Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/acobot

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Operator: Acobot (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 08:45, Tuesday April 23, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual:

Programming language(s): PHP

Source code available: Not yet

Function overview: Research bot for improving wikipedia research functionality with an Ant Colony Optimization Process.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s):

Estimated number of pages affected: 0

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No):

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No

Function details: No changes at all. Just retrieve search result and processing for testing with real users (I'm doing a dissertation on the argument). Then results will be published.

Discussion

Very large content retrievals are usually discouraged. Can you use database download for your needs? Also your bot account and your main editor account should be separate. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 09:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

•  Note: This bot has edited its own BRFA page. Bot policy states that the bot account is only for edits on approved tasks or trials approved by BAG; the operator must log into their normal account to make any non-bot edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

If database downloads won't work, why not, and can give details about sizes and frequencies? -166.137.210.41 (talk) 20:10, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• Can this be closed as an unnecessary request? Theopolisme (talk) 00:57, 9 May 2013 (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) Please let us know if we can close the task. MBisanz ^talk 11:36, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
• Request Expired. MBisanz ^talk 05:49, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

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