Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CapsuleBot 2
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Operator: Capsulecap (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 00:14, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 (UTC)
Function overview: This task checks the Top 25 Report page frequently to see if the current report has updated. If it was updated, then it will go through all pages in the new report and add or update the Template:Top 25 Report template on their talk pages.
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: No, but if necessary I can upload it
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot requests#Top 25 report
Edit period(s): Every 20 seconds - if this is too often, I can change it
Estimated number of pages affected: 25 pages/week
Namespace(s): Talk
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: This task first checks the page Wikipedia:Top 25 Report to see if the transcluded link was modified. (This should mean that the report was updated.) If it has, then it uses the first revision of the transcluded page, which is always a basic list, to get a list of article talk pages to modify. It then goes through each talk page, updating the Template:Top 25 Report template if it exists and adding it if not.