click the new "User stats" link in the footer of any contributions page.
• Click "User stats" in the Tools menu on any page, or in the mobile menu (see screenshot), opens as a dialog

What it shows:

• Stat cards: registration date, total edits, mainspace edits, minor edits, edits/day, bytes added/removed
• Overview tab: namespace breakdown, edit tags, most edited pages, first edit date, reverted edits, block history
• Activity tab: monthly activity chart and hourly editing heatmap
• Recent tab: latest 20 edits with links to contributions and user page

Note: If you cannot see the new links or features yet or the search bar is unresponsive, it is a browser cache issue. It will update automatically within about 4 hours, or you can clear your browser cache manually to see it right away.

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  Looking up a user: search box, stat cards, monthly chart and hourly heatmap
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  "User stats" link in the contributions footer (circled in red)
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  "User stats" in the mobile menu

Feedback and feature requests welcome. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 13:45, 15 October 2026 (IST)

Very helpful. As I said earlier, we need list of such tools and bots. Dokania😎(📩) 15:37, 15 October 2026 (IST)

Great job! This looks really useful, and the features are working well so far. Thanks for putting in the effort to build and implement this. I'll test it thoroughly soon and share any feedback or suggestions. Well done! WikiDwarf (talk) 18:24, 15 October 2026 (IST)

I think this discussion should be closed now. Dokania😎(📩) 12:39, 19 October 2026 (IST)

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New gadget: Citation generator

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Now you can generate full citations easily using Bharatpedia:Citation generator

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The Citation generator gadget: paste a URL and get a ready-to-paste

I've built a new gadget: Citation generator (enabled by default for everyone).

Paste any URL and it automatically pulls the title, author, date and other details, detects the source type like web page, book, journal article or news (you can change it manually) and builds a proper <ref>{{cite...}}</ref> ready to copy into articles.

There are also dedicated fields to add the page number and a quote manually.

Try it here: Bharatpedia:Citation generator

Feedback and suggestions welcome! 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 17:28, 15 October 2026 (IST)

Note- Clear your browser cache to use this tool. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 17:35, 15 October 2026 (IST)

I am sorry but why was it needed when we already had reFill which works better. See refill and citation generator difference without any manual changes. Also, We need citation tool in editing page not separately, right? Dokania😎(📩) 17:55, 15 October 2026 (IST)

@Dokania I have fixed the bug in ref formatting. You can verify after clearing your past cache of browser. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 18:20, 15 October 2026 (IST)

If you can get Citation generator to visual editing then it would be useful. Dokania😎(📩) 18:22, 15 October 2026 (IST)

It has been added to source editing but it is using the icon already being used to add ref tags, so its confusing. Also, now there are two tools in source editing RefIll and citation generator but none in visual editing Dokania😎(📩) 07:23, 16 October 2026 (IST)

I think this discussion should be closed now. Dokania😎(📩) 12:39, 19 October 2026 (IST)

citation

Look, I'm working on these tools, I will improve them in future. There are bugs, when it will get identified, I will fix. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 17:58, 15 October 2026 (IST)

My confusion remains the same after this reply. Anyways, can you get refill to work in visual editing somehow? Dokania😎(📩) 18:02, 15 October 2026 (IST)

My intention in creating this reference generator is to help novice editors who have no knowledge of reference formatting and editing, so they can easily use this page. Yes, it is possible to enable refill in the visual editor, but since I did not create it, I will not work on it. I have many projects and tools pending in my mind. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 18:24, 15 October 2026 (IST)

And how will novice editors get to know about the existence of this tool? Dokania😎(📩) 18:27, 15 October 2026 (IST)

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Bare link bot

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Moved below to Bare Reference Fixer

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Is there any barelink fixes bot or can anyone develop one, preferably using reFill? I need to fix articles like Abhijit Ashok Paul Dokania😎(📩) 18:41, 15 October 2026 (IST)

https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Village_pump_(technical)#c-Bharatwiki_Socrates-20261016010400-New_gadget:_Bare_reference_fixer 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 06:35, 16 October 2026 (IST)

