Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Kotbot 3

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

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Operator: Kotniski

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, supervised

Programming Language(s): Python

Function Summary: Create short articles on Polish municipalities and villages based on Polish Wikipedia.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): continuous while supervised

Edit rate requested: 2 edits per minute

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

Function Details: Based on a database, compiled from Polish Wikipedia articles and official population data, the bot creates short articles on municipalities and villages which are so far not present in English Wikipedia. Articles contain standard information such as coordinates, population, area, alternative names, higher-level entities, seat, constituent villages, neighbouring municipalities, categories, stub template, and interwiki links.

Discussion

Approved for trial (10 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see what this looks like. —METS501 (talk) 00:28, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, I've got it doing some of what I intended it to do (see recent contributions). To get it up to full functionality (and eliminate the red links that keep appearing) I'll need to continue the trial with a larger number of edits (say 100?). It will still be running under my close supervision, with all edits being reviewed and if necessary revised by me.--Kotniski 15:59, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, feel free to make more edits as necessary, just make sure to approve all of them manually for now. Also, be careful of redlinked templates. —METS501 (talk) 14:30, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Will do, thanks.--Kotniski 17:33, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, this now seems to be working as it should. Can the trial be considered successful and the bot be allowed to run normally? I will keep reviewing samples of its edits (and the bot is programmed to alert me when it finds something unexpected, like when a page it tries to create already exists).Kotniski 13:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

In fact I've made some changes to the code and there are issues with Geoboxes as well, so the trial status can continue for now.Kotniski 19:44, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Let us know when you're satisfied with its progress and the trial is ready for review.  :) — madman bum and angel 13:34, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

 Approved. – Bot has been running for quite a while without incident. — madman bum and angel 17:08, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

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