Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot IX 2

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 Request Expired.

SoxBot IX

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Operator: Xclamation point

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): PHP

Function Summary: Monitor transclusions of {{Expire}}, removing text once the expiry date is past.

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

Already has a bot flag (Y/N):

Function Details: Essentially the same as Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ExpireBot. This bot will go around, checking for transclusions of {{Expire}}. It checks each template, and if the template is expired, it removes the text.

Discussion

Approved for trial (10 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. —Reedy 23:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Withdrawn by operator. I can't see any reliable way to prevent this from vandalism, and I'll start to work on a new bot instead. Xclamation point 04:15, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

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