Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CrimsonBot 4


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CrimsonBot
Operator:

Time filed: 21:32, Saturday January 5, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): AWB

Source code available: AWB

Function overview: Orphan / replace templates per WP:TFD when consensus is met to change these categories.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Consensus for the removal/substitution of these templates is done at WP:TFD There is a similar bot User:Forkbot User:SporkBot written in pearl.

Edit period(s): daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 100-200 pages per day 100-3000 depending on the size of the task. 1 edit per 10 seconds.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No):Yes

Function details: This bot will remove/replace templates after consensus is reached by using regex and find/replace on AWB. A list of these templates are listed in WP:TFD/H.

Discussion

 * Note: I withdrew a request like this a couple years ago. See CrimsonBot 3. This was withdrawn because there was a bug in awb causing the bot to remove whitespace. CrimsonBlue (talk) 21:32, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Is the source to this task the same as in the previous request, or have you made some changes?— cyberpower Offline Happy 2013 22:20, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It is the same source as my last request. CrimsonBlue (talk) 08:05, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * How have the issues brought up in the previous request been alleviated?— cyberpower Offline Happy 2013 13:25, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes the AWB developers fixed this problem years ago. CrimsonBlue (talk) 22:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Not quite the answer to my question but you're saying the issue was caused by AWB and not your bot source and that AWB is now fixed.  Am I interpreting this correctly?— cyberpower Offline Happy 2013 22:43, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The issue that caused me to remove my previous request was caused by AWB source code, not my find and replace regex. CrimsonBlue (talk) 08:35, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't we already have a bot that does this? → Σ σ  ς . (Sigma) 22:28, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes User:Forkbot User:SporkBot does a similar task, however there is still work to be done that the bot isn't doing. Such as a request to orphan Template:Wikify which still has | 1210 transclusions. 682 of those are in the main space. CrimsonBlue (talk) 08:05, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Isn't User:Forkbot blocked? Did you mean to type in User:SporkBot?— cyberpower Offline Happy 2013 13:25, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That error has been fixed. CrimsonBlue (talk) 22:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I requested a similar task, though I didn't get approval. However, SporkBot is approved for this.  Hazard-SJ  ✈   04:02, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The request expired because there was no work to be done at that time. As of right now there is plenty of work to be done. CrimsonBlue (talk) 08:05, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Because the tasks are similar, I am concerned about potential bot conflicts. How, if any, will the bot handle them?— cyberpower Offline Happy 2013 13:25, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I do not see this becoming a problem. If User:SporkBot has already removed a template, the bot is set to skip because no changes would have been made. My first approved task also is assisting User:Cydebot with WP:CFD and there haven't been any conflicts. CrimsonBlue (talk) 22:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I see. I see no issues for a trial then.— cyberpower Offline Happy 2013 22:43, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Been wanting this task for while. No issues for a trial. We need a (increasingly rare) BAG member though. Vacation nine 14:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

— HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 14:59, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

The trial is complete, however I have found that the bot may need to edit over 200 pages a day CrimsonBlue (talk) 09:43, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 * A random review of its contributions reveals no issues.— cyberpower ChatOffline 15:23, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 *  MBisanz  talk 19:55, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
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