Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Kotbot 4


 * 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.

Kotbot 4
Operator: Kotniski

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic, supervised

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: At User:Kotbot/Source (will be updated; new code is needed for each task)

Function overview: To create articles on municipalities in the Czech Republic, on the pattern seen in these semi-automated trial contributions. This will continue work which several users have been doing manually (about half the total number have been created), and will be similar to (though simpler than) the bot's previous work with the Polish municipalities (task 3).

Edit period(s): On and off, until complete (1 month?)

Estimated number of pages affected: 2000 (new pages)

Exclusion compliant N: unnecessary, since only creates new pages

Already has a bot flag Y:

Function details: See above. Information is based on Czech Wikipedia; all articles include a reference.

Discussion

 * There was some recent controversy over transwiki-ing articles in this manner due to sourcing concerns. How will these new articles be sourced?  Also, is there a community discussion anywhere on it?  MBisanz  talk 14:57, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That is why Bisanz I requested this and have set up a new wikiproject at WikiProject TRANSWIKI. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 13:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The info comes from Czech Wikipedia and can be confirmed from the Czech Statistical Office (reference given in in articles). There is nothing controversial about this (no BLPs or microstubs) - it just continues work that's already underway; doing it with a bot rather than by human sweat will save time and produce better results.--Kotniski (talk) 15:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I am likely to approve later tonight when I get home.  MBisanz  talk 18:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * This should probably (at minimum) include an interwiki link to the source article in the edit summary. Mr.Z-man 01:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Can be done, no problem (though I don't think it's necessary from an attribution point of view, since there's no direct copying or translation of any text).--Kotniski (talk) 09:29, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

In spite of the anybot controversy about bots creating articles, this task looks tailor-made for bot work rather than a human editor, particularly if the articles are coming from human-written articles in the Czech wiki. Is this the case? Or were the Czech wiki articles written by a bot, also?
 * I'm not sure, from what I can tell they were written by humans, though perhaps using some sort of script to assist them at some point.--Kotniski (talk) 09:42, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Also, there probably should be a community discussion or alert about the bot. If there isn't one, can you start one. I assume there's a wikiproject Czechloslovakia?

The Polish municipality articles look fairly well done, so I don't think there will be any problems with this bot. That's my opinion. --68.127.233.138 (talk) 05:02, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've mentioned it at the Czech WikiProject here (not Czechoslovakia for quite some time;) ), though this is just taking over work that's already being done by humans, so it isn't anything anyone needs to get particularly excited about.--Kotniski (talk) 09:29, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks straight forward. Notifying the project (okay, I suck at Eastern European geography) is sufficient in my opinion, again, due to the nature of the task. Please watch the project page and notify there of test runs and other milestones here. Thanks. --68.127.233.138 (talk) 04:38, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

This is a straightforward task that should be speedily approved I think. Kot is a well established bot operator with much success. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:13, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No objections by the WPPJ, otherwise non-controversial.  MBisanz  talk 22:09, 2 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.