Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Hockeybot

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Hockeybot[edit]

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Operator: Lego K^ontribs T^alkM

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually Assisted

Programming Language(s): Python (Pywikipedia)

Function Summary: Creating hockey biographys

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Large run to get rid of backlog, then whenever needed

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

Function Details:

I enter the players information from hockeydb.
Creates article, checks if disambiguator of ice hockey is needed.
Adds it to a log here.

Discussion[edit]

The code can be found here. I have left a note at Wikipedia talk:HOCKEYLego K^ontribs T^alkM 05:56, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright issues? β^_command 05:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Fact's cannot be copyrighted" (hockeydb.com), and it is not crawling. Lego K^ontribs T^alkM 06:02, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Doing this task is against the terms of the website Access to hockeydb.com by a web crawler or 'bot with the purpose of capturing the content is expressly prohibited β^_command 06:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The bot will not be crawling. I am reading the stats off of a web browser, and entering them into my command prompt. Lego K^ontribs T^alkM 06:29, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Almost every single NHL bio links to hockeydb.com with "Player Name's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database". Since this bot wont copy any statistics, which is hockeydb.com's primary asset, and link directly to the website I can't see how it would be a problem. —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 06:35, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. -- Tawker (talk) 22:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

elif nationraw == "swe":
 nation = "Sweeden"

You might want to fix that typo... ;) ~~Would it be possible to have the bot import the player's career stats as well? No big deal if that would add a lot of work, especially given the wikisyntax involved to make it match other articles.~~ Reso lute 00:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

nm. if it isn't crawling, you're just adding it all by hand anyway. Reso lute 00:25, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Additional comment: Nicknames shouldn't be included in article titles. i,e,: Lloyd "Red" Doran. That should either be at Lloyd Doran, or Red Doran if he was known primarily by his nickname. (ala Red Dutton) Reso lute 00:28, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All fixed. I just discovered this massive category and am now incorporating it. I also am now getting some information off of hockey-reference.com for what hockeydb doesnt have. Lego K^ontribs T^alkM 00:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any progress? RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 18:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some... I can't find players that need creating. If anyone has a list, that would be great. Lego K^ontribs T^alkM 00:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A user has requested the attention of the operator. Once the operator has seen this message and replied, please deactivate this tag. Any progress on this? Mr.Z-man 22:57, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn by operator. Not really.. I haven't had any time to work on this, so I will withdraw it. Lego K^ontribs T^alkM 02:49, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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