Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SmackBot 41

SmackBot 41

• (BRFA
• Approved BRFAs
• talk
• contribs
• count
• SUL
• logs
• page moves
• block log
• rights log
• flag)

Operator: [[::User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich Farmbrough]] (talk · contribs)

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic

Programming language(s): Perl/AWB

Source code available: AWB, yes; Perl no.

Function overview: Monitor article moves and correct DEFAULTSORT

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia talk:Categories

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: Less than 100 articles a day with DEFAULTSORT are moved, and many of these do not require repair, so significantly less than 100 per day for that aspect.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Yes

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

Function details: # maintain a queue of recent article moves

1. Visit the target pages and:
   1. If there is no DEFAULTSORT and one is needed add it (using AWB logic/AWB).
   2. If there is a DEFAULTSORT which appears to be based on the page moved from, and is outdated replace it.
   3. In other cases do nothing
2. Periodially write a log page summarising actions taken

Discussion

This is a requirement from various discussions, one is linked to above. Femto Bot, (possibly the smallest bot in the world)Rich Farmbrough 07:01, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

User Rjwilmsi has already offered to write a bot for this, see e.g. User:Rjwilmsi/test. Fram (talk) 08:42, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent. Rich Farmbrough, 13:41, 5 November 2010 (UTC).

A user has requested the attention of a member of the Bot Approvals Group. Once assistance has been rendered, please deactivate this tag by replacing it with {{t|BAG assistance needed}}. Rich Farmbrough 05:32, 10 November 2010 (UTC)