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Tool for automatic tagging of G13 articles

Are there tools or bot like SDZerobotto automatically tag stale drafts and add them to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as abandoned drafts or AfC submissions Dokania😎(📩) 20:32, 15 October 2026 (IST)

New gadget: Bare reference fixer

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Now you can easily fix bare URLs using Bharatpedia:Bare reference fixer

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Hi all,

I've built a new gadget: Bare reference fixer a tool page that scans an article for bare-URL references, converts them to formatted citations, and lets you review each fix before publishing.

How it works:

• Go to Bharatpedia:Bare reference fixer
• Enter an article title and click "Scan article"
• Review the proposed fixes (checkboxes to include/exclude)
• Click "Publish changes" to save under your own account, or "Discard" to cancel

It strips tracking parameters (fbclid, utm_*) from URLs, reuses named references for duplicate URLs, and leaves references unchanged when no citation data is available.

The gadget is enabled by default for all users. Feedback welcome! 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 06:34, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Not working correctly [See https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Asahaya&diff=prev&oldid=567755] Dokania😎(📩) 07:19, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Will check soon. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 07:29, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Is there a way to easily find bare link articles? Dokania😎(📩) 07:40, 16 October 2026 (IST)

@Dokania I have checked the issue, it is not any functional problem associated with bot. Everything is fine and the bot is working on both article and draft. Actual reason is that you've tried to fetch data from scribd.com website which is protected. Even refill citoid will create the same ref of those scribd.com url as created by my bot. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 07:46, 16 October 2026 (IST)

You're right but it should use search suggestions to add articles easily. Dokania😎(📩) 07:50, 16 October 2026 (IST)

It is very unclear what you're trying to say. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 08:06, 16 October 2026 (IST)

As you search in the bharatpedia searchbar on top, search suggestions come. Similarly search suggestions should be visible in bare reference fixer as manually exact name matching is hard. Dokania😎(📩) 08:32, 16 October 2026 (IST)

As requested, search suggestion feature is fetched successfully in the bot. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 09:51, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Is making it an automated bot a bad idea like Bharatwikiarchive bot? Dokania😎(📩) 10:54, 16 October 2026 (IST)

The Internet Archive bot requires archive.com API keys and a bot flag, making it a sensitive setup and need deployment. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:00, 16 October 2026 (IST)

I mean to ask can it be made automatic like Archive bot. It's currently semi-automatic and thus time taking Dokania😎(📩) 11:02, 16 October 2026 (IST)

The Internet Archive API keys, S3_ACCESS_KEY and S3_SECRET_KEY, should not be publicly pasted into a MediaWiki file, as this could lead to the bot's API key being exhausted and causing a crash. One option for deployment is using cloud services like Render, though these are paid. Alternatively, the keys can be securely stored on your desktop and deployed from there. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:10, 16 October 2026 (IST)

I mean Can you input multiple articles at once in Bare reference fixer and set it on automatic instead of manually giving permission? Dokania😎(📩) 11:26, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Reference review is required, and in bulk it becomes very complicated for users to review before publishing. The bare reference fixer is working perfectly, and your requested update is unnecessary. Human intervention via review of bot work is required, which is what our policy BP:AI states. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:35, 16 October 2026 (IST)

I can understand why it's required but It doesn't require AI. How come it comes under AI policy? Dokania😎(📩) 11:38, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Currently, we don’t have a separate bot policy, and Bharatpedia:Bots is an empty page. Therefore, they fall under BP:AI; see BP:AIBOT rules. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:47, 16 October 2026 (IST)

As you say Dokania😎(📩) 11:51, 16 October 2026 (IST)

I think it should also have option to fix incorrectly generated references. A good example is Draft:Hacktivist Vanguard Dokania😎(📩) 19:38, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Now, bot can fix malformed ref, as it did here Draft:Hacktivist Vanguard 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 22:18, 16 October 2026 (IST)

