Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Mendeleevbot

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Operator: matthewgamble (talk · contribs)

Time filed: 01:56, Thursday December 8, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual:Manual

Programming language(s): Python

Source code available: Using standard pywikipedia

Function overview: Bot to monitor updates to ChemBox and DrugBox templates in Wikipedia compared to a local Wiki in a just-in-time fashion - request rate should be of the order of standard human user interaction.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): daily? It's a pilot research project that will have light usage

Estimated number of pages affected: Potentially all pages using the ChemBox and DrugBox templates - there are around 5000 ChemBoxes

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):

Function details: Initially the bot will monitor updates to ChemBox and DrugBox templates in Wikipedia in a just-in-time fashion - request rate should be of the order of standard human user. Potentially wish to then propagate edits/additional metadata back to the Chemboxes. These changes and edits would be done under human supervision.

Discussion

•  Comment. Shouldn't this request be filed from the operator's account, not the bot's account? Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 02:01, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
•  Note: This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:02, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
• Apologies - I was signed in as the bot rather than my account when submitting and subsequently editing the request. --Matthewgamble (talk) 02:15, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
• So what exactly is the bot going to do here? Is it going to be read-only on Wikipedia, writing only to the private wiki? Or is it going to be trying to write things here? Anomie⚔ 03:05, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
• Updated 'Function details' , there is the potential to propagate edits & additional metadata back to the pages in Wikipedia - I haven't decided what edits will be handled by the bot or what edits will be handled by the user being dropped back into the standard wikipedia for editing themselves. I just thought it best to be a good citizen and get approval before forging ahead. Thanks. --Matthewgamble (talk) 17:16, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Lets see how it goes Approved for trial (7 days). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. (Note, this is with the understanding that manual means manual, specifically every edit must be approved by a human beforehand). --Chris 10:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

A user has requested the attention of the operator. Once the operator has seen this message and replied, please deactivate this tag. (user notified) Any updates? (Note, if you don't respond in the next few days, I will mark this request as expired). --Chris 10:56, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Request Expired. --Chris 12:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

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