Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MMABot 3


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. To request review of this BRFA, please start a new section at WT:BRFA. The result of the discussion was Symbol keep vote.svg Approved

MMABot 3
Operator:

Time filed: 02:40, Tuesday February 26, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Supervised

Programming language(s): Java

Source code available: Not currently available.

Function overview: MMABot will edit MMA event articles and standardize even results into a table format using templates created by MMA WikiProject members. Further details below.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): RfC regarding results formats and discussion on implementation and templates.

Edit period(s): Initially weekly as time permits. Once the initial run through all event articles has been completed, less frequent operation of this version will be required.

Estimated number of pages affected: About 600, based upon number from Category:Years in mixed martial arts.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No.

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

Function details: NOTE: MMABot v3.0 will run separately from MMABot v1.0 and v2.0 since it edits a different set of articles.

Discussion
This is a request to add additional functionality to MMABot focusing on MMA event articles. Specific tasks are in the table above, but it will essentially take the current, differently formatted, event results and standardize them using a format and templates agreed upon by the MMA WikiProject. I've tested MMABot on these tasks in its sandbox and now that the templates have been moved out of user space I'm ready to begin the approval process. The WikiProject has been kept informed of my progress here and and here and a running self-discussion on the bot's talk page has been available.

As for exclusion compliance, I have answered 'no' above simply because I have not implemented that functionality (and I am unaware of any MMA articles with the bot exclusion tag). If approval requires this functionality, I have no problems adding that in. I welcome any other comments, suggestions, and/or questions. --TreyGeek (talk) 02:40, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

 MBisanz  talk 22:50, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Just an an update, I'm about halfway through the trial edits. Knocking out bugs along the way.  Unless something comes up, I expect to finish the trial edits before the end of the upcoming weekend.  --TreyGeek (talk) 02:33, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Some bugs here and there, all of them I think I've been able to identify and fix at this point. --TreyGeek (talk) 03:01, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * For easier reference, here's MMABot's last 50 edits. --TreyGeek (talk) 03:03, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

 MBisanz  talk 22:54, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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