I think this discussion should be closed now. Dokania😎(📩) 12:39, 19 October 2026 (IST)

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Banned domains

Many domains are banned including archive.today, youtu.be and such among other which don't let an edit be published due to spam filter. I have to remove the url for it which makes the reference unverifiable which is problematic. Dokania😎(📩) 19:08, 16 October 2026 (IST)

Report Twinkle Issues here

Harassment template in twinkle not working

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Harassment templates working now. Dokania😎(📩) 13:10, 19 October 2026 (IST)

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templates like Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to harass other users, you may be blocked from editing. aren't working. I am using twinkle for tagging. Dokania😎(📩) 12:36, 19 October 2026 (IST)

Created all 4 level warn templates for harassment. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 13:05, 19 October 2026 (IST)

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Bharatpedia:Auto interlinker Issues

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Issues are resolved properly

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1. Shows fetching article indefinitely even when article isn't even available. ex:- search bhxg, lixz 2. Not works for new articles it seems. I tried the tool on Lanka and it didn't indexed words like Sumali or Sukesha which are new articles.Dokania😎(📩) 13:32, 26 October 2026 (IST)

Sign you comment first. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 13:23, 26 October 2026 (IST)

I get confused sometimes it's signed automatically, Sometimes it's not. maybe difference of visual and source editing. Dokania😎(📩) 13:32, 26 October 2026 (IST)

Both issues are fixed now.
(1) Fetching: a title that does not exist now ends with "Article not found" instead of sitting on "Fetching article…", and if the wiki is slow there is also a 45 second timeout with a clear message. Testing "bhxg" just now, the not-found message came within seconds.
(2) New articles: the term check was sending 100 titles in one API query, but the API limit is 50 per query for most users, so those checks failed silently and terms were treated as if no article exists. It now checks in batches of 40, and up to 300 terms per article instead of only the first 100, so terms appearing later in a long article are no longer missed. On Lanka itself: Sukesha does come up as a suggestion. Sumali does not, because Lanka already links Sumali three times, and the tool only suggests terms that are not linked yet; the results line now also states how many terms were skipped for that reason. Please hard-refresh the tool page once (Ctrl+Shift+R) so the updated script loads, and try again. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 13:55, 26 October 2026 (IST)

First issue remains as it was. I have tried purging cache.

Second issue is fixed now. Dokania😎(📩) 14:20, 26 October 2026 (IST)

Both are working.. I think your browser cache isn't clear. Go to your edit history, delete your cache files then try again. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 14:29, 26 October 2026 (IST)

Not working for me. even tried disabling and enabling gadget settings

@Editorial Oversight @Ajay Kumar can provide third party view. Dokania😎(📩) 15:41, 26 October 2026 (IST)

I'll test the gadget independently and check whether the first issue is reproducible on my end. I'll share my findings here. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 19:31, 26 October 2026 (IST)

It should not take more time than typing this message. Dokania😎(📩) 21:58, 26 October 2026 (IST)

First Issue is still there. Try entering BUCG, XIXG or anything senseless Dokania😎(📩) 12:34, 5 November 2026 (IST)

Thanks its fixed now. Dokania😎(📩) 17:17, 6 November 2026 (IST)

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Mobile view link in BharatpediaNeo footer

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Mobile view link available in BharatpediaNeo now

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I use the BharatpediaNeo skin by default, with the desktop view, so the screen feels the same on desktop and mobile. I recently observed that once someone opens the Neo skin in desktop mode, there was no option to return to its mobile version, because the Neo footer does not show the view switch that the mobile view shows as its "Desktop" link.

