Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/NovemBot 5

NovemBot 5

• (BRFA
• Approved BRFAs
• talk
• contribs
• count
• SUL
• logs
• page moves
• block log
• rights log
• flag)

Operator: Novem Linguae (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 23:17, Friday, August 26, 2022 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: automatic

Programming language(s): PHP

Source code available:

Function overview: Keep AFC categories up-to-date, to help with identifying drafts eligible for CSD G13.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Problem with G13 eligible soon category

Edit period(s): Weekly

Estimated number of pages affected: 5,000

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

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

Function details: Weekly purge and forcelinkupdate for all pages in the following categories: Category:Declined AfC submissions, Category:Rejected AfC submissions, Category:Pending AfC submissions. Goal is to keep these categories correctly filled. Currently, without thorough perging, the categories empty out over time due to editors not editing the drafts.

This is a takeover of part of Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ProcBot 6. User:ProcrastinatingReader appears to be inactive, and their bot is not operating.