Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MDanielsBot 7


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MDanielsBot 7
Operator:

Time filed: 01:09, Monday, August 3, 2020 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available:

Function overview: Background: This is one of User:HasteurBot's AfC tasks. HasteurBot was deactivated due to the death of its owner. I now have access to the Toolforge account that it ran on. This will be a direct replacement for HasteurBot 2, as modified by HasteurBot 9

The actual task: Traverse Category:AfC_submissions_by_date and its dated subcategories (starting with October 2008) to


 * 1) Identify AfC submissions (using the page prefix Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/) that have not been edited in more than 180 days
 * 2) Perform a null edit on the page so that templates and categories may be re-evaluated and populate the Category:G13 eligible AfC submissions category if appropriate
 * 3) Give notice to the page author that the page is eligible for deletion and could be deleted in the near future
 * 4) Also notify opted-in users who've touched an affected page as well. (This is from the speedily approved HasteurBot 9)

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): HasteurBot 2, HasteurBot 9

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: As many as there are drafts

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

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

Function details: See above links.

Discussion
I know this is a direct copy, but it never hurts to ensure everything's good. Primefac (talk) 23:27, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , edits at . Only issue was that I failed to catch some mentions of HasteurBot in the output (Example), now fixed (Example). Best, --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 15:57, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 00:36, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
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