Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RefDeskBot
Operator: Martinp23
Automatic or Manually Assisted:Automatic
Programming Language(s):C#, using dotnetwikibot framework
Function Summary:Will perform archival tasks on the WP:RD (reference desks) (the number is soon to grow to 16 (I hear), so a bot is needed to do the task quickly).
Edit period(s) (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run):Daily
Edit rate requested: Around one edit per 10 secs (at a guesstimate - depends on network speed)
Already has a bot flag (Y/N):N
Function Details:As requested at WP:BOTREQ, the full details of with the bot does can be found at: User:Freshgavin/Sandbox/Reference_desk_bot_request - this perfectly describes what happens (and I built the bot around it).
See the following diffs for examples:
- Setting up a new monthly desk (would only happen on the third day of the month (done here for testing)
- Creating a new archive page, for transclusion on main desk
- Transcludung old questions to, and deleteing the oldest transclusion on the main desk
- Creating a new archive page, for transclusion on main desk
- Adding question details to the montly archival page
Note: these edits were done in a sandbox area, on only one desk. When approved, and when the ref desk is re-vamped (or before - depends), the bot will edit all of the existing desks in turn