Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/shoutboundbot
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Operator: Shoutboundbot (talk · contribs)
Time filed: 18:20, Tuesday April 5, 2011 (UTC)
Automatic or Manually assisted: Manually assisted
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: "Standard pywikipedia"
Function overview: Only gets content from Wikipedia and presents on external site. Will not write or edit Wikipedia entries.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):
Edit period(s): Based on user demand.
Estimated number of pages affected: 0
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):
Function details: Only gets content from Wikipedia and presents on external site. Will not write or edit Wikipedia entries.
Discussion
[edit]This task should be accomplished by downloading a database instead. Is there some reason you're not doing that? - Kingpin13 (talk) 04:19, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I didn't know this was the right way to do it. - Shoutbound (talk) 06:37, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]