Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EBot


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Symbol keep vote.svg Approved.

EBot
Operator: E

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatically run on the Wikimedia Toolserver.

Programming Language(s): Perl, using Perlwikipedia

Function Summary: An archival bot for requests at Abuse reports.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Continuous

Edit rate requested: The bot will edit no higher than 10 edits per day.

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No

Function Details:
 * 1) Check each abuse report transcluded on ABUSE to see if it has the 'actioned template', followed by the reason and the actioning user (e.g.  Banned from Wikipedia for 2 years. E 06:55, 20 May 2007 (UTC)).
 * 2) If so, remove it and archive it to Abuse reports/Actioned.
 * 3) Check each abuse report transcluded on ABUSE to see if it has the 'rejected template', followed by the actioning user (e.g.  E 06:55 20 May 2007 (UTC)).
 * 4) If so, remove it and archive it to Abuse reports/Rejected.
 * 5) Check the oldest abuse report transcluded on ABUSE to see if it has been there for more than 5 days without any response from an investigator.
 * 6) If so, add the backlog template to the top of the page.
 * The bot's full outline can also be viewed at User:E/botoutline, and source at User:E/botsource.

Discussion
Two questions: Thanks, Martinp23 22:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Do ABUSE want this?
 * 2) How often does it trawl through the pages?
 * A discussion has been present at ABUSE's talk page and a great support was given. Also noted was that the process of actioning there would have to be changed due to the bot's presence there.
 * After each crawl of the page, it sleeps for 5 minutes, then repeats.

Many thanks, Extranet is now E  talk 06:11, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Is there any update on this or are we waiting for the toolserver account to be created? Also, is there a possibility of getting a rename on both of my bot accounts (ExtranetBot and ExtranetBot2) due to my recent usurpation to E? I'd prefer EBot and EBot2. Extranet is now E  talk 03:14, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * They haven't made any edits, just create the new accounts. --ST47 Talk 12:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

We cannot force the hands of the toolserver admins. This is your what? 3rd bot idea? ——  Eagle 101 Need help? 09:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * After you decide on yout bot name(s) please create user pages for them and link here. —  xaosflux  Talk 15:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I will be using EBot for this BRFA. I have fixed all userpages to EBot and EBot2. Extranet is now E  talk 22:10, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * As I've commented above, why can't ST47 run this bot as he created the code to start with? Just wondering whats the deal here. ——  Eagle 101 Need help? 09:21, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I would prefer to have the coder operate the bot, at least in trials, and preferably fully time (ST47 has a toolserver account which he could use anyway). What is the reasoning for this strange set up?  I'm especially uncomfortable with E's apparent lack of familiarity with programming, perl in particular, but this may be getting better since I last took a look. Martinp23 12:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Then maybe ST47 could host it for the trialling period then when it's error free, I'll be able to host it - but, the toolserver update has not yet taken place. E  talk 22:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I was speaking to DaB. on Sunday (via IRC) and he said the next toolserver account update was this weekend. E  talk 09:31, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Let's wait until DaB either approves or denies the request, then decide where to host it. --ST47 Talk 12:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I can run both bots for the trial period, if approved. --ST47 Talk 23:36, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I support the idea of the bot because it sounds reasonable, and with a trial period any problems would be immediatly identified (as they always are) and could be reported, so they is really no reason not to. --LtWinters 23:18, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I approve this bot for a trial run by User:ST47 Raul654 15:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You don't get to do that. ST47 22:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes he can ST47, sorry but he is a b-crat, they are the folks that are technically incharge of setting bot flags. BAG is subordinate to them. ——  Eagle 101 Need help? 01:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Help! A Vogon has hijacked ST47's account! Grace notes T § 02:57, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see a problem with Raul654 approving a bot for trial. I mean, after all, he's an administrator, a bureaucrat, an oversight, and an arbitrator who has, according to his userpage, "[written] custom software for Wikipedia (an upload bot)".  I think he's more than capable of knowing whether a bot can enter a trial period. — M ETS 501 (talk) 11:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Toolserver account just created and trials will start at around 19:00 UTC on Friday and I will need someone to let ABUSE know to stop the manual archiving and to start using the templates (as discussed here). E  talk 10:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * E, as a bot operator, thats your job. ——  Eagle 101 Need help? 01:19, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Since I'm no longer being considered to run a trial, I don't see a conflict of interest, and you are Run the bot for no more then a week, come back once you have meaningful results. ST47 18:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The code needs to be changed as per a page format change at Abuse reports from transclusion to wikilinks. This will happen very soon and hopefully the bot can get some edits. E  talk 08:04, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Login problem has been fixed and both bots are running. I hope we can get some edits from the accounts rather than the toolserver's IP. I will leave another report when the bot(s) have done a few edits. E  talk 02:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Since there has been nobody using the template system and/or ABUSE isn't really an active page, the bot has made no edits. I apologise for this and hopefully we can get something out of it soon. E  talk 20:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

BAGAssistanceNeeded Bot has made a few good edits in the last 10 minutes. See Special:Contributions/EBot. E talk 06:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Almost good edits :-) Can it remove the entire line (including the bullet) on edits like this? — M ETS 501 (talk) 05:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * As far as I remember, it was removing the bullets, but was erroring with a format problem. The bullets aren't displayed on the page with anything next to them, so I don't really see a problem. Latest edits show it is capable of what it's doing. E  talk 05:13, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

But please try to fix the bullet-removing problem. — M ETS 501 (talk) 05:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)


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