Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/H3llBot


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H3llBot
Operator:

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic (partially reviewed before committed for now)

Programming language(s): C# .NET (comm via MediaWiki API)

Source code available: Not for now

Function overview: Add and Category:Caldwell  objects to the relevant article list contained in the template per this request.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): &mdash;

Edit period(s): One time run.

Estimated number of pages affected: A bit less than 100 96

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y (using this)

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

Function details:

The bot adds a template if it hasn't been added yet. It then replaces malformed or non-existent category with Category:Caldwell  objects. See this diff for an example.

The bot properly logs in and sends user-agent "H3llBot/0.3 (.NET C# HttpWebRequest; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:H3llBot)". It has a POST request queue and read and write cooldown. The bot respects edit conflicts (currently skipping a page should one occur). Emergency shutdown via WP is not currently implemented as I am monitoring what it does real-time for now. I will implement this. The bot marks edits with "&bot". I currently run the bot from my PC.

The resulting summary of changes can be dumped in Bot's sandbox (or wherever needed) with a list of articles that it couldn't parse.

Discussion
I just found this request which was denied... Serves me right for being an idiot and picking a request at random. :( The previous failed due to microformat output ambiguity due to possible non-Gregorian dates. There also appears to have been sock-puppetry of some kind. I assume I should not touch this any further? Sorry about the mess. — Hellknowz ▎talk 20:10, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I've changed my request for something slightly less controversial. I hope this is OK instead of spawning a new sub-page and since noone has replied yet. — Hellknowz ▎talk

I have implemented the above task now. Here is a dummy report. (Note that some articles had duplicate entries, I have enquired about this) — Hellknowz ▎talk 21:26, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Josh Parris 09:06, 15 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Special:Contributions/H3llBot — Hellknowz ▎talk 12:18, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

after reviewing the edits, all seems well. Good sailing. Feel free to complete this small task without the bot flag. Josh Parris 12:31, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
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