Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DoggoBot 8


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DoggoBot 8
Operator:

Time filed: 23:24, Thursday, April 7, 2022 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python, mwclient

Source code available: Python, mwclient, will publish source code if approved

Function overview: Notifies users when they are added to the redirect autopatrol list

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: ~3 per day

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: Append User:EpicPupper/Redirect autopatrol through subst for users added to the list in the past day, with the granting admin for the first parameter. If approved, I'll move the page to template-space. This is beneficial as users may be confused on why their redirects are being automatically patrolled by a bot (and some of the redirects might not be under the default bot patrol criteria).

Discussion
Please can you discuss this in the appropriate content venue first (perhaps Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers with a notification to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist). ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 21:29, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Notified. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 21:35, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The bot operator added a notice explaining why redirects might have been patrolled, dispelling confusion (the main purpose of this task). 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 20:39, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
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