Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/LivingBot 20


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LivingBot 20
Operator:

Time filed: 20:00, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): PHP (Peachy)

Source code available: Haven't written it yet, will be (from my Toolserver SVN).

Function overview: Perform simple tasks relating to publishing The Signpost (II): notifying users.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-08-22/Arbitration_report

Edit period(s): Three a week

Estimated number of pages affected: Half a dozen a week

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes

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

Function details: I am current interim editor-in-chief of The Signpost. Recently, there has been a suggestion that editors mentioned in articles (specifically TROLL, our Arbitration Report) are notified shortly before publication (see link above). This sees non-controversial and easy: have a script run every week, grab the current article text, scan for User: links, then notify the users using a neutral message (also see link for ideas). Repeat three times for every issue (cron'ed), at 24 hours before, 6 hours before, and at publication time.

Discussion
 MBisanz  talk 22:00, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
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