Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MPUploadBot 2
Operator: Xclamation point
Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic
Programming Language(s): PHP
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.
Edit period(s): Daily.
Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N, self-requested desysopping.
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:
| “ | 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. | ” |
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
- *sees no problems* ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 17:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)