Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/VshBot 2

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 The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by operator.

VshBot

• (BRFA
• Approved BRFAs
• talk
• contribs
• count
• SUL
• logs
• page moves
• block log
• rights log
• flag)

Operator: Vishwin60

Automatic or Manually Assisted: both

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Tags the Wikipedia:NJSCR banner on talk pages of articles that reside in Category:State Routes in New Jersey and tags the Wikipedia:MASH banner on talk pages of articles that reside in Category:Numbered routes in Massachusetts

Edit period(s): One time run

Edit rate requested: 15 10 edits per minute

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

Function Details: Tags the Wikipedia:NJSCR banner on talk pages of articles that reside in Category:State Routes in New Jersey and tags the Wikipedia:MASH banner on talk pages of articles that reside in Category:Numbered routes in Massachusetts. Most of the articles that are in the scope in those WikiProjects are not tagged, and thus the WP 1.0 bot won't detect them as part of Wikipedia:USRD.

Discussion

Can you link to the banner templates which will be placed please? Also, it may be easier (and quicker) for an already approved bot to do the task for you, as many are approved for adding Wikiproject banners. Thanks, Martinp23 17:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

It's worth me noting here that 15 edits per minute is the absolute maximum editting rate for time-critical tasks. The maximum rate that this bot will edit at is 10 per minute (additionally, 15 epm is probably not technically possible to achieve with AWB, taking into account the time taken to load and save a page. I'm being told that the minimum in most conditions is 5 seconds between pages in AWB). Martinp23 17:42, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's actually for tagging and assessment; that's why it's human assisted as well as automatic. Those banners are {{NJSCR}} and {{Massachusetts state highways WikiProject}}.  V60 ^{干什么？ · VDemolitions} 17:48, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Ahh ok. When tagging pages with banner templates, it's important to avoid tagging articles which are in the category, but which aren't relevant. It's best to check through the list before starting AWB, and remove anything which doesn't fit. On these grounds - Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. 20 edits in each category. Thanks, Martinp23 17:55, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks OK overall - just a few one small thing:

1. This edit summary should be fixed - just removing the "add" from the start should fix it

Thanks, Martinp23 21:05, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

As we've just discussed off-wiki Martin, the user was following instructions, but in very recent of versions of AWB the requirement to have something in the edit box has gone. User:Kingbotk/Plugin/User guide has been updated. --kingboyk 21:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

You really don't need bot approval to use the assessments feature of my plugin; also as you're exercising your personal judgement in those edits it would probably be more appropriate to use your personal account. If you're also wanting to do automated talk page templating you will of course need bot approval and a bot flag (which I see no reason not to approve very quickly). --kingboyk 21:50, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Withdrawn by BAG because a flag isn't needed for this operation, per the above. There's also no way you're going to hit 10ppm if you're assessing properly. I'd think 1 or 2 a minute maximum. --kingboyk 21:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

• Point of order, see talk page. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:24, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Changed status, but there's no template for it. No prejudice against reapplication specifically for automated templating. --kingboyk 13:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

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.