Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FMAFanBot

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

Denied.

FMAFanBot

Operator: FMAFan1990

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): Java

Function Summary: Replace instances of {{Infobox Guitarist}} and {{Infobox Band}} with {{Infobox musical artist}}

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

Edit rate requested: 25 edits per hour

Function Details: This bot is to replace all instances of the deprecated templates {{Infobox Guitarist}} and {{Infobox Band}} with {{Infobox musical artist}} so that it won't have to be done manually. Guitarists who have sang would have the "solo_singer" background, and others would have the "non_vocal_instrumentalist" background.

Discussion

Could you please create a user page for the bot using the {{bot}} template? Also, i'm just curious (I use java too), what framework are you using? Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 03:16, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{e.c.)First, Please create a page for the bot. Second, you could AWB unless you already know Java. ~ Wikihermit 03:17, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Got the page created FMAFan1990 07:50, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As asked by TheFearow above, what framework will you be using for the bot? — E ^talk_bots 07:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What frameworks are there to choose from? FMAFan1990 08:19, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever exists. Is the bot not written already? Reedy Boy 08:59, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No it is not. That is why I need help. FMAFan1990 11:00, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it isn't made yet, I would advise using AWB. It is much more suited to this task, and requires no programming knowledge or experience. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 09:37, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you know java, I would recommend jwbf [1], or if you do not know java, I would recommend AWB. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 08:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give that (jwbf) a try. FMAFan1990 19:29, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to point out that while the userpage exists for this bot at User:FMAFanBot, the account hasn't actually been created (see [2]), so the user page technically qualifies for speedy deletion (CSD U2). The account should be created before a request is made. --Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 21:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{OperatorAssistanceNeeded}} Please register the bot account, then we can continue. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 03:14, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I registered the account FMAFan1990 03:38, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, as it seems simple enough,

Approved for trial (20 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete.. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 03:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now what do I do? FMAFan1990 04:04, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Run it. Twenty edits, two edits per minute maximum. — madman bum and angel 04:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do I run it? FMAFan1990 04:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First, program the bot, then run it as you would any other java application. If you do not know java, or how to program, use AWB, which requires no programming experience. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 04:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do I program? FMAFan1990 05:28, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you do not know how to program the bot, I would recommend trying out AWB. You don't need to know how to program, and learning to program can take a while. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 05:43, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note that all transclusions of {{Infobox Guitarist}} have already been replaced, and it's been nominated for deletion. See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 August 19#Template:Infobox Guitarist. --PEJL 06:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Denied. Please get more experience before requesting approval for a bot, and learning how to use AWB will help you in the future if you would like to perform more bot tasks. For now, we have another bot who will do this task. —METS501 (talk) 12:46, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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