Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SoxBot II 2

SoxBot II

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Operator: Soxred93 has a boring sig

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic

Programming Language(s): Python

Function Summary: Monitor Special:NewPages for images that have no description, or {{PD}}. Ok, just running one of the scripts (the subst one) from User:SoxBot. No change in the script, just go to a different user to organize it.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Daily, may move to continuous if it moves on to the Toolserver

Edit rate requested: 5 edits per minute

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

Function Details: Monitor Special:NewPages for images that have no description, or {{PD}}. The former marks it as no source, while the latter notifies the user. See the summary above.

Discussion

• What about images that have other templates in them? Will the bot check those too? Redrocketboy 00:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Which other templates? Soxred93 has a boring sig 01:56, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I assume it checks it for tags, and goes from there, though I could be mistaken... <DREAMAFTER> ^<TALK> 02:22, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
    • You would be right. Soxred93 has a boring sig 03:18, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• How does this bot differ from ImageTaggingBot? --Carnildo (talk) 05:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
• Why do we need to notify the user if they use {{PD}}? What if they save, read what it says, look up a correct template and fix it? And its not like {{PD}} is completely invalid, just not as specific as we would like. Mr.Z-man 05:54, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Changed the task, now it is just one of the tasks from the SoxBot 1 to move to another account. Soxred93 has a boring sig 19:24, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

It would be like 10 times easier just to file a new request for this. Speedily Approved. Please check you are in the right namespace (eg don't do this, fix the typo in your edit summary and link to Wikipedia:Subst also. -- maelgwn - talk 23:45, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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