Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DinoSizedBot

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DinoSizedBot

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Operator: Android Mouse

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): C

Function Summary: This bot simply keeps Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/dinosaur articles by size up to date.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily.

Edit rate requested: Approximatly 1 to 2 edit per day

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

Function Details: This bot will scan all articles (excluding several subcategories) in Category:Dinosaurs and load their sizes. Once it scans through all the needed articles it will update Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/dinosaur articles by size with the article sizes. That is the only page it will ever edit.

Discussion

I ran a limited test and let it make one edit on the sandbox, no apparent problems. Not much more testing will be needed since this only updates one (non-article) page. --Android Mouse 21:32, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

 Approved. --ST47Talk 21:59, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

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