To fix this, I have added a small script to MediaWiki:Bharatpedianeo.js, so it now runs sitewide for every user. It adds a "Mobile view" link at the bottom of the Neo footer. On article pages the link sits under the "Follow Us" section, below the X and Instagram icons, and on the main page it appears in the footer row, right after "Contact". The link uses the standard view switch (mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile), so one click takes you back to the mobile view, and the "Desktop" link in the mobile view brings you back to Neo. Both directions work now, and no gadget or preference setting is needed; it is already live.

Screenshots from desktop (the link is marked in red):

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  "Mobile view" under "Follow Us" on an article page
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  "Mobile view" after "Contact" on the main page or protected page.

🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 09:55, 1 November 2026 (IST)

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New gadget: Bharat Mitra

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Use Bharat Mitra for everyday maintenance tasks

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Bharat Mitra is a new gadget that puts the everyday maintenance tasks in a single menu, so they can be finished in a few clicks instead of typing templates and notices by hand. It has been running on Hindi Bharatpedia and is now available here in English as well.

What it can do

• Welcome: post a welcome message on a new user's talk page, with an optional personal message
• Warn: send a warning or notice (all the usual uw types and levels)
• Revert / Undo: roll back edits, undo a single edit, or restore an old revision from the page history, with an option to open the warning dialog straight after reverting
• Nominate for speedy deletion: add a {{db}} nomination under any CSD criterion and notify the page creator
• Put in deletion discussion: start an AfD nomination (banner on the article, discussion page, entry in the daily log, and a notice to the creator)
• Request protection: file a request at Bharatpedia:Requests for page protection
• Report to administrators' noticeboard: file a report with the details filled in
• Redirect tools: create a new redirect, or change the target of an existing one
• Block (admin): block a user (duration, reason, and the account-creation and own-talk-page options) and post the block notice on their talk page
• Batch delete (admin): delete a list of pages in one go
• Settings: your own defaults, such as the preset warning level, whether creators are notified automatically on nominations, and whether a preview is required before every action

The Bharat Mitra option appears in the page menu. On BharatpediaNeo it is inside the three-dot menu next to the page title, and it also works in the mobile view.

How to switch it on

1. Go to Special:Preferences, open the Gadgets section.
2. Tick Bharat Mitra and save. That is all, the menu will start appearing on pages.

Keeping it always on (optional) Gadget ticks have recently been switching off by themselves for some users after about a day. This is a server-side problem and has been reported. Until it is fixed, you can keep Bharat Mitra always on from your personal JavaScript page:

1. Open Special:MyPage/common.js.
2. Add this line at the very end (do not remove anything already on that page) and save:

mw.loader.load( 'ext.gadget.BharatMitra' ); Bharat Mitra will then load on every skin, whether the checkbox is ticked or not.

Full instructions with screenshots are on the help page: Bharatpedia:Bharat Mitra. Please try it and report any problem in this section. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 13:56, 1 November 2026 (IST)

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Cloudfare

Cloudfare issue is still there. Many times it gets stuck and we are unable to make any edits for hours. Cloudfare should be off for registered users. Dokania😎(📩) 49:51, 3 November 2026 (IST)

@Dokania not only you, Cloudflare has been causing problems for me over the past two days as well. I have frequently been clearing my browser cache in an attempt to get the Cloudflare checks to work smoothly.

I remember that Bharatpedia suffered a major DDoS attack in June 2023. When access was restored, I noticed that a few days of my edits had been lost. I believe I also emailed Bharatpedia during that period, and I learned about the incident through Twitter.

For more information, please read these reports:

• Bharatpedia's English Version Reestablished Days After Cyber Assault -- Mumbai Mirror
• Major DDoS Attack Disrupts Bharatpedia, Users Impacted -- Economic Times

I suspect that additional security measures may have been introduced following the attack, although I have not been able to verify whether Cloudflare was adopted specifically for that reason. Wikipedia also suffered a major DDoS attack in September 2019. According to Cloudflare's own account, Wikipedia use Cloudflare Magic Transit to counter DDos attacks which is a Cloudflare product. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 07:45, 4 November 2026 (IST)

Solution of this? Dokania😎(📩) 11:48, 4 November 2026 (IST)

@WikiDwarf, should we mail [email protected] [Bharatmedia Foundation] or do you have any other plan? 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:57, 4 November 2026 (IST)

Cloudflare already has a rule that is meant to skip logged-in users on edit and related paths. I have forwarded the details so we can check why it is still catching registered editors and causing the long blocks.

