Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CrimsonBot 2


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CrimsonBot 2
Operator:

Automatic or Manually assisted: Manually assisted

Programming language(s): pywikipedia

Source code available: standard pywikipedia (solve_disambiguation.py)

Function overview: solve disambiguation pages.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): See this similar BRFA

Edit period(s): Daily (sometimes skipping a day)

Estimated number of pages affected: N/A

Exclusion compliant (Y/N):Y

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

Function details:The bot will solve links to disambiguation pages.

Discussion

 * This has been done before, not controversial, and has human involvement. I was tempted to BotSpeedy but alas, I shall settle to give you a trial. Tim  1357  talk  00:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Tim 1357  talk  00:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thats namespace 0 by the way. (Just add "-main" to the command line when you run it.) Tim  1357  talk  00:39, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * CrimsonBlue (talk) 01:10, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The python program wouldn't allow me to choose anything besides Dollar Sign when I was doing the $|$ disambiguation page, so I skipped those that weren't related, because I didn't feel delinking was appropriate. CrimsonBlue (talk) 01:24, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

I believe it prompts you with an option to [a]dd another option to the list. Tim 1357  talk  01:56, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out =) CrimsonBlue (talk) 06:01, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Because CrimsonBlue is going to be assisting the bot, and I don't see the difference between this and wikicleaner ToBeHonest. Go forth and fix links to disambiguation pages!  Tim  1357  talk  04:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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