Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot 3b and 3c


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

VII
Task: Improve exisiting ISBN cleanup routine Method: Automatically using AWB.
 * Insert correct hyphenation according to the International ISBN Agency.

Speed: 1-8 per minute.

Number: Several hundred per month (estimated), plus backlog.

Frequency: Approx every data dump

Duration: About five hours, plus occasional runs to clear backlog.

Testing: Several hundred test edits have been done.


 * Both tasks approved for trials, post comments/difs/etc when ready. —  xaosflux  Talk 02:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)


 * C. 75 diffs here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SmackBot.
 * Rich Farmbrough 09:12 23 August 2006 (GMT).
 * Go for it! approved. Martin 10:30, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Rich Farmbrough 14:05 27 August 2006 (GMT).

VIII
Task: Check ISBN valid, if not label article. Method:
 * Scan database download using custom perl code and check for invlid ISBNs that SB can't fix (length, checksum, character set).
 * Label automatically using AWB.


 * Check manually for timing differences. (I.E. ISBN corrected or removed between dump and bot run.)

Speed: 1-8 per minute.

Number: A dozen per month (estimated), plus backlog.

Frequency: Approx every data dump.

Duration: Less than an hour.

Testing: Still under development.


 * Both tasks approved for trials, post comments/difs/etc when ready. —  xaosflux  Talk 02:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)


 * C. 100 diffs here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=100&offset=20060823072327&target=SmackBot
 * Note the calculated check digit can be seen at User:Rich Farmbrough\Invalid ISBNs: there is no certain way of calculating which digits of the pseudo ISBN are incorrect.
 * Also worth noting there are some 1,100 invalid check digits, so I would expect that the monthly crop of new errors will be 30-60 rather than a dozen.
 * Rich Farmbrough 09:12 23 August 2006 (GMT).


 * Looks good, APPROVED. —  xaosflux  Talk 03:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.