Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/EchoBot


 * 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.

EchoBot
Operator: Wikihermit

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic - probably supervised

Programming Language(s): Pywikipedia

Function Summary: See Function details

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

Edit rate requested: 10 edits per Minute (can be lower)

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

Function Details:A pywikipedia bot that searches for deadlinks in articles, and leaves a message on that article's talk page notifying editors that the link is dead. The bot checks the link twice to make sure it isn't an error with the website or connection. It will use weblinkchecker.py

I could also skip adding the message on the talk page about the dead link if it's preferred.

Discussion
If there are multiple deadlinks on an article, will it leave multiple warnings, in multiple sections? --ST47 Talk 03:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There is also another bot similar to this that has just been approved (SXT-404Bot). E  talk bots 03:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Eh, I don't see a problem with another? The bot will work how User:BetacommandBot works with leaving messages; it leaves multiple notices in multiple sections. The dead external links are delivered under one section heading. It will add all the links found broken in one write. ~   Wi ki  her mit  03:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Nor do I, bots die and owners go away, there's no harm in having multiple bots of this nature. Feel free to trial w/ 50 or so results and post when it's done -- Tawker 17:25, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks! It will probably have to wait until the end of July for me to finish the trial as I'm going on vacation. Thanks again! ~   Wi ki  her mit  17:57, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Test done. Look at bot contributes. ~   Wi ki  her mit  00:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


 * --ST47 Talk 13:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


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