Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/VoxelBot 4


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VoxelBot 4
Operator:

Time filed: 14:25, Sunday March 3, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Upon request

Function overview: Notifies users whose articles have been tagged with notability

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Templates for discussion/Log/2013 February 26

Edit period(s): every ten minutes

Estimated number of pages affected: ~100-500 talk pages per month

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): With a comment:    Yes

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Uses the API to fetch the Notability category of the current month. For each article in the category, uses prop=revisions to get the page creator. It then notifies the page creator with a template like User:Fox Wilson/notability-notice.

Discussion

 * Why can't you just use the standard exclusion system? Legoktm (talk) 19:18, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I certainly could, but I am already checking for in the template. I wasn't thinking properly this morning, I will support the standard exclusion system. It's a Fox! (What did I break) 19:35, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Do you mean you will support both nobots and whenever I notify someone. We could certainly move the bot over to another account, but there is a list of tasks and operators on the userpage which, in my opinion, is enough at the moment. It's a Fox! (What did I break) 11:31, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * would probably be better, as it's not name-specific. It's a Fox! (In an alternate universe!) 20:11, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * BAGAssistanceNeeded This request has not been edited by a BAG member, and has not been edited at all in the last six days. It's a Fox! (What did I break) 17:06, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Bad Things happened, and the bot edited in article space when it was supposed to edit in my User talk space. Just noting that I rolled back the pages in question, and am fixing this issue. It's a Fox! (What did I break) 19:32, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * When you fix the issue, I'm ready to issue a trial.  MBisanz  talk 14:47, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It was fixed last night :) just forgot to say so It's a Fox! (What did I break) 19:38, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

 MBisanz  talk 21:50, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Running now. It's a Fox! (What did I break) 23:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Alright, quite frankly, there were plenty of articles in this month's category to work with, so the trial is done already. The bot went through roughly fifty talk pages and posted messages like this, this is working perfectly and I can see no technical issues. It's a Fox! (What did I break) 23:15, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 *  MBisanz  talk 22:30, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


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