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== [[User:MPUploadBot|MPUploadBot]] ==
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'''Operator:''' [[User:X!|<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#660000;">'''X'''</span>]][[User talk:X!|<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#660000;"><small>clamation point</small></span>]]

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'''Automatic or Manually Assisted:''' Automatic

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'''[[Programming Language]](s):''' PHP

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'''Function Overview:''' See [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Main Page Image Bot]]. In addition to protectng images, this will also take up the role of [[User:FA Template Protection Bot]] as well.

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'''Edit period(s):''' Daily.

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'''Already has a bot flag''' ''(Y/N)''''':''' N, self-requested desysopping.

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'''Function Details:''' Ok, a few people will question my ability to run these bots. I know that. Please note that this bot was not written by me, but is a clone of what Chris G wrote at [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Main Page Image Bot]]. I've been called upon by others to run this task, so here it is. 

Quoted from the BRFA:
{{cquote|Bot has two parts, one watches the irc feed for edits to the mainpage templates, and uploads as nessary. The other part runs on a five minute crontab which deletes images that are no longer on the mainpage and also runs an extra image check in case part A missed an image.}}

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In addition to protecting images, this will also protect templates that are on today's FA, like [[User:FA Template Protection Bot]] used to do. Simple task, already runs fine. 

=== Discussion ===
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:<nowiki>*sees no problems*</nowiki> '''[[User:Addshore|<span style="color:black;">·Add§hore·</span>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:Addshore|<span style="color:black;">T<small>alk</small> T<small>o</small> M<small>e</small>!</span>]]</sup></span> 17:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
::If this bot is just uploading images from commons so they can be protected, why not have the bot detect the pictures and then make a comment at the commons admin noticeboard requesting protection under their template (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:En_main_page) designed for this?. Although my idea would require to submit a bot request at commons as well..... [[User:Peachey88|Peachey88]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Peachey88|Talk Page]] | [[Special:Contributions/Peachey88|Contribs]])</sup> 06:20, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Why do all the work when a properly coded bot can do it much faster and more accurately than a human can? --[[User talk:Chris G|<b><span style="color:Green;">Chris</span></b>]] 09:55, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

# Is the source code public?
# Are you essentially just putting this in your crontab?
# And do you have a sufficient understanding of the code to fix any possible problems in the future?
--[[User:MZMcBride|MZMcBride]] ([[User talk:MZMcBride|talk]]) 18:35, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

# https://svn.toolserver.org/svnroot/chris/mpimagebot/ and https://svn.toolserver.org/svnroot/chris/admin/fa.php
# Pretty much (is there another way?)
# I think so...
[[User:X!|<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#cc3333;">'''X'''</span>]][[User talk:X!|<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#cc3333;"><small>clamation point</small></span>]] 18:49, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
::Question 2 was me asking whether you were making any modifications to the code or just copying / pasting. --[[User:MZMcBride|MZMcBride]] ([[User talk:MZMcBride|talk]]) 19:16, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Aside from making it use SoxBot rather than Chris G Bot, it's almost an exact clone. Slight modifications will be made to increase the IRC bot's functionality. [[User:X!|<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#cc3333;">'''X'''</span>]][[User talk:X!|<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#cc3333;"><small>clamation point</small></span>]] 19:21, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
::::{{BotApproved}} -- [[User:Cobi|Cobi]]<sup>([[User talk:Cobi|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cobi|c]]|[[User:ClueBot Commons/Bots|b]])</sup> 20:32, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

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