Operator: OsamaK ( talk · contribs)
Time filed: 11:07, Tuesday July 5, 2011 ( UTC)
Automatic or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: It's pywikipedia-based and it will be published when it's ready
Function overview: Update the Alexa ranking field in {{ Infobox_website}}.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Infobox_website#Alexa_bot, Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Websites#Alexa_Bot
Edit period(s): Once every month
Estimated number of pages affected: {{ Infobox_website}} is used by 2770 page but I'll set the bot to work only on the ones I have manually checked.
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y (that's automatically done by pywikipedia, right?)
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y
Function details: Alexa rankings change constantly. This bot will use a table of website articles and their Alexa URLs to update the rankings once every month. It will use the templates {{ steady}}, {{ loss}}, {{ profit}} and {{ as of}} and it'll add a <ref> to the referencing on Alex.
The code is not ready yet, I just had this idea and it should be ready shorty after the community gives the initial approval.
Approved for trial (20 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see a small batch first, when you're ready. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:25, 5 July 2011 (UTC) reply
<!--This field is automatically updated once every month by OKBot.-->
" To let article maintainers (and occasional editors) know about the new bot so they don't waste time updating.--
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sama
K 21:08, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
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Approved for extended trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 12:10, 6 July 2011 (UTC) reply
Oh and, could you link to this BRFA while in trial and/or to some explanatory page after approval in the edit summary so interested editors can quickly find out the details (per WP:BOTPOL good communication practice)? — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 12:13, 6 July 2011 (UTC) reply
Some thoughts:
Well, looks fine to me. I'll leave it up for a few days since the trial went on relatively quick. You could also advertise this by dropping a note by the Websites WikiProject and Infobox itself and add the links to relevant discussions section. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 15:57, 6 July 2011 (UTC) reply
I feel uneasy approving the bot per two issues:
Very well. No more issues have been raised by editors/BAG or infobox/wikiproject watchers. Bot serves to update a tedious-to-maintain field. Approved. Subject to prompt (in reasonable terms) manual correction of any citation errors/orphaning or CITEVAR issues.
Please also mention in documentation/summary link that inc/dec/steady templates will be updated in the next month's run and that you will be manually fixing any problematic pages. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 19:45, 12 July 2011 (UTC) reply
Operator: OsamaK ( talk · contribs)
Time filed: 11:07, Tuesday July 5, 2011 ( UTC)
Automatic or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: It's pywikipedia-based and it will be published when it's ready
Function overview: Update the Alexa ranking field in {{ Infobox_website}}.
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Template_talk:Infobox_website#Alexa_bot, Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Websites#Alexa_Bot
Edit period(s): Once every month
Estimated number of pages affected: {{ Infobox_website}} is used by 2770 page but I'll set the bot to work only on the ones I have manually checked.
Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y (that's automatically done by pywikipedia, right?)
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): Y
Function details: Alexa rankings change constantly. This bot will use a table of website articles and their Alexa URLs to update the rankings once every month. It will use the templates {{ steady}}, {{ loss}}, {{ profit}} and {{ as of}} and it'll add a <ref> to the referencing on Alex.
The code is not ready yet, I just had this idea and it should be ready shorty after the community gives the initial approval.
Approved for trial (20 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Let's see a small batch first, when you're ready. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:25, 5 July 2011 (UTC) reply
<!--This field is automatically updated once every month by OKBot.-->
" To let article maintainers (and occasional editors) know about the new bot so they don't waste time updating.--
O
sama
K 21:08, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
reply
Approved for extended trial (50 edits). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 12:10, 6 July 2011 (UTC) reply
Oh and, could you link to this BRFA while in trial and/or to some explanatory page after approval in the edit summary so interested editors can quickly find out the details (per WP:BOTPOL good communication practice)? — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 12:13, 6 July 2011 (UTC) reply
Some thoughts:
Well, looks fine to me. I'll leave it up for a few days since the trial went on relatively quick. You could also advertise this by dropping a note by the Websites WikiProject and Infobox itself and add the links to relevant discussions section. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 15:57, 6 July 2011 (UTC) reply
I feel uneasy approving the bot per two issues:
Very well. No more issues have been raised by editors/BAG or infobox/wikiproject watchers. Bot serves to update a tedious-to-maintain field. Approved. Subject to prompt (in reasonable terms) manual correction of any citation errors/orphaning or CITEVAR issues.
Please also mention in documentation/summary link that inc/dec/steady templates will be updated in the next month's run and that you will be manually fixing any problematic pages. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 19:45, 12 July 2011 (UTC) reply