Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/The wubbot

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 Approved.

The wubbot

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Operator: the wub "?!"

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, supervised

Programming Language(s): python (using pywikipedia)

Function Summary: Cleans out closed AfD discussions from the relevant subpages of Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily

Edit rate requested: 10 edits per minute

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

Function Details: Scans the relevant subpages of WikiProject Deletion sorting, obtained from the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact. Removes transclusions of pages beginning with "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/" which have been closed.

Future improvements should include listing removed entries and their results in an archive page. Also working for PRODs, CfDs and other types of discussion listed. I'm fairly new to python though, and wanted to get the basic bot approved so I can start work with it.

I will seek further approval for major changes, or any other tasks outside of WikiProject Deletion sorting.

Discussion

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 22:17, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Trial run finished. At the request of User:DGG I added the archiving functionality first, which creates a list of closed discussions such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/France/archive. Trial run gave me a chance to fix some presentation issues, and a bug where the bot crashes if it can't extract a result from a debate. the wub "?!" 13:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I have reviewed the contributions and it looks good. How does the bot handle cases where the result could not be extracted from a debate? It would be good if it listed the problematic Afd on a project page and waited for a human response on the same page. John Vandenberg 02:35, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

It simply lists it with a question mark, but notifies me. I'll be running the bot supervised for the forseeable future, so I'll fix those manually as they crop up. the wub "?!" 21:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good. When does this go online? John Vandenberg 12:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Whenever it gets approved. the wub "?!" 10:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

{{BAGAssistanceNeeded}} the wub "?!" 11:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

"Please use your skillz". LOL. The trial run seems to have gone perfectly, other than that minor formatting issue.  Approved. — madman bum and angel 14:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

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