Wikipedia talk:Bots/Archive 9

message: Bot flag requested for SEWilcoBot.  Details at: Wikipedia_talk:Bots#SEWilcoBot above.  (SEWilco 07:47, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  SEWilcoBot flag request 

message: I am currently developing a tool to help me with my manual edits (especially RC/New Pages patrol), i.e. I visit a page and tell it manually what to do with it. Planned features are: adding (categorised) stub tags, if this works I'll probably add VfD nomination (I think the current process is a bit tedious to do manually), of course with user-supplied reasoning texts. I would like to emphasise the fact that this tool is not planned to have any spidering or other autonomous/high-volume features and will not create any new pages (other than VfD discussions once this feature is added). It is therefore believed that the tool does not have the problems as listed under WP:Inherent bot drawbacks. This is therefore not a request for a bot flag (as I think it shouldn't have one; they're still low-volume user-initiated edits), but a general check for concern. Similarly, like Humanbot, I doubt the desirability of a separate user account. The bot will be tested on the Sandbox during development (providing manual reverts if the bot malfunctions). It is being developed using PHP/cURL.
Your thoughts? --IByte 22:49, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Stub tag addition has been implemented, I'll be editing some pages with it. See my bot page fur further information. --IByte 20:51, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  User interface helper under development 

message: I would like to run pywikipediabot with bot status to fix links to disambig pages here on en.  This will use the solve_disambiguation.py script. – ABCD✉ 02:37, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Approved for test run of one week. --AllyUnion (talk) 05:02, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:ABot|ABot]] 

message: As both a grammar-nazi and a motorcycle enthusiast, seeing "Harley Davidson" just irks the crap out of me.
It's not a guy, Mr. Harley Davidson.  It was William Harley and the three Davidson brothers who made "The Harley-Davidson Motor Company".
I've been fixing such mistakes when I come upon them manually, but there are a lot () to do.  All I want to do is make a bot which strafes the wiki entries which use the phrase "Harley Davidson" and change it to "Harley-Davidson".
I did a (naughty) single-page test on Gay Byrne with the python script to verify that I know what I'm doing (turns out I do, on the first try).  I would like to let the bot walk all referring pages.
Comments or Objections?
boinger 21:07, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What is the bot's name?  Approved for test run for one week after posting of bot's name on this page.  May apply for bot status after one week test run duration if no complaints are made. --AllyUnion (talk) 05:04, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  How about HarleyBot? --boinger 16:12, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sign up User:HarleyBot, run it for one week, then you may apply for bot status. --AllyUnion (talk) 04:30, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harley-Davidson bot 

message: Hello.  I exist.  I'm not doing anything automatically, yet.  So my owner doesn't want a 'bot flag for me, yet.  My owner will let you know when I'm ready to start doing real work.  Uncle G's 'bot 11:22:55, 2005-08-05 (UTC)
=== DELBOT ===
*After two successful manual test runs, VFDBOT is now scheduled to be automatically run, editing under the aegis of User:Uncle G's 'bot.  See the user page for full details of VFDBOT.  Since VFDBOT will be making at most 2 edits per day, hiding the changes from Special:Recentchanges seems to be overkill, so no flag is required. Uncle G 02:01:58, 2005-08-06 (UTC)
** I approve for it to be run until a solution can be fixed with my own bots.  Unfortunately, I don't have a server to run my bots at the moment. --AllyUnion (talk) 08:41, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:Uncle G's 'bot]] 

message: *After two successful manual test runs, VFDBOT is now scheduled to be automatically run, editing under the aegis of User:Uncle G's 'bot.  See the user page for full details of VFDBOT.  Since VFDBOT will be making at most 2 edits per day, hiding the changes from Special:Recentchanges seems to be overkill, so no flag is required. Uncle G 02:01:58, 2005-08-06 (UTC)
** I approve for it to be run until a solution can be fixed with my own bots.  Unfortunately, I don't have a server to run my bots at the moment. --AllyUnion (talk) 08:41, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  DELBOT 

