Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CarnivorousBot

CarnivorousBot

Operator: CarnivorousBunny (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)

Time filed: 05:32, Sunday December 29, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python using mwclient

Source code available: Source code not available.

Function overview: Creates redirects requested by autoconfirmed and confirmed users.

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Request located here.

Edit period(s): Daily

Estimated number of pages affected: Sorry, I don't know how many redirects are created per day. I would estimate around 150-250 daily.

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): No

Function details: This bot makes redirects that would be tedious to do manually. All autoconfirmed (or confirmed) users can request the bot to make redirects. Requests are added by editing a page in the bot's userspace (specifically, User:CarnivorousBot/Requests). The syntax required for requests is located here. After a user enters the request in appropriate syntax, the bot creates a redirect. There is very little room for error, because the bot is preforming edits that have been requested by humans. I don't see why this bot needs to be exclusion compliant. If for some reason it needs to be, I'll make it compliant. Edit:I have prepared a list of tedious redirects that actually need to be made here. When this gets approved for a trial, I'll do a couple from there.

Discussion

What about Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages? Your delimiting is sub-optimal; titles may have commas in them. I suggest you make links to the redirect and target pages. Josh Parris 00:54, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. I see the problem with using a comma as to separate the redirect and target pages. However, I do not believe that the using links as a delimiter is the best solution. Since this bot is going to be used to create many tedious redirects, I think that it would be less tedious for users to type just one character rather than make the two pages links. I've found a list of characters that aren't allowed in page titles on MediaWiki-based websites. Any of these characters could be used to delimit the titles without any interference. Also, upon reading that list, I have learned that "!" is allowed in MediaWiki titles. I leave it to everyone to decide which character(s) they believe is(are) most convenient to replace the current comma and exclamation point. — Carnivorous Bunny (talk) 03:54, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I could also change the comment line to a place where one inserts a template message. — Carnivorous Bunny (talk) 15:46, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This bot appears to have edited since this BRFA was filed. Bots may not edit outside their own or their operator's userspace unless approved or approved for trial. AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:48, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]