Operator: NuclearWarfare
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, but supervised
Programming Language(s): AWB
Function Overview: The bot will run simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge and any other articles that need it. (Added after the trial: Also, appending notices, such as WikiProject banners, to article talk pages)
Edit period(s): Whenever it's needed, most likely no more than in sessions occurring once every few days
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No, but requests one
Function Details: Mainly minor edits for the Outline of Knowledge WikiProject. Examples of tasks can be seen here. As soon as a new request comes up, I shall update here. For two outstanding examples, please see this version of my talk page.
This is my first BRFA, so please do ask if you wish more detail on anything that I may have left out. NW ( Talk) ( How am I doing?) 00:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Seeing as this task was approved not too long ago as Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Thehelpfulbot 3, I'm approving this for trial. The task is proven to work, and a technical proof is necessary. Approved for trial (35 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. X clamation point 13:44, 25 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I'm having trouble understanding what other sorts of tasks this bot might do. Sure, appending project notices is totally uncontroversial, and the trial shows no problems. But the example you list above seems to show pasting four identical sections to the talk pages of over a hundred articles, complete with another user's signature. Is that right? – Quadell ( talk) 00:02, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I'm inclined to approve, but I'm interested in hearing others' opinions first. – Quadell ( talk) 13:10, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Operator: NuclearWarfare
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, but supervised
Programming Language(s): AWB
Function Overview: The bot will run simple and regex find/replace tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge and any other articles that need it. (Added after the trial: Also, appending notices, such as WikiProject banners, to article talk pages)
Edit period(s): Whenever it's needed, most likely no more than in sessions occurring once every few days
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No, but requests one
Function Details: Mainly minor edits for the Outline of Knowledge WikiProject. Examples of tasks can be seen here. As soon as a new request comes up, I shall update here. For two outstanding examples, please see this version of my talk page.
This is my first BRFA, so please do ask if you wish more detail on anything that I may have left out. NW ( Talk) ( How am I doing?) 00:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Seeing as this task was approved not too long ago as Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Thehelpfulbot 3, I'm approving this for trial. The task is proven to work, and a technical proof is necessary. Approved for trial (35 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. X clamation point 13:44, 25 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I'm having trouble understanding what other sorts of tasks this bot might do. Sure, appending project notices is totally uncontroversial, and the trial shows no problems. But the example you list above seems to show pasting four identical sections to the talk pages of over a hundred articles, complete with another user's signature. Is that right? – Quadell ( talk) 00:02, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I'm inclined to approve, but I'm interested in hearing others' opinions first. – Quadell ( talk) 13:10, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply