Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RichardBAllen


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RichardBAllen
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Time filed: 14:14, Wednesday, August 10, 2016 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: This bot isn't for editing

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: https://github.com/BeebBenjamin/arch-gps-pywikibot/blob/master/arch_gps_pywikibot.py

Function overview: A bot which feeds a list of archaeological site names into Wikipedia using pywikibot in order to automatically grab their GPS coordinates. It is intended only to read data from Wikipedia and not write to it.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): A few times a day during development, weekly or monthly once development is complete.

Estimated number of pages affected: This tool doesn't edit, it only reads pages.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

No

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No):

Function details: This bot only reads GPS coordinates from the page data (if the page with the archaeological site name exists) and makes no changes.

Discussion
This bot doesn't edit Wikipedia pages and so doesn't skip pages with the template.

The request was never posted at WP:BRFA. Procedural close. — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 12:29, 15 February 2017 (UTC)


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