Operator: Jayden54
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic
Programming Language(s): Visual Basic 6 PHP 5.1
Function Summary: This bot will automatically notify article authors when "their" article is up for deletion in an Article for Deletion discussion.
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Twice a day
Edit rate requested: 4 edits per minute
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N
Function Details: Often when an article is nominated for deletion the original author is never notified using the {{ AFDWarning}} or {{ AFDNote}} tags. This bot will scan Wikipedia:AFD/Today twice a day, and check for new nominations. It will then notify the original author of each nominated article using the {{ AFDWarning}} or {{ AFDNote}} tags. This will help avoid biting new users (who don't know much about the deletion process) and give article authors a better chance to fix the article.
I haven't written any code yet because I want to get some more discussion and approval for such a bot before I start programming. The idea of this bot came out of Bot requests, where some minor discussion has already happened. Jayden54 19:34, 26 December 2006 (UTC) reply
The preliminary layout for this seems OK, although there a bad feeling of Wikipedia:OWN in the air. The other issue I'd be concerned about would be redundant messages, perhaps scan the target user talk page for any outbound links to the AFD discussion, if present don't message them. How long would it take you to be ready for trial? — xaosflux Talk 00:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC) reply
It's taken me longer than I thought, but I've completely finished the bot, and already made a few edits to demonstrate it (see the contributions of the bot). I've uploaded an action log making it possible to follow the complete process the bot goes through. I've also uploaded the checks the bot uses to determine whether or not a warning for the AfD already exists. There's still one small problem and that's with the {{ AFDNote}} template. It doesn't support a difference in the AfD name and the article name, but that's easily fixed with a custom template. Let me know what everyone thinks and if I should improve on anything. Jayden54 22:59, 1 January 2007 (UTC) reply
I've been running the bot the past few days, and it seems to run fine, so is there anything else I need to do to get the bot officially approved or should I just wait for feedback? Jayden54 15:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Operator: Jayden54
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic
Programming Language(s): Visual Basic 6 PHP 5.1
Function Summary: This bot will automatically notify article authors when "their" article is up for deletion in an Article for Deletion discussion.
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Twice a day
Edit rate requested: 4 edits per minute
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N
Function Details: Often when an article is nominated for deletion the original author is never notified using the {{ AFDWarning}} or {{ AFDNote}} tags. This bot will scan Wikipedia:AFD/Today twice a day, and check for new nominations. It will then notify the original author of each nominated article using the {{ AFDWarning}} or {{ AFDNote}} tags. This will help avoid biting new users (who don't know much about the deletion process) and give article authors a better chance to fix the article.
I haven't written any code yet because I want to get some more discussion and approval for such a bot before I start programming. The idea of this bot came out of Bot requests, where some minor discussion has already happened. Jayden54 19:34, 26 December 2006 (UTC) reply
The preliminary layout for this seems OK, although there a bad feeling of Wikipedia:OWN in the air. The other issue I'd be concerned about would be redundant messages, perhaps scan the target user talk page for any outbound links to the AFD discussion, if present don't message them. How long would it take you to be ready for trial? — xaosflux Talk 00:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC) reply
It's taken me longer than I thought, but I've completely finished the bot, and already made a few edits to demonstrate it (see the contributions of the bot). I've uploaded an action log making it possible to follow the complete process the bot goes through. I've also uploaded the checks the bot uses to determine whether or not a warning for the AfD already exists. There's still one small problem and that's with the {{ AFDNote}} template. It doesn't support a difference in the AfD name and the article name, but that's easily fixed with a custom template. Let me know what everyone thinks and if I should improve on anything. Jayden54 22:59, 1 January 2007 (UTC) reply
I've been running the bot the past few days, and it seems to run fine, so is there anything else I need to do to get the bot officially approved or should I just wait for feedback? Jayden54 15:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC) reply