For any technical issue like this you can always email infobharatmedia.org. I don't have direct access to that part of the setup and I only forward the details and ask for a quick fix. Either way works: you can ask me here or email directly.

I'm also planning an independent platform for reporting issues with live tracking, similar to Phabricator, so these things are easier to follow in one place. WikiDwarf (talk) 13:10, 4 November 2026 (IST)

@WikiDwarf, the issue tracking platform sounds like a good idea. Regards. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 21:24, 4 November 2026 (IST)

I am still facing this issue. Dokania😎(📩) 14:19, 9 November 2026 (IST)

@Dokania Have a look [3]. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 21:14, 10 November 2026 (IST)

It's unfortunate but were registered accounts also involved in the attack? Dokania😎(📩) 21:45, 10 November 2026 (IST)

New tools: AfD Statistics and AfC Review History

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While reviewing request for AFC, I discovered that the external tools were rendering their links to Wikipedia XTools, which did not provide any logs for Bharatpedia so I tried to create them:

• AfD Statistics: for any user, every deletion discussion they took part in, with the result of the discussion (delete, keep, redirect, no consensus, or still open) and their own part in it: whether they nominated it, their !vote, or just a comment. Discussions they closed are marked too.
• AfC Review History: for any user, their Articles for creation reviews (accepted, declined, commented), read from their draft-space edits.

Template:UserAFC has also been updated: its stats, pages created, afd and reviews links now open these Bharatpedia tools with the username filled in, instead of the Wikipedia tools they pointed to before. The User Contributions Analyzer now accepts a ?user= link as well.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome on my talk page. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:28, 5 November 2026 (IST)

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Bharatpedia:Copyexempt

Hello Bharatpedians, you may have noticed an extra line in the footer of some articles: "This article may use material from the Wikipedia article ..." The BharatpediaNeo skin adds it when a Wikipedia article with the same title exists. The register at Bharatpedia:Copyexempt now decides which articles show only the plain Bharatpedia copyright line.

The rule is:

• New articles created on or after 2 November 2026 show the plain Bharatpedia owned attribution line automatically. Nothing has to be added.
• Copied articles from wikipedia that have not been edited keep the Wikipedia attribution line. Please do not register them on Bharatpedia:Copyexempt untill those articles are copy-edited or mass edits done by users.

To register an edited copied article, add its name on the topic page for its subject (People, Geography, History and the other lists linked from Bharatpedia:Copyexempt), between the two list marker comments, in this form:
* [[Article name]]

Or add {{Copyexempt}} to the article bottom, which places it in Category:Copyexempt which is exactly similar to registering article name in Bharatpedia:Copyexempt.

So when you copy-edit or rephrase an article that was copied or imported from another encyclopedia, please register it after your edit. Untouched copies should stay unregistered, so that their attribution line remains.

This is not entirely new. It was developed by WikiDwarf last year, but was lost when we lost our server data, and it has now been restored. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 16:40, 6 November 2026 (IST)

===Simplified===

Bharatpedia sometimes shows an extra footer line giving credit to Wikipedia when an article with the same title exists there. From 2 November 2026, brand-new articles automatically get only the normal Bharatpedia copyright line. Articles that were simply copied from Wikipedia and left untouched keep the Wikipedia credit line and should not be registered yet. Once you properly edit or rephrase a copied article, register it by adding its name to the right subject list on Bharatpedia:Copyexempt or by placing the template at the bottom. This removes the Wikipedia attribution so only the Bharatpedia line remains. The system was made earlier, lost with server data, and has now been restored. Dokania😎(📩) 17:07, 6 November 2026 (IST)

