Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 59


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DannyS712 bot 59
Operator:

Time filed: 01:44, Tuesday, September 3, 2019 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): JavaScript

Source code available: Will be on https://github.com/DannyS712/bot

Function overview: Update various Database reports

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Daily, weekly, monthly (depends on report)

Estimated number of pages affected: A few (1 per report)

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details: Rather than filing individual BRFAs for future database reports, I'd like to request standing approval for such reports. At the moment, I'd like to create a biweekly report of categories that are "hard" redirects (i.e. use #redirect rather than a category redirect template) - so that edits such as and  can be done more easily. I currently have 3 automated database reports; see Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 28, Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 30, and Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 55

Discussion
Am I reading correctly that you want blanket approval to create, update, and otherwise maintain an indefinite number of database reports? Primefac (talk) 15:35, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Generally, yes. See Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 13 for precedent --DannyS712 (talk) 21:51, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * However, if it would help to limit the number of reports, I can't envision creating more than 10 DannyS712 (talk) 00:10, 9 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Primefac (talk) 23:39, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Started with Database reports/Polluted categories (4) DannyS712 (talk) 04:52, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I ended up not doing the initial idea I had. Instead, Database reports/Polluted categories (4) reported disambiguation categories with pages in them DannyS712 (talk) 19:34, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Looks good. This is a standing/blanket approval to "create, update, and otherwise maintain" database reports, within reason. When an entirely new report is created, please be sure to link to it at Database reports as appropriate. As per usual, if amendments to - or clarifications regarding - this approval are needed, please start a discussion on the talk page and ping. -- The SandDoctor Talk 07:19, 19 October 2019 (UTC)


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