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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Xaosflux (talk | contribs) at 01:52, 9 November 2006 ([[User:UpdateBot|UpdateBot]]: EXPIRED). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Operator: Simple_Man

Automatic or Manually Assisted:Manually

Programming Language(s):AWB.

Function Summary:Updating out of date articles

Edit period(s)daily

Edit rate requested: 15 edits per TIME

Already has a bot flag (N):no

Function Details: Updates an out of date article, or removes a false article.

Discussion

Umm, how often do you want to edit it, 15 edits a min is a little fast to say the least. I'm not quite sure what you want to do here.. can you go into more details please -- Tawker 03:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"15 edits per TIME", I'd say thats 15 edits per day, which is next to nothing -- Peppery 03:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • The bot needs a userpage to explain what it's doing, with the {{bot}} template on it so it can be blocked in an emergency.
  • The function details don't give enough information as to what it's doing; which articles is it updating; which articles is it removing and how (users need an admin bit to delete articles and that's unlikely to be granted to a bot.
  • UpdateBot (talk · contribs) doesn't actually exist. This BRFA subpage was created by Updatebot (talk · contribs) (note the capitalisation); please decide which bot account you're using.
  • The bot's owner should demonstrate that they do in fact own the bot (one edit to this BRFA page would be enough); otherwise it's impossible to tell whether the person who the bot claims is running it is actually running it. --ais523 08:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)