Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot 3b and 3c

The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

SmackBot task approval VII and VIII[edit]

VII[edit]

Task: Improve exisiting ISBN cleanup routine

Insert correct hyphenation according to the International ISBN Agency.

Method: Automatically using AWB.
Speed: 1-8 per minute.
Number: Several hundred per month (estimated), plus backlog.
Frequency: Approx every data dump
Duration: About five hours, plus occasional runs to clear backlog.
Testing: Several hundred test edits have been done.

Both tasks approved for trials, post comments/difs/etc when ready. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

C. 75 diffs here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SmackBot.

Rich Farmbrough 09:12 23 August 2006 (GMT).

Go for it! approved. Martin 10:30, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Rich Farmbrough 14:05 27 August 2006 (GMT).

VIII[edit]

Task: Check ISBN valid, if not label article. Method:

Scan database download using custom perl code and check for invlid ISBNs that SB can't fix (length, checksum, character set).
Label automatically using AWB.
Check manually for timing differences. (I.E. ISBN corrected or removed between dump and bot run.)

Speed: 1-8 per minute.
Number: A dozen per month (estimated), plus backlog.
Frequency: Approx every data dump.
Duration: Less than an hour.
Testing: Still under development.

Both tasks approved for trials, post comments/difs/etc when ready. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

C. 100 diffs here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=100&offset=20060823072327&target=SmackBot

Note the calculated check digit can be seen at User:Rich Farmbrough\Invalid ISBNs: there is no certain way of calculating which digits of the pseudo ISBN are incorrect.

Also worth noting there are some 1,100 invalid check digits, so I would expect that the monthly crop of new errors will be 30-60 rather than a dozen.

Rich Farmbrough 09:12 23 August 2006 (GMT).

Looks good, APPROVED. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.