Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CSDWarnBot


 * 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.

CSDWarnBot
Operator: ST47

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): Perl, with Perlwikipedia and STWP

Function Summary: Clone of Android Mouse Bot 2, will notify article creators when their article is nominated for speedy deletion.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): continuous

Edit rate requested: 5 edits per minute

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

Function Details: This bot queries articles in the Candidates for speedy deletion category. It then goes through the individual article names and finds the creator of the article. Once the creator is found it loads the creator's talk page and scans for any occurance of the article name that is nominated for speedy deletion. If there are no occurances it will add the nn-warn template to the bottom of the talk page.

Discussion
Clone of a defunct bot, operator has withdrawn code, so it isn't really a clone, but a replacement. --ST47 Talk·Desk 13:11, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Funny top ST47 ;) - . Should be enough to check its all working Reedy Boy 13:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Eh?
 * ;) Reedy Boy 15:44, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Since when am I expected to understand this process? --ST47 Talk·Desk 15:46, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I've made one change, it won't spam users with more than 3 warnings, so that Mpatel won't end up with 50. --ST47 Talk·Desk 14:03, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds fine. Reedy Boy 15:44, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi ST47. It is posting correctly, but is saying this: ...ssage from an automated bot. A tag h... Shouldn't that be changed to: ...ssage from an automated bot. A tag h... — E  talkbots 00:23, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I'll run migration again. --ST47 Talk·Desk 00:29, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Faulty migration regex, should be fixed. --ST47 Talk·Desk 00:51, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Lets see a bit of the work with the corrected templates. If the edits look good, this bot can soon be running hot. — E  talkbots 01:40, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I've started it up for a run. --ST47 Talk·Desk 22:15, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * That was a lame run, some admin with too much time on his hands cleared CSD earlier. --ST47 Talk·Desk 22:16, 18 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 07:56, 19 August 2007 (UTC)


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