message: *After successful manual test runs, SANDBOT is now scheduled to be automatically run, editing under the aegis of User:Uncle G's 'bot.  See the user page for full details of SANDBOT.  Like VFDBOT, SANDBOT will be making at most 2 edits per day.  This is because it only performs two of the sandbox cleaning tasks that used to be performed by User:Sandbot, and those not as frequently.  More sandbox cleaning tasks can be added, or a greater frequency configured, upon request. Uncle G 02:01:58, 2005-08-06 (UTC)
**After successful test runs, SANDBOT has now been extended to clean the tutorial and template sandboxes once per day as well.  This increases the maximum number of edits per day (some sandboxes are not frequently used, and so the edits to clean them will be null edits) to 24. Uncle G 14:01:48, 2005-08-16 (UTC)
**SANDBOT is still cleaning the template sandboxes, but has been configured to not clean the main and tutorial sandboxes.  The number of edits per day is thus reduced. Uncle G 00:43:01, 2005-08-20 (UTC)
**: The template sandboxes are not edited very much... at least from what I can see. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:40, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  SANDBOT 

message: has been created to handle major tasks.  The 'bot flag will be requested for this account, as it is intended, per the name, to be for tasks that require large numbers of edits.  For details of current work, see the user page.  For details of planned work, see Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion. Uncle G 18:48:45, 2005-08-28 (UTC)
* Permitted to apply bot flag, one week from 8/28. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:37, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:Uncle G's major work 'bot]] 

message: I have unblocked User:FlaBot on personal request of User:Flacus. AllyUnion blocked this bot indefinitely earlier for messing up, but Flacus assured me any issues have been resolved, and AllyUnion did indicate there would be no particular problem if an eye was kept on it. If anything goes wrong, I'm (at least partially) responsible. JRM · Talk 22:38, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  FlaBot 

message: I would like to run bot User:Andrewbot, which is pywikipediabot using the double redirect fixer. It will be run occasionally. Andrew pmk 02:09, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this manually assisted or what? --AllyUnion (talk) 21:24, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

text: Approved after speaking with author on IRC.   -- Pakaran 01:26, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  The details of what it does should be posted here and its userpage.  Without that understanding, we don't know what the bot is intended for. --AllyUnion (talk) 04:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andrewbot 

message: I would like to use pywikipedia's solve_disambiguation.py to facilitate my disambiguation work. 
I created an account (User:AgentsooBot) for this and now I would like your permission to use it. Soo 17:32, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Please setup the user page for the bot.  After that is done, you may run your bot for one week.  If no complaints are made, you may apply for a bot flag. --AllyUnion (talk) 17:34, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  AgentsooBot 

message: I have been doing a number of what I call disambiguation drives manually, and would now like permission to trial a bot to see if it is a more efficient means of doing this. The bot has a user account ready (Robchurch-A) and would run manually-assisted running solve_disambiguation on selected items. Rob Church Talk | Desk 01:15, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The name is rather very close to your own, and it does not assist in clearly spelling out that it is a bot rather than a sockpuppet account. --AllyUnion (talk) 23:15, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have created a different account, DisambigBot to address both of these concerns. Rob Church Talk | Desk 01:30, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Approved for running for a duration for one week.  If no complaints are made, may apply for a bot flag.  Please make sure you list your bot at Wikipedia:Bots, and add your bot to the :Category:Bots --AllyUnion (talk) 11:07, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:DisambigBot]] 

message: See http://pseudodoxia.flawlesslogic.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Spellbot for a practical example of why automated spellchecking is bad.  This particular spellbot has produced such gems as "SpongeBob SquarePants" -> "Sponger Smartypants", or "placing intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba" -> "placing intimidatingly nuclear missiles in Cuba" --Carnildo 07:59, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Why spellbots are bad

message: NekoDaemon will be scheduled to empty categories using the soft redirect of .  Code is in testing phases. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Code complete. --AllyUnion (talk) 04:36, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  NekoDaemon modifications