Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/shoutboundbot


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shoutboundbot
Operator:

Time filed: 18:20, Tuesday April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Manually assisted

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: "Standard pywikipedia"

Function overview: Only gets content from Wikipedia and presents on external site. Will not write or edit Wikipedia entries.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Based on user demand.

Estimated number of pages affected: 0

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):

Function details: Only gets content from Wikipedia and presents on external site. Will not write or edit Wikipedia entries.

Discussion
This task should be accomplished by downloading a database instead. Is there some reason you're not doing that? - Kingpin13 (talk) 04:19, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I didn't know this was the right way to do it. - Shoutbound (talk) 06:37, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm marking this as then; use the database instead. - Kingpin13 (talk) 06:55, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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