When using %(year)d, the counter is not automatically reset on a new year:
https://cs.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diskuse_s_wikipedistou:JAn_Dud%C3%ADk&diff=16916546&oldid=16916479&diffmode=source
See also, other related changes that were made recently: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/project:pywikibot/core+status:merged+after:2020-07-27+topic:archivebot
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | matej_suchanek | T215247 archivebot should reset counter when changing a year | |||
| Resolved | None | T217107 archivebot resets the numbering to 1 even for non-year archives |
Change 488544 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matěj Suchánek; owner: Matěj Suchánek):
[pywikibot/core@master] archivebot.py: Reset counter when timestamp fragment changes
Change 488544 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] archivebot.py: Reset counter when timestamp fragment changes
Patch was reverted per T217107 and T218607 in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/pywikibot/core/+/497454/
Change 616719 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matěj Suchánek; owner: Matěj Suchánek):
[pywikibot/core@master] [IMPR] Reset counter when "era" changes
Whole Wikimedia depends on this functionality, needs careful review and maybe some testing.
Change 616719 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] [IMPR] Reset counter when "era" changes
Bot operators can use Pywikibot to regularly archive discussions. The behavior when the bot uses counter to prevent large archives was changed. There were also other changes.
@matej_suchanek Thank you for writing the explanation! Is there a link that we could add to this, to give more details?
Besides this task which explains the main problem, there were around five preceding changes not linked to any task. Their commit messages should have some details, but they were mostly refactorings or minor bug fixes. So unless you want to link them all, this query lists them all: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/project:pywikibot/core+status:merged+after:2020-07-27+topic:archivebot.
Sorry I didn't see this message until after I had frozen the issue for translation. (I missed checking a column in the workboard). Instead of altering the now-frozen-for-translations issue of TechNews itself, I have added a note into this task's description. Hope that works!