Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Alaibot


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Symbol keep vote.svg Approved.

Alaibot
Operator: Alai

Automatic or Manually Assisted: manually run, edits automatically

Programming Language(s): Python (pywikipedia framework)

Function Summary: Populate "category missing" maintenance categories from database dumps.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Intermittent, manually run on an as-needed/as-identified basis.

Edit rate requested: 6 edits per minute

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): yes

Function Details: Populating of "missing category" maintenance categories such as, from lists generated from offline database dumps. (See for example, User:Alai/uncat-albums, album-stubs lacking any (other) album categories.) To use the pywikipedia framework to add the category, while double-checking for categories added more recently than the db dump to avoid "false positives". Sample/test edit:. Currently this just uses replace.py to do this: it might be slightly more elegant to do a code-merge with category.py, which I'll look at doing in due course. I suggest using the above list (or if preferred, part thereof) as a "trial run", given that a request specifically for that at ALBUM is what inspired this task. Subsequent runs would be done on the basis of either existing similar maintenance categories, such as, or creating additional same in co-ordination with wikiprojects expressing an interest in emptying same. Alai 07:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

 * What did you think of my idea about creating artist categories for existing artists by album categories which don't already have one? --kingboyk 18:19, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I responded to that at the original WPJ discussion. In brief, I'm not a big fan of the idea, and it's certainly not something I'd propose to tackle myself, sorry.  Alai 05:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * OK. Anyway, I'm in favour of a trial run. Anyone else want to comment? --kingboyk 16:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Run a test of 50 edits to be completed within 1 week. Post the results here when finished. -- RM 12:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Done, starting with this, and finishing with this. Lots more left to do...  Alai 23:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Since there were no comments here during the week after the trial, and no adverse comments elsewhere (there was one approving-sounding response at the wikiproject), I'm going to assume this is OK for further such edits. Alai 13:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

This bot was approved and a bot flag already given by Essjay. As such, this request is formally approved and closed. -- RM 18:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


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