Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ProgrammingBot


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ProgrammingBot
Operator:

Time filed: 17:19, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Standard Pywikibot

Function overview: Removes tags from pages that meet certain criteria

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): WP:Bot requests

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: 50-100

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details: The bot gets a list of pages in the category "Users seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user".

If the page is in any namespace other than User or User talk, it removes the tag

If the page is in the User or User talk namespace, and the user has not edited in a month, then it removes the tag and adds to the user's talk page

If the page is in the User or User talk namespace and the user has edited within a month, the page is skipped.

This bot will run once daily.

Discussion

 * I understand the rationale and idea here, but I am not familiar with the Adopt-a-User program. Is there an existing policy or guideline that allows users to be removed from the seeking adoption category after 1 month? I have seen on WP:BOTREQ, the original requester saying that there is, but showed no link to this policy. Bots require consensus for any task, so if there is currently none, I would say that perhaps a RfC is needed. I for one would support this RfC, but removing users from a category could prove contentious. TheMagikCow (T) (C) 18:33, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * , I honestly took for granted that there was one, however, I can't seem to find one. If no-one can find one, then I will open an RfC.  Programming Geek talk to me 19:11, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I found a policy. On the top of Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user, it says


 * Jamesjpk (talk) 01:18, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Awsome! Yeah, I'm totally supportive of this task. The current is just calling for a bot; an easy tedious maintenance task. TheMagikCow (T) (C) 07:12, 13 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm supportive of this task. Based on the banner Jamesjpk found, this is already the maintenance instructions for use of the banner, which documents current "norms" of this process. That's enough consensus for me. That banner's been there since 2011. ~ Rob 13 Talk 04:48, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * This is fine by me, but I think to avoid stepping on toes you can up the time limit from one month to two months. It's conceivable that someone will disappear for a month and then return; setting it to two months gives them a bigger grace period. —  Earwig   talk  00:22, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Operator poke. —  Earwig   talk 20:02, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
 * - sorry, IRL stuff has been something else for a few months. I'll be back at a computer in a week, I'll start the trial then.  Programming Geek talk to me 21:12, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Was this trial run, what are the results? — xaosflux  Talk 03:16, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * - may be reactivated in the future by operator. — xaosflux  Talk 04:00, 27 June 2017 (UTC)


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