Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AvicBot2

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AvicBot2

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Operator: Avicennasis (talk · contribs)

Time filed: 16:09, Friday October 14, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Automatic unsupervised

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Yes, pywikipedia

Function overview: Clearing user sandboxes/newsletter delivery pages upon request of user.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: Unknown

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): No: Bot will only edit pages it was asked to do so.

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

Function details: This function is essentially your standard sandbox cleaning, applied to userspace. E.g. Sandbox cleaning like this. It is Opt-in: The user must ask for this service - AvicBot2 will not edit any pages unless it was asked to.

Discussion

• Questions: How will a user opt-in to have the bot clear a page for them? Also, is there a specific time delay between clearing the sandbox or is there a way for the user to edit it for their page? + Crashdoom ^Talk 17:47, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

• Currently the user opts-in by asking at my talk page. (I may eventually get around to something like User:MiszaBot/config if I have time and the demand is high.) The time delay is specified by the user at the time of the request. (e.g., hourly, weekly, every third Monday) ^Avic_ennasis @ 18:47, 16 Tishrei 5772 / 18:47, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

• Seems fine, also prevents users possibly abusing the bot by adding other user's pages to it, since it's manually reviewed before being added. That's about the only thing I can think of to ask off the top of my head! + Crashdoom ^Talk 01:14, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Uncontroversial opt-in non-article space task for user own sub-pages. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 10:02, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Looks fine, uncontroversial  Approved. --Chris 06:13, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

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