How to get a list of articles which are original to Bharatpedia? Dokania😎(📩) 17:10, 6 November 2026 (IST)

No reply button

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Now there's a reply button in Bharatpedia:Requests for page protection

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Why's there no reply button in Bharatpedia:Requests for page protection? Dokania😎(📩) 14:27, 9 November 2026 (IST)

As Discussion Tools active by default on talk pages. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 08:57, 10 November 2026 (IST)

But it's active on this project page in Village Pump Dokania😎(📩) 11:04, 10 November 2026 (IST)

Yes, as while creating these village pump pages, I manually embedded discussion tools (__NEWSECTIONLINK__) in the template and on page. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:10, 10 November 2026 (IST)

then add there too Dokania😎(📩) 11:16, 10 November 2026 (IST)

Done. __NEWSECTIONLINK__ has been added to Bharatpedia:Requests for page protection, so the Reply button now works there in all skins: Vector, Minerva and BharatpediaNeo. One part is still missing in the Neo skin only: the Add topic button does not appear there, while Vector and Minerva both show it. That is a skin-side gap, not a page setting. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 12:44, 12 November 2026 (IST)

Thanks its working Dokania😎(📩) 13:09, 12 November 2026 (IST)

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Add an Automatic Warning Feature to Rollback

I would like to propose adding a feature or script that automatically sends a warning to the user or IP address whenever an editor performs a rollback. Whenever I notice vandalism or unnecessary changes and revert them using rollback, the user responsible for the incorrect edit should also be warned. However, currently, a warning has to be issued separately after every rollback. On the desktop version, editors can visit the article's page history, identify the username and issue a warning relatively easily. However, on the mobile version, there is no convenient option to warn the user immediately after rollback. It would be better if a feature or script could be added to the rollback function so that whenever an editor performs a rollback, an appropriate warning is automatically sent to the responsible user or IP address. This would make the rollback process more convenient and efficient, particularly for mobile editors. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 15:42, 9 November 2026 (IST)

No need to propose, it is a recommended set-up. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 10:32, 10 November 2026 (IST)

Its working now Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 13:55, 10 November 2026 (IST)

Update: This is now done in Bharat Mitra (gadget revisions 740644, 740645, 740676 and 740677). In Revert / Undo, the box "Warn the user automatically after reverting" is ticked by default, so after a rollback or an undo the warning is sent to the reverted user or IP at once, with no separate step, on mobile and on desktop. The warning type is chosen in the same dialog (vandalism by default) and the level is chosen automatically from the warnings already on their talk page. For a good faith revert, untick the box and no warning is sent. On a diff page, two more links appear next to the rollback links: "revert and warn" in red, which opens the same dialog with the warning box ticked, and "revert only", which opens it with the box unticked. It is tested and the help page Bharatpedia:Bharat Mitra now documents it. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 14:17, 10 November 2026 (IST)

One thing is still missing: the warning level has not been implemented yet. Currently, only a single warning level is being issued. It would be useful to have automatic warning levels that increase based on the user's previous warnings. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 19:25, 11 November 2026 (IST)

Fixed now, and you were right, thank you for testing it closely. The level check in the warning module only looked for template calls on the talk page, and a substituted warning leaves no call behind, only a marker comment from the warning template, so every earlier warning was missed and the level fell back to 1 each time, as in your three level 1 warnings to 202.133.79.228 today. The module now reads those marker comments as well (warning module revision 740955), and marker comments have also been added to the uw-npa and uw-npov warning templates, which had none (revisions 740956 to 740963), so those types will be counted from their next warning onward. On that IP's talk page the check now finds levels 1, 1, 1 and 4, and would give 4im next. Please try a rollback warning again once the new code reaches you, a hard refresh may be needed if your browser still holds the old gadget code. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 20:40, 11 November 2026 (IST)

I tested the updated feature, but there are still a few issues: for example Kottachi

1. I selected revision 510641 (Kuldeep Singh Deep – Created Info), but only revision 740969 was reverted. The other edits by the same IP address remained unchanged.
2. The warning level selection option did not appear.
3. If I skip the revert process and try to send the warning directly, it says that the warning has already been issued.

Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 21:37, 11 November 2026 (IST)

The automatic warning level is now updating in the warn: the module counts the warnings already on the talk page, so the next automatic warning goes to the next level instead of staying at level 1. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 07:33, 12 November 2026 (IST)

Delete your browser cache files and test again. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 07:35, 12 November 2026 (IST)

One more update on this: after the final warning, level 4im, the automatic step now files a report at BP:AIV instead of sending another warning. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 09:49, 12 November 2026 (IST)

Everything is working perfectly now. All the issues have been resolved. I cleared my browser cache and tested it again. Thanks for the quick fixes and updates! Great work!(: Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 11:47, 12 November 2026 (IST)

Bharatpedia server attack and temporary API restrictions

Hello everyone, I was wondering why the bot was not proceeding with its tasks and failing to receive API responses, so I contacted WikiDwarf via email. I was informed that Bharatpedia's server came under attack yesterday, causing the website to crash due to excessive server load and as a precautionary measure, API access has been temporarily restricted & Cloudflare's security sensitivity has been increased until the situation is brought under control. This may affect bots and other tools that rely on the Bharatpedia API:

“.... the server recently experienced an attack, due to which Cloudflare's additional security protection had to be enabled to keep malicious traffic under control and ensure the website remained accessible.

You might also have noticed that the server was briefly unavailable for a few minutes yesterday due to the attack and the resulting server load.

I understand that this has affected API-based bot and administrative operations. However, the current Cloudflare restrictions are temporary and have been put in place as a precautionary security measure. Once the server stabilises and the situation is under control, the additional restrictions will be reviewed and relaxed.”

— WikiDwarf, 10 Nov 2026, 8:22 pm

We will have to wait until the situation stabilises and API access is restored. Regards, 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 21:12, 10 November 2026 (IST)

Ok got it that security is important after the recent server attack. But can we adjust the Cloudflare settings so that trusted bots and authorised tools can still use the API safely?

We could test this with one trusted bot first. If everything works properly, API access could be restored for other tools as well.

This would help keep Bharatpedia secure while allowing important bots and administrative tools to work again. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 21:22, 10 November 2026 (IST)

New Feature in the Skin

Hello everyone. A new System Notifications panel has been added to the BharatpediaNeo skin. A bell icon now appears in the sidebar footer. When there are unread messages, a red indicator shows on the bell. Clicking it opens a panel with messages organised by category. Users can subscribe with an email address to receive updates, and send feedback directly from the panel. Admins can manage notifications at Special:SystemNotifications. From there you can add, edit, or delete messages, and optionally send them by email to all subscribers. Feedback is welcome. WikiDwarf (talk) 14:30, 11 November 2026 (IST)

@WikiDwarf It is something we need now, good job. There will be no need to write a separate announcement, it will help. I forgot to ask you, WikiDwarf, have you saved a backup of the current data of our encyclopedia? We cannot take a risk like we did last year. And please take a backup of Hi-Bharatpedia also. I spent working 4 hours+ daily there. I do not want it all to go to waste and have to do it all again. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 15:35, 11 November 2026 (IST)

I don't maintain a separate personal backup, as the backup system is directly connected to the server. However, the entire site, including all our wikis, is backed up every third day, both on the server and on cloud storage. WikiDwarf (talk) 15:48, 11 November 2026 (IST)

Good to know, that is a relief. A backup every third day, on the server and on cloud storage, covering all the wikis including Hi-Bharatpedia, is exactly what I wanted to hear. Then our work is safe and nobody has to redo it. Best Regards. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 16:03, 11 November 2026 (IST)