Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SprinterBot


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SprinterBot
Operator:

Time filed: 16:31, Monday January 23, 2012 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Pywikipedia interwiki.py

Function overview: Maintains interwiki links on articles on the English Wikipedia

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: 100-300 pages a day

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No

Function details: Simply removes, adds and changes all interwiki links with interwiki.py.

Discussion
What parameters will you be running interwiki.py with? - Kingpin13 (talk) 17:18, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * -autonomous -namespace:0 and -continue.  Rcsprinter  (gas)  17:20, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Is another interwiki bot needed? It seems like we have plenty of them running already. 28bytes (talk) 18:21, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say needed but it can't hurt. There can never be too many, it would be a good experience for me and the links might be done quicker. I think denying me the chance to have a go at interwiki bots would be doing me a disservice.  Rcsprinter  (deliver)  19:37, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, can someone say yes or no or discuss now? 'Tis getting boring...  Rcsprinter  (state)  18:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * with the specified parameters. Please make sure to keep pywikipediabot up-to-date. &mdash; madman 18:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
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