Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/^demonBot2

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.

^demonBot2

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Operator: ^demon

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Manually assisted at start of each run, makes edit automatically until completion.

Programming Language(s): AWB

Function Summary: Replacement of deprecated templates by those that superceed them.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Depends, pretty much a one-time run, but that one time can be repeated, see summary for details.

Edit rate requested: 6 edits per Minute (kept low to reduce server load)

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No

Function Details: AWB will work off a list of regex's provided by me (working from what is listed at Category:Deprecated_templates), going through and replacing old templates with their newer replacements. I say "Manually Assisted at Start" up above, because at the beginning of each run, the templates will need to be manually entered, as some require complex syntax changes that can't be predicted by a bot merely running from a list in a category. However, once set to run, the bot will run until the templates are gone. Perhaps (haven't decided yet) listing the template on Wikipedia:TFD after completion, to help reduce the backlog of useless templates. I've been doing quite a few template replacements myself, but it's getting to be quite a handful, and after coming across a listing of almost 800 transclusions (for a template made useless by a mediation), I decided to get bot approval, so I can finally eliminate the backlog of deprecated templates.

Discussion

I don't see any problems with the task, but 12 edits per minute is way too fast. Have you read Wikipedia:Bot policy? Either way, 6 edits per minute is basically the fastest permissible. —Mets501 (talk) 21:46, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I read the bot policy, yes, but I suppose I missed something on a specific time limit, I only noticed it mentioning "server load." As I didn't know what would be an acceptable load, I just took a shot in the dark about it.

I see a fine line on the issue of "server load" - if it's run during a "non peak" hour, I see no problems with pushing it up to even 14 edits a minute. AVB has done 30+ edits a minute a few times w/ no major adverse effects. I think we have a lil more capacity now which lessens the capacity problems -- Tawker 19:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. No problems with this task. Make 50-100 edits and post back with diffs. —Mets501 (talk) 20:40, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Trial Results

Of course the following is not a full list of all edits with diffs, but merely a representative sample. Of course the full contrib list can be found here.

• Talk:Joseph Stilwell - diff made by bot
• Talk:Burma Plate - diff made by bot
• Talk:Shan - diff made by bot
• Talk:Dai people - diff made by bot]
• Talk:Hso Khan Pha - diff from edit

After making 57 edits, I have concluded (and I hope you all will agree) that this bot functioned perfectly. Opinions? ^demon^{[omg plz]} 13:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

 Approved. This bot shall run with a flag. —METS501 (talk) 05:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

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