Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot VII 2


 * The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The result of the discussion was Symbol neutral vote.svg Request Expired.

SoxBot VII
Operator:  Soxred  93 

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): PHP

Function Summary: Tagging IP ranges of educational institutes with sharedipedu

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Whenever I see a shared IP range.

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y

Function Details: This bot will be given a range of an IP range, and the name of the educational institute. It then goes through the talk pages of all the IPS in the range. It only will post the template if the IP has contribs, and the talk page exists, in order to be useful and practical. I have generated a sample at User:Soxred93/shared.

Discussion

 * Sounds pretty good, where would it place the template, absolute top? SQL Query me!  03:34, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes.  Soxred  93  03:34, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Using the API? Q T C 03:36, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Of course!  Soxred  93  03:36, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

I noticed this bot was blocked two days ago, this task would require an unblock, is the previous task that caused the block going to stay off until fixed? (I trust you, just trying to make sure nothing's crontabbed... Those are easy to forget about....) SQL Query me!  03:38, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I have been having so many problems with that bot, that I have decided to shut that task down.  Soxred  93  03:39, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

for this task ONLY, the block task may not be performed without further discussion.  MBisanz  talk 22:41, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Trial done.  Soxred  93  11:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Only remaining question I have is where the mapping of addresses comes from? IE: What source are you using to say IP foo.bar.baz.qux belongs to School Quux. Q T C 00:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Samspade and Dnsstuff's WHOIS.  Soxred  93  00:35, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Only asking because the only connection that i could find between 123.100.64.0/18 and 'Albany Junior High School' is that the admin/tech have an Albany address. Q  T C 00:41, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Looks useful and unproblematic. I'd give it a green flag. – Quadell (talk) (random) 13:15, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

It seems Bjweeks reverted the addition of the tag to the pages in the 123.100.0.0/16 range. I've asked him to comment here. Also, it might be better if the bot avoided tagging pages like User talk:216.93.156.13 where the last warning was in 2006. Perhpas if the page hasn't been edited in the past 6 months, the bot won't add the tag. Mr.Z-man 21:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I reverted after discussion with OverlordQ and Soxred93. He made a manual error in range selection. BJ Talk 23:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Strong reservations: Is there any reason that a range of IPs should be tagged other than if the IPs are problematic? Making edits like this that "expose" legitimate editors can very shortly become an issue with regard to the privacy policy. Diminishing anonymity simply because we can makes little sense to me. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:14, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

BJ Talk 06:48, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

BJ Talk 06:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


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