Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Stwalkerbot 2


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Stwalkerbot 2
Operator:

Automatic or Manually assisted: Technically automatic

Programming language(s): C#

Source code available: http://svn.helpmebot.org.uk:3690/svn/coordbot/trunk/StwalkerCoordBot/, using my Utility library:

Function overview: Add coordinates to articles that do not have them.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Whenever there's a batch of edits to be done.

Estimated number of pages affected: With any luck, the clearing of this category

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y, assuming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Bots#C.23 works.

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

Function details: The bot will run whenever I have work for it to do, and will be launched by giving it a KML file. This file will be an export from Google Earth, containing placemarks, the name of which will map to an article on Wikipedia. The bot will then parse the coordinates from that file, and put them in the right place on the relevant article.

The KML file is an export of manually generated placemarks. I will find the right place, create a placemark in the right place (like I already do), and then the bot will do the tedious work for me, while I get to keep playing on Google Earth. Technically it's automatic because I won't supervise what edits it actually makes, but I'll be telling it what to put on which pages by the nature of the KML file I give it.  Stwalkerster  [  talk  ]  23:05, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Discussion
I see no reason why not to trial this bot. I personally think that this is more of a helper-script than a bot. Perhaps, if you allow others to use the code, we may use it like a userscript, similar to twinkle. In any case:  Tim  1357  talk  01:29, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It is a helper script, yes, but it is making the edits on its own, on a bot account.
 * Re trial: 26 coordinates saved from a file of 29. Automatic report failed to save due to database lag, so I added it manually from the email. I'll get another three coordinates and run that to make it up to 30 edits, when I've sorted and  out. Small niggles that are annoying to see surfacing, but shouldn't be too bad :)   Stwalkerster  [  talk  ]  19:33, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * D Do you think you are ready for approval or do you want another trial?  MBisanz  talk 02:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Basically, there's two outstanding bugs that I've not had a chance to have a look at yet. Neither are particularly important, is annoying to me at it's worst, and  is copying the behaviour of another bot which adds coordinates to articles (not putting them in the infobox). Preferably another trial would be nice, but if you feel that once these two bugs are fixed there won't need to be another trial... well - I think you get what I mean.   Stwalkerster  [  talk  ]  16:37, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you are competent enough that once you tell me the two bugs are fixed, I'll just approve the bot without another trial.  MBisanz  talk 00:27, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Tim 1357  talk  09:10, 21 July 2010 (UTC)


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