Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DraiconeBot

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DraiconeBot

This is an AWB bot that will be used for converting {{Wikify}} and {{wikify}} to {{Wikify-date|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}. Currently I use the account for spellchecking, to seperate my AWB edits, however every edit on the account has been checked by me - I opened the account because of a suggestion on the AWB page.

Currently all it will do is to convert the above tags, using AWB's find and replace, however it will be unassisted except for being started once per day. If the bot is approved I will request AWB approval for a bot and set it to 'Auto' mode.

The bot currently has AWB approval as a user only. I have converted a few tags using AWB by reviewing each edit's 'show changes' myself and checking articles afterwards (see [1] for contrib list). To demonstrate it I will apply for AWB approval as a bot when required. I will not suppress the 'using AWB' messages.

The bot will run for a short period each day (depending on the number of articles marked with '{{wikify}}') for as long as it is needed.

The bot will make AWB edits on the english wikipedia only. I (Draicone ^(talk)) will be the sole operator of the bot.

The bot will give those of us at Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify and Category:Articles that need to be wikified a better idea of the number of articles to be wikified in the month. I understand that Pearle is currently serving about the same purpose. DraiconeBot will simply help clear backlogs as they come so that there is not a major queue waiting for Pearle each day. Server load will be minimal, I will aim to keep server load minimal with 4 edits per minute (approx.) using AWB delay, I can adjust this if requested. --Draicone ^(talk) 23:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

One week trial run approved, keep edits down to 2-3/min during tial, limit run to 100 articles. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Alright, had AmiDaniel give AWB bot approval and ran a trial run of just over 50. Worked perfectly besides a couple of things I forgot. Summary:

• More or less all wikify tags were added today anyway, so checking when the tag was added isn't an issue and AWB does the trick.
• Sample diffs: [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
• Points to remember: I didn't set 'Mark all as minor' at the beginning, only remembered it later on. Should these bot actions be minor edits? Also, the bot made one bad edit, diff link [10]. I forgot to filter out non-mainspace articles from the list, I will remember this for next time. I reverted this edit almost immediately.

Nothing of great significance, so I've decided to end the trial run at these 60 or so articles. Please tell me if you would like to extend the run. --Draicone ^(talk) 09:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

What is the edit/min rate required for this bot? — xaosflux ^Talk 01:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

There is really no particular rate, however if I were to leave the bot on for half an hour a day to clear the backlog, and we have, say, 90 articles tagged {{wikify}} each day, then I'd need to do three a minute. For about 20 seconds between edits, that means I set my AWB wait time to somewhere between 12 and 16 seconds, depending on whether or not I'm doing anything else on the net at the time. Just a note, you may not want to flag this bot, as I use the bot account for a lot of spellchecking and disambig runs as well; if you want, I can open yet another bot account so that this one can be flagged. --Draicone ^(talk) 23:50, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I can't personally think of anything wrong with the rate. It sounds fine. 3/min max is not a problem at all. I'd say use the bot account for all bot edits, even the spell checking ones, but see what others have to say first on that issue. — Ram-Man ^{(comment) (talk)} 01:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Approved. Go ahead without a flag for now, but set your AWB delay to 20 seconds (2.5 edits/min), you can go to 12 seconds during off-peak times; if it becomes an issue with anyone let me know and we can deal with a flag. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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