Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Rabbot

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

Approved.

Rabbot (formerly known as V2Bot)

Operator: Valley2city

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Supervised Automatic

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Adding templates to talk pages, particularly WikiProject templates

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

Edit rate requested: X edits per TIME at least 6 per minute

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

Function Details: Using AWB the bot will add templates to batches of article talk pages in particular categories for the use of WikiProjects that have complete categories that pertain to their project. It will prepend, for example, {{WikiProject Columbia University}} to any talk page in Category:Columbia University and all of the sub-categories, excepting those which already have the tag. I have already done over 500 semi-automatically through AWB but I think this job is more suited for a bot. Thank you, V2Bot 16:44, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FYI: I am currently trying to usurp another username for the bot, Rabbot. If the username gets changed, I will let you know. --Valley2city^₪‽ 16:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

For the task itself, rather than using the talk page prepend function on AWB, can I suggest that you use this AWB plugin, which is specifcally designed for WikiProject tagging (and, basically, makes your life easier :)). That said, if you wish, I may be able to get this task done by an already approved bot such as User:Reedy Bot, User:Kingbotk or User:MartinBotIII.

For a task like this, the page list to be tagged needs to be meticulously checked for false positives (and I mean meticulously - if there are 20000 pages, then you have to check that each one is relevant (I have!)). Also, there needs to be consensus from within the WikiProject concerned, so it would be good to start up a discussion if you haven't already done so. Thanks, Mart inp23 18:33, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have started a thread regarding purpose consensus on the discussion page of Wikipedia:Columbia. Meanwhile, like I have up to this point, I plan on looking at each of the articles under the Category:Columbia University and subcategories to determine whether it belongs under the jurisdiction of the Wikiproject.

What I have been doing thusfar is prepending {{WikiProject Columbia University}} to the talk pages while excluding those which already have the tag as well as manually excluding those I deem not necessary to fall under the WP. Kingbotk's AWB template can do more than that. I'm just trying to avoid the manual Save. Save. Save. at infinitum that I have been forced to endure. I don't mind tedious, but making my job easier is not a bad thing. --Valley2city^₪‽ 06:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, what is a good edits-per-minute to ask for? I think 4/min seems a little low but I am not sure what is traditional to ask for. --Valley2city^₪‽ 06:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest 6 per minute, as it's not an essential or urgent task. --ais523 11:51, 3 May 2007 (U T C)

okay, 6/min it is. --Valley2city^₪‽ 17:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be quite happy to approve for a trial in a few days, giving the thread that you started some time for responses Mart inp23 10:47, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I want to hone my skills with using bots with something relatively easy like this. Meanwhile the WP:Columbia talk page has been quiet for a couple of days. --Valley2city^₪‽ 04:13, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bot has been renamed to Rabbot -Secretlondon 21:01, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, is this still open? Thanks, --Valley2city^₪‽ 04:16, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. for 50-100 taggings. --ST47Talk 12:26, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, maybe went a few taggings over 100 but the bot is doing what it needs to do and I think it passed the trial and is ready for the bot flag to complete its task. --Valley2city^₪‽ 17:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. --ST47Talk 19:19, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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