Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/VeblenBot 4


 * 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 keep vote.svg Approved.

VeblenBot
Operator: CBM

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Either, depending on how it's run

Programming Language(s): perl, using same framework as the rest of VeblenBot.

Function Summary: General editing - CfD, TfD, etc.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): when necessary. Not contiuous - invoked separately for each task.

Edit rate requested: under 10 edits per minute

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

Function Details: This is a set of scripts to edit articles from a list, like AWB but in perl so it runs on linux. Useful for CfD, TfD, etc. I have been testing it manually and have no issues outstanding. The manual mode allows me to review a diff of each change and manually type 'y' to approve it. The automatic mode (not yet written, but easy enough) would make the changes on its own. I need approval for that, and to run it on the bot account.

Discussion
We need specific task examples so we can approve a trial. Also, I'd be interested in seeing code for this. --ST47 Talk 18:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm trying it manually (approving the diffs myself) on emptying some of the cats from this CfD, and I used it manually on some other cats yesterday, several hundred edits total, without any trouble or complaints, using my non-bot account.


 * I'll make a tgz file of the code this afternoon. Is is standard to distribute code for this publicly? I don't know whether pywikipedia works "out of the box" but this certainly will. CBM · talk 18:28, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The source code is here. CBM · talk 01:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, for CfD, TfD, IfD. Make 50 edits or so. --ST47 Talk 18:10, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Trial made; see Special:Contributions/VeblenBot starting at 2007-06-01T18:52:16. Performed two speedy category renamings using the bot account, after downloading the code I uploaded yesterday. No code issues, but I don't know whether it is typical to remove excess whitespace during a rename. I didn't notice that before because I was deleting categories rather than renaming them. I'll tweak the regexps some. CBM · talk 19:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * For cleanliness, there's usually a blank line between categories and interwikis, like, can you do that? --ST47 Talk 19:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * --ST47 Talk 19:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


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