Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Rlink2 Bot


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Rlink2 Bot
Operator:

Time filed: 18:30, Sunday, October 31, 2021 (UTC)

Function overview: The general purpose is to complete functions relating to certain archive sites and links. As for right now, the scope of the bot is very limited to this task. It might grow with additional BRFAs as time goes on.

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: At least for the first task (archive.* to archive.today), all edits will be automatic.

Programming language(s): AutoWikiBrowser, but i may add more as i go along.

Source code available: Irrelevant, since its just AWB.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): The archive.today owner wanted everyone to use the mirror since it would redirect to the right one, since he has lost individual domains before: https://blog.archive.today/post/659307974748160000. Also, the branding on the site is archive.today and all the links are archive.today, regardless of the actual mirror one might be on. See wikipedia discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Using_archive.today#which_TLD_to_use?

Edit period(s): Continuous.

Estimated number of pages affected: insource:archive.is says about 100,000 pages. I have already taken care of the mirrors with smaller values (like .ph, .md) already.

Namespace(s): Mainspace.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: The first task for the bot will be changing the archive.today mirrors: archive.is, archive.md, archive.ph, archive.vn, archive.fo, archive.li, and archive.md mirrors to the singular mirror: archive.today. The archive.today owner's domain mirrors are in constant limbo: for example, see this recent tweet: https://twitter.com/archiveis/status/1450140729209200643. Some domains are also blocked in certain countries, and using .today will allow the owner to redirect to the right mirror for the right user. https://blog.archive.today/post/659307974748160000 is one of the (multiple?) posts he has made regarding this matter.

Discussion
Primefac (talk) 11:58, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Diffs can be found here: Special:Contributions/Rlink2_Bot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlink2 (talk • contribs) 15:51, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

As per usual, if amendments to - or clarifications regarding - this approval are needed, please start a discussion on the talk page and ping. -- The SandDoctor Talk 07:25, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
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