Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TSM Fairuse Bot

TSM Fairuse Bot

Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic (regularly supervised)

Programming Language(s): AWB, possible Perl

Function Summary: This bot will work on removing fair use images from the userspace and will leave a hidden message on the page informing users of which image was removed and why. It will never edit articles.

Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Continuous

Edit rate requested: 2 per minute

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): No

Function Details: See function summary above, will work on removing fair use images from userspace. The source code has not yet been written and any help would be appreciated. The Sunshine Man 15:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

this bot already exists and is run by eagle 101 Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 15:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I cant see it, where exactly is it? Regards --The Sunshine Man 15:42, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Right here. -- Seed 2.0 15:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and if you still intend to go forward with, could you please explain what you mean by 'hidden message'? Thanks. -- Seed 2.0 15:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I mean like what orphan bot does, it inserts a hidden message, so if this bot was approved it would add something like , thats what I mean, if you have any other questions please ask. Regards --The Sunshine Man 15:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since it's only userspace,

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. for 50 edits, but do not spam users, make one topic then add replies if you can do that. --ST47Talk 00:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]