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TrustMeImAIRobot

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

Time filed: 17:02, Tuesday, February 28, 2017 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Supervised

Programming language(s): Python (using mwclient)

Source code available: Nope, but if necessary, I can share it

Function overview: Updates football tables in Moldovan Football Leagues

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): -

Edit period(s): Few times a week (after games in league are played)

Estimated number of pages affected: 4 pages in all languages translated in

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No):

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

Function details:

Bots logic is like this:

  • check if the result table was updated on the official league web-site
  • check if on the wiki-page last edit was made by me (by this bot)
    • if so: get the wiki-page data => generate new table with up-to-date scores => replace old table with the new one => commit to the server
    • if no, set the update status to Manual, which needs my intervention to see what's changed, to not harm

Discussion

I don't have a separate account, because i'm making changes as an IP-user. But making changes in tables was a time-consuming job, so I coded this bot (and created this account for him), to make the changes semi-automatically. There is my contact information in the bots User-Agent header, if any.

Thank You TrustMeImAIRobot (talk) 17:02, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • information Note: This request specifies the bot account as the operator. A bot may not operate itself; please update the "Operator" field to indicate the account of the human running this bot. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:31, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • information 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⚡ 15:31, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BOTPOL requires that bots identify who operates them, and I'm not quite sure that giving your IP counts as identification for the purpose of this policy. I'm also not quite sure IP-operated bots is something the community is comfortable with, both for technical and security reasons. The main issue I see is that IPs change over time, and thus you might not see messages left on your talk page, and be able to comply with WP:BOTCOMM.

I'm not ready to unilaterally require you to register an account at this point, but I will let you know that it would save everyone a lot of trouble if you did (see Special:CreateAccount and WP:ACCOUNT). Also take note of the two notices left by AnomieBot above. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:47, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The bot page, User:TrustMeImAIRobot says this is operated by an IP user, bots need to be operated by registered users in order to maintain accountability for their edits. — xaosflux Talk 16:08, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have created an RFC on the issue Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Are/should IPs be allowed to run bots?. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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