User:NigelJ/BotProposal

Hi Guys! I'm proposing a bot to perform a specific task, I'm kind of writing it as a non editing bot as a proof of concept.

Proposed Specification
Scan Category:All_orphaned_articles on a regular basis for articles that have more than 10 other articles linking to it, the number can be changed on different runs.

Proposed Solution/Method
I think as a general idea, automated runs looking for pages with more than 10/15 incoming links (from the Main namespace) would be appropriate and not cause too much disruption to the wiki. A daily frequency would not cause too much harm, in which cause would make the bot unmonitored)

Manual Runs
Manual runs should be possible as some articles in their own right, don't need 10+ incoming links to be classed as unorphaned, the above just accounts for editors forgetting to remove the template.

What I Need To Know
Before applying for bot status (and even coding the bot to edit pages etc) I would like to know the following:


 * Do you think this bot has a reasonable use?
 * How many incoming links do you think constitutes automatic removal of the orphan template?
 * Any other thoughts, or extenstions on similar areas that could be automated in such a way (and prevent duplication on bots doing similar tasks).

You can contact me on the talk page for this page, my own talk page, or on Freenode where was IRC nick is 'G' --NigelJ talk 07:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)