Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Credibility bot


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Bots/Noticeboard. The result of the discussion was

Credibility bot
Operator:

Time filed: 22:38, Sunday, May 7, 2023 (UTC)

Function overview: Generates reports and alert lists for source usage. Initially for the Vaccine safety project but with plans to support future WikiProjects.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Under development on GitHub

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:Vaccine safety (note that this bot only edits in pages specifically relevant to the report and not really being edited by other people)

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: about 2 project pages per subscribed WikiProject

Namespace(s): Project

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): not applicable (bot only edits its own pages)

Function details:
 * Scans perennial sources tables such as Vaccine safety/Perennial sources and uses of external links in articles, according to a pre-defined set of pages.
 * Prepares reports of frequent usage of unrecognized domains in articles, as well as usages of "flagged" domains in articles. "Flagged" means the article is known to be of poor or mixed reliability. There will be other reports in the future. Example: Vaccine safety/Reports
 * Prepares alerts based on these reports. Alerts are summaries of new changes to the report, like a notification. Example: Vaccine safety/Alerts

Harej (talk) 22:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Discussion
BAG assistance needed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harej (talk • contribs) 00:10, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Primefac (talk) 08:39, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * non-bag comment: the task seems to be non disruptive, and helpful. I don't see any issues with giving it a trial, especially given Harej's credibility. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:51, 27 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Primefac, I am just now seeing this, can I restart the clock on the trial? Harej (talk) 17:48, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It hasn't started yet if you haven't started yet. Primefac (talk) 08:31, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Harej, any updates on this? —&#8239; The Earwig (talk) 07:11, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

It has been more than a month since the last post, is this trial still ongoing? Primefac (talk) 13:26, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * No reply after a fortnight. Primefac (talk) 07:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at Bots/Noticeboard.