Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EarwigBot 3


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EarwigBot V
Operator: The Earwig

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic, unsupervised

Programming language(s): Python, Pywikipedia

Source code available: User:EarwigBot V/Source

Function overview: Create daily, monthly, and yearly categories at AfC submissions by date

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Here

Edit period(s): Daily at Midnight UTC

Estimated number of pages affected: Approximately one per day.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

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

Function details: Every day at midnight UTC, the bot will create the daily AfC category page at Category:AfC submissions by date, using the format Category:AfC submissions by date/DD FULLMONTHNAME YYYY. The page will consist solely of AFC submission category header. If it's the first day of the month, the bot will create a monthly category, Category:AfC submissions by date/FULLMONTHNAME YYYY with the same template, and if it's January 1st, the bot will create Category:AfC submissions by date/YYYY with the year. This ensures speedy creation of categories, and doesn't require us to make them far in advance. &mdash; The   Earwig   @  18:42, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Note that trialing this bot is impossible until January 2nd. &mdash; The   Earwig   @  18:42, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * beginning Jan 2-ish.  MBisanz  talk 01:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I realize the trial is still in progress, but I'd like to post a quick update. The bot make it's first edit, and everything (from its own logs) seems fine. &mdash; The   Earwig   @  04:31, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps the bot could work up to a week ahead? This would give a margin should there ever be a problem with the bot or toolserver in future. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:33, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That would definitely be possible, but I would personally prefer a few days; a week seems like too much. I can't recall the last time the Toolserver was completely down for more than a few hours. Would anyone else like to weigh in on this? &mdash; The   Earwig   @  19:28, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * If the toolserver is down, it is usually down for less than 24 hours or more than a few days, so a 2-3 day margin would like buffer against all reasonable failures.  MBisanz  talk 01:01, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I see the bot is still running. I'd say making the bot create the pages two/three days in advance would be a good idea. - Kingpin13 (talk) 17:15, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry about that, I had semi-forgotten about this task. The code has been updated to create the pages three days in advance. I'll run it once more today, then it's &mdash;  The   Earwig   @  19:35, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

( X! ·  talk )  · @779  · 17:41, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


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