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    Categories

    Apparently, the "Add categories" box now only lists categories that are already listed in the draft. For example, for Draft:Avant Festival, only 4 categories are allowed in the categories box and any other category name will just display "No results match Foo" regardless of whether the categories actually exist or not. Is there a recent change somewhere in the code that causes this to occur? Is this intentional, or is this a bug that should be reverted? PrimeHunter suggested at WP:VPT#Categories in AFC script that I should post the problem here instead of there. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 19:32, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    This doesn't sound like a script issue, but a lookup issue (I don't think AFCH has even been updated in the last day or so). Enterprisey? Primefac (talk) 13:47, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Similar for me too.. Galobtter (pingó mió) 18:06, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Reproduced and investigating. I'm not sure what's causing this right now, but I should have it figured out soonish. Enterprisey (talk!) 21:51, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Alright, should be fixed. Let me know if there are further issues. Enterprisey (talk!) 23:04, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Option for reviewer note upon acceptance?

    There's been a few times where there's a passable draft but there are some next steps I'd like to provide the author to improve the article further. This can be done by the talk page, but it would be super cool if there was a "reviewer note" field to easily provide article feedback before pressing "accept & publish". – by AdA&D at 02:17, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Where would the feedback go? I guess the article talk page, and the talk page of the creator? Enterprisey (talk!) 03:20, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I would think on the Talk page. There have been a couple of instances myself where I've been on the fence, and wanted to leave further notes on the talk page (usually saying "I'm okay with AFD for this one"). Obviously there are those will find it useful, but it also becomes a question of effort-to-return; is it easier for the devs to implement this extra suggestion, or easier for the reviewer to just go to the talk page? As I'm not one of them I cannot say which holds more sway. Primefac (talk) 14:18, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd also find it reasonably useful; yeah to say when I'm 50-50 on something or something like that. Galobtter (pingó mió) 03:13, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    A talk page note would be pretty easy. I'm busy right now getting stuff together for Wikipedia Day, but after that I should be free to get this done. Enterprisey (talk!) 23:21, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! Galobtter (pingó mió) 05:07, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Addition of CSD

    Similar to the 'cv - Submission is a copyright violation' dropdown selection, where there is a checkbox for 'Nominate the submission for speedy deletion', could there be the same checkbox for 'adv - submission reads like an advertisement'. I've lost count the number of times I've has to also nominate the submission for deletion. Thank you David.moreno72 06:02, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Completely Support. It would be a very valuable addition. KJP1 (talk) 16:00, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Just for clarity - this would be a nomination as G11, yes? Primefac (talk) 17:07, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, a G11 nomination. David.moreno72 01:34, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk page headers

    Would it be possible for the script to automatically add the {{talk header}} when a draft is accepted?SeraphWiki (talk) 08:55, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Teahouse invitation wording

    The Teahouse invitation that the tool adds begins "Hello! User, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing." That looks odd – and a bit sarcastic – when it comes from the same person who declined the article. Could we change that to something like "Hello User! I know that having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing."? Mortee (talk) 02:47, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Definitely better.. Galobtter (pingó mió) 05:22, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
     Done. I removed the "I know that" part, since it also sounds a bit condescending. Primefac (talk) 14:08, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Very good point. Thank you for making the change. Mortee (talk) 16:58, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Checkbox to clear not appearing

    Reporting Draft:Katharine von Bora as a copyvio (Earwig report), I see the instructions say "ensure you select the checkbox to blank the submission using {{afc cleared}}", but I don't see that as a checkbox (Chrome, v. 63.0.3239.84, Windows 7). I did check the CSD checkbox that appeared. I've since deleted the contents of the page and added that template manually. Would the checkbox have done anything else that I should do manually?

    The instructions for negative unsourced BLPs mentions a similar checkbox that I also don't see if I try selecting that option. Mortee (talk) 00:17, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Actually in this case I think Earwig may be confused; it strips off the "Draft:" and compares the existing Wikipedia page, which I hadn't yet seen, to Geni.com, which is presumably mirroring us. I'll sort out the mess I made, but I'd still like to understand what I should do about the hidden checkboxes. Mortee (talk) 00:23, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Good grief. No, just my pure idiocy. The existing article is Katharina von Bora, not Katharine von Bora, and they're about different things. Backing away from the whole topic before I break anything else. Mortee (talk) 00:30, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm... glad you sorted that out? To answer your original question, the reason why the check box does not appear for copyvios any more is by my request - if you blank a copyvio draft then I (or any other admins addressing the G12 issue) have to go and find the older version of the page to run the copyvios report and I got tired of doing that. I'll update the instructions accordingly. Primefac (talk) 13:21, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Blank Submission

    One of the reasons that a reviewer can check for a decline is that the submission is blank. We need that. However, the text that is provided then isn't really appropriate to the cases where we get blank submissions. The text says that we do not accept blank submissions, and that the user should go to Requested Articles. That seems to be oriented to a case where the editor has provided a title, but nothing else, such as James Z. Smith. I don't see that at AFC (a title and a blank page). What I do sometimes see is a completely blank page, in the sandbox, with no title, but that has been submitted. In this case, I don't think that the editor is requesting an article. I think that the editor is trying to do something, and we don't know what the editor is trying to do, or may just be playing. I have said that the submission has no content, and that if they are trying to create a draft, they may want to ask for help at the Teahouse. However, I don't see the situation where a blank submission has a title, and so can be viewed as an article request. Thoughts? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    For reference, the text of the |blank| decline is:

    We're sorry, but we cannot accept blank submissions. Please consider submitting to Wikipedia:Requested articles instead. If in fact you did include text within the article, but it isn't showing, please make sure that any extra text above your entry is removed, as it may be causing it to hide and not be shown to the reviewer.

    I agree that the language could be changed. Will have a think. Primefac (talk) 16:33, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiProject Military History is not an available option on AFCH?

    Longstanding issue that I'm finally bringing up: it appears that WPMILHIST is not an automatic option in the WikiProject field of AFCH. Tried to find it under a number of renderings and it's just not there. MILHIST is a huge and very active project, so tagging articles properly with it is actually really productive and practically guarantees an assessment visit by a project member. Am I missing something, or is this an oversight that can be corrected? Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 01:16, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Yeah, neither is Pop Culture (and a few others that I discovered yesterday). Enterprisey will know more - I thought it had something to do with how the projects were searched/filed, but I'm not really sure. Primefac (talk) 01:45, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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