Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PerlegoEditorBot


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PerlegoEditorBot
Operator:

Time filed: 11:29, Thursday, September 7, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s):  Python 2.7, pywikibot

Source code available: No

Function overview: To insert external links into book articles, allowing free consultation of that book's pdf for free

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s):  One time run

Estimated number of pages affected:  between 45000 and 50000

Namespace(s): Articles, external links

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: This script will add a specified link to perlego.com in the External Links section of prelisted books, adding a free pdf to each book, e.g. The Crimson Patch doens't have any free online pdf linked in the External Link section. The script has a list of 50000 names, it will paste automatically a link in each article, but if the article page doesn't exist in wikipedia it will skip it, not creating any empty article. Perlego respects copyright rights on the book it hosts, and doesn't get any payment for the books linked in wikipedia.

if the list is needed, it will be uploaded
 * Put a link into each book articles (in a list of 50000) that bring to perlego.com, for a free to read pdf of that book
 * If a book in the list doesn't have any wikipedia article about it, it will be skipped, to avoid creating blank articles with only External Links
 * If a book in the list doesn't have a clear author or title to refer to, it will be skipped
 * Many book in the list aren't hosted on wikisource nor other free web services
 * Perlego.com respects copyright rights on the book it hosts, and doesn't get any payment for the books linked in wikipedia
 * the script will be used again only when a large amount of books get updated in the list

Discussion

 * Note, this will need to have a community discussion prior to obtain support prior to BRFA review. Provide link to the discussion that supports this activity. —  xaosflux  Talk 20:29, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Even if the community supports the task, this specific request seems like a case for WP:BOTNOTNOW. Anomie⚔ 19:03, 20 September 2017 (UTC)


 * — xaosflux  Talk 18:56, 12 December 2017 (UTC)


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