Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Hazard-Bot 6
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Withdrawn by operator.
Operator: Hazard-SJ (talk · contribs)
Time filed: 00:42, Saturday January 7, 2012 (UTC)
Automatic or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Autowikibrowser (C#) and Pywikipediabot (Python)
Source code available: Autowikibrowser and Pywikipediabot
Function overview: Adding/modifying WikiProject banners (± parameters) to/on talk pages
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Extension to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Hazard-Bot 3
Edit period(s): Occasional, only when I start it.
Estimated number of pages affected: N/A
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Yes
Function details: Extension to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Hazard-Bot 3, seeking permission to use pywikipediabot as well.
Discussion
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Approved for trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. --Chris 12:39, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
{{BotWithdrawn}}I can't seem to get it to make a list of pages to edit from a file or page on the wiki, unless someone could help me to figure this out. Hazard-SJ ㋡ 03:30, 11 January 2012 (UTC)- The API is probably the easiest. If you're looking for pages that include a specific template, you're gonna want mw:API:Embeddedin. If you still want to withdraw the request for now, let us know. --slakr\ talk / 07:07, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'll look into the API soon, thanks. Hazard-SJ ㋡ 07:35, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, slakr, I have a list of the pages to be edited, but not a means of letting the bot go through them. Isn't there only a
-catoption for this? The pages in question are talk pages, and some don't exist, so that's out of the question. Hazard-SJ ㋡ 21:16, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Withdrawn by operator. — per owner's request until the technical details of the bot's operation can be hammered out. --slakr\ talk / 02:15, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, slakr, I have a list of the pages to be edited, but not a means of letting the bot go through them. Isn't there only a
- I'll look into the API soon, thanks. Hazard-SJ ㋡ 07:35, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- The API is probably the easiest. If you're looking for pages that include a specific template, you're gonna want mw:API:Embeddedin. If you still want to withdraw the request for now, let us know. --slakr\ talk / 07:07, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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