Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Mendeleevbot


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Mendeleevbot
Operator:

Time filed: 01:56, Thursday December 8, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual:Manual

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Using standard pywikipedia

Function overview: Bot to monitor updates to ChemBox and DrugBox templates in Wikipedia compared to a local Wiki in a just-in-time fashion - request rate should be of the order of standard human user interaction.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s):  daily? It's a pilot research project that will have light usage

Estimated number of pages affected: Potentially all pages using the ChemBox and DrugBox templates - there are around 5000 ChemBoxes

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):

Function details: Initially the bot will monitor updates to ChemBox and DrugBox templates in Wikipedia in a just-in-time fashion - request rate should be of the order of standard human user. Potentially wish to then propagate edits/additional metadata back to the Chemboxes. These changes and edits would be done under human supervision.

Discussion

 * Shouldn't this request be filed from the operator's account, not the bot's account? Logan Talk Contributions 02:01, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:02, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Apologies - I was signed in as the bot rather than my account when submitting and subsequently editing the request.  --Matthewgamble (talk) 02:15, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * So what exactly is the bot going to do here? Is it going to be read-only on Wikipedia, writing only to the private wiki? Or is it going to be trying to write things here? Anomie⚔ 03:05, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Updated 'Function details', there is the potential to propagate edits & additional metadata back to the pages in Wikipedia - I haven't decided what edits will be handled by the bot or what edits will be handled by the user being dropped back into the standard wikipedia for editing themselves. I just thought it best to be a good citizen and get approval before forging ahead. Thanks. --Matthewgamble (talk) 17:16, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Lets see how it goes (Note, this is with the understanding that manual means manual, specifically every edit must be approved by a human beforehand). -- Chris 10:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Any updates? (Note, if you don't respond in the next few days, I will mark this request as expired). -- Chris 10:56, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

-- Chris 12:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


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