Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ClueBot II


 * 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.

ClueBot II
Operator: -- Cobi(t

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, unsupervised.

Programming Language(s): CBS (and: PHP, dependency of CBS. My classes in PHP, dependency of CBS.  C, dependency of PHP.)

Function Summary: Removes the WikiProjects category from and adds inactive to the top of all pages in Category:WikiProjects whose main page or talk page haven't been edited in 60 days.

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

Edit rate requested: maxlag = 2

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

Function Details: Source is here.

Discussion
In what way is this a desired operation? —gorgan_almighty 11:42, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * See the bot request for this functionality. -- Cobi(t 18:17, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer 60 days instead of 30; smaller projects could easily go 30 days without edits but still have a few people watching the page for comments and such. — M ETS 501 (talk) 03:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * That's easy enough. Updated.  -- Cobi(t 03:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

This looks good. Because the template is not very forceful, it just provides a little information to the idle user i see no problem. (But hey - i don't approve bots :P) :: maelgwn - talk 04:29, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

And what if the project page is a skeleton that does not need editing, while several pages it transcludes are edited quite often? Max S em 06:44, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The talk page should still be edited quite often. -- Cobi(t 06:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Presumably it could be excluded if it was a problem :: maelgwn - talk 06:59, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Will you be compliant? —  xaosflux  Talk 18:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. (As stated on the bot's userpage.)  -- Cobi(t 18:49, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Doesn't SatyrBot do the same thing? I don't think that there's a need for this....GrooveDog (talk) (Review) 20:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Does it? If so, it's not listed on the bot's user page, and it's not approved by the BAG.  — madman bum and angel 04:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Should cover it...Reedy Boy 23:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Trial's done :) -- Cobi(t 04:06, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

– all blocking issues have been corrected. — madman bum and angel 04:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.