Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Joe's Null Bot 7


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Joe's Null Bot 7
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Time filed: 18:12, Friday May 31, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): PERL

Source code available: y

Function overview: Purge/forcelinkupdate files in Category:Rescaled fairuse files

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): User_talk:Joe_Decker

Edit period(s): 1/day

Estimated number of pages affected: 50

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): y

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

Function details:  Back again, this time it's CSD F5, and Category:Rescaled_fairuse_files. Time-delayed speedies. I hadn't been certain that files had the same behavior, but there are certainly expired entries in that category that don't show up in the appropriate expiration category. This should be a few variable change to the code used for the existing still-active tasks.

For those unfamiliar with the general issue--certain types of time-delayed category-inclusion via template play poorly with category caching. Some background available on the bot home page. We run across this in a variety of maintenance category contexts.

Discussion

 *  ·addshore·  talk to me! 08:39, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
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